king wang kon of the koreans?!! :(

connorkimbro · August 30, 2002, 07:51

Why isn't king sae jong the leader of the koreans. and i can't really tell from the screenshot TOO well, but it doesn't even look like that guy is wearing traditional korean style clothes. maybe somewhat vaguely oriental at best.

Gangerolf · August 30, 2002, 08:34

he looks like a vampire lord

Galvatron · August 30, 2002, 08:47

Yes the whole look of his face this strange grin isn't really a human. Perhaps a vampire as you said or something extraterrestrial.

Q Classic · August 30, 2002, 08:52

wang kon? i can kinda understand why they picked him, he did unify korea into the koryo dynasty... but in that case, why didn't they use his historical name, Taejo?

but yeah, i agree with you, ck-- i think it should have been Sejong. why? because it was under Sejong that korea went through a sort of enlightenment, with much scientific development...

and as for his appearance... he doesn't look korean at all, and his dress looks western...

ah, well. we can always mod it.

Inverse Icarus · August 30, 2002, 10:46

i have to play as them because their leader is named wang. it's just the way it has to be.

but hell, Firaxis was never good at picking leaders, remember?

Q Classic · August 30, 2002, 10:52

true, but see, everybody knows about sejong... less know about taejo... and few know that taejo is wangkon.

Q Classic · August 30, 2002, 10:54

and before i forget, uberkrux... you'd love playing as the koreans if they used traditional titles...

in korean, the word "wang" means "king".

Inverse Icarus · August 30, 2002, 11:43

WANG UBERKRUX OF THE KOREANS! BWAAAHAHHAA!

god bless the koreans for amusing me for a few seconds

Kampus majore · August 30, 2002, 11:49

Pah, they should have picked Hiddink as the leader of the Koreans!

Gangerolf · August 30, 2002, 12:31

Quote:

in korean, the word "wang" means "king".

King King Kon of Korea

(or is it Transilvania?)

Q Classic · August 30, 2002, 12:56

not quite.

the problem is, in korean, there are a lot of one syllable words whose meanings change, depending on context:

example:

sung == star
sung == last name
sung == gender

connorkimbro · August 30, 2002, 13:19

Ah, see at least I have heard of Taejo. But I still think Sejong should be the leader. He will be in MY game anyway.

Heck, out of all the korean leaders, he's the only one refered to as "the great." King Sejong the great. That should tell you something, firaxis!

Inverse Icarus · August 30, 2002, 13:37

they have to be Politically correct.

thats why they made joan leader of france, they needed more women leaders.

obviously this game had a lack of evil vampire lords that needed to be filled before people started complaining.

Panzer · August 30, 2002, 14:24

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Originally posted by UberKruX
they have to be Politically correct.

thats why they made joan leader of france, they needed more women leaders.

obviously this game had a lack of evil vampire lords that needed to be filled before people started complaining.

You're absolutely right, but they have made a fatal error: There is no Wookie leader!!!! We demand that Chewbacca is going to be a leader

!!!

hetairoi22 · August 30, 2002, 15:51

And what about the ducks? Bring on Donald Duck!

History Guy · August 30, 2002, 16:11

Hey! Wang Kon is a great choice! However, I think it would have been better to have called the guy Taejo. Wang Kon was his actual name, used when he was still just a general, and not a king. Other than that, it's OK. He looks OK, I think.

Galvatron · August 31, 2002, 12:07

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Originally posted by hetairoi22

And what about the ducks? Bring on Donald Duck!

Well if any race deserves it do be in the game than it should be the Transformers. I nominate myself as the leader, there should be a civ called Decepticons. Otherwise it isn't politically correct.