Where is the freekin lama? What barbarian? Are you guys messin' with me?
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Where is the freekin lama? What barbarian? Are you guys messin' with me?
In the bookshelf at the upper right.
I def. need @Victoria 's finger to see stuff like that. And she has been worryingly absent of late.
Can I get you guys to use a highliter or something?
And that's not a clue?
I don't believe it. We are being trolled by firaxis again. They *must* know we are going to speculate on every tiny thing...
As far as I know, those have been there for some time.
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They had games on the shelf last week.
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'We' are mostly trolling ourselves by reading into every freaking detail.
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And a trebuchet. And a trebuchet was also in the RnF video. ...
No, someone found the exact same toy for sale somewhere labeled as a Llama.
The barbarian and the catapult have been there in every livestream iirc.
That's a catapult.
A mangonel, to be precise. So no suggestion of a medieval Trebuchet unit in GS, although with the Bombard I'm not sure one is necessary.
Well, if we want to get technical about it, a trebuchet is also a type of catapult. I was thinking in civ terms here, but yea
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Well, if we want to get technical about it, a trebuchet is also a type of catapult. I was thinking in civ terms here, but yea
Yeah, you’re right.
*trebuchet not confirmed*
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Well, if we want to get technical about it, a trebuchet is also a type of catapult. I was thinking in civ terms here, but yea
Sloppy terminology. Strictly speaking, a Trebuchet is not a 'catapult', because catapult comes from Katapelta = 'shield piercer', and a Trebuchet does not fire missiles to pierce shields, but heavy weights to crush targets or walls or (originally in China) flammable mixtures to clear city walls. A trebuchet more precisely is a Lithoboulos - a stone thrower.
Also, what everyone thinks of as a trebuchet is a Counterpoise or Counterweight Trebuchet, using a heavy counterweight to propel the throwing arm. This machine is first mentioned in the 11th century CE in Byzantium, but the older, Traction Trebuchet using manpower to pull down the counter arm dates back to the 4th century BCE in China and 6th century CE in Byzantium.
And, since the first definite recorded use of a Bombard was in 1375 CE (France), the Trebuchet would be a very short-lived unit: only a little over 200 years before being replaced by an early gunpowder weapon.
And note, by the way, that the Bombard comes BEFORE the musket: first 'hackbuss' or arquebus with a stock and firing mechanism (so a true handgun) dates to about 35 - 40 years after the first use of a Bombard.
Someday, somehow, Firaxis' designers may get some of this right...
I didn't say only Canada has designer futuristic libraries; I said Canada has only designer futuristic libraries.I beg to differ - here is the National Library of Belarus
God of Kings
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Here's the Toronto Reference Library:I didn't say only Canada has designer futuristic libraries; I said Canada has only designer futuristic libraries.
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It even sells comic books, manga, anime, and Nintendo merchandise (including plush Kirby toys, though I bought their entire collection of plush Kirby toys).
I'm not convinced that this ultra-modern eyesore in the city is indicative of a new "Future Era" city set:
It's just a single structure. Given that there's no more room in the Government Plaza, I wonder if the City Centre will play host to the new Tier 4 government buildings? I remember that it was leaked that the Tier 4 governments will have these absurdly hipster-esque names like "Digital Democracy", and a neo-futuristic skyscraper with neon lighting sounds about right for that.
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