Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nationalities

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Lawrence wrote:

> On Jun 11, David Pfitzner wrote:
> > associate AI characteristics with _leaders_, and to 
> > allow multiple possible leaders (chosen randomly) for each race.  

> 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).

Agreed.  And allow giving the alternatives relative weights, so its 
ok to add relatively obscure leaders who will only occur rarely.

> 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...).

Gilgamesh.

-- David "but hard pressed to name any more" ;-)