What is that violet-white civ on the mini map down there?

[Bakspatel]

It's in Italy, not Slovenia,

Oh, and I think Menzies would be pretty annoyed if he somehow managed to convince you that Venice would be an awesome addition. He doesn't want it.

Oops, confused it with 'at the border of Slovenia' well it was quite late, that is my excuse lol.

 

[alpha2117]

This is perhaps a bit unrelated, but I'd just like to direct a heartfelt thanks Menzies' way. Your posts alone are a reason for me to pop in here everyday. These forums wouldn't be the same without them.
Ta, mate!

And like a few others here, I've joined the "Menzies for president" campaign, and I use a purple colour for the signature in your honour, of course.

Surely he'd settle for nothing less than Supreme Evil Overlord

 

[poom3619]

Khmer and Kongo. The others I wanted which are to my surprise in were Indonesia, Morocco, Brazil, Portugal and Poland.

I remember when I posted that I hope for Indonesia after Morocco is confirmed and Menzies told me the chance are slim and I should stick to the reality...

By the way, I would like to read your essay of review first before buy BNW.

 

[SnowKomodo]

I remember when I posted that I hope for Indonesia after Morocco is confirmed and Menzies told me the chance are slim and I should stick to the reality...

By the way, I would like to read your essay of review first before buy BNW.

The funny thing is, he was "almost certain" (exact quote) that Indonesia was going to be the civ included from Day 1. He was confident for their inclusion with pretty sound reasoning - if baseless - while literally everyone else was not. It was only in the one week leading up to it when our theories got the best of us that everybody around here came to a consensus that Indonesia's chances were very slim. To be fair, it seemed like Italy was going to make it

 

[Louis XXIV]

Khmer and Kongo. The others I wanted which are to my surprise in were Indonesia, Morocco, Brazil, Portugal and Poland.

I think between us, we're getting almost all the civs we wanted.

I wanted Assyria, Poland, Indonesia, Morocco (although generically as the Moors), the Pueblos, and, much to your dismay, Venice

I did also want the Kongo, but I expected the Zulu and did not really expect two from the region.

 

[Dragonflow]

Most of the civs I wanted in already made it in back in G&K. Except for Portugal and Assyria non of the civs I wanted to be in BNW has made it. I just hope that Venice(lead by Dandolo) and the Shawnee(lead by Tecumseh) make it into BNW, since my other favourites like Hungary, Vietnam and the Normans are already out.

 

[Buccaneer]

Nine new civs? I think I would have wanted Portugal, Switzerland/Normans, Poland, Italy/Venice, two Native American civs, someone from SE Asia except Indonesia/Philippines, a Silk Road civ and Assyria/Sumerian.

 

[SnowKomodo]

Nine new civs? I think I would have wanted Portugal, Switzerland/Normans, Poland, Italy/Venice, two Native American civs, someone from SE Asia except Indonesia/Philippines, a Silk Road civ and Assyria/Sumerian.

"Someone form SE Asia except Indonesia"

That's like saying someone from North America except the USA

 

[SnowKomodo]

I think between us, we're getting almost all the civs we wanted.

I wanted Assyria, Poland, Indonesia, Morocco (although generically as the Moors), the Pueblos, and, much to your dismay, Venice

I did also want the Kongo, but I expected the Zulu and did not really expect two from the region.

I also really wanted Kongo. Unfortunate that Zulu has to cancel them out.

 

[VermelhoRed]

I'm not sure what your point is supposed to be. Every other color combination on that flag has been taken by another civ. However, the flag still has this purple color that matches the unknown civ very closely. The argument isn't "Venice has to be purple if we were starting from a blank slate," it's that "the purple civ closely matches at least one color associated with Venice in a way that's hard to be a coincidence."

That's not true.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

That's not true.

But what do you pick for Venice if this happens:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_The_Shawnee_Tribe_of_Oklahoma.svg

 

[Louis XXIV]

VermelhoRed, yeah, I know. However, both are plausible colors and the purple and white has no clear overlap (the closest is purple and gold or blue and white, both are pretty far off). I can easily tell the cyan and yellow from Sweden and France, but I at least see the concern.

 

[blackcatatonic]

Nine new civs? I think I would have wanted Portugal, Switzerland/Normans, Poland, Italy/Venice, two Native American civs, someone from SE Asia except Indonesia/Philippines, a Silk Road civ and Assyria/Sumerian.

My ideal world picks would have been Portugal, Italy, Indonesia, Morocco, Phoenicia, Sumer, Tibet, Switzerland and either Kongo or the Zulu. I always expected a Native American tribe but don't know enough about any of them to have a strong preference.

So I'm getting four Civs I really wanted out of the 9. I'm not disappointed with any of the actual additions, although I really would have preferred full Italy to just Venice. I never really expected the likes of Tibet or Switzerland to make it in, either. And Brazil has made it seem more likely that they will genuinely consider modern civilisations for addition in the future, which is also cool.

Interestingly, my list is exactly as Euro-centric as the final list for BNW is going to be (assuming we are getting one more European Civ - Venice - and not two).

 

[Death Dragon]

After these 23 pages of scientifical debate about those two colours I'd really start laughing if there's no Venice in the expansion.

It's a cool thread and all, but I think you people might have too much free time on your hands.

 

[JSMCAG]

After these 23 pages of scientifical debate about those two colours I'd really start laughing if there's no Venice in the expansion.

It's a cool thread and all, but I think you people might have too much free time on your hands.

It'd be really funny if they choose the Wikivenitian Cream on Purple for a completely different civilization in order to drive us offtrack!
Although the City-State Replacements Hypothesis would still kinda dictate Venice is in...

Still, they know how we think, how we operate. They KNEW this would stir up speculation, they KNEW we would have a clue soon after it was posted.
They can essentially control us like marionettes, should they choose to!

 

[Buccaneer]

That's like saying someone from North America except the USA

I know this wasn't your point but I couldn't care less if "my" civ is in the game or not. Besides, America is not that good of a civ to play at higher difficulties and that's all that matters.

 

[VermelhoRed]

VermelhoRed, yeah, I know. However, both are plausible colors and the purple and white has no clear overlap (the closest is purple and gold or blue and white, both are pretty far off). I can easily tell the cyan and yellow from Sweden and France, but I at least see the concern.

Yeah I've given up on my cyan-and-gold theory, on the basis that none of the possible tomahawk civilizations are likely to be purple, so that's Venice. I'm just pointing out that they had an alternative, and a better one (IMO) at that.

 

[God of Kings]

Menzies is from a constitutional monarchy (though there is a strong republican movement in Australia).

 

[Verified_Confection_Being]

Menzies is from a constitutional monarchy (though there is a strong republican movement in Australia).

Owls can rotate their heads and necks as much as 270 degrees

 

[Yzman]

I know this wasn't your point but I couldn't care less if "my" civ is in the game or not. Besides, America is not that good of a civ to play at higher difficulties and that's all that matters.

I find it odd that his point had nothing to do with this, you say that you know his point had nothing to do with this, and you still went and posted this anyway. It makes absolutely no sense in this topic.