I now own Civ V - what now?
 

Today, I won a game. "Any one of those over there!" I went and looked, and to my dismay found that a 10 € CIV V copy was the least unattractive. Thus, I now own Civ V.

Should I even install it?

well, this seems to take care of itself - steam install has issues, steam activation sucks, CIV V installation doesn't work.

installing Divx 9 for the sixth time now. How I hate it when they sell beta releases.

You can try. It does not like to get installed. Also, you'd need Steam. I have not uninstalled it but have not played for a long long time.

Uh, cross-posting. You are doing it right now, or so it seems.

It's DirectX, not Divx...

And it is not beta, it is the first version of alpha or pre-alpha. It gets better after patches though. Sometimes. Sometimes, after patches it gets worse.

Are you installing from Steam or from a disc? Steam should install the patched version.

Bought it from steam 2 weeks ago (along with G&K expansion). Downloading and installing from there went fine.

(And so far, I think, installing is worth the time. Don't know yet how much I like it, but it looks and feels nice. Although strategy seems to be different. Maybe worse than Civ IV)

You start playing it... then you play a little more... then you start playing it again... then you start practicing.. then you continue playing.. then you play still a little more.. than yohau start hating then you don`t want to play anymore.. then you want to play again.. then we play, then you start hating again and then I beat you cause I am the Conquerer of Civ.. ha ha ha..

don`t forget to eat and drink now and then...

... als spelling mistakes are delibirete

note: use punctuation to avoid delusional miscomprehension ;-)