AdamCrock
Polish Pirate
Currently playing as Mayans. After researching Theology I was like What the... ?! The date ... It's broken !
At first I was confused b'ak'tuns ? What's that ? Now I did do some diggin and know that in the Long Count 'tun counts are roughly years (360 days to be exact - but why not 365 ?) and one k'tun is equal to 20 'tun counts (which is roughly 20 years but we loose 5 x 20 = 100 days each 'tun count because it's 360 and not 365). It is even moreso confusing because of the BC - AD transition. Mayans does not have that so the Long Count date 0.0.0.0.0 is believed to be 3114 BC. Interesting fact I've found about 2012 Doomsayers (now know to be -obviosly- horribly wrong ) that there is no such cylcle as 13 b'ak'tuns in the Long Count. It was simply jumping on to the next b'ak'tun in the calendar and nothing more. There is however piktun cycle which is 20 b'ak'tuns which is roughly 20^3 "Mayan Long Count years" or 'tun's (and has inherent missing 5 days in a year error).
Now that we have (roughly) the science behind that calendar down let's talk about how it relates to the game
I dont follow exactly years per turn but maybe there's a period in the game when 1 turn = 20 years - coincidence ? xD Mayans were obviosly fixated on multiplying everything by 20 in their calendar.
How do You feel seeing Mayan date instead of the usuall BC/AD date ? Me ? I love it ! It reminds me of Star Trek series - You know : "Captain's log, stardate (insert date here)" . In my game I created "The Old Ones" religion for my Mayans and now am waiting for the return of the great Cthulu. Renamed "holy sites" to "landing sites" in my mind It's so great that You can customize Your religion in Civ 5 !!
What's Your strategy distributing Long Count Great Person ? (or "The Old Ones" which have landed in from the great void in my imagination hehe ) I usually am starting with engineer to hurry up some ancient wonders, than scientist to build academy and finaly artists/writers/musician to compliment theming up wonders. What's Yours ?
At first I was confused b'ak'tuns ? What's that ? Now I did do some diggin and know that in the Long Count 'tun counts are roughly years (360 days to be exact - but why not 365 ?) and one k'tun is equal to 20 'tun counts (which is roughly 20 years but we loose 5 x 20 = 100 days each 'tun count because it's 360 and not 365). It is even moreso confusing because of the BC - AD transition. Mayans does not have that so the Long Count date 0.0.0.0.0 is believed to be 3114 BC. Interesting fact I've found about 2012 Doomsayers (now know to be -obviosly- horribly wrong ) that there is no such cylcle as 13 b'ak'tuns in the Long Count. It was simply jumping on to the next b'ak'tun in the calendar and nothing more. There is however piktun cycle which is 20 b'ak'tuns which is roughly 20^3 "Mayan Long Count years" or 'tun's (and has inherent missing 5 days in a year error).
Now that we have (roughly) the science behind that calendar down let's talk about how it relates to the game
I dont follow exactly years per turn but maybe there's a period in the game when 1 turn = 20 years - coincidence ? xD Mayans were obviosly fixated on multiplying everything by 20 in their calendar.
How do You feel seeing Mayan date instead of the usuall BC/AD date ? Me ? I love it ! It reminds me of Star Trek series - You know : "Captain's log, stardate (insert date here)" . In my game I created "The Old Ones" religion for my Mayans and now am waiting for the return of the great Cthulu. Renamed "holy sites" to "landing sites" in my mind It's so great that You can customize Your religion in Civ 5 !!
What's Your strategy distributing Long Count Great Person ? (or "The Old Ones" which have landed in from the great void in my imagination hehe ) I usually am starting with engineer to hurry up some ancient wonders, than scientist to build academy and finaly artists/writers/musician to compliment theming up wonders. What's Yours ?