[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Glaciars

[Jason Todd <idjason@xxxxxxxx>]

Anecdoter@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 1/4/00 12:54:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> > The scale is wrong.  One freeciv square represents a _large_
> >  area.  For most maps realistic glaciers would correspond to
> >  one or few squares only.
> 
>     There have been some rather large glaciers in the past.  During the last
> ice age, a single glacier covered all of canada and most of the upper
> midwest.  I think there is a miscommunication, perhaps the original poster
> meant an ice age - that is at least how I took it.  Maybe the
> miscommunication is between myself and the original poster... ;->

Actually, I just thought all of a sudden, wouldn't it be cool
to have glaciars. I wasn't thinking about an ice age, though
i did think that maybe you could stop it by generating massive
amounts of pollution. Start global warming to stop an ice age.
What do you think. BTW to make things fair I think that if you
a glaciar at the top of the map a corresponding one should form
at the bottom.

> >  Also historically it seems a bit iffy.  How many historical
> >  civilisations were disrupted or threatened by glaciers??
> 
>     That is true, however, how many  civilizations were around when the last
> glaciers were active?  The last glaciers receeded roughly 11000 years before
> the advent of written records.   We have been fortunate enough not to have
> had an ice age for quite some time.   However, some civ game worlds may not
> be quite so lucky.
> >
> >  Now an ice age or other global climate change (other than
> >  current pollution-induced global warming), that could be
> >  interesting...   (Or really _fast_ continental drift :-)
> 
> I agree, they would definetly be challenges that empires would have to face.
> Also, it would an extra dimension to the game so players could worry about
> something else other than destroying each other.
> >
> >  -- David
> >