What you say to your girlfred, wife, mother, when you are going to play EB:)

[Pius Curus]

You could write your usually used alibi (evasion) here, when you go to play EB:)

[pseudocaesar]

Im playin EB, cook dinner.

[CrownOfSwords]

^ Lmao, I don't say anything I just disappear for awhile..

[Intrepid Adventurer]

The only thing my girlfriend will say, is: "Wow, don't you think that game ever gets boring?"

She knows I love it, she doesn't mind me playing it. I take what I like seriously and she takes me seriously. Done. Perhaps I should mention that she's an Age of Empires II addict herself. ;)

[agua]

luckily, she's a god of war fiend. yay for gamer girlfriends.

She's tried to get into EB, but RTS's are not her forte.

I, on the other hand am completely addicted.

[mAIOR]

I need to find myself one of those girlfriends... My ex mentioned EB as a reason... The worse part I believe was all I could think was "who cares?"


Cheers...

[Sassem]

I'm confused in what city can you recruit them and what are there unit stats???

BTW they sound very expensive i think my faction economy doesn't support them

:oops:

[bovi]

I need to find myself one of those girlfriends... My ex mentioned EB as a reason... The worse part I believe was all I could think was "who cares?"
Heh, in that case it was probably for the best for both of you...
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article09-002

[Rhipsaspis]

I just stick my fingers in my ears and repeat "I can't hear you!" over and over :2thumbsup:

[Wolfman]

My mother doesn't say anything.

[Karo]

Most of the time my mother doesn't say anything except when I should be working for school and I'm playing EB :laugh4:

[Kampfkrebs]

If my right hand complians about the heavy usage, I just tell her "Play EB or you wont play on anything tonight!".

[Bootsiuv]

My girl is cool. She knows I love this game. Thankfully she's mature enough to just let me do what I do. I'm a big geek, but she doesn't mind. :)

[Rodion Romanovich]

I'm confused in what city can you recruit them and what are there unit stats???

BTW they sound very expensive i think my faction economy doesn't support them

:oops:
:laugh4: :2thumbsup:

[Laevex]

My girlfriend thinks it's funny I think. If I'm not talking regularly on the phone she says "Are you playing EB?". She said she want's to buy me a replica Roman helmet so I can wear it while I'm playing but when I enthuse about EB to her her standard line is "As much as I love you, I'm not in the slightest bit interested in EB."

Considering she's not a gamer (she used to play the sims but her PC is too weak to cope with it now), I think I'm pretty lucky to have her tolerance, if not her shared enthusiasm.

[russia almighty]

I've busted my sister playing it actually . I came in one day and there she was as the Sabaeans doing stuff. She didn't get wtf pwned either .


GF really doesn't care . We do "stuff" when she's over . Stuff as in anything including stuff that you people with your minds in the gutter think of .

[bovi]

My GF is understanding of my time spent on the computer. She'll join me for casual games, Text Twist and the like, but rarely plays by herself and never anything as complex as EB. At least she enjoys board games.

[The Persian Cataphract]

My girlfriend hates this game because usually when I'm up being my usual insomniac self, I end up just fooling around a bit in EB.

Girlfriend - "Turn that shit off for God's sake! It's enough that I have to spend time in bed alone..."

Me "paying attention" - "Yeah, yeah, yeah... What do you want, I'm busy..."

I wish I could say "I'm playing EB, cook dinner for me", but my girlfriend is so lousy at it I'd rather not tempt my own life.

[Azazel]

My girlfriend is pretty tolerant of the game. I've been playing for 2-3 months constantly and now she just accepts it as the norm.

We also now have an ongoing joke about the game. One time she wanted me to get off the computer and hang out with her family (:wall:) to which I replied, in a playful whiney voice, "But honey, I need to conquer Europe." (Mind you when I said this she had no clue what EB was haha)

She never lets me live it down, I think all of her friends have heard the joke too...when I'm in a different room "You conquering Europe over there, Alex?" But I enjoy it since it gives me a gateway to verbally spew forth my love for EB and history.

So yeah, I just tell her I'm going to play EB and she understands that i have an Empire to forge...and maintain :whip:

[Cash Staks]

My girlfriend cares but knows I enjoy it. She would much rather have me cuddling with her on the couch or taking her out to dinner, things I do but those should be done in moderation as not to wear out their novelty. We've been dating for over two and a half years so those things don't happen often.

Most of the time I just tell her I have to go conquer some part of Europe and she calls me a nerd. She tolerates it.

[Boyar Son]

I think of you when I slay an army of Germani :)

[Starforge]

I think of you when I slay an army of Germani :)

:laugh4:

Gotta remember my ex everytime I slaughter some Gauls. Great idea!! :charge:

[NeoSpartan]

Well I am still living at home and my mom EXTREMELY annoyed not just at EB, but also to EB forums, Bodybuilding/weightlifting forums, and lately YouTube.

So in order for me to play EB I just take a nap in the early evening after dinner, and then wake up at 1:00am and play until 3:00am or 4:00am. Finaly get a glass of milk and my fishoil and go back to sleep. However I can only do this when I don't have to wake up early the next day. :wall:

BUT on a Saturdays I play until 7:00am after comming home from clubbing at 3:30am. :2thumbsup:

[The Internet]

She doesn't ask questions and she doesn't get a history lesson, we both get something out of it, I just start any response with "well back in 236BC the Romans were..." and she gets the idea.

[Xehh II]

I just got a girlfriend and I don't know what she thinks of EB yet, she seems quite interested in it though.

[NeoSpartan]

I just got a girlfriend and I don't know what she thinks of EB yet, she seems quite interested in it though.

Get her to play EB ASAP!

[Lysander13]

My girl is cool with it. She knows i'm a big fan of history; specifically the time period covered in EB and extending back to the heyday of Sparta and Athens. She understands i can't ever see, read, or play enough of anything having to do with this time period. She says i'm a dork and i need help......
Who knows....maybe she's right....

She'll see me playing EB and say "are you defending Greece from that 7ft Xerxes with all the earings and his Rhino Cavalry again?"...I'll cringe and say "no smart ass...i'm fighting Macedonians." which of course she'll reply "who?"
:wall:

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Tell girls about EB? Are you crazy?! I keep it secret, but then again I don't have a great track record either way. :laugh4:

[gran_guitarra]

When Hell freezes over I'll get a girlfriend (I can only get one-nighters right now. Don't know why). When I get a girlfriend I'll post my alibi.
Therefore, when Hell freezes over, I'll post my alibi here.


My parents don't really care, since they are two and a half hours away from my apartment and don't know what I do with my computer (and don't really care).
Usually I just played and gave yes or no answers to questions.

Cause Im all alone.....
There's no one here besiiiiiiiiide meeeeeee..........


What will you do when you get lonely,
with no one waiting by your side?

PLAY EB!!!!

