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Re: interestin' gamelang?: Cuotl from 'Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends'

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Thursday, April 19, 2007, 18:56
On Apr 18, 2007, at 5:05 AM, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> Haven't we seen it all before -- Stargate(*), namely. As for > the lang it gives me the impression of a namelang by someone > who can't be bothered to learn Mayan at least enough to > concoct names in it, but then I guess that's what a Gog may > say of Sindarin vis-à-vis Welsh... > > (* Jocularly pronounced /sto:rgo:t/ in Swedish! I actually > pronounce the Lambda with a ring above as /L\_w=/ just to > show off my language geekdom!)
Why /L\_w=/? I would think it should be pronounced /V_0/ :)
> > Hanuman Zhang skrev: > > I am wonderin' if this is more than a naming lang... > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_Nations:_Rise_of- > > _Legends > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Cuotl > > > > The Cuotl are an alien civilization, inspired by the > > ancient Mayan civilization and the ancient astronaut > > theory from Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of > > the Past. Their name could well be derived from the Aztec > > god Quetzoquatl Possessing highly technological devices, > > indistinguishable from magic, four Cuotl beings installed > > themselves as gods over the indigenous tribes of the Aio > > rainforest: Ix, the Moon God, Xil, the Sun God, Shok, > > Goddess of Storms, and Czin, God of Death. The units of > > the Cuotl army have both Mesoamerican and alien influences > > to their design. > > > > The Cuotl are very varied from the other two civilizations > > in the game. Instead of collecting Wealth via caravans, > > the Cuotl harvest Energy, which is used to create > > buildings and use heroes' powers. Similarly, rather than > > purchasing neutral sites with Wealth as the other two > > civilizations do, the Cuotl take them over by forceful > > subjugation, which costs Timonium. > > > > The Cuotl national power, Star Bolt, summons a giant, > > controllable disk of intense light, which reveals enemy > > territory and damages any visible units in the process. By > > researching the Divine Power research track, the size, > > power and duration of the Star Bolt increases. > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > Lately I have been ponderin' the idea of a > > parallel/futuristic Mayan-like conlang called > > Xibalbatecatl... > > > >

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