So which one of you guys did this?

[antisocialmunky]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae

Scroll down to "The battle"...

Or if you're lazy:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Parthian Cataphracts as simulated in Europa Barbarorum

[desert]

Srsly? That was a long time ago. I remember someone doing it in a thread where the discussion turned to Wikipedia.

[A Very Super Market]

Wait, what does this thread even mean?

Never mind, I didn't even read the link at first.

[BurningEGO]

What the hell... Funny guy who did that.

[Beefy187]

Whoever did that is my champion

[Maion Maroneios]

Whoever did that is my champion

I second that

Maion

[bovi]

There used to be a purple thing from RTW there.

[zooeyglass]

There used to be a purple thing from RTW there.

even funnier - go purple horsemen!

[Ca Putt]

and some pictures from a movie no one knew :(

[Ibrahim]

There used to be a purple thing from RTW there.

oh yes, that one.

yes, someone added to the origional article that cata's were famous for their puple capes.

EDIT: that was not the article that had it-defferent one on ancient warfare.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Yes, I do remember the old vanilla RTW catas. What a blunder it was. Just like sticking a picture from 300 into the battle of Thermopylae. And I am not talking about "References in Poupular Culture" (I hate those sections) Anyway, that surprised me quite a bit, and that was not so long ago either.

Perhaps we should go to every article about the battles of Late Antiquity in Wikipedia and stick some appropriate EB screenshots, eh? Illustrations, especially the accurate ones, are always nice. Visual aid, that is the key!

[desert]

And I am not talking about "References in Poupular Culture" (I hate those sections)

Dare I ask why?

[BurningEGO]

yes, someone added to the origional article that cata's were famous for their puple capes.

Seriously man, guys like these should be shot on sight. Such a degree of inteligence is... unbelievable.

[Novellus]

Oh yes, I came across that one day. I was like "Oh my gosh! EB's taking over Wikipedia! Yeah!"

This is the right picture for it, right? In the Historical Battles, the cataphracts are represented by the late Gripanvar.

[Antinous]

EB will eventually replace school text books!!!!

[Tellos Athenaios]

Genuine answers to school assingments more likely. After all: it is Wikipedia here, which is known to be a hunting ground for any and all answers to exams, papers and generally all sorts of knowledge tests.

[Ibrahim]

Yes, I do remember the old vanilla RTW catas. What a blunder it was. Just like sticking a picture from 300 into the battle of Thermopylae. And I am not talking about "References in Poupular Culture" (I hate those sections) Anyway, that surprised me quite a bit, and that was not so long ago either.

Perhaps we should go to every article about the battles of Late Antiquity in Wikipedia and stick some appropriate EB screenshots, eh? Illustrations, especially the accurate ones, are always nice. Visual aid, that is the key!

that was sad. but I was referring to the part that this guy posted :

Well I took the liberty of deleting the offending material (and yes I also spotted the purple cataphracts someone here inserted). The great thing about wikipedia is anyone can edit it and that means YOU! *points through the monitor*
So now that we have all basked in the glory of how wonderfully enlightened we all are on this subject, and how foolish others may be, I got to ask why not take the time to correct it? As the adage goes it's always easier to tear down bridges than build them up. Yes we can all spot where wikipedia got it wrong, but can we be part of the solution.

which came conveniently after this:

This article is the single stupidest-but funniest- thing I have ever encountered on the internet that attempts to take itself seriously. Assuming the guy who wrote it wasn't laughing his ass off as he wrote it...
I'm surprised he didn't say that elephants were invincible behemoths and cataphracts wore purple...

some guy had added a textual description saying that cataphracts had purple capes conveniently after the latter's post..and sir edward caught it.

[antisocialmunky]

Oh yeah, I remember that one.

I think that it isn't too modest a proposal to add some pictures to this article here, after all a picture is worth a 1000 words or so they say.

[A Very Super Market]

While wikipedia does have nude breasts and male genitalia in their respective articles, Gaesatae are something an elementary schoolchild might have to search up for a project or something. No....

[Potocello]

Oh EB doesn't stop at Wikipedia. I once saw a History Channel video in class where they used EB to simulate the battle of Marathon. It was quite interesting.

[antisocialmunky]

That was vanilla RTW to promote RTW.

[Potocello]

Was it vanilla? I didn't think it was used to promote RTW though.

embarrassing

[Dayve]

While wikipedia does have nude breasts and male genitalia in their respective articles, Gaesatae are something an elementary schoolchild might have to search up for a project or something. No....

Yeah, and god forbid a child might see male genitalia, even though every child old enough to use wikipedia already know that "boys have a penis and girls have a vagina", and laugh about it in the school playground every day with their friends.

[BurningEGO]

Oh EB doesn't stop at Wikipedia. I once saw a History Channel video in class where they used EB to simulate the battle of Marathon. It was quite interesting.

You are speaking of Decisive Battles (a program of history channel). I saw some of them as well. Even Cannae, lol.

But yes it was vanilla RTW.

[A Very Super Market]

Please, I couldn't care less if some kid saw a penis. But people like to be better safe than sorry, and there isn't any real reason to post a picture of some naked dude, they'll just take it off.

[Antinous]

I thought that show was pretty cool for history channel.

[soup_alex]

You are speaking of Decisive Battles (a program of history channel). I saw some of them as well. Even Cannae, lol.

But yes it was vanilla RTW.

"DECISIVE BATTLES" INFERIOR.
TIME COMMANDERS SUPERIOR.

Seriously. I never get sick of Nusbacher saying things like "The Roman cavalry is crap", or Loades' childish enthusiasm, or them always smashing cavalry blocks into the infantry blocks with the shovel at the end of the show.
Oh, and the second series was presented by Richard Hammond (if you're into that sort of thing).

[Intrepid Adventurer]

Speaking of historic television, does anyone remember what that show on the BBC was called where they played out historic battles as some sort of game show? I believe there was two teams, each taking command of a side of a historic battle. They'd have the same means as communication as their historic counterparts and of course the goal was to see if things could have gone differently. I'd like to see it again, but I can't seem to find it on YouTube.

[machinor]

It was posted ONE POSTING before you. It's "Time Commanders" and yes that program was absolutely great.

[antisocialmunky]

Please, I couldn't care less if some kid saw a penis. But people like to be better safe than sorry, and there isn't any real reason to post a picture of some naked dude, they'll just take it off.

Well its a entry 'bout a bunch of crazy naked guys.