TWC or the Org?

[TB666]

Though I can't vote in polls which is kind of annoying.

You have to have 50 posts in order to vote in polls.
Can seem a bit harsh but it was done for a very good reason.
Think it was during the buildup for M2TW there was this poll on which faction should be added in.
Anyway hordes of eastern europeans(I will not name the country but they were all from the same area) signed on just to vote in this thread.
Naturally this distrupted the whole point of the poll since these people didn't give a damn about TW, they just did it for nationalist reason.
So the 50 post rule got added.

[Alexandros_III]

You have to have 50 posts in order to vote in polls.
Can seem a bit harsh but it was done for a very good reason.
Think it was during the buildup for M2TW there was this poll on which faction should be added in.
Anyway hordes of eastern europeans(I will not name the country but they were all from the same area) signed on just to vote in this thread.
Naturally this distrupted the whole point of the poll since these people didn't give a damn about TW, they just did it for nationalist reason.
So the 50 post rule got added.

And its everywhere now.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I don't log in to either forums that much anymore but I have to say as a modder I enjoy searching the modding forums of TWC more. Sadly the majority of the modding community has vanished over here

[Aemilius Paulus]

Anyway hordes of eastern europeans(I will not name the country but they were all from the same area) signed on just to vote in this thread.

What country? What country? What country? What country? What country? What country? What country? What country?

Was it Russia *grin*? Or Poland?

[A Very Super Market]

Those are obvious factions that would definitely be put into a game. It was probably somewhere more obscure.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Those are obvious factions that would definitely be put into a game. It was probably somewhere more obscure.

Poland could be insignificant enough in the TW sense. It could have been Bulgaria or Luthania as well. Or even Ukraine. I have no idea how they would represent it in the Late and High Medieval periods though.

[Prussian to the Iron]

latvia?

[Aemilius Paulus]

latvia?

Luthania would include Latvia, Luthania, and Estonia, not to mention some parts of Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. Haven't you ever heard of the Grand Duchy of Luthania? It was one of the strongest European powers of its time at its height.

Here is the map:


It will lose Ukraine later, but temporarily gain Livonia (also a possible faction). Which is present-day Latvia and Estonia.

[Beefy187]

This is going off topic, but I'm guessing Romania

[Prussian to the Iron]

chekoslovakia?

[Aemilius Paulus]

chekoslovakia?

John, you keep mentioning modern countries. When we are speaking of M2TW. There was no Latvia or Czechoslovakia back then. Not to mention, there is no Czechoslovakia now either. The two nations split after USSR broke up. Czech Republic and Slovakia now. And it is not Cheko either. There is no "cheko" in "czech"

As for Romania, same problem. There was no Romania for long, as the Ottomans quickly took over it. And there was no organised, unified government before the Ottomans either in that place. "Romania" is a relatively modern nation.

[MerlinusCDXX]

Having seen a bit of the climate over there in the mudpit, I'm gonna guess Serbia (Raska).

[Alexandros_III]

This is getting a little off topic.

...

Was it Bulgaria?

[Prussian to the Iron]

LOL

lets just name off every eastern european country and see how much it takes to push Aemilius over the edge!

(jk if you couldnt tell)

[Mediteran]

Having seen a bit of the climate over there in the mudpit, I'm gonna guess Serbia (Raska).

i think so too

[Aemilius Paulus]

i think so too

Yeah, actually same here. Serbia was on that border between significant and insignificant enough to be put in TW.

But the thing is, that poll could have been debating factions that were already included in MiNO (Medieval in Name Only - derisive remark all of us M2TW haters use), as it was a pre-M2TW-release thread. Or not, if CA released the the list of all the factions in MiNO by that time.

[TB666]

I see the debate is in full swing over which country it was.
And to be fair it was I guess 2 countries involved.
I'm guessing it was Denmark and England.

[Aemilius Paulus]

I see the debate is in full swing over which country it was.
And to be fair it was I guess 2 countries involved.
I'm guessing it was Denmark and England.

*facepalm*

Read this entire page. The countries we are guessing are Eastern European and they were most likely not in M2TW. Oh, and it is one country, not two.

[cambovenzi]

im registered @ both sites.
but i like the org better.
the lack of m2tw convo is killing me tho. (ever since empire came out.. =/)

i just went over to tw, and its a mess IMO.
the guides are all thrown in w/ everything else.
not my taste.

e/ ah. the other thing i wanted to mention is there are more experienced and more helpful posters here from what ive seen.
when i am looking for an answer, there is usually someone who knows what they are talking about here at the org.
i dont usually want to read through pages of two randos who just picked up the game last week, when i am looking for an answer or helpful information.

[Alexandros_III]

And it seems there are dozens of people who just picked it up last week. I agree.

[Viking Prince]

I started and am active on TWC, but I enjoy a quiet read of the posts here. Both have their members and habits are hard to change.

As others have noted, both forums are desirable. Both are fun diversions from real life.

[TB666]

*facepalm*

Read this entire page. The countries we are guessing are Eastern European and they were most likely not in M2TW. Oh, and it is one country, not two.

You might wanna check who started this guessing game despite me saying that I will not tell which countries it was lol.

[Owen Glyndwr]

Anyway hordes of eastern europeans(I will not name the country but they were all from the same area) signed on just to vote in this thread.
Naturally this distrupted the whole point of the poll since these people didn't give a damn about TW, they just did it for nationalist reason.
So the 50 post rule got added.

Lol, pwnage AP.

[cmacq]

Luthania would include Latvia, Luthania, and Estonia, not to mention some parts of Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. Haven't you ever heard of the Grand Duchy of Luthania? It was one of the strongest European powers of its time at its height.

Here is the map:


It will lose Ukraine later, but temporarily gain Livonia (also a possible faction). Which is present-day Latvia and Estonia.

As you seem to know, what was the basis for the Luthanian expansion.


CmacQ

[The Spartan (Returns)]

TWC is more active and vibrant. It is also full of the very young, the very loud and the very bigoted. I like the rep system (even though it is abused) and the multifarious badges and medals. There is also a good AAR community there.

The ORG is more serious with less spam and more informed opinions. It feels like the quiet cloisters of academia compared to the three-ring circus of TWC.

But the world definitely needs both, imagine if all we had was the police-state of the COM?

I agree, and feel the same way. I used to be a member, but I don't visit any more.

Simple Org is more mature, smaller, and everyone knows everyone.

[pevergreen]

Simple Org is more mature, smaller, and everyone knows everyone.

Apart from a few posts above you.

We gotta have some fun.


Now who are you?

[Mediteran]

i must say, im liking the guild more and more since i started to follow threads a bit :)

[Mithrandir]

Thread closed till further notice.

Let me ponder on it wether or not it has any usefulness left. If you feel it should be reopened for a good reason, drop me a PM in my inbox.

Have a nice day.