[MerlinusCDXX]

She mostly doesn't mind...except when the "Professor v8.1a" pops up, then she tries to "disable advisor".

nah she's actually pretty cool, she communicates with me using the unit stat system when she has something she wants me to do...ie morale bonuses etc

[Azazel]

She'll see me playing EB and say "are you defending Greece from that 7ft Xerxes with all the earings and his Rhino Cavalry again?"...I'll cringe and say "no smart ass...i'm fighting Macedonians." which of course she'll reply "who?" :wall:

Yeah I remember when I was out to dinner with my family, at some point I ended up mentioning Makedonia and I received nothing but blank stares...It's weird how I just assume that they (and everyone around me) know about ancient history...but I'm always disappointed :shame:

So thats why I'm here on these forums :clown:

[Poulp']

yup

here you'll find understanding ears everywhere.
People here do not feel calling the psys when you mention "that's where my flanking move payed off and I managed to drive off the first stack just in time to meet the second..." (or anything among those lines)

Also, you don't have to live such dialogue:
"hey, what's are those midgets on the screen ? It's so cute."
"They're not midgets, they're legionnairs, and they're not cute, they're bad asses. I trained them the hard way, and they've been with me since I departed from Rome.
... er, just playing a game, forget about it..."

[pezhetairoi]

I don't have to make any excuses, my mum encourages me to play EB instead of my other games cuz it's the only one that doesn't distract my brother when he's studying due to a complete lack of interest, and my girlfriend? Let's just say my girlfriend has a Makedonia campaign in progress at the moment. ^_^

I feel like such a fortunate guy.

[Pius Curus]

@Sasem :2thumbsup:

Huh, nice notes here:) But I think that at first of all it should be made the work and than may come the fun...it means, at firt challenged sex with wife:sweatdrop: and than challenged battle in EB:charge: :)

[artavazd]

Ive shown the game to my fiance she just looks at the monitor with a puzzled face:inquisitive: telling me"why do you have all those horses running around?" i told her im trying to flank my enemy she asks "what is a flank?" so i told her to stand by the bed and I came from the side and knocked her on the bed. I said that my dear is a flank :laugh4:

[kambiz]

I'm confused in what city can you recruit them and what are there unit stats???

BTW they sound very expensive i think my faction economy doesn't support themYou can get them only after "Nano reform" are triggered ,which one of its conditions is "The year should be at least 2100 AD". And they are indeed expensive but worth the coast :wink: unfortunately it is not in FAQ !

[mAIOR]

Well, I believe it's about time someone placed this in the faqs :p Yesterday I had a friend of mine come over and I was playing EB the first thing she said was was "How cute! Horsies!!!!" And I went "Cute?!? They are Pahlavan Grivpânvar the meanest, manlier cavalry around they just crushed a Seleucid army in no time!" th wich she answered "Nevertheless, they're still cute." So, now I'm the guy who likes to play with cute horsies... Of course I went to frenzy and threw her out the door the very next minute (j/k).

Cheers...

[The Persian Cataphract]

mAIOR! Hop on to MSN, like... Now?

Seriously, need to talk to you, don't worry I won't bite :clown:

[Cadwalader]

My parents seem to deliberately ignore everything I do at my computer, though I think I'm happy for that. It's annoying when someone tries to be friendly and asks what I'm doing, only to leave before I finish my sentence. All my family hate video games. It seems they've made up their mind that it's a bad thing. Every time I ask "can I borrow your credit card, so I can buy something online?", and they ask me what it is, they het those gloomy faces.

I'm not sure what they'll say if they ever see the gesatae, though..

[TWFanatic]

Quote:
I need to find myself one of those girlfriends... My ex mentioned EB as a reason... The worse part I believe was all I could think was "who cares?"

Heh, in that case it was probably for the best for both of you...
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article09-002
I've seen that story before, though with some slight adjustments. Someone in my clan posted it on our forums. Hilarious.:laugh4:

I really got into and PC games after I left home, so my mother poses very little annoyance these days. And when my GF is over, she takes priority over everything. Including EB. :shame:

[Tretii]

Me wife understand that I have urges to destruct things and occupy my creative strategical mind, therefore she doesn't' mind me playing at all.
After all better playing EB, then drinking and smashing people's faces.

[Sarcasm]

Me wife understand that I have urges to destruct things and occupy my creative strategical mind, therefore she doesn't' mind me playing at all.
After all better playing EB, then drinking and smashing people's faces.

Brother, is that you?

[Philip of Massalia]

When I'm good :

I say : listen, I made dinner, washed the dishes and the TV is showing craps tonight. What about going to bed early?

And if she say : oh, I got such a headache tonight ! I say, please take a rest, I'll let you alone for a while...:juggle2:

When I'm less good :
You'd better let me play my stupdi game, cause I have to crush something tonight, better the Roman Empire then you :whip:

[Reno Melitensis]

Well lucky you, you have only your girlfriend. I have my wife that whenever I sit down to play EB she always goes berserk about the waist of time, and my two elder kids either want to play the internet or Prince of Persia. I was thinking to get another pc, and shoot my wife.:hmg::wall:

Cheers

[Sassem]

When I'm less good :
You'd better let me play my stupdi game, cause I have to crush something tonight, better the Roman Empire then you :whip:

:logic: hilarious :laugh4:

[Karo]

Well lucky you, you have only your girlfriend. I have my wife that whenever I sit down to play EB she always goes berserk about the waist of time, and my two elder kids either want to play the internet or Prince of Persia. I was thinking to get another pc, and shoot my wife.:hmg::wall:

Cheers

The first idea sounds good but I wouldn't think about the second, or you won't play EB for a very long time :laugh4:

[We shall fwee...Wodewick]

I don't have to make any excuses, my mum encourages me to play EB instead of my other games cuz it's the only one that doesn't distract my brother when he's studying due to a complete lack of interest, and my girlfriend? Let's just say my girlfriend has a Makedonia campaign in progress at the moment. ^_^

I feel like such a fortunate guy.


You are officially the luckiest EB player alive. I think i speak for most of us here when i say GOD DAMN YOU, and go stick your sarissa where the sun doesn't shine!

Just envy.

Anyway, I've managed to keep EB(and RTR) away from girlfriend for 9 months. Luckily i don't live with her so she hasn't learnt my dirty little secret.

[skuzzy]

The Persian Cataphract, your situation is closest to mine playing EB all hours of the night. This while my GF is trying to convince me to "come to bed" and I say 15 minutes. Which really means 4 hours.

Basically it works like this, when she has something to do she thinks me playing the computer is a dream. When she is bored then she becomes my nightmare and EB becomes her nightmare as well but it becomes my savior.

[Xehh II]

The person who made this thread spelt girlfriend wrong.

[Narhon]

I am in between gf at this time but I would probably tell my next one if asked why do I play. I have dreamed of being Caesar ever since I read "The Gallic War and Other Commentaries" by Julius Caesar when I was a young boy.:viking:

[Horst Nordfink]

She doesn't ask questions and she doesn't get a history lesson, we both get something out of it, I just start any response with "well back in 236BC the Romans were..." and she gets the idea.

Haha, this is my tactic too.

Also, if I give up the right to the TV control, she's hapy enough watching Exteme Make Over or Big Brother or whatever it is girlfriends watch when they're not subjected to watching football.

