CIV4 - is it here?

Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel DeleteThis @hotmail.invalid.com> writes:

>> I recently started to play CIV4 and wonder if I have come to the right
>> group? I see some CIV4 comments in here but the title of the group could
>> have fooled me... If you know a group specifically made for CIV4, pls let me
>> know - if not I'll see you around. Thx:-)

> It's the right group. Usenet group creation works at snail speed.

Not entirely true. If there were interest in making a new group,
it'd probably go very fast. I'd be willing to help speed things along for
a Civ IV group... or general-purpose Civilization.

- Tim Skirvin (skirv@big-8.org)
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Helle Krog wrote:

> Hi everybody!
>
> I recently started to play CIV4 and wonder if I have come to the right
> group? I see some CIV4 comments in here but the title of the group could
> have fooled me... If you know a group specifically made for CIV4, pls let
> me know - if not I'll see you around. Thx:-)
>
> Helle, DK
This group seems to have adopted civ IV as well.
Velkommen til
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//anders

In alt.games.civ3 on Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Öjevind Lång wrote :
>
>Anyway, having a newsgroup for every new version of Civ seems a bit of
>overkill to me. Why not have an alt.fans.civilization group for all the civ
>versions, from number I onwards?

When was the last time anyone here played the original though? Must be 5
years since I even played Civ2!

I still play Colonization occasionally, though.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

"Loren Pechtel" <lorenpechtel.TakeThisOut@hotmail.invalid.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:12:13 +0200, Helle Krog <helle.TakeThisOut@krog.biz> wrote:
>
>>Hi everybody!
>>
>>I recently started to play CIV4 and wonder if I have come to the right
>>group? I see some CIV4 comments in here but the title of the group could
>>have fooled me... If you know a group specifically made for CIV4, pls let
>>me
>>know - if not I'll see you around. Thx:-)
>
> It's the right group. Usenet group creation works at snail speed.

Anyway, having a newsgroup for every new version of Civ seems a bit of
overkill to me. Why not have an alt.fans.civilization group for all the civ
versions, from number I onwards?

Öjevind

"Öjevind Lång" <bredband.net.RemoveThis@ojevind.lang> writes:

> Anyway, having a newsgroup for every new version of Civ seems a bit of
> overkill to me. Why not have an alt.fans.civilization group for all the civ
> versions, from number I onwards?

rec.games.computer.civilization ?

- Tim Skirvin (skirv@big-8.org)
--
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In article <727ELvNMhtDFFwDJ.RemoveThis@blueyonder.co.uk>, Paul Hyett
<pah.RemoveThis@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> writes
>In alt.games.civ3 on Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Öjevind Lång wrote :
>>
>>Anyway, having a newsgroup for every new version of Civ seems a bit of
>>overkill to me. Why not have an alt.fans.civilization group for all the civ
>>versions, from number I onwards?
>
>When was the last time anyone here played the original though? Must be
>5 years since I even played Civ2!

Still play it occasionally. In some ways it has very satisfying game
play; I like the way you can modify unit qualities so easily, and
conduct lightning-fast campaigns, impossible in Civ 4.
>
>I still play Colonization occasionally, though.

Tried to do this but can't get it to work using WinXP and a DOS Box.
Any suggestions gratefully received.

David
--
David Littlewood

"Tim Skirvin" <tskirvin.TakeThisOut@killfile.org> skrev i meddelandet
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> "Öjevind Lång" <bredband.net.TakeThisOut@ojevind.lang> writes:
>
>> Anyway, having a newsgroup for every new version of Civ seems a bit of
>> overkill to me. Why not have an alt.fans.civilization group for all the
>> civ
>> versions, from number I onwards?
>
> rec.games.computer.civilization ?

I can't find any group by that name.

Öjevind

"Tim Skirvin" <tskirvin.DeleteThis@killfile.org> skrev i meddelandet
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> Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel.DeleteThis@hotmail.invalid.com> writes:
>
>>> I recently started to play CIV4 and wonder if I have come to the right
>>> group? I see some CIV4 comments in here but the title of the group could
>>> have fooled me... If you know a group specifically made for CIV4, pls
>>> let me
>>> know - if not I'll see you around. Thx:-)
>
>> It's the right group. Usenet group creation works at snail speed.
>
> Not entirely true. If there were interest in making a new group,
> it'd probably go very fast. I'd be willing to help speed things along for
> a Civ IV group... or general-purpose Civilization.

A general-purpose Civilization newsgroup(including Colonization, which I
still play at times after all these years) would be nice. Go for it!

