I thought we could make another Screenshot Competition
Rules
-One submission per person per month
-Must be from EB
-Only slight cropping will be allowed (small pictures are ok, just not extreme cropping)
-Please keep the demensions to a size that fits in the forum screen (maximum of 1024ish)
-Must obey forum rules
Suggestions
-Turn off banners
-Turn off arrows and/or deselect your units
-Make sure the cursor, "Paused", and map border aren't showing
-Crop out the UI (though too much cropping may get your pic disqualified)
Elephants and picture editing explicitly allowed - as a Christmas-gift :beam:
11-30-2009, 17:37
Skullheadhq
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Quote:
Originally Posted by SwissBarbar
I thought we could make another Screenshot Competition
Rules
-One submission per person per month
-Must be from EB
-Only slight cropping will be allowed (small pictures are ok, just not extreme cropping)
-Please keep the demensions to a size that fits in the forum screen (maximum of 1024ish)
-Must obey forum rules
Suggestions
-Turn off banners
-Turn off arrows and/or deselect your units
-Make sure the cursor, "Paused", and map border aren't showing
-Crop out the UI (though too much cropping may get your pic disqualified)
Elephants and picture editing explicitly allowed - as a Christmas-gift :beam:
Argh, You stole my idea!
Just about to make this, and then I saw this, well nevermind, I've got some screenies, and I'm going for GOLD this month
I thought this was a screenshot competition, not demotivators. Isn't that a different thread? :laugh4:
12-02-2009, 11:00
chenkai11
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Why not make a monthly demotivator competition. :smash:
12-02-2009, 21:52
Fluvius Camillus
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Umm not meant as a dem, it has no black side with title and text and as image editing is allowed I thougth this was good.
Ill move it to the Demotivators if this isnt the right place.
~Fluvius
12-03-2009, 01:01
A Very Super Market
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Just throwing my two cents, but I think that as the screenshot competitions are more "serious" (In the loosest sense of the word) than the demotivator thread, we should go for awe-inspiring artistic vision and jaw-dropping aesthetics, rather than comedic dialogue.
12-03-2009, 09:56
vartan
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Quote:
Originally Posted by A Very Super Market
Just throwing my two cents, but I think that as the screenshot competitions are more "serious" (In the loosest sense of the word) than the demotivator thread, we should go for awe-inspiring artistic vision and jaw-dropping aesthetics, rather than comedic dialogue.
Ouch! That must have hurt! Just kidding! I didn't realize editing was allowed. IIRC the 'traditional' (?) competitions had no cursor or UI, just a raw image of the battle scene in question.
12-03-2009, 13:51
SwissBarbar
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Is there really no one, who wants to show us his cool screenshot? Guys, what's up??
Interesting that Thrakaioi are involved in that battle above. You playing as Romans I assume?
Ugh those Elite Liby-Phonecians are nasty though. I remember a silver chevroned unit of them withstood 4 Polybian Hastati and 3 Polybian Principes on a bridge battle when I was playing as Rome. Gave me a bad impression of Polybian units as it was the first time I used them and figured that brute force would win me the day. Same trap some other Roman commanders fell into isn't it?
12-03-2009, 21:04
Finn MacCumhail
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Yep, I'm played SPQR, and you can really see Thrakaioi there. I thought they can deal with all that Carthage elites. Thrakaioi didn't helped a lot, though they show their best. I lost that battle. :embarassed: Sad but true.
Were you being attacked from all sides??? And are those levy phalanxes? Looks like levy hoplites.
12-04-2009, 11:39
Azathoth
Re: December Screenshot Competition
The AI is controlling the phalanx. It barrelled right through me.
12-04-2009, 11:41
SwissBarbar
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Vartan, yes, but Hoplites do fight in a greek style Phalanx-Formation, while the "Phalangitai" you speak of fight in a makedonian style Phalanx-Formation, which is kind of an "update" of the older greek style Phalanx.
12-05-2009, 05:53
WinsingtonIII
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Well, this is going kind of slowly, so I'll throw in mine to see if it prompts others to start posting.
It's called "On the Banks of the Euphrates" and yes, it took place on the banks of the Euphrates. Seleukid elites try to storm the river bank that's held by the brave Makedonian Argyraspides. The ground is as slippy as at Granikos, therefore the foot-tankoi are easily held back by the Makedones. The spear in the center belongs to a Seleukid that's desperately trying to get back on his feet again.
Vartan, yes, but Hoplites do fight in a greek style Phalanx-Formation, while the "Phalangitai" you speak of fight in a makedonian style Phalanx-Formation, which is kind of an "update" of the older greek style Phalanx.
Don't make me laugh too hard my friend, it hurts! Haha. But yes, you are right. In any case, as I speak mainly in English I'll just call them phalanxes as there isn't any other word we have. Thanks for the already-ubiquitous Greek word phalangitai :2thumbsup:
By the way, I vote for the fight on the banks of the Euphrates. Beautiful.
