loading screen quotes

[Mount Suribachi]

So, how about a list of medieval quotes for the loading screen, a la the ancient quotes on the RTW loading screens? I'll kick off.

Will no-one rid me of the turbulent priest? Henry II

[Templar Knight]

Will no one revenge me of the injuries I have sustained from one turbulent priest? ~:pat:
Henry II

Heretics try to tear the seamless robe of our God
Emperor Frederick II

So long as I have lived I have striven to live worthily. I desire to leave the me who come after me a remembrance in good works
Alfred the Great

For likewise as chivalry gives to a knight all that to him appertains, in likewise a knight ought to give all his forces to honor chivalry
Ramon Lull, Book of Knighthood and Chivalry

[TB666]

Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

Sorry, someone had to do it :surrender:

[Mount Suribachi]

Given the Python references in RTW I wouldn't be surprised. They even got Up Pompeii in there ~:)|

[UltraWar]

O King, seems to me the present life of men on earth, in comparison with that time which to us is uncertain, as if when on a winter's night you sit feasting with your ealdormen and thegns, - a single sparrow should fly swiftly into the hall, and coming in at one door, instantly fly out through another.

The Venerable Bede 673 - 735

[JFC]

Ogres are like onions... They have layers
Shreck

Put the Bunny back in the box
Nicholas Cage (Con Air)

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the armies of the North, General of the Felix legions. Loyal to the true Emporer Marcus Aurelius, Father to a murdered son, Husband to a murdered wife and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next.
Russel Crowe (Gladiator)

I only told you to blow the bloody doors off!
Micheal Caine (Italian Job)

Every time I try to talk to someone it's "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy"
God (Monty Python and Holy Grail)

Pick that up, put it down, get out, come here, go away, never again, it's you fault, you don't appreciate me, if you don't know I'm not going to tell you, you're a mess, I hate you, come with me, leave me alone, what time do you call this, what have I told you, I told you this would happen, I'm cold, I'm hot, your trouble is you don't think, you'll break it, you'll burn it, turn it up, turn it down, stop showing off, stop showing me up, get off, don't wipe it there, turn it over, come to bed, go to bed, get out of bed, etc.
My Girlfriend (every day)

Have I missed the point of this?

[SpencerH]

I hope they dont have loading screen quotes. They're fun for the first couple of times then they become repetitive and annoying (like the assassin etc cut scenes).

[Tamur]

lol JFC!

Ibn Khaldun's work is full of these sorts of quotes, I'll just throw a couple in...

"When a dynasty is firmly established, it can dispense with group feeling." - Ibn Khaldun

"A closed formation is like a long wall or a well-built castle which no one could hope to move." - Ibn Khaldun

"Who asks if fraud or force availed the foe?" - William of Malmesbury

[Silver Rusher]

"All your base are belong to us." -Macchiavelli

A truly inspirational quote from a fine military writer.

[Little Legioner]

Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will her leader be, and what a wonderful army will that army be! Prophet Muhammed

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him. Ali ibn Abi Talip

Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor. Ali ibn Abi Talip

Failures are often the results of timidity and fears; disappointments are the results of bashfulness; hours of leisure pass away like summer-clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of doing good. Ali ibn Abi Talip

I am Sultan Suleyman Han, son of Sultan Selim Han, son of Sultan Bayezid Han. I am Suleyman. To the east I am the Lawgiver. To the west I am the Magnificent. Suleyman I The Magnificent

[Kourutsu]

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
-Georges Clemenceau

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
-George Orwell

Well, we'll not risk another frontal assault. That rabbit's dynamite!
-King Arthur

You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called "Arthur King," you and all your silly English K-nig-hts.
-A French soldier addresses King Arthur

[Hepcat]

"To deliver the city to you, is neither my right nor the right of any other of its inhabitants, as we all, by common opinion, are going to die defending ourselves and we will not spare our lives." - Emperor Constantine XI

"Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one" - Pope John XXIII

"I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman" - King James I

[TB666]

Remember, there's always something cleverer than yourself.
-Merlin
I remember my first joust. It looks far worse than it feels!
- Sir Ector
For by the law of God, no knight who is false can win in combat with one who is true.
- King Arthur

All from the movie Excalibur.

[Horatius]

"You have grown to attached to that blonde head of yours that you have become far too afraid to lose it"-Gerard de Rideford

So what does it matter what you say? Saladins wealth is noble plunder for us, and as for his army which you say is of the greatest size in all the world that only adds more fuel for the devels fire"-Reynald de Chattallion

[Vladimir]

"So what does it matter what you say? Saladins wealth is noble plunder for us, and as for his army which you say is of the greatest size in all the world that only adds more fuel for the devels fire"-Reynald de Chattallion

Sorry, I just saw Kingdom of Heaven on cable last week. Stupid :wall: Stupid :wall: Stupid :wall: .

Hey stud, you need any water?

