Multiplayer Historical Battles: A Chance to Rewrite History

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Hello fellow denizens of the .org and players of EB! I'm coming to you as an ambassador from the multiplayer section which some of you may or may not occasionally visit. While most of our recent experiences have been of random battles in which we pick our own armies, a foray was recently made into historical battles from our time frame. That is, giving players the chance to rewrite history. Our first battle was held yesterday and was a rousing success. We held a vote which bore out Magnesia as our guinea pig and the rest was history as they say.

http://www.mediafire.com/?xaj14m3wz3s2son

This is the replay of the battle. I won't reveal the victor to you but of course if you are itching to know you can take a look at our sub-forum to peek beforehand. Using Livy as our guide, we attempted to recreate the armies of each side using a 3v3 format. Of course the numbers don't match up perfectly and guesswork was required, especially in making a reasonable balance, but we roughly recreated the armies of Antiochus and Scipio leading up to their clash. The result? A fun time was had by all. If you are interested in viewing the above replay, there are a few steps to first take.
1. Go here http://www.ebonline.tk/getting-started/ and complete the required steps as necessary
2. Download this edu http://www.mediafire.com/?5489142v08p4p89 and rename it and place it in your MP Backup edu folder replacing the one already there
3. If you haven't already done so, download the replay http://www.mediafire.com/?xaj14m3wz3s2son and load it up in your battle replay viewer.

A word to the wise, because Magnesia required a river on one flank, there was a substantial redeployment phase required so that we could recreate this important aspect of the battle. Fast forward to the appropriate point of the battle and then enjoy!

SPQR/Makedonia(representing Pergamon) - Shak, Arjos, Vega/Dusan
Arche Seleukia - The Celtic Viking/Rehnskiold, Yavana, Agathodaimon

Currently, we are planning on holding another battle sometime soon, perhaps next weekend. Raphia is probably the next on the list. If you are interested, please join us on the sub-forum. We'd love to have as many players as possible. Thanks and hope to be battling you soon!

Oh, and to our moderators, this post is intended for the main forum obviously as both a recruiting tool and since Historical Battles may be of more interest to the general EB body of players than typical MP fare.