What is that?

**Zett** · 02-20-2009, 23:11

I fought some battles in my Mak-Campaign near the Hanging Gardens and I saw them in one of the Legions vs. Phalanx tournament replays today, so I think its the right time to ask this question:

What is that "thing" supposed to be?

Perhaps some kind of acient scaffolding?

Here are some other pics

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And about the tournament replays:

IrishHitman forming a square, reminds me of the film "the four feathers"

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Nicely done IrishHitman, looks cool

Ceterum censeo Romam esse delendam

**Onehandstan** · 02-21-2009, 00:18

It's just another section of the gardens isn't it?

**BurningEGO** · 02-21-2009, 00:28

LOL.

Seriously, if someone actually did that kind of formation in an online match, he is extremely lame.

Better bring up some catapults!

**A Very Super Market** · 02-21-2009, 00:31

A crappy imitation of the hanging gardens? No idea..

Anyways, who won that battle?

**Zett** · 02-21-2009, 00:42

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

A crappy imitation of the hanging gardens? No idea..

Anyways, who won that battle?

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...112552&page=11

The pic of the hanging gardens is from the "1vs1vs1vs" replay
The square is from the "2vs2" replay

Go and find out yourselve, who won it

Ceterum censeo Romam esse delendam

**Aemilius Paulus** · 02-21-2009, 01:27

I did not think I would ever utter such vulgar term, but lol, BurningEGO hit it right in the spot: the n00b box was noobish and lowly for vanilla, and in EB it is even more noobish, and even more lowly especially because of the fact that phalanxes are so overpowered in EB - nothing can get through them.

Anyway, as for the structure, why could it not be some sort of ancient ziggurat left over from the bygone days of Babylon? After all, it was an ancient city, and a Mesopotamian city, and those cities were famous for ziggurats. What do you think guys? The main question is whether it has steps on the other side. It could also be a sort of burial structure, a mausoleum, however, I do not recollect any civilizations in Mesopotamia building such imposing structures.

But wait, these buildings are all from vanilla. Which means that they are likely to be wildly inaccurate. Why am I even discussing this building??

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 02-21-2009, 18:08

I cannot believe some of you are seriously complaining because a player has made the intelligent decision and formed square.

What do you want, a fair fight?

Additionally, kudos to Irishhitman for getting his seriously maulled guys inside the block and not trying to form pentagon with a duff side; or leaving them outside. Doubtless it also provided him with a rested reserve to plug the gap when one side collapsed.