Long Time No See, Folks ...

[Gatekeeper]

MtG already came and went (again).

It must be like the song Hotel California — you can check out, but you can never leave. LOL

[Gatekeeper]

Oh hi!

How you been? This site has, as you can tell, gone to utter ****.

Yes, there's definitely changes, and I'm still figuring them out.

As for me, well, life's been life. I drifted away from Civ after II, dabbled a bit in IV, and then tried that Civ game for the PS3. I didn't like that latter, and still consider II the best of the lot. But, I've heard some good things about V, particularly with the newest expansion, so once I save up some moolah, I'll check it out. After all, I love to play games ... but they have yet to come out with a good "new gen" version for the consoles, and I've got this new iMac ... so, yeah, things are starting to gel again when it comes to Civ gaming.

I might even have to read the manual for Civ V in order to re-familiarize myself with the series. Yeah, it's been that long. And I know V introduced *huge* changes to the series. Like no more stacking, among other things.

[Dinner]

One of the better changes involves using your daily thanks to thank my post.

[Gatekeeper]

Oh, so you probably don't know...

The site was sold to a multinational commercial-industrial resource-driven service-oriented mega-conglomerate. But the new owner/owners/owner-like entities is/are great, and we've noticed no changes so far. Enjoy Coke!

Who is in charge nowadays? I still remember when Markos ran the show, but that's been *years* ago ...

[Gatekeeper]

One of the better changes involves using your daily thanks to thank my post.

Well, that sounds "like" something Facebook does. LOL. I looked around a bit, but couldn't find a "thank you" button or option.

[Dinner]

The bottom left of each post.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yes, there's definitely changes, and I'm still figuring them out.

As for me, well, life's been life. I drifted away from Civ after II, dabbled a bit in IV, and then tried that Civ game for the PS3. I didn't like that latter, and still consider II the best of the lot. But, I've heard some good things about V, particularly with the newest expansion, so once I save up some moolah, I'll check it out. After all, I love to play games ... but they have yet to come out with a good "new gen" version for the consoles, and I've got this new iMac ... so, yeah, things are starting to gel again when it comes to Civ gaming.

I might even have to read the manual for Civ V in order to re-familiarize myself with the series. Yeah, it's been that long. And I know V introduced *huge* changes to the series. Like no more stacking, among other things.

The fun part is that no one this site really places Civ anymore. I haven't even though about getting Civ V

[Colon™]

Who is in charge nowadays?

I asked about that too and I forgot what the answer was. Let's pretend it's Wiglaf. More fun that way.

[Gatekeeper]

The fun part is that no one this site really places Civ anymore. I haven't even though about getting Civ V

For some reason, I'm not surprised. LOL

After Civ II (and dabbling in Civ IV), I went into consoles — PS3, specifically, with a PS4 on pre-order — and became enamored with RPGs and FPS games ... still am, in fact. I'm an officer in a clan that's been around for years and plays multiple titles; they're good folk, too, with a rainbow of personalities that are eerily similar to many of my fellow Apolytoners. Lately, MMORPGs have taken a big chunk of my time — CCP Games, the makers of Dust 514 and EVE Online, specifically.

But, as I near age 40, I want to get back to the "roots" of my gaming experience — and Civ is one of those roots. So, here I am!

[Gatekeeper]

I asked about that too and I forgot what the answer was. Let's pretend it's Wiglaf. More fun that way.

Wiggums is still around?! Some things really do never change! LOL

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm pretty sure that Wiglaf is really just Sid Meier

[Tuberski]

Who is in charge nowadays? I still remember when Markos ran the show, but that's been *years* ago ...

CyberShy, who is now known as Robert Plomp, or Plompy.

ACK!

[Sava]

I'm pretty sure that Wiglaf is really just Sid Meier

I have thought this many times.

[DaShi]

Don't get Civ V!

[Dinner]

The fun part is that no one this site really places Civ anymore. I haven't even though about getting Civ V

I bought Civ5 at launch and even dutifully kept buying DLC hoping that would encourage them to patch it up properly but when that didn't happen I more or less gave up on the game as flawed beyond redemption. Fast forward two expansion packs later and I finally got around to buying the expansions on steam for a discounted price and I've played two games this week. The game is no longer as shallow and superficial as it used to be but it remains a turd with its fundamental design flaws (like 1UPT, low production rates, inability to change governments, inability to really play a meaningful MP game at a decent speed, etc...) remaining unchanged. It's just a major step backwards compared to Civ4.

All they needed to do was update the graphics on Civ4 and maybe switch to a hex map but they just couldn't leave well enough along insisting of fixing things which weren't broken thus ending up with a worse game.