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What is the official nomenclature on the damn little buggers anyway? The firaxis site uses "Special Unit", "Civ-Specific Unit" and "Unique Unit" intermittedly, and I've seen a lot of people use "Custom Unit" as well.
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53Special Units7.55%4Unique Units18.87%10Civ-Specific Units (or "Civilization-Specific Units")47.17%25Custom Units1.89%1Banana Units24.53%13Världsstad - Dom lokala genrenas vän
Mick102, 102,3 Umeå, Måndagar 20-21 -
I accept anything except Custom Unit as that must be reserved for units not made by Firaxis
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I don't think it really matters. I'd go wit CSU, Civ specific units. I would agree though that custom unit should be reserved for units not made by Firaxis.'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
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I don't think it matters, but U-U rolls off the tongue nicely...Comment
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The problem is that civ3.com lists them like CSU, SU, and UU in some cases. They should make a choiceRetired, and it feels so good!Comment
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I personally prefer the term UU, its much easier to type than, say, CSU or BU...
LOL at Banana Unit
I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).Comment
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UU is good, reminds us that this is AOKish ideaOriginally posted by Skanky Burns
I personally prefer the term UU, its much easier to type than, say, CSU or BU...
LOL at Banana Unit
LOTM"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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I voted for SU, because you can pronounce it. I guess you can fake a CSU by saying "cisu."
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I prefer the term banana unit, it has charachter
I am for change of name from CSu, UU, CU, CUS to BU
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I personally prefer the term UU, its much easier to type than, say, CSU or BU...
I prefer UU, spelt W.
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Better SU or CSU. About Unique Units, what if Firaxis decide to have more than one for Civ (i.e. Cossack and Mig29 for USSR)?
How does it sound "the second unique unit of Civ"?
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CSU - Civ Specific Unit (the one unit that's a little better than the comparable civ built by everyone.)
CU - Custom Unit (designed by modders)
SU - Special Unit (such as Settlers, Workers, Diplomats, and Spies)Comment
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That argument sounds good Dugrik
Maybe I should read the thread first before voting the poll
I voted for special unit, but I see now that Special Unit for Settlers, Workers, etc. is better, because they are "special" too
Now only Firaxis needs to read this thread..
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Dugrik,
I think you have made the best chooses, as all units are Unique the UU is a bit odd, and as I said before CU must be reserved (as you have done). About SU I think you are right Settlers and workers are special, and differs from other units. What we have left is CSU, and that is a quite name for them (except that it is long).Creator of the Civ3MultiToolComment
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Unique as in "The custom of folding your trousers three times on festive occasions is unique to this picturesque region of france". I personally use UU, and don't see any gramatical/logical problems with it.Världsstad - Dom lokala genrenas vän
Mick102, 102,3 Umeå, Måndagar 20-21Comment
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