# Civilization III Is Coming Out!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 5, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599 "2001-10-05T15:17:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/1 "2001-10-05T15:17:03Z")
Civilization almost caused bmy Dad and I to miss Christmas dinner.
Civilization II darn near caused me to flunk universitry. IT’s eight years old and I still play it.
But soon! Only a month away:
[CIVILIZATION 3!!!](http://civ3.com)
There’s spunk in my bunk!
Sid Meier, the great video game genius, is at the helm once again. It look utterly, amazingly awesome. They’re improving it in exactly the manner I was hoping.
I’m already trying to determine how I can quit my job so I can play it full time. If I never leave the house, I don’t need a car. I don’t incur travel expenses. Technically I wouldn’t even need to have any clothes. Can it be done? Perhaps.
Folks, this game is going to be an obsession for millions. I just can’t wait.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/2 "2001-10-05T15:19:52Z")
If I were you (or if you were me, but I don’t think that works as well), I’d spend the next month stockpiling on unperishables. I’m also thinking about either getting a colostomy bag installed, or setting up a peripheral station in my bathroom.
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### Author:  [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/3 "2001-10-05T15:22:12Z")
Oh, _great_. More lost sleep.
Thanks, Sid. 😛 😃
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/4 "2001-10-05T15:28:57Z")
I’m a pathetic man.
I’m preparing for Civilization 3. How am I preparing, you may ask?
I’ve picked up a small dorm-sized fridge, and moved it into my computer room. I’ve put a fold-out couch in there, so I don’t have to walk the twenty feet to my own bed. I’ve even arranged for a week of vacation time in November, ostensibly to head out east, but realistically to play Civ3. I’m even considering custom-building one of those toilet-recliners that Homer invented in the Edison Simpsons episode.
(I still play the original 1991 DOS version, too…)
My main complaint about the last two, and my sincere wish for #3, is that we will be able to raze and destroy cities that we conquer. To hell with the diplomatic fallout - I’m sick of invading a weaker civ, conquering a city, and then them somehow conquering it right back and sneaking an advanced tech out from under my nose. When I invade their continent, I’m coming to wipe 'em all out…
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### Author:  [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/5 "2001-10-05T15:29:45Z")
Civ 3?
I always thought that Alpha Centauri and Call To Power were sort of both competing for the Civilization III title.
Oh well… can’t wait to see it. If Sid Meier’s behind it, it’s going to be great stuff.
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/6 "2001-10-05T15:30:10Z")
Fuck. Just enough time for me to beat Hell mode with my barbarian. And a new game will come out soon thereafter.
Not that I’m mad, mind you. I spent entirely too long playing civ2. It’s still ultimately my favorite game ever.
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### Author:  [@Thrasybulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrasybulus)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/7 "2001-10-05T15:40:19Z")
Woo Hoo! I knew they were working on it but didn’t know it would be out in the near future. I can tell you from experience, I actually looked forward to a mind numbingly boring 28 hours of flight time from LA to Sydney and then back because I brought my laptop with Civilization II loaded on it! I never get that big a block of time to play any more.
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### Author:  [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/8 "2001-10-05T15:50:14Z")
As a slight hijack…
Has anyone played the extended version of Civ II? I mean the one where you keep playing after you reach Alpha Centauri, and get to colonize the new planet as well.
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### Author:  [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/9 "2001-10-05T15:56:47Z")
Have pity on me. The spirit is willing to turn around, walk away, and never play any Civ-related game again.
But the flesh, oh, the flesh, is so _ **weak!** _
SDMB internet Civ3 game, perhaps?
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/10 "2001-10-05T15:59:48Z")
I pre-ordered CivIII about a month ago. I anxiously await its arrival. An on line Civ tournament sounds like a cracking good idea.
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/11 "2001-10-05T16:08:06Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Maeglin \*
> SDMB internet Civ3 game, perhaps?
You are SO on.
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### Author:  [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/12 "2001-10-05T16:14:11Z")
FEAR my internet Civ! My economy will bury you! My happy minions will ignore the blandishments of your propaganda machine! My mighty armies will conquer your cities, and my enlightened policies will make your citizens rush to my call!
You guys are **_ON_!**
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/13 "2001-10-05T16:23:58Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \*
> FEAR my internet Civ! My economy will bury you! My happy minions will ignore the blandishments of your propaganda machine! My mighty armies will conquer your cities, and my enlightened policies will make your citizens rush to my call!
Fuck that shit.
I’m burning your towns and salting your earth.
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### Author:  [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/14 "2001-10-05T16:29:03Z")
[Emperor Cuzco]
Bring it on.
[/Emperor Cuzco]
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/15 "2001-10-05T16:58:14Z")
Just sent an email to the Civ3 team asking if we can destroy cities. I just want to shout “CARTHAGO DELENDA EST!” and click ‘raze city’.
I hope I didn’t come off too strongly in that email…
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/16 "2001-10-05T17:09:33Z")
SDMB Civ 3 game: I’m in.
I read more of the new features today. Folks, this is going to be the greatest game in PC gaming history.
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/17 "2001-10-05T17:14:28Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox \*
> \*\*Civ 3?
>
> I always thought that Alpha Centauri and Call To Power were sort of both competing for the Civilization III title.
>
> Oh well… can’t wait to see it. If Sid Meier’s behind it, it’s going to be great stuff. \*\*
Well, I don’t know anything about Alpha Centauri, but Civilization: Call to Power was not endorsed in any way by Sid Meier, and I think Activision got in a lot of legal trouble for putting the Civilization name on their game. (which, BTW, is no where near as good as Civ II, you can’t even view the cities!) You might not have noticed, but Activision made a Call to Power II, but didn’t put the civilization name on it.
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### Author:  [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/18 "2001-10-05T17:39:25Z")
Yer!
I knew it was coming, but I forgot it was so soon. I love Civ III!!
Mr Cazzle and I used to kick back and play network Civ II over whole weekends. Friends knew not to visit, cause we weren’t budging out of the computer room for anything. Thermos of tea and packet of dry biscuits to sustain us, we’d start Friday night and play until the wee small hours. The next two days, we’d wake and go straight back to the computers, finishing up late Sunday night. Ahh, those were the days 🙂
Civ III is going to be a blast! We so cannot wait for Civ III marathons!!
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### Author:  [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/19 "2001-10-05T18:11:13Z")
My ultimate wish is for this game to have a savable multiplayer mode-my friends and I cannot lock ourselves down for three-day marathons like true Civ players.
My penultimate wish is for there to be a bonus for building/conquering all the wonders. Double-extra bonus points if you can do it all in one city. Many are the attempts by me to build Washington DC, City of Wonders.
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### Author:  [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iii-is-coming-out/85599/20 "2001-10-05T19:05:14Z")
Civ III is coming - excellent!
But Heroes of Might and Magic 4 is also due about the same time?
Luckily I’ve got 2 computers!
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