From here, we shall conquer.

**Copperhaired Berserker!** · 10-12-2005, 23:11

From here, we shall conquer.

First of all, what is that in Latin and Greek? I am sure you know that.

Also, the real question. Would the Egyptians( I mean dancing egyptians!

) earn a lot more money from farming in the season of the Nile flood? I definately know that the Nile was a great part of a Egyptian's life.

**Greek_fire19** · 10-13-2005, 13:33

I don't know if scripting can change the income of a province based on the season, but it would be nice to have a 'harvest season' when all the income is collected á la shogun

**Simetrical** · 10-14-2005, 04:26

Originally Posted by Copperhaired Berserker!

From here, we shall conquer.

First of all, what is that in Latin and Greek?

Buggered if I know.

Originally Posted by Copperhaired Berserker!

Also, the real question. Would the Egyptians( I mean dancing egyptians!

) earn a lot more money from farming in the season of the Nile flood? I definately know that the Nile was a great part of a Egyptian's life.

I don't think we've implemented that. Dunno if we can, it might be possible.

**QwertyMIDX** · 10-14-2005, 05:25

Originally Posted by Copperhaired Berserker!

Also, the real question. Would the Egyptians( I mean dancing egyptians!

) earn a lot more money from farming in the season of the Nile flood? I definately know that the Nile was a great part of a Egyptian's life.

We might be able to script such a thing...I'll talk to the scripters/traiters. If it works the way I'm envisioning though I might be a great idea.

**GoreBag** · 10-14-2005, 05:33

Originally Posted by Copperhaired Berserker!

From here, we shall conquer.

Ahem. From "hence".

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 10-14-2005, 05:38

Originally Posted by NeonGod

Ahem. From "hence".

I WILL KILL YOU!

But please don't make me.
I have a large grammar stick made just for smacking people who say "from hence" and "from whence".

(It's like Homer telling Pepe that "it's LEARN-ed", not "learn-ED".)

**Atheist_Peace** · 10-14-2005, 06:01

This feature can easily be done in BI by simply editing one text file, appropriately named descr_harvest.txt

**Greek_fire19** · 10-14-2005, 11:35

In Shogun I thought it was quite a novel idea getting your money in the spring and then having to wait 3 turns before you got any more; kind of forced you to be a bit careful

**conon394** · 10-14-2005, 11:47

Also, the real question. Would the Egyptians( I mean dancing Egyptians)earn a lot more money from farming in the season of the Nile flood? I definately know that the Nile was a great part of a Egyptian's life.

The flooding was as important ingredient for Egyptian agriculture, but so was the climate (that is with irrigation the Egyptians could double crops). But since a lot of Egyptian wealth was based on non-perishable export crops (papyrus and flax for example) that would have been exported throughout the sailing season, it seems just as effective to suggest generally wealthy provinces instead of a seasonal windfall. For crops like these the real income would be collected not at harvest time but when the Greek and Phoenician merchants coughed up the silver for them…

**Simetrical** · 10-14-2005, 21:50

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

I have a large grammar stick made just for smacking people who say "from hence" and "from whence".

Such as Shakespeare, the authors of the King James Bible, and in general those who lived in a time when the words were used in common speech?

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 10-14-2005, 21:58

Originally Posted by Simetrical

Such as Shakespeare, the authors of the King James Bible, and in general those who lived in a time when the words were used in common speech?

If you can find a way for me to whack Shakespeare with it, then sure. Or the authors of the King James Bible, sure. Or for that matter Elrond.

It's incorrect today.

**Copperhaired Berserker!** · 10-15-2005, 20:09

My real question is a bit mis-said. I meant to say, Will Eb implant a system which means that you earn more money in the flooding season?

**Simetrical** · 10-16-2005, 04:17

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

If you can find a way for me to whack Shakespeare with it, then sure. Or the authors of the King James Bible, sure. Or for that matter Elrond.

Originally Posted by Shakespeare, [url=http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/corio_5_2.html]"Coriolanus" Act V Scene II[/url]

First Senator From whence?

Shakespeare is buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. You should be able to book a jet tonight and be there in two days or so if you're serious about this grammar-stick-whacking business. Be sure to take photos, and I suggest you bring something to deal with the guards.

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

It's incorrect today.

Seems to me the only reasonable way to determine what's "correct" is to evaluate usage, if you're going to agree that there's nothing wrong with language changing (and if you don't agree with that, I suggest you start brushing up on your Proto-Indo-European and hope everyone else does too). And based on usage, "from whence" is fine.

I bet you don't end sentences with prepositions, either.