I also send her shopping.

[Kampfkrebs]

I also send her shopping.

Then you must have a payload of money!

[Horst Nordfink]

Thankfully she has her own money! I couldn't afford to keep her otherwise.

[Intrepid Adventurer]

lol, I can't believe the stories I'm reading here. Some of you seriously have to consider upgrading to GirlFriend 2.0!

Edit: Having said that, I'm still running GF 1.0 without any compatibility issues with EB. But I've already said that... ;)

[geord]

AT 1730hrs in my house....

Me: Evening sweetheart, how was your day?

wife: What are you after?

me: nothing, i've made tea btw

wife: what are you after?

me: nothing,

wife: you want to play on the pc dont you?

me: no not really

wife: you do dont you?

me: no

wife: well you can if you want

me: yippe i'm off to play EB, bring me a hot drink in an Hour.

[mAIOR]

When I grab myself a new GF I think I'll try the caveman aproach...

Me wants to play EB! You can sit there and shut up or I crush big Mamoth bone in your head and drag you to cave!! Uha!!!


Cheers...

[Sassem]

Another Q: How many of you have already recieved one of these traits (real live)


https://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5666/motherinlawve1.png (https://imageshack.us)

[NeoSpartan]

Well lucky you, you have only your girlfriend. I have my wife that whenever I sit down to play EB she always goes berserk about the waist of time, and my two elder kids either want to play the internet or Prince of Persia. I was thinking to get another pc, and shoot my wife.:hmg::wall:

Cheers

OR you can.... multitask with your wife and EB. :yes:
Give some thoughts on how you could "position" this scenario to happen. There are a few ways.

[pezhetairoi]

You are officially the luckiest EB player alive. I think i speak for most of us here when i say GOD DAMN YOU, and go stick your sarissa where the sun doesn't shine!



*bow* I don't use the sarissa, my weapon of choice is the framea. It's more versatile, agile, and has the effect as the sarissa though lighter. ^_^

[Karielle]

*waves framea threateningly at pezhetairoi*

Anyway, in the spirit of the question, I'm fine with him playing EB, really, plus the history lessons on the side. They're fascinating. In moderation. <_< And I can sort of tell when he's playing, which is fine too, because that means I can off and play either EB or (currently) other games.. :beam:

Oh dear, I need to change my sig, it's been a while. Edit: Sig change'd.

[Xehh II]

My girlfriend just downloaded EB, she seems quite happy with it.

[bovi]

*waves framea threateningly at pezhetairoi*

Anyway, in the spirit of the question, I'm fine with him playing EB, really, plus the history lessons on the side. They're fascinating. In moderation.
You mean you're with Pezhetairoi? And even visit our forums? Pez, don't ever do anything to lose this one.

[Karielle]

I should hope he doesn't. :smash:

[keravnos]

( Me thinks Pezhetairoi and Karielle are both very lucky) :bow:

For the record, I echo Bovi here, 300%

[The Internet]

Another Q: How many of you have already recieved one of these traits (real live)


https://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5666/motherinlawve1.png (https://imageshack.us)


Yep, father in-law too, which funnily enough is worse than the mother in-law trait, he causes unrest and affects the mood of my general and also causes unrest at home. :wall:

[pezhetairoi]

You mean you're with Pezhetairoi? And even visit our forums? Pez, don't ever do anything to lose this one.

Yup, that's my Makedonian beauty ^_^ Precious, ain't she? I'm willing to bet we're the first Org couple to BOTH play EB, heh. Romani and Makedones... Quite a civilised match, I should say. *gives karielle a hug and puts away framea* The time for being a frameharjoz (or whatever it is in the singular) is not now. Civilisation is the way to go :) And she doesn't visit, she lurks :D

[Karielle]

I rather prefer the Aedui (Iaosatae! Gaesatae! Brihentin!), really, but hey, that still works out. ;D

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

My girlfriend is living for now at great distance from me, unfortunately. We met not too often, due to the distance and due to many problems... ~:(

My mother has no problem with me playing, she helped me get RTW in the first place as a gift for my birthday.

I play EB one hour per day on average, or so... i think gaming more than 2-3 hours per day does bad things to your health , also. I guess as the University starts and i will move away, i will play maybe few hours per month, or so.

When i`m with my love together, i feel no need to play, no need to do any other thing than stay with her ~:) In those moments, i am much too romantic to think about games and stuff.

[pezhetairoi]

One hour a day?!?!?! Way too little, man, way too little. There's just enough time to fight one battle! And what if you're in the middle of a raging war, with three battles a turn at least? What then?!?!?! *panic* You need to play more!

Unless, of course, you're being romantic. But then again, there's romance to be found in the musical clashes of gaesatae and cohors reformata ;-)

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

One hour per day is around 2 normal turns for me.... ~:)
When war starts, then i play maybe 2 hours or so, but only one turn for battles, and such. And off course, there are some days when i play even 2 to 3 hours, but such things happen only a couple of time per month.

Problem is that i have so very little time to play ~:)

[Karielle]

Yesterday I had a friend of mine come over and I was playing EB the first thing she said was was "How cute! Horsies!!!!" And I went "Cute?!? They are Pahlavan Grivpânvar the meanest, manlier cavalry around they just crushed a Seleucid army in no time!" th wich she answered "Nevertheless, they're still cute."

Just remembered to put in my gender-sympathetic two cents on this. To be completely honest, that was my first reaction too.. I'm still in love with most of the cavalry in the game, especially cataphracts and horse archers, and am still inclined to go "cute horsies!" when I see them as well. I suppose it could be attributed to the amazing modeling, but they're so squealworthy, sometimes. I especially enjoy zooming in and watching them move into action.. It's just lovely. It's no wonder I always have a sizeable cavalry force. :charge:


Unless, of course, you're being romantic. But then again, there's romance to be found in the musical clashes of gaesatae and cohors reformata ;-)

..Is there something you're not saying..? ;D

[mAIOR]

Just remembered to put in my gender-sympathetic two cents on this. To be completely honest, that was my first reaction too.. I'm still in love with most of the cavalry in the game, especially cataphracts and horse archers, and am still inclined to go "cute horsies!" when I see them as well. I suppose it could be attributed to the amazing modeling, but they're so squealworthy, sometimes. I especially enjoy zooming in and watching them move into action.. It's just lovely. It's no wonder I always have a sizeable cavalry force. :charge:



Well, girls will be girls I guess (woah not sexist at all:clown: )

Cheers...

[pezhetairoi]

She's not mentioning the rest of it. She isn't saying -which- part of the horsies she was fascinated about. ^_^

[Kampfkrebs]

Maybe the damn sexy rider?


http://www.bergnews.com/touren/expeditionen/mustagh_bilder/mustagh_ata_maulesel.jpg


:clown:

[bovi]

How cute! Hor... Donkeys!

[pezhetairoi]

Riiiiiight. ;-)

[Karielle]

See the pretty horsies!

https://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9752/horsesat8.jpg

..Quite far removed from the manly cataphracts, but still. Aren't they just the loveliest things! xD

[Rodion Romanovich]

Yes, very cute. I tried riding for a while, and was surprised to find out how rich and likeable personalities most horsies have compared to most smaller pets - you can have more meaningful conversations with horses than cats and dogs... not to mention a lot of human beings :shame: ...

