View Full Version : The secret shames of askthepizzaguy
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2007, 14:51
You know that pathetic thing people do when they are expecting a phone call? Waiting by the phone? Or how about sitting at home in your underpants staring at your inbox hitting the "refesh" button, hoping to get a new letter?* My secret shame is posting on this forum and then hitting the refresh button until someone responds. But since we are on the topic of confessions, let me continue. I've made a list. *ahem*
1. I have never played as the Moors.
2. I have never made it past turn 70 unless deliberately trying to face the Mongols.
3. I've never seen the Timurids, as I generally annihilate the Mongols by then.
4. I've never been past turn 90.
5. I'm not familiar with the term "gum... pow... er"
6. I get a small thrill every time I sack a city, much like a cocaine addict.
7. I used to be the ultimate chivalrous player. I even got my reputation all the way up to "very reliable" on a regular basis
8. ...on the original, unpatched version where diplomacy is broken.
9. I played as a brutal dictator exactly one time before I was hooked, and I never looked back.
10. I haven't ever had a serious girlfriend, mostly due to my addiction to video games. Therefore, I am secretly attracted to every woman who posts on this forum.
11. I've memorized "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and can perform it by myself, including the silly voices, with uncanny accuracy.
12. I've listened to all the commentaries on every existing Simpsons and Futurama DVD box set, and sometimes fall asleep to the sound of their voices. It's the closest thing I have to friends.
13. I auto-resolve most of my battles, except the ones I know the auto-calc will make me lose.
14. I never build navies.
15. I don't defend my settlements anymore.
16. I post on this forum in order to be popular.
17. I have never used seige equipment other than ballistae.
18. I only just started building armor for my troops this week.
19. I've been over 100,000 florins in debt, and I didn't even remotely care.
20. I think anyone who can do a blitz game with Russia is badass.
21. Which means I think I am a badass.
22. My idea of cooking is adding water to ramen noodles and putting it in the microwave.
23. I think exterminating the settlement of a former ally on the very turn I betrayed them makes me hardcore.
24. I think my original signature line is more hilarious than yours, but the pink elephant is even funnier.
25. The only modded game I've ever played is Rome: Total Realism.
26. I'm getting far too lazy to create new photobucket accounts to hold all of my screenshots.
27. You can earn more from sacking one city every 10 turns than you can from using merchants. (Not really my shame, per se... but a shame nonetheless)
28. I discovered that Egypt is the most powerful faction in the game, and I can prove it using math, and I think that makes me badass.
29. I have never heard of any of the music you listen to.
30. I play remixed versions of other game soundtracks while I play Medieval 2.
31. I live in my parent's garage.
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Now that I have made all of this public knowledge, I will now click the refresh button until someone responds. Feel free to share your shames.
By the way, it's only because I am in college and I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my ass.
:elephant: This is the only way to demonstrate how insane I am.
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*According to Futurama co-creator David X Cohen, the word "underpants" is 30% funnier than the word "underwear".
Kadagar_AV
07-17-2007, 15:03
Wont keep you waiting to long though....
That was probably the most honest post I've read ever. I dont believe in juding other humans though, so as long as you are comfortable with your life, play on:)
Quite a few of the lines made me laugh out loud, no. 10 in particular.
Oh, and I do recognise myself in a lot posted, and I have friends who are basicly the same as you (only, they obviosly have at least one friend).
You'r valued on these boards at least, and a very respected player (even those who unlike blitz have to give you kudos for being the master at it).
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2007, 15:11
Wont keep you waiting to long though....
That was probably the most honest post I've read ever. I dont believe in juding other humans though, so as long as you are comfortable with your life, play on:)
Quite a few of the lines made me laugh out loud, no. 10 in particular.
Oh, and I do recognise myself in a lot posted, and I have friends who are basicly the same as you (only, they obviosly have at least one friend).
You'r valued on these boards at least, and a very respected player (even those who unlike blitz have to give you kudos for being the master at it).
EDIT: 200th post!
Yes, I must admit, I am too intimidated by the awesomeness of female posters on this forum to even speak to them. That's secret shame number 32.
Would anyone care to join the Expansionist's Guild? All brutal conquerors, blitzers, shameful warmongers, and the turtles who admire them are welcome!
What the hell, I will do mine. True Confessions of Budwise.
27/M/Salem, Oregon
I have never played seriously any faction other than England although I have uprooted and moved to the Holy Lands on the first two turns.
I did that just so I can finally fight the Timurids and Mongols but the Timurids spawned in a different area and I never expanded there.
I rarely play for less than a hundred turns.
Diplomacy is boring but I am just DRIVEN to keep trying, best score I have recieved was VERY RELIABLE (anyone see better?).
Gunpowder is overrated, unless your on a Panzerphant.
Sacking a city is great but I feel guilty exterminating unless they rebelled against me, then it feels good to do.
I have a serious girlfriend. Shes half Cambodian, half black and 11 years older. I think we are almost done but a girl at work who is even hotter like me so it doesn't hurt as much. But I am a sap for not giving up and keep trying to make things work.https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/Budwise_thefirst/HawaiiVacation3.jpg Pictures real but the background is fake, I hated the background she picked so I edited it out and added mine
Favorite TV show of all time is BABYLON 5. Use Netflix to get the whole series but don't watch them because it will ruin other "simplistic" tv for a while.
I also auto-resolve most of my battles, except the ones I know the auto-calc will make me lose. Or I will play the few that I would find fun as hell like a whole Longbowmen army on my side.
Navies I use but its not my bread and butter, I use them mostly for transports.
I am completely ANAL about defending what is mine. I can't stand to see a city fall and will do EVERYTHING I can to see it hold out, even if it weakens me.
I post on this forum due to boredom and because as a whole I have lost interest in the internet looking up other things.
I use all forms of Siege Equipment but the ballista but building the buildings required is a real pain and I often don't build them until I have nothing else to build.
I can't stand to be in debt but I have never been super rich either.
Thats because I am completely obsessed with building buildings EVERYWHERE.
The grosses thing I have ever seen foodwise is my Cambodian (But was born in Vietnam. Its like Washington/Oregon boarderwise, what are you going to do?) girlfriend was eating a soup made of a few things that LOOKED, SMELLED, and probably TASTED like a womans period, no joke.
The only mod that I have ever played is the Custom Campaign Mod but I feel it needs work on the Aztecs, as I have said before.
I am getting far too lazy to even post pictures on Photobucket anymore.
England would probably crush Egypt, I want to see your math. Archers with Stakes vs Horse Archers really isn't a fair fight.
I really wish I could add the Viking Music from MTW:VI to this game.
Because of some problems in this house with the kids accepting me, I stay in the room on the other side of the garage until its time to go to bed. Stupid kids because that really cuts down on "Pickle Tickle" time.
One of the most dramatic experiences in my life was when I was attack by my girlfriend exhusband with a foot long butcher knife. https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/Budwise_thefirst/knife_inline.jpg This isn't the knife but looks just like it, police kept the knife
I won the fight by breaking his finger but was cut up with minor wounds 6 times, one on the side of my abdomen.
We were moving into that house at the time because she was trying to sell her old house and their was nothing for me to grab at the time, I was unarmed for 15 minutes as he was wacking away.
I will always brag about that day but pretend it bothers me and how I "regret" it happening to my girlfriend and her kids.
I have been to Vietnam, its great if your a dork because you will feel like a celebrity there when EVERYBODY stops what they are doing and stares at you when you walk by. Apparently in a backwater village they have never seen a White Person before. It sucks though that they always looked down on her for being a Kamauw (Khmer for the N word) but would love me because I am light.
I think the Moderators here are a little power happy at times. They do a great job but sometimes I think they could let some of the language and lesser rules go. I do respect that they try to keep this forum clean though.
Too much info, I know, would like to hear anyone elses though.
I only look awful or stupid like that in pictures. As a whole I am not bad but not the trophy boyfriend either.
I weigh 155 now but at one time weighed 250.
I have a son by an ex-girlfriend who is old enough to be my mom. Urggg, still regret knowing and having to deal with her over William.
I work in a food processing plant where we do frozen vegetables. I make 9.55 and hour but I need the medical. Ever hear of brands "Monarch, FlavRpak, Westpak, Food Club, Soup Supreme" before?
I have Multiple Sclerosis. Its where your immune system thinks your nervous system is evil and attacks it. So, once in a while I will lose feeling or the ability to use a(or many) body part(s) for a while.
Anyone else.
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2007, 15:55
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=88116
EDIT: The photos are broken, but the saved game files should still work.
Because of their position, they can gobble up the entire map with two jihads. Perhaps other factions have better late period troops, but no one can touch Egypt when it comes to blitzing.
The HRE may have a slight advantage in the very beginning of the game, but because it is surrounded by Catholic factions it is very awkward to maintain that level of blitz. I guarantee Egypt surpasses the HRE post turn 40.
Once Dongola-Novgorod is taken, it only takes one more jihad to wipe out the rest of the map.
I would love to play human v human, as Egypt versus your strongest faction. I'd be willing to wager money that I would pwn all. I think the HRE would be the only faction that would even resemble a challenge.
I might try that a little later.
Privateerkev
07-17-2007, 16:10
16. I post on this forum in order to be popular.
Then you have grossly misjudged the sociology of this board. Since none of us are popular, it would be difficult to be popular among us. But, I guess as the saying goes, "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king."
:laugh4:
Well as my dad used to say, "Better to be king of the retards than a nobody among men." Sorry for the "political incorrectness" but the idea applys here. Not everyone here is a loser or a loner though, save that for the First Person Shooter or Game Magazine messageboards. THe people who write here are of more intelligent backgrounds and often need to find someone to relate an actual conversation to. Although my asian gf and I can talk for hours, and we do quite often, we have never had one conversation about Movies, Video Games, Whos hotter between __ and __ or any other waste of time topics that men enjoy.
Her and I are also too jealous and too homebodied to really leave the house much unless the other person is going too so we hardly have any friends outside her and I. I said earlier that we aren't doing so well but I believe when the house sales things will get better when we have more money to do things with. I will miss this house, it has an inground pool with the pumps and everything in the backyard.
Also, I agree, I hit the refresh button WAY too much too.
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2007, 17:58
Well as my dad used to say, "Better to be king of the retards than a nobody among men." Sorry for the "political incorrectness" but the idea applys here. Not everyone here is a loser or a loner though, save that for the First Person Shooter or Game Magazine messageboards. THe people who write here are of more intelligent backgrounds and often need to find someone to relate an actual conversation to. Although my asian gf and I can talk for hours, and we do quite often, we have never had one conversation about Movies, Video Games, Whos hotter between __ and __ or any other waste of time topics that men enjoy.
Her and I are also too jealous and too homebodied to really leave the house much unless the other person is going too so we hardly have any friends outside her and I. I said earlier that we aren't doing so well but I believe when the house sales things will get better when we have more money to do things with. I will miss this house, it has an inground pool with the pumps and everything in the backyard.
Also, I agree, I hit the refresh button WAY too much too.
Hmm... intelligent conversation? Sounds intriguing.
Although, I'm sure the forum does need to revolve around M2TW, so we couldn't go too far off topic here. I'm sure no one wants to hear my political or religious views. Nothing degenerates a thread or an entire forum like those topics.
Ramses II CP
07-17-2007, 18:47
Ten years ago I was much the same about a little war game called Myth and the community that sprang up around it. Also while I was in college. The difference, the one that makes it much more shameful for me, is that I had a woman in my life at the time, and she ended up being my wife. :juggle2:
I'm no expert, but if you want my advice:
1. Treat a forum like a public billboard, check it out when you walk by but don't make a habit of hanging around hoping someone will buy that old couch you're selling.
2. Keep a copy of anything you write that you find especially brilliant. Not only because 'this too shall pass,' but so that in few years later you'll have a good laugh looking back.
3. When you get up from the computer, forget that you have one.
It's interesting how games and fandom produce places and patterns like this, no doubt rolled all the way down from the first games men imagined to entertain themselves. Enjoy it. :2thumbsup:
John_Longarrow
07-17-2007, 18:54
askthepizzaguy
You may want to talk to a local Guard or Reserve recruiter then. If you go Infantry (either Army, or Marines if you really want the cooler uniform) you will have a much easier time talking to women. They will no longer be .. Wait, I've got to go copy what it was they do to you...
intimidated
by them. You will have much more humiliating and stressful issues to deal with, so talking to them will be easy. The main reason I'm suggesting part time instead of full time for the military is that it won't interfere with your gaming as much.
Of course, then you may really get to try blitzing in the Holy land... :devilish:
TeutonicKnight
07-17-2007, 19:04
Nice job all.
37/Male/Denver, Colorado.
Married for 15 years (oh my god has it been that long?)
She tolerates my gaming. I tolerate her shopping. It works. :)
I have never managed to wrap my head around the evil overlord concept. Every time I start, I watch my rep fall and freak out.
I have never finished an M2TW game. I get bored, usually right around the Mongol Invasion or Gunpowder, and start another.
I have made it to the Aztecs exactly once. It involved a lot of repetitive end-turn clicks.
I'm the ultimate turtle. I hardly ever start a war, and just let the AI take the initiative. This has seriously screwed up some games.
I absolutely despise fighting enemy armies in the field that have seige equipment, and almost always auto-calc them. Often I'll auto-win them too just for spite. If I could mod-out the AI's use of ballistas, catapults, and trebuchets, I would in a heartbeat.
I hardly ever fight wandering rebels fairly. I send a family member and auto-win them. Cheap, yes. But I hate the rebel spawn mechanic since it doesn't rely on local happiness at all.
I never assault fortresses or citadels. Can't stand the casualties. I invade them with spies and auto-calc it.
I use auto-calc a lot. :)
When I'm overflowing in cash, I'll sometimes use process_cq just to burn it up. Yes, I could give it to an AI, but I've found that ends up ruining them later. Hmm, that could be an interesting anti-mongol tactic...
:help: ehm... No offence, but now I know what is mean by the term "White and Nerdy"
I'm 17, is there any way to know if I'm in the safe zone, or if I will end up living in my parents garage or date a chick 11 years older then me?
TeutonicKnight
07-17-2007, 19:07
:help: ehm... No offence, but now I know what is mean by the term "White and Nerdy"
I'm 17, is there any way to know if I'm in the safe zone, or if I will end up living in my parents garage or date a chick 11 years older then me?
You are posting in the Guild. Your fate is already determined.
Get used to it. :)
Galapagos
07-17-2007, 19:10
Is this thread related to M2TW????:hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked:
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2007, 19:13
askthepizzaguy
You may want to talk to a local Guard or Reserve recruiter then. If you go Infantry (either Army, or Marines if you really want the cooler uniform) you will have a much easier time talking to women. They will no longer be intimidated by them. You will have much more humiliating and stressful issues to deal with, so talking to them will be easy. The main reason I'm suggesting part time instead of full time for the military is that it won't interfere with your gaming as much.
Of course, then you may really get to try blitzing in the Holy land... :devilish:
No dice, Long John.
:laugh4:
As stated in another thread, I am an ardent pacifist, except in cases of self-defense or preventing an atrocity. So I could never willingly join a military organization, as I might be ordered into combat under circumstances I could not justify, thereby resulting in a decision to disobey orders, which would lead to being dishonorably discharged, wasting the taxpayer's money on my training and possibly compromising a mission. Trust me, the military doesn't want to recruit a guy like me.
I know you were only jokingly suggesting such a thing, but since this is a bare-all thread, I felt it necessary to spell out my objection
Hmm... intelligent conversation? Sounds intriguing.
Although, I'm sure the forum does need to revolve around M2TW, so we couldn't go too far off topic here. I'm sure no one wants to hear my political or religious views. Nothing degenerates a thread or an entire forum like those topics.
