gotta love the license agreement

**Vasiliyi** · 05-23-2008, 03:48

I absolutly loved the license agreement you guys had for EB
"by downloading this game you agree to read more history"
that is absolutly hilarious! awesome mod guys!

**Spartan198** · 05-23-2008, 04:02

And I've stuck to that agreement.

**Africanvs** · 05-23-2008, 05:27

You have to read more history if you want to keep up with half the people on this forum! The EB EULA is for your own good.

**Digby Tatham Warter** · 05-23-2008, 08:36

And indeed Good sirs, you play can't play EB without reading more history because the mod constantly assaults the player with a veritable abundance of the stuff, unless the player is just plain blinkard and lazy.

**We shall fwee...Wodewick** · 05-23-2008, 12:43

Indeed, I can't help but read history books, currently I'm working my way through a bit of Livy which I actually find an enjoyable read, but a lot of people have told me it's very suspect and to be taken with a pinch of salt. I'd recommend it as a read.

**Hax** · 05-23-2008, 14:04

No matter how much history you read...

No matter how much of your free time you put into history...

No matter how much you visit these forums...

...

You can never ever keep up with The Persian Cataphract! All hail!

**Kaidonni** · 05-23-2008, 17:56

Yeah...what happens if we don't read more history, but agreed to?

Oh, I wasn't meant to say that aloud, was I?

Well, I hope to have fun on EB. RTW is the only Total War game I can play now. Nvidia wants to shove MTWI into the river with cement shoes while the DVD drivers are rejecting the existence of M2TW, despite all evidence to the contrary...

**Ibrahim** · 05-23-2008, 18:15

EB council of 10!!

**Wolfman** · 05-23-2008, 18:24

When I first read that liscense agreement i busted out laughing. I've always been a lover of history though. Thats what attracted me to EB.

**Senshi** · 05-23-2008, 22:39

Originally Posted by Kaidonni

Yeah...what happens if we don't read more history, but agreed to?

Oh, I wasn't meant to say that aloud, was I?

Well, then your installed EB will stop working, causing CRC errors in all your RTW-files, smashing your original RTW-discs and ultimately burn your mainboard, blow up your CPU and RAM and punch you

**Aaldaemon** · 05-24-2008, 11:23

EB made me come back to one of my long lost loves - reading Osprey books.

They're the perfect companion to EB imho.

**Africanvs** · 05-25-2008, 10:41

Originally Posted by We shall fwee...Wodewick

Indeed, I can't help but read history books, currently I'm working my way through a bit of Livy which I actually find an enjoyable read, but a lot of people have told me it's very suspect and to be taken with a pinch of salt. I'd recommend it as a read.

Only reason Livy isn't reliable is because of his nationalism. He omits certain things to spare the Romans from shame like when Hiero sends troops to the Romans in the form of slingers, Livy omits the fact that the Romans requested the troops because it's a shameful act. He does write a very entertaining narrative though. I've read all of his surviving work and loved it, and one can assume it's mostly true because he had access to the Roman archives. At any rate, it sucks that most of his work hasn't come down to us. :(

**Jaume** · 05-25-2008, 21:16

Originally Posted by Africanvs

Only reason Livy isn't reliable is because of his nationalism. He omits certain things to spare the Romans from shame like when Hiero sends troops to the Romans in the form of slingers, Livy omits the fact that the Romans requested the troops because it's a shameful act. He does write a very entertaining narrative though. I've read all of his surviving work and loved it, and one can assume it's mostly true because he had access to the Roman archives. At any rate, it sucks that most of his work hasn't come down to us. :(

It is. If you're looking for more historic accuracy, I do recommend Caius Asinius Polio. Indeed, he and Titus Livius lived in the same period (Augustus era). I remember a scene in "I, Claudius" in which the two historians were arguing about poetry and history. But I don't know in fact if they were friends in reality.