[pezhetairoi]

Damning indictment of humanity, that is. But so true, so true. Sadly to say most of the people we can have intelligent conversation with are here on the Org. XD How many other people can we talk to about Sauromatae and Libyan spearmen, eh?

[Kull]

See the pretty horsies!

After three years of unstinting effort to develop one of the largest and most amazing historical mods ever, this is what half the the species likes best? Kill me now.......:wall:

(And as to the topic, suffice it to say that Wife 3.0 despises EB with every fiber of her being. In our house, it's known as "that thing".) :sweatdrop:

[abou]

I play all I want because it is just me and my college roommate!

... I made myself sad.

[bovi]

(And as to the topic, suffice it to say that Wife 3.0 despises EB with every fiber of her being. In our house, it's known as "that thing".) :sweatdrop:
You're on your third wife :shocked:?

[NightStar]

Wife has no problems with me playing if I give her tribute, a pair of shoes each month!!!! and a shrubbery!!

Seriously though, I work night shifts so I manage to squeese in couple of hours after work when she has gone to work herself and I only work biweekly so when she's working I have 8 hours to myself a day....mwuhahahaha, so long as I cook her supper when she comes home she doesn't mind....

[Cadwalader]

(And as to the topic, suffice it to say that Wife 3.0 despises EB with every fiber of her being. In our house, it's known as "that thing".) :sweatdrop:

It's not like we call shoes or spending hours at the hair dresser "that thing".

[Kampfkrebs]

https://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8432/thething794413as4.jpg

[Crian]

Yup, that's my Makedonian beauty ^_^ Precious, ain't she? I'm willing to bet we're the first Org couple to BOTH play EB, heh. Romani and Makedones... Quite a civilised match, I should say. *gives karielle a hug and puts away framea* The time for being a frameharjoz (or whatever it is in the singular) is not now. Civilisation is the way to go :) And she doesn't visit, she lurks :D

Wow, you're so lucky I'm totally envious.

My girlfriend tolerates me playing and she even pretends to be interested but I can see right through her act. :no:

Fortunately we're both in medicine. If she wants to hang out and I want to play I simply tell her that I have to study for the consultant rounds. :laugh4:

I give her a lot of my free time though... I already give her around 50% and the rest is for sleep, play, buddies, and anything I can squeeze in but she wants 100%.

[NeoSpartan]

You're on your third wife :shocked:?

"...If you aint no punk holla We Want Prenup
WE WANT PRENUP! Yeaah
It's something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo a** she gone leave with half...."
:2thumbsup:
(http://www.lyricstop.com/g/golddigger-kanyewestfjamiefoxx.html)

[The Persian Cataphract]

Just remembered to put in my gender-sympathetic two cents on this. To be completely honest, that was my first reaction too.. I'm still in love with most of the cavalry in the game, especially cataphracts and horse archers, and am still inclined to go "cute horsies!" when I see them as well. I suppose it could be attributed to the amazing modeling, but they're so squealworthy, sometimes. I especially enjoy zooming in and watching them move into action.. It's just lovely. It's no wonder I always have a sizeable cavalry force. :charge:

No. This breaks my heart, and it makes my scalp go all bare.

[Hooahguy]

i wish i could get my gf to play EB.... but of course, she isnt really interested..... but i havent played EB in a while... our relationship has intensified, and school and wrestling hasn't made anything easier.... but me doing wrestling has given her s/t to feast her eyes on...... :gorgeous: :2thumbsup:

anyhow, when i want to play EB i just tell her the truth, and she usually watches me play (shes pretty cool), but when were doing stuff she doesnt like it when i just want to stop and play EB.... ah well!

[pezhetairoi]

I assume by wrestling you mean Graeco-Roman, and not WWE ;-)

Mm, horses are cute, you know. karielle's in love with your horse, Persian! Why does it give you a balding problem?

[Hooahguy]

i mean as a high school sport..... dunno the types of wrestling......
anyhow, it makes my gf happy.....

[Kull]

You're on your third wife :shocked:?

The first only lasted a year and a half, although her being an actual honest-to-god witch (and I don't mean one of those faux new age types) was a determining factor). :fortune: The second made it all the way to five, mostly because she was a smoking hot stripper (who specialized in celebrity impersonations). :belly: The current model is probably a keeper, although every other day she turns into a tosser, so we'll have to see if it evens out over the long haul. :girlslap:

[Spoofa]

Ah, mr.el paso. no wonder :laugh4: girls over here in East Texas are much nicer, and hotter aswell.....

[Pius Curus]

The nicest girls live here in the Czech Republic, the heart of Europe:)

[The Persian Cataphract]

Mm, horses are cute, you know. karielle's in love with your horse, Persian! Why does it give you a balding problem?

Well, I'll tell you why. When we all first saw the movie Gladiator, we got to see how the Praetorian cavalry sets out to murder Maximus' family. I didn't see that woman go all "CUTE HORSIES!!!" when the cavalry trampled that little kid into the ground, practically pre-arranging his burial, literally speaking. Now those were Hollywood Romans. The Grivpanvar on the other hand personify the word "machismo". I don't think the Romans at Carrhae went all "Cute beasts" when the cataphracts uncovered themselves (Unless Plutarch is a liar).

Why? Because men, normally (*sneers at pezhetairoi*), do know the dangers of heavy cavalry. Women on the other hand want to ruin everything. "Oh horsies are cute... So are elephants, and probably even those hatchback camels...". No, they're not, go back to the kitchen and make it quick. That applies to you too, pezhetairoi :smash:

This isn't "My Little Pony". That's why my scalp goes all bald. Female perspective in general has that effect on me.

[russia almighty]

Speaking of which how is Sally the cataphract camel doing ?

[The Persian Cataphract]

Great timing :sweatdrop:

[pezhetairoi]

Well, Persian, I'll assuming that all you just said was meant in jest, because quite frankly here on my end it felt distinctly close to insult.

[The Persian Cataphract]

Well, Persian, I'll assuming that all you just said was meant in jest, because quite frankly here on my end it felt distinctly close to insult.

Well, it depends on if you think horses are cute ~:joker:

[Kampfkrebs]

Someone just send me this via Email:

https://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7829/passwantedwu2.jpg


(yes, I am bored. Give me finally my fuel, Ario :( )

[Tellos Athenaios]

Well, I'll tell you why. When we all first saw the movie Gladiator, we got to see how the Praetorian cavalry sets out to murder Maximus' family. I didn't see that woman go all "CUTE HORSIES!!!" when the cavalry trampled that little kid into the ground, practically pre-arranging his burial, literally speaking. Now those were Hollywood Romans. The Grivpanvar on the other hand personify the word "machismo". I don't think the Romans at Carrhae went all "Cute beasts" when the cataphracts uncovered themselves (Unless Plutarch is a liar).

