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There was one obscure RTS whose resource system I liked, Warrior Kings, though it wasn't actually that well done; I liked the idea more than the execution. Basically, you'd build up a fortified main base with walls and stuff, while your workers gathered resources and returned them to outlying villages, which would then send carts with those resources to the main base. There was more to it too, like buildings you could build to make your villagers more effective, warehouses that acted as alternate drop-off points, the fact that carts could be stolen and more. It was a nice touch of realism which hasn't been attempted often, possibly because it's hard and it shows in that the game itself wasn't that great. Oh yeah, and you had to take fragile supply wagons with you or your ranged units would run out of ammunition and their rate of fire would plummet.
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Our knowledge of Norse mythology is also heavily colored by christianity. Not only are the Eddas written by a christian monk(s) centuries after his country officially converted to christianity(albeit in a diplomatic manner with a don't-ask-don't-tell attitude towards secret heathenry), since the stories were never codified in the first place, they intermingled with the stories told by early christian missionaries. The end result is that Loki became something of a devil-figure while Baldr became a Jesus-analogue. There's no doubt that not only are we missing out on a lot of myths, we're also missing out on various regional variations of said myths; the veneration of various gods depended on the region, at least according to toponymy. Also, I seem to recall one version of the myth about Thor's hammer state that while the shaft was too short normally, it would grow when he rubbed it 
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Cythereal posted:Funny thing, sea gods in almost every mythology are portrayed as capricious, temperamental assholes. One notable exception being Njörðr, who was a pretty swell dude, possibly because the vikings were much better seafarers and relied heavily on boats and fishing for transport and simple survival, respectively.
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Simsmagic posted:Use this mission to show off the various cheats that the game has At the very least, show off the flying purple hippo.
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