Actually, I would. I am having a really :elephant: day, my truck died and now I am forced to take three days off of work. Urgggg, too much. Please tell how things are. A little off topic is nice sometimes although this is a MTW message board, it doesn't hurt to hear how the advice or strategies that we try from others comes from.
Ten years ago I was much the same about a little war game called Myth and the community that sprang up around it. Also while I was in college. The difference, the one that makes it much more shameful for me, is that I had a woman in my life at the time, and she ended up being my wife. :juggle2:
I'm no expert, but if you want my advice:
1. Treat a forum like a public billboard, check it out when you walk by but don't make a habit of hanging around hoping someone will buy that old couch you're selling.
2. Keep a copy of anything you write that you find especially brilliant. Not only because 'this too shall pass,' but so that in few years later you'll have a good laugh looking back.
3. When you get up from the computer, forget that you have one.
It's interesting how games and fandom produce places and patterns like this, no doubt rolled all the way down from the first games men imagined to entertain themselves. Enjoy it. :2thumbsup:
I do 1 and 3, I should start 2 though, good idea.
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2007, 19:18
Is this thread related to M2TW????:hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked: :hijacked:
Ummm... vaguely. Most of the posts here have something to do with it.
:help: ehm... No offence, but now I know what is mean by the term "White and Nerdy"
I'm 17, is there any way to know if I'm in the safe zone, or if I will end up living in my parents garage or date a chick 11 years older then me?
Hey!! No, thats fair. I date older because I hate the whole drinking/partying faze. Plus, my gf is pretty good looking and where else am I going to find someone with the same qualites that I look for. The girl at work I mentioned earlier who likes me at work is exactly my age and a hell of a lot better looking than my girlfriend and its kinda creepy. Thats one thing I do like about Lien is that we are both extremely jealous, I don't want to add stress by more competition. Plus, I tend to just stay with One woman and want a girlfriend that feels that one man is enough. Younger people don't believe in that. Also, I lived with my grandparents growing up because my parents were addicts so I adapted their living style. The age difference to me is a plus, not a minus. But to her though it does bother her a lot sometimes.
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Edited for M2TW, who else will be with a guy who spends some time on the weekend trying to kill these pixels with those pixels over there? It makes me able to enjoy my game without interuptions, problems, minor inconviences.
quite... I hate the drinking/partying faze as well, but I go out with chicks my age none the less. Unless you're just looking to get laid, there's no need to go to parties. I don't, as I preffer sleeping with a girlfriend rather then with a random chick.
People are different, and there are always one of each kind. If you're not finding the right girl, look harder and in different places.
That being said, I said no offence, and I meant it. If you wanna date an older girl, that's fine with me, I'm happy for you. However I preffer a girl that hasn't been married and had children before, becouse of several reasons, but mostly the jealous ex-husbonds/boyfriends issue.
Congratulations askthepizzaguy, your honesty and subtle humor has earned you the hero of the day for today.
I absolutely despise fighting enemy armies in the field that have seige equipment, and almost always auto-calc them. Often I'll auto-win them too just for spite. If I could mod-out the AI's use of ballistas, catapults, and trebuchets, I would in a heartbeat.
I also despise the AI's senseless use of seige equipment. It would be better if the AI simply never built siege equipment. It ruins siege battles and it ruins field battles. Mainly because the AI will have an entire army of siege equipment and a noble with perhaps one or two non-siege units.
I hardly ever fight wandering rebels fairly. I send a family member and auto-win them. Cheap, yes. But I hate the rebel spawn mechanic since it doesn't rely on local happiness at all.
I never assault fortresses or citadels. Can't stand the casualties. I invade them with spies and auto-calc it.
I use auto-calc a lot. :)
I am the exact opposite of this. I only ever auto calculate if the opposing army is some two unit rebel army and I have a huge army. And that itself is rare. I also enjoy assaulting fortresses and citadels when the AI actually garrisons them with units.
Tschüß!
Erich
That being said, I said no offence, and I meant it. If you wanna date an older girl, that's fine with me, I'm happy for you. However I preffer a girl that hasn't been married and had children before, becouse of several reasons, but mostly the jealous ex-husbonds/boyfriends issue.
Its okay, none taken. If I do leave her which is possible after things settle down but don't get better I would believe it will be due to that she still has feelings for her ex-husband. The a-hole went to prison for a measure 11 Assault 2 charge for that knife incident (5 years, 10 months) but I still hear my ex-husband this or that. If I would have known this before, I would have left but now I am needed so I stay. Anyways, with today off I will play M2TW later from the start, again, and take over Russia by Blitzing from England.
1. and only. m2tw is first tw game that give me a felling that im not a fascist after all.
John_Longarrow
07-17-2007, 21:37
AskThePizzaGuy,
OK, then talk to them about Civil Affairs or Public Affairs, unless your morals preclude you from either helping people (the former) or lying to them (the later). :evilgrin:
I've met more liberals in both CA and PA than conservatives. Both are "I'm not going to fight anyone" kinda jobs, and both can be very satisfying for different reasons. Neither should put you in a spot where you are getting shot at /shooting anyone unless it IS for personal defence.
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 01:47
Secret shames? Ahh, the list is brief but like an arrow through my heart.
2) I have never played a campaign in any TW game as a horse archer nation because they take micromanagement on the battlefield and I'm too lazy.
3) The next door neighbours cat didn't get hit by a car. I strangled it after it attacked me in my own home at night, then threw it in the road. Pic to prove that it deserved it, I'm now scarred from it.
http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z23/gail101cat/?action=view¤t=Image002.jpg
4) I don't understand, or want to understand Sudoku.
5) I prefer M2TW over MTW and never liked STW really.
6) I am as bigoted as anyone else, even though I like to sound holier than thou when it suits. eg I would never play pass the parcel at a muslim party.
7) I have quit campaigns because they were beating me. :shame:
8) I have a very good friend that is French.
I have left number 1) until last because it is the worst, most shameful thing I have ever done...
1) I refused the offer of sex with my girlfriend and her (female) friend at the same time, because I had just settled down to watch an England World Cup match in '94 with beer and a pizza. That offer has never come again in my whole life. (no!, I'm not gay) SHAME :shame: SHAME :shame: SHAME :shame:
edit: @Budwise are those your real arms in that picture? Or are they some sort of comedy arms that could go round the world twice? Maybe it's just me but them's damn long arms buddy. Mind you they would seem like that to me as mine are only about 1ft long, I'm like a human version of a T-Rex.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 01:51
The posts are definitley interesting, to say the least.
I understand some of the posts go a little off topic, but I am trying to keep the general subject M2TW, so hopefully any moderators will not lock this thread just yet.
Secret shames? Ahh, the list is brief but like an arrow through my heart.
2) I have never played a campaign in any TW game as a horse archer nation because they take micromanagement on the battlefield and I'm too lazy.
3) The next door neighbours cat didn't get hit by a car. I strangled it after it attacked me in my own home at night, then threw it in the road. Pic to prove that it deserved it, I'm now scarred from it.
4) I don't understand, or want to understand Sudoku.
6) I am as bigoted as anyone else, even though I like to sound holier than thou when it suits. eg I would never play pass the parcel at a muslim party.
7) I have quit campaigns because they were beating me. :shame:
I have left number 1) until last because it is the worst, most shameful thing I have ever done...
1) I refused the offer of sex with my girlfriend and her (female) friend at the same time, because I had just settled down to watch an England World Cup match in '94 with beer and a pizza. That offer has never come again in my whole life. (no!, I'm not gay) SHAME :shame: SHAME :shame: SHAME :shame:
edit: @Budwise are those your real arms in that picture? Or are they some sort of comedy arms that could go round the world twice? Maybe it's just me but them's damn long arms buddy. Mind you they would seem like that to me as mine are only about 1ft long, I'm like a human version of a T-Rex.
2. I agree
3. Wow, nice honesty
4. I understand it but personally would not play it, I perfer problems that you don't have to guess on, like Logic Problems because I am too stubborn to admit that I am wrong to myself. Funny that I will admit it to others though.
6. Same here, There are two types of Immigrants at work, Mexicans and Asians. I started dating an asian just to shut people up about me being racist against others (I'm not, I just don't really have any interest in mexican culture or music and don't talk much because I don't know WHAT to talk about.)
7. Never had that problem, and that depresses me but I tend to cheat EVERY time I can't afford a guild that I want to get enough money to do so.
Now the sex one, I swear on my childs life this is trueWhen I was playing with the idea of helping my girlfriend with her cousin come over, my girlfriend said that if I left her I could still come over ANY time I want and have sex even after we break up or even AROUND the same time I am around the other girl (Take it anyway you like, I WOULDN'T ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION.). I declined because I am not like that. She said recently that after the house sells and we live in different homes, if I broke up with her, I could call whenever I want and she would come over. I have better morals than that so I declined
And the edit, NO - those are my real arms, I posted the real picture and they are quite short. I just never had a good picture before. Note - Damn they look long, wth https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/Budwise_thefirst/LienandPaul.jpg
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 02:10
Agreed, it's just a little fun. And hopefully we'll find a little more information about the people we don't know but we do converse with regularly in the Citadel.
Hopefully it's just putting some skin on the bones of the folks we see regularly in this section of the forum.
My points were all honest, and hopefully you understand a little more about me, and vice versa. I only visit the Citadel and Hardware And Software so moving it would mean I miss out with the people I recognise.
@Budwise, your spoiler is damn fine. You obviously have something, not just long arms.
I have left number 1) until last because it is the worst, most shameful thing I have ever done...
1) I refused the offer of sex with my girlfriend and her (female) friend at the same time, because I had just settled down to watch an England World Cup match in '94 with beer and a pizza. That offer has never come again in my whole life. (no!, I'm not gay) SHAME :shame: SHAME :shame: SHAME :shame:
What. The. Hell. :furious3:
SHAME on you! I've had plenty of girlfriends, but none of them have had any remote interest in bringing their friends along (even if I had already slept with the friend)!!! Seriusly, live in shame, man... Maybe I shouldn't even call you a man? Nah, that's to cruel. You sacrificed a threesome with 2 chicks for a football game, that's hardcore dedication man, that's Respect.
Agreed, it's just a little fun. And hopefully we'll find a little more information about the people we don't know but we do converse with regularly in the Citadel.
Hopefully it's just putting some skin on the bones of the folks we see regularly in this section of the forum.
My points were all honest, and hopefully you understand a little more about me, and vice versa. I only visit the Citadel and Hardware And Software so moving it would mean I miss out with the people I recognise.
@Budwise, your spoiler is damn fine. You obviously have something, not just long arms.
Damn, I just won't shut up today, I must be very annoyed with the car(S) at my house in the shop right now. Just to prove that I am honest, here is some MRI scans of the damaged Nerves in my brain. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THINKING, PERSONALLITY OR ANY NORMAL BRAIN FUNCTION. It just makes loss of feeling or dexterity in certain areas like I would be paralized in my legs and can't walk for a few weeks but I will get the feeling back. The damaged scartissue is perminent though.
https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/Budwise_thefirst/I0000171.jpg https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/Budwise_thefirst/I0000174.jpg http://www.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hom_gen_homepage for more info on MS. Also, the White Spots are the damaged Nerve Coating called myelin. Which is what MS is. Also, I would like to apologise to the PizzaGuy for highjacking his topic, please forgive me. Also, shes hella hot ALL DRESSED UP, I may post some better pictures later if requested. She doesn't look at all older. Now please, can someone else write like Pizza guy or even I did. I would love to hear others stories.
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 02:24
No, that's being young and thinking the offer will come around again when it suits me. SHAME :shame: SHAME:shame: SHAME:shame:
BTW, the friend she was bringing became a "friend" of mine a little afterwards, but that's no big deal. I missed out on a 2 vs 1 battle and will probably never ever get offered that again in my life. SHAME :shame: SHAME :shame: SHAME :shame:
@Budwise. But man that must give you a great excuse to play non stop TW for a couple of weeks though. Just looking at that cloud's silver lining.
ANOTHER EDIT: Just gave me a thought, anyone fancy a "meet the missus" thread somewhere? Just for laughs... you'll get one from mine if I can get a photo without her cracking the lens. Like I said, just a thought.
ANOTHER EDIT: Just gave me a thought, anyone fancy a "meet the missus" thread somewhere? Just for laughs... you'll get one from mine if I can get a photo without her cracking the lens. Like I said, just a thought.
Do you really think we need pictures of lotion bottles, blow up dolls, or towels in the corner.
I can't help the burn. Please don't close this thread for that, trying to make a funny. I am kinda tired of every other post being mine so in responce to Pizzaguys two post down, I agree - we need to get back on topic before they shut this one down.
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 02:49
Good call Budwise. Like I said though, just a thought. It would be amazing to see how many people are attached to Pamela Anderson or Kylie don't you think?
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 02:49
RIGHT. Yes, good, great, awesome, spectacular.
Shall we get back to the topic now?
From this point discussions such as the most recent should be done in private message.
Now, on with the show!
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Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 02:53
The show?
So far we've had you and two others out of 35 posts posting their secret shames. I'm just hoping that more will join the "show", but I guess we are just filling blank space until then. :balloon2:
Kadagar_AV
07-18-2007, 03:11
IMHO, passing a FFM is cause for a ban... SHAME!
Ok, so here goes my list (in no particular order):
1. I have a double identity. I work as teacher and doing a damn good job at it too, but when the schools (new year, xstmas, springbreak aso) are closed I go down to the alps, work as ski instructor and take every drug I can find and have sex with girls the age of my students.
2. I actually feel smart every time I win a battle in M2, and when I have a heroic victory I feel like I could kick Ender Wiggins behind any day.
3. I have yet to see the point of archers ingame, and IF I include them it's because of fluff reasons (RP/historical accuracy). They just dont score any kills! If enemy has lots of archers I can just steamroll them, if they dont I'm glad Idont have any as I'd get steamrolled (this goes for all non-mounted ranged troops).
4. Artillery, their role on the battlescreen I have yet to understand. Even in bridge battles I dont seem to rack up any decent amount of kills with them.
5. I'm to lazy to deal with rebel stacks, they can sit around for hundreds of years before I bother to clear them.
6. I consider myself a tactical genious (sp?), so I choose not to play battles online for the fear of finding out I was wrong.
7. I have probably had sex with more girls than the rest of this board combined, yet I still sometimes exaggerate when talking with my friends.
8. I refuse to play as a muslim nation cause I just dont like muslims. I used to be the most non-racist guy around, but having worked at a center for teenagers in a ghetto the past 6 months has made me a true racist.
9. I secretly wish someone would bomb the ghetto where I work and do the country a service.
10. I have held an anti-drug class while high.
11. Allthough I always seen myself as a socialist (I'm the type of guy having Che Guevarra on my T-shirt) I have lately found that all of my beliefs are closer to the conservatives.
12. I havent used a condom since 95 (and never caught ANYTHING!). My penis must be made of iron.
13. Out of frustration, I recently played a game where my only goal was to exterminate the muslim cities to ashes (exterminate, let enemy recaptaure, exterminate aso).
14. I consider myself to be hyper-intelligent, but I refuse to do an IQ test for fear of being disappointed.
BRACE YOURSELF!
15. I haven't done the dishes the last 4 months and just avoid the kitchen. My meals are either "eat out" or microwavedishes on paper plates with plastic forks.
16. I sneak into my mothers house while she is on vacation just to cook.
17. I'm moving in august, odds are I'll just throw all of the dishes away tehn rather than dish them.
You can ban me now... or just shoot me.
