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  • Making our civ special

    Furthermore I'd like to start making our civ special.

    * Proposal 1
    Renaming our civ like this:




    * Proposal 2: Naming each and every unit
    I took the liberty to name our first warrior "Apollo" (based on Apolyton).
    We can name each unit after it's commander. And later use this in our stories.


    * Proposal 3: Let's write our first story about our civ
    I have seen some excellent foundation stories (DNK ?, anyone else?).
    We can start collecting some story elements we want to put in..
    It is good to tell we are open for diplomacy and business.
    And a good story is a way to win goodwill.


    Furthermore we could also give misinformation via these stories:
    e.g. we come up with a religion of our own, while we are not pursuing that path..

  • #2
    For inspiration on our first story:

    In the foundation myth expressed in the medieval story known as "Osman's Dream", the young Osman was inspired to conquest by a prescient vision of empire (according to his dream, the empire is a big tree whose roots spread through three continents and whose branches cover the sky).[19] According to his dream the tree, which was Osman's Empire, issued four rivers from its roots, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Nile and the Danube.[19] Additionally, the tree shaded four mountain ranges, the Caucasus, the Taurus, the Atlas and the Balkan ranges.[19] During his reign as Sultan, Osman I extended the frontiers of Turkish (Ottoman) settlement toward the edge of the Byzantine Empire.

    From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire

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    • #3
      * Proposal 4: Naming geographical regions (much like I did on the G&H map),
      and put these with ALT-S on the map.

      We could look at English and / or Ottoman geography for inspiration on names.

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      • #4
        Yay!! I've totally wanted to see us do all this stuff, I'm 100% in favor of everything you mentioned! Let's throw some of our awesome diplo spirit into this game!
        Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012

        When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

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        • #5
          I like it.
          Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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          • #6
            Cool. I'm a bit out of steam at the moment, but maybe in a few days I'll pitch in some ideas.

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            • #7
              With apologies to Shelley.

              The sleepless Hours who watch me as I lie,
              Curtained with star-inwoven tapestries,
              Corrall'd the modest moonlight of the sky
              Fanning the busy dreams from my dim eyes
              Waken me when their Mother, the gray Dawn
              Compels me from my cobwebb'd dreams begone

              I dreamt of Basileous of a land
              Once fruitful, blasted now with pitted hands
              Of ancient intricacies long forlorn
              And lasses leaving lovely locks unshorn
              By barbaros, boasting their bloody bursts
              With beastly brays and bloated curse

              Then I arise, and climbing Heaven's dome,
              I walk over the mountains and the waves
              Leaving my robe upon the ocean foam
              My footsteps pave the clouds with fire; the caves
              Are filled with my bright presence, and the air
              Leaves the green Earth to my embraces bare.

              No more shall dusty desert bind our toes
              No more shall nomads count amongst our foes
              We shall now settle by the sodden shore
              And boldly build upon the ruins once more
              We clasp the clay within our folded hands
              And now press forth our claim upon this land

              The sunbeams are my shafts, with which I kill
              Deceit, that loves the night and fears the day;
              All men who imagine naught but ill
              Fly me, and from the glory of my ray
              Good minds and open actions take new might
              Until diminished by the reign of Night.

              Our fond forces received their foremost chore
              From the terrible Tigris and it's swollen shores
              Defy all those who would compress their might
              And force us to hide within the caves of yore
              As Babylon bestrode the world's light
              So shall we stride upon the cause of right

              Feed I, the clouds, rainbows, and the flowers,
              With ethereal colors; the Moon's globe,
              The pure stars in their eternal bowers,
              Cincture my public power as with a robe;
              Whatever lamps on Earth or Heaven shine,
              Are portions of my power, which is mine.

              Advancing our now chosen cause divine
              Foundations of the earth will yield to thine
              To shine your light upon the depths of fear
              Mining Ignorance's ingots as we peer
              Within the laws of nature we will find
              Revelation of your plan within it's signs

              At noon I rest on heaven's peak untrod
              With my unwilling steps I wander down
              Into the Atlantic's comfort unbid
              For grief that I depart they weep and frown:
              What look is more delightful than the smile
              With which I soothe them from the western isle?

              And all shall fall, before your fearful eyes
              That burn and roast the heathens careless cries
              Shall fall upon their dimly known champions
              That nap within their feeble pantheon
              As we proclaim thy power throughout the earth
              And you shall bless our noble tribal birth

              I am the eye the Universe beholds
              Itself, and understands it is divine;
              All harmony of instrument or verse,
              All prophecy, all medicine, is mine,
              All light of art or nature; - to my song
              All Victory and peerless praise belong.
              Last edited by Ben Kenobi; July 29, 2012, 22:15.
              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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              • #8
                Great !
                Let's make a story thread on CFC. This one can very well be the first post.

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                • #9
                  Proposal 5: City names:
                  I propose we name them based on the alphabet (this can be handy when sorting). And let's make them up ourselves..

                  Apolyton
                  Barcas
                  Celeste

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                  • #10
                    I have named the first geographical items:

                    The TRIANA region: land of the three streams (Celtic, latin)

                    Ortygia Forest: the forest the god Apollo is born in

                    Mount Parnassos: the mountain where Apollo sits, surrounded by his muses


                    Last edited by Calanthian; July 30, 2012, 07:17.

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