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Unfortunately I had the dubious honour of knowing the woman (Mrs Jones believe it or not) who lead the "NO" campaign. She seemed to be a nice enough lady (her daughter was hot), but couldn't cook ;) Truth was she thought of a NO to the referendum as "Yes, we'd like a Republic, but not the design that was put forward". Apparently the constitutional design of the republic was a bit shabby.

We only need one more idiot as governor general and the Queen will probably disown us anyway ;)

Besides, I sort of like the flag - has a lot of history and pride attached to it that a new one wouldn't have - Union Jack or not.

However our national anthem could use an upgrade - every other nation I can think of (even to some smaller south american nations) have catchy, even inspiring music for their anthems. Star Spangled Banner and God Save the Queen are both better tunes than our present "thing".
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Posted by Luskan
However our national anthem could use an upgrade - every other nation I can think of (even to some smaller south american nations) have catchy, even inspiring music for their anthems. Star Spangled Banner and God Save the Queen are both better tunes than our present "thing".


Fair go, I only just got to know the words.

Dah-dum dah-dum de-dum-dum-dum,
Ad-vance Aus-tra-lia...um...beer?
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Posted by RavingDave
Yup, I would much prefer to have the Eureka (Southern Cross) flag instead of what we have now.


Ditto to that.

Mind you, the Matrix mob have done a fair job on getting (almost) all the stars of our current flag onto its tiny WitP game icon.

Don't think the Kiwis would be impressed with the current game version of their flag though. The farmer's only wearing one gumboot (it should be two) and the sheep all look like clouds on sticks.
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Originally posted by Drongo
Posted by RavingDave


Ditto to that.

Mind you, the Matrix mob have done a fair job on getting (almost) all the stars of our current flag onto its tiny WitP game icon.

Don't think the Kiwis would be impressed with the current game version of their flag though. The farmer's only wearing one gumboot (it should be two) and the sheep all look like clouds on sticks.
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Originally posted by Joel Billings
Control Zones (where you set areas of the map to human or computer control), Auto-Convoy system (where you set aside ships and indicate which bases you want those ships to run convoys to), Strategic Map. The second icon is supposed to be a transport, and I agree the third icon is very unclear. These are all new features in WitP.


Thanks for the enlightenment. I figured the second one had something to do with shipping but the other two did not ring any bells. Now I can see that the checkerboard button would be Control Zones. the third one...well, now that we know what it is it does not matter what the icon looks like.:)
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The map really is looking beautiful, this game is going to be fantastic.:)
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Looking good, more buttons = more toys to play with :)
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However our national anthem could use an upgrade - every other nation I can think of (even to some smaller south american nations) have catchy, even inspiring music for their anthems. Star Spangled Banner and God Save the Queen are both better tunes than our present "thing".


Here's a link to the text and music file in RealPlayer file for the Aussie anthem.

http://www.pm.gov.au/aust_focus/nat_symbols/anthem.htm


PS I have to agree with your assessment. I mean that I have always thought that the Star Spangled Banner was one of the most un-singable songs I had ever heard, but I have to rethink my opinion now.

Please, don't take offense at this but it sort of sounds like a Julie Andrew's rendition of the song "Edelweiss" from the Sound of Music. Not what you'd typically like to project to promote your country's perception of strength and national fortitude.
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Post by Aussie »

Originally posted by Luskan
...However our national anthem could use an upgrade - every other nation I can think of (even to some smaller south american nations) have catchy, even inspiring music for their anthems. Star Spangled Banner and God Save the Queen are both better tunes than our present "thing".


Now Waltzing Matilda has been suggested, but the song being about a suicidal sheep stealing itenerant and all... :D

I prefer the Jimi Hendrix version of SSB. Unfortunately he never got around to doing a rendition of Advance Australia Fair.
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