How Did You Find This Place?

[KukriKhan]

Just thought we would do an unscientific poll of the various ways we arrived at TotalWar.org.

For me: I bought Shogun:TotalWar, after reading a review at ZD.net praising how it displayed thousands of warriors on the screen at one time (innovative back then). I typed "http://Shogun:TotalWar.*" into my address bar, and found totalwar.com. Read some posts from a guy called EradoSan, apparently a techie, and followed a link (among many) he provided to totalwar.org. Looked around, was welcomed, stayed ever since.

How did YOU get here?

[Zalmoxis]

I could not get my MP on RTW to work, and the official forum sucked in help sections. I googled total war and found the org, asked for help, and though I didn't get it fixed back then, I like it here.

[Strike For The South]

A stranger named Tosa offerd candy

[Mamba]

I was looking at FAQs for RTW on Gamefaqs, and one of them mentioned a guide written here. I decided to check it out, and found an entire forum dedicated to player-written guides. I was happy, I lurked there for awhile, then I decided to register.

[Just A Girl]

When trying to set up A vpn for playing STW on.
i noticed i could not send udp's through a lan connection.
I then was seaching for programs to technically create a tunnel through the vpn so i could receve udp diagrams.

This was not easy through windows xp.
I decided to get Free bds.
As i was about to start seting up the vpn server, I decided to find out if any 1 els had the same idea as me in the past.

I searched for Stw.
i found here.....

If you find my 1st 2nd and 3rd posts you will see.

my 1st was asking if any 1 had sucsesfully Enabdles udp over Vpn,
my second was, How does fake server work
And my 3rd was Telling people the server was running.

Since then ive been here almost every day.

Thats my story :P
So google did it.

[Samurai Waki]

...uh...pretty boring story...I hated Totalwar.com, and I saw Totalwar.org link, clicked on it...and have been here since. Nothin' special.

[ajaxfetish]

I'd seen previews and played the demo shortly before medieval came out, but wasn't able to pick up a copy till 2 years later, so I got the $10 Walmart special that came without a manual. Needless to say, I was lost. It was my first total war game, and I didn't have a clue. I figured out some of the basics on my own, but soon was searching online for plenty of answers. Google led me here, and after several months of just lurking and collecting information I decided to join.

It's my first experience with any online forum and still by far the best.



Ajax

[Archer]

I googled Rome total war FAQ (or something like that) and got a link to frostbeast guide here.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I started playing MTW again after a long break and since I had been participating in another online forum for a game, decided to see if there was such a community for MTW. I googled for forums totalwar and presto! arrived here.

I lurked for several months and discovered so much new about the game. The knowledgeable people and respectful atmosphere really impressed me, but also meant I wanted to be able to contribute a little before joining.

[Weebeast]

Well, one day I was bored so I thought it'd be nice to install MTW again. I wanted to spice things up a little bit...maybe with new battle maps or new historical battles. Then I googled "Medieval - Total War" and bunch of sites came up. I visited TW.COM, checked out the download section but didn't see anything much there. I went here and all hell broke lose.

[Martok]

You know, I can't remember exactly how I first stumbled onto this place. I could be wrong here, but I want to say I was just playing around on the internet one day, and randomly typed in "totalwar.org" instead of "totalwar.com" just for kicks.... And lo and behold, it pulled up a forum where people were discussing Shogun. Imagine my surprise and delight!

I *think* that's what happened anyway. I just know I didn't find it through totalwar.com, as I didn't stay in the forums there long enough to find a link to this site. (Even back then in 2000-2001, the Org was a friendlier, more genteel place than the offical message boards--I never did get an account set up over there.) I just lurked here for a long time, reading threads and picking up tips here and there for dealing with the stupid Takeda and Imagawa clans (you really hate those guys when you're playing as Hojo or Uesugi!). After what was probably a year or so, I finally signed up as a member--most likely because Medieval had finally been announced, and I wanted to join in on the general gabbery. I've been a loyal member ever since!

[Stiuartas]

Just Googled total war and i'm here. nice place

[Mouzafphaerre]

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I do remember following the link at the .COM but I'm not sure if that was the sole way I made it here.
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[therother]

Hmm, good question! I would have found Totalwar.org a few months or so before STW's release, having read a preview & played the demo, when looking for more info on the game. I can't remember if I used a search engine or a link from another site. Probably a search. If it was indeed a search, I imagine I would have used Google, as that became my primary search engine sometime in 1999.

The site looked quite different back then, with quite a lot of content on the website itself. IIRC, I don't think I even ventured into the forums until after the game itself was released.

[Brutus]

I was busy looking forward to RTW and checking the .com regularly. One day, I decided to click that particular link, and here I was.

[The Stranger]

i found the link at gamefaqs.com i came here to find the gnome editor. i lurked here since 2003 and signed up in 2004

[InsaneApache]

Wow good one mate. Way back in the mists of time (well 5 years) when the Insane clan was set up, our founder (InsaneProphecy) was buddies with AggonyAce who set up the Aggony clan at around the same time (although I do believe we pre-date them )

Peeps got talking in game and we went to each others message boards and lo and behold a link to the .org was found.

Came had a look around and left for about a year. I believe more and more 'Aggonys' and 'Insanes' came looked and posted, and so I came back when I was invited by the Admins and stayed ever since.

A good day.

[Mount Suribachi]

Back in the days of Shogun I spent muchos time on the .com, would always hear people talking about "the org". The way people talked about it was that "the org" was for the more mature, more knowledgable players. Eventually in the days just before MTWs release I left the .com and its horrid yellow on black text and have been at the Org and its more knowledgable and mature gamer (as long as you stay outside the backroom ) ever since.

[Voigtkampf]

It was my destiny... And Yahoo, back at the day. Lurked for a while, then joined, lost login info, re-enlisted again several months later. Oh, the days of glory and honor...

[stabularasa]

I saw the url written on the back of a toilet door in a Tibetan pub.

[Divine Wind]

It was so long ago i cant remember! I think it may have been a link from .com but im not sure.

[PseRamesses]

After a long hard days battle on the plains of Yamamoto I headed for the nearest tavern to get me some saké. There I met a couple of mercenaries who told me about this magic place where all the great warriors of the world unite and hang out.

[Matrixman]

I was doing a search for guides as I'm getting into STW after a long stint with MTW-VI.....followed the white rabbit to someone's post (can't remember who) then lo and behold I was in wonderland

[Lanemerkel1]

I followed a link from gamefaqs

[Monarch]

I had RTW on order from play.com, got frustrated of waiting so to kill time I decided to find some tips/strategy guides on the net. Google pointed me here.

[King Noob the Stupid]

I looked for a solution to the "newer nvidia cards/drivers" problem in MTW. (and I'm still looking, but at least a little playing is possible now)

[Just A Girl]

I know the solution to that Problem,,,,

GET AN ATI CARD

Id like to help but i dont have any nvida cards any more i dont think...
Maby i have a geforce2 mx lying around some where and prehaps a geforece4
but i dont think there new enough to suffer the problems form me to be able to find out what Exactly it is.

[Lanemerkel1]

I know the solution to that Problem,,,,

GET AN ATI CARD

Id like to help but i dont have any nvida cards any more i dont think...
Maby i have a geforce2 mx lying around some where and prehaps a geforece4
but i dont think there new enough to suffer the problems form me to be able to find out what Exactly it is.

my dad has an ATI All-in-Wonder 6800

I have some Nvidia bullcrap

[Viking]

Clicked 'Commmunity' or something like that on Total War.com and found a link to this nice site. Made my first post a few days later.

[Reenk Roink]

I think google, but I'm not sure, so I also checked the Gah! option.