EB Demotivators [Archive] - Page 3

satalexton

11-05-2009, 17:01

ACS, man I defeated him twice but he played more other battles than me:shame: Tie was with Tsidneku, but ASM, is it finally ready then? ACS won a silver Manus.

New tournament at Christmas holiday?~D

:focus::focus::focus:

~Fluvius

A Romaioktonoi Cup is in the planning stage...(Romans VS Everybody)

Cute Wolf

11-05-2009, 21:01

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_006.jpg
Let's take a positive lesson each time we're defeated....... :oops:

Fluvius Camillus

11-05-2009, 22:13

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_006.jpg
Let's take a positive lesson each time we're defeated....... :oops:

Flanked by Iberian Assault, how often does the AI find the wisdom to do this, bad luck there mate..

~Fluvius

gamegeek2

11-06-2009, 03:07

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster85630465.jpg

gamegeek2

11-10-2009, 04:20

bump

Jebivjetar

11-10-2009, 08:44

Flanked by Iberian Assault, how often does the AI find the wisdom to do this, bad luck there mate..

~Fluvius

Actually, that picture is taken from multiplayer battle.

Cute Wolf

11-10-2009, 09:02

Flanked by Iberian Assault, how often does the AI find the wisdom to do this, bad luck there mate..

~Fluvius

Ooops... I forgot to check this comment..... Well, This pic was taken when Jebivjetar defeat me in MP :p

Cute Wolf

11-12-2009, 06:33

Share a same name doesn't guarantee that they share the same nobility....
https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_007.jpg

Cute Wolf

11-12-2009, 07:55

BUMP!
One more for...
https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_008.jpg

Hotseat_User

11-13-2009, 01:41

What faction were you playing?

Ehh, - the frame 'round roma with its informations gives the clue!

Carthie he is.

Maeran

11-13-2009, 01:41

I'll be amazed if it's anyone but Carthage

ziegenpeter

11-13-2009, 10:47

Sorry, guys it was 2 a.m. in central europe....

Cute Wolf

11-13-2009, 18:10

BUMP

Maybe UN must inspect all countries and force ban on throwing javelins now... because they are the most effective city killers! Not to mention that Peltastai and Iberi Milites is the most dengerous unit ever... if they had time to cast all their javelins...
https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_009.jpg

:laugh4:

Knight of Heaven

11-13-2009, 18:55

Cute Wolf

11-13-2009, 19:21

Nice but you only say that becouse you are yet to find, and fight a hord of horse archers :beam:

Nah... I often play HAs... just look in my sig :p

This is demotivator thread and showers of javelins are far funnier on sight than showers of arrows :laugh4:

EDIT: Oh yeah, and demotivators doesn't need to be "right" yes? just like this...
https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/FixedDemotiv.jpg

Prussian to the Iron

11-14-2009, 01:16

LOL!!!

Skullheadhq

11-14-2009, 11:29

Haha I knew naked celts destroyed the Titanic! :laugh4:

BTW why do these naked celts wear belts when they don't wear pants, it's just weird.

Lysimachos

11-14-2009, 13:01

BUMP

Why do you start your posts with BUMP? A few hours time is hardly a bump, isn't it?

BTW why do these naked celts wear belts when they don't wear pants, it's just weird.

That's for the sheath of the sword. Perhaps they sometimes want one hand free for... well, other stuff, you know.

Skullheadhq

11-14-2009, 15:52

That's for the sheath of the sword. Perhaps they sometimes want one hand free for... well, other stuff, you know.

Oh great...
Got any historical source that they actually had a belt just to do "other stuff, you know"

Maeran

11-14-2009, 19:10

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=1747467&postcount=43

From an old and disreputable thread in which I asked about the Gaesaetae's belts.

On reflection now, I think that 'other stuff' in particular involves throwing javelins without losing your expensive sword right before you need it.

Skullheadhq

11-15-2009, 10:38

Ah, oke, they wanted to do a cool trick.

Prussian to the Iron

11-15-2009, 18:48

guys! back on topic!

mountaingoat

11-16-2009, 08:57

hahaah , nice one wolf.

DaciaJC

12-03-2009, 00:47

https://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p311/Frontline1944/poster96648577.jpg

Cute Wolf

12-03-2009, 03:41

https://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p311/Frontline1944/poster96648577.jpg

Pezhetairoi (P) : Umm.... sir... could you do this quickly and less painful?
Drapanai (D) : Yeah, hold on for a second... why did you want this?
P : My boss said I was a son of a :daisy: so he told me to climb the ladder and die...
D : Hmmm... that's a tough one... is that the only abuse you receive?
P : No... not only that... He..... He......... He pound me in ... the back.... (sob..)
D : Poor Pezhetairos... Not only verbal abuse, but sexual abuse too?... here.. let me give you a cure...
P : Did you really want to bring me out of this life?
D : Yes... another men is faiting to die too... let's do it quickly
P : Okay.. I'm Ready....
D : Heeeeaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!
(Splat!)
D : Goodbye pal... (Sigh...) That's why we kill our perverted generals by ourself... OKAY NEXT!?!?

LOL \(^o^)/
Reallly good demotivator Frontline1944!!!

Fluvius Camillus

12-03-2009, 14:27

Nice! Epic detail on the face, I really like how he looks at the Pezhetairos!

~Fluvius

Finn MacCumhail

12-03-2009, 15:20

https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz332/Jegwettnorskbaralit/EBD/RomeTW-BI2009-11-3011-37-09-64.png

Rahwana

12-13-2009, 10:42

BUMP

Well... no one has enough jokes again?

gamegeek2

12-16-2009, 05:51

http://verydemotivational.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/129042604080443594.jpg

Duguntz

12-16-2009, 11:02

https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz332/Jegwettnorskbaralit/EBD/RomeTW-BI2009-11-3011-37-09-64.png

you made my day!!!

Prussian to the Iron

12-16-2009, 14:39

http://verydemotivational.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/129042604080443594.jpg

EB related.

Cute Wolf

12-16-2009, 14:47

Photoshopping a picture of dead Triarii (or Roman General) behind that plane will work....

gamegeek2

12-17-2009, 03:29

EB related.

I'm well aware. I just felt too lazy to set up a good screenie.

Cute Wolf

12-17-2009, 16:04

Soory Ludens... I hope you don't get mad because I quoting you.... :bow:

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_010.jpg

Skullheadhq

12-17-2009, 16:09

Soory Ludens... I hope you don't get mad because I quoting you.... :bow:

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_010.jpg

Haha, so true:sweatdrop:

gamegeek2

12-17-2009, 21:20

Soory Ludens... I hope you don't get mad because I quoting you.... :bow:

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_010.jpg

I lol'd

Ludens

12-17-2009, 21:30

:laugh4:

Thread stays closed, though :devil: .

Edit: on second thought, could you add quotation marks? Now it is unclear whether I asked the question, or am the answer.

Prussian to the Iron

12-18-2009, 00:21

i dont understand it?

Ibrahim

12-18-2009, 00:43

i dont understand it?