EDIT: Racist was a bad choice of word, I dont believe some races are X and others are Y. I'm rather a culturist, finding some cultures to stand above others from my perspective. My solution would never ever be to start liting up the gas chambers though....
RoadKill
07-18-2007, 03:14
Askthepizzaman in one of your confessions you commented on how ur attracted to any girl that posts on the forum, i think we only have one and thats prole.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 03:16
Askthepizzaman in one of your confessions you commented on how ur attracted to any girl that posts on the forum, i think we only have one and thats prole.
Nah I've seen maybe five so far.
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 03:39
Nah... he's stalking frogbeastegg.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 03:48
Nah... he's stalking frogbeastegg.
Not stalking anyone. Just silently admiring from afar.
Well, when you put it that way, it is stalking.
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 03:55
IMHO, passing a FFM is cause for a ban... SHAME! [/q]
Ok, so here goes my list (in no particular order):
1. I have a double identity. I work as teacher and doing a damn good job at it too, but when the schools (new year, xstmas, springbreak aso) are closed I go down to the alps, work as ski instructor and take every drug I can find and have sex with girls the age of my students.
2. I actually feel smart every time I win a battle in M2, and when I have a heroic victory I feel like I could kick Ender Wiggins behind any day.
3. I have yet to see the point of archers ingame, and IF I include them it's because of fluff reasons (RP/historical accuracy). They just dont score any kills! If enemy has lots of archers I can just steamroll them, if they dont I'm glad Idont have any as I'd get steamrolled (this goes for all non-mounted ranged troops).
4. Artillery, their role on the battlescreen I have yet to understand. Even in bridge battles I dont seem to rack up any decent amount of kills with them.
5. I'm to lazy to deal with rebel stacks, they can sit around for hundreds of years before I bother to clear them.
6. I consider myself a tactical genious (sp?), so I choose not to play battles online for the fear of finding out I was wrong.
7. I have probably had sex with more girls than the rest of this board combined, yet I still sometimes exaggerate when talking with my friends.
8. I refuse to play as a muslim nation cause I just dont like muslims. I used to be the most non-racist guy around, but having worked at a center for teenagers in a ghetto the past 6 months has made me a true racist.
9. I secretly wish someone would bomb the ghetto where I work and do the country a service.
10. I have held an anti-drug class while high.
11. Allthough I always seen myself as a socialist (I'm the type of guy having Che Guevarra on my T-shirt) I have lately found that all of my beliefs are closer to the conservatives.
12. I havent used a condom since 95 (and never caught ANYTHING!). My penis must be made of iron.
13. Out of frustration, I recently played a game where my only goal was to exterminate the muslim cities to ashes (exterminate, let enemy recaptaure, exterminate aso).
14. I consider myself to be hyper-intelligent, but I refuse to do an IQ test for fear of being disappointed.
BRACE YOURSELF!
15. I haven't done the dishes the last 4 months and just avoid the kitchen. My meals are either "eat out" or microwavedishes on paper plates with plastic forks.
16. I sneak into my mothers house while she is on vacation just to cook.
17. I'm moving in august, odds are I'll just throw all of the dishes away tehn rather than dish them.
You can ban me now... or just shoot me.
1) That's nothing to feel shame about, unless you feel ashamed of it. And why would you?
4) I agree with completely.
7) That's because you are gorgeous mate. :cheerleader: Glad to know you have a sense of humility.
8/9) How could I possibly agree with you on an issue like this? These people hold the same values as you and me and deserve everything that western society have worked for for a long time. Obviously.
11) It's called having a job and a mortgage. :shame: SHAME
12) OR...point 7 was a figment of your imagination.
15/17) Before I was ensnared by my wife, I used to use paper plates so I could just pick them off the floor and throw them away. You seem to use paper plates and THEN throw them away when you move. Hmm... You go to your mothers house to cook when you say you don't do it at home. Even more Hmm...
Got to say Kadagar, that seems more of a brag list than a shame list.
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 03:59
@PizzaGuy. So the court order made you keep your distance?
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 04:03
@PizzaGuy. So the court order made you keep your distance?
No. It call a disaprin.
When admire girl from afar, must use a disaprin. If you good enough guy, she notice you. If you a geek, she not notice you, but she not think you creepy.
That call a disaprin. Take skill and many year training.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 04:05
IMHO, passing a FFM is cause for a ban... SHAME!
Ok, so here goes my list (in no particular order):
1. I have a double identity. I work as teacher and doing a damn good job at it too, but when the schools (new year, xstmas, springbreak aso) are closed I go down to the alps, work as ski instructor and take every drug I can find and have sex with girls the age of my students.
2. I actually feel smart every time I win a battle in M2, and when I have a heroic victory I feel like I could kick Ender Wiggins behind any day.
3. I have yet to see the point of archers ingame, and IF I include them it's because of fluff reasons (RP/historical accuracy). They just dont score any kills! If enemy has lots of archers I can just steamroll them, if they dont I'm glad Idont have any as I'd get steamrolled (this goes for all non-mounted ranged troops).
4. Artillery, their role on the battlescreen I have yet to understand. Even in bridge battles I dont seem to rack up any decent amount of kills with them.
5. I'm to lazy to deal with rebel stacks, they can sit around for hundreds of years before I bother to clear them.
6. I consider myself a tactical genious (sp?), so I choose not to play battles online for the fear of finding out I was wrong.
7. I have probably had sex with more girls than the rest of this board combined, yet I still sometimes exaggerate when talking with my friends.
8. I refuse to play as a muslim nation cause I just dont like muslims. I used to be the most non-racist guy around, but having worked at a center for teenagers in a ghetto the past 6 months has made me a true racist.
9. I secretly wish someone would bomb the ghetto where I work and do the country a service.
10. I have held an anti-drug class while high.
11. Allthough I always seen myself as a socialist (I'm the type of guy having Che Guevarra on my T-shirt) I have lately found that all of my beliefs are closer to the conservatives.
12. I havent used a condom since 95 (and never caught ANYTHING!). My penis must be made of iron.
13. Out of frustration, I recently played a game where my only goal was to exterminate the muslim cities to ashes (exterminate, let enemy recaptaure, exterminate aso).
14. I consider myself to be hyper-intelligent, but I refuse to do an IQ test for fear of being disappointed.
BRACE YOURSELF!
15. I haven't done the dishes the last 4 months and just avoid the kitchen. My meals are either "eat out" or microwavedishes on paper plates with plastic forks.
16. I sneak into my mothers house while she is on vacation just to cook.
17. I'm moving in august, odds are I'll just throw all of the dishes away tehn rather than dish them.
You can ban me now... or just shoot me.
See? Long quotes, use spoiler.
Definitley a brag list. Minus 100 points.
Just kidding. There were some good shames in there.
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 04:10
I tried to use spoiler earlier and buggered it up. So I resorted to the technology of the stupid man because I couln't bugger it up.
@PizzaGuy. Has she noticed you yet? She's ignored me for years, except when she got the Police to protect her from me.
IMHO, passing a FFM is cause for a ban... SHAME!
6. I consider myself a tactical genious (sp?), so I choose not to play battles online for the fear of finding out I was wrong.
7. I have probably had sex with more girls than the rest of this board combined, yet I still sometimes exaggerate when talking with my friends.
12. I havent used a condom since 95 (and never caught ANYTHING!). My penis must be made of iron.
14. I consider myself to be hyper-intelligent, but I refuse to do an IQ test for fear of being disappointed.
15. I haven't done the dishes the last 4 months and just avoid the kitchen. My meals are either "eat out" or microwavedishes on paper plates with plastic forks.
You can ban me now... or just shoot me.
For me
6. Same here, losing to the computer is not as hard to grasp, I also did the same when I played Starcraft and only played online vs the CPU.
7. You will never hear another man say this but I want my Sexual numbers to stay as low as possible. https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/Budwise_thefirst/HPIM0573.jpg https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/Budwise_thefirst/HPIM0679.jpg This isn't a good picture of my girlfriend but the girl to her right side in the Light Jacket offered to have sex with me when I was in Vietnam and the whole point of me going was to marry her to help. I cancelled helping but I later found out that she was a major slut and now has HIV. I am so glad I didn't do anything because I am a good guy and even if I wanted to, you can't really find a condom around there and I probably wouldn't have used one. The one on the other side never offered but if I could, I would have rather helped her too but she told Lien that if Lien left, she would be interested. I am saying this because I said NO. That picture of the one on our right DOES NOT DO JUSTICE, that girl was hella hot and saying NO was VERY VERY hard. But like I said before, I try to be manogamous. Also, that second picture with the chicken is just a better picture of the girl on our Left in the family picture. Also https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/Budwise_thefirst/HPIM0812.jpg Proof that I wasn't Lying about being in Vietnam and that I do have an actual life.
12. My girlfriend has her tubes tide, so not a problem
14. My Intelligence CAME BACK as genious level but I overcompensate because I am very PEOPLE stupid and don't get relationships more times than not.
15. My Girlfriend hates me cooking in the house, infact she cooks in the garage to advoid the soup smell that she makes. But she really doesn't like the smell of American food at all. Her and I actually "fight" to do MY dishes because she thinks I don't do them right and I am trying to break her of her asian "Man does nothing but has sex and drink beer and woman HAS to do everything in the house and avoid having any outside fun" ways.
See? Long quotes, use spoiler.
Definitley a brag list. Minus 100 points.
I agree, I will try the spoiler thing in the future and that definently is a brag list or overinflated.
Slug For A Butt
07-18-2007, 04:20
The second picture does do her much more justice.
But hell, sounds like you GF has a great handle on life.
Edit: That is certainly over inflated. How can anyone be sexier than me? And I would never be that audacious that I would make that claim. Maybe he thinks that 2 underage schoolgirls makes him Cassanova, but it really isn't as much of an issue to me as it obviously is to him.
The second picture does do her much more justice.
But hell, sounds like you GF has a great handle on life.
Edit: That is certainly over inflated. How can anyone be sexier than me? And I would never be that audacious that I would make that claim. Maybe he thinks that 2 underage schoolgirls makes him Cassanova, but it really isn't as much of an issue to me as it obviously is to him.
Please stay close to topic or a Moderator will shut this down and that would really suck because this thread has been the highlight on this miserable day. But at least I posted a real picture to back up that I am not ugly. If your hot, prove it. I added a better, more natural picture in my last post with the spoiler and the Vietnam pictures.
Kadagar_AV
07-18-2007, 04:30
Slug>>>
7. I think it's more about ski instructor jacket in combination with drunken tourists. Ski instructors, surf instructors and so on tend to have an easy time as they are considered 2sexy" by the female population, and the females we meet are usually drunk and on vacation away from people trashtalking them for having casual sex.
8, 9, well what can I say... I work in an area where no one has a job or wants one, the police is too afraid to enter the area if not in teams of at least 2 cars, ambulance entering requires police backup. And it's about 90% muslims living here. I'm not proud of my feelings, I know it's wrong, but I really cant help it. I've just seen too much shit and to little positive from the muslims lately.
They are so... un-ordered, a simple process such as walking onto a buss ends up in trampling (I'm not kidding). Also, they steal anything not firmly attached.
12. I've beaten the odds... But I am honest, and it's nothing to joke about. If I found out I have aidsand would have infested others with it for my lack of sence I'd litterarly shoot myself.
15-17, I use paper plates and plastic forks BECAUSE the all real hardware is undished and covered by flies. It's not the paper plates being undished (doh!). I cook at my mothers place because I LIKE homemade food, and there I dont have to dish for half a day to be able to make food...
Brag list? be serious... The sexpart might come off as bragging, but in my eyes it's kind of sad that I deem myself in the eyes of girls. It just means I'm very insecure and need female attention to feel good about my self value, and that's nothing to be proud of is it?
And as I said, it has more to do with the jacket than my personality, when not working as ski instructor I'm not even remotely as interesting to the girls.:thumbsdown:
Kadagar_AV
07-18-2007, 04:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2qTdFX6thg
A youtube clip about the area where I work, it's in swedish the first 10 seconds only.
I am generally against Fox News as, well, they dont portrait the truth, but in this clip they are spot on, and situation is WORSE now than it was when teh clip was made.
http://www.utopiatemple.com/photo.php?name=kadagar
<<< Photo of me for ayone interested (only one I have uploaded atm)
supadodo
07-18-2007, 04:40
Right my turn....:beam:
1. I'm Chinese
2. I can't speak Chinese
3. I don't live in China which in my opinion is the worst country in the world.
4. I read the LOTR book and found it extremely boring but loved the movie.
5. I've always hated indie games because most have that non-violence approach to gaming.
6. I have never played STW and MTW1 and never will because my eyes burn when I look at :elephant: graphics.
7. I love to use the exploits in MTW2 and possibly any game.
8. I have a habit of judging people by their looks.
9. I think taking crack,booze drinking and smoking is for losers.
10: I like to make fun of other religions because I'm a atheist.
11. I'm paranoid, agoraphobic, claustrophobic acrophobic, entomophobic, arachnophobic, atychiphobic and Tomophobia.
12. I had to check a phobia website to make number (11)
13. I think a guy having sex with lots of girls is too good to be true. Either the chicks are ugly and desperate or the guy has 10 penis.
14. I always play as the Nazis in any WW2 game. The Allies are boring.
15. My favourite character in Star Wars is Emperor Palpatine and I want to be him....minus the wrinkles and yellow eyes.
16. I can't take criticism well.
Slug>>>
7. I think it's more about ski instructor jacket in combination with drunken tourists. Ski instructors, surf instructors and so on tend to have an easy time as they are considered 2sexy" by the female population, and the females we meet are usually drunk and on vacation away from people trashtalking them for having casual sex.
8, 9, well what can I say... I work in an area where no one has a job or wants one, the police is too afraid to enter the area if not in teams of at least 2 cars, ambulance entering requires police backup. And it's about 90% muslims living here. I'm not proud of my feelings, I know it's wrong, but I really cant help it. I've just seen too much shit and to little positive from the muslims lately.
They are so... un-ordered, a simple process such as walking onto a buss ends up in trampling (I'm not kidding). Also, they steal anything not firmly attached.
12. I've beaten the odds... But I am honest, and it's nothing to joke about. If I found out I have aidsand would have infested others with it for my lack of sence I'd litterarly shoot myself.
15-17, I use paper plates and plastic forks BECAUSE the all real hardware is undished and covered by flies. It's not the paper plates being undished (doh!). I cook at my mothers place because I LIKE homemade food, and there I dont have to dish for half a day to be able to make food...
Brag list? be serious... The sexpart might come off as bragging, but in my eyes it's kind of sad that I deem myself in the eyes of girls. It just means I'm very insecure and need female attention to feel good about my self value, and that's nothing to be proud of is it?
And as I said, it has more to do with the jacket than my personality, when not working as ski instructor I'm not even remotely as interesting to the girls.:thumbsdown:
My biggest fear is that a moderator will shut down a thread because it goes off topic. I feel about the same way with the other "faction" that I work with so I hang out with the Asian people or "my people" as my gf would claim. As far as the dishes, growing up my mom made us live like that and when I grew up I was so sick of thousands of Nats in the kitchen or fleas on the floor that jump on you when you walk by. I am by no mean clean like my asian GF (No offence to her but in her country, THEY AREN'T AS CLEAN AS THEY ARE WHEN THEY COME HERE) but the asian people that she associates with including her are OBSESSED with being clean.)
