I made a post on reddit and someone there recommended i post here for a better chance of my suggestion being implemented, so here i am. HI, everyone
Because i am lazy by nature i will just copy & past the post here or you can view it on reddit: (I cant link reddit links for some reasons, not sure why. i will try and add it latter(check comments down bellow))
but ever since the "Ethiopian" update back in 2019 (maybe it was 2020, not sure), the portrayal of Oromos in the game has always bothered me. The idea that Oromos just spring up from the woods and convert people into their culture and religions in a matter of few days just does make any logical sense. in terms of game mechanics or historical accuracy....
The very idea Oromos are not natives to their lands is a very "R"(word) thing. It was first developed during the rule of haile selassie to justify the inhuman treatment and discrimination his government was doing.
During his rule, Ethiopia was centralized and he wanted to rule from a central capital, Dominated by one ethnic group and one language
He even sent out embassies around the world (specifically) to understand how white people dominate other groups so he could replicate it here. case and point (i tried to link a YT video, but it wont allow it for some reason (Fixed it, check the comments down bellow))
They then made Books claiming we are from Madagascar, Indochina, or Nigeria (because that is where all N* are from), basically everywhere except Ethiopia, Some of those "historians" even claim that we are from Mongolia, not knowing where Mongolia is.
Their historical fabrications are not just limited to Oromos, they have the same outlandish theories on everyone (there are round 70-80 ethnic groups in Ethiopia), But due to Oromos being the numerically dominant group their "court historians" targeted us extra hard, But they also have theories on themselves also, they claim they are from Palastine/isreal and are actually Israelites and not African (they often say we are not "N**" ).
Its laughable when you dig through their claims and actual sources.
But their ideas has been intrenched in the minds of alot of the newer generations specially among the diaspora, and is now defended by alot Amharas (the ethnic group haile selassie used to centralize his government around). as a infamous person once said, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes accepted as truth".
I thought that someone else would have fixed this by now, but since no one is taking the initiative, why not me.
So what should be done?
I think the whole "The Oromo migration" event tree should be gone from the game.
add two Oromo countries with one being Fetishist and one Sunni (Jimmaa kingdom) preferably with atleast 10-20 provinces and 100 dev between them.
Done.
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If you wanna make it extra spicy and more inline with our timeline. Then remove Ethiopia as a tag and make it into a formable end tag that anyone in the Cushitic culture group with some requirements can form. So Release shawa, Tigray and gondar as new tag's. and make anyone who holds the most developed Coptic province in the Ethiopian region the "Shogune" of all the tags. forced to join any offensive/defensive war.
Many possibilities. Would be happy to help if needed. (of course, by helping i am referring to everything except coding)
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Edit; since this post is getting some traction, I wanna redirect everyone to this post - absolute masterpiece, and covers basically everything in the Horn region in a balanced and objective way!
please excuse the grammatical errors and correct me if possible. much love.
Because i am lazy by nature i will just copy & past the post here or you can view it on reddit: (I cant link reddit links for some reasons, not sure why. i will try and add it latter(check comments down bellow))
Hi, Oromo here!
Firstly, I love the game, i have over 10k hrs invested since i bought it 4yrs or so ago. (so this is not some SJW thing)but ever since the "Ethiopian" update back in 2019 (maybe it was 2020, not sure), the portrayal of Oromos in the game has always bothered me. The idea that Oromos just spring up from the woods and convert people into their culture and religions in a matter of few days just does make any logical sense. in terms of game mechanics or historical accuracy....
The very idea Oromos are not natives to their lands is a very "R"(word) thing. It was first developed during the rule of haile selassie to justify the inhuman treatment and discrimination his government was doing.
During his rule, Ethiopia was centralized and he wanted to rule from a central capital, Dominated by one ethnic group and one language
He even sent out embassies around the world (specifically) to understand how white people dominate other groups so he could replicate it here. case and point (i tried to link a YT video, but it wont allow it for some reason (Fixed it, check the comments down bellow))
They then made Books claiming we are from Madagascar, Indochina, or Nigeria (because that is where all N* are from), basically everywhere except Ethiopia, Some of those "historians" even claim that we are from Mongolia, not knowing where Mongolia is.
Their historical fabrications are not just limited to Oromos, they have the same outlandish theories on everyone (there are round 70-80 ethnic groups in Ethiopia), But due to Oromos being the numerically dominant group their "court historians" targeted us extra hard, But they also have theories on themselves also, they claim they are from Palastine/isreal and are actually Israelites and not African (they often say we are not "N**" ).
Its laughable when you dig through their claims and actual sources.
But their ideas has been intrenched in the minds of alot of the newer generations specially among the diaspora, and is now defended by alot Amharas (the ethnic group haile selassie used to centralize his government around). as a infamous person once said, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes accepted as truth".
I thought that someone else would have fixed this by now, but since no one is taking the initiative, why not me.
So what should be done?
I think the whole "The Oromo migration" event tree should be gone from the game.
add two Oromo countries with one being Fetishist and one Sunni (Jimmaa kingdom) preferably with atleast 10-20 provinces and 100 dev between them.
Done.
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If you wanna make it extra spicy and more inline with our timeline. Then remove Ethiopia as a tag and make it into a formable end tag that anyone in the Cushitic culture group with some requirements can form. So Release shawa, Tigray and gondar as new tag's. and make anyone who holds the most developed Coptic province in the Ethiopian region the "Shogune" of all the tags. forced to join any offensive/defensive war.
Many possibilities. Would be happy to help if needed. (of course, by helping i am referring to everything except coding)
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Edit; since this post is getting some traction, I wanna redirect everyone to this post - absolute masterpiece, and covers basically everything in the Horn region in a balanced and objective way!
please excuse the grammatical errors and correct me if possible. much love.
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