January Screenshot Competition Poll

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 01-29-2009, 19:46

1- "The way is shut...!" by SwissBarbar

2- "To the Flank!" by Megas Pyrrhos

3- "Battle In The Woods" by Mediolanicus

4- "First Serve" by Subotan

5- "Here stood the Pezoi" by Olimpian

6 - "And here they come..." by Ibn-Khaldun

7- "The Breath of the Sands" by Olaf Blackeyes

8- "My Name...Is Kartlos!" by desert

9- "Gathering Storm" by Silence Hunter

10- "Oasis Street Fight" by Centurio Nixalsverdrus

11- "Strategous, lead us to glory!" by Burebista

12- "What a mess!" by chenkai11

**Aemilius Paulus** · 01-29-2009, 19:54

This has got to be the best screenshot competition I have ever seen! So hard to choose...

BTW, MAA, please fix #8 before I vote! You left out the final parenthesis-looking thingie. ( ] )

Oh, and finally, I have a question for the maker of #9, "Gathering Storm" by Silence Hunter - how did you get a picture to look so splendid? The colours are so full-looking, saturated and vibrant, and there is absolutely no jagged edges. What kind of a video card do you have? What are the rules for the competition anyway? The picture looks almost as if its colours were tweaked.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 01-29-2009, 20:02

Nevermind, you fixed it MAA. I guess I am just going to wait and see which submissions amass the most points and then vote for one of those. Just so my vote does not go to something that will not win anyway. After all, it is so difficult to decide that I simply cannot choose what to vote for. Numbers 11, 2, and 1 are likely candidates, but I cannot discount the visual appeal of #9. Number 3 is likewise nice.

How about an idea, MAA? What about inserting links to the submitter's profiles so we can all see who made such marvelous screenshots? I've never heard of Silence Hunter and Burebista, but then again, I have been busy in RL lately, having very little time for EB forums, and no time for EB itself. I haven't played EB in 3 months by now

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**Ibrahim** · 01-29-2009, 22:11

I say #11.

but I agree with Aemilius-they are great shots, all of them.

**TheStranger** · 01-29-2009, 22:24

I voted for #5, but #9 is also very good. If I've to be honest they are all very good and it was a difficult decision. Nice work guys!

**desert** · 01-29-2009, 22:52

Note to self: next time make sure that your entry is an odd number.

**Silence Hunter** · 01-29-2009, 23:36

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Oh, and finally, I have a question for the maker of #9, "Gathering Storm" by Silence Hunter - how did you get a picture to look so splendid? The colours are so full-looking, saturated and vibrant, and there is absolutely no jagged edges. What kind of a video card do you have? What are the rules for the competition anyway? The picture looks almost as if its colours were tweaked.

I'm not too sure of what card I have

. I know it's Nvidia. The laptop which I'm using now (and play EB) was built by my cousin who is working in the computer industry. I am playing EB on max at everything. Though this screenshot was particularly nice. I think it depends on in-game lightning you catch doing the screenshot. The only tweaking I did was cropping.

**Centurio Nixalsverdrus** · 01-30-2009, 00:07

For those who are undecided for whom to vote... ancient battles always had tons of dust accompany them. The only picture accurately representing this is #10.