View Poll Results: Who should be the Leader of the French?
Napoleon! 147 56.98%
Louis XIV! 34 13.18%
Charles DeGaulle! 9 3.49%
Charlemagne! 21 8.14%
Keep it Joan of Arc! 46 17.83%
Other 1 0.39%
Voters: 258. You may not vote on this poll

 
 
Thread Tools
Old November 17, 2001, 22:43   #1
nationalist
Warlord
 
nationalist's Avatar
 
Local Time: 12:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 221
Who should be the Leader of the French
I think that Joan of Arc was a weak choice for the Leader of the French, a was curious as to what others thought. My choice is Napoleon.
__________________
"The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is to have with them as little political connection as possible... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far as we are now at liberty to do it." George Washington- September 19, 1796
nationalist is offline  
Old November 17, 2001, 22:56   #2
Shiva
Prince
 
Shiva's Avatar
 
Local Time: 11:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Omaha,Nebraska USA
Posts: 300
Has to be Napoleon, I loved him in that old Bugs Bunny cartoon
__________________
The eagle soars and flies in peace and casts its shadow wide Across the land, across the seas, across the far-flung skies. The foolish think the eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel. So be warned, you would-be hunters, attack it and you die, For the eagle stands for freedom, and that will always fly.

Darkness makes the sunlight so bright that our eyes blur with tears. Challenges remind us that we are capable of great things. Misery sharpens the edges of our joy. Life is hard. It is supposed to be.
Shiva is offline  
Old November 17, 2001, 23:00   #3
Taktaal
Settler
 
Local Time: 18:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 4
Joan of Arc reversed the fate of an entire war through her leadership.
Napoleon though got his ass kicked twice.

I don't think this is really a challenge
Taktaal is offline  
Old November 17, 2001, 23:29   #4
vovan
Apolyton UniversityCivilization IV CreatorsSporeApolyton Storywriters' GuildC3CDG Blood Oath HordeC4DG The Horde
Emperor
 
vovan's Avatar
 
Local Time: 11:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 5,725
Definitely Napoleon.
Although, if you take a look at this thread
__________________
XBox Live: VovanSim
xbox.com (login required)
Halo 3 Service Record (I fail at FPS...)
Spore page
vovan is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 02:01   #5
d_dudy
Prince
 
d_dudy's Avatar
 
Local Time: 11:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: MO
Posts: 543
i like de gaulle
__________________
Prince of...... the Civ Mac Forum
d_dudy is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 03:29   #6
uh Clem
King
 
uh Clem's Avatar
 
Local Time: 11:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Born in the US; damned if I know where I live now
Posts: 1,574
Clovis.
__________________
"When all else fails, a pigheaded refusal to look facts in the face will see us through." -- General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
uh Clem is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 04:07   #7
IncreduloDriver
Chieftain
 
Local Time: 01:04
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Posts: 40
No, no, no! NOT Napolean! Sure, he did some memorable things, but the most memorable man in French history is none other than Charles de Gaulle!

A few things you just have to love about Charles de Gaulle:
-- Fought the Germans in WWI
-- Led the Free French through the Nazi occupation
-- Became the first President of the Fifth Republic
-- Solved France's foreign policy woes
-- Unilaterally withdrew France from NATO

Among other awesome things!

He was a true patriot and an excellent statesman. He's a hero to the French and he's truly a man to admire for his strength and courage from WWI until his death in 1970. Go, de Gaulle, go!
__________________
I swear, by my life and my love of it...

...don't you hate pants?
IncreduloDriver is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 05:35   #8
Wretch
Settler
 
Wretch's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Austin
Posts: 5
Wait, what about Cardinal Richelieu?

W
Wretch is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 06:10   #9
Altuar
Warlord
 
Altuar's Avatar
 
Local Time: 12:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 107
Definetly Louis XIV- it was during his time that France as we know it acquired its identity. (Well........ at least arguably so)
Altuar is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 06:31   #10
mrbilll
Chieftain
 
Local Time: 10:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 83
Richelieu! Wretch, that's a great call!