Cretans had a rep for raping and pillaging, Spartans tended to have possible homosexual relations with young boys in the Agoge, and the Voinu ..well... I think you know.

Prussian to the Iron

12-18-2009, 04:02

Cretans had a rep for raping and pillaging, Spartans tended to have possible homosexual relations with young boys in the Agoge, and the Voinu ..well... I think you know.

the spartans and barbarians i understood, it was the cretans that was weird. i still dont understand why they are singled out; just about everyone did it.

Cute Wolf

12-18-2009, 04:14

on second thought, could you add quotation marks? Now it is unclear whether I asked the question, or am the answer.
What quotation mark? :dizzy2: It was certain I'm quoting you..... soory for my bad english...

the spartans and barbarians i understood, it was the cretans that was weird. i still dont understand why they are singled out; just about everyone did it.
If you look at the original thread, everyone that aspire to be Toxotai Kretikoi want ........ ******

Rahwana

12-18-2009, 08:38

Soory Ludens... I hope you don't get mad because I quoting you.... :bow:

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_010.jpg

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL ...... I know why Ludens point out that you should get quotation merks.... as your sentence suggest that Ludens are the one who doing rape, pederasty, and cannibalism.... ambigous sentence... oh :laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

Finn MacCumhail

12-18-2009, 09:59

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:
Only one remark it should be Worgozez instead of Voinu. But you'd better stop these topic, coz I feel it could repeat the destiny of that the idea was from.

mountaingoat

12-18-2009, 12:57

lol , classic

antisocialmunky

12-18-2009, 14:52

Nice :) Keep them coming, keep the most awesome thread in EB alive.

Centurio Nixalsverdrus

12-18-2009, 18:54

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:
Only one remark it should be Worgozez instead of Voinu. But you'd better stop these topic, coz I feel it could repeat the destiny of that the idea was from.
No, according to Herodotos the Slavs (Voinu) ate human flesh, not the Germans.

vartan

12-18-2009, 20:53

No, according to Herodotos the Slavs (Voinu) ate human flesh, not the Germans.

Do you know off the top of your head if Herodotos originally wrote that or if that was written in by the help of others many centuries later?

Centurio Nixalsverdrus

12-18-2009, 21:42

No, it's EB-knowledge for my part. :smash:

antisocialmunky

12-19-2009, 01:23

Therefore it's correct. What reason and argument clases have you been taking?

Centurio Nixalsverdrus

12-19-2009, 02:01

Therefore it's correct. What reason and argument clases have you been taking?
Are you questioning the EB-team? You have cojones, man.

FYI, I have never been taking any classes on reason or argument. :book:

antisocialmunky

12-19-2009, 15:36

No, I was joining you on your tanger of EB = Right.

Cute Wolf

12-19-2009, 16:24

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_011.jpg

Taken from my lastest Sweboz Campaign.... Shieldwalled Duguntiz are nearly Impregnable by anything, once they got silver chevs.....

And You won't believe with This.......

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_012.jpg

If it was AS, or Ptolies, or Romans as usual, I won't take it seriously... But......:sweatdrop:

Fluvius Camillus

12-19-2009, 17:28

[..]
And You won't believe with This.......

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_012.jpg

If it was AS, or Ptolies, or Romans as usual, I won't take it seriously... But......:sweatdrop:

WOW sick! And I thougth it was impressive they rushed to Ambrakia when I played Baktria..:shame:

~Fluvius

Duguntz

12-19-2009, 18:47

ok cuteWolf, beware of their horse archers once they reach you... it might get bloody hell then! And the shield wall is neat picture as well! are you playing on vanilla exe or on bi?

Cute Wolf

12-19-2009, 18:52

Pontos didn't have factional HA, but they could train Scythians and Sarmatians... maybe I should start pumping out more Medikinkas for preparation...

I Play on BI of course, and I play this campaign to getting nice sweboz screenies... but apparently that pontos grows too much.....:smash:

DaciaJC

12-20-2009, 15:24

https://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p311/Frontline1944/poster17556186.jpg

Sorry, I couldn't be bothered to crop out the cursor and black borders.

XSamatan

12-22-2009, 23:17

Hi guys,

reading this thread with many smiles and sometimes also some headache, I wanted to save all the good work that has done here before the images vanquish.

I've collected all existing demotivators (up to 22.12.2009).

Note that this is to 100% not my work, all copyrights belongs to the creators!

Btw: If anyone does not want to have his included I'll get that out and update the file.

XSamatan

link: http://ul.to/u65ho9

anubis88

12-22-2009, 23:25

Wow, great idea XSamatan.

I must say i'm really impressed with the work your doing on this forum, helping every soul that has a technical problem with the game, and overall you are really making this forum a better place.

Don't remember anyone doing this before:2thumbsup:

-Praetor-

12-23-2009, 01:37

Then let me say you have an awful memory.

Bovi took care of most tech support until recently.

XSamatan

12-23-2009, 08:45

Thanks for that, but if you see the Bug section you can comprehend what Praetor says, right?

BTT: Any author disagrees with her/his work included?

XSamatan

anubis88

12-23-2009, 10:59

Well of course i know about that. But Bovi is a team member isn't he?

That's all what i ment. I can't think of myself to spend my free time always being on the help an tech support forums, if i were not a member of the team.

Really don't get me wrong. Bovi helped me on many occasions. :shame:

Phalanx300

12-24-2009, 15:09

Spartans tended to have possible homosexual relations with young boys in the Agoge

And what makes you think that? :inquisitive:

Julius Augustus

12-25-2009, 22:56

There are a lot of articles you can find on the web that mention greek homosexuality, and in specific, pederasty. It seems to have been a fairly common practice. Look it up, if you want to find out more.

Macilrille

12-26-2009, 00:47

Are you questioning the EB-team? You have cojones, man.

FYI, I have never been taking any classes on reason or argument. :book:

I question anyone when I believe they are incorrect. The EB Team were not in the pantheon last time I checked it, and I am not religious anyway. There are mistakes, or say rather undocumented or scantily documented, elements in EB.

There has to be by necessity or we could never have anything for the Germans/Swêbóz for example.

EB Team are not Gods, nor am I or any other professional historian. Not Mommsen, Brunt or Elton, we can all make mistakes, have faulty documentation or reasoning, or new evidence turns up that makes us re-asses our conclusions, it happens once every generation when new guys try to make a name for themselves with new theories- I did it with medieval Danish history. Same with EB, no-one are Gods, we are all mortals.

Ibrahim

12-26-2009, 01:23

And what makes you think that? :inquisitive:

who said I did? I said possible.

considering the common practice of pedastry in Greece in this period, what makes the spartans any different? :shrug:

Cute Wolf

12-31-2009, 07:08

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_013.jpg

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_015.jpg

Ca Putt

12-31-2009, 07:22

lol good ones. though you could have maxed out the vegetation settings on the second one :P

Ibn-Khaldun

12-31-2009, 09:58

Perhaps his pc can't handle maxed out settings?

Skullheadhq

12-31-2009, 11:04

Gotta love those paper trees :laugh4:

Cute Wolf

01-01-2010, 21:27

Perhaps his pc can't handle maxed out settings?

