04-06-2004 21:52									#1
	35 hours for 1 game Inflate your Upload Space

I played my first Large map Regent level this week. I started it early Saturday morning and finish it last night (not continuously). The victory game screen indicated I invested over 35 hours of my time to complete it. I even decided to speed up the game by avoiding MPP and wars and win the game via Space Race. I just astounded how much time I sunk into playing just one game. Needless to say I lost track of the time while playing, but that is to be expected!!! What is the average time to complete the Small, Standard and Large maps?

	04-06-2004 22:23									#2
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Remember the clock is ticking even if you are in the shower. I have been known to leave the game up while sleep, go to movies and not take it down for days.

So I see times of 80 hours with no trouble. I am sure my last Sid game ran over 100 hours.

	05-06-2004 02:53									#3
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For me, large-map games typically report about 60 hours. Huge-map (Rhye's of Civilization mod): 120.
I try to minimize the false-reporting time, so it should be accurate to within 10%. Also, I micromanage and, on occasion, ponder.

	05-06-2004 08:36									#4
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quote: 35 hours for 1 game

Just wait until you go to higher difficulty and start to spend time on some serious-ish micro-management....

Games can easily take a 100 hours..easily...depending on map size of-course.
That's why, each time I finished a game I usually didn't play for a least a month.

Doesn't matter as long as you have fun.

	05-06-2004 09:30									#5
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The answer is so highly variable.

	05-06-2004 11:54									#6
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I haven't played that many full games since PTW came out. The one's I have played were tiny or small maps. So I can't say for sure.

I assume if you reload a game, the game also reloads the clock.

And what about if you minimize civ in a window? Does that stop the clock?

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	05-06-2004 16:33									#7
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quote: Originally posted by alva quote: 35 hours for 1 game Just wait until you go to higher difficulty and start to spend time on some serious-ish micro-management.... Games can easily take a 100 hours..easily...depending on map size of-course. That's why, each time I finished a game I usually didn't play for a least a month. Doesn't matter as long as you have fun.

well said old chap - well said

games can be massive in the hours / days / weeks that can be invested so easily

the more you play the more people may become concerned with your attitudes

do not be too surprised that soon you will be advising friends that: "they need to raise Archers to deal with the issue", or "have you built a road to that resource"

remember it is all good, and it is thee issue, not yours

	05-06-2004 17:01									#8
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I find 24h about normal on a huge map on Monarch, but I appear to be a quick player.

	06-06-2004 22:58									#9
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wow, you guys are quick

if i ever play a single player game to its end, it has usually taken me atleast 150 hours, and thats not much yet.

i remember some GotM games (back when i used to play them) that took me about 300 hours to play

It appears i think too much and move too little units

	07-06-2004 21:08									#10
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I dont have the patience or attention span to play a 300 hr game. I started a small map this weekend and should finish it some time (wife willing) tonight. I think I like the small map format compared to the standard and large map. Maybe one three day weekend when my wife is out of town I try a huge map.

	08-06-2004 00:45									#11
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psumbody,

Most of mine are 7..10 days of 2..4 hours a day. I can't play continuously more than that. I think most surveys show game times usually between
50 and 100 hrs. The higher you get in difficulty level the longer it may take as one wrong move will kill you.

PF

	08-06-2004 17:33									#12
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I allways play on a small map, and get bored if it takes me more than 8 hours

	08-06-2004 17:44									#13
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I have had games on huge maps that went on for 6-7 weeks, playing, on average, 10 hrs a week. So a 35 hr game sounds like a pleasant little diversion.
Tried my 1st Sid game, on a small map. That was over in 45 minutes--possibly the shortest civ game I've played, and the most embarrassing defeat I've ever had.

	08-06-2004 20:50									#14
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I tend to not like loooong games because I don't have much time to play... sometimes it is hard to remember all those little details about a game that is already more than 40 hours long if you don't play it regularly.

	09-06-2004 19:00									#15
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quote: Originally posted by mala I allways play on a small map, and get bored if it takes me more than 8 hours

Funny, I am the exact opposite! I like the large and huge maps and games that take a week or more. I'm the same with books. If it doesn't have at least 250 pages I probably won't read it.

	09-06-2004 20:35									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Alex I tend to not like loooong games because I don't have much time to play... sometimes it is hard to remember all those little details about a game that is already more than 40 hours long if you don't play it regularly.

If it is the end of the session and I am done for the day, I just write down anything I need to attend to when I start back up the next day.

	09-06-2004 21:06									#17
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I haven't played an epic game for ages but 100 hours plus is not unusual. Just waiting for units to move in the late game can add hours.

Suggestion . . . turn unit animation OFF.

The other problem is the hours spent not in the game, but thinking about it (how can I destroy Persia, get Great Lib., etc). They don't call this game the time stealer for nothing.

	09-06-2004 21:09									#18
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I usually get bored before the end...

	10-06-2004 04:06									#19
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My average game is about 125-150 hrs (250 x 250 map, Regent, Bloodlust) but this is my longest to date.

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	10-06-2004 05:29									#20
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Wow, you have got staying power that is for sure.

	10-06-2004 06:20									#21
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I saw an SS of a ~312 hour game

	10-06-2004 11:11									#22
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and I think games over 20 hours are long.

	10-06-2004 20:26									#23
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That map must have been really huge, MB... a domination victory in 242 hours!

	10-06-2004 20:53									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Alex That map must have been really huge, MB... a domination victory in 242 hours!

I raised the domination limits to 80% and about 50 hrs was nothing more than CPU time.

	10-06-2004 21:10									#25
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My games appear to be in the 50-60 hour range (usually, large map). It is difficult to tell though. On weekends, I turn the computer on in the morning, leave the game up all day, and play an hour here, twenty minutes there, while doing everything else that life requires.

	10-06-2004 22:18									#26
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242 hours!! Talk about commitment to one game. That's amazing.. I would find it hard to remain dedicated to such a long drawn out game. I like playing shorter games so that I play more of them. Most of the fun for me is starting a new civ, exploring the map, and discovering who are the neighboring Civs. Once I get to Industrial/modern age I want to complete the game quickly so I can start a new one.

	12-06-2004 08:54									#27
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I'm playing one now that is going on and on and on. I think I just past the Energizer Bunny's skeleton a while back.

	12-06-2004 12:22									#28
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Checking games at the HOF and GOTM I've ran into a couple which have reset the timer one way or another. It goes up to ~500hrs IIRC.

400 hours is my best guess as to my longest game played. I know SirPleb's latest Sid game's timer was over 400 hours. It's probably a good estimate for time necessary to really squeeze every last drop out of a Huge map.

	17-06-2004 10:17									#29
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Good God.

50-80 hours is my norm, and I have never played a game through until more than the first quarter of the modern age. Sometimes I win, sometimes I get so close it's boring. These are Medium/Large maps on Monarch, usually.

	17-06-2004 19:02									#30
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Once I start a game I must complete it to the very bitter end. I guess that is another reason why I prefer a shorter game experience. Less tendency to get bored. I am on my thrid Small map game and loving every Civing moment.