12-16-2009, 09:32
SwissBarbar
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Ehm, what's up vartan. That's why I wrote "Phalangitai" in these " ", because 1. I have no better word for them too and 2. in EB the Macedonian-Style Phalangitai are called "Phalangitai" and the Greek-Style ones are called "Hoplitai" (who, however, still fight in a phalanx-formation).
The only thing that could make my answer THAT funny is the fact, that you edited your post (to which I answered in the first place) today, which makes my answer of course not appropriate anymore :rolleyes:
I hate to nitpick, but those are Eleutheroi, not Swêboz. The latter have unique skins for Germanic units, whereas other factions, like the SPQR, use the Eleutheroi ones.
Otherwise, an excellent picture.
Speaking of Romans, could some of you guys please cut out the anti-Roman/anti-whatever spam? It sucks.
Btw. "Romaioi" is plural only.
12-23-2009, 17:35
Skullheadhq
Re: December Screenshot Competition
^
seconded, most of the greek fanboys don't seem to know Rhomaios is singular... a shame.
And to be even more grammatical correct, if you say: I kill a roman, or whatever it is ton Romaion for singular and tous romaious for plural.
and btw. A screenshot of a roman getting thrown in the air isn't spam :whip:
Would a picture of a gaul getting thrown in the air be spam then as well?
Oh, and a last thing, please, if you want to say something in greek,and didn't ever learn it, ask someone for grammar check first :)
12-23-2009, 18:14
athanaric
Re: December Screenshot Competition
I wasn't referring to the screenshot, rather to some comments.
12-23-2009, 18:14
Jebivjetar
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Ofc Romaioi is plural: that elephant killed many of them (trust me, i saw it) :2thumbsup:
I hate to nitpick, but those are Eleutheroi, not Swêboz. The latter have unique skins for Germanic units, whereas other factions, like the SPQR, use the Eleutheroi ones.
Otherwise, an excellent picture.
Yeah it's an old picture and I couldn't really remember which battle it was from, but I assumed it was against the Sweboz based on the units. I guess it was against the Eleutheroi though. I don't think I'll change the name though, as "Breaking the Eleutheroi Battleline" doesn't have much of a ring to it.
Use the GNU Image Manipulation Program, usually referred to as simply, (the) GIMP. You can find it here.
12-25-2009, 22:40
A Very Super Market
Re: December Screenshot Competition
You don't even need GIMP. Just copy and paste it into paint.
12-26-2009, 01:41
vartan
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Quote:
Originally Posted by A Very Super Market
You don't even need GIMP. Just copy and paste it into paint.
The person in question needed easy cropping. Using GIMP, the person can crop much quicker and in far fewer steps than in MS Paint. Also, he or she should know that GIMP runs on many systems.
12-26-2009, 11:04
Skullheadhq
Re: December Screenshot Competition
He could just have copied the needed area in a new image (control+n?) and voila, it's "cropped" now :juggle2:
12-27-2009, 17:27
WinsingtonIII
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Quote:
Originally Posted by Skullheadhq
He could just have copied the needed area in a new image (control+n?) and voila, it's "cropped" now :juggle2:
But at the same time, I don't see why anyone wouldn't use GIMP. It's completely free and it's a great program, giving you more options than paint does. It's not like it takes a long time to download or anything.
12-27-2009, 20:44
Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Re: December Screenshot Competition
GIMP compared to Paint is like a fully automatic wood harvester machine compared to an axe. But if you just want to cut the low end of your christmas tree a bit so that it matches better with that thing in which it belongs, you choose the axe. You don't put your tree into that harvester machine for an action as simple as that.
That got longer and more complicated as I had planned. :sweatdrop:
12-27-2009, 20:47
WinsingtonIII
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
GIMP compared to Paint is like a fully automatic wood harvester machine compared to an axe. But if you just want to cut the low end of your christmas tree a bit so that it matches better with that thing in which it belongs. You choose the axe, you don't put your tree into that harvester machine for an action as simple as that.
That got longer and more complicated as I had planned. :sweatdrop:
I understand what you're saying, but if you already have GIMP there's really no reason to use paint to crop instead of GIMP. It's not like it takes more effort to crop in GIMP than it does in paint. But really, who cares, everyone should just use whichever program they prefer. It doesn't really matter.
12-27-2009, 21:18
Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Quote:
Originally Posted by WinsingtonIII
I understand what you're saying, but if you already have GIMP there's really no reason to use paint to crop instead of GIMP. It's not like it takes more effort to crop in GIMP than it does in paint. But really, who cares, everyone should just use whichever program they prefer. It doesn't really matter.
Yes of course, but GIMP takes ages to load on my comp, probably that's not the case with others.
12-28-2009, 00:46
WinsingtonIII
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Yes of course, but GIMP takes ages to load on my comp, probably that's not the case with others.
Well then, that is a very valid reason not to use GIMP, I don't blame you at all haha
12-28-2009, 04:18
Smeel
Re: December Screenshot Competition
Don't really have a fancy name for this one, so I'm just using a quote instead:
A dog may be man's best friend, but the horse wrote history
And this time, the horse wrote "Murder, bloody murder"?
from my roman campaign, the AI at it's best decides to siege assault one of my less garnisoned cities, with horses.