But Joan IS the patron saint of France. Historians debate whether she was an actual great leader or some kind of living propaganda/good luck charm. But either way, her influence definitely prompted a major change in in the history of what we now call France. (Personally, I think she was what we'd call schizophrenic nowadays. In her time, there wasn't much to be done about that.)

In the same vein, why Abraham Lincoln? Why not George Washington?
mrbilll is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 06:48   #11
Setsuna
Warlord
 
Local Time: 12:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 139
I remember a comic strip I saw in MAD magazine.

Servant: Charles de Gaulle is the greatest man in France!
de Gaulle: That ees so.
Servant: Charles de Gaulle is the greatest man in THE WORLD!
de Gaulle: That ees so..
Servant: Why, only GOD is greater than you!
de Gaulle: *look of utter shock*

Servant: *Imprisoned* What did I say? WHAT DID I SAY!?
Setsuna is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 09:06   #12
Adagio
staff
Spore
Deity
 
Adagio's Avatar
 
Local Time: 19:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 11,112
No doubt about this one, Joan of Arc should defently stay in the game
__________________
This space is empty... or is it?
Adagio is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 09:13   #13
Yoleus
Warlord
 
Yoleus's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 225
Amazing
Quote:
Originally posted by IncreduloDriver
the most memorable man in French history is none other than Charles de Gaulle!
THIS is really amazing Sure, nice statesman, but not deserving all the honours he is credited. That's just boosted by nationalistic feelings (AGAINST Germans, AGAINST Americans -NATO-, France superpower, France nuclear power, "vive la grandeur". When you get beaten and you are clearly not the best anymore, it hurts).
Joan D'Arc. I mean, every nation which frees itself from external control (AGAINST the English, this time) tend to "stretch" hystory records in order to exalt some wannabe heroes, and to stress its "unicity", "holiness" and moral superiority. You just look for the more viable "flag".

On the other hand...

Napoleon showing how to rule an army to the entire Europe? He was a (superb) military leader most of all, but... he diffused the ideals of the French Revolution everywhere he went, putting the seeds of democracy, freedom, equality and national identity everywhere in the old continent.
Charlemagne!!! History lessons, anyone? He just:
1) produced a (short lived, but immensely important) EMPIRE in Europe after centuries of barbarism, setting the new course of european "politics";
2) christianized (with sword, blood and deaths, I agree) the Germans, taking them into european cultural mainstream;
3) contributed stopping forever Arab penetration in Europe from Spain, setting the future of Europe far from Islam,
4) started a cultural "renaissance" (again, short lived) in Aachen, his capital.
5) ...

As you guessed, I voted for Charlemagne
__________________
The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around: it cracked and growled and roared and howled like noises in a swound!
Yoleus is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 09:37   #14
Vlad Antlerkov
Civilization III Democracy Game
King
 
Vlad Antlerkov's Avatar
 
Local Time: 11:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Toasty!
Posts: 2,230
Charlemagne. Starting an empire that (briefly) civilized Europe for the first time in centuries is no small feat. Besides, the French love the guy.

Even though it's not an option, Laetitia Casta would make a nice leader... Or did they already put her in as a war leader?
Vlad Antlerkov is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 10:02   #15
Footie Mad
Prince
 
Footie Mad's Avatar
 
Local Time: 18:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Lund Sweden
Posts: 664
Napoleon, in the spirit of civ 1.
__________________
It's candy. Surely there are more important things the NAACP could be boycotting. If the candy were shaped like a burning cross or a black man made of regular chocolate being dragged behind a truck made of white chocolate I could understand the outrage and would share it. - Drosedars
Footie Mad is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 10:20   #16
David Murray
Prince
 
Local Time: 17:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 525
Well, since both De Gaulle and Napoleon were rightwing dictators, I think I should be leader of the French.

Ooh la la...! Convinced yet? I can do the Can-Can as well....
David Murray is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 10:20   #17
Sun Zi 36
Warlord
 
Local Time: 03:04
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 102
I voted for Charles De Gaulle, just bcos he is getting WAY too little votes than he deserve. Maybe his anti-American stance is the reason behind the lack of support he is getting here.
Sun Zi 36 is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 11:19   #18
Yoleus
Warlord
 
Yoleus's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 225
Quote:
Originally posted by Sun Zi 36
I voted for Charles De Gaulle, just bcos he is getting WAY too little votes than he deserve. Maybe his anti-American stance is the reason behind the lack of support he is getting here.
I kinda "slammed" him in the leader race, and I am European. Please understand me: IMHO he was a GOOD statesman, but not to be taken in the Olympus...
__________________
The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around: it cracked and growled and roared and howled like noises in a swound!
Yoleus is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 11:38   #19
David Murray
Prince
 
Local Time: 17:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 525
Quote:
Originally posted by Sun Zi 36
I voted for Charles De Gaulle, just bcos he is getting WAY too little votes than he deserve. Maybe his anti-American stance is the reason behind the lack of support he is getting here.
He was also an authoritarian, formed the rightwing "Rally of the French People" and had a reputation for severe arrogance.

He looked like a French Hitler:



Ooh la la!
David Murray is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 12:00   #20
nato
Prince
 
nato's Avatar
 
Local Time: 12:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Unite
Posts: 532
Quote:
No, no, no! NOT Napolean! Sure, he did some memorable things, but the most memorable man in French history is none other than Charles de Gaulle!

A few things you just have to love about Charles de Gaulle:
-- Fought the Germans in WWI
-- Led the Free French through the Nazi occupation
-- Became the first President of the Fifth Republic
-- Solved France's foreign policy woes
-- Unilaterally withdrew France from NATO

Among other awesome things!
Grrrr how can you like what de Gaulle did after WWII?

After all us western nations formed an alliance, designed in very large part almost just to protect France ... what does he do? He causes NO end of trouble and eventually kicks us out of Paris and pulls out of it!!!

Why? Because he can't handle France not being undisputed # 1 and has no concept of teamwork. His idea of teamwork: France is no longer powerful enough to be # 1, so harness ourselves to Germany / Europe so we can get their power yet be in control.

I swear France ruins itself by insisting on being seen as # 1, and screwing over all its friends in an attempt for glory.
nato is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 12:10   #21
d_dudy
Prince
 
d_dudy's Avatar
 
Local Time: 11:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: MO
Posts: 543
Quote:
Originally posted by Sun Zi 36
I voted for Charles De Gaulle, just bcos he is getting WAY too little votes than he deserve. Maybe his anti-American stance is the reason behind the lack of support he is getting here.
i voted for him. how was he anti-american?


hey nato-try the Off Topic if you like politics and international affairs. there's a thread for new users over there
__________________
Prince of...... the Civ Mac Forum
d_dudy is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 12:20   #22
nato
Prince
 
nato's Avatar
 
Local Time: 12:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Unite
Posts: 532
Gee d-dudy, I just responded to the posts in this thread in pretty much the same spirit as they were.

Sorry my post, but not the others or this entire thread, offends you so much.
nato is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 12:25   #23
d_dudy
Prince
 
d_dudy's Avatar
 
Local Time: 11:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: MO
Posts: 543
Quote:
Originally posted by nato
Gee d-dudy, I just responded to the posts in this thread in pretty much the same spirit as they were.

Sorry my post, but not the others or this entire thread, offends you so much.
offended? i asked a question and then pointed out the off topic as a place for you to post also. i wasn't offended i was just wondering what he did anti-american
__________________
Prince of...... the Civ Mac Forum
d_dudy is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 12:30   #24
Sun Zi 36
Warlord
 
Local Time: 03:04
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 102
I also dont think he is the "best leader". (De Gaulle). But he only had 4 votes! So I voted for him.

I think "French Hitler" is very harsh. That is just a false exaggeration. Lucky i dont think many French participate in English forums. There would sure have been retaliatary comments for saying that they elected someone like Hitler as president. Its like saying Bush is American Hitler. It sure would have been insulting. Please be considerate.

How is he anti-American? That's explained by nato. The comments seem to discredit DeGaulle for withdrawing from a voluntary alliance, which i disagree. Sovereign nations can join or withdraw an alliance as they see fit i dont think other nations, esp America, is in a position to tell them wat to do. Every nation is entitled to pursue its own glory and i dont think his means is illegitimate in any way.
Sun Zi 36 is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 12:48   #25
nato
Prince
 
nato's Avatar
 
Local Time: 12:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Unite
Posts: 532
My bad d-dudy. I thought you were saying I shouldn't be posting off topic stuff. Sorry.
nato is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 13:24   #26
TLG
Settler
 
Local Time: 18:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: France
Posts: 25
Quote:
Originally posted by Sun Zi 36

I think "French Hitler" is very harsh. That is just a false exaggeration. Lucky i dont think many French participate in English forums. There would sure have been retaliatary comments for saying that they elected someone like Hitler as president. Its like saying Bush is American Hitler. It sure would have been insulting. Please be considerate.
Yeah whatever, his wild suggestion only drawn from de Gaulle's physical appreance is stupid enough not to deserve any discussion beyond this point.

Quote:
How is he anti-American? That's explained by nato. The comments seem to discredit DeGaulle for withdrawing from a voluntary alliance, which i disagree. Sovereign nations can join or withdraw an alliance as they see fit i dont think other nations, esp America, is in a position to tell them wat to do. Every nation is entitled to pursue its own glory and i dont think his means is illegitimate in any way.
TLG is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 13:49   #27
nato
Prince
 
nato's Avatar
 
Local Time: 12:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Unite
Posts: 532
Ok this post is very OT and not about Civ3.

One way de Gaulle was anti-American was when he said we were a bigger threat than the USSR. I don't think that was fair ... it really meant we were a bigger threat to their preeminance I think.

Sun Zi - You are totally right, alliances should be voluntary. I would never say the US has the right to dictate to others. If you can't get out, then it would have been more like the Warsaw Pact.

However NATO was really a very good deal for the French. After the war they were in a pretty bad postition ... one statesmen described them as "on their knees begging for an alliance", they were in such a bad spot. France caused many big headaches during the formation ... but it all came out good for them.

Then they turn around and kick everyone out, and withdraw! Grrr.

Yes of course they have the right to withdraw and seek their glory. However, they were very rude about it all. If they withdraw from something very cool that helped protect them and act rude about it ... don't be surprised that it leads to bad feelings.

I love France, they are a part of the western family ... but they are a part with a bad attitude. France MUST be first, friends be damned.
nato is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 14:07   #28
David Murray
Prince
 
Local Time: 17:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 525
Quote:
Originally posted by Sun Zi 36
I also dont think he is the "best leader". (De Gaulle). But he only had 4 votes! So I voted for him.

I think "French Hitler" is very harsh. That is just a false exaggeration. Lucky i dont think many French participate in English forums. There would sure have been retaliatary comments for saying that they elected someone like Hitler as president. Its like saying Bush is American Hitler. It sure would have been insulting. Please be considerate.
I said he LOOKS like a French Hitler, you foo'. Read my post!

Besides, the real resistors against the Nazis were the communist underground, the Resistance. While the rest of France gave up at the first sign of trouble, it was the resistors who helped to beat off the Nazis.

"Ooh la la!"
David Murray is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 14:48   #29
d_dudy
Prince
 
d_dudy's Avatar
 
Local Time: 11:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: MO
Posts: 543
Quote:
Originally posted by nato
One way de Gaulle was anti-American was when he said we were a bigger threat than the USSR.
thankyou
__________________
Prince of...... the Civ Mac Forum
d_dudy is offline  
Old November 18, 2001, 15:02   #30
Adagio
staff
Spore
Deity
 
Adagio's Avatar
 
Local Time: 19:04
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 11,112
Just to make little side-note:

For France there is only to usefully leaders to civ games: Napoleon and Joan d'Arc

The reason: A civ game should only use well-know (and well-liked) leaders. I don't think I know many who (without looking in a history book) can tell who those other people are. From France history I can only see two leaders most people know, and those are Napoleon and Joan d'Arc.
__________________
This space is empty... or is it?
Adagio is offline  
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 13:04.


Design by Vjacheslav Trushkin, color scheme by ColorizeIt!.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Apolyton Civilization Site | Copyright © The Apolyton Team