Worldreligions or Generic-only-Religions

[dh_epic]

Yeah, somehow I think there should be more freedom / seperation between your economic system, political system, political freedoms, and how much responsibility government takes for improving quality of life.

 

[sir_schwick]

This is the best argument for bringing back Social Engineering, although Firaxis may be trying to remove the taint of Brian Reynolds.

 

[menwia]

do you think they are justified in trying to erase all trace of Brian Reynolds?

I can see no one's stepped up to the challenge of this question. It could be that it is a loaded question. But i'm just interested - at a passing glance of what one might think upon the subject of Brian Reynolds and all that jazz . . . I think in the school play grounds a guy would be called a 'Stirrer' for what I'm doing . . . lol . . . what can I say . . . I've always been a bit mischievous . . . like a naughty liitle leprecorn with a twinkle in his eye - 'Top of the Morn to you,' And NO - I'm not Irish. 'Where'd I put that Guiness' - lol, only joking . . .

 

[dh_epic]

Didn't realize Brian Reynolds was responsible, and that the name was taboo.

Was it really such a contraversial sequence of events?

 

[menwia]

lol - now we got the ball rolling . . .

 

[dh_epic]

Do tell, I'm pretty interested.

 

[menwia]

I think Sir S. has a clearer grasp of events in this respect . . . I defer to his view at this juncture . . .what lengths one will go to for a bit of gossip - lol.[rub hands together]

 

[Jon Shafer]

Reynolds left Firaxis to start his own company because he wanted to make his own games, instead of design them for others.

 

[sir_schwick]

And we have a winner! What did he win Firaxis?

 

[Jon Shafer]

The chance to work on Civ 4?

 

[sir_schwick]

A dead Louis?

 

[Jon Shafer]

A dead Louis?

 

[dh_epic]

Well duh, that's no big deal. I thought someone killed somebody's dog or something. People leave companies all the time to start on their own.

 

[menwia]

There's just got to be more then that. It's like saying my wife left me. . .. yeah, but you're leaving out all the juicy stuff like how she dropped a piano on your car, and ripped up all your favorite ties . . . ect ect., he might have left the company - but what happened during the time he was at the company and utnil the period he actually left the company - i'm sure it was not just a split sec thing - . .. .eh eh . .. . that's the real question . .. don't force me to watch Jerry Springer for my daily doze of gossip . . .I'm warning ya, my hands on the remote and I'm gonna change the channel any sec now . . . you ain't seen what happens to a grown man who gets too deep in Jerry Springer . . . If I ever appear on the show - I'll blame it on Civ Fanatic's - cause they refused to gossip.

A bit of gossip, a bit of gossip, my kingdom for a bit of gossip.

P.S. just so you don't get the wrong impression, I'm not one for chitter chatter . .. no . .. not me . .. perish the thought. . . why I never . . . the cheek of it . . .propostrous . . .hmmmffffff . . .

 

[Jon Shafer]

Well, when the only people who know what happened are within the company it's hard to hear about what happened unless they want you to know.

 

[sir_schwick]

Its from Family Guy.

 

[BigBirdZ28]

the answer to this is really easy, allow people to create the religions they want to use themselves.

it's already been stated & is already the most obvious way to make everyone more than happy.

They could choose the traits that they wanted each religion to have & to stop them making a reilgion that would give too many advantages every nation would have options to promote or quell certain religions (quelling should be aconsidered atrocities) & each time you create a relgion you start of with 5 positive trait points to distribute.

That way most people would probably create whatever religions they wanted to play with & then go for it !!

Jedis Vs the Amish !!!

 

[rhialto]

bigbird, how is that different from having a bunch of generaic power level points to distribute? What is there about that model that makes the player think "yes, this is how religion really works in society"?

 

[BigBirdZ28]

because you would have your own generic points and people who want real relgions could make them when creating the world & firaxis would be able to deliver this to us without having to deal with the whole dilema

Sorry i didnt read every post here (it's kind of a huge thread), maybe we are talking about the same thing ?

 

[rhialto]

Firaxis should either not include religion at all, or include a fully developed model. That diy religion construction of yours needs a lot more work before it would persuade me not to take the game to a book-burning party.