Öjevind

"Öjevind Lång" <bredband.net.DeleteThis@ojevind.lang> writes:

>> Not entirely true. If there were interest in making a new group,
>> it'd probably go very fast. I'd be willing to help speed things along for
>> a Civ IV group... or general-purpose Civilization.

> A general-purpose Civilization newsgroup(including Colonization, which I
> still play at times after all these years) would be nice. Go for it!

The creation process is here:

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:creation

I'd be happy to help you write up a proposal and help get the
group propagated, if the people around here would want to move to the
general-purpose group. I don't *really* want to be the proponent right
now, since I've got quite a lot on my plate, but I'd be happy to help
someone else out. I suspect most of the required work will really be in
advertising the new forum.

(And the name I posted before was just a suggested name.)

- Tim Skirvin (skirv@big-8.org)
--
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http://www.killfile.org/~tskirvin/ Skirv's Homepage <FISH>< <*>

"Paul Hyett" <pah DeleteThis @nojunkmailplease.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
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> In alt.games.civ3 on Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Öjevind Lång wrote :
>>
>>Anyway, having a newsgroup for every new version of Civ seems a bit of
>>overkill to me. Why not have an alt.fans.civilization group for all the
>>civ
>>versions, from number I onwards?
>
> When was the last time anyone here played the original though? Must be 5
> years since I even played Civ2!

I still have fond memories of Civ II, but I suppose that for most gamers
there is no going back, though I know of some people who still swear by it.
(And occasionally someone with no experience of the later versions stumbles
on the original Civ and is gripped by the ancient spell.) I would definitely
not go back to Civ III, despite all the great new concepts and tweaks it
introduced. Civ IV is everything Civ III should have been, and more. Still,
having all civ discussions in one newsgroup would be practical.

> I still play Colonization occasionally, though.

So do I. If they reissued it adapted for more up-to-date computers, and with
some of the more obvious bugs removed, and a more reasonable upper limit for
units and cities [AARGH! "The game has exceeded its limit for number of
units"], and above all without the unspeakably boring ending with the War
for Independence I would be very interested. One could make the War for
Independence a transitory stage before building on towards avoiding/winning
the War of the States.
Also, why not have an alternative to the War of Independence in the form of
managing a peaceful disengagement from the mother country, such as Brazil
had? Or Canada or Australia, for that matter. With advantages and drawbacks.

Öjevind

In alt.games.civ3 on Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Öjevind Lång wrote :
>>
>> When was the last time anyone here played the original though? Must be 5
>> years since I even played Civ2!
>
>I still have fond memories of Civ II, but I suppose that for most gamers
>there is no going back, though I know of some people who still swear by it.
>(And occasionally someone with no experience of the later versions stumbles
>on the original Civ and is gripped by the ancient spell.) I would definitely
>not go back to Civ III, despite all the great new concepts and tweaks it
>introduced.

I still do - but that's because my computer isn't powerful enough for
Civ4.
>
>> I still play Colonization occasionally, though.
>
>So do I. If they reissued it adapted for more up-to-date computers, and with
>some of the more obvious bugs removed, and a more reasonable upper limit for
>units and cities [AARGH! "The game has exceeded its limit for number of
>units"]

I hated that, too! Mind you, it challenged you to make new strategies to
work around that limit.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

"Tim Skirvin" <tskirvin DeleteThis @killfile.org> skrev i meddelandet
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> "Öjevind Lång" <bredband.net DeleteThis @ojevind.lang> writes:
>
>>> Not entirely true. If there were interest in making a new group,
>>> it'd probably go very fast. I'd be willing to help speed things along
>>> for
>>> a Civ IV group... or general-purpose Civilization.
>
>> A general-purpose Civilization newsgroup(including Colonization, which I
>> still play at times after all these years) would be nice. Go for it!
>
> The creation process is here:
>
> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:creation
>
> I'd be happy to help you write up a proposal and help get the
> group propagated, if the people around here would want to move to the
> general-purpose group. I don't *really* want to be the proponent right
> now, since I've got quite a lot on my plate, but I'd be happy to help
> someone else out. I suspect most of the required work will really be in
> advertising the new forum.
>
> (And the name I posted before was just a suggested name.)

I'd like to hear from some other people here. Would they like a unified Sid
Meier's Civilization newsgroup?

Öjevind

Öjevind Lång wrote:

>> (And the name I posted before was just a suggested name.)

> I'd like to hear from some other people here. Would they like a
> unified Sid Meier's Civilization newsgroup?

Yes
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Vilco
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