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Hope College
Apr 2000
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Could it be that depending on your status in the game i.e. your an empire, nation state, or small city-state that your nation's name changes? I know this is a long shot but if it was the case, going from simply being a tribe (the Egyptians) to an empire (Northern Kingdom) to a modern nation (Egypt) would be a great touch.
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Ilkuul
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of Thame (UK)
Mar 2000
time: 05:15
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TRIPLE AAAARGH!!!
I don't believe this.
I've been checking the screenshots on the new website, and there's no doubt about it: "England" has now become "Britain"!
Look at trade1.jpg (Gallery, p.2): Britain is listed, not England.
And worst of all, in foreign.jpg (same page) there's the explicit description: "Queen Elizabeth of Britain"!
No, no NO, NO, NOOOOO! Firaxis, if you must have "Britain", you can't make Elizabeth I its queen! If you must have Liz I, you can't make her queen of Britain!!
ALL BRITS SHOULD RISE UP IN REVOLT AT THIS MANGLING OF OUR HISTORY!
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Lenius
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Britain should not be included in Civ3 it is obviously just gonna p**s people off. Please FIRAXIS don't put Britain in just rename it England even if your not gonna have a Celtic Civilisation.
It makes sense that Britain shouldn't be in Civ3 for a huge host of political, social, economic and historical reasons that would take ages to explain.
At the end of the day putting in Britain is a very bad idea!!!
Oh and I also would like for England to be seperate in Civ3 (scene as that topic has been started) so i can nuke them.
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Errr, why not have Lizzie queen of Britain? It's not like it is historically accurate to have her reign last 6000 years, so why do you care that her title isn't historically accurate either?
How about Empress of Britain? Would that be OK?
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flying too low to the ground
May 2001
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Originally posted by red_jon
I'd have preffered Winston Churchill to Elizabeth, anyway. He strikes much more of a chord with the British (plus, you could call him leader of Britain and be correct). |
even as an american, i recognize churchill's greatness.
(and i know its odd for an american to hail a foriegner  )
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yes. it was our policy of containment, and brinkmanship, which basically said whenever the commies tried to extend their power or economic theory (stupid) onto other nations we would go to the brink of war, but never actually go there.
of course we never told the commies that 
and the reason for such a reaction was the "domino effect" thought up by many political upperclassmen. although it never happened, the thought was if NAM fell then all of southeast asia would, and if Cuba showed strength under communism, even with soviet aid, other latin american nations would go red.
also, i was just reading a local paper, and there was an "ask the community" column, asking "how do you feel about the olympic games being offered to china given their human right violations".
this one guy said
"china shouldn't get the games because the games are about unity, about all nations comming together. and communists like china aren't about unity, they want to tear all nations apart".
TALK ABOUT PROPAGANDA BRAINWASHED.
socialism wants to engulf the world as one nation you dolt.
Last edited by Inverse Icarus on 11-08-2001 at 06:44
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Originally posted by UberKruX
even as an american, i recognize churchill's greatness.
(and i know its odd for an american to hail a foriegner )
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Did you know that Churchill is also an American?
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Alexander01
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I am an American citizen, but first generation on my father's side.
His father is a German, and his mother is British (Anglo-Scot). Growing up knowing the correct way of things (ie. the Union Jack is NOT England's flag) and having to try to explain to thousand of ignorant Yankees how it really was is tough. I feel just the same way as all of my British citizen friends out here on this thread. Yet I think I can see where Firaxis is coming from. They're trying to make a time-wise universal civ. In other words, Mao can be emperor of China, Joan of Arc can be a queen, and so on. Britain is not a civilization, it's an island, and the British are a mixture of peoples that live there. But Elizabeth was British as well as English (all English are British but not all British are English). I think perhaps that, while Elizabeth was not the best choice (come on Victoria!  ), that the Firaxis team had their hearts in the right place, not in some ignorant cesspool of degeneracy.
Plus, all the threads demanding that Britain be the English tribe if the Celts were gone... well, it only goes to show that they do occasionally listen to us. (Like how we found out Babylon and Persia were in before the site came out).
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Chronus
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Errr, why not have Lizzie queen of Britain? It's not like it is historically accurate to have her reign last 6000 years, so why do you care that her title isn't historically accurate either? |
I agree. This is sheer pathetic.
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It's like having Abe Lincoln as the President of North America (INCLUDING Mexico and Canada)! |
In CivII, Lincoln is President of the AMERICANS which would include both North and South America. This is obviously not historical . . . so what? He is also refered to as Comrade, King, High Priest (or whatever titles Civ has for the various governments) which he obviously wasn't. I also don't recall the U.S. ever being a Communist nation or a Monarchy (well, that's up for debate  ) but, lo and behold, it is in many of the Civ games I've played . . . what's the big deal? The same could be said about Ghandi . . . he didn't have any political title such as "King" or "President" (at least, not that I'm aware of) . . . and yet it occurs all the time in Civ.
Yes, it would be nice for Firaxis to get it right. But, come on people . . . 
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Originally posted by UberKruX
yes. they made him a citizen. that doesn't count  |
Yes but his Mother was American.
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tniem
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Hope College
Apr 2000
time: 00:15
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Originally posted by Chronus
In CivII, Lincoln is President of the AMERICANS which would include both North and South America. This is obviously not historical . . . so what? |
No it does not. Look he is refered to as this because there is no U.S. ethnicity and that is what they were going for. The British, Egyptians, the Russians, and the Germans. All an ethniticity. The U.S. doesn't have that.
So what they substitute is Americans. It is how it has to be. It is the U.S. tribe name.
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Lenius
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Wales is a principality |
Any self respecting Welshman would call Wales a country and is as much a country as any other country in the world - the pricipality comes from English subjecting doctrines which any Proud Welshman couldn't give a **** about what they think.
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Before that time the term "English empire" was a more common usage than "British Empire". |
True, lets face it the British Empire is the English Empire the Celts in Briton certainly didn't want to subjacate and enslave half the world. Also the English Empire expression was used far after 1801 and is a much truer term than British Empire - Look at (DISRAELI'S Crystal Palace Speech in 1860 odd i think - He uses the term English Empire)
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Plus, all the threads demanding that Britain be the English tribe if the Celts were gone... well, it only goes to show that they do occasionally listen to us. |
WHAT?????? As if 1 true Celt would want that it's bad enough being associated with the English in real life let alone Civ. There shouldn't be a Britain Civ in Civ3 if the Celts aren't in PLEASE Firaxis just keep England as England not Britain - at worst call England the English Empire.
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Sabre2th
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Originally posted by Chronus
Monarchy (well, that's up for debate ) |
No it's not....... No single person has ever held power. Every decision is discussed by Congress. It is at best an Oligopoly (and not much of one at that)
Last edited by Sabre2th on 12-08-2001 at 03:40
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Bereta_Eder
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Or it can be something even more simple:
The queen is the leader of the british, not their queen.
Who was the leader of the british? Wasn't it the english queen? (I'm asking, I don't know)
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