[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13805) Data: Suggested change of default ruler titles

["Daniel Markstedt" <himasaram@xxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13805 >

2005-11-23 kl. 21.31 skrev Per I. Mathisen:

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> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13805 >
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> On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Daniel Markstedt wrote:
>>>> • Use the generic term "Leader" for Despotism. Better than the
>>>> current "Emperor"->"King" linguistic 'downgrade' when you move from
>>>> Despotism to Monarchy. Individual nations can still define their own
>>>> (more powerful) titles.
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>>> Isn't there a unit called "Leader"?If so then that's not an
>>> improvement.However there have been many other suggestions and most 
>>> of
>>> them are better than Emperor.
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>> There'sa gameloss 'Leader' unit in the default ruleset, yes. But it's
>> rare and in any case an embodiment of the 'Leader', so I don't see how
>> that could be a problem. The unit could be marked ?unit: for
>> localizations. The other suggestions are IMHO not neutral or universal
>> enough.
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> I do not see a problem with the leader unit, but won't this mean that
> players will be titled "Leader NN" as in "the Vikings are led by Leader
> Per"...?? That would sound very odd.
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>   - Per
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Does such a string exist? When you change government, it's something 
like "Per now rule the Vikings as a Monarchy" and when you first meet 
someone it's "You made contact with the Vikings, ruled by Per"...

-Daniel