Tee Heee :sweatdrop:

:clown:

Actually, that was taken from my laptop :clown:

Rahwana

01-02-2010, 19:19

Using Cutewolf's screenshot :devil: I spot some cowardice on his general!!! Maybe he smoke fewer weeds than usual?

https://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af335/Oalahsonson/poster35051127.jpg

And the response to his Pikachu endings of his AAR...

https://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af335/Oalahsonson/poster25082601.jpg

Fluvius Camillus

01-02-2010, 19:39

https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/Fluvius_Camillus/realismdemFIX.jpg?t=1262470401

~Fluvius

DaciaJC

01-02-2010, 20:40

Shouldn't it be titled "RTW error" - couldn't find realism.txt?

Good stuff nonetheless.

Fluvius Camillus

01-02-2010, 22:16

Shouldn't it be titled "RTW error" - couldn't find realism.txt?

Good stuff nonetheless.

Europa Barbarorum was unable to find the realism file, now that's missing it resolves to it's former state automatically:clown::clown:

Got me on the spelling though, one sec~D

~Fluvius

Edit: Fixed

DaciaJC

01-02-2010, 22:55

Ah, I see. I interpreted it in a different manner. Good work! :2thumbsup:

Cute Wolf

01-03-2010, 08:07

https://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af335/Oalahsonson/poster35051127.jpg

Actually he take part of the fight, but slashing all the Romaioi Barbaroi made him tired, so what's wrong with rest up a bit?

chenkai11

01-04-2010, 06:20

https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/Fluvius_Camillus/realismdemFIX.jpg?t=1262470401
~Fluvius
Poor RTW, always get criticism. :laugh4:

Fluvius Camillus

01-04-2010, 10:49

Poor RTW, always get criticism. :laugh4:

Haha lol:laugh4:

Well actually I liked the game a lot (before I knew of EB, it was a sort of stepping stone). And I still like it though, I am "raising" my little brother with it, before I introduce him to EB~D

But there just had to be a demotivator including arcani ninja's:clown:

~Fluvius

chenkai11

01-05-2010, 04:07

Playing AS in VH/H, the Phalavan have 6 star general, 1 mardian archer, 3 persian archer-spearmen, 4 persian archers, 3 medium phalanx mercenary, 2 eastern axemen, 1 dahae noble cavalry, 1 HA, 1 parthian spearmen, 2 pantodapoi.

https://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1808/77551818.jpg (https://img710.imageshack.us/i/77551818.jpg/)

Finn MacCumhail

01-11-2010, 13:04

https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz332/Jegwettnorskbaralit/EBD/dm.jpg

https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz332/Jegwettnorskbaralit/EBD/RomeTW-BI2010-01-0922-39-37-81.jpg

Prussian to the Iron

01-11-2010, 13:58

LOL!!!

especially at the first one!

I'm fairly sure horses actually were worth more than people most of the time...or maybe that was th eMiddle Ages...heh.

Vilkku92

01-11-2010, 18:25

https://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3970/itsemurha.jpg

vartan

01-13-2010, 21:46

https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz332/Jegwettnorskbaralit/EBD/dm.jpg

https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz332/Jegwettnorskbaralit/EBD/RomeTW-BI2010-01-0922-39-37-81.jpg

I sure can feel that difference!!! :laugh4:

jirisys

01-22-2010, 22:14

Hi all, i have been reading and seeing the demots, and i find them hilarious, so, i wanted to contribute to some of those laughs so i made my firsts demots here, hope you like it, :beam:

(btw i had to use the image on the EB site cause i still haven't gotten in a fight with hannibal)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4295569719_21d3c13643_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4295840855_cbf4c8d10e_b.jpg
i feel that this needed more wit, if you can think of anything better, please post it!

jirisys

01-22-2010, 22:20

finally someone else!

hey did you see the star wars robot chickens? hilarious!!!

I am too, a son of star wars, and yes i saw Robot Chicken while i was in the US, we should make a group, the sons of star wars on a completely unrelated forum, lol:clown:

jirisys

01-23-2010, 14:56

hey, i made three new ones, hope you like them and post some more!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4297031829_1c38b6f772_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4297031833_2d1679b9f2_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/4297031837_205a3d2383_b.jpg

Skullheadhq

01-23-2010, 17:08

Your demotivators contain much more Roman than is healthy...

jirisys

01-23-2010, 21:04

Your demotivators contain much more Roman than is healthy...

im in the roman campaign and please don't start with the romaioknonon, first of all, i like rome, i find it's the best position to start, since you're in the middle of the map you can expand wherever you want, second, rome kicked everyone's butt!

HunGeneral

01-23-2010, 22:37

Your demotivators contain much more Roman than is healthy...

I personaly liked them alot- some of the best demotivators since a while.

Ibrahim

01-23-2010, 23:44

I personaly liked them alot- some of the best demotivators since a while.

amen.

DaciaJC

01-23-2010, 23:49

The "Douche" one made laugh quite heartily. Nice work!

Fluvius Camillus

01-24-2010, 00:16

Nicely done!

This thread was becoming a little silent, nice to have some good laughs in this thread once again!

~Fluvius

Rahwana

01-24-2010, 03:51

Ave Romanvs! Roma Victrix :ave:

Yeah!!! Another Roman Posters!!! :2thumbsup:

ziegenpeter

01-24-2010, 13:37

less funny, but also less offending for your tender souls:

https://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1533/dsfsdfsdb.png

Skullheadhq

01-24-2010, 13:40

Too hot for the guild :)
Things quickly becfome to hot for the guild :embarassed:

@ Ludens, I didn't see the nudity, it was a way too dark scene to actually see anything, and it was only the back of that women that was a little bit visible.

vartan

01-24-2010, 20:03

ziegenpeter

01-24-2010, 20:19

watch the show, there are way better scenes.

Macilrille

01-24-2010, 21:50

Pff if you want sex watch some porn, not something that will jar your wish for historical accuracy.

ziegenpeter

01-24-2010, 22:35

Pff if you want sex watch some porn, not something that will jar your wish for historical accuracy.

agreed. still.

Prussian to the Iron

01-24-2010, 23:41

watch the show, there are way better scenes.

what show is this?

Subotan

01-24-2010, 23:52

Too hot for the guild :)
Things quickly becfome to hot for the guild :embarassed:

Including a certain Tavern.

Rahwana

01-25-2010, 10:26

less funny, but also less offending for your tender souls:

https://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1533/dsfsdfsdb.png

Well, I recognize the SPQR symbol first.... :clown:

Ibrahim

01-26-2010, 06:06

Pff if you want sex watch some porn, not something that will jar your wish for historical accuracy.

amen to that. amen to that.

jirisys

01-26-2010, 15:11

Pff if you want sex watch some porn, not something that will jar your wish for historical accuracy.

why not have both lol. They do historical porn FYI, lol :clown:

jirisys

01-26-2010, 15:21

Nicely done!

This thread was becoming a little silent, nice to have some good laughs in this thread once again!

