Twitter discussion

[Ibrahim]

Seems like one christmas wish has come true...


Almost, and...

Testing! And the Nabataeans!

I'm really hoping it's tomorrow

[Ailfertes]

For some beta testers, perhaps:

Getting almost ready to invite the first few Beta Testers in. Though we will start out with a very small squad, it should grow over time.

We are pleased to announce that, in recognition of his great efforts recently, RAWROMNOM has joined us a full team member - The EBII Team

Congratulations RAWROMNOM!

[Ca Putt]

Salutations and congratulations, RAWROMNOM!

[HFox]

Getting almost ready to invite the first few Beta Testers in. Though we will start out with a very small squad, it should grow over time.

I'm only 4"6' tall....can I join the small squad?

[RAWROMNOM]

Congratulations RAWROMNOM!

Salutations and congratulations, RAWROMNOM!

Thanks, both of you! Nice to meet you as well!

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

I'm only 4"6' tall....can I join the small squad?

for an amusing way to appeal to be a Beta tester.

[joshmahurin]

But 6'4" is actually quite tall :P

[Ibrahim]

I'm only 4"6' tall....can I join the small squad?

yeah, I'm just 0"6' tall...

for you!

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

But 6'4" is actually quite tall :P

Gah, being a dumb American I forgot that most of the world places inches before feet and didn't look at the apostrophes closely enough.

[Ailfertes]

Unit card for the Khamis ( Sabean elite infantry ) completed - nazgool

Working on the Arche Seleukia government system with abou - Haithabas

Short temple descriptions for Boii, Aedui and Arverni written. Hopefully that's the last work to be done on them for me - Brennus

Those temple descriptions were mentioned quite a lot.

Discussing how to coordinate our future testers with abou and Kull - bovi

Get those testers working!

[Brennus]

Those temple descriptions were mentioned quite a lot.

The temple descriptions were the first job I was tasked with when I was invited to join the team. Initially I was only working on the Boii, however as we began to suffer manpower shortages from the other Celtic researchers my portfolio increased and I ended up writing for the Arevaci, Pritanoi, Aedui and Arverni also. As each faction has 5 gods (not counting the "special deities" who we need to build into the game) this resulted in a total of 100 long descriptions and 100 short descriptions required for the Celtic temples. In contrast to EB, where most historical data for buildings did not vary depending on the tier of building, I wanted to give the factions I was working on a more in depth feel. As a result each of the descriptions and the historical data with them is unique (although one or two have been re-used for different factions to speed up the release). Furthermore as I was not as mature in my research or writing style, not to mention I had access to fewer sources at the beginning than I do now (already spent £20 this morning on a new textbook on Gaul), the earlier descriptions had many grammatical errors which I Am Herenow has kindly spent months picking over.

Hence, they get mentioned a lot.

[HFox]

Discussing how to coordinate our future testers with abou and Kull - bovi
Get those testers working!

Give me 48 hours....time machine nearly ready.....

[Ailfertes]

Aedui and Boii assassin strat map characters finished - nazgool

First four invites sent out for testing. We'll start small and grow over time. Team has picked at least 3-4 waves of testers already. - abou

Hooray!

Assassin strat map character finished for the Arverni - nazgool

So no more funny robes?

Short temple descriptions and boni confirmed for Pritanoi temples.., only to realise we need another deity for them. Gah! - Brennus

You hang in there, Brennus!

Assassin strat map character finished for the Pritanoi - nazgool

Concepting Taksashila stratmap agents. The Mauryans had a very particular way of gathering information, it seems... - Mithridates VI Eupator

I'm clueless.

[moonburn]

aeduii boii arvernii pritanoii couldn´t they all use the same assassin type ? or did they had a diferent assassination tradition where one would send a druid doctor while the others sent a druid bard while the others sent a druid priest while the arverni just hired a woman to poinson the targets cup ? (i was gonna say they sent a druid courtesan femle but that was far fetched)

[Brennus]

They do. We just used different textures for them, and in the case of the Pritanoi tattooed/painted the character. The only firm evidence for doctors in the Celtic world, as far as I am aware, comes from a series of graves in the Alps and one in Romania. However, toilet and grooming sets are a feature in several graves in the "Celtic" world. There's also an interesting set of artefacts from Britain which are in the form of silver leaf shaped dishes with a perforation into which to put liquid/ground materials. The four part division of these artefacts has led some to believe they were involved in divination or medicine production.

