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    amrtaka Member machinor's Avatar
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    Default Re: The Pyrrhic Dynasty : A Makedonian AAR

    Quote Originally Posted by Kuningaz View Post
    Hahaha well me neither, but I know my hometown's name (from latin classes^^). Well, it's Baden


    You bet your a** I do Just can't play EB properly because the battles won't work on my new lap
    Aaaaah Baden... famous from the Karlsplatz metro announcer's "...und zur Lokalbahn nach Baden".
    I'm from the Raetia-Noricum-border orginally. Now try to find out, where that is.
    We should get back to the topic, though.

    Hopefully, the Arche will be able to aid its client kingdoms in Arabia. Or else some of the minor kings who currently depend on mighty Makedonia might think about splitting from the empire since they don't get any fast help from the basileus. It would seem that the task of managing an empire and distributing one's attention equally does not become easier with increasing size of that empire.



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    AARs were simple After Action Reports (as the name suggest), where players would tell about their battles or campaigns. Those simple reports evolved into today's more narrative tales which often are rather inspired by than about the actual campaign. I don't think that there is a distinct inventor or creator of this kind of thing. You may see it as some kind of evolution without a distinct turning point (very much like in history). At least there is no inventor I know of... however, AARs in their current form were already around for some time when I first came into contact with the Total-War-series online comunity, so I might not be the ultimate source.
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    "Dahae always ride single file to hid their numbers, these tracks are side by side. And these arrow wounds, too accurate for Dahae, only Pahlavi Zradha Shivatir are so precise..."
    <-- My "From Basileion to Arche - A Makedonian AAR" Memorial Balloon.

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    Celto-Germanic Spearman Member Kuningaz's Avatar
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    Aaaaah Baden... famous from the Karlsplatz metro announcer's "...und zur Lokalbahn nach Baden".
    I'm from the Raetia-Noricum-border orginally. Now try to find out, where that is.
    Hm, Wikipedia tells me it's got to be in the beautiful Bundesland of Tirol, but of course I got no idea which town
    Now that's really enough off topic, sorry

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    Default Re: The Pyrrhic Dynasty : A Makedonian AAR

    If I may add a completely personal recollection on the AAR evolution: I was lurking RTW forums since it came out (mostly twcenter - RTR forms then), but for some reason was never much interested in AARs until Arsacese (aka Obelics) started his epic Waste Land. For me it was a revelation and I dare to say a turning point for many.

    Well that really seems like a prehistory now. Even to the point that his opus magnum survived till today in fragments only due to the tragic loss of twcenter server

    I just hope that MAA has his story backuped safely for the sake of posterity. Alas! People and computers are mortal, but memory of the glorious past shall survive! And this story surely shall too.
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    Default Re: The Pyrrhic Dynasty : A Makedonian AAR

    Well, I'm done with all of my exams. (Now I have to look forward to two papers I have to write in the next couple weeks.)

    I had an odd dream last night that I watch the Battle of Thermopolyae, in person, then went home and wrote an AAR about it on my computer. So I woke up encouraged to work on my AAR. I'm still not happy about the format, so it might take until tommorrow before I post it, though.

    Managing a huge empire is difficult, even though I have to roleplay some of that difficutly. I don't ever plan to conquer the whole maps since I'm roleplaying this campaign. I roleplay that the steppes and desert are unconquerable and that the Europeans are un managable (ala Romans in Germany --> Varus). Coastal "barbarian" regions are conquerable, but I don't plan to go into Germany, or even Gaul really. I might even roleplay difficulties in Arabia, Nubia, and Iberia (the game made difficulties for me in Pannonia by itself).

    I do have a copy of the complete AAR on my harddrive, but it seems more likely that my computer will die than the fora.

    By the way, it seems I won the HOF award. I just want to thank everyone who voted for me (I voted for Chirurgeon).


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    Congrats man! you totally deserve it! Thanks for all your continued support with all the AARs on the forum. This has to be one of the most Active AAR forums around and the community is wonderful

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    Default AW: The Pyrrhic Dynasty : A Makedonian AAR

    You deserve this award, MAA.

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    Congratulations

    You deserve it
    Last edited by julius_caesar_the_first; 02-14-2009 at 09:30.

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