So I've started my first game on TWM2 80 hours ago as Venice on HardHard, and I found the game to be quite easy after the few first turns, colonizing all the East before the Mongols arrival and even then, they didn't manage to siege any of my cities. Originally posted by:HRE and Sicily.Dunno why Jack mentioned Scotland It's among the safest and easiest factions being in the north of Britannia.Jack mentioned Scotland because Scotland is isolated from the rest of the world, starts out with 1 settlement, a city meaning no military grade soldiers, only militia, and is looking to fight England who has multiple settlements, including 2 castles I think, with military grade soldiers to fight Scottish militia. Add in 1 rebel settlement from England, seperating you from Nottingham an English castle. Originally posted by:HRE and Sicily.Dunno why Jack mentioned Scotland It's among the safest and easiest factions being in the north of Britannia.Jack mentioned Scotland because Scotland is isolated from the rest of the world, starts out with 1 settlement, a city meaning no military grade soldiers, only militia, and is looking to fight England who has multiple settlements, including 2 castles I think, with military grade soldiers to fight Scottish militia. Add in 1 rebel settlement from England, seperating you from Nottingham an English castle.But England is the only threat and It's not even that big of a threat. Just rush York and Nottingham and the war is basically won. It's only a matter of time before you get the entire British Isles under your control after that.
Originally posted by:Jack mentioned Scotland because Scotland is isolated from the rest of the world, starts out with 1 settlement, a city meaning no military grade soldiers, only militia, and is looking to fight England who has multiple settlements, including 2 castles I think, with military grade soldiers to fight Scottish militia. Add in 1 rebel settlement from England, seperating you from Nottingham an English castle.But England is the only threat and It's not even that big of a threat. Just rush York and Nottingham and the war is basically won. It's only a matter of time before you get the entire British Isles under your control after that.Rush York and Nottingham? With militia!? Are you crazy?
Now, if we follow the title to this topic, it asks for a DIPLOMATIC and DEFENSIVE game. Now, if I play Scotland, the safest strategy would be to get a trade agreement with England at most, while conquering rebel settlements, like Dublin, that castle north of Edinburgh, and lastly York(unless England goes for it right away) and then prepare for war with England. A DEFENSIVE and DIPLOMATIC strategy, which can work later when you invade the mainland, as moving an army or more across the Channel, and establishing a foothold.
Blitzkrieging England with early game militia just dosen't have the same feeling.
.VH1 (originally an of Video Hits One) is an American network based in New York City owned. It was originally created by, at the time a division of and the original owner of, and launched on January 1, 1985, in the former space of 's short-lived.The original purpose of the channel was to build upon the success of MTV by playing targeting a slightly older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of. Like MTV, VH1 ultimately drifted into programming, albeit with a focus on music personalities and celebrities, and shows targeting female audiences. VH1 is best known for franchises such as, the series, the block, and.As of January 2016, approximately 90.2 million households receive VH1. The second VH1 logo used from 1988 to 1994. Designed by Scott Miller.
During the Christmas season the 'V' would be flipped upside down to resemble a Christmas tree.VH1's aim was to focus on the lighter, softer side of, including such musicians as, and, in hopes of appealing to people aged 18 to 35, and possibly older. Also frequently featured in the network's early years were 'videos' for and other 60s consisting of and concert footage. It was introduced on January 1, 1985, with the video performance of ' by.From the start, Video Hits One was branded as an urban version of its sister/parent channel. It played more jazz and R&B artists than MTV and had a higher rotation of urban-contemporary performers. Its early on-camera personalities were New York radio veterans (then of ), (then program director and DJ for ), (of ), ('Bowzer' from ), and.Later VJs included Tim Byrd of (the current day FM rebroadcast of ), a station whose eclectic ballad-and-R&B oriented format mirrored that of VH-1, and ('The Nightbird' of ). Later joined the outlet's veejay lineup.
