Senate Faction Icon [Archive]

JeffSteel

03-25-2007, 04:19

So I was rummaging around the faction icons for EB and came across this one for the senate:

https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/JeffCSteel/Misc/symbol128_senate.png

While obviously not being used currently, I was wondering what the backstory was behind it, why it was put in originally, and why it was no longer being used, that sort of thing. Can any of the "insiders" help satisfy my curiosity?

Teleklos Archelaou

03-25-2007, 05:06

It was done by Parmenio quite early on, dunno the story behind it, but it was done early on when the senate was thought to be necessary still I believe.

Spoofa

03-25-2007, 05:10

That eagle looks very angry, and menacing.. rawr...

abou

03-25-2007, 05:20

.rar

Dux Corvanus

03-25-2007, 13:06

Yep, it was made by Parmenio as a candidate -among several- to Roman or Senate icon. He himself discarded it, despite being quite good, because the eagle looked quite chickenish, and didn't inspire power.

I guess the old icon thread must be buried somewhere. It included Parmenio's impressive efforts, Parmenio's not-quite-impressive sudden defection (What happened to the guy? We never knew, maybe something happened to him. Hope he's OK), and my first ludicrous attempts to take his task forward -a bit ashaming but tender (just like being Süssmayr and trying to finish Mozart's Requiem).

Will_YouFight_ForME

03-25-2007, 17:35

ahh the senate those were the days,

mozarts requiem dies irae? one of my fave pieces of music :inquisitive:

Teleklos Archelaou

03-25-2007, 18:29

Well, dux is right. Now that he mentions it, it is clearer in my memory too - Parmenio did it as an icon for the entire Romani faction, but we weren't happy with it really (chicken comments already mentioned) and stuck it in as a senate icon instead. It wasn't designed for the Senate only, my mistake if I conveyed that.

JeffSteel

03-25-2007, 22:51

Ah, so there it is. Didn't really see the chiken resemblence until now, :laugh4: !

The Celt

03-27-2007, 02:00

Interesting. And speaking of the Senate, are there any plans on using that slot for a new faction? If not maybe someone can start a minimod and include a new faction!:idea2:

Teleklos Archelaou

03-27-2007, 02:39

We definitely already used the senate slot - that's why the Sabaeans are in the game now.

The Celt

03-27-2007, 03:06

We definitely already used the senate slot - that's why the Sabaeans are in the game now.
Doh! So thats how they got there!:laugh4: Which means just about every slot is used now!(Inc the Rebels)

Barbarossa82

03-27-2007, 10:22

That symbol kind of reminds me of the terrifying German parliament Death Chicken (http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/320000/images/_320326_eagle150.jpg).