poprawkz
Chieftain
"1. CF is non-historical and unrealistic. NEVER happened in History, that despite the warped efforts of those who distort reality to try to find examples of CF." -Zouave
One word.
Melungeons.
They are a people with uncertain history. But the known facts are these... They are -not- pure native american, they became absorbed into the american colonists culture, and they were not happy or have an easy time with this. Now the fact that they are not pure native americans means that they too must have absorbed another culture into their own, before being swallowed whole by the colonists culture. Melungeons are now unsure of their own roots from so much culture 'flipping'.
What about Egypt? Cleopatra was a Greek remember?
Take a look at WWII Japan and look at pressent day Japan. I would say western culture conquered more than western weaponry.
Britains lost empire. While its true Britain no longer controls its empire as it once had, there is no doubt that their culture lives on as a legacy in each of the places they controlled. Many South African caucasians, Austrailians, and Brits alike are mistaken in their traits and customs.
"If you can't beat them, join them."
Having a culture act as you would have them act is just as good as controlling how you would have them act.
On a final note, my tips for controlling culture flipping is to have each city I conquer immediately begin production on a library, if I have any spare units (longbowman, swordsman, etc.) I disband them in the city for rushed production and write it off as ordinance disposal.
In my most recent game as the Germans I was attempting global domination through superior firepower and had wiped out france, china, russia, most of egypt, and was finishing off france when suddenly I acheived cultural victory. Kinda ticked me off really -- apparently rush building libraries like that over 60% of the map builds up hellascious amounts of culture. As I was finishing off egypt I had loads of artillery lying around that I had captured from france and china so I was disbanding artillery to rush universities. Who needs artillery that lags behind your troops when you have carriers?
Anyways... just my two golds.
One word.
Melungeons.
They are a people with uncertain history. But the known facts are these... They are -not- pure native american, they became absorbed into the american colonists culture, and they were not happy or have an easy time with this. Now the fact that they are not pure native americans means that they too must have absorbed another culture into their own, before being swallowed whole by the colonists culture. Melungeons are now unsure of their own roots from so much culture 'flipping'.
What about Egypt? Cleopatra was a Greek remember?
Take a look at WWII Japan and look at pressent day Japan. I would say western culture conquered more than western weaponry.
Britains lost empire. While its true Britain no longer controls its empire as it once had, there is no doubt that their culture lives on as a legacy in each of the places they controlled. Many South African caucasians, Austrailians, and Brits alike are mistaken in their traits and customs.
"If you can't beat them, join them."
Having a culture act as you would have them act is just as good as controlling how you would have them act.
On a final note, my tips for controlling culture flipping is to have each city I conquer immediately begin production on a library, if I have any spare units (longbowman, swordsman, etc.) I disband them in the city for rushed production and write it off as ordinance disposal.
In my most recent game as the Germans I was attempting global domination through superior firepower and had wiped out france, china, russia, most of egypt, and was finishing off france when suddenly I acheived cultural victory. Kinda ticked me off really -- apparently rush building libraries like that over 60% of the map builds up hellascious amounts of culture. As I was finishing off egypt I had loads of artillery lying around that I had captured from france and china so I was disbanding artillery to rush universities. Who needs artillery that lags behind your troops when you have carriers?
Anyways... just my two golds.