O'Donnell would also host a comedy show featuring various comedians each episode. As an added touch to make the network more like a televised radio station, the early years of the network featured jingles in their bumpers produced by in Dallas, who had previously made jingles for radio stations worldwide.The format left room for occasional ad-libs by the VJ, a godsend for emcees such as Imus and O'Donnell. In true Imus style, he used a 1985 segment of his VH-1 show to jokingly call smooth-jazz icon a 'grape' for her oval-shaped head.Typical of VH1's very early programming was New Visions, a series which featured videos and in-studio performances by and classical and bands and performers, including,. At first many different musicians guest-hosted the program, but eventually musician/songwriter became the permanent host.New Age music videos continued to play on the channel into the 1990s. They would be seen on the Sunday morning two-hour music video block titled Sunday Brunch.Early programming (1989–1994) Once VH1 established itself a few years later, they catered to Top 40, and 1980s mainstream pop. For a time, even country music videos aired in a one-hour block during the afternoons. They started out using MTV's famous typeface font for their music video credit tags.
It was later replaced in 1991 by a larger font, with the year the video was made added to the lower column that identified the label on which the album was released. In 1993, the name of the videos' director was included at the bottom of the credits.During this time, they also had some non-music programming, such as a comedy hour hosted by with various amateur and veteran comedians, called Stand Up Spotlight, an in-depth look at current movies called Flix, and reports on good civilians and volunteers in the community, called Good News People.Every week, the Top 21 Video Countdown usually had a different guest host. Occasionally, they had themed countdowns as well, such as Elvira hosting scary videos for Halloween in 1991.Long blocks of music videos by a particular artist or band, theme, or years were also very popular in this era. One popular weekend program was called Video Rewind, in which blocks of 1980s videos from one particular year would play for an hour. There was also a short-lived hour-long program called By Request in which viewers could call a 1–900 hotline number to request their videos.Also in 1991, a popular morning program was introduced called Hits News & Weather that ran from 7 AM to 9 AM ET.
(It later expanded to 10 AM ET.) It consisted of music videos both past and present along with a 90-second update of the day's news & weather provided. The updates were typically shown twice an hour during the program. A box displaying the minutes past the hour was shown below the logo during the period. It was discontinued a week before the channel was re-branded in the Spring of 1994. During the week prior, classic music videos from forgotten artists/bands aired, titled Whatever Happened To.?The channel's playlist was gradually expanding, and, by 1994, included contemporary musicians such as, and other slightly heavier, or more -influenced music than what it had originally played, although favorites such as, and still continued to receive heavy play for several more years as well. Was a program in the Video Hits One days that was very similar to Behind The Music.
It profiled artists such as Phil Colins, Michael Bolton and Paul McCartney. Plus other various artists of interest at the time that were playing the network's chosen style of music at the time and their music careersVH1 Corvette Give-away Sweepstakes In order to reach a wider and younger audience, VH1 announced in late 1989 that in 1990 they would be holding a contest where the grand prize was a collection of 36, one for every model year from its introduction year of 1953, to the then current model year of 1989 (there is no model for 1983), all going to a single grand winner.
All cars were to be certified as roadworthy and in 'good' to 'excellent' condition. The collection at the time had an estimated worth of over US$1 million.
Contestants entered by calling a 900 number and registering, at $2 per call. VH1 received over 4 million call-in entries. The winner was a man from Long Island, New York, who immediately sold the entire collection to artist for $500,000.
Max intended to use the cars for an art project, but it never got started and the entire collection was left in an underground parking lot in New York City for over 20 years, and deteriorated into poor condition. VH1: Music First (1994–2003). The third VH1 logo used from 1994 to 2003. The circle ring surrounding the logo was added in 1998. It was used on in 1999 to 2010 and in 2000 to 2007 and is still used on in 2004 to present.In May 1994, VH1 re-branded itself as VH1: Music First, following a slight ratings decline in the early 1990s. They began airing 'History of Music Videos A to Z' during the July 4 weekend from 1994 to 1998 where they would show a large percentage of their library of music videos, which would include mini-marathons of videos by artists with a large number of videos.
The success of A to Z led to a weeknight 11 p.m. Hour-long broadcast of videos, titled The Madonna Show. The videos were aired without introduction by a VJ and the program was soon shortened to thirty minutes, and then scrapped altogether.