Nah, God will provide. (not a quote, just commentary) :no:

[The Spartan (Returns)]

" I am the beginning and the end."
-Jesus Christ (may be quoted wrong)

[x-dANGEr]

"Justice is a paradise for the aggrieved, and a hell for the unrighteous" - Khalid bin al-Walid

[TB666]

"Mongol General: Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women! "
-Conan the barbarian :knight:

[x-dANGEr]

"Mongol General: Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women! "
-Conan the barbarian :knight:
Evil.. ~:(

[econ21]

The Conan quote was originally from Ghengis Khan, AFAIK.

[Silver Rusher]

Yep, one of Chingis's most renowned quotes. Then again my poor Japanese translation quote was said by Machiavelli in my post.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

what does AFAIK mean?

[TB666]

what does AFAIK mean?
As Far As I Know

[econ21]

what does AFAIK mean?

As far as I know.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

AFIAK two an Orgah and a mod said the same thing at the same time.

[Orb]

'It seems that breasts play a very important part in our lives' - Ma Jian
'My punishment is far greater: I forgive you, and set you free' - Alp Arslan

[TB666]

AFIAK two an Orgah and a mod said the same thing at the same time.
:laugh4: nice.

"Hurry to meet Death before you're place is taken."

"Fear profits a man nothing"

"Give an Arab a sword, he makes a knife."

"Any fool can calculate strength"

All from the movie "the 13th Warrior"

[UltraWar]

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!

- Cardinal Ximinez of Spain

[The Spartan (Returns)]

hah!
btw, while you guys were at it, what does tbh mean?

[Horatius]

Sorry, I just saw Kingdom of Heaven on cable last week. Stupid :wall: Stupid :wall: Stupid :wall: .

Hey stud, you need any water?

Nah, God will provide. (not a quote, juist commentary) :no:

I agree that Kingdom of Heaven is stupid, it is really one sided in it's depiction of the Crusaders and the Muslims, however that is how Reynald de Chattalion really responded to Raymond III at the Kings Council which Guy de Lusignan called to discuss how best to defeat Saladin, Raymond offered good advice, and this is how Reynald de Chattalion responded to it, I can get you Raymond III Speech as well if you wish but that quote is historical, not an invention of Holywood.:book: :book:

[Tamur]

Spartan, I think tbh means "to be honest", or at least that's how I've seen it used. Rare to see, though.

[Kourutsu]

I once fought two days with an arrow through my testicle.
-Godfrey of Ibelin

God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn't, then he is not God and we need not worry.
-Balian of Ibelin

Deep...Real deep.

[Voigtkampf]

"I fart in your general direction!"
Monty Python

What? It is medieval lore. :sweatdrop:

[Peasant Phill]

What no blackadder quotes yet?

[Dracula(Romanian Vlad Tepes)]

I would like the one from terminator i thimk is is: "I'll be back":juggle2: :juggle2: :juggle2: :juggle2: :juggle2: :juggle2: :juggle2: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:

[Subedei]

"My anda Temujin [Genghis Khan] has four hounds whom he brought up on human flesh, and kept in chains. They have brows of copper, snouts like chisels, tongues like bradawls, hearts of iron, and tails that cut like swords. They can live on dew, and ride like the wind. On the day of battle they eat the flesh of men. You see how, being set loose, they come forward slavering for joy. Those two are Jebe and Khubilai; those two are Jelmei and Subetai. That is who those four 'hounds are." [Jamukha`s reply to Tayang Khan; The Secret History of the Mongols] :charge: :charge: :charge: :charge:

...that one got Tayng freakin´scared....don´t mess around with those doggies....good book by the way...illustrating

[JFC]

"My anda Temujin [Genghis Khan] has four hounds whom he brought up on human flesh, and kept in chains. They have brows of copper, snouts like chisels, tongues like bradawls, hearts of iron, and tails that cut like swords. They can live on dew, and ride like the wind. On the day of battle they eat the flesh of men. You see how, being set loose, they come forward slavering for joy. Those two are Jebe and Khubilai; those two are Jelmei and Subetai. That is who those four 'hounds are." [Jamukha`s reply to Tayang Khan; The Secret History of the Mongols] :charge: :charge: :charge: :charge:

...that one got Tayng freakin´scared....don´t mess around with those doggies....good book by the way...illustrating

Let's just hope the loading screen takes a while eh?

Baldrick, what starts with 'Come here' and ends in 'Owch'?
Don't know?
Come here.

[Subedei]

Let's just hope the loading screen takes a while eh?



You would have enough time on my computer; considering "i-would-guess-hardware-eating"-MTWII. :laugh4:

[JFC]

You would have enough time on my computer; considering "i-would-guess-hardware-eating"-MTWII.

Now that's a quote!:laugh4: :2thumbsup:

[Horatius]

What no blackadder quotes yet?

Problem is that they would all have to be Black Adder the First Quotes and the funny scenes require two quotes not one for example

From this day forth I shall be known as "The black Vegetable"-Black Adder

Milord wouldn't something more like the Black Adder be more cunning?-Baldric

But Baldric I have an even more cunning plan, the Black Adder-Black Adder

Having just one of those quotes in wouldn't be good, you need Baldrick and Black Adder's piece.