~Fluvius

how bout a ballon for my demots :beam:, nah just kidding, i don't care bout balolons yet.

less funny, but also less offending for your tender souls:

https://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1533/dsfsdfsdb.png

What can i say but

FAIL!

Skullheadhq

01-26-2010, 18:19

Balloon?! Have a cookie instead :2thumbsup:

Ca Putt

01-26-2010, 18:22

somewhat reminds me of the new Lucky Strike packet which sais:

I <3 L S

really my first thought was "damned Romanoi"

Skullheadhq

01-26-2010, 18:24

Rhomaioi, they co-rule the world with the jews, really :juggle2::laugh4:

vartan

01-26-2010, 20:59

Rhomaioi, they co-rule the world with the jews, really :juggle2::laugh4:

Wow, I lol'd :laugh4:

:balloon2:

Prussian to the Iron

01-27-2010, 00:43

Rhomaioi, they co-rule the world with the jews, really :juggle2::laugh4:

he's in on our plan to revive the Roman Empire, with a state religion of Judaism! Quick!! Silence him with gold and women; we have plenty of both!!!

vartan

01-27-2010, 01:10

he's in on our plan to revive the Roman Empire, with a state religion of Judaism! Quick!! Silence him with gold and women; we have plenty of both!!!

Any spare women? :help: LOL :laugh4: Just kidding, it's hard enough :juggle2: juggling, they're a handful.

HunGeneral

01-27-2010, 02:02

Pff if you want sex watch some porn, not something that will jar your wish for historical accuracy.

Now thats for sure!:yes:

Celtic_Punk

01-27-2010, 02:10

Haha lol:laugh4:

Well actually I liked the game a lot (before I knew of EB, it was a sort of stepping stone). And I still like it though, I am "raising" my little brother with it, before I introduce him to EB~D

But there just had to be a demotivator including arcani ninja's:clown:

~Fluvius

I refused to let my brother play vanilla when he showed interest in the game.

He likes carthage, He's better at staying to his own house rules than I am

Rahwana

01-27-2010, 06:04

:no: :sweatdrop: :wall:

Ludens

01-27-2010, 21:04

:stop:
Save the banter for the social groups and the profile pages, guys.

ARCHIPPOS

01-28-2010, 00:31

It's perfectly ok for our kids to see enormous amounts of violence and people getting killed but not a cute piece of naked ass... :yes:

ARCHIPPOS

01-28-2010, 00:36

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/CW_Demotiv_013.jpg

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4: It's perfectly clear that the Spartans are going to get pawned. (There must be 30 of them against 45 charging Hetairoi)

Prussian to the Iron

01-28-2010, 00:39

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4: It's perfectly clear that the Spartans are going to get pawned. (There must be 30 of them against 45 charging Hetairoi)

so with those odds you think they are getting owned? fat chance.

vartan

01-28-2010, 01:08

so with those odds you think they are getting owned? fat chance.

In EBII on M2TW, sure, but in RTW, where charges are endless, forever, never-ending, horse wins.

Power2the1

01-28-2010, 01:46

I don't know who would win. The Hetairoi have not lowered their lances for a charge yet...

jirisys

01-28-2010, 02:05

I don't know who would win. The Hetairoi have not lowered their lances for a charge yet...

30 spears vs 45 horsemen, nevermind the numbers, the Spartans will win.

Cute Wolf

01-28-2010, 03:13

I don't know who would win. The Hetairoi have not lowered their lances for a charge yet...

That was what actually happened, 33 Spartans vs 45 Hetairoi... the Cavalry couch their lances too late and as the result, they are both down into 2 vs 3 men each

Subotan

01-28-2010, 14:32

It's perfectly ok for our kids to see enormous amounts of violence and people getting killed but not a cute piece of naked ass... :yes:

I wish you'd visited the EB Tavern more often

jirisys

01-28-2010, 14:34

Here's some more demots!!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4311563634_5faea0c9eb_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4311563268_b016288fa9_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4311579422_1e52be6ce1_b.jpg

Macilrille

01-28-2010, 14:49

It's perfectly ok for our kids to see enormous amounts of violence and people getting killed but not a cute piece of naked ass... :yes:

<3 <3 <3 Europe, <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Denmark ;-)

/me goes to look at more demots.

Skullheadhq

01-28-2010, 15:52

Naked is only allowed on the guild if it is EB team sponsered (Gaesatae, Uirodusios etc).

gamegeek2

01-28-2010, 17:28

I got a way with it...just without the goods :clown:

Keep the text on the demotivators short. It makes it a lot better.

Sadly, it's rather hard to find good EB Fails.

Celtic_Punk

01-28-2010, 20:17

but its perfectly OK to see the bare ass of a celtic warrior.... Some logic this is

Ludens

01-28-2010, 21:02

but its perfectly OK to see the bare ass of a celtic warrior.... Some logic this is

There is a difference between a photo of a naked woman and a rendered gaesatae but.

The logic behind the "no naked women" rule is that this isn't a porn forum. Even swimsuit photos and similar are restricted to the babe thread, because the locker-room comments within were not appreciated by our female members.

M to the A

01-29-2010, 00:46

http://i46.tinypic.com/o526fc.jpg
Not to be taken seriously.

A Very Super Market

01-29-2010, 01:09

Sir, you have made my day.

Subotan

01-29-2010, 10:07

Heh heh, probably the best one in the thread

Macilrille

01-29-2010, 13:11

There is a difference between a photo of a naked woman and a rendered gaesatae but.

The logic behind the "no naked women" rule is that this isn't a porn forum. Even swimsuit photos and similar are restricted to the babe thread, because the locker-room comments within were not appreciated by our female members.

There are female members?

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster32740958.jpg

You should have made one with Sweboz (Germans) routing French ;-)

ziegenpeter

01-29-2010, 13:16

Uhm aren't they rather ancestors of the british and gauls are ancestors of the french? And by what mishap do the french people deserve a reputation of being cowards?

seienchin

01-29-2010, 13:36

Uhm aren't they rather ancestors of the british and gauls are ancestors of the french? And by what mishap do the french people deserve a reputation of being cowards?
I guess it started with the quick french defeat 1940 against germany and the in anglosaxons country common believe that britain and amerika saved the french and the rest of the world from the nazis just by themselves...

Silence Hunter

01-29-2010, 15:09

https://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh32/Artax0214/hospitality37.jpg

ARCHIPPOS

01-29-2010, 16:04

https://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9250/intimidation.png

"What happens when an unstoppable force meets someone who thinks he's an unmovable object?"

Skullheadhq

01-29-2010, 16:44

Who won? lol

Maeran

01-29-2010, 18:23

There are female members?

Maybe. Since we generally talk about game mechanics or 3rd century BC warfare any female members wouldn't necessarily come across as female. Not if they don't want to.

I am a guy. Just in case anyone was wondering.

M to the A

01-30-2010, 03:54

Uhm aren't they rather ancestors of the british and gauls are ancestors of the french? And by what mishap do the french people deserve a reputation of being cowards?

