*THE EB TAVERN*

[micasa]

Name's Brian, live in Jo'burg, sunny South Africa. Way too damned sunny this past week! *Wipes sweat from brow, orders a tall, cold MGD*

"Damn, that's good!"

I write for money. Otherwise I race dirt bikes. I ride mountain bikes, canoe, fly microlights, play paintball, scuba dive, spear fish, read, draw like a blind epileptic having a seizure, play board games (A&A Miniatures in particular) and I'm building myself a house to live in. But these days I mostly love getting behind my keyboard for a spot of Gaul-bashing, Roman style!

I grew up reading books with lavish illustrations of Roman fortifications, siege engines and squads of legionnaires methodically marching across the known world. They bashed Gauls, Spaniards, Greeks, Africans, Arabs and Asians before they got bashed by a bunch of bawdy Goths. On that note *takes a long draw on the MGD* ...Ponders vaginas... Nope. Dirt bikes are better.

I love the Total War concept and EB just kicked it up a couple of notches. What could be more fun than living the child's dreams of glorious, romantic, sanitised and ancient battle? Woot!

[Baldrick]

Well I'll guess I'll be the first EB team member to take his place at the bar.

*orders a pint of Biddendens, Strong Kentish Cider. Screw Strongbow (disgusthing filth) 8.4% is a man's drink*

I'd tend to agree there chap. Can't say I remember tasting Bidendens but as I do the cellar at our local beer festival its highly likely I've tried it at some point

I'm off on holiday to Somerset next week so intend to be drinking Cider as a rule....

Have they got the Wurzels on the juke box?


Hi Micasa..I used to do Paintball...waay cool, I've still got all my markers in the loft what do do you use?

*orders another beer as the two I've just had for lunch elsewhere really hit the spot*

[Bootsiuv]

Name's Brian, live in Jo'burg, sunny South Africa. Way too damned sunny this past week! *Wipes sweat from brow, orders a tall, cold MGD*

"Damn, that's good!"

I write for money. Otherwise I race dirt bikes. I ride mountain bikes, canoe, fly microlights, play paintball, scuba dive, spear fish, read, draw like a blind epileptic having a seizure, play board games (A&A Miniatures in particular) and I'm building myself a house to live in. But these days I mostly love getting behind my keyboard for a spot of Gaul-bashing, Roman style!

I grew up reading books with lavish illustrations of Roman fortifications, siege engines and squads of legionnaires methodically marching across the known world. They bashed Gauls, Spaniards, Greeks, Africans, Arabs and Asians before they got bashed by a bunch of bawdy Goths. On that note *takes a long draw on the MGD* ...Ponders vaginas... Nope. Dirt bikes are better.

I love the Total War concept and EB just kicked it up a couple of notches. What could be more fun than living the child's dreams of glorious, romantic, sanitised and ancient battle? Woot!

Nice to meet you Brian.

Well, you sound like you live life to the fullest.

Hmmm, yes, dirt bikes just might be more entertaining than vaginas....depends on what mood I'm in.

*Gets Baldrick a cold frosty one....*

Sanitised battles? Do they all take antibiotics?

[Thaatu]

Yes, I know - I am vicious. Really vicious, and when someone invites me to do wicked deeds such as that, I just can't keep my instincts in check. I become a savage beast, bent on destruction and mayhem. The only cure for this is bananas. Lots of bananas. Now. Give me bananas!

Sorry "beast", I ate my banana already. It was beginning to dry up and there was some notable shrinkage, so it wouldn't have lasted long.




...that... that came out so very wrong.

[Cash Staks]

Well I guess it would be my turn to sit at the bar.

*orders a shot of vodka and a mojito*

My name is Joe and I hail from Woodland, California. It's about 20 minutes outside of Sacramento. I'm an Accountancy major at California State University, Sacramento and hope one day to open up my own accounting practice.