Just to keep it on topic, I wish I could figure out a way to get my gf or some others around work to enjoy this joy that I get from playing this and only this game. I work such a meaningless job and I feel I would actually get dumber if I didn't stretch my brain by playing and using different strategies playing it. Thats why M2TW is so important to me. I don't have the patience to learn to be good at Civ4 and I am so tired of Counter-Strike.
imnothere
07-18-2007, 05:55
1. I cheated sometimes, then I got annoyed because v/h computer cheated on me, too.
2. I am past university age, yet I still like killing, sacking, burning the cyber-cities.
3. Outside, I am a quiet person. Inside, I am a seething angry, berserk, crazy psychopath who only waits to rape the houses, steal the soldiers, and burn the women in MTW2. And I don't care if I got the actions all wrong.
4. STW, RTW, RTW: Barbarian Invasion, RTW: Alexander, MTW2, Romance of 3 Kingdoms 11, I have played them all because I need my daily intake of cyber-blood-letting.
5. I have more suceess with game than with people.
6. I used my office time to post this.
7. I am guilty of auto-firing thus probably causing more (un)friendly-fire casualties to my own army than what the computer could do to me.
8. Due to lack of micro-management, my horse archers end up ramming into the wall, the enemy spearmen, the friendly-fired missiles. And I end up using them as foot archers and heavy cavalry anyway *due to crap management*
9. I can speak 4 languages, yet none of them well. I tried giving a command to some unit in MTW2, they couldnt understand me. I tried doing something on my computer, it crashed.:no:
10. I attract misfortune - once my washing died, my car battery died, my modem stopped working, and my office computer died - all in one week. Luckily I don't have a dog or a girlfriend.:sweatdrop:
11. I started acoustic guitar when I actually wanted to play electric guitar. (I thought it would be easier to learn first) I dropped both due to work, study and MTW2.
12. I own more Japanese+Anime music than English and other languages. (1000:1 ratio)
13. I would only enjoy japanese music and songs, despite only understand 5% of it.
14. I think that askthepizzaguy is cool due to lots of extermination in his posts and campaign
15. I got interested when girls are not available and lost interest once they are.
16. I am still wasting my time posting these in hope that someone would actually read this.
17. I was dissappointed with MTW2 because I can't use my general to duel another.
imnothere
07-18-2007, 07:35
hi guys,
nice to hear from you all. however please note this is not supposed to be serious - this is a gaming website for people to relax and exchange ideas. firstly, there is simply no point in flaming other people's religion or country. Does it matter to you if you dont like Bush? or any of the leader? or their religion? or whatever? so long as they don't offend or hurt you?
please keep this civil - half of us are tired from work/study and need a way of releasing stress, not increasing it.
here is my AUD$2 worth. please.
imnothere
I wanna quickly get this in before its locked as I see comming.
When Pizza and I, and I think maybe two others wrote in - we talked about mostly M2TW and then a little bit about our personal lives ON THE SIDE. I only talked more about my life because I agreed/disagreed with how others were talking about but kept it all in an approprate manner. THe last one who shared didn't at all meantion his playing style WHATSOEVER. Now reading over his thread, I could tear it apart and prove its pure nonsence but I feel I should be an adult for once and not. (Wow I am getting old.)
phonicsmonkey
07-18-2007, 07:43
ok, here's some from me:
1) often I dream about M2TW
2) often when I'm stressed from work I think about M2TW in order to help me relax and get to sleep at night
3) often I spend all day thinking about how long it will be until I can play M2TW again
4) despite all this, I'm starting to enjoy posting on this board about M2TW more than actually playing M2TW...go figure
5) despite what my signature said for a while, I do actually really like cricket
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 07:43
I wanna quickly get this in before its locked as I see comming.
When Pizza and I, and I think maybe two others wrote in - we talked about mostly M2TW and then a little bit about our personal lives ON THE SIDE. I only talked more about my life because I agreed/disagreed with how others were talking about but kept it all in an approprate manner. THe last one who shared didn't at all meantion his playing style WHATSOEVER. Now reading over his thread, I could tear it apart and prove its pure nonsence but I feel I should be an adult for once and not. (Wow I am getting old.)
Thank you, Budwise. That is a most mature and civilized reaction. I do appreciate the self-restraint.
Thanks, Phonicsmonkey. I appreciate getting back on topic. Good job!
Enjoyable post.
ok, here's some from me:
1) often I dream about M2TW
2) often when I'm stressed from work I think about M2TW in order to help me relax and get to sleep at night
3) often I spend all day thinking about how long it will be until I can play M2TW again
4) despite all this, I'm starting to enjoy posting on this board about M2TW more than actually playing M2TW...go figure
5) despite what my signature said for a while, I do actually really like cricket
I do the same thing on 2 and 3, even 4. Often I work on an assembly belt and stack 20-40 pound boxes at a rate of 3 or 4 a minute. With this boring manontany, I often think of the game as well as well as other things but for sure, I have spent hours (At work only, I have a life outside of work) thinking about preparing for this or how to use that in combat.
Hell, I knew what it was. Unfortunately if you look by my name and see the three warning signs you would know that the moderators are extremely power happy when it comes to shutting down threads. I have had some really good threads closed while they were getting good advice coming in due to this. I really like this thread to keep going and I don't want to see it go yet.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 07:54
Well sorry again to all.Everything I wrote was intended to be a joke:wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: I can never say a good joke without hurting other people.This happens to me a lot.Sorry again and i will not post here if you say.
In order to be fair, I've checked your other posts. You appear to contribute to this forum somewhat, and started off well. If you intend to be a full member you should try harder to post less offensive material.
I will accept your apology as sincere, for now. But please do not post any more offensive content as described by my thread rules.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 07:59
Rare example of the usually good-humored pizzaguy laying down the law.
:smash:
Maybe someday I can be a moderator... :policeman:
imnothere
07-18-2007, 08:08
*gulp*
Name: askthepizzaguy
Class: moderator
Ability: +100 dread factor
Exterminate! (all mispelled, abuse etc... poster permanently banned and terminated):sweatdrop:
Crazy Administrator - -90% forum posts
Dubious - will accept any florins
*gulp*
John_Longarrow
07-18-2007, 08:15
Even though I could blitz in a pizzaish way, I always get a special thrill in building up my tech to the point that I simply dominate the AI. I just can't let myself do something near as even as a close fight unless there is an overriding strategic need for it. Because of this I tend to turtle and build up before I walk over everyone.
Work and real life have prevented me from getting Pizzaguy a Danish campaign starting at the beginning of the gunpowder age and I probably won't be able to do one until next week.
My avatar looks a little too much like me. If they only had glasses for it...
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 08:23
*gulp*
Name: askthepizzaguy
Class: moderator
Ability: +100 dread factor
Exterminate! (all mispelled, abuse etc... poster permanently banned and terminated):sweatdrop:
Crazy Administrator - -90% forum posts
Dubious - will accept any florins
*gulp*
...and we're back. See? No harm done.
I think the moderators of this forum do an excellent job. I think it would be cool if I could be an assistant at least, someday.
I'm pretty easy to get along with, most of the time. Some of my posts have rather blue humor, so you can tell I'm quite relaxed. I also have an appreciation for good dark humor, and can tolerate some non-explicit adult content. Where I draw the line is where any reasonable person draws the line.
As opposed to my in-game persona, the real pizzaguy has +100 chivalry factor (or aspires to be so).
I guess my secret shame is that I am not such a bad guy after all.
But enough about me. This isn't a vanity contest.
Thanks to all who have posted on my thread so far. I didn't expect it to become so popular.
Kadagar_AV
07-18-2007, 08:24
Uhm... I think I've been missunderstood...
I dont advocate terrorism per sé, I'm moraly against all forms of violence. My statement about me not crying myself to sleep if the american kill/death ratio evened out meant just that, that I wouldnt be very bothered (I believe in karma). I do NOT in any way HOPE people will die though. See the difference?
I havent meant to insult anyone or any nation in any way, if someone feel offended by anything I've written I ask you to forgive me, it wasnt my intention.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 08:24
Even though I could blitz in a pizzaish way, I always get a special thrill in building up my tech to the point that I simply dominate the AI. I just can't let myself do something near as even as a close fight unless there is an overriding strategic need for it. Because of this I tend to turtle and build up before I walk over everyone.
Work and real life have prevented me from getting Pizzaguy a Danish campaign starting at the beginning of the gunpowder age and I probably won't be able to do one until next week.
My avatar looks a little too much like me. If they only had glasses for it...
Don't stress yourself out over it, Long John. :beam:
I had things I was supposed to do myself, game-wise. But this is about having fun, not impressing people. So you know, just go with the flow.
phonicsmonkey
07-18-2007, 08:30
Kadagar I think you need to revisit the concept of karma
People dying as a result of violence is definitely Bad Karma no matter how many other people have died for whatever reason
unless they are little computer people in which case Die Die Die Little Computer People!!!!:smash: :smash:
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 08:34
Kadagar I think you need to revisit the concept of karma
People dying as a result of violence is definitely Bad Karma no matter how many other people have died for whatever reason
unless they are little computer people in which case Die Die Die Little Computer People!!!!:smash: :smash:
I can see where you are coming from, phonicsmonkey. I have already sent a PM to Kadagar addressing his post, in a friendly fashion. Things should be ok now.
So, back to the topic! :2thumbsup:
Kadagar_AV
07-18-2007, 08:39
askthepizzaguy, LOL, I must have messaged you at the same time then, cause I just sent you a message:)
phonicsmonkey, karma was a bad choice of words, "universal balance" is closer, or the old saying "what goes around comes around".
As in: If a country makes people go boom, people will make that country go boom:)
I'm not saying it's "right", I'm just saying that's how the world works, and I'm not very bothered by it.
Here's a few of mine:
1) I have completed one M2TW Long Campaign (and that was with cheats :embarassed: ). I have never completed a MTW or RTW long campaign, I just get bored after a while.
2) I have never ha a girlfriend, and aren't trying particularly hard to get one, I prefer gaming.
3) I am a black belt in Tae Kwon Do (not that I'm ashamed of that), and that is the only thing I prefer to do than gaming.
4) I have previously neglected to go out with my friends so that I could play "just one more turn".
5) I'm atheist/agnostic so I dislike the entire concept of religion, although I do support the efforts of the church (not just Christian) to help those who need it.
That's all for me - not much, but hey I', happy with my life.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 08:45
Here's a few of mine:
1) I have completed one M2TW Long Campaign (and that was with cheats :embarassed: ). I have never completed a MTW or RTW long campaign, I just get bored after a while.
2) I have never ha a girlfriend, and aren't trying particularly hard to get one, I prefer gaming.
3) I am a black belt in Tae Kwon Do (not that I'm ashamed of that), and that is the only thing I prefer to do than gaming.
4) I have previously neglected to go out with my friends so that I could play "just one more turn".
5) I'm atheist/agnostic so I dislike the entire concept of religion, although I do support the efforts of the church (not just Christian) to help those who need it.
That's all for me - not much, but hey I', happy with my life.
Nice post Nellup.
This is exactly what I was looking for!
I had some thoughts on religion elsewhere. I will post them here.
Mildly off-topic, but hidden so as not to hijack my own thread. Click only if interested.
I am also interested in the church from a historical, cultural, and political perspective. I even consider most of their moral codes to be valid. My parents are Christian but not churchgoers.
I consider almost any religious view to be somewhat plausible. Science can explain much, but it does not explain existence or consciousness or what happens to our ego when we die. That said, I don't find blind faith to be particularly valid. If you have no reason to believe there is a leprechaun inside a box that will never be opened, then you should not either believe or disbelieve in it, only consider both as a possibility. Faith and reason can coexist, but both must yield to one another when necessary.
You have no way of knowing whether or not a stranger will treat you as a friend or an enemy. But you should have faith in humanity and not automatically treat them as an enemy. Even if experience has shown you that some people are untrustworthy.
By that same token, reason should kick in and tell you to be cautious. Life is a balance of the knowable and the unknowable.
I take the religious, the secular, and the agnostic seriously, so long as they maintain their ability to reason and do not take a militaristic or extremist stance on any issue. No matter what your opinions are, be they spiritual or not, you have no right to force others to accept your view. The only exceptions are the things which are obvious and can be proven using science, which falls under the category of reasonable morality, such as commonly held views that murder, theft, or rape are wrong.
Personally, I am a Deist; a believer in "God", but I have no holy book or church, my faith is my own opinion and thus equal to everyone else's, and my personal God is whatever the observable truth is. If for example your church believes that sacrificing virgins will bring better crops, I tend to think that goes against intuitive logic based upon observations of the real world. I'd even go as far as to say your religion should be outlawed, as it involves forcing your belief (and death, incidentally) upon the unwilling.
Generally speaking, I try to harness all the good points that religion can bring; faith in mankind, community, shared values, an optimistic vision of the future, and morality.
I try to leave out the bad, such as condemnation, hell, purgatory, declaring a "chosen people", burning heretics, jihads, inquisitions, crusades, crucifixions, animal sacrifice, genital mutilation, ritual suicide, murder in the name of God, institutionalized racism, and wars based upon which of a Prophet's descendants was the true heir to his legacy.
All in all, I attempt to take the middle road, and allow the truth itself to be my guide.
And in my spare time I role play as a brutal, godless dictator who exterminates people. How Machiavellian!
I am also interested in the church from a historical, cultural, and political perspective. I even consider most of their moral codes to be valid. My parents are Christian but not churchgoers.
I consider almost any religious view to be somewhat plausible. Science can explain much, but it does not explain existence or consciousness or what happens to our ego when we die. That said, I don't find blind faith to be particularly valid. If you have no reason to believe there is a leprechaun inside a box that will never be opened, then you should not either believe or disbelieve in it, only consider both as a possibility. Faith and reason can coexist, but both must yield to one another when necessary.
You have no way of knowing whether or not a stranger will treat you as a friend or an enemy. But you should have faith in humanity and not automatically treat them as an enemy. Even if experience has shown you that some people are untrustworthy.
By that same token, reason should kick in and tell you to be cautious. Life is a balance of the knowable and the unknowable.
I take the religious, the secular, and the agnostic seriously, so long as they maintain their ability to reason and do not take a militaristic or extremist stance on any issue. No matter what your opinions are, be they spiritual or not, you have no right to force others to accept your view. The only exceptions are the things which are obvious and can be proven using science, which falls under the category of reasonable morality, such as commonly held views that murder, theft, or rape are wrong.
Personally, I am a Deist; a believer in "God", but I have no holy book or church, my faith is my own opinion and thus equal to everyone else's, and my personal God is whatever the observable truth is. If for example your church believes that sacrificing virgins will bring better crops, I tend to think that goes against intuitive logic based upon observations of the real world. I'd even go as far as to say your religion should be outlawed, as it involves forcing your belief (and death, incidentally) upon the unwilling.
Generally speaking, I try to harness all the good points that religion can bring; faith in mankind, community, shared values, an optimistic vision of the future, and morality.
I try to leave out the bad, such as condemnation, hell, purgatory, declaring a "chosen people", burning heretics, jihads, inquisitions, crusades, crucifixions, animal sacrifice, genital mutilation, ritual suicide, murder in the name of God, institutionalized racism, and wars based upon which of a Prophet's descendants was the true heir to his legacy.
All in all, I attempt to take the middle road, and allow the truth itself to be my guide.
And in my spare time I role play as a brutal, godless dictator who exterminates people. How Machiavellian!
I pretty much agree with all you have said here, particularly about militarism and extremism, religion should not be used as an excuse for violence, especially when a religion preaches peace. No matter was TW might teach us!
