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[Kurando]

drisos;

Nah mate I was never in a clan; I had to stay impartial because I was the admin here during the S:TW days. I certainly remember tenki_warpriest though, a fine warrior.

All the best,
K-man.

[Drisos]

Oh what a stupid mistake of mine... Sorry Kurando

So you once were admin here? Cool. Are you playing any TW now or are you just here keeping contact with some old friends? Many of the old stw players think Rome isn't worth playing and play MTW or nothing at all now... I'm just new to stw mp.

p.s: you have the greatest avatar of the entire .org!

[Kurando]

Oh what a stupid mistake of mine... Sorry Kurando

So you once were admin here? Cool. Are you playing any TW now or are you just here keeping contact with some old friends? Many of the old stw players think Rome isn't worth playing and play MTW or nothing at all now... I'm just new to stw mp.

p.s: you have the greatest avatar of the entire .org!

I'd have to say that Rome TW is pretty awesome + the idea any old school mark likes S:TW better is a bit confusing to me. I'm not sure on the MP level, but as far as Single Player goes R:TW is superior, imo.

Thanks for the compliment on the icon, I'd have to say that on the whole that I am prouder of that little yellow "battlefield award" that is just below the icon. It stands for 500 competitive victories + I really worked for it, I'll tell ya! Twaz a labour of love though + S:TW MP was a really great game in it's hayday. I'm glad to see that there are some diehards keeping the tradition alive.

I think I'll graciously bow out of the invitation to enter the S:TW MP arena, at this time I have other commitments. -Thanks anyway, I have seen some of your other posts and I'd say that you are a real gentleman, drisos. It's been nice getting to know you.

[Drisos]

I'd have to say that Rome TW is pretty awesome + the idea any old school mark likes S:TW better is a bit confusing to me. I'm not sure on the MP level, but as far as Single Player goes R:TW is superior, imo.

Yes I was talking about MP only.

Thanks for the compliment on the icon, I'd have to say that on the whole that I am prouder of that little yellow "battlefield award" that is just below the icon. It stands for 500 competitive victories + I really worked for it, I'll tell ya! Twaz a labour of love though + S:TW MP was a really great game in it's hayday. I'm glad to see that there are some diehards keeping the tradition alive.

That is indeed something to be very proud of!! but I'm a bit confused - are those stw battles? (or other TW) In total I played only 2 competitive battles, of which I won 2. Probably because I'm just too new to have played more... Well, respect to you for those victories! You must be a great warrior.

It's been nice getting to know you.

Thanks. It's been nice getting to know you.

[Kurando]

That is indeed something to be very proud of!! but I'm a bit confused - are those stw battles? (or other TW) In total I played only 2 competitive battles, of which I won 2. Probably because I'm just too new to have played more... Well, respect to you for those victories! You must be a great warrior.

Yeah they were all, S:TW battles, I have never played any other Total War MP.

I think my competitive record was 509 and 96, but I wasn't all that great; there were some players whom I could almost never beat. I'd say that AMP was probably the best online player I ever fought; I don't think I ever beat him; he was so sound that there was virtually no weakness to exploit, even if you picked a better army for the conditions he was so fundimentally solid that I just couldn't get him down and out. Magyar Kahn was a close second; he was extremely inventive and he'd come at you in ways that you couldn't anticipate; Magyar Kahn wasn't as dangerous as AMP but I found it more unnerving to play him because you never knew what he was going to do, and everthing he did was designed to hurt you.

Surprisingly Tosa gave me a really hard time too, he didn't have a reputation as a elite player, but he used to drive me crazy because I could almost never get the upper hand on him. I guess I'd consider him my arch rival in S:TW, but he never knew it.

Anyhoo, there were some insanely good MP players back then; those "Lonely Wolves" guys were stone killers, and so were the old school Clan Celtiberos guys + to a man I found them almost impossible to beat. In brief, there were some great warriors in the S:TW ranks, but I was never one of them.

[Drisos]

Yeah they were all, S:TW battles, I have never played any other Total War MP.

Me neither.

Well I heard many stories about elite players... and I hear different names every time... I think every player has it's own weakness and has it's own players he cannot beat easily so, ...

Am I mistaking or is 'Magyar Khan' the leader of the 'Grey wolves'? I never heard of AMP, but Tosa is still around.(as you of course knew) I guess he's too busy with his admin job here and other TW to play some stw mp with us. Sasaki isn't playing atm don't know why. (but you might not know him as he started playing stw mp rather late I thought.)

[Chosokabe Clan]

Hey, sorry to interrupt, but I finally got a new computer, and of course the first thing I reach for to put on is S: TW. I (ver very) sadly don't have WE, keep that it mind. Anyway, I installed it and it was doing fine, however, it wasn't the same as before, so I downloaded the v1.12 patch. Since then it's been freaking out on me. The first problem was when I was loading a battle. It said Hard sprites failed to load, and I think something about being out of video memory. Then it closed on me. It's only said that a couple of times, but a lot of my battles have units dissapearing, and green/brown barriers blocking my view. Also, in the menu, the screen flickers, except where there's movement it sort've refreshes (if I drag my mouse over it, it leaves a trail of non-flicker). I checked for Starforce and I don't have it. Is it a diagnoseable problem, or do I have to reinstall it without the patch?