War on Terrorism!
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Tahuti
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Barbarians will represent general (Muslim) terror groups in the mod.
Also Paganism will feature in the mod, it represents heathen state religions and leadercult's featuring in Communist state's. But since Heathen religions are somewhat out of the point, I might consider renaming it to Atheism.
Also Paganism will feature in the mod, it represents heathen state religions and leadercult's featuring in Communist state's. But since Heathen religions are somewhat out of the point, I might consider renaming it to Atheism.
dh_epic
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Why only Muslim terrorists?
irishlamma
Chieftain
where's the IRA?
irishlamma said:
See what I mean? See my post above. In America we only think Middle East. This War on Terrorism is a joke. The scope of terrorism is so huge, the only way you could wage a successful "war" is bring in big brother and treat everyone like a suspect. It's an ideal, not a country or a specific group of people. So, I think this mod's name be changed to "The world Washington D.C. Lives in".
Jecrell
Ruled: Civ3 - Civ5
Wasn't there a certain something in the first post of the thread that said "Keep political discussions out"?Dikaioma said:
Yeah... thanks.
And please, don't respond with more ranting.
Jecrell
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Sometimes it really doesn't matter what the context is really towards. Occasionally there are times when people 'need' to say something on a certain topic. I know from experience, and my own mistakes, this is true.Kaiserguard said:
Don't worry about it too much Kaiser.
And thank you for the apology Dikaioma, I really do appreciate it.
dh_epic
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Jecrell said:
That's the thing. It's much more political to say "the terrorists are in Iraq". To say that the terrorists weren't in Iraq until after Saddam was ousted makes you a part of the reality-based community.
Fighting terrorism isn't political.
But the so called "war on terror" is.
"Modern Combat" is a much more sane assessment of this mod, and one that I support.
If there are going to be terrorists, though, it needs to range from Osama Bin Laden to Timothy McVeigh.
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
This might be too recent to be able to pulled off effectively if formed by consensus... largely because there is none. Personally, I feel like for this to focus on the issue of terrorism, it's going to require a massive overhaul of current game mechanics because the current game is not really tailored to handle the nuiances of modern politics and terrorism/counter-terrorism in particular.
There has to be way more diplomatic and internal politics features than whatever the game currently offers because otherwise Iraq is going to get flattened and be out of the game in the first five turns...
There has to be way more diplomatic and internal politics features than whatever the game currently offers because otherwise Iraq is going to get flattened and be out of the game in the first five turns...
Private Byrne
Her Loyal servant
Why not narrow this mod into a iraq war scenario, since most combat will betaking place in that part of the world. Well most of the combat that could be replicated by civ4 anyway(in terms of terroism). This way you can focus on a more compact scenario with is more fun and playable gameplay. You could better represent the sunni shia divide and build it on a much smaller map, meaning less lag time for users. With the new event system in place you would be able to produce a accurate time line of the event that have come to pass i.e. the massive break out of violence in 2004 the siege of An Najaf and Al Fullja. And the falling support of the american and coalitions public meaning withdrawls of their forces from the battlefield. it would be easier to represent the various factions on the battlfield i.e. Sunni, shia, kurd and the terroist groups and militias like anasr al sunna, al qaeda in Iraq, Mardi Army, badr Brigade. You could also include Iran and syria to stir the flames of revolt.
I guess what im trying to say is the scope you have chosen seems too large and complex to build a good Mod/scenario on.
I guess what im trying to say is the scope you have chosen seems too large and complex to build a good Mod/scenario on.
ConnorstheGreat
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you should include Canada, we do help on the war, we just don't the credit.
Jecrell
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Modern Combat, the Modern World, the War on Terror, War in the Middle East are all good titles. But let's not argue semantics -- if the modules name is changed too many times we might not even remember what it is anymore. 
Tahuti
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Canada along with other nations such as Australia would be good. I also would include Syria, Libya and Chechnya (Not really a nation but rebelling republic, but yet there are notable enough that I think its absurd to not include). Also, I made the scope a bit wider - It will begin in 1975 (Pre Iraq-Iran war).
Tunch Khan
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This is the best idea so far.Private Byrne said:
