Erik Rutins
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BCE is used because that's what the developer chose to use as their research materials also used it. With that said, I'm surprised that this actually offends you so much. It's not a religious statement, but rather a lack of one. Back when I studied history in the early 90s we were also taught using BCE, simply because when dealing with many historians from civilizations that never were Christian (and many still are not to this date) the BCE naming convention is more universal. The game is not trying to make any statement, it's just reflecting what is the standard nomenclature used by historians today. I understand that religion and politics are very sensitive issues for some and that's why we don't go there, our games have no agenda. We have no policy against releasing a game that uses the older BC/AD system either - if the developers had used that, it would have been in the game. It's simply what was used in this case. If you really want to contest this, I'd suggest starting with the history faculty at all of our various colleges and universities, since in this case we were simply using the now standard naming convention that they invented. Regards, - Erik
< Message edited by Erik Rutins -- 11/8/2007 1:07:12 PM >
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