It's just a joke mate ;) I was just playing a battle against the Casse and they just started mass routing which made me think of the French cowardice jokes. But in no way is that picture to be taken serious. I don't see the French as being actual cowards or the Britons being ancestors of the French

Cute Wolf

01-30-2010, 07:27

Maybe. Since we generally talk about game mechanics or 3rd century BC warfare any female members wouldn't necessarily come across as female. Not if they don't want to.

I am a guy. Just in case anyone was wondering.

Yeah... should we post a pool to check if our regulars here is male or female :grin:

If the conclusion is 100% male then :birthday2:

Ludens

01-30-2010, 13:35

I guess it started with the quick french defeat 1940 against germany and the in anglosaxons country common believe that britain and amerika saved the french and the rest of the world from the nazis just by themselves...

That's possible. I also think it no coincidence that the joke resurfaced when France refused to participate in the invasion of Iraq. The French have this thing about militarism, but their performance in the last 130 years was unimpressive to say the least. But the joke is wrong about the cause. On many occasions the French army fought like demons. It was their leadership that let them down.

There are female members?

On the .Org? Frogbeastegg, Kekvit Irae and LadyAnn spring to mind. Frogbeastegg actually did a bit of research for EB in the very early days, but I am not aware of any current female team members.

Macilrille

01-30-2010, 14:48

I will gladly list French competence and heroism in battle as well as incompetent French leaders, yet the rout of 1940 has left quite a stain on French military that even Le Paras of 1948- 1962 found it hard to wash off.

Female EB players? :-0

Skullheadhq

01-30-2010, 17:24

*Insert joke with female EB players and Gaesatae here*

Anyway, there is no proof of female Orgahs that actively play EB, or is it?
Even if one of you would be a women, you wouldn't say it because it would unleash a storm of PM's full of marriage proposals :))

gamegeek2

01-30-2010, 17:38

I would bet several hundred dollars that there'd be more guys registering as "female" in a poll for gender than actual women registering as "female"

That Britons poster is amazing.

Cute Wolf

01-30-2010, 17:46

I would bet several hundred dollars that there'd be more guys registering as "female" in a poll for gender than actual women registering as "female"

That Britons poster is amazing.

Let's take a pool then ^^... :coffe:

Seriously now, maybe tere was not female forum regulars here, but sometimes, if a regulars here have a little girl, and they accidentally read this forum (as her father won't bother to close this window since this wasn't a porn forum anyway), thay can read and watch all the sexist comments. We need to considerate about this, since most of the "mature" forumers here are most likely a father (from their age...)

anubis88

01-30-2010, 18:28

The French jokes are really popular it seems nowdays. I see them almost everywhere.
I even think that in my english dictonary the explenation of the word "to rout" is "to go french on someone" :)

Macilrille

01-30-2010, 18:48

That definately means something else in Denmark ha ha ha. But to explain would go against what CW has just pointed out again ;-)

BTW, In Mogadishu, the 2e REP's sector was by far the quietest one.

A Very Super Market

01-30-2010, 19:53

I think most of us realize that the French jokes are simply French jokes. Anyone who is a history nerd knows fully well France's reputation in history as a maniacally dangerous enemy.

the man with no name

02-02-2010, 03:30

miotas

02-02-2010, 04:36

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster32740958.jpg

I can't even see the picture that's started this whole French tangent :sad:

Ibrahim

02-02-2010, 06:27

That's possible. I also think it no coincidence that the joke resurfaced when France refused to participate in the invasion of Iraq. The French have this thing about militarism, but their performance in the last 130 years was unimpressive to say the least. But the joke is wrong about the cause. On many occasions the French army fought like demons. It was their leadership that let them down.

that part has been letting the rank and file of France down since 1714; and as bad as 1940 was, the leadership in the SYW was just....well (http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Administration_of_the_French_Army), here. (http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=French_%C3%89tat-Major_Organisation) Its just (http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=French_Army_Provisioning)one plain disaster after the other. mind you, those articles were written by a person who has a good opinion of France's ability to fight (i.e. your's truly)

in fact, th only times the leadership was good to the men was IIRC druing the period 1588-1714, 1745-1748, and 1792-1812.

ziegenpeter

02-02-2010, 09:52

Aaah, sorry! We don't have jokes about franch cowardice in germany. That must be an anglo-saxon phenomenon.

Macilrille

02-02-2010, 10:00

Vilkku92

02-02-2010, 10:35

Ironically the French soldier will fight like a lion when well-led. And if we look at the collapse in 1940, the BEF ran as fast as the French from the Blitzkrieg, happily for them and the Free World, Hitler decided to let them get away at Dunkerque.

That is why we should stop joking about French army and turn our attention on Italians. :laugh4:

Ludens

02-02-2010, 13:27

Ironically the French soldier will fight like a lion when well-led. And if we look at the collapse in 1940, the BEF ran as fast as the French from the Blitzkrieg, happily for them and the Free World, Hitler decided to let them get away at Dunkerque.

Nitpicking: the Nazi diplomats tried to spin it as if they had decided to let the British get away, but in reality a miscommunication led Hitler to believe that his armoured divisions were in a very bad shape. That's why he called off the pursuit.

That is why we should stop joking about French army and turn our attention on Italians. :laugh4:

I get the impression that the Italians suffered from a similar problems as the French: bad high-level leadership. In his eagerness to prove that his army was the equal of the Germans, Mussolini forced it into ill-planned and and ill-prepared ventures.

But let's get back to topic.

Subotan

02-02-2010, 18:17

ziegenpeter

02-02-2010, 18:44

If you go to google and type in "french military victories" the first link will say

"id you mean: french military defeats

No standard web pages containing all your search terms were found.

Your search - french military victories - did not match any documents"

Lie. Only if you hit "I'm feeling lucky" not with the regular search.

EDIT: Even thats not true. The first page coming up looks like google, but its actually a site to mock the french...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.html

EDIT2: You shouldn't believe whatever the internet tells you, you know... It's very easy to check, takes like 2 minutes.

Macilrille

02-02-2010, 19:55

Nitpicking: the Nazi diplomats tried to spin it as if they had decided to let the British get away, but in reality a miscommunication led Hitler to believe that his armoured divisions were in a very bad shape. That's why he called off the pursuit.

There are many a reason as to why AH did not eliminate the pocket, what remains is:

1. The Brits ran as fast as the French and were thus no better soldiers.
2. He did in fact hold his armies back from wiping out the pocket, for whatever reasons (and there were many, I can think of wanting peace with Britain and thinking that if he was nice they would be amenable (the fool), the mistaken belief that the Pz was exhausted and attrited, not wanting to commit them into a builtup zone against an enemy with nowhere to run and thus who had to fight, the mistaken belief that you could trust Göring when he assured you of something such as that he could wipe out the pocket); thus the water barrier saved the Brits' behinds.

So they should be more polite to the French, I am not certain who has come best off in their internal fights.

ziegenpeter

02-07-2010, 17:30

I was astonished that EB seems to fascinate even gamers who are not in the usual age for beeing a target group of video games.
But then I knew what my mistake was...
https://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2364/ebdemotiv.jpg

athanaric

02-07-2010, 18:44

lol that is a really smart one.

