03-03-2004 01:51									#1
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Curious, what size world do you enjoy playing with?

	03-03-2004 02:08									#2
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I voted for huge. I like long games with as many civ opponents as possible and some room to build a good core of cities.

I've actually upped the percentage of water, seems to have given me some more interesting maps. Last game I actually had 5 naval squadrons with 2 carriers each as their cores. There was some intense naval engagements and aerial bombardment. Even some island hopping action.

Guess I'm just a glutton for punishment

	03-03-2004 02:20									#3
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Don't know about the most fun, but I am not fond of map larger than std, so that is my vote.

	03-03-2004 03:19									#4
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Large. Big enough to have room to have fun on without being so big it causes problems with all the stuff to keep track of.

	03-03-2004 03:21									#5
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I now have a computer that can handle the bigger maps in the late game but I still prefer standard size. Standard provides a challenge without becoming long and drawn out like a huge map can in the lategame.

	03-03-2004 05:53									#6
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Large map is the perfect balance between complexity and fun!!

see ya

	03-03-2004 08:12									#7
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I'm a fan of huge. Though i'll play anything from standard above. Like large quite a lot too, got some nice maps from large. I like huge because of having those extra civs and the room for us all to expand.

While we're on this topic I have a couple of quick questions for anyone that can answer.
1. How do I add all 31 civs to a game? I want to have a game on a huge map with 31 (or whatever the top number of civs is) civs on it.
2. Does the size of the map have anything to do with the ability of the AI? Does a huge map make the AI 'smarter' or is the AI better with a small map?

	03-03-2004 09:13									#8
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I like standard, it has, IMO, the perfect number of civs with just enough land to be comfortable on w/o making mm a pain. If I were to go larger ,I'd only go up to Large, and I'd still only keep 7 or 8 civs (I'm more used to SMAC, so that's why I prefer fewer civs).

	03-03-2004 09:40									#9
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Last time this poll was run (Dec?) I voted Standard because I had played quite a lot on large maps and was getting tired of the slow gameplay that crops up in the latter stages of games on large maps, and/or with many Civs.

This time I voted Small. Who knows, next time it may be Tiny.
The redeeming feature of smaller worlds is that the games tend to move more quickly and have greater focus.
Translation#1: fewer turns to crush the opposition
Translation#2: get to finish at 1 AM instead of 7 AM

IMO it's hard to make a strong case for ANY particular size, because the scenario, the world size, land type, and number of Civs all work together to determine how enjoyable or tedious a game of Civ will be.

- bvc

P.S. Isn't there a cliche about size...

	03-03-2004 12:14									#10
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Size matters?

	03-03-2004 17:42									#11
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You know what they say....

Big hands = big mouse and big keyboard!

	03-03-2004 19:05									#12
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I'm not too sure... I usually play huge but it gets a drag moving so many units...

I reckon Small is more fun - it's certainly more lighthearted anyway. The tech rate bonus makes for a quicker game too...

I'd say small = fun, huge = more satisfying.

	03-03-2004 19:07									#13
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I like em´ huge! at least the early game is much more fun with huge... the end game can get a little to tedious though...

	03-03-2004 21:22									#14
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I voted huge, but only as there was no banana option.

	03-03-2004 21:43									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Rob_S I voted huge, but only as there was no banana option.

Chuckle

	03-03-2004 22:10									#16
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It is really surprising to me to see so many vote for huge. Do you voters finish the game most of the time?

	04-03-2004 08:17									#17
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No. Not usually.

Now anyone gonna have a shot at my questions?

	04-03-2004 08:26									#18
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Forget about Question #1 found an answer to that.

But Question #2 is still something I'd like cleared up.

	04-03-2004 09:38									#19
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The AI is the all the time, unless you select a different setting in the editor. The game only has one AI.

	04-03-2004 21:06									#20
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Huge, but I may be compensating for something.

I start a game with an eye toward recreating history, and huge lends itself to that better than the other sizes. Epic games with epic wars, epic explorations, epic migrations and a world that dwarfs the little patch of land on which you originally start are the most fun for me.

Vmxa, yes, I do finish most of my games. To be honest, I play most of my games past completion into the next big war, then put them on the shelf when I'm into future techs, the war's dragging out, my conquered metros are rioting and every turn just becomes repititious. If I abandon a game, it's usually early in the ancient era, due to finding out enough about my surroundings to think "Damn, this isn't going to be very fun." I keep telling myself I'm going to pick one or two of those back up and see if my perspective has changed, but haven't yet.

	06-03-2004 01:12									#21
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Voted standard.

Large or huge is NOT fun if you don't have a really fast computer.

	06-03-2004 01:14									#22
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Standard. My computer is old, I have little time and my chair isn't comfortable enough.

	06-03-2004 02:09									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Hagbart Voted standard. Large or huge is NOT fun if you don't have a really fast computer.

I think you can leave the caveat off, I have a fast machine, but it is still a pain.

	07-03-2004 14:28									#24
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Huge is great. I like the epicness of it all. Oh and thanks vxma1.

	07-03-2004 16:28									#25
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Random

It forces you to adapt to a wider variety of situations.

	07-03-2004 21:04									#26
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i voted for small map, although i like standard just as much

	07-03-2004 23:29									#27
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I prefer the worlds to be on the size of a Banana

	08-03-2004 01:49									#28
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Prefer standard size maps, which are a nice mix of replayability and time invested per game.

	08-03-2004 02:36									#29
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The bigger, the better.

More territory for me to conquer.

	08-03-2004 08:44									#30
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Large. If I could have another 5 hrs a day, I would play huge.