[Peasant Phill]

true but you can still use some:

He's a witch, the hair proves it.

[JFC]

OH MY GOD!
Jesus

I like Chicken.
The Spartan

[Ibn Munqidh]

" All Your Base Are Belong to Us! " - Cats

[Ibn Munqidh]

"I have witnessed almost one hundred battles and skirmishes, and every part of my body is marked by a sword cut, or a spear thrust, or an arrow shot, and yet I die in my bed, under my very nose, just as the camel dies, may the eyes of cowards never rest in sleep!"
-Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

[GodWillsIt]

I once fought two days with an arrow through my testicle.
-Godfrey of Ibelin

God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn't, then he is not God and we need not worry.
-Balian of Ibelin

Deep...Real deep.


When I am not King, I quake for Islam
-Saladin

[bazboy]

This seems to got really out of control, although most of the quotes are funny! :laugh4:

Although I would have to agree with a couple other people in saying that loading screen quotes would get boring and repetitive. I would prefer a cool way of loading, the loading bar could be experimented with and made nice and fun to look at. Or I think the best way to deal with loading screens is to go and get something to eat whilst you wait for it to load, or watch TV. :laugh4: or do any odd jobs you need to get done. the one addition i like about this medieval 2: total war is how the battlefield comes straight from the map (i only played rome: total war for a couple days, not sure if it was the same in that, correct me if wrong), i think that will interest the player.

i still think getting a drink or getting food is the best way to deal with loading screens, it is just like comercials on TV, but you can't flick the channel

whatever,

we will see what happens

thanks:inquisitive: :helloo:

[Riadach]

Here lies hincmar, and savage greed aside,
he did one truly noble thing, he died.

- 'elegy' of johannes scottus eriugena on the death of the bishop hincmar in the 9th century.

[Horatius]

true but you can still use some:

He's a witch, the hair proves it.

I agree, and well done on remembering that one, although I think the funniest Black Adder I quotes are the dialogues

What did I miss?-Richard IV

Oh Uncle Harry tried to kill Uncle Edmund-(The nine year old princesse supposed to be Edmund Black Adder's wife)

Or better yet

"Who is that slimmy fellow"-Richard III

"I know not my lord I shall ask my son, Harry who is that?"-Prince Richard

"It is your other son milord"-Harry

[kataphraktoi]

"For the army is the glory of the Emperor and the power of the palace"

- Katakalon Kekaumenos

[The Spartan (Returns)]

Ceasar010 is now loved by all.
(Ptolomey, The Spartan)

[shammy63]

We need more of those witty Muslim quotes...

Such as:

"If the mountain doesn't come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain!"

Arabic pronoun

[Ph34rb0t]

purely for humours sake.. I think that every quote should be from Blackadder.. or Monty Python and the holy grail... or not?

They dont have to be contemporary quotes do they? didnt they quote Winston Churchill in R:TW... or was that Call of Duty:oops:

Just one quote from me..

Soldier to Commander of Catholic army ready to descend on Cathar village: Sire.. but how will we know which are Catholic and which are heretics?

Commander ready for slaughter: God will tell the difference when they reach heaven!

(shockingly misquoted!)

[JFC]

"I bent my Wookiee!"
Ralph Wiggum

"Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel."
Homer Simpson

[The Spartan (Returns)]

Son of a b**** boom!
-Flanders

[Horatius]

From Black Adder again

"But you are a man milord"-Persy

"Ah but how will they know I am Persy"-Black Adder

"Well they can look up that tree in Lincolnshire"-Persy

[george33387]

I have a calendar of 365 quotes one at each day. I'm writing them to word and saving them. I will chose some that much total war and post them

[eastemnet]

Just one quote from me..

Soldier to Commander of Catholic army ready to descend on Cathar village: Sire.. but how will we know which are Catholic and which are heretics?

Commander ready for slaughter: God will tell the difference when they reach heaven!

(shockingly misquoted!)

This one would fit well with M2:TW. It is the best one I have seen here so far IMO.



Here is mine that I could dig up:


"Also say to them, that they suffer him this day to win his spurs, for if god be pleased, I will this journey be his, and the honor thereof."

Or, more simply:

"Let the boy win his spurs"

-Edward III, speaking of the Black Prince.

[Mount Suribachi]

looks like they're in ~:)

http://www.g4mers.com/images/previews/shot_34_499.jpg

[The Blind Samurai]

uhh
God Wills it!!!!-pope paul

[Biggus Diccus]

Let blood! blood! BLOOD! be our motto!

King Richard IV of England.

[alexrugr]

"He who comes to us with a sword,will die by the sword"-Alexander Nevsky

[monkian]

God said love all men as thy Brother, unless hes Turkish, then kill the bastard !' Richard IV (from the comedy Blackadder)