PS. That last sentence was there to keep this "on topic" :beam:
*gulp*
Name: askthepizzaguy
Class: moderator
Ability: +100 dread factor
Exterminate! (all mispelled, abuse etc... poster permanently banned and terminated):sweatdrop:
Crazy Administrator - -90% forum posts
Dubious - will accept any florins
*gulp*
No, more like
Name: Askthepizzaguy
Class: Assistant Partime Moderator on Weekends
Command: **
Piety:
Chivary: ++++
Loyalty: %%%%%
Traits:
Loyal
Good Disiplinarian
Expert Defender
Good Administrator
Secretly Female
Utterly Corrupt
YES, I broke the record on the biggest post by posting the tie breaker. CLick on the reply word and see them ranked by Replys, this will put it #1, sorry for the break in conversation.
Also, those who wrote "other things" its not a big deal. I just hate the fact that I am growing up and don't find that as funny as I used to. Its okay, do sweat it.
Thanks to everyone for doing their best to keep this thread on-topic ~;)
As per the poster's request, I have deleted Galapagos' orignal posts, as well as those which quoted or directly referred to him (to maintain thread consistency).
Again, thanks to Budwise, askthepizzaguy and others; I'm undecided on the thread itself, but as long as you keep things within the rules (yes, that includes a token M2TW reference in each post :grin:) it'll remain open.
We're not as power-hungry as some may think ~;)
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 09:50
No, more like
Name: Askthepizzaguy
Class: Assistant Partime Moderator on Weekends
Command: **
Piety:
Chivary: ++++
Loyalty: %%%%%
Traits:
Loyal
Good Disiplinarian
Expert Defender
Good Administrator
Secretly Female
Utterly Corrupt
Correction:
Name: Askthepizzaguy the Merciless
Class: Death Knight
Command: **********
Piety: (none)
Dread: :skull: :skull: :skull: :skull: :skull: :skull: :skull: :skull: :skull: :skull:
Loyalty: (none)
Traits:
Master tactician
Holder of walls
Sacker of cities
Unholy crusader
Cunning diplomat
Wickedly irreverent
Genius
Not to be trusted
Tortures prisoners
Genocidal maniac
Psychologially disturbed
Fearsome Disciplinarian
Bathes in Blood
Evil Administrator
Titles:
Praetor of Rome
Emperor of Byzantium
Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire
Lord of Spain
Roi of France
Grand Duke of Milan
Ruler of Venice
Blitzmaster of Russia
Proprietor of Poland
Head Honcho of Hungary
Grand Poobah of Timbuktu
King of the Britons
Defeater of the Saxons
Sovereign of all England
Patron Saint of War
Beloved Ruler of all Europe
Greatest Generalissimo of all time
Damn fine lover to boot
Retinue:
Notorious Berzerker
Shieldbearer
Executioner
Seductive Mistress
Seige Engineer
Thieve's guild master
Assassin's guild master
Midget in a Bikini
Anyways, what a good end to a horrible start of a day. My girlfriend is putting her kids to bed but will come out soon and I am "pretending" to be making an ad for the house to put in the paper. In fact, I am using Refresh Syndrome by constantly seeing if someone has replied by clicking on refresh. This message board has really put some joy into a horrible day, expecually this thread. I am however a little disappointed about the lack of LIFE HISTORY that the Pizzaguy and I did but I guess beggars can't be choosers.
My girlfriend and I will make it. Shes really subborn when it comes to saying the dreaded L word and today she told me that her mom is trying to cause problems between us but she knows how I feel and I know how she feels and then she said the L word.
What a perfect day now.
imnothere
07-18-2007, 10:33
Budwise:add Retinue: + Nosy Mother in Law
Don Esteban
07-18-2007, 12:46
Budwise:add Retinue: + Nosy Mother in Law
I've got one of those.......
See Also
Add retinue: Pain in the arse brother in law - 4 command as he always does exactly the opposite of whatever you suggest
Add retinue: Overprotective Father-in-Law -50% chance of having children due to this mans ability to turn up at the wrong time :no:
NagatsukaShumi
07-18-2007, 14:03
1) I have conquered Japan in the 16th century, Europe in the Middle Ages and Roman Period, thus proving I am in fact, a time lord.
2) I am an Org vet, yet most will not know who I am. I lurk in the shadows.
3) I didn't revise for any of my A Levels, instead opting to play Football Manager.
4) My idea of fun is butchering the Scottish. And the French.
5) I stabbed Ceasar.
6) I wrote the bible when I was drunk one day. Jesus didn't mind a bit.
7) I have often considered recreating Carmageddon in rush hour.
8) I consider Total War AI to be more intelligent than many world leaders.
9) I voted for the Liberal Democrats.
10) I own over 60 football shirts.
11) I think most football fans are idiots.
12) I am one of the Princes in the Tower.
13) I don't think the number 13 is unlucky.
14) I am secretly paranoid after years of being backstabbed by AI allies.
15) I once watched Ninja Terminator.
16) I actually spent upwards to 2 grand on my PC, not the 800 I told my mother and girlfriend about.
17) I have slept in til around 3pm for the past week. Hibernation is a policy I wish to put forward in the next election.
18) I felt old when I reached 18.
19) I am your father.
20) I dislike every faction that isn't my own. Especially the Pope. I want his hat.
21) Shrubbery.
I hope there are tongues firmly in cheeks on this thread.....
EDIT: Don't worry about missing the threesome thing - its really not as great as all that. Making sure you give both equal attention, remembering which one likes what where and when plus the simple amount of physical effort required means its just damned hard work.
I thought it was worthy of note that again askthepizzaguy has created an entertaining thread. Chaulk full of wonderful nuggets !
As someone who does view the org as a fansite and an entertainment oriented venue i tip my hat again, thank you. :thumbsup:
Don Esteban
07-18-2007, 16:41
I hope there are tongues firmly in cheeks on this thread.....
EDIT: Don't worry about missing the threesome thing - its really not as great as all that. Making sure you give both equal attention, remembering which one likes what where and when plus the simple amount of physical effort required means its just damned hard work.
Jeez....life's tough isn't it. Anyway you mean you worry about what THEY enjoy :laugh4:
Kadagar_AV
07-18-2007, 17:08
I hope there are tongues firmly in cheeks on this thread.....
EDIT: Don't worry about missing the threesome thing - its really not as great as all that. Making sure you give both equal attention, remembering which one likes what where and when plus the simple amount of physical effort required means its just damned hard work.
:dizzy2: :dizzy2: :dizzy2:
Give both equal attention? Uhm, bad move... if one is your GF you have to give her more attention or HELL will follow (been there). If none are a GF the best thing you can do is to give attention to the one who puts in the most effort, thus making them work that little extra:idea2: ...
And I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on the part "its really not as great as all that". :beam:
Aight, TW related... uhm... is it possible to mod threesomes into the game? IE, general runs off with a polish AND a danish princess? *ok, admittedely I'm stretching it*
Von Nanega
07-18-2007, 17:14
The feeling that one has to be a mateless geek to play bothers me. I was Airborne in the service. I like to camp and hunt. I have two wonderful children, and a outstanding wife. I am a peace officer. I like the tactics in the game and the immersion. It gets me away from stress of everyday life. You guys and gals are all right with me. In general, the politeness and help on these boards is a testament to all of your characters. (not in game, Real Life). My two cents worth. :2thumbsup:
gardibolt
07-18-2007, 18:30
Nah... he's stalking frogbeastegg.
Well, who wouldn't? :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop:
My girlfriend and I will make it. Shes really subborn when it comes to saying the dreaded L word and today she told me that her mom is trying to cause problems between us but she knows how I feel and I know how she feels and then she said the L word.
Just so long as she doesn't use the dreaded F word....as in "let's just be Friends."
Well, who wouldn't? :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop:
Just so long as she doesn't use the dreaded F word....as in "let's just be Friends."
First of all, damn I feel old. Your all right, I have been acting like a pain in the a$$ mother in law. Also, she claims that even if we do go to the friends mode, I can still get some when I want some. Which seems nice. Another advantage of dating an older woman is that they feel they can't go anywhere else.
John_Longarrow
07-18-2007, 19:14
Kadagar_AV
Your post actually sums up something that I've been trying to articulate for a while. I've had many people from Europe talk bad about the US to me before, and you've finally given me the best response for them. That would be simply
"Well, if your ancestors had been more tolerant, less blood thirsty, and less oppressive to their "Colonies", I guess you wouldn't be in this predicament. Hey, what goes around comes around, and it is your turn to be on the bottom of the social/economical/military food chain. Too bad your ancestors weren’t better at being human beings. Then maybe those you colonized would treat you better”
Too many Europeans forget that the United States was one of the first colonies that threw off the oppressive yoke of European imperialism. The whole Total War series is a reminder of just how poorly people treated each other in those days.
Maybe if more people actually studied history and indulged in such passtimes as playing M2TW we'd have a much better educated world populace. Too often people like portraying themselves as the "Victim" of foreign persecution without admitting that their own people have done as bad or worse.
To date, I've never seen anything done since 1900 that is worse than what was done previous to it. The Holocost stands out as being horrible due to the lack of genocide in the 1900's. Prior to that it tended to be business as usual for many nations. What Spain did in Central America was a worse atrocity in scope and number killed.
alex9337
07-18-2007, 20:34
I have to admit, this is a very amusing and entertaining thread.
You ask why more people have not shared? Pretty simple answer, I think. Most people don't want to share extremely personal information on what is supposed to be a fairly anonymous message board. People get freaked out that someone may read what is posted and actually be recognized. Regardless of the size of the world, people will feel that maybe the "guy next door" is the person you are interacting with on the message board. Not necessarily a good thing.
I consider myself fairly "normal". Whatever that term actually means is up for debate. I am married 15 years to a great lady who is also my best friend (isn't that the way it's supposed to be?) and we have two great kids, a house and a cat.
I play M2 way too much, on average 2 hours per day since it came out last fall.
I have hooked my young son on computer games so much so that my wife gives him heck for not going outside and playing enough.
I have never made it to the America's in game because I have changed the time scale to have one turn = 1/2 year, synching up the aging of the family tree to the time scale of the game. I have always won well before gunpowder is ever invented. That's ok with me, though, because I don't like the gunpowder units (other than cannon) anyway. I would rather play the game with bowmen, spearmen, knights and swordsmen.
To the young fella who gave up the threesome, all I can say is that when you are lying on your deathbed a long, long time from now, you will look back at that one point in your life and you will ask yourself "Why was I so dumb?"
When I am bored at work (like right now) I think about M2 and visit this board.
When I am on a family vacation, I secretly miss my computer and M2.
My wife will ask me something like "How are you?" and I will (tongue-in-cheek) respond with something like "Well, not good. You see, the French and HRE are trying to take my capital city of Milan, the Pope hates my guts and has called a Crusade against my captured city of Antioch and to make matters worse, my former ally, the Hungarians, have just sieged the walls of Zagreb!" My wife will just roll her eyes and ask me how my addiction is coming along.
Life is pretty good!
I am glad you have found something that makes you happy but I think you may need some professional help with your social skills...the world has enough hermits...get out, exercise, meet a nice young girl and enjoy life to its fullest...something that is very hard to do by yourself....
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 20:56
I am glad you have found something that makes you happy but I think you may need some professional help with your social skills...the world has enough hermits...get out, exercise, meet a nice young girl and enjoy life to its fullest...something that is very hard to do by yourself....
Meh. I will someday. I'm in college right now and my time is divided between work and school, and I dont have any money. It is physically impossible for me to have a relationship at the moment.
When I have a career, and my own apartment, then I will consider sharpening my social skills. But for now I am too focused on school.
Kadagar_AV
07-18-2007, 21:37
John Longarrow, I'll answer in a spoiler so people dont have to read through it unless they want to.
Kadagar_AV
Your post actually sums up something that I've been trying to articulate for a while. I've had many people from Europe talk bad about the US to me before, and you've finally given me the best response for them. That would be simply
"Well, if your ancestors had been more tolerant, less blood thirsty, and less oppressive to their "Colonies", I guess you wouldn't be in this predicament. Hey, what goes around comes around, and it is your turn to be on the bottom of the social/economical/military food chain. Too bad your ancestors weren’t better at being human beings. Then maybe those you colonized would treat you better”
Too many Europeans forget that the United States was one of the first colonies that threw off the oppressive yoke of European imperialism. The whole Total War series is a reminder of just how poorly people treated each other in those days.
Maybe if more people actually studied history and indulged in such passtimes as playing M2TW we'd have a much better educated world populace. Too often people like portraying themselves as the "Victim" of foreign persecution without admitting that their own people have done as bad or worse.
To date, I've never seen anything done since 1900 that is worse than what was done previous to it. The Holocost stands out as being horrible due to the lack of genocide in the 1900's. Prior to that it tended to be business as usual for many nations. What Spain did in Central America was a worse atrocity in scope and number killed.
First of all, trying to gather all of Europe into one historical being is at best proof of bad schooling, as I dont want to venture into theories about your intelligence:no:
I'm from Sweden mate, a country not exactly known for our colonial ways... So when you refer to "my ancestors" as colonialists I cant really follow your reasoning:inquisitive:
However, even if that argument wasnt based on anything but air it would still give me the chuckles. Your reasoning is thus: " Hey, others have done bad things in the history of makind, now it's our turn!:clown: "
Such reasoning makes me :wall: , but stupid as it is I'll try to answer it anyway. We study history to learn from it so we dont repeat the same misstakes. You seem to study history to get inspiration for future atrocitys.
So what do I dislike about the US?
A) The US troops and leaders have commited war crimes, but refuse to give US citizens up to international law, as you expect other countrys to do.
B) Apart from some ivory league schools, US education is so dumbed down that the sheeps in 1984 by george orwell seems smart in comparison. Example is that a majority of the american population STILL believe Iraq/Saddam is linked to 9/11, believe you have found WMD in Iraq, and believe the rest of the world actually supported the war.
C) The US has secret prison camps where people dont get a fair trial by law and are held indefinetly.
D) The US use torture as a way to get information (and at the same time, the US leader says the US will lead the fight against torture, LOL).
I can go on and on and on with more reasons why I'm not too fond of the US, but the above should be enough to explain my disdain.
And if you support that by refering to my viking ancestors, then I just pity you.
alex9337, I gave up on trying to explain MTW to friends and family. Once I had just finished an english campaign (VICTORY!) when my Gf came home... She found me listening to "rule brittania" on the highest volume drinking sherry and toasting my own tactical genious.
I didnt even bother trying to explain, fortunately enough she let me have my little fun:)
So, could we give up on the Europe/US bashing thing? They only lead to flames and locks.
It's not like it adds to anyone's enjoyment around here.
Askthepizzaguy
07-18-2007, 22:11
So, could we give up on the Europe/US bashing thing? They only lead to flames and locks.
It's not like it adds to anyone's enjoyment around here.
For the sake of this thread, if you would like to continue such conversations, please use private message functions.
Thanks!
-thread moderator
Kadagar_AV
07-18-2007, 22:23
ramela, he made me laugh out loud, so it added to my enjoyment. And others too I'm sure.
askthepizzaguy, agreed, lets keep this fun thread on topic:)
John:longarrow, answer in PM or in a spoiler (if you at the same time contribute to the thread in the rest of the post) so the oppinions aren't forced upon people visitng a game forum):beam:
My wife will ask me something like "How are you?" and I will (tongue-in-cheek) respond with something like "Well, not good. You see, the French and HRE are trying to take my capital city of Milan, the Pope hates my guts and has called a Crusade against my captured city of Antioch and to make matters worse, my former ally, the Hungarians, have just sieged the walls of Zagreb!" My wife will just roll her eyes and ask me how my addiction is coming along.
Life is pretty good!
alex9337, my wife keeps asking me when will the game end. So far I've been giving the only possible answer: "Never" :-)
alex9337
07-18-2007, 22:36
Shao,
Ain't it the truth!! :)
I played a long Scottish campaign that must have taken me over a month to complete. I am certain my wife was getting sick of me saying "Arh, I got a Claymore here for ya, Jimmy!"
