August Screenshot Competition

[Rilder]

Brother against Brother.



Edit: Bit of over cropping but eh, only a bit of sky missing from the top and the UI below.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

hmm .. Why isn't this stickied?

[General Appo]

I have over 15,000 screenshots (no kidding) and don´t really have the time to go through them all looking for a really good one, so I´ll just put something in for funs sake.

King of the Hill


You see that guy in the middle with the shield up high? He´s really just in the middle of an animation to defend against a Pontic attack, but since he has higher ground it looks kinda wierd. To me it looks like he gesturing to, like you know, "follow me!", or something like that. Eh, I don´t know, maybe I´m reading to much into it.

[Che Roriniho]

Appo, I think we have a winner. Your's is simply gorgeous. Loving that centerm dude. I think with a bit of editing, that could look wonderful. (removing the banners and other witchcraft)

[Senshi]

Yup, it's a pity you guys run withouth Anti-Aliasing, I think AA improves RTW battles VERY much, especiall those phalanx spears no longer have that awful "staircase effect"...

[Jolt]

Yeah Appo's picture is awesome. I'd rename it to "King of the Hill", it gives the picture a much briter title (Guess who the King of the Hill is... :P)

[General Appo]

Actually that´s not a bad idea. Done.
Senshi, I´ve tried using Fraps and such, but it was just too much work. Might try again though, when I get back from London (will be away for a week. Or two).
CR, I´m afraid I don´t have any good editing tools handy, and even if I did I wouldn´t know what to do with them. Pity really. I´d wish that the Roman banner was situated behind the hill instead, so you just saw the top. That would have been awesome. Especially if it had been right behind the "King".

[The Celtic Viking]

"Run away! Run away!"

[satalexton]

The floating arrow of God, the omen that brings divine victory.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

The Celtic Viking,

is your picture from EB 1.1? In what province? I ask because of the trees.

[Senshi]

@General Appo:

To me it appears as if the guy is performing some kind of super jump charge (à la "300"), about to slash the poor Pontic in front of him

But your interpretation is acceptable too, of course

[Rilder]

@General Appo:

To me it appears as if the guy is performing some kind of super jump charge (à la "300"), about to slash the poor Pontic in front of him

But your interpretation is acceptable too, of course

Honestly when I first glanced at his pic I thought the soldiers were cheering over a victory.

[The Celtic Viking]

The Celtic Viking,

is your picture from EB 1.1? In what province? I ask because of the trees.

It's actually from a custom battle in 1.0. I wanted to find out just how the mingle played out in practice. I think the picture conveys the results pretty well.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Okay, that's not exactly true. They actually rallied and then defeated the stinking romans, but how much of a mingle it was then I can't really say. It was a fun battle, though.

[Baktrion Agema]

To The Death


Watched by the statues of his gods, a Greek royal guard duals with a member of the Liby-Phonecian elite infantry during the battle for Alexandreia.