This was raised on the poll about the positioning of the date. But now we must answer an infinitely more important question: should Firaxis use the traditional BC/AD or the secular BCE/CE method of determining years?
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BC/AD vs. BCE/CE
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Re: BC/AD vs. BCE/CE
Originally posted by JellyDonut
This was raised on the poll about the positioning of the date.
Oh well, I'll go BC/AD (like we don't already know how it's going to be anyway).
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BCE = Before Common (or Current) Era
CE = Common (or Current) Era
A secular way of examining dates. I think it's better suited for Civ because it isn't based in the religion of just a few of the civs, i.e. it "works" with the Indians, Iroquois, Zulus, Japanese, etc.Last edited by JellyDonut; September 26, 2001, 03:34."Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!" -- Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
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I really think the French Revolutionary calendar makes a lot of sense in a civ game, besides I never understood that BC/AD nonsense.Visit Gamacather (GC)!
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A secular way of examining dates. I think it's better suited for Civ because it isn't based in the religion of just a few of the civs, i.e. it "works" with the Indians, Iroquois, Zulus, Japanese, etc.
I think the BCE/CE thing is a bunch of crap. It means the EXACT same thing as BC/AD. . the dates are the exact same. 200 BC = 200 BCE. I think it's funny how people get their shorts in a knot because the dating system was based on the christian calander, big flippin deal. I'm an atheist myself, but BC/AD is what we've had forever, and there's no reason to change it. I'm a bit more secure in my beliefs to feel challenged by an arbitrary dating system. It's just silly.-connorkimbro
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Originally posted by connorkimbro
...but BC/AD is what we've had forever, and there's no reason to change it
Btw JellyDonut, your definition of BCE and CE are the same...I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).
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Raises the question:
How will time pass in the different ages?
Will they still have it take 200 years for a chariot to cross Egypt into Mesopotamia? (in BC at 50 years per turn, large map)"Wait a minute..this isn''t FAUX dive, it's just a DIVE!"
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Originally posted by connorkimbro
[q]. . the dates are the exact same. 200 BC = 200 BCE.
Oh so this is just a question of the name, not the numbers. Well, I'll still stick with BC/AD, as BCE/CE seems to be some hypocritical political correct bull**** (no offense).
JellyDonut: You wrote the same about BCE and CE. I presume CE = Common Era?CSPA
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Originally posted by JellyDonut
A secular way of examining dates. I think it's better suited for Civ because it isn't based in the religion of just a few of the civs, i.e. it "works" with the Indians, Iroquois, Zulus, Japanese, etc.
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Why not have no way of keeping time until you discover writing, then, all the years before writing are BW and all the ones after are AW. Or we could just say that you start counting years when your civ starts, because why would you use BC, if you haven't experience C?I never know their names, But i smile just the same
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connor,
I dunno, why would anybody use BC/AD, if Jesus of Nazareth wasn't born on 1AD, assuming that he actually did exist?(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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