By 1996, VH1 was heading down the same path as its sister channel, MTV, choosing to focus more on music-related shows than on music videos. Additionally, the network began to expand its playlist of music videos to include more rock music. Old episodes of could regularly be seen on the channel. By that time, the channel's were beginning to fall.Video Countdown As part of VH-1's re-branding as 'VH1: Music First' in 1994, the channel launched a new series, the VH1 Top 10 Countdown, that counted down the top ten music videos played on VH1 each week. A combination of record sales, radio airplay, video spins, posts, and would decide the order of the countdown. A rotating cast of picked up hosting duties for the show over the years.
The series expanded from ten to twenty music videos, becoming the, in 2001. The show was renamed The 20 in early 2015, and ended later that year.Pop-Up Video In the fall of 1996, VH1 premiered, in which music videos were accompanied by 'pop-ups' (also known as 'bubbles' or 'info nuggets')—small enclosed areas of the screen containing facts about the band artists, and videos such as career highlights, discography, biographical details, quotes, and anecdotes. For a time, this was VH1's highest rated show.VH1 Storytellers. Main article:In February 1996, VH1 again hit it big with the premiere of the first of the network's flagship shows, VH1 Storytellers. The show started with a broadcast of, during his 'Storyteller' tour, and took its name from this first show. In each hourlong episode, artists appear in front of a (mostly small and intimate) live audience, interspersing musical performances with anecdotes related to the songs' meaning, the songwriting process, audience reaction, etc. Along with Davies, the series has featured a widely diverse list of artists, including, and,.
Enjoyed the show's format so much that he bought the stage decorations from VH-1 and went on to do a 'Storytellers' tour in 1998/1999. Behind the Music.
Main article:VH1 scored another hit in August 1997 with the debut of Behind the Music. The hourlong show features interviews and biographies of some of popular music's biggest stars qualified to be profiled on the series. The premiere episode featured.
Episodes have ranged from to to, as well as others such as, and, with more episodes being produced periodically. By the late 1990s, the show began to run out of artists to profile, leading to the short-lived BTM2 program, half-hour looks into bands and artists whose popularity was rising, but not yet at its peak.Legends. Main article:Shortly after, VH1 created a companion series, (originally sponsored by ), profiling artists who have made a more significant contribution to music history to qualify as 'Legends' (that is, those artists who have gone beyond the category of Behind the Music biographies). The artists profiled so far have included; the;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;,. VH1 Save The Music Foundation The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education programs in America's public schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child's complete education. Founded in 1997, VH1 Save The Music was the first organization in existence dedicated to restoring music programs in America's schools. For nearly 20 years, the foundation has donated over $53 million worth of new musical instruments to 2,024 public schools in 247 school districts around the country to date—impacting the lives of more than three million public school students.
Learn about the foundation's Play it Forward campaign in celebration of its 20th anniversary here: on.vh1.com/playitforwardVH1 Save The Music Foundation's 2012 Ambassador class includes, and, joining Alumni Ambassadors including:, and, among many other musicians, singers, athletes and celebrities dedicated to the cause. VH1 Save The Music Ambassadors help raise awareness and deliver key messages about the importance of music education in a young person's life, as well as help raise funds to further the Foundation's mission to restore instrumental music education programs in U.S. Public elementary and middle schools. It won a in 1999. VH1 Divas In 1998, VH1 debuted the first annual concert and featured the 'divas', and, and the 'special guest'.
The second installment of these 'diva' shows was produced in 1999 featuring, and special 'divo'. It became a huge success and was featured in the following years starring,.
Also in 1999, who was asked to do the 'diva' concert, was given her own concert special by VH1 'Donna Summer Live and More: Encore'. Some artists such as, and were featured in two or more VH1 divas concerts, with appearing the most times, having been featured in four concerts.Movies That Rock In 1999, VH1 aired its first original movie, a bio-pic on. Their third original movie (which aired in 2000), focused on a fictional meeting between. Over the next three years, they made over a dozen movies, including bio-pics on and, and.VH1 continues to air 'Movies That Rock' on a regular basis, expanding to include movies not produced by VH1. The subject matter remains mostly focused on music and musicians.Diversification In the late 1990s, VH1 continued to get more diverse and teen-based with its music selection, and with that, the network updated its 1994 'Big 1' logo. Various late-night rock shows have been shown on VH1, featuring and videos from the 1980s and 1990s. VH1 eventually warmed up to harder rock acts such as the, the, the,.
