My civ story is multiplaying Civ 4 with my best friend from high school (we were in our late 20s and living on opposite ends of the country at the time.) I was playing the Mongols, had terrible starting land, then had to axerush my way through 2 neighbors to get to some useful real estate. In the process, I completely tanked my economy. Eventually, my buddy found me and gifted me a crapload of tech to save the day, but only after a few very tense turns spent fighting defensive war.
Just in case Rob or Troy are taking a census, mark me down as another 3MA loyalist with absolutely no interest in civ 5. It shipped completely broken and all the pre-expansion patching only managed to upgrade it to "somewhat less broken." I still play 4 and am in disbelief Firaxis charged me 50 whole dollars for 5. It was the first thing I've pre-ordered in about a decade and I sure won't be preordering anything else anytime soon!