Thread purged. Go about your business. Nothing to see here.
[edit]Also, if you wish to discuss politics, Euro-American relations, or anything else of any controversial nature, please take it to the Backroom.
:laugh4: Hm... I really don't have many shames, but I can mention those I got
1. I spend all my days off in front of a computer playing.
2. I've got 1 very good friend
3. I work in a kiosk at a beach to afford to keep my mc
4. I'm 17 and I *don't* drink/party
5. I live in Norway and considers myself an exemplitary viking
6. I dislike the USA and therefore want to be an exchange-student there (probably will be next year)
7. I'm very people-shy. If my mother has friends over I often go days without eating cous I don't wanna go downstairs and say hello
8. I often go to the woods to play with my home-made longbow (Can shoot damn far though) and lit fire on things (I control it)
9. I love nuts (the snacks, not "nuts" nuts)
10. I've drunk an avg of 1.5 liters of soda every day this vacation
11. I've been playing total war games ever since the son of one of my mothers friends brought me a pirate copy of Shogun: Total War (didn't know it was pirate copy, after all I was very young).
12. I like to stand around and just look big, cous I got big muscles :2thumbsup:
13. The only other activity I have apart from PC (except working out) is reading... ALOT of reading... :book:
14. I'm constantly tired, even though there is no medical explenation for it we've found so far (and I get plenty of sleep).
15. I used to date a goth/emo
16. in 6th grade I was bored and figured out I'd read the bible, so I sat down and read it for :elephant: and giggles.
That's all I can come up with now.
Despite all this, I've had several girlfriends and lost my virginity when I was 15 :laugh4:
John_Longarrow
07-19-2007, 00:04
I tried to get my Girlfriend interested, but she insisted she was going to try it without me helping her. For her first game she tried the Holy Roman Empire and tried to turtle. That was 5 months ago. Maybe one day she will try it again.
Askthepizzaguy
07-19-2007, 00:05
Thread purged. Go about your business. Nothing to see here.
[edit]Also, if you wish to discuss politics, Euro-American relations, or anything else of any controversial nature, please take it to the Backroom.
Thank you, O vigilant moderator. I do appreciate the help. Hopefully there will be no more of that.
Enjoy the thread folks, I'm taking a break! :2thumbsup:
1. When I'm bored - like at the moment, since I'm between stable jobs - I drink a bit more than I should
2. My attention span when it comes to leisure activities is remarkably short
3. I make more of an effort to keep friendships going than many of my 'friends' do
4. Relating to #2, this explains why - in M:TW, RT:W and M2:TW so far - I've only ever completed one long campaign; on RTW with the Egyptians, before 1.3 decimated the install beyond recognition (or Uninstall-ation)
5. My taste in music is far better than yours and I'll argue that point until I'm blue in the face
6. I can't bring myself to intentionally kill an imposter 'Faction Heir', so he's single-handedly charging a rebel stack of 1000 troops repeatedly over a couple of decades in the hope that one of them will finally kill him
7. I dropped out of university because I was simultaneously getting over a bout of mild depression and finding the lectures I was going to very very dull
8. Despite my best efforts to 'turtle', I cannot sit still knowing that there's a rebel settlement just over there...
9. For one of the courses I failed at university, instead of attempting an answer - since I'd only attended 3 lectures - I wrote a piece of non-fiction entitled 'What I Did On My Holidays' and received '0' for the exam
10. I often find myself abusing the Jihad system as the Egyptians because I loathe losing soldiers. It's far better to have 3 full Jihadi stacks besieging a settlement that has 5 scared Peasants in than attack with merely 'Overwhelming Force' and risk losing a single man...
11. My biggest regret from university is not keeping a copy of my 'What I Did On My Holidays' essay, since it was one of the best things I'd written at the time
12. I once proudly demonstrated a fantastic tactical maneuver I'd pulled off to the friend who'd introduced me to S:TW . He took one look and said "A pincer. Well done." in a voice like sarcastic lead and I never mentioned my exploits again
13. I would rather disagree with a friend's political views solely for the purposes of having a good argument than agree with them and have nothing interesting to talk about
To those who hate/dislike the US
I would like to say that I am living on the West coast in Salem, Oregon http://www.infoplease.com/states.html for a map of the United States and also finding great faults in my country. Outside the United States I am sure you all heard a lot of bad but nobody probably talks anything worth admiring.
The truth is that most, 70-80%, do not like the president or congress (The people who help make the laws) and believe that eventually the whole world is going to hell. Most Americans focus on everyday life, (I.E. Going to work, raising a family, enjoying your time off with loved ones or things you enjoy.) and not what the world is doing. I do feel that most Americans are getting dumber, I believe its because nobody is REQUIRED to learn or even think on a daily basis or figure out how to make tomorrow better for someone else that doesn't give them something in return. You ask an American what the think of this important topic or that topic and quite a lot of them will say "I don't know" or "I don't need to know that s***." I believe because of this we let the lawmakers do what they want.
I believe that America is going downhill. God makes us strong for a while, so we can help each other but when a nation/person who becomes strong, stays strong for a while - they become stagnant and don't evolve. If you look at history, almost every nation was strong for a while and they all lose it after a time. Don't believe me England had a huge empire in various continents in the world and now after constant rebellions, they are exclusively "stuck" in the British Isles. Napolean conqured a lot of Europe and watched his empire crumble because he just got too greedy and didn't know when to quit. Germany became strong twice in the twentith century and EVERYONE know what happened to them. Russia was huge and became a superpower but when the information age opened and they couldn't lie anymore, they crumbled into many littlier countries. China was the biggest country for the longest time strenghtwise but after closing its borders and refusing trade, new ideas, new ways of life in, they fell behind. Italy(Rome) We all PLAYED that one out, didn't we (RTW) Their are so many other examples but I think I will just leave it there for now Our country has a bigger trade deficit and lose more money every year. The rich get more rich while people who work hard don't get any breaks. It used to be that one man could work while the wife stays home and you could still afford college for your kids and now you can't even afford to own a house with a two person income.
There are a lot of joys in America though, if you check the Patent office (international one if their is one) you would realise that 3/4 patents (Inventions) were created here. Our country created the United Nations and although flawed, it makes it so all the nations can talk out their problems and not jump right into war. Modern Thinking (although you cant see it now) mostly started here within the last century as far as Womens Equality and everyone is equal. What other nation do you have an area populated with SO MANY OTHER RACES. Try going to Vietnam as I mentioned above and see what I mean by them staring at a white person because they never seen one before in person in the backwater parts of the country. Although most people outside the US hate the US, they still enjoy the exports that we do such as movies, games, culture, clothing (although made in Taiwan) and music that we do produce.
Also, the US is actually necessary because we also, at our expence, pay for the FDA's research on drugs to cure deseases, give billions a year to aid other countries, assist (and mostly fail) in the worlds peace process, and so many other things that I would fill up this page with at this time. In America there is extreme beauty and people really do care about others almost as a whole.
What makes America really suck is that people like our president are everywhere, although not as big as the good people, those who would screw over you to make him feel better or richer. Those who believe that even knowing they are rich they need to be richer. Those who have abortions (although limited now) just as a form of birth control. Those who think War is good for business and don't realise WHAT war is or what it does where it takes place. Those who hate a Black Person for being black and those who find really sick ways of hurting the child next door. Those who work their workers on "pennies on the dollar" and strip their medical benefits just so they can put more money in the bank that they will never use.
As a whole, most people hate America because their country isn't as good. When I went to Vietnam, a lot of people just wanted me to hand them money and being a good person its kinda hard. I shown some pictures already and those are ACTUAL houses they live in in the background. What I haven't told you yet is that instead of TRYING to make their lives better, the people get drunk on rice wine daily and do the bare minimum. People need to realise that the US wasn't already built when we got off the boats. We had to work VERY HARD to make this nation strong and worth living in. If the people in Vietnam, Mexico, or other inferior countries would get off their butts and work TOGETHER (Either the people within a nation or the nations as a whole work together) like China is doing now. They could make their country great too. But instead everyone wants a quick fix and that also leads to the whole "I hate America" faze. Working is hard but anything worth having you have to work for.
Man, there's been a lot of people saying their shames I suppose I should say some of mine.
1. I don't have any friends.
2. I have never had a girlfriend.
3. I am a loser.
4. I spend far too many time playing computer games.
5. I spend far little time exercising.
6. I left school a couple of months ago without finishing it.
7. I eat way too much.
8. I am probably the most un-social person in the world.
They are my shames, there are more but they are the worst.
Slug For A Butt
07-19-2007, 01:13
Xehh II, I'll bet theres at least a couple of those shames in most people here man. There's a couple in me mate. :shame:
Man, there's been a lot of people saying their shames I suppose I should say some of mine.
1. I don't have any friends.
2. I have never had a girlfriend.
3. I am a loser.
4. I spend far too many time playing computer games.
5. I spend far little time exercising.
6. I left school a couple of months ago without finishing it.
7. I eat way too much.
8. I am probably the most un-social person in the world.
They are my shames, there are more but they are the worst.
For me
1. Same here, I tend to have aquantinces but nobody really close enough to be a friend.
2. Used to be a problem until I was 18, remember I was fat
3. No, if I felt that way I would find ways of fixing it.
4. Mine is due to money restraints now, I only have internet now because I am stealing it from the neighbors.
5. I work in a factory, thats my exercise but I will be walking to the store in a little bit
7. I used too, but now I had to really restrict my diet
8. No your not. As soon as you look in the mirror and realise that your worth being around and break your depression that day like I did, you should be fine after that. Like I said in my last post, the things in life worth having ARE NOT FREE, and I am not talking money, you have to work HARD for them.
Very interesting thread...It's nice to see how other folks view the game in general.
Here goes my game confessions.
I always try to marry faction heirs to other royalty.
I have played most factions thru to the end game, some taking longer than others.
I have just completed my first VH/VH campaign that I won.
I generally don't rush the other factions though I did on this campaign after I lost my capitol.:furious3: It still took forever to get rid of HRE (I was playing as Venice.)
I love to look up the quotes from the game on the internet and have expanded my reading of the Middle Ages.
I seldom post but read quite a bit of the advice given.
Personal notes...
I am probably older than most , (46). Married for 23 years. My wife puts up with my gaming as she plays Pogo so it's a nice tradeoff.
I use gaming as a nice distraction from the real world. I tend toward stategy games as I suck at FPS games.:embarassed:
I recently left a company that I started and am taking time off to take stock of my life. If you think the AI in this game backstabs you, go into business for yourself.:smg:
Most of my friends are my lifelong friends though we don't get together as much as we should.
I don't play FPS games with my boys (both in college now) as they love to school their old man.:thumbsdown:
Slug For A Butt
07-19-2007, 02:13
4. Mine is due to money restraints now, I only have internet now because I am stealing it from the neighbors.
Budwise... you BAD MAN, I just hope you aren't living next to me. :scared:
Budwise... you BAD MAN, I just hope you aren't living next to me. :scared:
Yes, I recognise you. What you were doing in the backyard to that dog was just wrong. If she has puppies I am telling your wife.
Askthepizzaguy
07-19-2007, 08:32
To those who hate/dislike the US
I would like to say that I am living on the West coast in Salem, Oregon http://www.infoplease.com/states.html for a map of the United States and also finding great faults in my country. Outside the United States I am sure you all heard a lot of bad but nobody probably talks anything worth admiring.
The truth is that most, 70-80%, do not like the president or congress (The people who help make the laws) and believe that eventually the whole world is going to hell. Most Americans focus on everyday life, (I.E. Going to work, raising a family, enjoying your time off with loved ones or things you enjoy.) and not what the world is doing. I do feel that most Americans are getting dumber, I believe its because nobody is REQUIRED to learn or even think on a daily basis or figure out how to make tomorrow better for someone else that doesn't give them something in return. You ask an American what the think of this important topic or that topic and quite a lot of them will say "I don't know" or "I don't need to know that s***." I believe because of this we let the lawmakers do what they want.
I believe that America is going downhill. God makes us strong for a while, so we can help each other but when a nation/person who becomes strong, stays strong for a while - they become stagnant and don't evolve. If you look at history, almost every nation was strong for a while and they all lose it after a time. Don't believe me England had a huge empire in various continents in the world and now after constant rebellions, they are exclusively "stuck" in the British Isles. Napolean conqured a lot of Europe and watched his empire crumble because he just got too greedy and didn't know when to quit. Germany became strong twice in the twentith century and EVERYONE know what happened to them. Russia was huge and became a superpower but when the information age opened and they couldn't lie anymore, they crumbled into many littlier countries. China was the biggest country for the longest time strenghtwise but after closing its borders and refusing trade, new ideas, new ways of life in, they fell behind. Italy(Rome) We all PLAYED that one out, didn't we (RTW) Their are so many other examples but I think I will just leave it there for now Our country has a bigger trade deficit and lose more money every year. The rich get more rich while people who work hard don't get any breaks. It used to be that one man could work while the wife stays home and you could still afford college for your kids and now you can't even afford to own a house with a two person income.
There are a lot of joys in America though, if you check the Patent office (international one if their is one) you would realise that 3/4 patents (Inventions) were created here. Our country created the United Nations and although flawed, it makes it so all the nations can talk out their problems and not jump right into war. Modern Thinking (although you cant see it now) mostly started here within the last century as far as Womens Equality and everyone is equal. What other nation do you have an area populated with SO MANY OTHER RACES. Try going to Vietnam as I mentioned above and see what I mean by them staring at a white person because they never seen one before in person in the backwater parts of the country. Although most people outside the US hate the US, they still enjoy the exports that we do such as movies, games, culture, clothing (although made in Taiwan) and music that we do produce.
Also, the US is actually necessary because we also, at our expence, pay for the FDA's research on drugs to cure deseases, give billions a year to aid other countries, assist (and mostly fail) in the worlds peace process, and so many other things that I would fill up this page with at this time. In America there is extreme beauty and people really do care about others almost as a whole.
What makes America really suck is that people like our president are everywhere, although not as big as the good people, those who would screw over you to make him feel better or richer. Those who believe that even knowing they are rich they need to be richer. Those who have abortions (although limited now) just as a form of birth control. Those who think War is good for business and don't realise WHAT war is or what it does where it takes place. Those who hate a Black Person for being black and those who find really sick ways of hurting the child next door. Those who work their workers on "pennies on the dollar" and strip their medical benefits just so they can put more money in the bank that they will never use.
As a whole, most people hate America because their country isn't as good. When I went to Vietnam, a lot of people just wanted me to hand them money and being a good person its kinda hard. I shown some pictures already and those are ACTUAL houses they live in in the background. What I haven't told you yet is that instead of TRYING to make their lives better, the people get drunk on rice wine daily and do the bare minimum. People need to realise that the US wasn't already built when we got off the boats. We had to work VERY HARD to make this nation strong and worth living in. If the people in Vietnam, Mexico, or other inferior countries would get off their butts and work TOGETHER (Either the people within a nation or the nations as a whole work together) like China is doing now. They could make their country great too. But instead everyone wants a quick fix and that also leads to the whole "I hate America" faze. Working is hard but anything worth having you have to work for.
Sorry Budwise I just got a note from the moderator that this sort of material is off-topic and could result in the thread being locked.
Any further discussions regarding real world international politics are now officially banned. Please continue in private message format if you so desire.
Not my decision here folks, so please take this as a friendly warning to all not to post any more such material. We do know the rules, and the rules are that the thread needs to stay on topic.
