HAIL New Members! (Introductions)

Hi all :)

I'm also from the Netherlands. After years of playing Civilization 3 I found a new toy: Rome - Total War. I have played Shogun and Medieval as well, but I find RTW to be more addictive.

I've been lurking here for a few months now and, as others, saw my game improve a lot by just reading all the tips. I'm now at a point that I rather ask the questions than do a search on the topics. Guess I made the jump from 'total newbie' to just 'newbie'.

Hail less-new-than-me people, he who is the newest salutes you.

(btw you guys need an "ave" smiley, it would've been soooo perfect here)

I'm a 19,66 year old university student from Finland, currently majoring in English, but seriously considering history, philosophy, ethnology/folkloristics, latin and a crapload of other stuff. I registered here because I wanted to give feedback to the Blue Lotus mod (awesome stuff, check it out) and figured I might as well post all around the place.

I got absolutely obsessed with the Total War series after buying Medieval and have since bought all three games. The TW series really got me interested in history and I've been reading loads of it lately, I recommend this, this and this site for people who don't know all that much about their history and want to learn more. I was skeptical about the second site, since the guy who maintains it is a bit of a bible-nut, but most of the stuff that doesn't concern things mentioned in the Bible and Christian/Muslim conflicts is pretty good as far as I can tell.

Errr... I suppose 'tis it. If anybody is interested in what I look like, my profile has a link to a Finnish IRC-gallery with a bunch of pictures of me. At least people who know me find them mostly amusing.

Greetings Malrubius, Dutch_guy, Aggie, and Parokkikala! ~:wave:

*begins bored tour guide voice* I'm Alexander the Pretty Good and I'll be your designated greeter today... on your left you will see...

~D

So, welcome to the boards! ~:wave:

More lurkers, just like me, when I was a young wippersnapper! ~D ~:)

Cheers, and, perhaps, "Ave!"

~:cheers:

Hello everyone I made a hello thread here before I seen this woops! ~:eek:

How dare you :furious3: (just kidding)

well, anyways hi everybody

well sorry for the double post but i forgot to tell you guys about myself ~:eek:

Well i am still in high school and live in florida, usa.

I enjoy playing sports,hanging out with friends and PLAYING TOTAL WAR(mostly bkb supermod)

And by the way my username is a celtic god that can be compared to mars :charge:

Hello ~:)

I've been interested in History and Warfare since Junior High ( a long time ago ). I've played board and tabletop games from Chainmail and Machiavelli to Tractics and 7th Fleet. :duel:

I also love reading fantasy and science fiction. :book:

I have six kids and I work as network tech for a non-profit company. :dizzy2:

I really love the total war series. Maybe someday I'll buy Shogun since thats the only one of the three I haven't played yet. ~:cool:

Hi Ego,

Sound like you are fairly normal for these forums... mind you 6 kids and networking IT would be hard to balance... you must have taken a few courses in time management.

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Originally Posted by Papewaio

Hi Ego,

Sound like you are fairly normal for these forums... mind you 6 kids and networking IT would be hard to balance... you must have taken a few courses in time management.

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Thanks Papewaio,

Actually I think what helps me manage a job and 6 kids is having been in the Airforce. The military discipline really helps. Although it's not working with the 3 year old. She's much more stubborn -- and intelligent -- then I am ~D

Hi all ~:wave: Just joined. Im Pat the Baker Just got RTW but have MTW and VI. Im from Ireland. Im only 16 and still at school but i am addicted to this game it is amazing. Been browsin for a while and decided to join. Hi again ~:wave:

Hi Pat welcome to the Org :bow:

Hello all. I've played all the TotalWar games. I plan to get the expansion to Shogun. :charge: :bow: :duel:

Hello and welcome Arkatsson ~:wave:

~:) I started playing total war games ages ago when shogun first came out, i loved this game but unfortunatly my PC at the time couldnt run it properly which forced me to stop playing it. When MTW came out my friend showed it to me and i knew i would love playing it. From then on i used to sit down for hours playing it, i completed it to the extream with every nation! now i am currently playing RTW and finding some of the new feature really good like the new campain map. But it doesnt seem to be as enjoyable as MTW. I looked on the forums for the first time yesterday and discovered there were mods out and mods being created for the bronze age. This instantly interested me.