Prussian to the Iron

02-08-2010, 04:05

"What happens when an unstoppable force meets someone who thinks he's an unmovable object?"

:laugh4::beam:

vartan

02-08-2010, 14:08

"What happens when an unstoppable force meets someone who thinks he's an unmovable object?"

That's what she asked me right before I :daisy:. But really, what happened to the javelins the naked fanatics had? They can throw those and use their hitpoints...then again those elephants are armoured and have hitpoints of their own...still funny!

Prussian to the Iron

02-09-2010, 03:20

A Very Super Market

02-09-2010, 04:33

??? elaborate/explain someone?

44/4 = 11
52/4 = 13

Cute Wolf

02-09-2010, 05:29

And that explain a 22 old dude who think he was 90

Prussian to the Iron

02-09-2010, 06:09

And that explain a 22 old dude who think he was 90

whats 4tpy though?

antisocialmunky

02-09-2010, 06:11

4TuPeYe

Time to see if that Yale study works in practice : )

ziegenpeter

02-09-2010, 12:08

whats 4tpy though?

Four turns per year... Its the script for some RTW/MTWII mods. I actually don't remember what is normal...? 2tpy?

Skullheadhq

02-09-2010, 20:31

2tpy in RTW and 2y1t (two years, one turn) or something in M2TW AFAIK

vartan

02-09-2010, 20:32

4TuPeYe

Time to see if that Yale study works in practice : )

lol he's from yale? HAHA. Phail. four turns per year...

Prussian to the Iron

02-09-2010, 22:24

Four turns per year... Its the script for some RTW/MTWII mods. I actually don't remember what is normal...? 2tpy?

OMG thats hilarious!!!!!!!!!

Cute Wolf

02-10-2010, 07:50

See this in Watchtower.... This wasn't exactly an EB Demotivator... but it had a link to a recent fate of our fellow Regulars

Damnation! That was my alt, you blustering fool!

Collaborationist scum, reporting your fellow Man...

Life gets harder to live each day :no:. How long shall the ban be this time? :clown:

Well... Well....

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/RIPAP.jpg

chenkai11

02-10-2010, 11:48

See this in Watchtower.... This wasn't exactly an EB Demotivator... but it had a link to a recent fate of our fellow Regulars

Well... Well....

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/RIPAP.jpg

I like it...I mean I like the work of it. Nothing personal.

Side note: I felt offended when he called the carthaginians - cursed carthagian traders at the "Never seen the ai do this" thread. :chucks:

~:joker:

Celtic_Punk

02-10-2010, 13:30

I get the impression that the Italians suffered from a similar problems as the French: bad high-level leadership. In his eagerness to prove that his army was the equal of the Germans, Mussolini forced it into ill-planned and and ill-prepared ventures.

I hate to post off topic, but I feel that I must bring this to the people's attention Ludens. During the invaision of Sicily an american bulldog stormed an italian bunker, while wounded with a rifle shot, grabbed one of the 3 italians and dragged him out by the arm, the other 2 surrendered.... to a dog. If that doesn't speak to Itlian courage in battle...

for those who don't believe this. here's my source - A childrens book, but definately a goody! One of the books that got me into history. Horrible Histories The Woeful Second World War by Terry Deary. ISBN 0-439-99713-5

(the dog won the distinguished service cross and a purple heart, but it got taken away)

ARCHIPPOS

02-10-2010, 14:05

:furious3: Frenchies and Italians are no pansies! Just look what they went through in the WW1 trenches :yes: Each society has its breaking point beyond which psychological and moral collapse ensue. The Incas, a highly organised and massive State with fierce and brave warriors collapsed when they saw their God-King die in the hands of the white invaders. Their life was immediately stripped of its meaning and they were conquered by 50 (!!!) men!!!

Every war has its psychological aspect and remains essentially a confrontation of morals. In our haste to talk strategies ,tactics , equipments and the such we neglect or oversee this factor of "Will". For the French especially WW1 was a shock (understandably so). Drained demographicaly and shaken by the death-toll and immense sacrifices they questioned the validity of war. But War remains a Megadeath and no society which refuses to acknoweledge the necessity of sacrifices can ever hope to win a military conflict.

And indeed the French or Italians were merely the first to fall victims of this process. Today the western powers have nukes, long range missiles, stealth bombers , aircraft carriers. Yet internally they are weak like never before.And we see the Americans losing in Vietnam, the Soviets losing in Afghanistan etc, etc, etc... it is interesting to note that they lost to "primitive" tribal or agricultural civilisations much like the urbanised Greeks lost to traditionalist Romans , or the advanced Romans lost to primitive barbarians... victory remains a matter of faith and inspiration.

Cute Wolf

02-10-2010, 14:28

Guys... please stop mentioning WWII in EB Forum... We've got a monastery to discuss that... or....
https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/Swebozholocus.jpg

Please... more off topic and this good ol'favourite thread will be locked... I not intended to offend anyone BTW

Finn MacCumhail

02-10-2010, 15:27

Be aware, Maya civilization would make a naval invasion to save Gauls. And do not attack Sauromats BTW.

Ludens

02-10-2010, 17:38

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/Swebozholocus.jpg

That would be offensive for equating Germans to Nazi's. You never get away from it...

Seriously, Cute Wolf is right. This is not the right thread for historical discussion. Stereotypes make good demotivators, but poor history.

Zradha Pahlavan

02-12-2010, 20:30

Hmmm...
Lemme try...

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=378

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=379

Fluvius Camillus

02-13-2010, 01:33

Nice ones! Especially the second one~D

Remember you can use this link from the first page:
http://diy.despair.com/motivator.php
To make your dems look even better!

~Fluvius

NikosMaximilian

02-24-2010, 06:14

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/Nikov/poster80915385.jpg

Has anyone else seen this before? :alien:

Cute Wolf

02-24-2010, 09:08

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/Nikov/poster80915385.jpg

Has anyone else seen this before? :alien:

holy :daisy:!!!!

NOO The aliens are cooome... the aliens are cooommmeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!.... they reallly come!!!!!!
https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/Part04Pic002.jpg

Maximus of Phoenicia

02-26-2010, 15:49

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster56516323.jpg

shootie

02-26-2010, 22:04

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster77979426.jpg

Power2the1

02-27-2010, 00:40

WHITESNAKE!:thrasher::guitarist::singer::drummer::guitarist:

shootie

02-27-2010, 01:10

WHITESNAKE!:thrasher::guitarist::singer::drummer::guitarist:

:jumping::dancinglock:

Whitesnake *bow*

ziegenpeter

02-27-2010, 10:18

@Maximus: Wasn't Pyrrhus oldre and BETTER at usually, when u beginn a campaign?

fraoula

02-27-2010, 10:34

@Maximus: Wasn't Pyrrhus oldre and BETTER at usually, when u beginn a campaign?

