January Screenshot Competition Poll

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

1- "The way is shut...!" by SwissBarbar
https://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3202/theywayisshutgm9.png


2- "To the Flank!" by Megas Pyrrhos
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/3d240e7d1d.jpg


3- "Battle In The Woods" by Mediolanicus
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/Good2.jpg


4- "First Serve" by Subotan
https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll286/Phalanxia/cbdd1e18-1-1.jpg?t=1231703118


5- "Here stood the Pezoi" by Olimpian
https://img145.imageshack.us/img145/10/herestoodthepezoioc1.jpg


6 - "And here they come..." by Ibn-Khaldun
https://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh311/ibnkhaldun/TW%20games/eb_comp.jpg


7- "The Breath of the Sands" by Olaf Blackeyes
https://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr133/Maurl/RomeTW2009-01-1223-53-35-23.jpg


8- "My Name...Is Kartlos!" by desert
https://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr309/desertSypglass/RomeTW-ALX2009-01-1522-25-37-38.jpg


9- "Gathering Storm" by Silence Hunter
https://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh32/Artax0214/RomeTW2009-01-0200-27-54-02copy.jpg


10- "Oasis Street Fight" by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
https://img159.imageshack.us/img159/1011/straenkampfinderoasent4.jpg


11- "Strategous, lead us to glory!" by Burebista
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Thunder_wulf_X/Leadus2.jpg


12- "What a mess!" by chenkai11
https://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5141/96417719wv7.jpg

[Aemilius Paulus]

:jawdrop:
This has got to be the best screenshot competition I have ever seen! So hard to choose...

BTW, MAA, please fix #8 before I vote! You left out the final parenthesis-looking thingie. ( ] )

Oh, and finally, I have a question for the maker of #9, "Gathering Storm" by Silence Hunter - how did you get a picture to look so splendid? The colours are so full-looking, saturated and vibrant, and there is absolutely no jagged edges. What kind of a video card do you have? What are the rules for the competition anyway? The picture looks almost as if its colours were tweaked.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Nevermind, you fixed it MAA. I guess I am just going to wait and see which submissions amass the most points and then vote for one of those. Just so my vote does not go to something that will not win anyway. After all, it is so difficult to decide that I simply cannot choose what to vote for. Numbers 11, 2, and 1 are likely candidates, but I cannot discount the visual appeal of #9. Number 3 is likewise nice.

How about an idea, MAA? What about inserting links to the submitter's profiles so we can all see who made such marvelous screenshots? I've never heard of Silence Hunter and Burebista, but then again, I have been busy in RL lately, having very little time for EB forums, and no time for EB itself. I haven't played EB in 3 months by now :no:!

[Ibrahim]

I say #11.

but I agree with Aemilius-they are great shots, all of them.

[TheStranger]

I voted for #5, but #9 is also very good. If I've to be honest they are all very good and it was a difficult decision. Nice work guys!

[desert]

Note to self: next time make sure that your entry is an odd number. :oops:

[Olaf Blackeyes]

True.But mine is and i only gots 1 vote:shame:, so maybe not so much.

[desert]

Odds: 12 votes
Evens: 0 votes

:wall:

[Silence Hunter]

Oh, and finally, I have a question for the maker of #9, "Gathering Storm" by Silence Hunter - how did you get a picture to look so splendid? The colours are so full-looking, saturated and vibrant, and there is absolutely no jagged edges. What kind of a video card do you have? What are the rules for the competition anyway? The picture looks almost as if its colours were tweaked.

I'm not too sure of what card I have ~:rolleyes: . I know it's Nvidia. The laptop which I'm using now (and play EB) was built by my cousin who is working in the computer industry. I am playing EB on max at everything. Though this screenshot was particularly nice. I think it depends on in-game lightning you catch doing the screenshot. The only tweaking I did was cropping.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

For those who are undecided for whom to vote... ancient battles always had tons of dust accompany them. The only picture accurately representing this is #10. :inquisitive:

[SwissBarbar]

Odds: 12 votes
Evens: 0 votes

:wall:

Yeah, that's odd, isn't it.... bwahahaa *laughing at his own joke* :laugh3:
*realizing no one else is laughing* ~:shock:

*cough cough* yes.. erm. a'ight


Yes, i also agree, there are many good shots this month. already looking forward to the next competition

[desert]

Not THAT much dust. And it depends on where and when you fight.