Why? Because men, normally (*sneers at pezhetairoi*), do know the dangers of heavy cavalry. Women on the other hand want to ruin everything. "Oh horsies are cute... So are elephants, and probably even those hatchback camels...". No, they're not, go back to the kitchen and make it quick. That applies to you too, pezhetairoi :smash:

This isn't "My Little Pony". That's why my scalp goes all bald. Female perspective in general has that effect on me.

You do know Cute is the distinct type of everything with some serious bite? :book:
Like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda Watch it's theeth.
Or: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earless_seal
Or: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_bear
etc. Wanna give them a hug? Bet they'll rip your head right off for it. :oops:

In that sense, Grivpanvar are really, very cute. If not, then you can always play "My little Cataphract", or just turn on Mambo no 5 *hints at the moment TPC bursted into singing a cavalry song -in public*. All stacked with more cute cavalry goodness. ~;)

[NeoSpartan]

Persian Cataphract don't hate pezhetairoi's SKILLS in finding women who enjoy EB. :whip: U know girls like that are few and far between, especially good looking ones.

[The Persian Cataphract]

Ooooh, you ladies found a new target to track down, eh? Now that's cute ~:flirt:


Persian Cataphract don't hate pezhetairoi's SKILLS in finding women who enjoy EB. U know girls like that are few and far between, especially good looking ones.

Welcome to the Internet. So you are implying that Pezhetairoi is manipulating women by being a sycophant? The moment a guy thinks horses are cute, oh no, you better not hinder me from having my chance to scold him.

<_<

>_>

...And that is irrespective of the allegations levied against me. It seems occasional singing is all under surveillance, specifically by someone who just begs to be force-fed with splootwater, even if some pieces do sound a bit like Lou Bega's trash... ~D

I don't steal horses, but I do find the 1 Euro ransom to be insultingly low for someone as proficient and as skilled as I am horse theft... I mean, not, I mean, damn it!

*scrams*

:strawman1:

[NeoSpartan]

Ooooh, you ladies found a new target to track down, eh? Now that's cute ~:flirt:



Welcome to the Internet. So you are implying that Pezhetairoi is manipulating women by being a sycophant? The moment a guy thinks horses are cute, oh no, you better not hinder me from having my chance to scold him.

<_<

>_>

...And that is irrespective of the allegations levied against me. It seems occasional singing is all under surveillance, specifically by someone who just begs to be force-fed with splootwater, even if some pieces do sound a bit like Lou Bega's trash... ~D

I don't steal horses, but I do find the 1 Euro ransom to be insultingly low for someone as proficient and as skilled as I am horse theft... I mean, not, I mean, damn it!

*scrams*

:strawman1:


Nahhh man, nahh u got it wrong. I am talk about SKILLS. :yes:..... As in pimping and sorting skills....

[pezhetairoi]

*blink* this is going downhill. XD I think I shall just follow the flow. Persian's sense of humour is...somewhat gourd-shaped, is it not? And ahem, I do not 'pimp' or 'sort' women. *outrage* xP There is only one girl in my life and her name on this org is karielle, and she plays EB. That's way beyond anything I could have hoped for, and I'm not about to let her go if she doesn't let go of me first. And, well, if she thinks horsies are cute, I'll go with her! Anything to keep her campaigning. :D After all, she's up to using them in nasty charges that cause carnage, cuteness aside. I daresay that's quite a usage for cuteness, yup.

[Bootsiuv]

Oooh, so the only girl I've ever seen in here is your chicka....very cool. Tell her to invite her friends. We need more women playing this game.

My girl used to play medieval 1, but she says R:TW is too complicated (although I don't see how so).

@Persian Cataphract

Your statements about sending woman back to the kitchen leads me to believe that you don't have a woman yourself. If you do, you don't talk to her that way. If you do and you do talk to her that way, find a chick with some sense of self-worth.

I assume what you were saying was in jest, but it didn't really sound like it.

[NeoSpartan]

... Tell her to invite her friends. We need more women playing this game.

.

I agree...

[pezhetairoi]

I suppose we -could- recommend it... but since her friends = my friends = closely-knit group, I know for a fact that practically none of them would be interested. One might be, I don't know... But now's a bad time, really, it's final exams period for almost all of them. XD

bootsiuv: if he talks like that to his woman, then he wouldn't have a woman at all. ...well, not after he talks to her that way, anyway.

[Bootsiuv]

Unless she's a door mat.

I've actually met women like that. For some reason or another, they don't think they're worth much, so they let their dudes talk to them that way.

If I ever tried to talk to my wife that way, she would likely beat me (not in the good way) and deny me my weekly blow-job.

No one wants that. :)

[pezhetairoi]

I couldn't agree more :)

And anyhow, bootsiuv, you really have to open your eyes more. There are ladies on this forum, and I've spoken to one or two before. ;-) karielle's one of the later ones, in fact. There are Signs, and sometimes, to make your life easier, they admit it outright :D

[lubeck lad]

when I need time out,I say to my partner Anne, whom I love dearly."me go to Rome." it's all good.

[The Persian Cataphract]

@Persian Cataphract

Your statements about sending woman back to the kitchen leads me to believe that you don't have a woman yourself. If you do, you don't talk to her that way. If you do and you do talk to her that way, find a chick with some sense of self-worth.

I assume what you were saying was in jest, but it didn't really sound like it.

Do I need to spell it out that I'm joking? What, you want more smilies and more hidden inside jokes? Why would I sincerely announce that I'm a misogynistic bastard on a popular board like this? My profile is fool-proof... Go back and read my first post to find out my primary reason why I cannot say "Go back to the kitchen", and why I quite frankly wouldn't want to either :smash:

(Hint: It's got something to do with basic culinary skills.)


If I ever tried to talk to my wife that way, she would likely beat me (not in the good way) and deny me my weekly blow-job.

No one wants that. :)

Aha! So there is an ulterior motive after all! :charge:

I knew it, the cotton-mouthed always snivel around for special treatment. It's the same as NeoSpartan's "If my girlfriend thinks horses are cute, then I think they are too..."... No further comment necessary :strawman3:

EDIT: Gah, just realized my mistake; It wasn't NeoSpartan who served his manhood on a silver platter... Meh, Pezhetairoi, Spartans, same old same :oops:

[kambiz]

My girl used to play medieval 1, but she says R:TW is too complicatedActually the reverse of this statement is true:laugh4:

[kambiz]

Someone just send me this via Email:

https://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7829/passwantedwu2.jpg


(yes, I am bored. Give me finally my fuel, Ario :( ):laugh4:

[NeoSpartan]

I knew it, the cotton-mouthed always snivel around for special treatment. It's the same as NeoSpartan's "If my girlfriend thinks horses are cute, then I think they are too..."... No further comment necessary :strawman3:

No dude... I didn't say that. YOU think I said thatb

OH F**** IT!!
This discussion is ruining this thread :wall:

[keravnos]

I don't have EB installed on my current PC. Helps me keep working on it. :laugh4:

Still, I think I am miles apart from my girlfriend... so far as being involved with EB is concerned.

When she asked me once why I bothered with something that has no money involved, I answered the following... just about...


