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    Promotional Competition for Civilization IV

    Ok, this is a thread for ideas for promotional competitions for Civilization IV. I am starting this because I had what I think is a cool idea on the matter. Feel free to add your own ideas for competitions.

    Basically, in my idea everyone would write a short (say 10 lines) poem about Civ IV and Firaxis would pick one person and have his/her face and name appear in the game as one of the advisors (eg military, foreign minister, etc), or perhaps as an alternative leader for one of the Civs (the normal leader would still be the default option). I think this would be pretty and appropriately Civ IV narcistic (heh, I certainly would not mind!).

    Any other ideas for promotional competitions or comments on this one?
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    Poem?
    "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
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    • #3
      I vote haiku!

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      • #4
        Have people make shrines devoted to Sid Meier and send in their photos. The winner gets a marble bust of Sid Meier, and can get to decide how many times bigger Sid Meier's name should be on the box then the game title.
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        • #5
          What if you didn't write a poem, but instead you wrote a fictitious history of a civilization from 4000 BC to 2000 AD?

          -Drachasor
          "If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandmother. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It's that fundamental belief -- I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper -- that makes this country work." - Barack Obama

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Drachasor
            What if you didn't write a poem, but instead you wrote a fictitious history of a civilization from 4000 BC to 2000 AD?

            -Drachasor
            Sure, why not?
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            • #7
              Not a bad time for a polymeet, eh?
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              • #8
                Poetry, eh?

                Well, it's hard to talk about a game that has not yet been made.

                Although I'm sure you can have some negative things said....
                Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
                "Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for..."
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
                  Poetry, eh?

                  Well, it's hard to talk about a game that has not yet been made.

                  Although I'm sure you can have some negative things said....
                  I thinking a poem about Civ in general rather than Civ IV specifically. Of course, a poem was just an example, which would probably end up funny - just as any promotion should be!
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                  • #10
                    Well, that would take awhile.

                    And I'm sure you could come up with some funny poems!
                    Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
                    "Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for..."
                    2015 APOLYTON FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPION!

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                    • #11
                      My new tanks rumble,
                      Sturdy steel stumbles, stopped,
                      By sticks of Spartans?
                      Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
                      "Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for..."
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Drachasor
                        What if you didn't write a poem, but instead you wrote a fictitious history of a civilization from 4000 BC to 2000 AD?

                        -Drachasor
                        There's already a whole forum dedicated to stories. Some of them are quite good.
                        "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
                        "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
                        2004 Presidential Candidate
                        2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by General Ludd
                          Have people make shrines devoted to Sid Meier and send in their photos. The winner gets a marble bust of Sid Meier, and can get to decide how many times bigger Sid Meier's name should be on the box then the game title.
                          How about a second box just for the name?
                          Sounds like a personality cult which is ironic coming from someone with a Stalin avatar.
                          (Will the marble bust echo the Maltese Falcon and have a pre-release copy of the game in it? I can imagine the intrigue now... )
                          "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
                          "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
                          2004 Presidential Candidate
                          2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Vince278


                            There's already a whole forum dedicated to stories. Some of them are quite good.
                            What? Forums besides this one? I refuse to believe it!

                            -Drachasor
                            "If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandmother. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It's that fundamental belief -- I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper -- that makes this country work." - Barack Obama

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Drachasor
                              What? Forums besides this one? I refuse to believe it!
                              That's what I heard.
                              "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
                              "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
                              2004 Presidential Candidate
                              2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)

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