Countdown to Open Beta - Eleutheroi

**ArbitraryReality** · 06-22-2005, 14:29

Excellent work, gentlemen. Not what I was expecting, but you never disappoint.

Now show me Britannia.

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YOUR ALL F**KING WASTER WHAT ARE TH FOWL WARIX N THE PREVEW?????1?!?!?! (REPEAT 5 TIMES)

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**Dutch_guy** · 06-22-2005, 15:52

interresting preview EB team , the ''faction'' caught me off guard though

**Greek_fire19** · 06-22-2005, 16:01

Yeah, I read the greek sounding name and thought aaah. Another successor state. But yes, excellent work, of course.

**Steppe Merc** · 06-23-2005, 01:36

Gee, I guess I was hoping for a fun representation of Warfare in Antiquity instead of a Barbarian-Fest. I mean, the skins are nice, but there's little difference between all these Barbarian factions, tactics-wise, aside from your starting place

I should not respond, but I must. None of our factions were barbarians. The so called barbarians were very advanced, in many ways more so then your precious civilized states, especially militarily.
And we are about history. And so called barbarians were just as important as any Romans. We are not about holloywood, and lies about the savagery of non Latins and Greeks.
And many of your so called barbarians had great power, and may well have gotten it if some things had been different. Gauls sacked Rome, and did very well against Greeks. Parthians had a very rich and powerful empire. Perhaps you should find out about so called barbarians before discrediting them, and a bit more about your "civilized" peoples many failures.

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 06-23-2005, 02:05

This is the great thing about this mod: we've got people who really know a lot about *all* these different factions and cultures. It's not like it's a trade-off. We will have them all well represented. In fact, I personally hope everyone uses the new renderings of the factions to totally destroy the factions they hate in particular. Hate barbs? Drive them into the ground with your phalangites and heavy cav. Detest greeks? Make them run and weep before your legions. Abhor the Romans? Destroy their capital and turn it into an open field or at least a site of your grandest harem. Yipppeeee!

**Reverend Joe** · 06-23-2005, 03:52

Why, why, WHY does EVERYTHING have to be an argument with you people?! And don't say "because so-and-so is an idiot and knows nothing about history", because by perpetuating the argument, you are just as idiotic. I mean, I can understand the occasional venting of frustration- and Gelationus Cube's comment was somewhat uncalled-for- but by refusing to let it go, you're just perpetuating a situation that everyone else is bored to death by.

So please, for the sake of everyone else here, DROP IT.

Edit: I looked again, and it looks like this argument just ended. So let's please keep it that way.

**O_Stratigos** · 06-23-2005, 08:05

Why, why, WHY does EVERYTHING have to be an argument with you people?! And don't say "because so-and-so is an idiot and knows nothing about history", because by perpetuating the argument, you are just as idiotic. I mean, I can understand the occasional venting of frustration- and Gelationus Cube's comment was somewhat uncalled-for- but by refusing to let it go, you're just perpetuating a situation that everyone else is bored to death by.

IMHO, in forums two of the socially acceptable-polite rules are:

Rule#1: Unless you have something to contribute to the thread, don’t say anything.
Rule#2: Since there is no compulsory reading or replying, see Rule#1

O_Stratigos

**Byzantine Mercenary** · 06-23-2005, 08:47

weren't the romans referred to as barbarians by the greeks?

**Colovion** · 06-23-2005, 10:02

Originally Posted by Byzantine Mercenary

weren't the romans referred to as barbarians by the greeks and cartheginians?

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**jerby** · 06-23-2005, 10:15

Originally Posted by Byzantine Mercenary

weren't the romans referred to as barbarians by the greeks?

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greek were happy to clal anything non-greek barbarains. just like romans Called anythign non-roman barbarians. The persians called greeks/macedonians barbarians. Everybody called everybody else a barbarian...

only the Aedui and Sweboz, they didnt give a damn. (just kidding, i dont know a flying X about west-european tribes/factions/people)

what one people called another is irrelevant. we (not me, EB

)should look at their own documents and make up our own mind, some parts of Livy might be usefull, but a lot of it is biased.