Idea: Unit maker of the month

[Stormrage]

Khm...it ends with a ""

 

[Flamand]

I think that its a good idea, but am apalled that you are so racist against city-makers How about city-maker of the month?

As long as the city has a unit in it... But seriously, who would dare to take you on?

This whole thing is just an idea I had a couple of weeks ago and I'm very happy the response so far is quite positive. I added the different categories to challenge people (and myself) to make something different than their usual specialization...

 

[Bjornlo]

I think that its a good idea, but am apalled that you are so racist against city-makers How about city-maker of the month?

And here I had no idea that city making was a racially based skill.

 

[Kyriakos]

It is racially based; research has shown that civ3 city making is practiced mostly by pockets of minorities in the greater Berlin and Thessalonike areas

 

[Wyrmshadow]

And here I had no idea that city making was a racially based skill.

Yes, didn't you know its a strict guild made up of dwarves and tinker-gnomes?

 

[Stormrage]

Oh goody, name calling started..

 

[Kyriakos]

And to think no one mentioned anything about polish ww2 horsemen vs panzer tanks

 

[WildWeazel]

I don't like the idea.... Civ3 creation has always been about having fun and contributing to the community, not competition. IMO getting "featured file of the week" is enough of a reward.

(and this isn't just because I would never win anything )

 

[Flamand]

There are not that many files to feature anymore...

 

[Orthanc]

Maybe last year at this time, when there was a ginourmous volume of units being made constantly this would've been great, but at this point I'd have to say that a "best unit of the year" might be better, and in that case it probably shouldn't be limited to a certain category, that is, the categories should be as braod as possible, like just "unit of the year", "city of the year", "Leaderhead of the year" etc. If the volume ever jumps back again, we could aways switch to monthly contests.

Of course, the community will have to be fair and not-whiny about it for it to work, or else it won't be worth it.

 

[MarineCorps]

I discovered this problem years ago on this forum. Whenever someone decides to make a contest or a poll as to who is best.. there is much fighting and gnashing of teeth and everyone goes home angry. Or not enough poeple participate in this activity and it dies a crib death. So looking back at past experiences, this idea is doomed.

Not to mention the mods would probaly shut it down....

 

[MatteLeDog]

And to think no one mentioned anything about polish ww2 horsemen vs panzer tanks

I don't know what you meant by that, but it seems uncalled for, two of my best friends in RL are polish (living in sweden), they would take offence to that, besides aren't those stories about polish cavalry attacking german tanks head on mostly bs and propaganda? Don't think that was a regularity in the war.

 

[Flamand]

If that story is true I would consider it incredebly brave rather than incredebly stupid or backwards...
But lets go back to the topic at hand please...

 

[MatteLeDog]

Anyway the idea of Unit maker of the month competition seem like a good idea from a consumer (bloodsucking leech ) point of view, I know I'm unit hungry enough.

 

[Flamand]

As I'm a bit tired of hearing that thing about Polish cavalry over and over again, here is what Wikipedia has to say hoping this thing is settled once and for all... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cavalry)

Cavalry charges and Nazi propaganda

Apart from countless battles and skirmishes in which the Polish cavalry units used the infantry tactics, there were 16 confirmed cavalry charges during the 1939 war. Contrary to common belief, most of them were successful.
The first of them, and perhaps the best known, happened on September 1, 1939, during the Battle of Krojanty. During the action elements of the Polish 18th Uhlans Regiment met a large group of German infantry resting in the woods near the village of Krojanty. Colonel Mastalerz decided to take the enemy by surprise and immediately ordered a cavalry charge, a tactic the Polish cavalry rarely used as their main weapon.
The charge was successful and the German infantry unit was dispersed with heavy casualties and the Poles occupied the woods. Moreover, the German advance was stopped for enough time to allow the withdrawal of Polish 1st Rifle battalion and National Defence battalion Czersk from the area of Chojnice. However, the sounds of the battle notified the crews of the APCs stationed nearby and soon the Polish unit were under heavy machine gun fire. The Poles withdrew with the loss of 29 men killed and 50 wounded (as compared with 800 German losses).
The same day the German war correspondents were brought to the battlefield together with two journalists from Italy. They were shown the battlefield, the corpses of Polish cavalrymen and their horses, as well as German tanks that arrived to the place after the battle. One of the Italian correspondents sent home an article, in which he described the bravery and heroism of Polish soldiers, who charged German tanks with their sabres and lances. Although such a charge did not happen and there were no tanks used during the combat, the myth was used by German propaganda during the war. After the end of World War II it was still used by Soviet propaganda as an example of stupidity of Polish commanders and authorities, who allegedly did not prepare their country for the war and instead wasted the blood of their soldiers.

 

[Stormrage]

Horseman defeating a tank... yeah, right! Everyone knows they can`t do that! Its not like they are spearmen or something...

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Horseman defeating a tank... yeah, right! Everyone knows they can`t do that! Its not like they are spearmen or something...

STFU STFU STFU

I am even more sick of this crap.

 

[Stormrage]

Oi, Wyrmshadow? PMS? Those days of the week, dude? Why do you pick fights with everyone?

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Because you're an idiotic noob that doesnt know when an insensitive topic must die.

Merry Goddamn Christmas you ******

 

[Wyrmshadow]

BTW, I'm polish if you hadn't figured that out yet.