In early March 2001, the Taliban decided to destroy all pre-Islamic statues and objects in Afghanistan, after an edict was announced by their leader Mullah Omar in late February. The Taliban destroyed numerous statues in the museum which survived the previous looting and destruction as a result of war. The Taliban also destroyed the two giant Buddhas from the 5th century in Bamiyan, and other ancient historical statues in Ghazni. One of the Buddhas in Bamiyan was the world's tallest standing Buddha.

http://pratyeka.org/kabul-museum/
(a good link if you want to see forever lost works). Note that most of it had been looted because of the Soviet invasion. Most of the data we currently have on the Bactrians is because of the French digs in Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiane and later on Eukratidia), which was destroyed approx about 145 BCE)

and that at least from the part of timeline that EB is involved in (272 BCE-14 CE) we try to keep the memory of those people, what they did and who they were, alive. Not just GrecoBaktrians, but Indoiranians, Pahlavan, Sakae, Kushana and all those who came next, the great kingdoms that flourished in Gandhara and who built such works as the great statue of Buddha in Bamiyan.

... she looked at me, wondered what was wrong with me, then continued on talking about celebrity x.

@pezhetairoi, you are one lucky guy. :yes:

[Bootsiuv]

Do I need to spell it out that I'm joking? What, you want more smilies and more hidden inside jokes? Why would I sincerely announce that I'm a misogynistic bastard on a popular board like this? My profile is fool-proof... Go back and read my first post to find out my primary reason why I cannot say "Go back to the kitchen", and why I quite frankly wouldn't want to either :smash:

(Hint: It's got something to do with basic culinary skills.)



Aha! So there is an ulterior motive after all! :charge:

I knew it, the cotton-mouthed always snivel around for special treatment. It's the same as NeoSpartan's "If my girlfriend thinks horses are cute, then I think they are too..."... No further comment necessary :strawman3:

Well, I said I assumed what you were saying was in Jest.

Ulterior motive....hmmm, perhaps, but it isn't blow jobs, it's my sanity and the complete lack of a need for a second rectum at this present moment in time.

[Karielle]

Perhaps I used the wrong word in taking the cue from the mAIOR's post.. I simply enjoy them immensely in an aethestic way, and I think horses are one of the most magnificent animals around. I am fully aware and respect their capacity for war and the inherent danger their power can pose, as I do other animals I find 'cute,' which as a word does not imply to me the desire to go up to one in real life and snuggle them. Which seems to be the majority's take on the word. And there was absolutely no call to connect my comment to pezhetairoi's tastes, whether jokingly or not.

Amazingly female-friendly place, this forum. :yes:

[abou]

Don't let the EB gentry bother you. Some of the guys just need more Jager than others when they wake up in the morning.

[Kampfkrebs]

Without human´s help all the horses where already died out.
It´s a biological law that everything which reaches prefection, just dies.
But btw: horsies aren´t that perfect.
Just add some rabbits to the steppe and visit again in ~3months. No more horsies around :no:


(I´m sorry to destroy your image of the cute horsies, but my father´s a biology teacher. So I couldn´t resist :sweatdrop: )

[Rodion Romanovich]

Unless she's a door mat.

I've actually met women like that. For some reason or another, they don't think they're worth much, so they let their dudes talk to them that way.

If I ever tried to talk to my wife that way, she would likely beat me (not in the good way) and deny me my weekly blow-job.

No one wants that. :)
Why don't you guys give Persian Cataphract a break? I agree with Persian Cataphract that not all men want to be lapdogs and masochists of their women. I don't think it's fair of both of you to go against Persian Cataphract just because he doesn't share your opinion on this matter, and give comments such as "you will never get a girlfriend". Shows pretty much that you're yourself so desperate of getting one that you'll even submit yourself to mental slavery for it (and that you would probably do a similar submission to a man in some cases). I don't believe either the man or woman should treat the other as a servant, but both should stand as equals. I fail to see how a diversion from this standpoint in one direction would be better than a diversion from this standpoint into another direction.

[The Celtic Viking]

:scastle3:

:damnmate:

:girlslap:

:tomato:

:drama3:

[pezhetairoi]

I don't think it's fair of both of you to go against Persian Cataphract just because he doesn't share your opinion on this matter, and give comments such as "you will never get a girlfriend". Shows pretty much that you're yourself so desperate of getting one that you'll even submit yourself to mental slavery for it (and that you would probably do a similar submission to a man in some cases). I don't believe either the man or woman should treat the other as a servant, but both should stand as equals. I fail to see how a diversion from this standpoint in one direction would be better than a diversion from this standpoint into another direction.

Now, this should have been between me, bootsiuv and the Persian, but since you have chosen to intervene, which is your right as a fellow EBber, I shall tell you this: He is the one making chauvinist remarks, or appeared to us to be doing so. No one wants to be lapdogs for women, but the question is: does that mean they should therefore be lapdogs for us, as he is suggesting? Or more accurately, unpaid chefs and dishwashers?

And posting such insensitive remarks, however he meant them in jest, and proceeding to defend himself and reiterate the spirit of those comments after I chose to overlook the previous lot, with my girlfriend reading the posts on this same Org (or did you even read far back enough to know I have a girlfriend and she is also an EBber?)--and getting very offended by what he said, just that she did not have the right words to reply-- is way beyond the pale of appropriate behaviour for a man. I see eye to eye with you, men and women should stand as equals. So why you are defending him and attacking us non-chauvinists is quite beyond my understanding.

I wouldn't think of treating my girlfriend as less than an equal, and it's precisely because Persian was suggesting that in such offensive and frank language that I saw it as insulting. It doesn't matter if you didn't intend to kill that poor guy, what matters is that your knife went into him under the ribs. He may have meant it as jest, but only for himself, I'm sure. Clearly me and bootsiuv didn't find it very funny at all.

Furthermore, if you'll just take the -trouble- to actually -read- the origins of this argument and -follow- them through, I wouldn't have to point out to you that neither I nor bootsiuv are 'desperate for a girlfriend', as you so succinctly put it. I already have one who is my fiancee, and bootsiuv is already married, so I guess in a way he's not desperate for a girlfriend for obvious reasons. We are making such comments because we know PRECISELY what sort of behaviour will NOT get you a girlfriend, and what will. I doubt you will find that the Persian has one, and quite frankly, if you had read his message for yourself, you might probably have figured out why. No entrail-reading required for that.

Please do your research in future before pointing out inaccuracies, and you'll save yourself from having them pointed out to you in front of everyone else. Unless humiliation's your game.

And your insinuation that we would go down on men is completely uncalled for too, you uncouth barbaros. If this was 1860s America I would have demanded a duel to satisfy my honour by now. And I am reasonably sure bootsiuv would too, to suggest that we are so base. To make such comments about us just because you completely misunderstood the argument and are backing the wrong side, well, you must be pretty desperate of getting a man yourself to submit to.

