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Civilization II played for 10 years...

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6/13/12 at 5:02am

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Quite interesting. Never thought that there is no "soft-cap" even.
WoW hardcore players are sissies compared to him!

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6/13/12 at 5:24am

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OMGOMGOMGOGMGOMG!!!!

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6/13/12 at 5:26am

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Saw yesterday on reddit
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6/13/12 at 5:34am

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Intense. I forgot how big Civ games actually are.

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6/13/12 at 5:44am

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"The world is a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation."

Seems about right

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O.O

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6/13/12 at 5:50am

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Comments underneath are worth reading.

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Just spent about half an hour just reading the comments people have made. Quite entertaining, really. It's interesting to see the parallels between the political climate in the game and Orwell's 1984.

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Awesome hahahaha

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