[freeciv-data] Re: Re: Fixes and additions for nation files

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 11:34:19AM +0000, Sam Barnett-Cormack wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> 
> > Paul Zastoupil <[email protected]>:
> > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 07:07:11AM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > > > If I can find my copy of LOTR I'm going to redo the Dunedain one...that
> > > > really ought to in
> > >
> > > FWIW, I'm opposed to Ar-Pharazon as a Dunedain king...
> >
> > I understand why, but I think the real problem is that the nation name is
> > ill-chosen, since there are lots of Gondorian locations in the cities. Maybe
> > that "nation" ought to be the Edain in general?
> 
> From my recent reading, men of Gondor are (after a fashion, I guess, by
> teh time of LoTR) Dunedain.

Yes.  But I didn't want to get nit-picky with ESR :)

FWIW, I created the Freeciv Dunedain and Mordor nations.  They were
really just for use with the modpack, but I thought they spiced up the
game too.  If you look at the civserver logs, you'll find the Dunedan
are one fot the most popular nations :)

> 
> Does freeciv-data still exist for this sort of discussion?

Yes, it does, and this is where it belongs.

-- 
Paul Zastoupil