[Bootsiuv]

Why don't you guys give Persian Cataphract a break? I agree with Persian Cataphract that not all men want to be lapdogs and masochists of their women. I don't think it's fair of both of you to go against Persian Cataphract just because he doesn't share your opinion on this matter, and give comments such as "you will never get a girlfriend". Shows pretty much that you're yourself so desperate of getting one that you'll even submit yourself to mental slavery for it (and that you would probably do a similar submission to a man in some cases). I don't believe either the man or woman should treat the other as a servant, but both should stand as equals. I fail to see how a diversion from this standpoint in one direction would be better than a diversion from this standpoint into another direction.

Ok guy.

I regularly submit myself to mental slavery just so I can have a girlfriend. OOOOOOOhhhhh....booobieess.:dizzy2:

That's because I'm sooooo desperate for some pussy.:laugh4:

EDIT: I was wondering why he was talking about equality and then defending persian cataphracts statements....that makes no sense.

Regardless, the dude was joking. Let's just let it go. Now, I'm going to go stalk some girl since I'm soooo desperate for a girlfriend, even though I'm married....I guess a girlfriend wouldn't be a bad thing. I'll have to talk it over with my wife. :dizzy2:

BTW, Legio, I love you just had to slip the gay reference in there....oh yes, I treat my wife with a degree of respect, so I'm automatically gay. Your post is rife with the very things you were supposedly against....inequality of the sexes.

On another note, look at what happens as soon as a girl comes in the forum, we're all like a bunch of 11 year olds. Sorry, Karielle. Don't let our stupid bullshit turn you off from the site, or the game for that matter. We all just need our naps. :beam:

[pezhetairoi]

yeah, steam's all gone now. let's let it rest. I don't want this thread to be closed down, i still want to know what other people say to their girlfriends and wives. :)

EDIT: What I said still stands though. Uncivil language calls for uncivil language. I was and am still offended by what Persian and LegioXXX had to say, respected fellow EBbers though they were, and I stand by what I said. I would call LegioXXX out to a duel with pistols at ten paces if the time period had been right, for what he had insinuated about me personally.

bootsiuv, i admire your restraint. But that is not for me. Not when my girlfriend has been insulted and now, me too.

That said, I've said my piece and I will not bring this up any further. This is the end of the matter for me.

[Rodion Romanovich]

There was no gay reference, it was a reference that men who crawl before women often crawl before men as well, submitting to bullies, blindly following leaders even to own destruction (acting as slaves or servants), and having no concept of own free will.

[pezhetairoi]

Right. As I said, end of the matter for me, so I won't say anything more that could perpetuate this argument.

[Bootsiuv]

Take a look around the forums guy....I'm a real follower. :dizzy2:

I agree with Pez....I'm not arguing with anyone while I'm here. This is my super happy fun time hour.

[Rodion Romanovich]

I would call LegioXXX out to a duel with pistols at ten paces if the time period had been right, for what he had insinuated about me personally.

Ten paces, lol! Had it been "the right time" I'd have accepted your duel, but taken my right as challenged to choose weaponry to bare hands and 0 paces. Not to defend my honor, since honor is a meaningless concept, but to fight for my right of expressing my opinion freely.

[pezhetairoi]

Aye, you have that freedom of speech. We just have the freedom to rebut, too. If you're cool, I'm cool.

Come on, all, let's go to the Tavern and have a drink. You're invited too, LegioXXX. And you, Persian. All are invited. The world may be full of war and strife, but the Tavern is where public order due to happiness is up 300%. So let's just drink and forget. C'mon, c'mon.

And lest we lose sight of the real topic, what do the rest of you say to your girlfriends/mothers/wives when you go to play EB?

[Bootsiuv]

To which you are 100% entitled, just as we are 100% entitled to disagree with you....now get your ass over to the tavern for a drink, and let's move on. :beam:

Everyone has different opinions, we could argue until the sun comes up on who is right....quite frankly, I don't care. Like I said, super happy fun time hour has begun.

Pez, me and you think alike. It's a little scary. :dizzy2:

[pezhetairoi]

My goodness you just said the same thing as I did at exactly the same time. You must be telepathic or something, bootsiuv. XD

[The Persian Cataphract]

Don't let the EB gentry bother you. Some of the guys just need more Jager than others when they wake up in the morning.

...Just one more day... I thought, until you came along to ruin a perfectly boring day at the job ~:wacko:


I wouldn't think of treating my girlfriend as less than an equal, and it's precisely because Persian was suggesting that in such offensive and frank language that I saw it as insulting. It doesn't matter if you didn't intend to kill that poor guy, what matters is that your knife went into him under the ribs. He may have meant it as jest, but only for himself, I'm sure. Clearly me and bootsiuv didn't find it very funny at all.

...Well, to my own defense, I'd say that's because you lack a sense of humour :brakelamp:

Ouch! How could I possibly make such a statement? Well...


He is the one making chauvinist remarks, or appeared to us to be doing so. No one wants to be lapdogs for women, but the question is: does that mean they should therefore be lapdogs for us, as he is suggesting? Or more accurately, unpaid chefs and dishwashers?

As weird as it may sound to your sensibilities, other than being in a clearly jesting mood, I'm neither a chauvinist or a trailer-trash wife-beater who thinks women are second grade individuals conceived for the sake of furthering culinary and householding traditions. Now quite frankly my private life is none of your business, but the fact that my girlfriend is a catastrophe in the kitchen just ought to tell you how presumptuous one can be after incorrectly appreciating humorous intent.

Another thing while I'm at it, my girlfriend appreciates a strong, independent character. Her standards are high as are mine, and neither of us appease. It doesn't mean I treat people like trash, it means I don't let people walk over me. Humility is an overrated virtue. If I turned into a lapdog, my girlfriend would leave me instantly.

Like I said before, when I joke around it's always risky business to omit the [j/k]-part which seems to be Internet tradition. I thought an ample of supply of smilies would kind of convey the message, but instead you've concocted another image of my character... This smiley is great :strawman3:


I doubt you will find that the Persian has one, and quite frankly, if you had read his message for yourself, you might probably have figured out why. No entrail-reading required for that.

Well, I'd like to thank you for your in-depth psycho-analysis of my character on the basis of... Hmmm, let me see, a remark jocularly playing on female stereotypes, and a pull on yourself thinking horses are cute on the basis of "If my girlfriend thinks like that, I think like that too...". Now, this would be the perfect time for me to pull a serve esse, but considering how you've handled the situation *sarcastic chuckle*, I'd rather not... Jägermeister-drinking gods could only know how many ways that could backfire ~:rolleyes:

Thanks for fighting over me, ladies ~:flirt:

(Oh noes, he said "ladies", and I've got a penis, so he insinuates I'm a woman by making a silly joke which I shall misinterpret so my seemingly hetero-sexual but supportive lifemate on the Internet can have an excuse to double-team him even if the basis is vague and fallacious)









<_<

>_>

Oh yeah, and horses are cute.


Someone order me a Jägermeister before my head explodes. Thanks to Abou, the weekly abstinence is about to be broken :barrel:

[pezhetairoi]

If I hadn't sworn to not continue this argument, boy would I have some things to say to you. Clearly jesting you were not, to me, though to you you were, so fair enough. You've said your piece, I've said mine, so let's not get this thread locked. There's Jagermeisters aplenty at the Tavern. Come and join us, somebody just ordered or is about to order a Jagerbomb, the brave soul.

