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So I was curious about the quotes of the Cycles of Don/Telam so i decided to look up your info on them. I found this topic and a few gems

Ranika was an esteemed EB member and not "some guy". I think you didn't intend it to sound that way but this needed clearing up

He had an impressive knowledge of the Celts and all the "doubt" cast was cast by someone who was IMHO an initiate and not an expert with the access Ranika had.

To imply that those quotes were dreamed or made up is an affront to all of our work and please refrain from such opinions. (This is not aimed at anyone just saying...)

hey, I know Ranika is very well informed on the celts, his posts were very interesting to read and contained a wealth of knowledge. However, it is very unacademic to be using non peer-reviewed or unpublished sources.

I do think that most people, including myself, dont really care about that though and they're just looking for something interesting to read!

So is there absolutely nothing info regarding these sources???

It seems that the validity of those quotes is based on this guy's word? I'm sure he was a great historian and did a lot of work for the game, but it seems irresponsible to one the one hand claim historical accuracy and then turn around and put unpublished, unreviewed work in your game.

I mean, the quotes seem so suspicious. The writing style is anachronistic and stereotypical. I don't have the quotes here so I can't point out specifics. It just seems so fishy!

Not to mention the fact that this guy hasn't been seen around here for a while, so even his golden reputation is hardly at stake. I wasn't around, but isn't he kind of a joker too?

There just seems to be a whole lot of reason not to let this stuff in the mod, and zero reason, except for trust, to include it. I don't mean to make a mountain out of a mole hill here, but I'm a historian, my father is a historian, and I love scholarly history. That's why I play EB. Not to read shit that would be cool if it was real. I want proof.

So don't take this as an attack, cuz I fully expect you to chew me out for this. I'm just pointing out that you guys have a historical inconsistency in your historical accuracy mod.

Edit- Besides, you guys don't think a huge trove of Celtic of Germanic literature from that era would be an absolutely groundbreaking, newsworthy event? Like, maybe a single news report on the entire internet about it?