Is Civ II MP dead? - Page 4

ColdWizard · December 13, 2002, 18:01

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Originally posted by joeby
i want to play civ 1 or civ 2 online so badly... i got both and neither will work. i try to play witha friend whos got it and ive tryed loads of things. is there anyone out there that can help?

make sure you both have the same version (both patched or unpatched).

Flatlander Fox · December 13, 2002, 18:05

And then find decent trustworthy people who you can play with!

DrSpike · December 13, 2002, 18:09

Ones that honour their peace treaties

Flatlander Fox · December 13, 2002, 20:16

And who won't leave in the middle of games to pick up their children!

Seriously though, I think it won't be too had to find people to play, you just have to watch out for the folks who happen to be a tad arrogant and silly.

War4ever · December 13, 2002, 22:34

yes, arrogance is fun for awhile but gets old quick.....like breaking peace treaties like a trickster....

but you learn not to trust those players....

and picking up your kids is better than passing out mid game

Ming · December 22, 2002, 06:25

Hmmm... I've done both...

Spartan_RawB · December 23, 2002, 06:10

Civ II will never die. No other game has the balance, the complexity, the replayability and the excitement. Period. Civ II rocks, and I always come back to this game.

And long live zoners!

War4ever · December 23, 2002, 16:45

and he rides off into the sunset......

and Ming....... YES YOU HAVE hahahhaha

Xyvyr · December 29, 2002, 11:33

Hola compatriots! I just got a computer after a long haitus and snatched up Civ II MGE, find this place and the first thread I look at is "Is it dead"... man you people had me worried. I can't run Civ III on this iMac, and I don't wanna play anything else!! I signed up for ICQ, got Gameranger rolling, found a few CIV places, and, after two weeks, I managed to get a game going with a Swede who dropped out in the first turn. ARGH! I was very dissapointed to see no-one playing Civ II at Gameranger (aka AngstRiddenPreTeenZone) Anyway, NO, it aint dead, let's just all believe that. So, I'm jabby, I suck at Civilization, and I wanna be someones punching bag. All my info's available here, let's get something rolling!! Now to put one of those demented M&M's in here..

There we go.. BYE!

Spartan_RawB · December 29, 2002, 19:31

Come to www.zone.com and look under civ II. Many players there, some are good. Most good players don't quit out of games either.

War4ever · December 29, 2002, 20:42

yes the good ones don't , the lousy or losing ones ..well thats another story

Xyvyr · December 30, 2002, 10:54

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Originally posted by Spartan_RawB
Come to www.zone.com and look under civ II. Many players there, some are good. Most good players don't quit out of games either.

Ok, so I wandered into M$N land, and found my way to the CD games area, here:
http://zone.msn.com/hub_cdromrequired.asp
which showed everything from Age of Empires to X-Wing vs Tie Fighter (well, the right half of the names anyway, I guess using Explorer -and- going to a M$ site is double chance of screwing up) but no CIV II.. went from Asheron's Call to Combat Flight Simulator alphabetically. I take it I was in the wrong place then.. man this was simpler when the hottest game was Trade Wars at 9600 bps!
Hey at least there were no columbia house pop-ups evry time you changed a thread in Fidonet! Uh-oh, I think that 'old and grumpy' thing starts at 29...

War4ever · December 30, 2002, 14:06

YOU have to click on the civ2 game link, even though it is not supported by the zone anymore

CapTVK · December 30, 2002, 16:44

Hmmm.... the zone won't even open if you're using Mozilla.

Gee, I wonder why that could be?

Xyvyr · December 30, 2002, 18:16

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Originally posted by War4ever
YOU have to click on the civ2 game link, even though it is not supported by the zone anymore

I don't mean to be difficult, but there's no Civ2 link there, man. I can search the page for "civ" and get one hit, and that's inside a different game's description. If the link I posted last time aint the right place then I'll humbly eat my pay-less shoes, but there just aint squat there. I mean no big deal, I must be in the wrong place if they support Civ2 or not, but I checked the place out, looked up down and sideways and saw nothing of the sort. I aint worried about it, I'd like to hook up with a game whether it's on the Zone, GameRanger, or wherever. But hey, If I'm mistaken, please oh ye of ample experience, pointeth ye the right road..

War4ever · December 30, 2002, 19:53

ok bro....go to zone.com.
click all games on the left hand side
click on civ2 mp
then a pop up appears , click on continue or the black screen stating "this game is no longer supported blah blah" then boom your there

you may need to dl files from the zone, no biggie and the software crap they have, again no big deal.....

:b

Xyvyr · December 30, 2002, 22:59

Well I'll be - Thar she blows a few little clicks away. Amazin. Simply befuddlin. Mr. Emperor War4ever, you rock like a hurricane. Thank you kindly!

War4ever · December 31, 2002, 13:59

np mate!...... the beauty of this forum, there is bound to be someone without a life who is willing to help you

Xyvyr · December 31, 2002, 18:10

Golly.. wish I'd looked at the system requirements before trying to DL the software though.. no macs allowed. So this is what being a minority is like.

ColdWizard · December 31, 2002, 18:27

the players here tend to be better, both in skill and temperment

War4ever · December 31, 2002, 19:01

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Originally posted by ColdWizard
the players here tend to be better, both in skill and temperment

not true, many great apolytoners were/are zoners origionally

in the old days x2x2 wasn't the rage at the zone

ColdWizard · December 31, 2002, 19:29

there were (and may still be) many fine zoners, but the childish quitting and whining was (may be) far greater than typically found here

War4ever · December 31, 2002, 21:01

admittedly yes.......but most of the greats came from zone.com at some point or another....

and there will always be whining, have you played with ming lately

HappySunShine · January 1, 2003, 15:25

All the best players came from the zone. The zone has always been the best place for games and always will be. The game is dead now and has been for some time, it's hard to find a game anywhere but the zone is by far the easiest. Pure Apolytoners have always been known for being lesser players.

Xyvyr · January 1, 2003, 20:54

Wow - that was the happiest most sun shinyest post ever!

DrSpike · January 1, 2003, 20:58

Actually that was pretty tame. In a minute he's going to turn the record over and give you the "deity is only for rooks" b side.

Graag · January 2, 2003, 00:31

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Is Civ II MP dead?

Civ2 will never die!

Unless you're talking about really far in the future when there are much better games made by organic computer using sid's dna.

And I think both camps have produced their share of greats over the years... there was a time the zone had ****.

War4ever · January 2, 2003, 01:35

True Graag, but the zone was THE place for civ 2 when it first came out....i remember nights where there were 3digits of players roaming the zone looking for competition

I am sure poly has had its fair share too

ColdWizard · January 2, 2003, 11:27

i missed those days, by the time i got there 50 was a huge crowd and 30 was more the norm.

War4ever · January 2, 2003, 14:33

now your lucky to see 30 players even on a weekend.....everytime i stroll by i c around 10-18 people there.....

i remember the days of Kaak being in room 5.....and the title stating "i live here" and he did for many days, not losing to anyone who challenged him..... i still remeber the day he was beaten and a guy put a new slogan on room 5 "kaak used to live here"

rivalries were huge back then.....so was "weird" game play too though