Is this true?

[Aster]

But he says "Sorry EB2, but you're at the bottom of the mods I look forward to" In some countries that's a crime

Oh my bad. I thought his list was the other way round.

[Bucefalo]

The short version:
When EB II release, i think i´ll finally store my RTW Cds with my old no longer played games

The long version:

The only reasonable thing this guy (the one quoted in the first post) is pointing, is that he would like the EB team to release information and work in progress more often, so that the forum is not so dead.

But he fails to understand that the EB team has his own way of working, and if they do not release previews frequently, it is just because they want each preview to be sustantial and not two screenshots.

Also in the end, it is just the way the team has chosen to work with and that guy, as we all, should respect the hard work they are doing entirely for free. I think that the system the team use is fine and they have more time to work on the mod instead of doing previews.

[bobbin]

But EB2 has fallen upon hard times, it now has the lowest thread:posts ratio of all the mods on this list, and there's a reason for it

Not really sure how thats a signifier of how well a mods doing, going by the number of posts(and therefore the amount of people intersted with what the teams producing) EBII ranks just below DOTS so its certainly not at the bottom of the pile. As desert said most people tend to go here for EB stuff.

The only problems I've ever heard of are a shortage of modelers.

[Zaknafien]

i dont even know if Atilius was counting me, if not that would make it 5x active Rome faction members alone, and the only reason I was inactive for so long was because I was in Iraq doing..uh, field work.

the idea that EB has fallen on hard times is ludicrous. Our internal forums are far more active than these public fora, in fact, I can say that I am simply amazed by the amount of progress that has gone on in the past year while I was away. When I left for Iraq in November of 2007, EB II was still in the 'talk' phases, brainstorming, we didnt even have internal forums for it yet, and EB 1.x was still in the works.

When I came back this month, the amount of work on everything from factions, models, skins, to maps, to audio/visual effects, is stunning.

[Tellos Athenaios]

In short: no. In long: nah, we just don't show you too much.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

From the TWC point of view, EBII has been quiet. EB has always had a home at the Org and the TWC center has been secondary. I think I may be the only EB team member that visits the EB forums at the TWC daily.

One problem EBII has is modelling and skinning. It seems to be the choke point in development. Many skinners join and then disappear. I think things have picked up, but for a while there was only two or three skinners to do the more than 200 units needed.

[SwissBarbar]

In short: no. In long: nah, we just don't show you too much.

let's see some triarii

[Macilrille]

There is an RTW Forum?

I prefer to hang here with the other nerd fundamentalists, let others think what they want, EBII should put them in place. Action speaks louder than words in a Forum...

[Ca Putt]

he clearly never worked on anything to release to the public :D you just don't show off every single skin you made and every page of code finished. that would destroy the whole hype :D and apart from that once you start posting progress on a regular basis Fans start protesting once you miss a Preview because the team is mostly working on complex codes which don't make a good showcase.

[Zaknafien]

let's see some triarii

oh, they look good

[satalexton]

BURN THE HERETIC, KILL THE MUTANTS, PURGE THE UNCLEAN!!!!

FOR THE EB TEAM!!!!!!! CHARGE!!!!!!

[Tellos Athenaios]

oh, they look good

Very, very, good.