[Mediolanicus]

#3 and #9 have a more realistic amount of dust!

I'm not going to win this, I see. Not a big surprise with such strong competition.
Then I hope #9 wins.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

At this point it seems to be 1 and 9 with 11 in third.

[SwissBarbar]

thanks to everyone who voted for #1 :2thumbsup:

[Megas Pyrrhos]

Thanks for whoever gave mine a pity-vote lol. :balloon2:

My personal favorite is #1.

[The Fuzz]

Nice shots everyone!

[Βελισάριος]

Nice shots, indeed! Steep competition this month? Is it always like this. I like it!
I want to thank everyone that voted for me.

I voted no. 8... because it's just a great Kodak moment! It was a really tough choice, though.

[Zues!]

My pic doesnt count to enter the drawing?

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

#3 and #9 have a more realistic amount of dust!
#10 shows an Oasis street fight, not a London street fight.

Thank you anyway for whomever gave #10 his vote. :elephant:

[Maion Maroneios]

Difficult choise, but my vote goes to 9. A truly beatiful picture.

Maion

[desert]

:dizzy2:

I've got 4 votes! Unbelieveable!

[Maion Maroneios]

I think you mean 14 and let me tell you this, it's a very nice picture. A close second for me. Plus, the background story is way beyond excellent, my friend:yes:

Maion

[SwissBarbar]

Thank you Maion :2thumbsup:

[Aemilius Paulus]

Well, as for me, I am saving my vote 'till the last moment, when it will actually decide something. Sort of a tie-breaker if you will. Who's with me?

EDIT: I am tempted to vote for SwissBarbar, just so he can have another award. Still, I tell you, SwissBarbar, if you did not have the flags, you probably could have won by a near-landslide. If you lose I am going to be heartbroken. After all, it could have been so easily fixed...and yet it just so happened that you did not have the flags option checked off. From now on, remember to play EB without them. You are a splendid screenshot-taker, and those flags are hurting your career!

[Βελισάριος]

What happened to voting for the one you like most?

[SwissBarbar]

Well, as for me, I am saving my vote 'till the last moment, when it will actually decide something. Sort of a tie-breaker if you will. Who's with me?

EDIT: I am tempted to vote for SwissBarbar, just so he can have another award. Still, I tell you, SwissBarbar, if you did not have the flags, you probably could have won by a near-landslide. If you lose I am going to be heartbroken. After all, it could have been so easily fixed...and yet it just so happened that you did not have the flags option checked off. From now on, remember to play EB without them. You are a splendid screenshot-taker, and those flags are hurting your career!

:jawdrop: :jawdrop: I did not know that one could turn them off, how do you do that? that might be the best hint ever given to me. :listen:

thank you very much for considering voting for me :2thumbsup:

[Ca Putt]

to be honest #1 is the only shot so far in which the banners did not annoy me. :D
apart from the little ones on top of the Hetairoi^^tho and that of the unit closest to the KH lines

[Subotan]

Nice, mine's the only one with no votes :D

[Tiberius Claudius Marcellus]

I voted for #3, "Battle in the Woods" because I like the dust being raise that makes it look like evening light coming through the trees - almost could be a painting, you know?

A close - very close - second was #9 "The Gathering Storm". Another epic shot, just without the lighting that tipped the balance.
Also, this screen shot has a spear going through a soldier's head in the bottom, center left - not your fault at all; but it ruins the realism.

[Mediolanicus]

I voted for #3, "Battle in the Woods" because I like the dust being raise that makes it look like evening light coming through the trees - almost could be a painting, you know?


Thank you very much. And thank to every one esle that voted for my entry.
I like my screenshot to be picturesk rather than epic like, for emple, pic 1 or 11. Both of those are very good indeed, but I would never take such a screeny myself.

