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News Civ coming to Facebook

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 22 Oct 2009.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 22 Oct 2009
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  2. Skiddywinks

    Skiddywinks Minimodder

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    Uh oh.

    Thus far I have resisted Farmville and all the games available on facebook, but this might just get me hooked :/
     
    Skiddywinks, 22 Oct 2009
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  3. docodine

    docodine killed a guy once

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    What would you need microtransactions for in Civ?

    Though I should expect the worst.. Free play*



    *One city allowed, additional cities cost $4.99 each.
     
    docodine, 22 Oct 2009
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  4. Omnituens

    Omnituens What's a Dremel?

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    probably for the best that i cant access facebook at work.
     
    Omnituens, 22 Oct 2009
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  5. Veles

    Veles DUR HUR

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    Maybe instant building of units or buildings and maybe some of the wonders are only available through micro transactions.
     
    Veles, 22 Oct 2009
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  6. Deact

    Deact What's a Dremel?

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    Sounds good to me, less so on mircotransactions. May finally help explain why we spend so much time of these sites afterall...

    Oh, spotted this amongst the lines:

    "...on the strengths of a social netowrking site ..."
     
    Deact, 22 Oct 2009
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  7. Psytek

    Psytek What's a Dremel?

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    Oh hell, goodbye life. This will eat all of my spare time.
     
    Psytek, 22 Oct 2009
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  8. interzen

    interzen Real men use chainsaws.

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    It'll be good providing it plays like Civ4 rather than "Revolution", which was utter crap, IMO.
    I'll be keeping an eye on this, I think - if anyone can pull it off then I suspect that Sid Meier will be the one to do it.
     
    interzen, 22 Oct 2009
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  9. Redbeaver

    Redbeaver The Other Red Meat

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    oh wow, out of all the app request ive declined the past years in facebook (pretty much 99% of them), i might just succumb on this sucker.

    man.... ive been laughin at my wife on how much time she spent in facebook, soon its all gonna turn back.
     
    Redbeaver, 22 Oct 2009
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  10. AshT

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    Couldn't have said it better myself.
     
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  11. Abhorsen

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    Same boat here!
     
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  12. Xir

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    ...as facebook is pretty much unused in Germany (i don't know anybody even trying it) I must have missed this game-on-facebook thing.
    Isn't it a "social networking site"? This relates to free gaming how?
     
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  13. Skiddywinks

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    Facebook has applications that you add to your profile. They weren't much when they first started, but now you can get some sickeningly detailed and deep games to play. They are flash based as far as I know, and a lot of my friends are hooked on some of them. Especially farmville. I have never really given any the time of day.

    Civ might change that.
     
    Skiddywinks, 22 Oct 2009
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  14. Abhorsen

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    I find that astonishing as much as it annoys me at times, a country not utilising one of the fast growing websites of all time sounds really bizarre.
     
    Abhorsen, 22 Oct 2009
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  15. ano

    ano 8-bit Bandit

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    We're going to need a bigger boat!
     
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  16. bigsharn

    bigsharn Officially demotivated

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    Much MUCH bigger if I'm to fit in it :)
     
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  17. Xir

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    Germany has it's own version... (StudiVZ, Xing (former OpenBC))

    You think that's odd? get this: the Netherlands have no Ebay...they have a (poor) version of their own (marktplaats.nl)
     
    Xir, 23 Oct 2009
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  18. biebiep

    biebiep What's a Dremel?

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    Like Mousehunt wasn't addictive enough already >_>

    Goddamn you Facebook!
     
    biebiep, 24 Oct 2009
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  19. boggsi

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    bit-tech++ for picking up on this. I have been looking out for someone to do a decent job of capitalising on the potential for a decent persistent MMOish game on FB & this looks like it could be it. Nice catch!
     
    boggsi, 25 Oct 2009
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