What do you guys think about an Olympic Games Wonder/ Event?

Should the Olympics be a wonder, event or not in the game

  • Wonder

    Votes: 9 24.3%
  • Event

    Votes: 20 54.1%
  • Not in the game

    Votes: 8 21.6%

  • Total voters
    37

helpless_writer

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I was thinking since its one of the few major events that transcend most civilizations and should be at first a event then a national wonder. Like this.

After meeting a certain # of AI (lets say 5) you are greeted by your cultural advisor. "There is talk of a international challenge among the civilizations you know, however currently there is no where to host the event. I believe __your title___ that we should build a Colosseum as soon as possible in order to possible host and put us on the grand stage."

From there you get an alert from your foreign advisor "Sir a group of leaders has requested you presence in an international meeting! Do you wish to accept their invitation?"

From there you go to the meeting and for the first Olympic games its based off who built a Colosseum first. The person or AI who did then choose one of their cities to host it in. And the World wonder is built in that city.

Original Olympic Stadium: For that year it should be a major boost in culture & when you reach the modern era your domestic advisor should call saying it has become a landmark and its now a tourist attraction. This leads to additional money.

From then on every --- amount of turns it should be announced by your foreign advisor: "There is an olympic games coming soon! Would you like to put in a bid sir?" And from there you bid (like we do now) among other nations for the olympic games to be hosted in one of your cities. This time however it becomes a national wonder and though it gives you a boost in culture and commerce its for a limited time.

Also, I was thinking that how many medals you win during the games should be determined by how healthy your civ is, your population count, your built recreational facilities (like barracks and military camps maybe) and perhaps geographic area. I say geographic area since until the modern age I doubt if your civ is near desert lands you'll be able to make ice rinks and such since you lack technology.

There is also the question though of having a summer & winter or just one major event. What you guys think?
 
I doubt Firaxis would want to spend the money to acquire the rights to use the trademarks.

It would be too expensive for too little benefit.
 
I doubt Firaxis would want to spend the money to acquire the rights to use the trademarks.

It would be too expensive for too little benefit.

Since the Olympics were based on the historical Olympics, can't they use the name, just not the rings and related logos?

I like the idea of an in-game Olympics.
 
I was thinking since its one of the few major events that transcend most civilizations and should be at first a event then a national wonder. Like this.

After meeting a certain # of AI (lets say 5) you are greeted by your cultural advisor. "There is talk of a international challenge among the civilizations you know, however currently there is no where to host the event. I believe __your title___ that we should build a Colosseum as soon as possible in order to possible host and put us on the grand stage."

From there you get an alert from your foreign advisor "Sir a group of leaders has requested you presence in an international meeting! Do you wish to accept their invitation?"

From there you go to the meeting and for the first Olympic games its based off who built a Colosseum first. The person or AI who did then choose one of their cities to host it in. And the World wonder is built in that city.

Original Olympic Stadium: For that year it should be a major boost in culture & when you reach the modern era your domestic advisor should call saying it has become a landmark and its now a tourist attraction. This leads to additional money.

From then on every --- amount of turns it should be announced by your foreign advisor: "There is an olympic games coming soon! Would you like to put in a bid sir?" And from there you bid (like we do now) among other nations for the olympic games to be hosted in one of your cities. This time however it becomes a national wonder and though it gives you a boost in culture and commerce its for a limited time.

Also, I was thinking that how many medals you win during the games should be determined by how healthy your civ is, your population count, your built recreational facilities (like barracks and military camps maybe) and perhaps geographic area. I say geographic area since until the modern age I doubt if your civ is near desert lands you'll be able to make ice rinks and such since you lack technology.

There is also the question though of having a summer & winter or just one major event. What you guys think?

I really like that idea! Arranging an olympic games is a big pride and ego-boost for a country and results in lots of culture and commerce. Good idea!! :goodjob:
 
Just for the record, there is already an Olympics event as a random event in BtS.

But its simply an event which I've rarely seen and when i do its just like a newspaper headline. Plus its not really based on anything... its like all the events... just random
 
I love this idea...although imho there should be a world wonder for this, the "Olympic Stadium" that is built by a civ that acts kind of like the apostolic palace or the UN. Once it's built, every few turns a city will "host" the olympic games and receive a relatively large commerce and culture boost (maybe +100% on each) for that one turn, kind of like the "We love the ruler" days. The city to host the games would be selected by the game engine based on city size, culture, wealth, and maybe health and happiness.

While the idea of having medals awarded is a good one, I think it goes a bit beyond the scale of this game. Just a large boost for one turn aught to be a good simulation of the effect of the games.
 
While the idea of having medals awarded is a good one, I think it goes a bit beyond the scale of this game. Just a large boost for one turn aught to be a good simulation of the effect of the games.

Maybe the medals should be a random event item. "We won the most gold medals at the olympic games in (insert city name)." And have it boost revenue from Colosseum's for 5 turns.
 
I love the idea, but it should only occur during times of peace. If major wars are going on, the games should be canceled.
 
I myself was thinking about this; there could be an ancient Olympics world wonder, and then if that it built then anyone can in a later date build the modern Olympics where nations can compete. They would have to spend money to fund athletes but can gain culture and admiration if they win a lot.
 
I think the idea of an Olympic wonder would be good but any of the increased commerce bonuses or anything would be too tactical and would involve extra time it is not needed to put into the game. The torrist bonus code work, though.
 
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