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    EBII Council Senior Member Kull's Avatar
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    Why stop at numbers? What we really need is for someone to create the "Native Descriptions" mod, and then we could have Q-Celtic descriptions for all the Celtic units and buildings, Greek for the Greeks, Latin for the Romans, etc.

    And not just the descriptions either. The loadscreens, menus, UIs, quotes. Why with enough effort we could banish the English language to the same limbo currently occupied by Ancient Getic!

    Yes! And then of course the gameplay introductions, and manual, and even the FAQ! The forums too! Mmmmm! Yessssss!!!!!!!!!!!! BWAAAAHHHAAAHAHAHA!!!!
    "Numidia Delenda Est!"

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    Har har har.

    That was funny Kull. Your badass image on the internet is shining through, "EB Project Manager from Hell", must be because you are from Texas. You and the President. Oh well.

    Why do you take so much time out of your day, thread after thread, insulting me? Why am I so threatening? Oh well, you don't know the answer, because you don't believe I threaten you, but then why do you insult me?

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    Too bad it is hardcoded. Oh well.
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    EBII Council Senior Member Kull's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by fallen851
    Har har har.

    That was funny Kull. Your badass image on the internet is shining through, "EB Project Manager from Hell", must be because you are from Texas. You and the President. Oh well.

    Why do you take so much time out of your day, thread after thread, insulting me? Why am I so threatening? Oh well, you don't know the answer, because you don't believe I threaten you, but then why do you insult me?

    Please Google better insults: www.google.com



    Too bad it is hardcoded. Oh well.
    I don't use smilies much. It was mostly my twisted humor. And I wasn't aware I spent ANY time insulting you, much less "thread after thread". Links please? I will say that your "people from Texas are the same as Bush" innuendo was quite lame. You should go for better insults. (There's a link around here somewhere....)
    "Numidia Delenda Est!"

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    Yeah, he was just going bat-crazy with that post, especially after my and MP's posts on it too. Pretty sure it wasn't an insult there.

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    Fallen's crazy paranoia aside, I was wondering why not have unit costs in talents? I just read a book on mercenaries in the hellenistic era and the costs are either reckoned in obols (daily, for individuals) or talents (yearly, or for groups). I'm not asking that you change it, just what the rationale is.

    It would be nice of course if the different cultures could use their own calendars and number systems, but I suspect that it's impossible. I think that the EB team has done a lot in that area with the names of the seasons being different for each culture in the traits.

    Perhaps the mathematician trait (I know that's not its exact name) could have a few roman/greek numerals in the description depending on the faction? It could even be semi-humorous, e.g. "XVII plus MCMLIX multiplied by CVIII- and if you can get that right, you truly are a mathematician. Hell, you may be a magician!"
    That way you could get the authentic numerals in without interfering with the gameplay of people who don't want to have to translate unit costs all the time.
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    Even as are the generations of leaves, such are the lives of men.
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    One thing in talents would require everything else in talents. We'd have to shift the decimal point around, do not decimal calculations, change all the stats.....
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    You should change your name to fallenDCCCLI!

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