A Better Name for the Rider

ranskaldan · September 26, 2001, 19:48

There's been a thread going about what the name of the Chinese UU should be, and Dimirier Maximus suggested that I put up a poll... alright, here it is.

Since there's only one month left before Civ3 is released and there's probably no time to change the graphics and stats, i'll give only cavalry options so that the graphics and stats can stay the same. I'd have preferred the Chu Ko Nu from Age of Kings actually.

JellyDonut · September 27, 2001, 03:52

I like Tieqi. A native Chinese word will give the unit a more distinctly Chinese flavor.

PGM · September 27, 2001, 15:36

Good poll. I voted Tieqi, but "Tieqi Rider" would be better.

How come Firaxis never commented on this? Surely it would be easy enough to change the name, since nobody seems to like "Rider" anyway.

ranskaldan · September 27, 2001, 15:55

Is there anyone from Firaxis who's seeing this? So far there hasn't been a single vote for Rider. There're more votes for 'Other' than Rider.

Oh yes, if you want to vote for 'Other', can you please post something to say what you'd prefer?

I just did some quick checking and noticed that the historical Tieqi/Iron Cavalry had armor on the horses as well... Firaxis should add that in, it's just a graphics change.

jdd2007 · September 28, 2001, 03:58

the rider sounds all right. itl do, i guess

Dimorier Maximus · September 29, 2001, 04:32

Get along little Tieqi!

Alex 14 · September 29, 2001, 20:36

Iron Cavalry sounds better than rider at least.

PGM · September 30, 2001, 14:24

The weakness of the name "Rider" is probably the subject that most people agree on. I can't believe Firaxis is ignoring this.

Mars · September 30, 2001, 14:28

I hope they change it to Tieqi or at least something better than rider.

Footie Mad · September 30, 2001, 14:33

Tieqi, it seems funnier.

ranskaldan · September 30, 2001, 23:28

The results are pretty conclusive. i probably should send an email to firaxis. who should i send this to?

Dimorier Maximus · October 1, 2001, 00:39

Send it to one of the Administrators of Apolyton and ask them to please pass it on to Firaxis.

Sun Zi 36 · October 1, 2001, 01:36

Yea, a unique unit called " the rider", sounds very unique, doesn't it?

Skanky Burns · October 1, 2001, 08:09

I voted Tieqi as well. The Chinese UU deserves a Chinese name for it, and Tieqi is the best one ive heard

Rider

ranskaldan · October 1, 2001, 20:13

dimorier:
isn't it more direct to email to someone from firaxis?

Dimorier Maximus · October 1, 2001, 20:19

Maybe, but DO NOT send it to the askthecivteam@firaxis.com address or any other general one like that. They'll probably never see it if you send it there. Try sending it to someone's personal address at Firaxis if you can find it. MAYBE something like danmagaha@firaxis.com or something. I would recommend contacting Dan Q or one of the Admins of this site for the best way of contacting Firaxis.

Rogan Josh · October 2, 2001, 05:18

I like Tieqi, but I wonder about the precident of calling something by its non-english name. Should a knight built by the German civ be called a 'Ritter'?

Then again, there is already 'Panzer'....

Sun Zi 36 · October 2, 2001, 07:52

I don't care, at least iron cavalry is better. Or somehitng like imperial guards. The Rider is the worst one i have heard of up to now.

JellyDonut · October 2, 2001, 15:04

Quote:

Originally posted by Rogan Josh
I like Tieqi, but I wonder about the precident of calling something by its non-english name. Should a knight built by the German civ be called a 'Ritter'?

Then again, there is already 'Panzer'....

I don't see anything wrong with it. It makes sense that Germans have Panzers, Greeks have Hoplites and Chinese have Tieqi. The native word for the special unit, but not for the regular unit, because that's shared by the rest of the civilizations, and should thus be in Esperanto (so it's not a knight but a kavaliro).

That gives me an idea for an Esperanto patch.

BTW, Tieqi (Tiêqì) is pronounced (more or less) like TYUH-CHEE.

ranskaldan · October 2, 2001, 16:10

TYEH-CHEE.

If you really want to sound authentically Chinese:

Tie (tyeh) with a low dipping tone. Start low, and dip lower. Qi (chee) with a rising tone. Start at the mid-latitudes and go up to the highs.

In musical notation:

dc-----efg----
tyeh--chee--

JellyDonut · October 2, 2001, 17:47

Whoops!

What he said

Dida · October 2, 2001, 20:13

Quote:

Originally posted by PGM
Good poll. I voted Tieqi, but "Tieqi Rider" would be better.

How come Firaxis never commented on this? Surely it would be easy enough to change the name, since nobody seems to like "Rider" anyway.

Tieqi refers to the kind of army, not just the horse or the man riding the horse. For example, Navy SEAL refers to a special force unit in the US military, it however does not mean people who catchs or kill seals. Tieqi rider would not make sense.

ranskaldan · October 2, 2001, 20:45

Well put, Dida.

PGM · October 2, 2001, 20:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Dida
Tieqi rider would not make sense.

Probably not, I don't know, I can't talk chinese, but right now I'm more interested in CHANGING "Rider" than anything else. So I thought this could be an easy and graceful way for Firaxis not having to "change" the name, but just tweak it.

Mars · October 2, 2001, 23:21

i dont care if its teiqi rider or just teiqi as long as it's not just "the rider"

Dida · October 2, 2001, 23:23

Tieqi rider is a much worse name than just simply Rider. Because Tieqi Rider is so ridiculously stupid.

Dimorier Maximus · October 4, 2001, 00:07

ranskaldan,

Have you contacted Firaxis about this? It is amazing the support that Tieqi has gotten. Firaxis would be a bit foolish not to change it from Rider to Tieqi.

ranskaldan · October 4, 2001, 18:55

I've emailed both Dan and Mark...

on civfanatics they say that civ3 is going gold in a couple of days... aargh! i hope that there's time for the name change... if not we'll have to mod it ourselves.

I'll email Firaxis directly.

Acemo · October 4, 2001, 19:26

Something else, anything else, as long as it is Chinese.

ranskaldan · October 4, 2001, 21:00

So far. i've emailed Dan Magada, DanQ and MarkG...

Also, can someone help me out and send one of them, or someone else from Apolyton or Firaxis, an email about this? We don't have much time left.