Their new videos began being added into VH1's playlist right away.Around late 2002, VH1 even began to play mainstream musicians. The latest videos by, and began to be shown in VH1's rotation and even started to crop up on VH1's top 20 countdown. VH1 also plays music from Latin artists such as, and.Other past trends rockDocs was the title under which VH1 aired various, both those produced by VH1 and those produced by third parties.
Such documentary series produced by VH1 include ' And Ya' Don't Stop', a five-part series on the history of hip-hop and rap, a four-part series on the history of heavy metal, and, which tells the story of various drug cultures that changed America. Films produced by other studios have also been aired as rockDocs, including, a documentary on the, and most recently which documented the last month of 's life from the band, and N.W.A.: The World's Most Dangerous Group, featuring the narration of comedian, which chronicled the rise and fall of.VH1 endured criticism for Music Behind Bars, which mainly focuses on musicians in custody. Critics have claimed prisoners, mainly those convicted of murder, should not be entitled to any exposure, especially nationally.The channel aired from 1999 to 2002.
It featured former celebrities and their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to a specific genre, ranging from past child stars to, to controversial news figures.VH1 also aired a series of spots in 2003, featuring animated kittens from the online animation website Rathergood, lipsyncing popular songs such as 's ', 's ' and ' '. These spots were done by British animator.Box logo era (2003–2013) In August 2003, the network changed its focus again, dropping 'Music First' from its name, and introducing a box logo. Having saturated its Behind The Music series (and spinoff BTM2, a 30-minute version that told the stories of current chart-toppers), gotten past the point of showing music videos on a regular basis, the network began to target the pop culture nostalgia market. Following the controversy over the murder-suicide of a contestant from, the channel toned down its reality programming. On July 1, 2007, VH1 and simulcast the entire Concert for Diana live from London, England, on the birthday of,.VH1 would continue to air its music video blocks despite its decreasing reliance on such programming.
Their main program block was seen from 3 a.m to 11 a.m ET. The overnight block was called Insomniac Music Theater, later renamed Nocturnal State in August 2005. At of the beginning of October 2008, Nocturnal State was cut down to one hour, and Fresh: New Music was supplanted by additional hours of Jump Start.
In 2010, VH1 retired Nocturnal State. Music Videos continued to be branded under Jump Start until January 5, 2013.I Love series (2002–2014). Further information:Original programming currently seen on VH1 include the, and franchises. Other notable shows include (which was moved over from in 2017), reruns and new episodes (as of July 2019) of (which originated on ),. VH1's current programming is noted to predominantly focus on urban music genres and lean towards personalities, similar to.
Sister and international networks VH1 HD VH1 HD (launched in 2005) is a feed, with all major providers carrying the network; as of 2016 this feed is downgraded at a provider's to provide the network's standard definition channel on systems.Sister channels in the U.S. Further information:VH1 has launched spinoff digital networks as part of The Suite From. Initially, four VH1 spinoff networks were formed, with another being made later on. By August 2016, all of VH1's spinoffs had been realigned with either MTV, or or were shuttered altogether.
VH1 Classic: Music videos primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, but also the 1960s and 1990s, concert footage, movies, and original programming centered on, and music. Rebranded as on August 1, 2016.: A channel which played mostly top 40 videos from throughout VH1's history, from the 1980s to the early years of the 21st century. Due to low viewership, the network was discontinued. The satellite space was utilized by corporate parent MTV Networks to launch the LGBTQ network.
VH1 Soul: Classic and neo- videos from yesterday and today. Rebranded as under the editorial control of on 28 December 2015.: A Spanish language channel which mostly consisted of music videos of Latin pop, rock, and traditional ballads, tropical, salsa and merengue music. Discontinued February 2, 2008 by MTV Networks to expand normal distribution of beyond college campuses. VH1 Country: Continuous videos; moved under 's editorial control and renamed on Memorial Day 2006.Internet VH1's website, launched in the late 1990s.