[Karielle]

..I think I shall refrain, or at least think twice about, commenting on anything EB in the future in this forum. Who knows what a little female perspective might rile up. :dizzy2:

[Bootsiuv]

Oh noes, he said "ladies", and I've got a penis, so he insinuates I'm a woman by making a silly joke which I shall misinterpret so my seemingly hetero-sexual but supportive lifemate on the Internet can have an excuse to double-team him even if the basis is vague and fallacious

Oooohhh, another gay joke.

Classy.

I'm not even arguing about this, and I never was. I just didn't agree with what you said, and, like I said it didn't sound like it was in jest. So you made a joke, in bad taste, I really don't care.
I brought myself into this argument, fair enough, but, once I was in, I was in. To insinuate that Pez is my internet life-mate just shows you as rather immature.

So be it. I was wondering how long it would be before I got into an argument with someone here. I likes to rock the boat, so bring it on. Arguing with you guys is giving me something to do before I have to go to work, at the very least. :beam:

[pezhetairoi]

..I think I shall refrain, or at least think twice about, commenting on anything EB in the future in this forum. Who knows what a little female perspective might rile up. :dizzy2:

Oy. It's a free world. You keep right on posting, y'hear? Don't let this get you down, we guys do this all the time on the threads. A little fresh female perspective may do us all good. You just had an unfortunate confluence of bad factors in your debut is all, keep on posting, dear. I'm sure many of us would like to see more of you around.

[bovi]

Okay, closing time. Leave the glasses on the tables everyone, you've had enough. I'm sorry this humorous thread turned into this. Don't be scared off please, Karielle.

[Bootsiuv]

You have just as much right to post here as anyone else.

Like pez said, don't worry about these little things. I find them quite entertaining, good for shits and giggles.

I mean, c'mon, how much could I possibly care about someone I'll never meet who likely lives on the other side of the world. It's not a big deal, we do this all of the time.

If it wasn't about you, it would have been about something else.....btw, just why in the hell isn't loricata segmentata in this game. This is an outrage. :P

Uh oh, the EB gods have spoken....I'll stop now, Bovi, you don't have to close the thread.

[pezhetairoi]

*tactfully changes subject* My oh my, isn't the sky beautifully blue today? I wonder if it will be just as blue tomorrow as it will be today... *whistle*

[Bootsiuv]

Well, I'm off to work.

For the record, I don't have anything against Persian or Legio....if they have something against me, whaddyagonnado?

Karielle, please don't let our rather boyish-games turn you off. I've had a smile on my face the entire time, even while I was being called gay. I really don't take it personally.

I can only hope that all others involved have been looking at this "argument" as light-heartedly as I have. Just because we argue doesn't mean we aren't all friends (although I use that term loosely, I don't expect either of the two gents I've debated with to want to give me a hug or anything).

I just hope that there won't be any grudges held. Afterall, there is nothing wrong with healthy debate, even if it turns a little sour in the end *cough gay jokes cough*

Well, I'll be back to argue the merits of including lorica segmenta in EB later. :P

[The Persian Cataphract]

Getting personal on the Internet is silly, but I got to admit that apart from a boring day at the job, I actually got my dosage of petty entertainment. If I was genuinely a jerk, I'd probably get kicked off the team a long time ago. Usually I don't post in this manner, unless I just want to mess around. Proper debates are of a much more sophisticated level of communication.

This pretty much sums up why women are not that common around these reaches. Women playing EB is great, because in my wide network of contacts, in particular historian circles, I don't know of any women who have ever heard of EB prior to myself introducing the concept to them in person. My girlfriend hates it because she thinks I'm "playing games". That's pretty much what sums up this thread, the reaction of women in general when it comes to EB.

[pezhetairoi]

I guess my definition of jest shall have to be widened to accomodate our resident persian cataphract. Good to know we all believe in sophisticated debate. Shall be glad to take you on someday in some EB-related debate, Persian. Let's shake hands on that. *offers hand*

And well, karielle's a rare one, though I think if you asked her to stay and keep posting she would ;-)

[Karielle]

I think I'll reserve the right to decide that for myself, dear pez. :P

[Rodion Romanovich]

@above posters: Ok!

At least I have the decency to provide beer :wink:

~:cheers: ~:cheers: ~:grouphug:

[Bootsiuv]

Thanks Legio.

See EB gods, we can resolve issues ourselves.

~:cheers:

[NeoSpartan]

Good!!
Now lets get back to what we say to our wifes/mother/girlfriends when we aren't as lucky as Pez.

[pezhetairoi]

Lol. XD I'm sure there's some lurker around who has the same luck, just that's he/she/they keep(s) quiet...

[V.T. Marvin]

Lol. XD I'm sure there's some lurker around who has the same luck, just that's he/she/they keep(s) quiet...

Sure there is!!! :yes::yes::yes:


Yup, that's my Makedonian beauty ^_^ Precious, ain't she? I'm willing to bet we're the first Org couple to BOTH play EB, heh. Romani and Makedones... Quite a civilised match, I should say.

That is great! What is greater still is, that there might be more lucky couples who both enjoy EB.
I, for one, am lucky that (being an addict to PC games - RTR and EB especialy) I have a understanding wife who play as well (though not so extensively) - as the time goes on we came through several periods (Dungeon Master 2, TES 3 Morrowind, TES 4 Oblivion, Caesar III, Civilization III, etc.). She is now EB queen of Saaba :egypt: (and forum lurker:yes: )

Therefore when I am going to play EB I usually say to her: "Honey, do not forget your laptop at work, we will need both computers tonight :laugh4: "

P.S.-Of course it is a pure coincidence, but we have married soon after she totally crushed a friend of mine (a total PC addict) in Age of Empires II on LAN. :2thumbsup:

[Megas Methuselah]

*big huge armies marching around on the screen, led by a general*

me: Hey mom! I'm a star! :beam:

[Space_Ed]

I've busted my sister playing it actually . I came in one day and there she was as the Sabaeans doing stuff. She didn't get wtf pwned either .


GF really doesn't care . We do "stuff" when she's over . Stuff as in anything including stuff that you people with your minds in the gutter think of .

:wall: Well im sure I wasn't the only one who needed that spelling out to. Thanks

[pezhetairoi]

I say. Sabaeans, and holding her own. She is one impressive sister. Get her to post on the org and give karielle some company ;-)

[Kull]

..I think I shall refrain, or at least think twice about, commenting on anything EB in the future in this forum. Who knows what a little female perspective might rile up. :dizzy2:

My response to your "pretty horsies" comment was intended as a jest, but it was an extremely poor one. My apologies. I'd prefer that you feel comfortable commenting on anything - in any way - without worrying that it might provoke a neanderthal response. Which mine most certainly was. :shame:

[The_White_Knight]

"I-i-i-t's W-E-E-K-E-N-D, it's weekend!"

[Kampfkrebs]

No. Weekend is over since...like 20hours?