January Screenshot Competition

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I forgot to put this up, then I was putting it off, but here it is. The no picture editting rule will continue. Any pictures that do not meet the rules will not be including in the poll without notice to the creator.

Rules
-One submission per person per month
-Must be from EB
-No picture editting for this month's competition
-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

[SwissBarbar]

"The way is shut...!"



(Actual KH campaign)
When the Armies of the Koinon Hellenon marched to conquer Antiocheia, the seleukid Satrap of Syria led his army to the border to Kilikia and awaited the superior hellenic forces at the strait passage between sea and mountains, on the road that leads from Tarsos to Antiocheia. When the Hellenes arrived, they slaughtered the seleukid ambassador and his unit of light infantery, when he went forward to prevail upon them to retreat.

The hellenes formed up their battle array and shouted to the Seleukids, they should clear the way and retreat to Edessa or die here. The Satrap of Syria did not intend to let his people go into hellenic servitude, and knew that 2 forces have been sent from Seleukeia and Babylon and would arrive in Antiocheia soon. He decided to buy them the time they needed, sounded the charge and shouted to the Hellenes: "The way is shut!".

That day, the Satrap and his army went down fighting, but they held the Hellenes back just long enough, so the 2 supportive armies appeared near Antiocheia when the Hellenes layed siege on that city. Before they were ready to attack the city, the Seleukids reached them, and defeated them in a bloody battle. With that, Antiocheia was save. At the borderline to Kilikia, next to the road, the Seleukids raised a marble statue of their heroic Satrap. In its socle they carved those words, that adress every intruder until today: "The way is shut!"

(OOC: Stole the idea from the Leonidas-Saga ^^ Since there was no "Thermopylae" in my campaign, I just had to...)

[^RaGe^]

I think we have a winner already.

[SwissBarbar]

*G* Glad you enjoy it ^^ thank you

[theoldbelgian]

brilliant background story and i would love to have you win for that but the picture itself isn't that what i would say 'wow it doesn't matter what comes now i vote for that '
but brilliant background story simply brilliant

[desert]

It's kind of funny to imagine oneself as a traveler; all of a sudden you see a large statue near the road, which reads "The way is shut." Shrugging, you turn around and go back down the road.

I actually thought it was a LOTR reference, though...

[Connacht]

The über kataphraktoi who don't fear anything, even the roughest of the mounts.



Also notice their spaghettification, probably caused by the presence of a black hole on the edge of the rock.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

OMFG lollolololololol

[Hax]

That is what you would define as "weird".

[SwissBarbar]

one has to admit, that those guys really must have some stamina to climb up that hill in this armour

[Maion Maroneios]

[b]Also notice their spaghettification, probably caused by the presence of a black hole on the edge of the rock.

Maion

[Ibrahim]

Also notice their spaghettification, probably caused by the presence of a black hole on the edge of the rock.

a black hole that's under a rock, on planet Earth?

welcome to the mindf***!!

[Subotan]

Woah, they look like they're approaching the speed of light. Is that red shift on the horizon?

(LOL @ The spaghettification joke btw)

[Ludens]

a black hole that's under a rock, on planet Earth?

welcome to the mindf***!!

Yes. The real reason for the disappearance of the Seleucid Empire was the Large Hadron Collider they built. The resultant black holes sucked up most of their army.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Yes. The real reason for the disappearance of the Seleucid Empire was the Large Hadron Collider they built. The resultant black holes sucked up most of their army.

(has heart attack from laughing way too much)

[Ibrahim]

Yes. The real reason for the disappearance of the Seleucid Empire was the Large Hadron Collider they built. The resultant black holes sucked up most of their army.

Ludens.

you are exactly right.

@mach: your army suddenly turned into a half-naked woman. is that another Seleucid secret project?


but yes, if fraps images don't worke the first time, change into a jpg or bmp. maybe it was a format problem, as I had that too.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I'm going to try and close this up and get the poll started soon. So, if anyone wants to post a last minute picture, you have a day or so left. (Unless I get delayed like I usually do.)

[Connacht]

a black hole that's under a rock, on planet Earth?

welcome to the mindf***!!

on the edge

The poor kataphraktoi were becoming like nice armoured spaghetti because the secret Seleucid agency created a black hole on the top of that mountain. This caused also the collapse of the empire, as history books teach.

[Macilrille]

Question.

Should I have Frabs running in order to do screenshots? The Normal procedure does not work, but I thought Frabs was only for videos :-s.

For example, this is the screenshot of my Roman veterans facing the Macedon charge for an AAR.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Palle.Ra.../EBScreenshot#

And this is the one for Lucius Conelius Scipio charging downhill "Medieval Knight"-style into Akontesterai

http://picasaweb.google.com/Palle.Ra.../EBScreenshot#

See what I mean?

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Funny yet bannable

[Connacht]

For doing screenshots I simply press the button on the right edge of the keyboard for taking screenshots, then I convert the .tga file into a .jpg or .png one (I use VirtualDub for this, even if it is thought for videos, but I think that Paint Shop Pro might work as well) and upload it on Imageshack or other web spaces.

[phonicsmonkey]

Can I propose this pic be retitled 'The Kataphraktoi from Snowy River' (with apologies to Banjo Patterson)?

When they reached the mountain's summit, even Clancy took a pull,
It well might make the boldest hold their breath,
The wild hop scrub grew thickly, and the hidden ground was full
Of wombat holes, and any slip was death.
But the man from Snowy River let the pony have his head,
And he swung his stockwhip round and gave a cheer,
And he raced him down the mountain like a torrent down its bed,
While the others stood and watched in very fear.

He sent the flint stones flying, but the pony kept his feet,
He cleared the fallen timber in his stride,
And the man from Snowy River never shifted in his seat -
It was grand to see that mountain horseman ride.
Through the stringybarks and saplings, on the rough and broken ground,
Down the hillside at a racing pace he went;
And he never drew the bridle till he landed safe and sound,
At the bottom of that terrible descent.

[abou]

Oh sweet, someone posted a pic from Panion! Someone appreciated my work.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

I call it "Oasis Street Fight"

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Can't see a damn thing. Way too much dust. Very accurate, i approve