My apologies, but I have to either moderate this thread or watch it get locked. I'm sure you understand. I do hope you continue to enjoy this thread. :smile:
I do wish to indicate that I'm not as draconian as askthepizzaguy makes me appear ~;)
Unfortunately, the fact is that this is a M2TW discussion forum, and I can only bend the rules so far for this thread.
I'm happy to see discussion and get-to-know-you posts by members, as that can be in some way related to the game and this community.
US-world relations, however, is stretching things a bit too much :grin:
Feel free to use the backroom for any such discussion ~;)
_Tristan_
07-19-2007, 09:15
The feeling that one has to be a mateless geek to play bothers me. I was Airborne in the service. I like to camp and hunt. I have two wonderful children, and a outstanding wife. I am a peace officer. I like the tactics in the game and the immersion. It gets me away from stress of everyday life. You guys and gals are all right with me. In general, the politeness and help on these boards is a testament to all of your characters. (not in game, Real Life). My two cents worth. :2thumbsup:
I'm totally with you here...
I think of myself as a video-game player since the Apple II time...
Nevertheless, i have a life outside... A work I like (law enforcement, you see, both physical and intellectual), a wife to be in love with and who loves me in return (even if sometimes my playing games really starts her up), a a 3 y.o kid who eats up almost all of my time and another soo to be born...
Anyway, all you geek and nerds, you make this forum one of the best I've ever visited... Always civil and useful (and funny also..)
To remain on the topic, i have some shames of myself :
1/ I work in law enforcement (Yes I'm a pig and i like it)
2/ I missed out on some parties with friends to play M2TW
3/ I sometimes happily send my wife out witth friends to be able to play M2TW late at night...
4/ I never played online, knowing that I can only win against the AI...
and they are the least...
My shame is that I secretly really like America and Americans even though I probably shouldn't.
Other than that, I have lots of friends, many, many girlfriends (the last one even didn't mind me playing M2TW for 5 hours at a stretch - should've kept her), a good fast car, a job that pays 6 figures and is largely intellectually stimulating and challenging and an obsession with skiing.
However, I'm pretty sure I haven't managed to patch to 1.2 correctly, and this troubles me.
EDIT: And I am scared to play online in case my ass gets handed to me.
4/ I never played online, knowing that I can only win against the AI...
EDIT: And I am scared to play online in case my ass gets handed to me.
Yeah, I'm with you two, I've never played a TW game online because of not wanting to get thrashed by a human.
I quickly get fed-up with the PvP expliots that evolve with multiplayer games. I used to play STW battles on-line but it quickly evolved into a farce where victory depended on a Rock-Paper-Scissors scenario dependant on which expliots you and your opponent happened to choose. The only certain way to lose being to select some sort of balanced army.
Armies usually consisted of Massed-High-Honour-Peasants, Massed-Low-Honour-Monks, Massed-Heavy-Cavalry or Massed-Spearmen and victory or defeat was more or less certain as soon as you saw what your opponent was using.
I can only remember two or three games which were worth playing.
_Tristan_
07-19-2007, 15:03
@Didz I'm with you on that point...
I don't have the time to gain enough experience online to be something else than a noob, and kowing full well than on most MP sites, a noob is cannon-fodder... No respect at all... No challenge...
Like ML King, I had a dream...
I've seen a MP site where players respected each other enough to teach them their best techniques and thus improve the quality of their opponents and therfore the challenge to be had...
But I know it is just a dream and pardon me if it seems derogatory but I think that most PvP players or "exploiters" (such as Didz described) suffer from an inferiority complex from RL and the only way to cope with it is thru bashing other online players...
So until my dream commes true, I will keep away from such communities and without any regret...
ainamacil
07-19-2007, 20:58
Okay then, shames...
1. Well, I'm a college student. Not much shame in that.
2. The shame (and that's arguable) is that I'm a Resident Advisor. That's right, go ahead and pelt me with garbage. I serve with the noble few whose job it is to break up parties, mediate roommate disputes, and make colorful door decorations out of construction paper. The last part is my favorite! [/sarcasm]
3. I play primarily as Catholics because I can't figure out a way to victory other than brute pummeling from heavy infantry.
4. I hate cavalry archers because of this. I hated the4m in the last game, and find them even more annoying in this one, thanks to their shooting circle.
5. I also never play online, and again, it's because I fear pwnage.
6. I'm a big nerd when it comes to the American Civil War, and have actually
7. I feel kind of bad about making $8.50/hr to sit at a desk and do nothing but watch movies and look at the internet all day, but my school is paying me to do it. I just feel bad because my friends work considerably-harder jobs with the Facilities department for the exact same pay.
8. I met the Timurids for the first time yesterday, and it, uh, didn't go so well.
9. I, too, describe my travails in Medieval to people who have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, and whether or not a particular offensive was successful can totally ruin my day. But my friends are amazing, and put up with me anyway.
10. I don't currently have a girlfriend, but there does seem to be a mutual interest with this girl, so we'll see where that goes. [Insert bad pun about "getting back in the saddle" here]
That's about it, I think.
Askthepizzaguy
07-19-2007, 21:09
Okay then, shames...
1. Well, I'm a college student. Not much shame in that.
2. The shame (and that's arguable) is that I'm a Resident Advisor. That's right, go ahead and pelt me with garbage. I serve with the noble few whose job it is to break up parties, mediate roommate disputes, and make colorful door decorations out of construction paper. The last part is my favorite! [/sarcasm]
3. I play primarily as Catholics because I can't figure out a way to victory other than brute pummeling from heavy infantry.
4. I hate cavalry archers because of this. I hated the4m in the last game, and find them even more annoying in this one, thanks to their shooting circle.
5. I also never play online, and again, it's because I fear pwnage.
6. I'm a big nerd when it comes to the American Civil War, and have actually
7. I feel kind of bad about making $8.50/hr to sit at a desk and do nothing but watch movies and look at the internet all day, but my school is paying me to do it. I just feel bad because my friends work considerably-harder jobs with the Facilities department for the exact same pay.
8. I met the Timurids for the first time yesterday, and it, uh, didn't go so well.
9. I, too, describe my travails in Medieval to people who have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, and whether or not a particular offensive was successful can totally ruin my day. But my friends are amazing, and put up with me anyway.
10. I don't currently have a girlfriend, but there does seem to be a mutual interest with this girl, so we'll see where that goes. [Insert bad pun about "getting back in the saddle" here]
That's about it, I think.
Great post.
Say, would you like some tips on dealing with the Mongol/Timurid invasion?
I am regarded somewhat as one of the foremost experts of ultra-aggressive blitz style warfare on this forum, having captured 50 regions by turn 16 with the Holy Roman Empire, all 106 regions with France and England by turn 58, and victory Egypt by turn 35.
I even did a Russian blitz campaign. 50 regions by turn 45 (If you've ever played Russia, you know that is bordering on the impossible)
I can help you beat those annoying little pests, if you'd like some advice.
I can't believe this thread has 120 posts.
Don't sweat being an RA. You are the responsible adult that some of fools need in college. Insofar as not having as much work as some of your friends, don't sweat that either. Some people don't have the "wherewithall" to lay down the rules. Some people can't handle being the bad guy. Really, you are keeping things safe.
My nephew was an RA for a couple of years, and mostly it was putting up with the clowns who have no responsibility. The year after he left, some fool started a fire in the hallway. It was a six story dorm so you can imagine the safety concerns. Luckily, it was put out quickly.
I forgot to mention that no one listens to me about my game either before. I just shuffle into my own little world where I can either be Saint or Sinner.
I have had 4 kings in my last game that had the title of Saint (before my Vh/Vh victory. ) Anyone else try to do that regularly?
Askthepizzaguy
07-19-2007, 22:55
Don't sweat being an RA. You are the responsible adult that some of fools need in college. Insofar as not having as much work as some of your friends, don't sweat that either. Some people don't have the "wherewithall" to lay down the rules. Some people can't handle being the bad guy. Really, you are keeping things safe.
My nephew was an RA for a couple of years, and mostly it was putting up with the clowns who have no responsibility. The year after he left, some fool started a fire in the hallway. It was a six story dorm so you can imagine the safety concerns. Luckily, it was put out quickly.
I forgot to mention that no one listens to me about my game either before. I just shuffle into my own little world where I can either be Saint or Sinner.
I have had 4 kings in my last game that had the title of Saint (before my Vh/Vh victory. ) Anyone else try to do that regularly?
I have, but my accomplishment is tainted. I can get every single general "the saint" because I have the unmodified original version of the game. You simply join/leave/join a crusade until you have "the saint". Of course, anyone who is not an uber dread general can get the saint quite easily by doing a crusade, winning the crusade, and releasing prisoners the whole time.
For orthodox and Muslim factions, it's not so easy. You basically release until you are dead from old age.
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"Sure, this amendment has teeth. But you have to ask yourself, who does it bite? The answer is, it bites our... hope."
-Senator Joe Lieberman
Askthepizzaguy
07-20-2007, 07:09
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=88887
Check new thread for tips on repelling Mongol/Timurid invasions.
redpatch
07-20-2007, 09:05
21/m
last year of college
can't do the evil thing because i feel bad. i dig role playing too.
i mostly skate and play drums
i love this game but it's pretty annoying.
i love the scotts.
i usually play online with my best friend who's chronically ill
shames? i autocalc and lurk way too much, but I also love it when I make some sick tactical routs.
redpatch
07-20-2007, 09:58
I still haven't figured out how to modify posts. I don't know if you can.
i'll try for "life history"
1. I'm very radical, viewing IRL Muslin, Christian religion as equally stupid. However, when I play M2 I can't play Muslim factions and I always join crusades. For some reason the ideal of a chivalric Christian factions makes me happy.
2. I role play M2 when i'm bored. I like to imagine liberating a captured town, inspiring my troops to fight, and becoming the greatest brave commander.
3. I'm writing this from my work where I make a good $19 an hour.
4. I love using siege equipment because I think it's saving troops' lives.
5. I get so immersed in the game I'll send my general out as the rear guard to protect fleeing troops. When he dies, i'm stoked. I love the immersion
6. I hate knowing I grew up poor but things turned around, but I'd rather live making music and making myself happy than getting a big job that could potentially help others.
7. I pissed in a water bottle once while play M2 so I wouldn't have to go to the bathroom. Ack.
Askthepizzaguy
07-20-2007, 10:02
I still haven't figured out how to modify posts. I don't know if you can.
i'll try for "life history"
1. I'm very radical, viewing IRL Muslin, Christian religion as equally stupid. However, when I play M2 I can't play Muslim factions and I always join crusades. For some reason the ideal of a chivalric Christian factions makes me happy.
2. I role play M2 when i'm bored. I like to imagine liberating a captured town, inspiring my troops to fight, and becoming the greatest brave commander.
3. I'm writing this from my work where I make a good $19 an hour.
4. I love using siege equipment because I think it's saving troops' lives.
5. I get so immersed in the game I'll send my general out as the rear guard to protect fleeing troops. When he dies, i'm stoked. I love the immersion
6. I hate knowing I grew up poor but things turned around, but I'd rather live making music and making myself happy than getting a big job that could potentially help others.
7. I pissed in a water bottle once while play M2 so I wouldn't have to go to the bathroom. Ack.
I think you can edit posts once you become a full member. Which requires more posts, of good quality of course.
I think this thread is losing some steam. Well, even knowing I didn't start it I did keep it going for some time. Can anyone else summit a picture of ANYthing of their life at all. I did.
Askthepizzaguy
07-20-2007, 10:45
I think this thread is losing some steam. Well, even knowing I didn't start it I did keep it going for some time. Can anyone else summit a picture of ANYthing of their life at all. I did.
I will let it die when it is time for it to die... but not without some CPR
My threads are my children. When your children die, you make new ones.
(Apologies for the dark humor)
Blatant plug: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=88366
My threads are my children. When your children die, you make new ones.
(Apologies for the dark humor)
Please don't ever become a family planning advisor...
redpatch
07-20-2007, 12:36
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/redpatcher/l_f66a5f19a1d36aacf506bde2511ba3bd.jpg
picture of my life
Ok! here's my list
1. I'm far too old to be playing games (e.g. 52), or so I'm told.
2. I am a freelance government consultant, which basically means I only need to work 6 months a year. If I put myself out I could probably be rich, but I can't be bothered with the hassle.
3. I'd rather play games than work.
4. I frequently become so immersed in a game that I forget what time it is until I hear the morning bird song outside the window.
5. I spend most of my day on the computer and frequently forget what day it actually is. I neglected to collect my son for his weekend with me one Friday because I thought it was Wednesday.
6. My ex-wife cited my obsession with computer games as the main reason for the breakdown of our marriage. (It wasn't really...in fact escaping into computer games was the way I coped with the fact that I knew she didn't care about me anymore.)
7. As per 6 above I tend to use computer games as a means to distract me from reality.
8. I'm a bit of history nerd, and will happily bore the pants off of anyone willing to listen to my lifetime of accumulated historical trivia.
9. I'm also a control freak, and hate it when things become chaotic. I particularly hate not being able to find things and something not being where it is supposed to be is guarantee'd to drive me into a rage. This is a particular problem now I need reading glasses which are always going missing.
10. I live alone....probably because I found it impossible to choose between the two women I was closest to, though I suspect I have burned both my options in that respect now, although I still remain friends with both, and I can't be bothered to go through the emotional trauma of trying to sort it out, even though it costs me a fortune in birthday and christmas presents. One of these is my ex-wife who still manages to manipulate me when she wants to.
11. I honestly believe that playing strategy games is good experience for real life Project Managers and executives, and favour people with those hobbies when interviewing candidates for project roles.
12. My 14 year old son is better at MTW2 than I am, in fact he's better at most computer games than I am.
13. Its now 2pm and I'm sitting here writing this still in pajama's. I think the local postwoman assumes I am a nightworker because I always seem to answer my door in my dressing gown.
14. I get quite obsessive about relatively trivial issues particularly if they are history related and find it hard to walk away from a debate. My eldest son claims I'm a forum troll.
15. I don't particularly like myself, and never have done, and so I tend to assume that nobody else would be that stupid either which means I have quite a small circle of friends and naturally assume that all my relationships will not last very long.
16. I believe that caring too much about anything makes you vulnerable and so I try not to care too much about anything. I never clean my car and avoid becoming overly proud of anything. However, I was quite proud of my 20/20 vision (I used to be able to paint the iris in the eyes of my 30mm wargame figures and every button on their gaiters) which is probably why my eyesight is failing.
17. I play World of Warcraft, and my main character is a female warlock.
Just out of curiousity, what was the longest thread ever created? Is this one even close?
Kadagar_AV
07-21-2007, 09:33
17. I play World of Warcraft, and my main character is a female warlock.
You sir, just lost the internet!
I have more shames but I will not say them.
Azi Tohak
07-21-2007, 19:37
Just out of curiousity, what was the longest thread ever created? Is this one even close?
HA! Go check the babes thread. 99 PAGES.
Azi
John_Longarrow
07-21-2007, 20:43
???
What Babes thread? Why wasn't I informed of a Babes thread???
:whip: :whip: :whip:
Just out of curiousity, what was the longest thread ever created? Is this one even close?
There, I quoted myself
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=77217
Looking at the bottom of the Citadels page, you can sort all the threads by this or that and I sorted them out from the beginning and ranked them by replys. There are some with more but I felt that this was the actual first thread worth counting because some were "Whats this going to be like when M2TW comes out" or I think Moderator created and possibly had a sticky at some time.
Also, I didn't see a "Babes" post anywhere.
EDIT: Never mind, I found it. https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=43728&page=8
Ehhhhhhhh, if you have a girlfriend whos good to you, you don't need it.
Askthepizzaguy
07-22-2007, 03:18
Here's my Simpsons avatar. It looks a lot like me.
