Message to Firaxis

[TETurkhan]

been hearing that rumor about Catherine the Great since high school, wondered if it was true or not - that comment about the cossacks - It wasn't nice... though I laughed very hard

 

[Switch625]

Originally posted by muppet


I vote for off-topic.

Uhm... maybe even Higher Game History.

But... Never World History.

Higher Game is cordially invited to come to the Off Topic forum. We'd love to have him.

 

[Masquerouge]

Originally posted by Switch625


Higher Game is cordially invited to come to the Off Topic forum. We'd love to have him.

NO WAY. You'll have to wait until next year's draft, and hope to be lucky.

BTW, HigherGame, where arst thou ? I was looking forward to some explaination about South America, the only continent on which you made no comments.

 

[PCHighway]

When will this post die???? It probaly never will, It will turn into a succession game!

"Welcome to Higher Games History thread, Im the Godly Americans and your the heathen Chinese" Just joking Higher Game

 

[TETurkhan]

Higher Game is cordially invited to come to the Off Topic forum. We'd love to have him.

Lets just give the guy his own forum, I swear I had the best laughs last week - where is he?

There should be awards given in this forum, best historical posts, funniest member etc... like the academy awards...

wonder what Higher Game would be nominated for?

 

[PCHighway]

hmmmmmmmmmm..... Awards? who would be the judges? The mods? You should e-mail that idea to Thunderfall. Maybe you'll get to be a judge. And it would make the wait for PTW seem less longer. Tell me when\if you mail the idea.

 

[TETurkhan]

ok, lets say he goes for the idea, what would be the categories/awards, we need to come up with that before we nominate anyone.

Ideas people?

 

[PCHighway]

Good question, but we should keep it more game based. You know. Because this is already off-topic, Very off-topic. Some topics? how about: Best Given Adviceor tutorial?(for the tutorial section) And funniest thread, For the Humor Section, Best mod for the comp. Mod section, Best beta made Graphic ,for the unit section,Best history thread for the World History Forum. etc.

It really doesn’t matter just as long as we keep it related to civ.

Some ideas to help argue your topic are that it would cut down Unessential posts, help people (the tutorial one would.) Help people choose between mods for the mod award(most mods change your whole game and this would be helpful in choosing the right one.) same with the units.... most importantly it would give everyone a good laugh.(the humor award)

 

[Kal-el]

Originally posted by God
Africa the dark continet? Thats what the racsit Europeans thought of Africa in the 16th century.

But it wasn't called the dark continent because they were racist. Not saying they weren't racist, but that's not why it was called the dark continent. It was called the dark continent because it was still mostly unexplored by Europeans, hence on a map the interior was dark. (think of it like the fog-of-war) You have heard of "Deepest, Darkest Africa", they weren't talking about the people they were talking about the unexplored jungles of the Congo and other inaccessible regions of the continent.

my point is, for a history text to refer to Africa as the "Dark Continent" is not necessarily make the book out of date. It all depends on the context and what it says about it being the "Dark Continent".

 

[PCHighway]

Originally posted by Kal-el


It was called the dark continent because it was still mostly unexplored by Europeans, hence on a map the interior was dark. (think of it like the fog-of-war).....inaccessible regions of the continent.....my point is, for a history text to refer to Africa as the "Dark Continent" is not necessarily make the book out of date. It all depends on the context and what it says about it being the "Dark Continent".

I think that "The Dark Continent" phrase was neither Racism nor 'a unexplored interior',but an intermingling of both. Arab traders told false stories to the Europeans, So they could own the slave\resource\luxury market. None the less im sure the Europeans (of the time) half-heartedly believed them. For racist reasons... Among others.
Kal-el, Have you ever heard of a series of maps that where entitled "The maps of the Ancient sea Kings"? These maps where made in the European Dark ages, And always had Jerusalem in the center of the world. And in places they didn’t know much about, (to the east, toward the far orient)

They would have inscriptions like "Here Be Dragons". They also had the east, Where north should be. This doesn’t have much to do with the subject of European racism, but it proves they were gullible.

 

[Kal-el]

I love those old maps.

They always have sea monsters all over the place and the outlines of the continents are all askew due the lack of ariel photography or decent methods of cartography.

 

[Ozymandius]

Maps during the middle ages had the east "on top" because paradise was there. Early maps showed Adam & Eve in paradise with a wall of flame surrounding it. The word "to orient" came from this practice. To orient a map originally meant to put the east (the orient) at the top. We now orient a map by "northing" it

 

[PCHighway]

Yes, the maps are always good topic changers

 

[GhengisFarb]

POTENTIAL CATEGORIES FOR THE CIVFANATIC ACADEMY AWARDS...(Known affectionally as the 'Joe' awards) who will the 'Joe' go to in the following categories

(Please refrain from the 'Joe Mama', 'Joe Sister', etc. comments)

Best Thread Origination
teturkhan for This is historically incorrect!
(a documentary on the the hairstyles of the Mongol Horde)

teturkhan for Message to Firaxis
(a look at the effect of Christian Home Schools on young Americans)

Best Supporting Thread Origination (Hijacking)
Higher Game for Message to Firaxis
(a reeducation of the Scientific Community that was unaware the universe revolves around the United States)


ANY OTHER CATEGORIES/NOMINEES?

 

[PCHighway]

I proudly announce that GhengisFarb Has just won the resurrected thread, that shouldn’t have been, 'Joe'.

 

[TETurkhan]

man I use to get such a kick out of reading his posts - where the heck are you!? For a while it was a daily thing, like checking out the comics

on to another point, thunderfall said this award idea is a good one, but that we need to figure out various categories..
so if you people are interested - your input is needed...

 

[Higher Game]

Oh, grow up! I'm alive and well. There are enough people like me to last a life time, and that's not always a good thing.

 

[Masquerouge]

YEEEEESSS this thread is back !
But the salt of it is gone, I'm afraid... Unless HigherGame is willing to play his role again
But I still think we can get some toppings out of the news... Like the Hispano-Morrocoan (?) war ?
Now come on, bring it on, I want cliches and subjectivity, I want bad faith and sarcasm, I want lies and I want them good

 

[GhengisFarb]

(sound of thunder)
Its Alive!!!

 

[Masquerouge]

Originally posted by teturkhan
on to another point, thunderfall said this award idea is a good one, but that we need to figure out various categories..
so if you people are interested - your input is needed...

I suggest : (these should be monthly awards)
- Most useful/devoted member
- Most boring thread
- Most monomaniac member (YES it's you Ltkiller with your "RTFM / use search function" but how can I forget zouave ? )
- Most interesting thread
- "Laugh of the Month" award