22-02-2003 16:38									#31
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acctualy I HAVE never played civ2 Before......... meh oh well

	22-02-2003 16:46									#32
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My suggestion would be to use distinctive names at least throughout the opening phase of the game, while the exploration takes place. Referring to warriors as Conan, Howard, Angus etc. has been pretty useful for us in Lego. It's somewhat easier to remember where we sent Conan than where we sent Warrior #3. The same goes for workers, too (we try to name them similar to the name of a city they are improving... like Jason is working on improving the Jackson city radius... helps with the orientation a bit)

Just my 2 cents...

Also, good point about the numbers revealing too much information to our rivals...

	22-02-2003 18:56									#33
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If we were to name units, then I would humblely request to have the first Knight named after me. Those from the SPDG will know why...

	22-02-2003 22:08									#34
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Well, the last 3 I just added because I was out of Ideas- I'll edit in some good ones in a second

oh sure, run out of ideas BEFORE you hit on all the consuls

	22-02-2003 22:09									#35
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I call first Rifleman army!!!!

	23-02-2003 01:03									#36
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If would like to suggest Banelia as a name for one of our cities. I don't know why, but always liked that name

	23-02-2003 02:57									#37
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We could always name a city “Umm” or “Eh” if only to have a joke with “Umm, what shall we name this city?” or “What shall we name this city, eh?”

	23-02-2003 18:53									#38
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The unit system I use in my games is this:
Each unit gets a number and a city. THe city is where it was built, and the number is the number of that unit that have been built from the city. Slaves, when captured, are simply called "Slave". When a unit wins a battle, it is named "Nth ___-Slayer ___", where N is the number of that type of unit that have won battles against that civ, the first blank is the civ the unit defeated, and the last blank is the unit type. If a unit gives a GL, it gets renamed to "___'s ___", the first blank being the GL name and the second being the unit type. If a GL makes an army, the army is called "___'s Army". Any units put in the army are named "___'s ___", where the blanks are the same as those with the unit that made the GL.

	23-02-2003 19:36									#39
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just number them, starting with 100. We could also do random numbers, 1-1000, so the number does not really give anything away.

or we could just not name any of them...

	23-02-2003 21:24									#40
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We have lots of members here. I think it would be cool to name units after some (or if we have lots of units all) of the members.

	23-02-2003 21:51									#41
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quote: Originally posted by oliverfa We have lots of members here. I think it would be cool to name units after some (or if we have lots of units all) of the members.

	23-02-2003 23:33									#42
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud What! That's horrible Okay, how about the DarkCloud Legion... since all the units I think of were cut by Infogreed, I'll have to settle for that request!

Sorry DarkCloud, but you should really try to play a game of civ3.
To my knowledge we play as Carthage - we don't have any Legions (they are the roman uu).

	24-02-2003 03:24									#43
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quote: To my knowledge we play as Carthage - we don't have any Legions (they are the roman uu).

...This is getting really annoying... But this is why I never bought Civ III, I knew they downsized units... but now I am REALLY happy I didn't buy Civ III because they killed all my favorite units

Okay, well then how about the DarkCloud Phalanx ?



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How about we have a poll on the varied Unit naming options

1.) Name after forum members
2.) Name using 1,2,3,4,etc.
3.) Name using random numbers
4.) Name using random names
5.) Name after they accomplish something
6.) Other

	24-02-2003 04:03									#44
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I have to disappoint you again.. no phalanxes in civ3.
What about the DarkCloud Spearman (close to a phalanx).
There is also the Hoplite (but it is the greek uu).

You have a badluck when choosing units.

	24-02-2003 04:38									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Panzer32 just number them, starting with 100. We could also do random numbers, 1-1000, so the number does not really give anything away. or we could just not name any of them...

This could be quite funny; we could name our first warrior and put a number along with it, like 27, and then the rest of the civs may see it and wonder "....they have 27 warriors?! WTF?!"


Or we could number them in way which is only obvious to us; make the first and last digit a random number with only the middle one rerepresenting the actuall number, or the first two random, or the last two, it doesn't matter as long as we know.

	24-02-2003 06:52									#46
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quote: Or we could number them in way which is only obvious to us; make the first and last digit a random number with only the middle one rerepresenting the actuall number, or the first two random, or the last two, it doesn't matter as long as we know.

Good!

First unit is the 1019th warrior

	24-02-2003 06:55									#47
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quote: First unit is the 1019th warrior

...we don't want to make it THAT obvious

quote: I have to disappoint you again.. no phalanxes in civ3. What about the DarkCloud Spearman (close to a phalanx). There is also the Hoplite (but it is the greek uu).

This is getting tedious :doitnow:

Especially since my next choice was the Fanatic... and I KNOW that particular unit was cut

Ok... lets see- the DarkCloud Musketeer
Are musketeers in civ III?

	24-02-2003 07:11									#48
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Only the French have musketeers .

	24-02-2003 07:59									#49
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... But we have Musketmen. Close enough?

	24-02-2003 11:10									#50
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If we encounter the Firaxis civ our contact can be renamed "So where's the patch?"

The DarkCloud Hovertank! has a nice ring to it
¡saludos amigo!

	24-02-2003 15:57									#51
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I think the first warrior should be called Conan and we should have a city called Bananaramaopolis, possibly one called UKnowUWantIt or Hells Gate (one of my more successful Sim City 4 cities).

	25-02-2003 02:17									#52
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DarkCloud - try a naval unit!

	25-02-2003 04:03									#53
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Lets name our units after various obscenities...So the other team will say "Why can't we kill that (blank)"

	25-02-2003 07:21									#54
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We can name one "trout slapper"

	25-02-2003 08:03									#55
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DarkCloud Hovertank... I like it!

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as for naval units- I already tried the beeping caravel... and I don't like triremes or use any other naval units in Civ II

oh well- a hovertank would be nice!

But my next choice, If I hadn't been informed of the hovertank would have been the DarkCloud Archer... a unit that I KNOW exists :rollyeyes: sigh... Where is the patch indeed

	25-02-2003 11:33									#56
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud DarkCloud Hovertank... I like it! --- as for naval units- I already tried the beeping caravel... and I don't like triremes or use any other naval units in Civ II oh well- a hovertank would be nice! But my next choice, If I hadn't been informed of the hovertank would have been the DarkCloud Archer... a unit that I KNOW exists :rollyeyes: sigh... Where is the patch indeed

I've never seen a HoverTank in Civ 3; maybe you could mod one in if you ever buy the game.

	25-02-2003 12:17									#57
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It was a SMAC joke...

	25-02-2003 13:58									#58
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I knew the unit was in SMAC, but I still don't see a joke there.......



Wouldn't it be a dream to fuse SMAC and Civ 3 together?

	26-02-2003 00:28									#59
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...Why must you mock...

	26-02-2003 03:13									#60
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Double Post

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