[The General]

Seems like a close call between #1 and #9... My two favourites. :applause:

[||Lz3||]

I went for #1

But if it makes you feel better, Centurio N, I spent 5 minutes deciding between yours and Swiss... hehehe I wen't for the bi piky battle :sweatdrop:

But yours is great nonetheless in my opinion... If I could choose another one, I would choose yours. :yes:

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Yes I feel better now, muchas gracias Lz3. :grin: :bow:

[SwissBarbar]

And me even more :grin: :grin: Thank you ||Lz3||

[The Celtic Viking]

I voted for #3. Any picture that includes the Noricene Gaecori automatically wins my vote.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

And #1 pulls ahead

[Gaias]

I like #9 the best out of these. :)

[SwissBarbar]

oyoyoy, he caught up ^^

[Ayce]

#9!

[Silence Hunter]

Thanks everyone who voted for my shot! It seems that a very fierce competition is going on :D

[Mediolanicus]

Looks like number 1 is going to win it the end.

#1 and #9 were clearly by far the best pictures, but all the others were of such high quality too.
Just look at Subotan's #4! The sky, the cloud around the snow white mountain, it just looks sublime and still it has 0 votes at the moment - a picture that would no doubt be competing for the win in a normal screenshot competition. But this competition was far from normal, I guess.

Which doesn't mean those 0 votes are anything other than undeserved! Have a balloon for the most unlucky beautiful picture, Subotan. :balloon2:

[SwissBarbar]

Hmm, I wonder if we will have another competition, where edited pics are allowed, would be interesting for once. There's a picture I wonder if it had a chance in this competition

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Wow, I made it to number #3 in the end! Thank you for voting. :bow:

[Βελισάριος]

Mediolanicus, I wouldn't really say that 1 and 9 were by far better than all the rest. No offence to the submitters of the respective entries, but I think most of the shots had equal opportunities to claim the title.

I don't mean to start an argument or offend anyone, but I just disagree with that claim.

[Mediolanicus]

At Burebista: The "by far"-part was more the conclusion I made by looking at the votes. It was not a claim.
I even said the one with 0 votes could have been a winner.

At Centurio Nixalsverdrus: what's with rivalry? Because of the dust thingy?

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

At Centurio Nixalsverdrus: what's with rivalry? Because of the dust thingy?
Hö? :inquisitive:

[Βελισάριος]

At Burebista: The "by far"-part was more the conclusion I made by looking at the votes. It was not a claim.
I even said the one with 0 votes could have been a winner.

My bad, Med. That's just the vibe I got.
Peace. :hippie:

[Mediolanicus]

Hö? :inquisitive:


Wow, I made it to number #3 in the end!

#3 is my screenshot, I was wondering why you are so happy beating my screenshot in particular ~;)


At Burebista: mmh, I guess I better start working on my negative vibe. Although I wouldn't know what to do... I've already got long hair, I play the guitar, I'm rather lazy...
'Tis that I don't smoke pot or I would be a complete :hippie: :laugh4:

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

#3 is my screenshot, I was wondering why you are so happy beating my screenshot in particular ~;)
Haha, that was a misunderstanding! I was happy that I reached the third place in the competition after a really slow start. Had nothing to do with your screenshot. :smiley:

[Mediolanicus]

Haha, that was a misunderstanding! I was happy that I reached the third place in the competition after a really slow start. Had nothing to do with your screenshot. :smiley:

LOL! Well, congrats for coming in 3rd then!

[Olaf Blackeyes]

With the next competeion up i guess #1 won?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Still three days left of voting.
The next competition is up simply because it is now February...

[SwissBarbar]

Thanks to everyone who voted for my picture. This was a very thrilling competition!!

[Subotan]

Looks like number 1 is going to win it the end.

#1 and #9 were clearly by far the best pictures, but all the others were of such high quality too.
Just look at Subotan's #4! The sky, the cloud around the snow white mountain, it just looks sublime and still it has 0 votes at the moment - a picture that would no doubt be competing for the win in a normal screenshot competition. But this competition was far from normal, I guess.

Which doesn't mean those 0 votes are anything other than undeserved! Have a balloon for the most unlucky beautiful picture, Subotan. :balloon2:

Yay! I get recognition for failing! I'll add the balloon once my computer is fixed.

[Βελισάριος]

I guess congratulations are in order, yes?
I was expecting a little (virtual) drum and bugle or something, but hey... congrats SwissBarbar!

[SwissBarbar]

Thank you, Burebista :2thumbsup: