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Hey a MAJOR GRIPE about Civ3....
my goodness, they list the F-15 eagle as the successor to the F-14 tomcat. IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The F-14 is a carrier based interceptor. the F-15 is land based interceptor. The F-14 and F-15 have very similar missions. You can't say that the F-14 is being replaced by the F-15
ITS SO DUMB!

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About a stable (mor or less, is MS) OS i think W2K-sp2 is the best.
About hardware, well i allways use components made by serious companies (MSI,ASUS,MICRON).
In the game side, only after the first or second patch is out and the news from the players say is ok, then i buy it.

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I didn't read the entire thread, but i just wanted to say some good things about civ3, it has bugs off course but,

1. The game never crashed on my computer, i have W98, SE4 OTOH crashed several times, even after the first couple of patches.

2. Firaxis are clearly committed to fixing the game, i remember that when the first patch came out, some people with W XP(or was it W2k?) were having problems, some guys at Firaxis worked overtime to get it fixed, and released an updated patch one or two days later.

3.While i was playing the game, i never noticed any of the bugs mentioned and very much enjoyed the game, i probably would have noticed the air superiority bug, but i never got that far.

4. The AI is the best i've ever seen, the AI-players are loyal, if you treat them right they treat you right, unless you're close to winning the game, then they all gang up on you (nobody likes to lose). They also attack with a lot of units, making it dangerous to keep a static defense.

Off course, all of this is my own experience, other people have found flaws in the AI, but i choose not to read them, just to keep me from exploiting that flaw.

One thing i am dissapointed in is the limited modding ability.

[ 22 December 2001: Message edited by: LemmyM ]</p>

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mac5732: Battle Realms is a really slick game. Very high production values and quite good. Purchase it for your son! Though I guess this advice came too late.

Regarding Civ3:

It's simply not worth playing in its current state. I won't speak for what the Gold Edition might be like a year from now, but all indications are that this is a game full of sound and fury signifying nothing.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Atrocities:
THis game is utter complete crap. Just trust me on this. I have been playing it for a month now, and I just unistalled that POS from my computer. The list of things wrong with it is a mile and half long. I am sick and tired of crap from Sid M. and will NEVER buy his trash again.

To hell with Civilization 3. Oh ya, I just trashed the disk, and am going to send it to them in peaces. (Seldom does a game frustrate me to this point, but this one pushed evey button I had.)<hr></blockquote>

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Atrocities:
THis game is utter complete crap. Just trust me on this. I have been playing it for a month now, and I just unistalled that POS from my computer. The list of things wrong with it is a mile and half long. I am sick and tired of crap from Sid M. and will NEVER buy his trash again.

To hell with Civilization 3. Oh ya, I just trashed the disk, and am going to send it to them in peaces. (Seldom does a game frustrate me to this point, but this one pushed evey button I had.)<hr></blockquote>

Atrocities: The game is not that bad, and your acting like sid sleep with your wife or something

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Mark P, don't come here and flame please. Stay at STC.

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yeah, this is a flame free board, lets keep it that way. I had to smile when Growltigga was being concerned over the smack-talk being moderated in the US v UK thread. this is probably the most mature forum on the net, and people handle friendly and even heated discourse very well. dont drag immature @#%$ like that into it.

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Growltigga, don't have much time, having xmas at in-laws, if wife finds me on computer, " coal for xmas", heh, heh, I agree about Gor, I began to wonder if he had something against women from the way the story line got lost and he paid more attention to women slaves, right on about Baen, I keep cking to see if more chapters are posted, no luck, leaves you in lurch and hungering for the book, have nice holiday, oooppps wife calling me, gotta go. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

ps; the thing that makes this board great is that it is kept Flame Free, open discussions are encouraged and you are free to disagree with whomever, but no flaming, that's what ruins other Boards. Fun Banter if ok

just some ideas mac

[ 24 December 2001: Message edited by: mac5732 ]</p>

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Atrocities:
Mark P, don't come here and flame please. Stay at STC.<hr></blockquote>

Atrocities: Sorry for the flame, I’ve should have said, did Sid kill your dog or what! Why so much anger? it gives the impression that you think Sid did this on purpose. And by the way you got some very good ships sets. Add keep up the good work and sorry for the flame.

What is STC anyway???