Women in the Celtic world were certainly capable of killing (duh! Brennus); a Galatian queen murdered the Roman centurion who slept with her (she had been forced to sleep with him following a Galatian defeat against the Romans). She then marched into halls of her husband carrying the decapitated head, threw it to the floor and exclaimed "Only one man alive has known me!".

If you want to talk about how Iron Age people murdered each other and the evidence for it, I will meet you over in the Bog Body thread.

[RAWROMNOM]

Women in the Celtic world were certainly capable of killing (duh! Brennus); a Galatian queen murdered the Roman centurion who slept with her (she had been forced to sleep with him following a Galatian defeat against the Romans). She then marched into halls of her husband carrying the decapitated head, threw it to the floor and exclaimed "Only one man alive has known me!".

I need her number... <_< for things... >_>

[cahtush]

Making Brennus jealous with our more exotic concepts - Mithridates VI Eupator & Moros

Jealous of Mithridates VI Eupator - Brennus

Poor Brennus

[moonburn]

If you want to talk about how Iron Age people murdered each other and the evidence for it, I will meet you over in the Bog Body thread.

herm bog boddies as far as im aware where ritualised/religious murders and not the smoking gun of how kelts handled the shadow world

ofc they had parlaments and or assemblies so we know that they probably used the black campaign arts to get political advantage over their opponents

the druids as far as i´m aware where divided into 3 sub groups the priests the medicine men and the bards (the bards being also considered the historians of the group) thus my attempt at a witty remark \p

the courtesan is ... well both effective fun and probbly one of the most disseminated ways to get rid of someone (i´ve read recently that many congolese warlords send aids infected women into their opponents camps to weaken their opponents so it´s still in use today )

[Ailfertes]

Concepting Arevaci stratmap agents. - Brennus

Figuring out how to make the Gallic agents sound less like their modern day descendants - Kull

Ze Roi is not pleased.

Reworked diplomacy text for some cultures. References to haruspicy, the ferryman, and the Silenoi. - abou

Developing a "global approach" to clean up the 100's of medieval "eventpics" (you can see many of them in the Arverni playtest) - Kull

Working on Gallic diplomacy so it doesn't include "Bonjour", "Trés Bien", "Mon Ami" or "Le Roi", 800 years too early - Brennus

This leads back to that other tweet, then.

"We may have to consult the Oracle about this... at Delphoi. It shall take some time." One of the new Eastern Hellenistic responses. - abou

"Continue and all you shall get from us are coins for the Ferryman!" Western Hellenistic response. - abou

Love these.

[CanOmer]

Beta testing has commenced. - Moros

Finally

[HFox]

Today is supposed to be the SADdest day of the year...now its not. Many thanks for lifting the mid winter gloom.
**goes off and does the happy dance around the kitchen**

[moonburn]

herm i just remembered the descriptions as the texts should be made available outside of the game since not everyone wants to wait for the game to read them and because not everyone will have a new properly prepared computer to play the game when it will eventually come out

[Brennus]

The historians and archaeologists would not be in favour of this.

[BroskiDerpman]

The historians and archaeologists would not be in favour of this.

Le Roi is not pleased with your actions today.

[Moros]

Get those testers working!

[Horatius Flaccus]

Great news! Love all the little Twitter updates

[Ibrahim]

Finally

don't be so peachy: I'm sure the beta testers have a lot of kinks to iron out, before this is released. just remember that beta testing is done on the backs of suffering lab-mice, who have to constantly spin in hamster wheels to get from point A to point B, and fed a diet of sour rye bread and Roquefort cheese.

[Moros]

don't be so peachy: I'm sure the beta testers have a lot of kinks to iron out, before this is released. just remember that beta testing is done on the backs of suffering lab-mice, who have to constantly spin in hamster wheels to get from point A to point B, and fed a diet of sour rye bread and Roquefort cheese.

[V.T. Marvin]

-Praetor- used to be EBII Mod Whip.

Now we have Moros as EBII Mod Cat o' two tails...

[Moros]

-Praetor- used to be EBII Mod Whip.

Now we have Moros as EBII Mod Cat o' two tails...

You clearly never met Teleklos Archelaou.