You do understand that he took the pic from the gallery page of europabarbarorurm.com
here it is https://www.europabarbarorum.com/p/camp-pyrrhos.jpg

Maximus of Phoenicia

02-27-2010, 10:42

He is but as Fraoula said,i took it from the galery,and it has the name: Pyrrhos doesn't know when to quit,referring to his biography.

ziegenpeter

02-28-2010, 18:18

:laugh4: got it

Paltmull

03-03-2010, 21:52

Not a very good one perhaps, but whatever... ^___^

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster6309606.jpg

Cute Wolf

03-05-2010, 13:01

I Think the Gaul Barbarian Swordsmen are comparable to EB's Enoci Curoas... not Milnaht... hmm..... :wink:

Paltmull

03-05-2010, 16:43

Yeah, I know. I just like the Milnaht a lot. Anyway, I'll change to an Enoci Curoas version instead. They actually look even better than Milnath, when thinking about it (is that proper english?). :)

Ludens

03-05-2010, 17:49

Yeah, I know. I just like the Milnaht a lot. Anyway, I'll change to an Enoci Curoas version instead. They actually look even better than Milnath, when thinking about it (is that proper english?). :)

Though Cute Wolf is right, I rather liked the Milnath one. It doesn't matter much, anyway. Vanilla's barbarian factions were awfully bland.

Paltmull

03-05-2010, 18:11

Oh well, they're both gorgeous. :) Anyway, how about:

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster46973320.jpg

^____^

Arthur, king of the Britons

03-05-2010, 21:40

Oh well, they're both gorgeous. :) Anyway, how about:

^____^

Haha, nice one!

vartan

03-06-2010, 19:46

Oh well, they're both gorgeous. :) Anyway, how about:

^____^
January 2004* :laugh4:

NikosMaximilian

03-06-2010, 22:14

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/Nikov/exileposter2.jpg

Is that supposed to be Lakshadweep? Or just some random patch of land?

fraoula

03-06-2010, 22:53

It must be the minor Bartixian isles.
Only visible on clear nights.

P.S. wish i knew. Is this place somewhere in the indian ocean?

Prussian to the Iron

03-07-2010, 00:05

P.S. wish i knew. Is this place somewhere in the indian ocean?

it appears to be. it is the bottom and right corner of the map, which, looking at the mini-map, is in fact the indian ocean/arabian peninsula or somewhere in that area

NikosMaximilian

03-07-2010, 00:15

It must be the minor Bartixian isles.
Only visible on clear nights.

P.S. wish i knew. Is this place somewhere in the indian ocean?

it appears to be. it is the bottom and right corner of the map, which, looking at the mini-map, is in fact the indian ocean/arabian peninsula or somewhere in that area

Yes, it's right there.

My guess is that the location it's roughly the Lakshadweep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshadweep). That or maybe it's just some land left from editing the vanilla RTW map.

Or maybe I shouldn't have noticed it and shouldn't be asking these questions... :-o

Prussian to the Iron

03-07-2010, 01:37

im thinking its the latter. judging by the wikipedia map, its too far south to be ont he EB map. it looks to me like it would be more near Karachi

Arthur, king of the Britons

03-07-2010, 02:30

Having too much water on a map can cause CTD's maybe the team added this extra landmass to prevent this.

vartan

03-07-2010, 02:46

Paltmull

03-07-2010, 03:38

January 2004* :laugh4:

Wasn't the first beta release in 2005? :/

vartan

03-07-2010, 05:03

Wasn't the first beta release in 2005? :/
But this isn't about releases. This is about humiliation =)

Cute Wolf

03-07-2010, 07:46

Having too much water on a map can cause CTD's maybe the team added this extra landmass to prevent this.

Is that true indeed? Too much water on the map can cause a crash? If so, do you know how much percentage of the map area can or cannot be water?

Yeah... landmass ratio bug CTD..... it was not exactly a landmass, but "Passable Land" ratio.... look at my location then.. :wink:

Arthur, king of the Britons

03-07-2010, 11:30

Is that true indeed? Too much water on the map can cause a crash? If so, do you know how much percentage of the map area can or cannot be water?

Sorry I don't know the exact ratio. :embarassed:

Fluvius Camillus

03-07-2010, 12:13

Doesn't anybody see that it is the EB team signature they put on their map...

~Fluvius

Hotseat_User

03-07-2010, 12:18

Doesn't anybody see that it is the EB team signature they put on their map...

hell - you're right. And I always thought it shall be some islands in the IndianOcean... Maledives or smth. Nice one Fluvius :thumbsup:

Prussian to the Iron

03-07-2010, 15:57

Doesn't anybody see that it is the EB team signature they put on their map...

~Fluvius

indeed. good eye! i totally see it now.

Paltmull

03-07-2010, 16:44

But this isn't about releases. This is about humiliation =)

Well, the EB team wouldn't be able to humiliate CA before they they had proven that they could make a better game, would they? :)

vartan

03-07-2010, 18:44

Well, the EB team wouldn't be able to humiliate CA before they they had proven that they could make a better game, would they? :)
Not necessarily. Humiliation occurs on too many levels.

Cute Wolf

03-07-2010, 18:49

Not necessarily. Humiliation occurs on too many levels.

I think every major RTW based mod.... that as good as EB, such as LOTR-TW, Crussader TW, FATW, and VI2 really hummiliate CA in their very business......

Maeran

03-07-2010, 19:18

vartan

03-07-2010, 23:11

Subotan

03-08-2010, 00:27

Until E:TW comes along, of course.

Paltmull

03-08-2010, 21:13

As I'm sure the EB team would tell you, CA decided to do things the way they did for commercial reasons (time/target market/resources etc). CA did make the game in such a way as it could be modded, and this shows that they weren't fools. I know I've bought at least 3 copies of RTW because of disks wearing out, and BI, and Alex (which admittedly means I'm no longer worried about my RTW disks), and so on. So CA get what they want and need as a business. And thanks to people making great mods that keep what would be an old game alive, we get great games. Be happy that CA did all the code and basic machinery for the modders to tweak.

True. But you might still think they could have put a little more effort on the original game. But I don't know. Maybe most people are happy with falsification of history, ugly color-coded arcade style factions, and gameplay simple enough for a five year old. :) Anyway, we're going offtopic here. :P

Duguntz

03-10-2010, 17:05

True. But you might still think they could have put a little more effort on the original game. But I don't know. Maybe most people are happy with falsification of history, ugly color-coded arcade style factions, and gameplay simple enough for a five year old. :) Anyway, we're going offtopic here. :P

True, off topic! but might I have only one addition to make, is that 5 years ago, RTW was a really nice game, and though EB is another lecvel of historic and gaming level, i had many hours of fun on the vanilla also! we must not forget that it's from 2004, so it was still a pretty jump fpward for the RTS genre

WinsingtonIII

03-10-2010, 22:55

True. But you might still think they could have put a little more effort on the original game. But I don't know. Maybe most people are happy with falsification of history, ugly color-coded arcade style factions, and gameplay simple enough for a five year old. :) Anyway, we're going offtopic here. :P

Also, don't forget that at least CA seems to be attempting to make their games a bit more historically accurate as time goes on since RTW. It's pretty undeniable that RTW is the least accurate of the series and that ETW and NTW are much more historically accurate (although not perfect obviously).

