You know you play too much EB when...

[Aemilius Paulus]

Maybe so, but it is mostly the picture. Or at least that's what I'm guessing General Appo is talking about. Having large to medium sized pictures for a signature is strongly discouraged and sometimes forbidden. Some of the people viewing these forums might still have dial-up, and that would severely hamper their loading times.

Lorica Segementata, btw, is considered to be of lower quality than lorica hamata. Many historians say LS was made to fill the loss of equipment during the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.

[Majd il-Romani]

when you cant bear to see the sight of LS

[Pontius Pilate]

Maybe so, but it is mostly the picture. Or at least that's what I'm guessing General Appo is talking about. Having large to medium sized pictures for a signature is strongly discouraged and sometimes forbidden. Some of the people viewing these forums might still have dial-up, and that would severely hamper their loading times.

Lorica Segementata, btw, is considered to be of lower quality than lorica hamata. Many historians say LS was made to fill the loss of equipment during the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.

okay I'm swapping out the picture right now, might take a few minutes though. Wait could you explain to me how lorica hamata is superior to lorica segmenta? Isn't LS a type of plate armor? Hamata can't be better than LS when up against every type of weapon right?

[Aemilius Paulus]

Advantages of Lorica Hamata over Lorica Segmentata:

• If offered much better coverage - segmentata does not protect groin, armpits, thighs, etc; coverage was the greatest problem of LS
• There were a lot of problems with LS, especially the plates falling apart due to the unreliable fastenings
• One size fit almost all of the recruits
• It required less ongoing maintenance, less tools, and much fewer spare parts
• It was more comfortable and more flexible although heavier
• It had a much longer lifespan - being able to serve many more successive recruits.
• One could slit a dagger under the plates of LS - LH was impervious to daggers

Otherwise, LS seemed to be better at protecting blows. Despite this fact, for some reason most experts tend to say that LH is better.

Anyway, but spoiler tags over your Gladiator picture - I doubt you're allowed a picture that large. Also, its Roma Victrix - Roma is feminine.

EDIT: Wait, that's not from Gladiator, is it? Is it from the HBO Rome?

[Pontius Pilate]

Anyway, but spoiler tags over your Gladiator picture - I doubt you're allowed a picture that large. Also, its Roma Victrix - Roma is feminine.

EDIT: Wait, that's not from Gladiator, is it? Is it from the HBO Rome?[/QUOTE]


Yes it is from HBO Rome, episode #1. Great series by the way. Wait my picture is still too big? How do I put spoiler tags around it?

MY EDIT: never mind I found out how to do spoilers tags.

[Gleemonex]

when you cant bear to see the sight of LS

Well-played, sir!

-Glee

[Majd il-Romani]

Advantages of Lorica Hamata over Lorica Segmentata:

• If offered much better coverage - segmentata does not protect groin, armpits, thighs, etc; coverage was the greatest problem of LS
• There were a lot of problems with LS, especially the plates falling apart due to the unreliable fastenings
• One size fit almost all of the recruits
• It required less ongoing maintenance, less tools, and much fewer spare parts
• It was more comfortable and more flexible although heavier
• It had a much longer lifespan - being able to serve many more successive recruits.
• One could slit a dagger under the plates of LS - LH was impervious to daggers

Otherwise, LS seemed to be better at protecting blows. Despite this fact, for some reason most experts tend to say that LH is better.

I heard that Roman Scaled Armor (lorica Squamata iirc ) was actually better than both LS and LH

but back ontopic you know you play too much when you have a life-sized working ballista on your roof
when you join the army and fight nude

[Majd il-Romani]

when you refer to your local parish/priest/imam/rabbi as an oracle or a seer

[Strategos Alexandros]

When you shout in Celtic at the screen while playing on COD4.

[Gleemonex]

...you buy a helmet specifically to play EB.

-Glee

[Celtic_Punk]

When you shout in Celtic at the screen while playing on COD4.

guilty as charged. i only know one though. Foc il leat. I'll leave it to you to figure it out.

[NeoSpartan]

Advantages of Lorica Hamata over Lorica Segmentata:

• If offered much better coverage - segmentata does not protect groin, armpits, thighs, etc; coverage was the greatest problem of LS
• There were a lot of problems with LS, especially the plates falling apart due to the unreliable fastenings
• One size fit almost all of the recruits
• It required less ongoing maintenance, less tools, and much fewer spare parts
• It was more comfortable and more flexible although heavier
• It had a much longer lifespan - being able to serve many more successive recruits.
• One could slit a dagger under the plates of LS - LH was impervious to daggers

Otherwise, LS seemed to be better at protecting blows. Despite this fact, for some reason most experts tend to say that LH is better.

Anyway, but spoiler tags over your Gladiator picture - I doubt you're allowed a picture that large. Also, its Roma Victrix - Roma is feminine.

EDIT: Wait, that's not from Gladiator, is it? Is it from the HBO Rome?

OH sh*t here we go again

[General Appo]

No we don´t.

Pontius, I don´t give a rats ass how big a sig you´ve got, it´s the LS that bugs me. Bugs the hell out me in fact.
Your second pic...lovely. First one...ugh.