My two cents about the achievements of the EB team

[Docus]

Hello everyone, I'm a long time lurker, (very) sporadic poster. I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but here it goes, anyways.

I wanted to say something about what the EB team has achieved and the legacy that Europa Barbarorum is set to leave for future generations. I wonder if you EB players have any idea how well respected and well known this mod is. Just yesterday I was looking at a thread on Reddit about 'historically accurate games'. Europa Barbarorum was mentioned several times as one of the best historical gaming experiences, alongside other great game series such as Europe Universalis and IL2: Sturmovik (a flight sim).

A few months ago I was hanging out with some fellow uni students, who were in the 'letteren en wijsbegeerte' faculty, studying history and classical history as their majors. I brought up the subject of videogames and immediately the conversation turned towards the Europa Barbarorum mod. 3 out of the 5 people there had played it, and all of us saw the mod as a great inspiration. Europa Barbarorum was the spark that set us on the path of becoming interested in Classical Antiquity, the gateway drug that introduced us into the wonderful world of historical research and literature. It's been 6 years since the first time I played it and I still give the ol' campaign a go every couple of months.

When I visited Romania on a road trip, I took a sidetrip to Sarmizegetusa, to visit the ruins of the old Dacian temple complex there. It was wonderful, It was as if I saw the story of Zalmoxis and the Kogaionon right in front of my eyes as living history. And I have Europa Barbarorum to thank for that. This mod has opened my eyes to some beautiful things in this world, things I never would have been passionate about had I not played it.

So there, I'd like to thank the team for having such an influence on my life, however small it may seem to you guys (it feels big for me). Salute!

[Arjos]

Well said, and in my view, that's exactly the whole point of EB ^^

[joshmahurin]

And it's exactly this reason that people need to stop complaining about waiting and asking when when when is it going to come out. Games that have this big of an influence take LOADS of hard work and time to get to that level. People forget this not a professional 100+ team studio. It's a volunteer effort, making a completely free game, and gives something far more immersive, inspiring, and actually moving than anything most people ever get a chance to play. This game does inspire such a large number of people. And it's a mod! So people stop complaining about 2 taking so long and go back to praising how good the first one was and thanking the team for even making a second. They didn't have to. They can cancel the whole thing any day if they want. They are volunteers. You are not entitled to anything from them and you should keep that in mind and humble yourselves.

Sorry for that rant haha too many immature trolls around the forums lately...

[Leon the Batavian]

Docus are you Dutch ? 'letteren en wijsbegeerte' faculty gave that away

IL2 Sturmovik is another great game Indeed.

Anyways everything Docus said. EB is "living history" if we may call it that.

[the tokai]

Docus are you Dutch ? 'letteren en wijsbegeerte' faculty gave that away

Belgian I'd say, I don't think any Dutch universities use the name 'letteren en wijsbegeerte' for their faculties, it's normally either one or the other (or geesteswetenschappen).

And joshmahurin, could you point me towards all of those troll post you seem to have seen? I check these forums on a regular basis and I don't remember seeing any posts complaining about the long wait for quite some time. EB fans tend to be almost nauseatingly civil.

[joshmahurin]

Most are on twcenter probably I check both frequently and tend to not think about which I'm posting on :P

[Docus]

Belgian I'd say, I don't think any Dutch universities use the name 'letteren en wijsbegeerte' for their faculties, it's normally either one or the other (or geesteswetenschappen).

Correct!

That said... I'm secretly hoping to be able to roleplay as the Belgae. Hopefully the Morini or the Menapii will be respresented somewhere in the tribes system. Perhaps most of the "Old Belgians" were wiped out by the Romans and later replaced by the Franks, but I've got the ginger gene, so mayhaps I have a distant Belgae ancestor somewhere :) a man can dream.

[King Philip II]

Hello everyone, I'm a long time lurker, (very) sporadic poster. I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but here it goes, anyways.

I wanted to say something about what the EB team has achieved and the legacy that Europa Barbarorum is set to leave for future generations. I wonder if you EB players have any idea how well respected and well known this mod is. Just yesterday I was looking at a thread on Reddit about 'historically accurate games'. Europa Barbarorum was mentioned several times as one of the best historical gaming experiences, alongside other great game series such as Europe Universalis and IL2: Sturmovik (a flight sim).

A few months ago I was hanging out with some fellow uni students, who were in the 'letteren en wijsbegeerte' faculty, studying history and classical history as their majors. I brought up the subject of videogames and immediately the conversation turned towards the Europa Barbarorum mod. 3 out of the 5 people there had played it, and all of us saw the mod as a great inspiration. Europa Barbarorum was the spark that set us on the path of becoming interested in Classical Antiquity, the gateway drug that introduced us into the wonderful world of historical research and literature. It's been 6 years since the first time I played it and I still give the ol' campaign a go every couple of months.

When I visited Romania on a road trip, I took a sidetrip to Sarmizegetusa, to visit the ruins of the old Dacian temple complex there. It was wonderful, It was as if I saw the story of Zalmoxis and the Kogaionon right in front of my eyes as living history. And I have Europa Barbarorum to thank for that. This mod has opened my eyes to some beautiful things in this world, things I never would have been passionate about had I not played it.

So there, I'd like to thank the team for having such an influence on my life, however small it may seem to you guys (it feels big for me). Salute!

Good post! +1

"Just yesterday I was looking at a thread on Reddit about 'historically accurate games'. Europa Barbarorum was mentioned several times as one of the best historical gaming experiences, alongside other great game series such as Europe Universalis and IL2: Sturmovik (a flight sim)"
I'm surprised "The Grey Wolves" for Silent Hunter III is not on your list. It's a very nerdy submarine simulation, so maybe that explains it :)