08-08-2005 11:59									#1
	What is the fastest possible way to get CivIV? Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I'm flying to the Philippines Dec 4 and I absolutely MUST have a copy with me.

Ideas?

	08-08-2005 12:17									#2
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Just buy it when it comes out. If the date is at all accurate, you'll have time.

I'd say retail stores are usually fastest/most reliable anyway

	08-08-2005 12:49									#3
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he lives in a small town in the philappines, that may not be possible.

I'd fly to Thailand and get a pirated copy.

Manila would probably have it. that may be cheaper to fly (or can you take a boat to it) to.

	08-08-2005 13:46									#4
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quote: I'm flying to the Philippines Dec 4

Sounds like he'll be in the states before that

	08-08-2005 13:58									#5
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quote: I'd fly to Thailand and get a pirated copy.

From what I've heard from a friend, it's not like it used to be.

	08-08-2005 14:21									#6
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Give me your address (pm) and I can mail it to you from Singapore when you get to Philipines.

at a charge of course

	08-08-2005 14:23									#7
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That reminds me, is Firaxis going to release Civ4 worldwide on the same day?

If they don't... they better not complain and whinge if they lose sales.

LOTS of people won't wait to play what America can play months before the rest of the world can.

	08-08-2005 16:34									#8
	What is the fastest possible way to get CivIV? Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Climb into a time machine.

Fly to one point in time after Dec. 4. 2005,
preferably at some spatial location near a large game store.
Buy the game.
Fly back to now.

And of course, donīt forget to buy and bring back a second copy of Civ IV for myself.

	08-08-2005 17:42									#9
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Or even better:

Buy an extra copy and go back to 2001 and give it to Firaxis.

	08-08-2005 17:47									#10
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Then we'd be on cIV by now and having the same discussion about ciV.

	08-08-2005 17:53									#11
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No, we'd have a very good Civ3. And have a c0ompletely different discussion about Civ4.

	08-08-2005 17:56									#12
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Good point, unless cIV turns out to be a pile of poo (gods willing it won't), in which case we would be having this same discussion.

	08-08-2005 18:14									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai Buy an extra copy and go back to 2001 and give it to Firaxis.

WTF:
1) go back to 2001, sell it to Brian or any Firaxis's competitor, reverse engineer it and rename it as "Time of Civilizations" (sort of)
2) enjoy the large pile of money you make, living in a great place of your choice...

	08-08-2005 18:30									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Adm.Naismith WTF: 1) go back to 2001, sell it to Brian or any Firaxis's competitor, reverse engineer it and rename it as "Time of Civilizations" (sort of) 2) enjoy the large pile of money you make, living in a great place of your choice...

3)And everyone would have to wait several years to play it because the hardware requirements would be too hefty

	08-08-2005 18:32									#15
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If you did manage to go back to 2001, you wouldn't be able to play it anyway, as not many people (apart from the rich ones) back then had the specs to run games this advanced. So in fact the game would lose alot of it's qualities as it would be dumbed down for a 2001 audience.

EDIT: I hate when you post the same thing at the same time as someone else. Ah, well.

	08-08-2005 19:28									#16
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This is no problem, you just buy a good machine together with the game, and bring that one too.

	08-08-2005 19:42									#17
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to answer his question, i'd say: get a job working for a magazine that has high standards and only reviews final builds of games, and become a game reviewer for however long it takes to get a copy.

barring that, i'd say terrorism seems to be a trendy fad to get what you want.

	08-08-2005 19:54									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai This is no problem, you just buy a good machine together with the game, and bring that one too.

Exactly! Better than this, you can buy *two* good machine and sell the spare one to AMD or INTEL.
They can't have the 90nm production process ready in 2001, still they can save lot of R&D, IMHO, and pay good money for this. Anyone remember the movie "Terminator"?

And BTW, no software publisher ever let game performance to stop them publishing a game.
"We worked for future hardware, to keep our customers happy for the coming years. You can tune down some visual option and the game will play as smooth as silk also on a computer platform a couple years old".

	08-08-2005 20:01									#19
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the fastest way would be to download it off of usenet a few days before it is released

	09-08-2005 04:32									#20
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are the RNG gods still in

	09-08-2005 07:56									#21
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Since time machines haven't been invented...I guess I'll go with buying it at the store. Maybe I'll reserve a copy.

	09-08-2005 09:46									#22
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Couldn't your future you just use a time machine to go back in time and give your present you Civ4 (with all expansions of course) and then he goes back to the future?

	09-08-2005 11:41									#23
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My future me is sitting on a beach in the Phils with a bottle of rum and a blender, and couldn't be arsed to fart let alone time travel.

	09-08-2005 13:02									#24
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time travel is impossible, so this discussion isn't very realistic.

	09-08-2005 13:29									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Lancer My future me is sitting on a beach in the Phils with a bottle of rum and a blender, and couldn't be arsed to fart let alone time travel.

Is that healthy? Better out than in i say.

	09-08-2005 13:32									#26
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"time travel is impossible, so this discussion isn't very realistic. "

PROVE that time travel is impossible!

"Is that healthy? Better out than in i say."

Sure, let em rip.

	09-08-2005 16:03									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Dis time travel is impossible, so this discussion isn't very realistic.

Actually science community is still out for the verdict.

There is some hope for an early Civ IV (if time patrol police don't bring us in prison for this!

	11-08-2005 00:43									#28
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if one was to circle the globe (left to right) crossing the international time line (once a day) you would always be on the same day


..same as time travel, just not going backwards

my experiences from being a US sailor

	12-08-2005 06:19									#29
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I reserved a copy at a local store, cost $5 to do so. Now, if only it really comes out November 15 or before...

	12-08-2005 18:09									#30
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I foresee a depressed Lancer somewhere in the Philipines. [/murray]