Sorry, don't have any recent photos.
Of course, I am willing to bet most of you look like this too.
https://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb78/im_thepizzaguy/avatar2.jpg
Of course, I am willing to bet most of you look like this too.
https://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb78/im_thepizzaguy/avatar2.jpg
Yeah, I think your right. I do have big eyes, yellow skin and and an overgrown upper lip.
21/m
last year of college
can't do the evil thing because i feel bad. i dig role playing too.
i mostly skate and play drums
i love this game but it's pretty annoying.
i love the scotts.
i usually play online with my best friend who's chronically ill
shames? i autocalc and lurk way too much, but I also love it when I make some sick tactical routs.
i'm a drummer too.Which styles do you play ?
(me = metal and hardrock :skull: :2thumbsup: )
edit : saw your picture.I bet you play punk :P
Slug For A Butt
07-23-2007, 17:30
Here's my Simpsons avatar. It looks a lot like me.
Sorry, don't have any recent photos.
Of course, I am willing to bet most of you look like this too.
Minus the hair,big top lip, glasses,shaven chin, yellow complexion, youth and slight figure, I'm a dead ringer. :2thumbsup:
I'm the guy on the right that ISN'T falling asleep.
https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a242/SlugForAButt/CNV00025.jpg
Yesterday my internet was off (Neighbors weren't home and their router went down.) and I was having major Guild Withdraws. After actually playing M2TW, I realized that I didn't mark any shames so here are the shames of my life.
My girlfriend cares deeply for me but I think she cares for her exhusband (yes, the ahole with the knife who is in prison right now) more and plans to go back to him when he gets home.
The reason I didn't go out with the girl at work thats hella hot is that I am a sucker to just stay and be committed. I will stay no matter how bad something gets instead of leaving and taking a "risk" in relationships. Not so much with anything else, just relationships.
Saying no to that girl in Vietnam was the hardest thing that I could ever do. (Please see #2) Like I said she has HIV and she just found out after I came back but I never in my whole life wanted a girl more to take to the room before. For the rest of the trip, when my girlfriend and I did something, my mind was elsewhere.
M2TW sometimes is too much work to play so I often just read threads here just to get my fix.
I believe that the "Full Multiplayer Campaign" mode would never be played because nobody plays online due to the fear of losing, so how is it better to lose an EMPIRE compared to just a battle?
The reason why I started to play as England is that they are the most "evil" of the factions. Throughout history they have had a foothold here or a conquest there. Now that I can play as the rebels, I have moved on to them. I am a good person throughout my life so in games, I want to be purely evil (Still don't randomly kill people in GTA due to a conscious.) IN this game though my conscious gets in the way but in a WWII shooter, I have to be the Nazis.
I often wonder if the archers in M2TW or any TW game in general are neutered down compared to real life. I feel they don't get the kills they deserve.
My biggest fear in life right now is that my girlfriends "blossoming" young 14 year old daughter will come to my room (Sometimes my girlfriend wants to sleep alone) and say Do this/me or I scream rape or something of that sorts. My girlfriends mom came on to me one day and that was just too much, I haven't talked to her since nor has she came to me. She did tell my girlfriend that she should leave me which upsets the hell out of me.
I truly believe NO MAN gets as much sex as he wants. Except for gays and thats why us breeders hate them. (Kidding, relax on that one.)
I am currently mad at my girlfriend because she was showing off the house to the skanky people she works with and she completely talked down to me. At work when she wasn't popular (People used to just ignore her, I though she was just the only black girl we had a work) I took her in and have her meet my friends, made her feel good. BUT, when my friends found new jobs and she became friends with EVERYONE at work due to me, she now ignores my ass half the time. Really pisses me off and I am thinking about that girl at work more and more because its too much right now.
I am being peer pressured by EVERYONE at work to go with the younger girl, its gotten so bad that I don't talk to anyone anymore and the sad thing is is that there is nobody my age anymore and I am being pushed by 40 year olds.
imnothere
07-24-2007, 02:05
don't blame yourself, this is merely badluck on your part and a (shame) on hers. i too, had made a wrong (first) choice :confused: and i just wanted to shoot myself :rifle: , glad that it was over but i havent going out (with anyone) since.
if only life is like MTW2, can send unwanted princess/diplomat/assassins/generals into depleted boat and get them sank by the pirates. :sneaky:
Everything is going better today. Thats whats hard about a rollercoaster relationship is the ups and downs.
Anyways, congradulations Pizzaguy. This is the six highest post on views of all time on this board. I bet when you started it you weren't expecting it. I bet you were just trying to kill a few minutes of time waiting for a reply to something else.
Askthepizzaguy
07-24-2007, 04:27
Everything is going better today. Thats whats hard about a rollercoaster relationship is the ups and downs.
Anyways, congradulations Pizzaguy. This is the six highest post on views of all time on this board. I bet when you started it you weren't expecting it. I bet you were just trying to kill a few minutes of time waiting for a reply to something else.
Perhaps there are a lot of forum members out there that are anxious to get to know other members; after all, we do share one thing in common.
Total war
:knight:
Update: I am about to start a Scottish thread for Lands to Conquer.
El Diablo
07-24-2007, 05:56
This thread just gets more and more interesting.
In this thread, people laying it all bare. Decidedly unnerving but brutally honest.
So my turn?
1. I mostly play on E/E. I hate losing troops and I am an average gamer so hey I can live with it if the AI can. I have tried a couple of times on M/M on RTW but usually as the Romans so it is not that much harder.
2. Play online? Yeah well that will never happen (see above). I have never used horse archers nor any Muslim or Orthodox faction and only played a couple of custom battles with Egypt to see what everyone (Mithrandir) was on about the camels. I lost but thankfully some camels escaped.
3. I played Grand Turismo 4 (my first car racing simulator) for hours and got more and more frustrated with not winning much until my mate who has finished all the GT's and Forza told me that I was pushing the handbreak button not the break to try and get around the corners. It you could have been a fly on the wall to see him laugh and my tantrum. :wall:
4. I have a girlfriend that I think the world of and should probably propose to but I am a big chicken. My parents split when I was seven and a few of my friends are now going through divorces and some of those are ugly.
5. I secretly like her (my gf)'s cat. It is a pain in the proverbial but man is has some personality (and personality goes a long way). I hate other cats. Am I catist?
6. I do not like Seinfeld. I never got the humour as they just seemed to discuss stuff that you just get over and would normally not sweat about. Cosmo Kramer was funny though.
7. I love Greys Anatomy and Desperate housewives as the better half sits down and watches them religioulsy and I can sneak off to a bit of world domination.
8. Playing San Andreas my fav thing to do was pick you the girlfriend then head over to the airport, take off and jump out. Now my guy had a parachutte - she did not.
9. I would never consider dothingthis to my gf. She is afraid of flying.
My 2c
supadodo
07-24-2007, 05:59
Gahh, I have a problem with commitment. I only post once or twice in any single thread, then I just lose interest... So I wonder what will happen when I finally leave for the outside world. I'm currently just a polytechnic student
More stuff about Chinese guy(me <--- see my avatar picture?) who is extremely different from most chinese(other chinese)
.I am a master horse archer user, thx to playing the Turks frequntly. I have beaten a full stack of Hungarian troops(feudal knights and all) with just 6 elite Turkomans. (thx to AI stupidity)
.I hate MP. I have never played a MTW2 or any other startegy game for that matter online.
.I have successfully modded new elephants for the Turks and pride myself over it though most may call it amateurish.
https://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2247/elephantcopyao5.th.jpg (https://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=elephantcopyao5.jpg)
.I love to read topics that spark flame wars just to see people calling each other racist, gays and whatnot.
.I love medieval history yet I can't remember a darn thing about it.
.I think most chinese love tofu, I hate the stuff.
.I would like to see if there are any other Asians in this forums(not necessarily, I'm actually Malaysian born chinese..check the map if you dont know where Malaysia is:shame: )
.I think I have given away too much information about myself:sweatdrop:
.I think I have given away too much information about myself:sweatdrop:
Yes, you have, you will now get people in black suits and sunglasses turning up at your house at night to take you away.
Askthepizzaguy
07-24-2007, 08:27
More secret shames:
1. In spite of being nicknamed askthepizzaguy, I am ranked 1,438th in this forum alphabetically.
2. I cut my own hair because I am too poor to afford haircuts.
3. However, when I do get haircuts, I still tip the person doing the cutting, because I have worked for tips before and I know how much it sucks. I'm actually not ashamed of that, but I thought I would mention it, so any cheap bastards out there would read it and learn something.
4. I am currently between jobs.
5. My dream career is to become a teacher.
6. I used to have a blog where I discussed politics, as if anyone cared to hear my opinion. And religion. And philosophy.
7. I have an I.Q. of 144 but I was a C and D student because I don't pay attention and can't remember shit.
8. Since entering college, I have become an A student. I try really hard to pay attention and I prefer studying alone at my own pace.
9. Someday I hope to write a book. Pathetic, huh? As if there aren't enough books out there already.
10. I foolishly believe in not settling for anything less than true love.
11. I don't do well in crowds of people.
12. I actually care if people get my jokes.
13. As I am writing this, I am wearing nothing more than what I was born in, minus the goo.
14. Because it is comfortable, dangit. At least I stay indoors.
15. No jokes about how I would do better in crowds of people if I wore clothes. I wear clothes when I go outside. Now shaddup already.
16. And I wear clothes when playing M2TW. And other various tasks.
17. I haven't bought new clothes in over two years.
18. I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok. I sleep all night and I work all day.
19. I am Mork from Ork. Nanu Nanu.
20. I am mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore.
21. I am the champions, my friend.
22. I am eggman, I am the walrus.
23. I am what I am, and that's all that I am.
24. I am the only son of an only child of an only child. I am the last of my clan.
25. I am whatever you say I am. If I wasn't, then why would they say I am.
26. I am old enough to know better, but too young to care.
27. I have advanced delusional schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage.
28. The last time I had a girlfriend was over a year and a half ago.
29. I haven't seen a dentist since 1990 because I am poor.
30. I wish someone would smash into my car so I would be able to use the insurance money to pay it off.
31. My credit rating is terrible
32. I once had the nickname "Can't get right" when I worked in construction, and later as a dishwasher.
33. That's from the movie "Life". I didn't pick it.
34. This list is padded.
35. See?
36. More blatant padding.
37. I don't have a middle name.
38. I skipped number 43.
39. I don't drink, smoke, do drugs, and apparently, I don't have sex either.
40. I am a fan of Star Trek.
41. I think Yeardley Smith has a sexy voice.
42. I couldn't care less about Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, or Lindsay Lohan.
44. I wish I could be an assistant moderator on this forum.
45. I prefer to let the woman make the first move because I am too shy.
46. But I'm still a big, tough, brutish bloodthirsty conqueror in this game. If you doubt it, I will feed you your own entrails and then impale you lengthwise upon a stake, while forcing you to listen to K-Fed's rap song. You will consider the immolation that follows to be a relief, and will welcome sweet, sweet death.
47. I am afflicted with the curse of the white male. If you don't know what that is, I'll get you a ruler.
48. I have the balls to make that public knowledge.
49. I'm running out of shames to share.
50. I couldn't think of a joke good enough to put here.
Askthepizzaguy
07-24-2007, 08:35
51. I posted this just to be post number 150 on my own thread.
(see previous post)
_________________________________________
"...and I do da cha-cha like a sissy girl. Me like-ah do da cha-cha."
Yeah, good for you. I don't know if I said this earlier but my girlfriend sold her ex-husbands truck we have been SAVING for him. I told her to sell it and get rid of it a long time ago but now at least I don't have to see it, unless I go outside. The next door neighbor bought it. Well, at least its gone and I can finally spend a paycheck on myself for once and this means that the houses morgage will be paid for the next 5 months at least. The truck went for 7000 dollars.
Besides that, my girlfriend is sleeping with her kids tonight (asian culture) and shes a little annoyed because I was mad at her so I will let it go. Besides that, another shame is that even know I like the other girl at work, I don't have the heart to even see if its an option right now because of my total commitment to not cheating.
I'm tired so I should go to bed.
EDIT: I am not even playing M2TW right now so I will probably respond less for a while. I bought the game Farcry a while ago and installed it to watch it sit. I finally fired it up and I am enjoying it so its a good break for me from M2TW for at least two weeks. Then, I will go back to my Rebel Campaign.
51. I posted this just to be post number 150 on my own thread.
(see previous post)
_________________________________________
"...and I do da cha-cha like a sissy girl. Me like-ah do da cha-cha."
Your 151, kinda funny isn't it.
Askthepizzaguy
07-24-2007, 10:15
Well... I am 150. (See previous post)
I'm also the 150th responder, otherwise known as #151
Kinda funny isn't it? I thought you were tired.
:beam:
I'm very tired but I have been sleeping on and off since 4pm and although I go to work at 5:30 am I should be fine.
Its kinda funny how I made your thread my own personal public journal and how you and I are the major regulars on your board. I am happy that some people followed you but I kinda was hoping for more. Anyways, I think this thread could make it with the most views out of all of them.
Askthepizzaguy
07-24-2007, 10:24
I believe there is a thread in the entrance hall with 116 pages. One in the frontroom has over 130 pages. We have 6 so far.
Close, though.
:2thumbsup:
Hmm..this thread 6 pages, frontroom thread 130 pages...very close...
Askthepizzaguy
07-24-2007, 12:46
Hmm..this thread 6 pages, frontroom thread 130 pages...very close...
That's nothing. I just started a new thread to commemorate the 4000th M2TW: Singleplayer thread.
It's gonna be big. Post now while you still can!
It's a legend in the making.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=89046
Ars Moriendi
07-24-2007, 13:25
I just started a new thread to commemorate the 4000th M2TW: Singleplayer thread.
It's gonna be big. Post now while you still can!
It's a legend in the making.
A few more brilliant ideas for new threads, which I'm impatiently waiting for you to implement :
1. Thread celebrating the tenth page in this one.
2. Thread for analyzing the chances of reaching 130 pages in the "4000 celebration" thread
3. Poll-game where posters will try to guess when will the Citadel get to 5000 threads.
4. Discussion about the need to have more threads like these.
5. Petition thread to persuade the moderators to allow posting 10 identical posts at a time.
6. Celebration for every time your post count reaches a prime number
7. Math discussion about twin primes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_prime) (two threads too close together ?)
8. Discussing strategy for sabotaging and hijacking other successful threads so ours get better post count.
9. Thread about the meaning of "spam" in modern society and online communities
10. Thread with topic="offtopic" where anything goes.
11. A thread mourning the loss of each of the above threads when moderators axe them.
12. Celebration when the previous thread in this list reaches its second page.
13. Celebration when the previous thread in this list reaches its second page.
14. Celebration when the previous thread in this list reaches its second page.
15. Celebration when the previous thread in this list reaches its second page.
...
...
...
1000. Celebration when the previous thread in this list reaches its second page.
1001. The Final Thread Of Doom (tm)
(yes it's a joke, please forgive my weird and not so funny sense of humor)
Askthepizzaguy
07-24-2007, 13:31
Secret shame number 52:
4000th thread spectacular busted on the very first post!
D'oh!
Ah well. Time for this thread to die too, methinks.
Nurse, I'm ready for my medicine now. Sleepy time. :nurse:
I promise my Scotland thread will not only be more productive, it will be relevant to M2TW.
__________________
:dancinglock:
Askthepizzaguy
07-24-2007, 23:26
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=89076
Aye, laddies. Tha Scotland thread is noo ready fer ya.
:scotland:
It's a work in progress, so dunnae get your panties in a twist, or yool taste tha back a me hand!
And on that bombshell it's time to end the show.
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