Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nationalities

[Chris Lawrence <quango@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 11, David Pfitzner wrote:
> I think a way to handle this so as to avoid the stereotype problem
> would be to associate AI characteristics with _leaders_, and to 
> allow multiple possible leaders (chosen randomly) for each race.  
> So for each race you would have a variety of leaders with different 
> characteristics, so we wouldn't be associating specific 
> characteristics with certain nationalities. 

This is a good idea; it also gets around the Civ issue of designating
Stalin as default leader of the Russians (a: he was Georgian, and b: I
doubt a large percentage of Russians would call him their greatest
leader in history).  A few alternative personages would be appropriate
and reasonable for most of the civilizations (though I'd be hard
pressed to name any Babylonian leaders other than Hammurabi...).


Chris
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