As for hobbies I golf and play guitar. Those are my two passions other than EB. And as for drinks, well, nothing goes like a cold brew but lately the hard stuff has been tickling my fancy. Most notable, vodka on the rocks or, what I ordered, a mojito. Anyone who hasn't tried a mojito should do so now, you won't regret it. Drinkin could be another one of my hobbies, but I don't know if that qualifies, and I have a particular liking for a certain green substance...

*orders another shot*

[Sassem]

Also, I enjoy talking to people from around the world here, and discussing why US football is much tougher than rugby (thats not soccer is it? cuz i dont mean soccer).

And also, American Football is not tougher than Rugby, never has, never will be. Rugby players don't need to get dressed up like Robocop to play, they are far tougher.

Sassem catch his breath after laughing his head off and friendly point out to Kenny that rugbyers don't have to stop every minute in the game to discuss what they are doing next

offers Kenny a black cup of coffee to sober up and gives Chris a pint of Guinness

Turns back to corner(with a big smile on his face and shaking his head) to play his game of darts

[Lysander13]

**Walks in, sees the bar is full, no place to sit. Studies the patrons for a moment....aahh!! There's the one!!. Walks over to the poor unsuspecting lad at the bar that insists on playing vanilla RTW. Grabs him by the scruff and tosses him out the front door onto the street where he belongs and says " get lost vanilla boy!!" "by the Gods this is the EB Tavern!!". Rightfully takes his seat at the bar and says..."bartender, Heneiken draft in the tallest damn glass you have in the place." The bartender being the agreeable fellow that he is complies and the newly arrived EB patron chugs it down in true frat boy style and says...."keep'em coming bartender..BTW bartender, me thinks we need a little old school Metallica playing in the background at ear drum splitting levels to liven things up around here a bit and give this bar the true ambiance of danger just lurking under a thinly veiled surface..."**

My name is Luis. I live in perhaps the most crooked politically not to mention perhaps the banana republic capital of The United States. In case that doesn't give it away. I'm in Miami, Florida. As it happens i'm also a humble civil servant of this aforementioned City in a capacity which i will leave undisclosed. The City itself is great ( well the sunny beachy side anyways ). Went to school here, lots to do, beautiful women everywhere. It's the politics of the place that ruin it...if you pay attention to such things, that is. I'm an athletically inclined individual and i love baseball and am a sick football fan. ( American Football that is ) Politically i would probably be described as consertative in nature, although that isn't always the case...but for the most part this holds true. I"m an avid reader....rarely watch television ( mostly for sporting events)...love ancient history and all things Greek...and of course love this god forsaken EB mod which robs me of sleep on many nights.

**Leaves a big tip on the bar...hey thanks bartender, my glass was never empty while i sat here...see ya next time."**

[Horst Nordfink]

Thanks for my Guinness Sassem.

The rugby world cup starts in 10 minutes Kenny. Give it a watch and see a proper sport. Although it is France vs Argentina, so it'll probably be an awful game.

Now I've finished my Guinness, I think I'll try a Green King IPA. Then a MGD or an Amstell.

Lovely!!

[Karo]

*comes in and orders Armenian cognac searches a chair near the table and sits down*
Name is Karapet but you guys can call me Karo. I'm an Armenian living in belgium. 17 years old and I'm still going to school. love history and Eb, I'm glad you guys opened this tavern a great place to come and talk to people and get drunk offcourse

$orders now an other scottish wisky *

[Thaatu]

Milk. Cold. Non-fat. With a straw. A red one.


Do you have cookies too?