In 2003, MTV Networks VSPOT, a broadband video channel that followed the model of, containing the shows aired by VH1. Like Overdrive, it was coolly received due to a heavy reliance on broadband and advanced web technologies. VH1 returned to a traditional-style website in late 2007.International networks. Further information:As with other MTV channels, MTV Networks broadcasts international versions of VH1:. VH1 Adria: By the end of September 2012, and got their regional version of VH1 called VH1 Adria.
However, due to financial problems, the channel closed in January 2015 and was replaced by the feed of VH1 Europe.: Since March (April for Optus customers) 2004, VH1 has been available in Australia on,. It is also available on the SelecTv pay TV platform. On May 1, 2010, VH1 Australia was re-branded as MTV Classic.: The version of VH1 was launched in on May 1, 2004. However, VH1 Soul had been available to subscribers since 2004. In 2007 VH1 Soul stopped being available in Brazil.
In 2009 the version of VH1 was launched.: Replaced the Brazilian version of. The channel plays 24h chart hits non-stop. VH1 Caribbean: Founded on April 14, 2004, VH1 Caribbean also known as VH1 Puerto, is a music television channel from Viacom International Media Networks, based on the American channel of the same name. This version of VH1 is very different from its American counterpart, since it has never ceased to be a proper music channel, playing a wide variety of music programs on a daily or weekly basis. VH1 Caribbean is in 2013 the only major music channel in Caribbean and North Central America still broadcasting in the 4:3 ratio while others broadcast in 16:9 widescreen. VH1 Caribbean has also Change logo same as the original U.S.
Channel has adopted a new logo since 2013. It appeared for the first time in Latin America in 2004 and the version airing was subsequently distributed across the whole of the Caribbean Islands. However, its current pan-Caribbean feed was officially launched in 2006, hence becoming a separate service from the Latin-aimed channel VH1 Latin America. VH1 Christmas: A special channel that plays Christmas music videos. VH1 Christmas airs on in the UK and Ireland during the Christmas period annually.: The Danish version of VH1 was launched in Denmark on March 15, 2008.: The Pan-European VH1 channel broadcast in the European continent as well as Africa and the Middle East. This channel also airs in Russia, albeit it has the '16+' icon on the bottom-right, due to Russia's broadcasting laws.
VH1 Export: VH1 Export is the technical name used for the version of VH1 European available in the Middle East, Africa, and the territories broadcasting via satellite, exclusively from the pay-TV network. In Africa (on ), the channel is exactly the same as VH1 European, but with different adverts.: In 1995 to 2001, a version of VH-1 was broadcast, featuring more adult music than MTV, and using the original 1985 to 1987 US logo. It proved unsuccessful and eventually had to make way for a non-stop music channel aimed at teenagers called.
However, VH1 has not really disappeared from German television, since it is still available in its pan-European version.: In December 2004, MTV India and teamed up to bring VH1 to India (later owned by ). It is the only version of VH1 that currently uses the 2003 branding.: In, VH1 programming were aired on MTV Indonesia at 4 until 8 pm, and on local terrestrial channels such as Jak-TV, STV, TV Borobudur, TATV, Solo, and Makassar TV, (UHF21) and also a full link channel seen on satellite PALAPA C2.: Launched in July 2016, which replaced on, which sold the main MTV station to Sky Italia on August 1, 2015.: On April 1, 2004, VH1 Latin America joined and Latin America targeting audiences 25–49 years old. Until then, the VH1 main channel available for Latin America was the original US version. The channel is tailored for the market and feature a mix of music and entertainment with local and international-recording artists, as well as original programming.: It was launched in 2008 by Viacom as a joint venture with. However, in 2009, the channel was closed due to low ratings and repeated shows.: Launched (or rather renamed) on December 1, 2005. The channel is aimed at people in Poland over 25.
The channel was formerly known as 'MTV Classic' and (especially in its last months) was the same as present VH1, airing the same programs for the same target group. VH1 Russia: VH1 Russia launched on December 2, 2005.
It ceased broadcasting on July 1, 2010 and was replaced by the European VH1 feed.: VH1 UK targets 25–44 years old, and previously had much of the same content as the main U.S. Since 2008, the channel now only plays music videos, most prominently countdowns and artist playlists. There were two sister stations in the UK: (now MTV Classic) and (now closed).See also.References. Sherwood, Rick (October 5, 1984). Spokane Chronicle.
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