Okay, I've seen this argument a few times now, that Spain is crucial to Earth maps. Can someone explain to me why? If Spain isn't there, there are still several other major European civilizations to take that open land. I don't see how the exclusion of Spain is going to ruin the game.
The exclusion of Spain would make the Earth map look completely unhistorical, especially during the exploration and colonization eras. One of the reason why people play the Earth map is because they want to enjoy a game that bears at least some vague overall resemblance to how history actually played out. Without Spain, such a resemblance would be impossible to achieve.
Besides, probably less than 1% of all games are played on Earth maps, so I don't think that's really that strong of an argument anyway.
I think you underestimate the number of people who regularly play on Earth maps. Moreover a number of influential mods, such as Rhye's, are essentially based on the Earth map and require Spain to be a playable civ. For that reason, if Spain is not in vanilla, then it will be soon modded in anyway.
Newcomer said:
you keep advertising Spain telling how much cool it is compared to other countries... sort of nationalist propaganda... that's why I called you a nationalist.
You have not read what I said. I never said that Spain is "cooler" than other countries. I never made a comparison between Spain and some other county. For example, I said that Spain was a leading world power throughout its golden age, known as El Siglo de Oro. This is a factual statement, not a comparison between Spain and some other country.
That may be what you *mean* it to convey, but that is not what it actually conveys to readers.
Readers who have actually read my post will know what my use of "must" is meant to convey, since I have already explained it multiple times, supporting my statements with arguments, examples, and constructive criticism. It would be extremely unreasonable to take personal offence for such a futile verbal issue.
There is little doubt that if Spain is not in vanilla, then it will be added by an expansion pack or add-on. Thus, Spain
will be in Civ 5. Here, "will" is even stronger than "must" in that it implies future certainty. Yet few people would object that eventually Spain will be in Civ5, let alone be offended by that.