What does everyone have against Rome?

[Tarkus]

Good one, Dayve...I see another fat thread comin' on...can't wait to see how it unfolds...

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I think certain people hate the Romans for the same reason people hate the Yankees, the Raiders, and the Lakers.

[Emperor Burakuku]

I think certain people hate the Romans for the same reason people hate the Yankees, the Raiders, and the Lakers.

You mean Real Madrid, Manchaster United and A.C Milan, right? I mean I could hate them like that, but I don't have anything agains the Lakers. Who are the Raiders?

[BerkeleyBoi]

You mean Real Madrid, Manchaster United and A.C Milan, right? I mean I could hate them like that, but I don't have anything agains the Lakers. Who are the Raiders?

People hate Manchester United? Everyone in China loves them... I assumed the world did too...

[beatoangelico]

You mean Real Madrid, Manchaster United and A.C Milan, right? I mean I could hate them like that, but I don't have anything agains the Lakers. Who are the Raiders?

actually in Italy the most hated team is Juventus FC

[Dayve]

actually in Italy the most hated team is Juventus FC

You mean people actually like Italian teams? They're the dirtiest teams out there, they'd murder the entire opposing team the night before to assure a win if they thought they could get away with it.

[Spoofa]

You mean Real Madrid, Manchaster United and A.C Milan, right? I mean I could hate them like that, but I don't have anything agains the Lakers. Who are the Raiders?

are you not american?

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Surprisingly there are a handful people out there who are not American.

As a matter of fact, the ORG is a Dutch colony.
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[Spoofa]

lol well i knew that! I was asking him personally because the raiders are an american football team, so if he wasnt he prly wouldnt know what MAA is talking about.

[pseudocaesar]

its a case of tall poppy syndrome. Romans were the best at everything, so naturally everyone nowadays hates them. Its pathetic and ridiculous. Its just immature kids that dont actually know anything about history, and cant appreciate the real accomplishments of the Romans. Il just pick ONE example...Concrete. Where would we be without that invention. Several hundred technological years behind i tell ya that much.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Hehe... I was trying a joke. Can scarcely make them work.
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[Justiciar]

Mash the dirty red scum! Kick 'em in the teeth where it hurts! Kill! Kill, kill! Filthy bastard Rommies! I hate 'em! I hate 'em! Aaaargh! Aaaargh! *Shakes fist*

[Decimus Attius Arbiter]

It's like Rebels Vs Empire in Star Wars. People want to kick Imperial ass.

[Pharnakes]

Actualy, I support the imperials in star wars.

The rebels have such a ridicoulously and impracticaly fluffy view of the universe. The imperialists are realists. The rebels on the other hand don't seem to appreciate that only the power is power, and no matter how much honour you have and how noble your goals, the universe doesn't give a damn.

It always annoys me so much in books and films when the good guys win from what is to any intelegent person a clearly untenable position, with a logistical nightmare, and yet they resoundingly and over-whelmingly crush the bad guts, with mimimum casualties, except for one or two carefuly chosen characters, who you know are as good as dead five minutes into the film/50pages into the book. God, why can't the bad guys win for once? At least it would provided a bit of variation.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Episodes 1-3 are separate. The first trilogy was made by a visionary, episodes 1-3 were made by a capitalist.

Am I sufficiently off topic?

EDIT: One of the things that needs to be emphisied about 1984 is that it isn't just about Stalinism. It is a warning to all peoples in all places. If you follow current US politics, the book is extremely frightening. But now I'm off topic in an area that isn't permitted in the forum.

[tapanojum]

People constantly diss the Romans but wait a minute....when you guys first bought this game BEFORE even knowing about EB....what was the title...ummm ugh..

Rome: Total War?

Yeah thats it...and I believe the Romans were the default faction to play.

Hmmm....interesting!

[Jaywalker-Jack]

I think for a lot of people its because of their experiences playing vanilla. In that you had THREE Roman factions, as if one wasnt already tough enough, and every single campaign you played you would always have to fight them sooner or later. Many is the time I went to all sorts of lengths just to kill those three factions and give Italy to someone else, so it wouldnt be ROMANS ROMANS ROMANS plastered all over the map down the line.

[Moosemanmoo]

Like many others have said, I dislike Rome because my favourite factions i.e. Iberians, Macedonians, Carthaginians etc were defeated and ruled over by Rome.

+Nobody really supports the favourites, everyone loves an underdog

++They're really fun to massacre with big germanic axes

[Kikosemmek]

My answer is biased: Rome sucks because Carthage is the sh*t.

[Boyar Son]

My answer is biased: Rome sucks because Carthage is the sh*t.

Then why'd they lose?

[Palasta]

Like many others have said, I dislike Rome because my favourite factions i.e. Iberians, Macedonians, Carthaginians etc were defeated and ruled over by Rome.

+Nobody really supports the favourites, everyone loves an underdog

++They're really fun to massacre with big germanic axes

Macedons and Carthaginians underdogs? One conquered other nations, defeated one of the greatest empires in the ancient world and created one itself, basically the same as the romans did... and the other one also was a powerfull nation with lots of capabilities.

Then why'd they lose?

Not enough troops?

[Boyar Son]

Not enough troops?

Tell that to hannibal

Then I guess they're not the "sh*t"