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    Congrats !

    How do you become a senior memeber anyway?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Odin
    How do you become a senior memeber anyway?
    We generally have to be old & crotchety, and make comments about "you young whippersnappers" all the time. We're also supposed to complain that back in our day, we had to navigate our way to the forums on a 28k modem uphill....both ways.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martok
    We generally have to be old & crotchety, and make comments about "you young whippersnappers" all the time. We're also supposed to complain that back in our day, we had to navigate our way to the forums on a 28k modem uphill....both ways.
    The viagra jokes are the worst..

    Jest aside, this is a well-deserved promotion, Caravel. I have come to know you as a very valuable .Org member, the kind that is most helpful and has a fine sense of humour, a great posting style and a thorough grasp of M:TW.
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    Congrats Caravel. Good job on all accounts and well deserved. (It seems like people should be shouting SPEECH SPEECH).



    there I think I drummed up enough for an acceptable congratulatory celebration.
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    Caravel (or Caravellini) as i first "met" him,

    is one of my favorite posters eversince his days at the com.
    His wit (quick and originally british), his humor ("it reminds me of the days i was waxing cars and was known as caravelotto san", "only if they make elmo grand vezieer of the sublime thonged ones") and his unsatified thirst and undying love for (Medieval) TW will be always remembered and celebrated!



    Congrats on your seniority Caravel

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    Default Re: Congratulations, Caravel!

    Congrats Caravel, you fully deserve this great title, we have to start calling you master now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by excetchzebe1
    "it reminds me of the days i was waxing cars and was known as caravelotto san"
    Now that was a while ago! Where did you dig that one up? To be honest I can't remember what it was all about?!

    Many thanks to all. I had to refresh the browser a few times, before it began to sink in.

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    Caravellini...you were the first person to lend a helping hand when I started MTW. Glad you ve found your niche.

    All the very very best.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martok
    We generally have to be old & crotchety, and make comments about "you young whippersnappers" all the time. We're also supposed to complain that back in our day, we had to navigate our way to the forums on a 28k modem uphill....both ways.
    Thats funny, well titles dont mean much anyway, heck Im probably one of the oldest people here anyway at almost 40.
    There are few things more annoying than some idiot who has never done anything trying to say definitively how something should be done.

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    bamff, good to see you back!

    Tony Furze, haven't seen you here for a while, thanks!
    Quote Originally Posted by Odin
    Thats funny, well titles dont mean much anyway, heck Im probably one of the oldest people here anyway at almost 40.
    It's not necessarily all about physical age, more so mental age. Martok and myself behave like old duffers, regularly gurning and shaking our sticks (bonus vs cavalry of course) at RTW players (who are all under 14 and have never played any of the other TW games ever). In our day there was real strategy, most notably the brilliant Viking Huscarle bumrush and historically accurate units such as Almohad Urban Militia, Berserkers, Byzantine Infantry, Hashishin, the Kensai and the Battlefield Ninja! We had to fight on real hills and cross real bridges and... and...

    **falls asleep on zimmer frame**
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    Thanks Caravel.

    my wife had a bad fall and dislocated her elbow-so its three weeks rest for her and Im cooking, cleaning, etc etc.

    Last I posted i was trying your mod....sorry about that. Im the Hungarians at present, when I get time.

    All the best and congratulations again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Furze
    Thanks Caravel.

    my wife had a bad fall and dislocated her elbow-so its three weeks rest for her and Im cooking, cleaning, etc etc.

    Last I posted i was trying your mod....sorry about that. Im the Hungarians at present, when I get time.

    All the best and congratulations again.
    Sorry to hear that TF, I hope everything is ok.
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    Default Re: Congratulations, Caravel!

    A well deserved promotion, congratulations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caravel
    bamff, good to see you back!

    Tony Furze, haven't seen you here for a while, thanks!

    It's not necessarily all about physical age, more so mental age. Martok and myself behave like old duffers, regularly gurning and shaking our sticks (bonus vs cavalry of course) at RTW players (who are all under 14 and have never played any of the other TW games ever). In our day there was real strategy, most notably the brilliant Viking Huscarle bumrush and historically accurate units such as Almohad Urban Militia, Berserkers, Byzantine Infantry, Hashishin, the Kensai and the Battlefield Ninja! We had to fight on real hills and cross real bridges and... and...

    **falls asleep on zimmer frame**
    Im glad it dosent have anything to do with physical age, you keep shaking the stick at RTW players, I am an old STW player (still have it) I almost passed out when there werent going to be assassin movies....

    anyway congrats on the promotion, you certainly add a lot to the boards I enjoy your insights a lot.
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    Default Re: Congratulations, Caravel!

    Hey Tony, good to see around again! Sorry to hear about your wife, though; I wish her a speedy recovery.

    Quote Originally Posted by Caravel
    bamff, good to see you back!
    I'll second that, and raise you a congratulations to bamff on being runner-up for the MTW AAR award.

    Quote Originally Posted by Caravel
    It's not necessarily all about physical age, more so mental age. Martok and myself behave like old duffers, regularly gurning and shaking our sticks (bonus vs cavalry of course) at RTW players (who are all under 14 and have never played any of the other TW games ever). In our day there was real strategy, most notably the brilliant Viking Huscarle bumrush and historically accurate units such as Almohad Urban Militia, Berserkers, Byzantine Infantry, Hashishin, the Kensai and the Battlefield Ninja! We had to fight on real hills and cross real bridges and... and...

    **falls asleep on zimmer frame**
    LOL! Ah, gotta love your sense of humour, Caravel.

    You're quite right, though: I think being a "senior" member is far more about state of mind than actual age. Those of us that talk about the "good old days", and that gush that Shogun and Medieval being the very pinnacle of strategy gaming excellence, etc....
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    A very belated,

    Congratulations
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    Default Re: Congratulations, Caravel!

    Quote Originally Posted by Caravel
    It's not necessarily all about physical age, more so mental age. Martok and myself behave like old duffers, regularly gurning and shaking our sticks (bonus vs cavalry of course) at RTW players (who are all under 14 and have never played any of the other TW games ever). In our day there was real strategy, most notably the brilliant Viking Huscarle bumrush and historically accurate units such as Almohad Urban Militia, Berserkers, Byzantine Infantry, Hashishin, the Kensai and the Battlefield Ninja! We had to fight on real hills and cross real bridges and... and...

    **falls asleep on zimmer frame**
    True. I have always considered R:TW a shooter, not a strat...

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