[Karo]

I want some cookies toooooooo

[Boyar Son]

Believe me Cossack (Why the K in front, does it stand for Kenny?), you do NOT want to be in the army. I'm in Singapore in peacetime and it's already terrible enough. Army's the epitome of inefficiency and boredom, man. For you it should be worse, you might end up in Seleukeia I mean Baghdad, with bombs exploding and all that. The Romans had it easier in Judaea than you would have fun in the US Army, I think... Must rethink, must rethink. *plies you with more vodka to help you rethink* Who knows, when you awaken the next morning you may find yourself back in 140 AD, lying in the middle of the Colisseum with no idea how you got here, and only a tattoo that reads 'I (heart) Gaisaharjoz'... o.o

*Requests a pint of Guinness from the barkeep* As the drunkard in the corner dishing out friendly advice Kenny, do yourself a favour and get yourself a job that doesn't involve being killed on the whim of that monkey-boy Bush. People that can't get a proper job join the army.

No one trusts in my ability to kick ass? just like mom.....

Also, my football team V. your rugby team (football rules apply), be there

Singapore eh, u in the army? (BF2 and the history channel gots me pumped UUUUPPPP)

Also, what it like in a small town in england horst nordfink

[Horst Nordfink]

I trust in your ability to be killed needlessly buddy, listen to your mother!

It's ok here. It's a little boring now and again, and the weather's nothing to write home about. But I don't think I'd move away.

You bring your 143 players that you seem to need for one game of american football, and I'll bring my boys! But more importantly, who's bringing the cheerleaders?!?!

[Boyar Son]

I trust in your ability to be killed needlessly buddy, listen to your mother!

It's ok here. It's a little boring now and again, and the weather's nothing to write home about. But I don't think I'd move away.

You bring your 143 players that you seem to need for one game of american football, and I'll bring my boys! But more importantly, who's bringing the cheerleaders?!?!

Oh its on, believe me u guys are gonna tossed hehehahahe!!!!!!

and the cheerleaders, which european country has the best?

[agua]

*anyone for a round of Shoggoth's Old Peculiar?*

...>.>...

...<.<...

[russia almighty]

*Sits down at the bar and chugs straight from the everclear bottle*


My name is Mark , not giving you my last name . I'm 18 , in my last year of HS . I weight lift , uhh got a 10% or less BF% . Do Muay Thai , did TKD for 5 years but it hit me that it wasn't what I wanted . Even though I went to a joint that did full contact sparring there wasn't enough emphasis on ground fighting or flat out strikes for my tastes .


I kinda wish I could have done the harad voices for the FATW mod .Cause I've got the perfect voice IMO for the bodyguard unit .

[Spurius Brontosaurus]

Man, its crowded in here. Is it possible to get some service? A Caiparinha would just hit the spot.

Name's Harsha. I live in Madras, India and am an executive in a finance company (if you think that sounds boring, I was an accountant earlier!). I got hooked into the whole ancient history/roman period thing pretty early as an avid reader of Asterix comics.

As luck would have it, I am hopelessly unwell and so am recuperating and undergoing treatment on and off at a hospital. I say 'luck', since this means I have time off from work to help the EB team instead of just lurking as I have been doing these past 3 years.

Damn, I could use another Caiparinha right now.

[agua]

mmhmm caipirinha....may I join? *orders another caipirinha for SB*

I have a few capoeira buddies that will magically appear at the very mention of the word, they tend to bring beautiful samba-dancing brasileiras if that's to anyone's liking...

[mAIOR]

It's ok I guess. I don't really like Capoeira but throw another Samba chick over here :p

*goes to the juke box and puts Bob Log III Boob Scotch*

Hey mr. Bartender throw me a scotch on the rocks!

It's nice to see everyone participating so eagerly in this small pub.
Let's hope no one starts talking about politics lest we see the whole thread falling down...

Cheers...

[Arzeal]

*order a Heneken*
hi guys, 20, the name is Duong (pronounce Yang) so I wont gave my full name because it will makes u guys twisted ur tongue spelling it my hobby is martial art, TKD for my childhood (6 or 7 years), Shan shou til recently since I intended to some less-tiring martial art because I need to focus more on my studying ^^. May be I will try Judo
Btw the EB is caught in my sight and I'm totally addicted w. it. If it's not because my assigments are lined up then I'd played it everynight
bye guys, since I'm doing my assigments
*dissapear*

[Digby Tatham Warter]

Greetings fellow Warmongers,
I'm another strong cider lover, also found a pear cider recently which is rather delish. When my Sloe Gin and Rasberry Vodka are ready I'll drop by to see what you fine people think to my efforts.