I think what you guys are doing is great. I am looking forward to playing HTW tonight for the first time and also NTW with the new RTW graphics wehen it is completed. Thanks for makeing the TW games even better :)

Hello everyone

I'm an Australian - female - and we live in the country. Have one daughter. I bought RTW the other day having really enjoyed the 'Ages...' and I'm getting addicted to exploring it already. Late nights here we come!

New to this forum but I've been a member of a non games one for 18 months.

How do I become a full member?

Hi kukri, before this i only posted in the sword dojo(cause i am addicted to shogun TW since november and joined here teh same month), but i heard i wanted to become a full member(big dream) i had to post here, well i don't have to time now, but i'll post later about who i am!

bye-bye! :bow:

Hello :bow: ,

i'm almost 16 jears old and since november 2004 i have been playing shogun WL edition a lot, when i was looking for a site with info about shogun i found this, and decided to join. Everyone has been nice to me and i have learned a lot about the game here, i think i am almost good enough to win a campaign at hard. I think i'm gonna join the MP campaign which is being organised in Sword dojo. I've only be posting in Sword Dojo, but i wanted to become a full member and asked whow to. Ludens told me that i should introduce myself in the entrance hall, so, here i am! ~:cool:

I think this forum is very well organised, due to all moderators! :bow: :bow:

I don't i'll ever stop posting! ~:cheers:

bye! :bow:

Hi all. I've recently started playing M:TW again and i'm happy to have found this forum!
i've learnt so much already. ~:)
i'm living in austria and come from australia.

Hello Sevengoals ~:wave:

Welcome to the Org

Hello. I've only started playing the Total War series since about 2 years ago, but I've always liked games that stressed battlefield tactics for as long as I can remember. I think the first such game that got me hooked into this particular style of battle was something called Waterloo (not sure of the exact title), which had Napoleonic-era warfare. The incredibly detailed battlefields, hundreds of soldiers arranged in formations, and using cannons to reduce those formations... It really inspired in me the feel of a 'real' battle. Games that have more abstract warfare such as the -Craft games by Blizzard never held my interest for long. I am always thrilled at the prospect of defeating great odds through clever use of terrain and manouvering.

Ave!

I'm Antiochus III, an Alexander who has Romans kicking my butt! ~D I've been browsing for a while and posted a few but made no proper introductions.

Ahrgg!!! Nobody told me that those archers use their bows in melee! That's why my Cretan Archers always beet Hastati....

Never Mind, then :charge: I'm about fifteen and that's all you need to know.

My current location is Las Vegas : and I hate gambling, smoking, fake pyramids, all are in Vegas.

Can I visit Netherlands sometimes? I heard it's pretty beautiful there and... There is no Tsunami ~:eek: !

Welcome Dominic and AntiochusIII ~:wave:

Hope you enjoy your stay :bow:

Hey all just wanted to drop in and welcome all of our new members. I hope all of your questions get answers and your stay here at the Guild is great.

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Welcome mates! ~:wave:
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Hey all,

Been lurking around here for some months (basically since I got the game) and decided to register. Nice forums, good posts here. My only complaint thus far is the way too big and annoying signatures. :p

Cheers

Zyphelaxis

Hi Zyphelaxis

Welcome to the Org :bow:

Hello!

My name is fret, im 29, living in Briton, working in a little known part of the IT industry, if you know what a dslam is...i'll tell you more ~:)

Like Aggie at the top of page 5 on this thread, Ive spent the past 3 years playing Civ3, however, where he spent his time playing in a highly educational and entertaining series of Succesion Games, I spent my 3 years playing in the very mechanical and some would say boring civfanatics Hall of Fame. Respect to Aggie, he is a god of Civ3 SG's.

Alas, its time for me to retire from Civ3 and move onto the new...

Im completely new to the Total War series, and cant wait to spend the next 3 years learning the game to the same depth as I learnt Civ3 :book:

Have one on me..
~:cheers:
fret

hello fret ~:)

hope you enjoy your stay :balloon2:

dslam:

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.c...213916,00.html

a worthy occupation, indeed. *More speed! More Power, Scotty!*

:echo's T.Knight's welcome: ~:wave: welcome to the Org, all!