[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#3594) viking.ruleset

["andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:

>On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Ragnar Ouchterlony wrote:
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>>On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>>Hello,
>>>I've updated viking.ruleset with natural city names, and added some
>>>cities and leaders.
>>>Any comments?
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>>>Does anyone know if the leader "Rollo" actually existed?
>>>It doesn't sound like a viking ruler at all..
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>>>Andreas Røsdal
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>>I must say that this doesn't look like a Viking nation, but rather like a
>>Norwegian nation.
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>>If it really is the historical Vikings that should be in this nation, then
>>modern Norwegian prime ministers such as Jens Stoltenberg and Bondevik
>>shouldn't be there at all. Also, there should be Viking cities and rulers
>>from the Vikings that went to the east (into Russia and Constantinople and
>>even farther east) and not only from the Norwegian parts of Scandinavia.
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>Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing Rurik and maybe even Oleg and Igor among the 
>Viking rules.
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What do you think about these changes? (attached):
-viking-era rulers only
-natural city names
-remove Rollo, since it's a duplicate
-I also thought about using a flag that possibly represents the 
viking/scandinavian
countries better, since the flag was used in the union between Norway 
and Sweden in
19th century. Maybe it could be used in the flag_alt option in the 
ruleset? I drew it based on
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-se-jk.html

Andreas R.

--- freeciv/data/nation/viking.ruleset  2003-02-03 06:58:23.000000000 +0100
+++ freeciv-cvs-Mar-02/data/nation/viking.ruleset       2003-03-06 
18:59:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,10 +6,18 @@
 legend=_("The Vikings raided and traded along the coasts of Europe \
 between 800AD and 1100AD. Viking raids eventually became the rulers of \
 Normandy, Russia, and a short-lived kingdom in Sicily.")
-leader="Erik Blodøks", "Harald Hårfagre", "Hrolf Gangr", "Rollo",
-       "Gro Harlem Brundtland", "Haakon VII", "Aud Ivarsdottr"
-leader_sex="Male", "Male", "Male", "Male", 
-           "Female", "Male", "Female"
+leader="Harald Hårfagre",
+       "Erik Blodøks",
+       "Rurik",
+       "Olav Haraldsson",
+       "Sigurd Jorsalfare",
+       "Hrolf Gangr", 
+       "Aud Ivarsdottir",
+       "Magnus Lagabøter",
+       "Olav Trygvasson"
+       
+leader_sex="Male", "Male", "Male", "Male", "Male",
+           "Male", "Female", "Male", "Male"
 flag="f.norway"
 flag_alt = "f.denmark"  ; Now used by Danish
 city_style = "European"
@@ -33,15 +41,59 @@
 ;Thorshavn and Hedeby (Haithabu) were Viking cities in the premodern period.
 
 cities =
- "Oslo", "Bergen", "Kaupang", "Stavanger", "Nidaros", "Narvik", "Tromsø",
- "Reykjavik", "Harstad", "Fagernes", "Tønsberg", "Kirkenes", "Hamar",
- "Fredrikstad", "Kristansand", "Kristiansund", "Christiania", "Drammen",
- "Sandnes", "Arendal", "Vardø", "Vadsø", "Haugesund", "Sarpsborg",
- "Kongsberg", "Kongsvinger", "Gjøvik", "Bardufoss", "Skjold", "Setermoen",
- "Lillehammer", "Lillestrøm", "Strømmen", "Fredrikborg", "Halden", "Karmøy",
- "Kragerø", "Fauske", "Bodø", "Andenes", "Stokkmarknes", "Svolvær",
- "Sortland", "Moss", "Honningsvåg", "Hammerfest", "Ås", "Os", "Tynset",
- "Longyearbyen", "Mandal"
+ "Christiania (grassland, ocean, !mountains)",
+ "Bjørgvin (ocean, grassland, !river)",
+ "Kaupang (plains, hills, river)",
+ "Stavanger (ocean, plains, !river)",
+ "Nidaros (river, grassland, ocean)",
+ "Narvik (ocean)",
+ "Tromsø (ocean)",
+ "Reykjavik (ocean, tundra)",
+ "Harstad (ocean)", 
+ "Fagernes (ocean)",
+ "Tønsberg (grassland)",
+ "Kirkenes (tundra, ocean)",
+ "Hamar (river)",
+ "Fredrikstad (hills)", 
+ "Kristansand (ocean)",
+ "Kristiansund (ocean)",
+ "Molde (ocean)",
+ "Ålesund (ocean)",
+ "Drammen (grassland)",
+ "Sandnes (desert)", 
+ "Arendal (plains)",
+ "Vardø (ocean, tundra)", 
+ "Vadsø (ocean, tundra)",
+ "Haugesund (ocean)",
+ "Sarpsborg (hills)",
+ "Kongsberg (hills)",
+ "Kongsvinger (hills)",
+ "Gjøvik (river, forest)", 
+ "Bardufoss (river)", 
+ "Skjold (mountains)",
+ "Setermoen (mountains)",
+ "Oppdal (mountains)",
+ "Lillehammer (river)",
+ "Lillestrøm (river)",
+ "Strømmen (river)",
+ "Fredrikborg (hills)",
+ "Halden (hills)", 
+ "Karmøy (ocean)",
+ "Kragerø (ocean)",
+ "Fauske (plains)",
+ "Bodø (hills, ocean)",
+ "Andenes (tundra, ocean)", 
+ "Stokkmarknes (ocean)",
+ "Svolvær (plains)",
+ "Sortland (plains)",
+ "Moss (ocean, grassland)",
+ "Honningsvåg (ocean)",
+ "Hammerfest (ocean, hills)",
+ "Ås (hills)",
+ "Os (hills)",
+ "Tynset (grassland)",
+ "Longyearbyen (ocean)",
+ "Mandal (plains)"
 
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