i dont understand...

[a completely inoffensive name]

For starters the local Germans would've been quite into Roman military stuff; as they were widely sought after in the Roman military... Nothing new & shiny about what (subject to much? debate) can be considered an inferior type of armour -- especially in the German homelands...

Well since LS was just starting to become "popular" (which I know can be debated about) around that time I would have thought that this would have been one of the first times the Germans came into combat with Roman soldiers wearing LS and thus would have been "new" to them.

[spqr_arcani]

I personally don't understand the mentality of people wanting LS in the game.

I myself didn't care.
I came here looking for a stable mod and to learn history.

What's in the mind of people who keep asking why there's no LS in the game?
Did they watch too much of a show or movie,
which set their expectations for EB?

Very curious.

[satalexton]

Well i don't mind LS if it's within the game's timeframe, which it clearly isn't.
Popularism is surely a factor to be reckoned with, but it's still yet to be powerful enough to conjure an energy strong enough to affect the fabric of spacetime to such an extent that LS would appear in 200 BC.
Hollywood may give Peter Parker wall climbing powers, but until I see totalwar.org give vigilante powers to users to wear underpants on their heads and zap flies with their laser powered bosoms... I highly doubt that whining would do any good.
Allow me to answer your question, spcr_arcani. To a LS zealot, a Rome without LS is like Japland without Ninjas, China without kungfu masters, or 300 without spartans.
Hollywood shoulf really sod themselves, HBO gets a cookie tho, I personally think they did a far fairer, still not perfect, job.

[Hooahguy]

I personally don't understand the mentality of people wanting LS in the game.

I myself didn't care.
I came here looking for a stable mod and to learn history.

What's in the mind of people who keep asking why there's no LS in the game?
Did they watch too much of a show or movie,
which set their expectations for EB?

Very curious.

mostly they just dont know their history too well, so they ask why LS isnt there.
but for the seasons fellas, they just want some fun in the forum, so they ask it anyhow.

[Ludens]

What's in the mind of people who keep asking why there's no LS in the game?
Did they watch too much of a show or movie,
which set their expectations for EB?

At a guess, I'd say it's because the LS is quintessentially Roman, and many people feel that a game about the Romans wouldn't be complete without it. I won't go as far as blaming Hollywood for this: LS appeared in practically all my school history books and most popular history as well. Often, these images are correct (in the sense that they display Imperial rather than Republican legionaries), but this has fixed the image in the public mind so that many people can't image Roman legionairs any other way than wearing LS.

[Hax]

Have any EB members or players ever been to a reenactment?

I have. I also visit medieval and "Celtic" festivals a lot.

[TWFanatic]

I have. I also visit medieval and "Celtic" festivals a lot.

Wow! I envy you.

Ludens is quite right. The situation is almost humorously absurd and Hollywood is not entirely to blame. I once saw pamphlets for a lecture on the Punic Wars with pictures of Roman legionaries marching in segmented armor on the front. The Punic Wars!

EDIT: Not to mention a biography of Cicero with an image of the coliseum on the front. Cicero, a man who was not only born centuries before the construction of this building but who did not enjoy the games himself.

[Hooahguy]

Wow! I envy you.

Ludens is quite right. The situation is almost humorously absurd and Hollywood is not entirely to blame. I once saw pamphlets for a lecture on the Punic Wars with pictures of Roman legionaries marching in segmented armor on the front. The Punic Wars! What is this world coming to?

oh please. half the world, if not the majority, doesnt even know the difference between the greeks and romans.
the lack of interest in history by the sheeple (uninformed people) is horrible.

[bovi]

I've seen a reenactment of the medieval age in my city, but not participated. The bow tournament was nice, and I wanted to buy a cape but couldn't find a good-looking one. I also let the chance slip to get another sword.