The Renaissance bracket it now up and votable.
There are 9 choices and since that is a 4.5 vote, there will be
4 votes per poster
Poll will be open for 7 days.
Good Luck!
Gustavus Adolphus
Oda Nobunaga
Oliver Cromwell
Wallenstein
Charles XII
Jan Sobieski
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Maurice of Nassau
Totoyomi Hideyoshi
The Renaissance bracket it now up and votable.
There are 9 choices and since that is a 4.5 vote, there will be
4 votes per poster
Poll will be open for 7 days.
Good Luck!
"Nietzsche is dead" - God
"I agree, although I support China I support anyone discovering things for Science and humanity." - lenin96
Re: Pursuit of happiness
Have you just been dumped?
I ask because it's usually something like that which causes outbursts like this, needless to say I dissagree completely.
Wow, looks like Gustavus is really going to run away with this bracket. No one else is even close.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then, the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
I just don't see Charles XII edging out Cromwell. Put 'em head to head and I see Cromwell winning 3 outa 5.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
My picks
Gustavus Adolphus - great reformer, king, less skilled general, but should get to the next round.
Jan Sobieski - brillian tactician and strategist, good reformer, worse politician.
Wallenstein - de facto created the term 'modern warfare'. Excelent in actually winning a war, not just some battles.
Oda Nobunaga - hard choice, but at least one Japanese warlord should go further.
The rest is either too foolish ( Charles XII), less spectacular ( Maurice of Nassau), or too overrated ( Cromwell) to count.
It is a pity no French general came through, but it is all a popularity contest to some people - the most 'sexy' general wins.
It would be better if only people with decent knowledge decided to vote at all.
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