Duguntz

03-11-2010, 00:02

Agree! (as one word reply are considered spam, I am in the obligation to write that paranthesa so I have more than one word... Tricky hein!)

Hannibal Khan the Great

03-11-2010, 04:49

Here's mine:

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster41422548.jpg

Cute Wolf

03-11-2010, 15:27

Here's mine:

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster41422548.jpg

You sure you never heard that the "Sieg Heil" salute are actually a derivation of the Romaioi Barbaroi :ave:
That means we good Romaioktonoi will never use them, as the fuhrer was more like the Romaioi Barbaroi

Conqueror

03-11-2010, 19:03

240 BC? :inquisitive: Talk about a blitzkrieg...:hmg:

Fluvius Camillus

03-11-2010, 19:04

You sure you never heard that the "Sieg Heil" salute are actually a derivation of the Romaioi Barbaroi :ave:
That means we good Romaioktonoi will never use them, as the fuhrer was more like the Romaioi Barbaroi

Why do you post this?

Keep this in your social group please, as it is not wanted in this great thread.

Thanks.

~Fluvius

Duguntz

03-11-2010, 20:53

agree for once, and I say it as a proud member of the Romaioktonoi. Let's not start a debat here... if the thread get claused coz of one of us people here will really hate our group after... Cute Wolf, we have our Tavern, so let's say what we want about Romans there!

Argeus the Paladin

03-11-2010, 23:58

*raises hand* May I have a try?

(This one is from an EB II preview video on Youtube. The image is thus quite blurry, but the joke is still there, I guess)

https://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr358/Argeus/Anachronism.jpg

vartan

03-12-2010, 06:03

True, off topic! but might I have only one addition to make, is that 5 years ago, RTW was a really nice game, and though EB is another lecvel of historic and gaming level, i had many hours of fun on the vanilla also! we must not forget that it's from 2004, so it was still a pretty jump fpward for the RTS genre
Correction: Revolutionized the RTS genre. The concepts brought forth by the Total War series and its approach to warfare and military history video-gaming is admittedly revolutionary as never before (or since, AFAIK) has one seen such intricate gameplay with so many factors involved (both in campaign as well as during battle). A masterful feat that makes Rome: Total War deserving of its grand ratings and reviews.

-V

Fluvius Camillus

03-12-2010, 15:47

Correction: Revolutionized the RTS genre. The concepts brought forth by the Total War series and its approach to warfare and military history video-gaming is admittedly revolutionary as never before (or since, AFAIK) has one seen such intricate gameplay with so many factors involved (both in campaign as well as during battle). A masterful feat that makes Rome: Total War deserving of its grand ratings and reviews.

-V

Indeed revolutionary, there was a jump from Age of Empires style strategy (build buildings on the map, play with single units) and from the grouped unit games (Praetorians, LOTR Battle for Middle Earth), to a level of awesome RTS gaming like never seen before.

Previously this level of quality strategy and combat was only seen in tv shows such as TIme Commanders.

~Fluvius

Subotan

03-12-2010, 21:33

Previously this level of quality strategy and combat was only seen in tv shows such as TIme Commanders.

~Fluvius
...Well duh. Time Commanders was R:TW. It was their greatest success though, a real marketing coup.

Ibn-Khaldun

03-13-2010, 00:19

Something similar to TW games were done in 1990 - Centurion: Defender of Rome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion:_Defender_of_Rome)

vartan

03-13-2010, 06:00

Something similar to TW games were done in 1990 - Centurion: Defender of Rome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion:_Defender_of_Rome)
I'm sure most aware people know of this. I believe the Wiki article on R:TW mentions this as well. With newer and faster computers, though, the TW series has been able to push boundaries never before pushed (as much). Keep pushing CA!

Duguntz

03-13-2010, 09:44

I'm sure most aware people know of this. I believe the Wiki article on R:TW mentions this as well. With newer and faster computers, though, the TW series has been able to push boundaries never before pushed (as much). Keep pushing CA!

well talking about newer computer, I just bought mine... and it changed completly my EB experiance... the only problem is that now I'm compeled to eat bread and ketchup as my (student) salary went in it! but gosh, I can finally see units on other setting than ''very poor quality details!'' and for the first time... I SEE GRASS!!! well, as I'm no gamer EB is the only game I play, and now the experiance changed a lot!

Hannibal Khan the Great

03-13-2010, 16:15

Yeah, having a great PC really changes your EB experience! My brother made my current machine for me, and it can run EB at full settings with vanilla-like loading times.

vartan

03-13-2010, 18:38

well talking about newer computer, I just bought mine... and it changed completly my EB experiance... the only problem is that now I'm compeled to eat bread and ketchup as my (student) salary went in it! but gosh, I can finally see units on other setting than ''very poor quality details!'' and for the first time... I SEE GRASS!!! well, as I'm no gamer EB is the only game I play, and now the experiance changed a lot!
I know where you're coming from. But...bread and ketchup? My God!! I don't see how Quality Performance Setting makes up for that!!!

Duguntz

03-13-2010, 18:43

Haaa! it wasn't for that! this was.. let's say, a side effect! My previous comp letted me down, so i needed another one! and it wasn't only bread and ketchup... sometime I could put pepper! ouf, glad that period is over!

Paltmull

03-13-2010, 19:14

To Duguntz, WinsingtonIII et al: Alright then, I give up :P I remember now how awesome I thought RTW was the first time I played it. But STILL, it didn't take very long at all until lots of mods came out that made the vanilla game look quite silly, which shows that CA really could have put even more effort on the game.

This thread has gone awfully far off topic. :P

vartan

03-13-2010, 21:32

This thread has gone awfully far off topic. :P
I'd much rather call it a temporary phase in which the community is meditating and awaiting creative spurt with which will come along a series of glorious demotivators.

--
V

WinsingtonIII

03-13-2010, 22:36

Subotan

03-14-2010, 00:27

My dad knew a guy in university who spent his student grant on a top guitar, with the idea being that he would earn money from busking to live. However, he made so little, he was forced to live off porridge. His experiment ended around Christmas time with him being dragged off to hospital, as he had developed scurvy.

Hannibal Khan the Great

03-14-2010, 01:16

http://diy.despair.com/output/poster59004267.jpg

guess they needed it with all that armor.....

EDIT: my image converter is weird, that's why the pic is backwards

vartan

03-14-2010, 01:51

EDIT: my image converter is weird, that's why the pic is backwards
That's actually better that way. I see this angle as far more beautiful.

Duguntz

03-14-2010, 08:56

i know that story very well... it happened to me 2 years ago when im bought my new Fender... for about 2 months I lived off cereal in hot water... i had a choice to do... to eat or to rock.... I rocked! and lost many many pounds! was a terrible excperiance asd I'm bodybuilding, and there's nothing more terrible for a bodybuilder than to loose weight (i mean, body weight... not fat...)