Call me Bert, I've just turned 40yrs, so perphaps one of the more senior members here(I still think I'm 20 something, except my old war wound that tells me otherwise). I live in a small rural town in the south east of England called Ely with a Cathedral(technically making it a city).

I am married 17 yrs and have a 7yrs old boy(who thanks to EB knows abit about the old civilisations).
I have worked in various jobs since leaving school @15yrs all of which have been fine, but for the last 7yrs I have worked as a DNA sequencer. 4 days on 4 off, loads of free time and our house is detached(noise is good). And I'm lucky enough to get the detached study as my own turf.

EB/Totalwar is my principle hobby, although I like a good historical read, walks with the kid, films and the odd beverage with the mates. When I have the money another motorbike would be good, and I enjoyed my large dog and the walks in the countryside, but he died and I am taking a brake from the responsability of another, also as a family, travelling abroad is easier.

[pseudocaesar]

Haha. we should post Myspace accounts. Heres mine,
www.myspace.com/caesardoug
take note, i dont just accept randoms hhaha. greatest myspace ever.

[Kampfkrebs]

Well, it´s my birthday today, and of course I wont forget our fans.

So you all get free beer!

Here it is:




Prost!

[Karo]

Free beer, that's awsome and give some congac on my costs Happy birthday Kampfkrebs and thanks for the beer

[Bootsiuv]

Happy Birthday!!!!

*Gets Kampfkrebs a shot of jack, some good ol' tennesse whiskey*

So how old are you? That question shouldn't botheryou unless you're a girl.

[Kampfkrebs]

Sweet sixteen, at least I can drink now as much as I want by german law.
And the coming spring I´ll start lessions for my driving licence, cant wait for it (even if my parents car is just a driving piece of crap).

[Bootsiuv]

LOL! So in Germany, you can drink BEFORE you can drive? Awesome.

I had to wait until I was 21 to legally enjoy any delightful brews.

[Kampfkrebs]

I think I´m allowed to drink stuff with max. 40% alcohol in it, dunno the exact limit now, but I know that I can drink beer and mixed stuff (all those alcopops), and with 18 you can drink everything you want, but if your parents allow to, you can do so with 16.
My father doesnt care that much, cause he knows that I watch how much I´m drinking (never got drunk and I´m proud of it).
And at the stores (exept BIG companys like wal-mart) they dont care aswell, so there are always ways to get your daily bottle of whatever, even if you´re not allowed to (it´s funny to see those 12/13yr old kids which think they are cool cause they drink some beer-cola mix which taste like pee from a monkey).

[spanakoryzo]

Well, here it goes. My name is Manos. I'm Greek. I'm 26 years old. I'm a medical doctor by profession. I've finished my countryside practice (mandatory) and so I got drafted in the army (also mandatory). I'm lucky enough to have traveled abroad widely visiting several countries (19 to be precise). I've been practicing judo since I was 11. I used to live in Athens but now I'm stationed in the north of Greece. Once I'm out of service I'll start my internship in invasive radiology. With all the radiation I'm gonna get I'll probably turn into a mutant superhero! Hopefully... I really love EB and I got 5 more dudes from my platoon into it too. And I'd like to have a vodka on the rocks please!

[Bootsiuv]

*Serves Manos his vodka on the rocks....hmm, that looks good*

Hey Manos, nice to meet you.

I find your post especially interesting, because I'm Greek, although I was born in America....my grandfather (who was shot in Greek Town in Detroit) was from Crete (he's actually buried there now), and before that my family was from the Athens area.

I had no idea that military service was mandatory in Greece. Is it mandatory for all males of a certain age?