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Old August 10, 2001, 03:13   #1
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vikings, mongols are out, who are the bad guys?
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Old August 10, 2001, 03:23   #2
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With the way people around here feel about the Americans I would have to say the Americans.

Maybe the Aztecs could be the 'bad guys'. I'm not real sure, though. I know my Civ2 bad guy was the Mongols. Oh how I hate the Mongols in that game. Well, that's for a different time and place.
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The Greeks

What exactly do you mean by "bad guys?" If you are referring to warlike civs clearly they will be the ones with "expansionistic" ability, esp when coupled with "militaristic" ability. So it would be the Zulus that lead the pack of "bad" guys, followed by Iroquois, Americans, Russians, English, and Germans.

In a standard game of course.
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Old August 10, 2001, 03:35   #4
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What exactly do you mean by "bad guys?"
well, it is clear that everyone hated the mongols in civ2.
that's what i'm asking. how will replace them as the most hated civ?

and no alex14, dont start a poll about it
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I'm not big on spamming but I just have to say this. That was hilarious about the Alex14 joke. It's so true about him, but it's ok Alex.

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They are all bastards. Even Gandi ties to extort me.
Yeah, Ghandi's a big loser. So is Catherine the Great, she's such a backstabber. Can she ever be loyal? Sometimes for no reason at all she'll declare war on me while we had an alliance.

My vote still stands as the Aztecs. For whatever that's worth.
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Hammurabi is the bad guy, innhe?
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Surely, with that dastardly grin of his.
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well, it is clear that everyone hated the mongols in civ2.
that's what i'm asking. how will replace them as the most hated civ?

and no alex14, dont start a poll about it
greeks, of course....monopolizing trade in olive oil
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Old August 10, 2001, 08:38   #10
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No, I think it will be the Russians.

Like the inclusion of the Palace and Hall of Fame, this is one more thing that will revive Civ1 glories.
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Old August 10, 2001, 08:42   #11
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Vikings and Mongols out, huh. War4 and I won't know what to do in our MP games.
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I'd say that it sort of depends on who is chosen to "lead" each Civ. For example, the Russians could be turned evil just by using Ivan the Terrible for the leader animation. Or by having the Russian "throne room" be replaced by the Russian "chamber of horrors." Probably every Civ had an evil bastard leader, so it would be easy to turn any Civ into the bad guys.
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I’ll miss the Mongols, no other civ had as much potential of frightening you as those purple/brown (depending on the instalment) chaps with those rough city names (all those k’s and r’s) whenever they popped out of the darkness of unexplored territory. The Zulus always scared me too but they just miss that extra... maybe it’s their green colour (reminds one of environmentalists) or the city names (Ulundi, such a softy name) but Zulu horsemen never came across as frightening as Mongolian ones.

Besides, when you’re playing on the real world map, you’ll miss the badass terrorising the Eurasian continent, since the Zulus are just too far away.
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I still think the most stormtrooperesque unit is that Babylonian Bowman. Plus Hammurabi has a realy nasty scowl.
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but my favorite city name goes to the russians... with the magnificent city of Magnitogorsk
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I'll miss the mongols.

Nothing intimidated me more than discovering the mongols or the russians next to my civ in the early beggining. In this case it was complete annihilation early on so I don't spend the whole game fending of their hordes or I'd bottleneck them with just two cities and a nice big mountain between them and me.

And when you actually couldn't beat them in just a few turns. Oh the desperation of feeling other civs advancing while you just built catapults and phalanxes... (solution: divide your civ in science-trade cities far off the borders and military producing monsters, usually doesn;t work very good)

One thing I'll miss the most for the mongols is the pissed off Genkis Chan face (I miss it from civ 1). It was so damn funny!

But the baddest (according to civ 2 standards) has to be the russians. Of course the badas* civs in civ 3 would be the militaristic expansionist ones I guess.
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no one going for the zulus.

man, i inherited a deep hate to them from Civ1.

gandhi was pretty badass in Civ2. nevr liked the japanese either.
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interesting post Mark, personally i am going to look forward to crushing the decadent Americans
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"Mongols out of Civ3 "

Thats the icq message I got and I was sure it was a joke,But.....it is true!

What are you thinking?There must be Mongols.They had a huge impact on the way their part of the world developed.No special Mongol horseman unit?...argh..this is a travesty.
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Greeks :P.

Seriously, I think Russians. Hated them in Civ 1/2.
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you're all wrong! the zulus were easily the nastiest of the nasty. they would own africa. if you couldn't seize controle on the strait between the middle east and africa they would run all over the place. the pissed zulu dude was pretty funny too. him and alexander came in 2nd behind genghis(spelling?)

the russians were mean as hell in civ 1 but that might just have something to do with stalin being the head man. but, i think the zulus were easily the most warmongering people in civ.

who will the the baddies in civ 3? probobly the zulus and aztecs. they were both always mean. i don't think the russian will be that bad, it's just been too long since the cold war to make them that mean.
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Ah, the Americans! They seem to just be advancing in tech and building new cities. Then you remember you are wearing levi jeans, nike shoes, a disney necktie, and drinking coca-cola. Your own mother gave up meditating and now watches american teevee shows. This has to stop!

As your military advisor lights his Marlboro cig, he suggests we demand tribute from them. The trade advisor thinks we might just get a box of promotional merchandise if we do. The attitude advisor - hey, wait, he IS an american! Damn them, it's time to wipe them from the earth...

Actually, I expect the Germans and Zulu to fill the role.
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If aliens are included in Civ III then they'll be the obvious choice to fill the "villain" slot (especially if they're Darloks or Antarans).
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The Sioux were the worst for me. Sometimes they would be sweet as pie, but they once sneak-nuked me while at peace and not even p!ssed at me. I will remember that forever.

Of course, the were eventually nuked back 4 times. The Mad Viking will have his revenge.

And yes, I'm that the Vikings are gone from Civ3.
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WE could be the bad ones
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yea. i think the militarists and the expansionists will be more aggressive towards players.

perhaps the scientists and economists will be more peaceful, and trade more?
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I want again the Russians like in civ1 with the bastard Stalin as leader. I really loved it in civ1 to play the Americans(just becasue of the location they start), to let Stalin conquer whole euro/afrika/asia and then reconquer it
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The might Persians might be pretty fearsome. They are militariastic and they will have more money to support a larger military than any other militariastic civ because of them being commercialized.

The Japanesse and Aztecs could be tough to handle because they are militariastic and religious. With them being religious they should have a big culture which will give them many resources enabling them to build several different types of units.

The Romans will be militariastic and industrious. This means that they will be able to produce their units much faster. Creating a bunch of Roman hordes knocking on your door step very often.

All the militariastic civs have a case in why they could be the greatest military powers.
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This is obviously an evil plan by those racist pigs at Firaxis to center hate on the poor Africans... I mean, who did most people hate in Civ II, 1. Mongols, 2. Zulus, 3. Russians, 4. Sioux

Firaxis wants us to hate the Africans by making them the new bogeymen of Civ.

We must protest this and request the fierce Mongols be reinstated in Civ III!


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Vikings and Mongols out, huh. War4 and I won't know what to do in our MP games.
what a crock...no mongols......

admittedly they and the zulus were jerks in civ..... along with the russians....

who am i supposed to play now..... and poor bird..no vikings... what is this world coming to
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