Quote Originally Posted by keravnos
OK, signifier, let me say this LOUD AND CLEAR...

We at EB, however proud we may be of certain qualities of the factions we each are trying to make in as realistic way as we can...

We have NO illusions. We don't consider them divinely "touched", and we certainly wouldn't like to make them all-dominating, even if they did dominate all.

Had Alexander the Great died in battle either up to or in Gaugamela would any of the Hellenistic factions exist? Nope.

Had Caesar or a great many of the Romani not done anything significant wouldn't the Republic still reign supreme? Quite possibly. I am not the one to diminish such men but what the man you are trying to belittle is saying, is that the Romani by having such organisation, bloodiness and just picking up the pieces of the others' infighting, they became lords and masters of their empire.

I for one AM MUCH MORE IN FAVOR of someone who doesn't portray the Romani as SUPERMEN, but as a people who despite their many, many faults, PREVAILED. This is what happened in history, this is what happens here, or at least this is what we try to portray.
With fear of coming off as a fanboy of sort I must say, Well Spoken!