View Poll Results: Will you buy the PX?
Sure, I will preorder it as soon as posible 11 8.09%
Yes, the day it hits the stores I'll buy it 24 17.65%
Yeah, I think I'll buy it within a week or two of release day 44 32.35%
I think so, but it wont be the first months of release 14 10.29%
Maybe...and then maybe not 17 12.50%
I don't think so, but maybe time will change my mind 9 6.62%
NO WAY! 15 11.03%
Only if they introduce the Banana republic 2 1.47%
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Old May 2, 2002, 12:32   #1
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XP? Will you buy it?
Just curous, will you buy the XP the day it's released, or never?
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I'll proberly buy it within the first two weeks!
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Old May 2, 2002, 12:48   #3
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The next post like this should add a "is this the 9th or 10th time this has been asked?" selection to the poll. :P And yeah, i'll buy it shortly after it comes out. Firaxis has shown that even if it does get rushed they can make it quite playable and enjoyable.
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Sorry, I tried to see if this has been asked before, but didn't find any of those threads...or maybe that's because I'm way to tired today
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I will buy it as soon as I see it in the stores. (Money is no object)
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In fairness, we now actually have some verification for the expansion, so I think it's fine to ask again.

Cognitive dissonance demands that I buy the expansion.
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I'll buy it once the price drops regardless of what it is released at.

Usually, the price goes down after a month or so of being on the shelves.
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Depends on components
I'll probably buy it. However, I'm not at all interested in MP, so it would depend on the other features. I can't see getting it just for eight more Civs, but there will probably be other goodies.

I really liked the SMAX expansion pack, so if that's any indication, I lean toward a buy.
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I propably wont buy it. After all the civ3 crap Firaxis made us pay for it would be just to get it as warez
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I will buy it as soon as it reaches the stores. Firaxis has shown to commit themselves so if it is no good I trust they will patch things right. Multiplayer is a must have for me. Having played the AI for far to long now I am thirsty of human blood.
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Firaxis stuck me with a beta $50 game last November, along with a useless idiotic "Strategy Guide".

Hell will freeze before I buy another Firaxis Civ 3 product - unless I get a $25 rebate for Civ 3.

Anyone who gives Firaxis more money is a sucker. Some of those who say laughably that "money is no object" sound like Firaxis shills.
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If it's a fair price ($30 at most), yes. But I won't pay $50 again.

Anyway, I'll buy it for the 8 civs (if I like them), I could care less about online play. Mostly since you can't play online with a modded version, and modding is half the fun of Civ
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I want to see what new civs are coming with it. Also if there are any other features. Multiplayer will be cool though....
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Here's my new philosophy regarding purchasing computer games.

I won't buy any until I'm absolutely sure that it's worth it. I won't get burned again, no no, not like I did when I rushed out like a trained dog and bought Civ3 LE the very day it hit the stores.
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i'll get it a day in advance, curse out the boards, and get banned for 6 months. then show up again ranting about how much it sucks.

worked last time.
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XP's already out. I believe Microsoft debutted it on Oct 25th or something. Windows forever!
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I am a 'Single Player' kind of guy. Scenarios are fine for a couple of plays, but I have never found a scenario game for Civ2 that wasn't way unbalanced. To me the great draw of CIV is the mystery of how the world is shaped. Every game is different, a unique RPG-type* situation. The random map is KING (well, actually Diety, uh, God)!

So, I don't think so, but maybe time will change my mind

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Actually, the Windows XP system works rather well on the Windoze system I purchased to play Civ3 on; but that is ALL I do on it.
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I'm not saying XP is bad by any means. Just that the upcoming expansion pack for Civ3 is not "XP."
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i definitely won't buy it at release, and may not get it at all, though that depends on the opinions of some MPers i know
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if(X == 'ex' && P == 'pansion')
{
XP = expansion;
}

else if(X == 'expansion' && P == 'pack')
{
XP = expansion pack;
}

else if(X == 'ex' && P != 'pansion)
{
XP != expansion
}

else
{
XP != expansion pack;
}
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if(X == 'ex' && P == 'pansion')
{
XP = expansion;
}

else if(X == 'expansion' && P == 'pack')
{
XP = expansion pack;
}

else if(X == 'ex' && P != 'pansion)
{
XP != expansion
}

else
{
XP != expansion pack;
}
Agh, not all this again!
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Mircosoft Expansion is Dubed XP, so XP means Expansion
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   cout << "XP == Expansion Pack :p";
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I'll give you two guesses.

The one that doesn't include "bribe a flunky at the local game store to get it a day early" doesn't count.
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In all honesty, I don't think I will get the XP. I downloaded the latest patch, installed it, but have yet to even start a game with it.
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If the XP includes pbem, I will buy it.
Otherwise, no.
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I think I will buy it if it is not too expensive...
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