09-01-2002 14:59									#1
	At what point do you stop playing? Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

So far I've played maybe 8 or 9 games of civ3 (which is far less than it was after 2+ months of civ2), but I've only played 2 games until I achieved a victory condition.
Usualy I get bored somewhere in late industrial or early modern age.
How about you?

	09-01-2002 15:41									#2
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Ohhh, about a month ago now.

	09-01-2002 16:58									#3
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The buck stops somewhere along this line:

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	09-01-2002 17:04									#4
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as soon as i lost my erection

	09-01-2002 19:09									#5
	Tired of ads?

I was excited at the prospect of getting my hands on civ3 but it never realy turned me on.

	09-01-2002 19:22									#6
	Put an end to popups!

I always play until I win or lose.

Patience if a virtue

	09-01-2002 19:26									#7
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I play until I loose patience.

	09-01-2002 22:14									#8
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Once I build Hoover Dam, it's all over but the tedium.
I get bored a little after I get Cavalry technology, but I tend to keep seeing where it's all going until Hoover Dam.

	10-01-2002 01:31									#9
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I keep playing until its over. Sort of explains why I'm still on my third game.

Yes, sometimes it is boring and sometimes it's a lot of work. But I want to know what happens later! (Like a novel that you are writing -- too bad I'm not a writer).

	10-01-2002 01:35									#10
	Increase Your PM Length

I've played two games, spaced between each other by a month. The second one was spurred from a "ok, I have the patch, let's give these people another chance"...

I got bored some 20 turns later than the first game...

	10-01-2002 04:01									#11
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In late industrial. Finding rubber is the last big thrill for me in a game. After that, it does get too tedious to bother continuing.

I've probably started over 20 games and only finished 2.

	10-01-2002 04:18									#12
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I haven't actually quit any of my games yet, but, there are a couple around modern age that I have saved and haven't gone back to for a while.

	10-01-2002 04:59									#13
	Increase Your PM Length

quote: Originally posted by eccentricity as soon as i lost my erection

That's a good way of putting it.

Unless you were being literal....

	10-01-2002 07:15									#14
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Uninstalled the game about 2 weeks ago. Played 1st game to the end. Never felt urge to complete another game after seeing the ending. 3 games total started. Last 2 played till middle of Modern Times tech tree.

Loved 99% of Civ3 (post patch). Found worker movement way too tedious after playing CTP2. This is the 1 thing that killed the enjoyment for me.

	10-01-2002 08:00									#15
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Until I am assured victory. Once I'm just moving pieces around and waiting for some "victory condition", I bolt.

This isn't _necessarily_ related to a particular age, but because I develop Railroads so much better than the AI does, and because I beeline for Replaceable Parts, I usually mount my last offensive with Infantry and then I have an unbeatably dominant position. One game out of 20 or so games has gone 'till I got Tanks, and that's just because I wanted to see what they were like.

I've never played into the modern Age, and I've never finished a game. It's just too tedious.

	10-01-2002 22:43									#16
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...at what point do you even start????

It's gathering pixel dust on my hard drive

	10-01-2002 22:52									#17
	Got spare money?

The only games I've played recently have been the tournament ones. Having started them I sort of feel obliged to actually generate a score even if I don't then submit it. The 1.16 auto-settler fix is *just* adequate enough to stop me getting fed up with late game tactics.

	11-01-2002 15:04									#18
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Votes so far indicate that the majority of people either stopped playing alltogether or get fed up in industrial or modern age.

If Firaxis would be able to fix the late game tedium/boredom this game might still have a future because I think most people find the early game quite enjoyable.

On abrighter note: nobody seems to loose!

	11-01-2002 17:26									#19
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As with David Wheldon, I play until I'm assured victory.