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Or an actual Viking Shield Maiden !!! What do you think of the History Chanel show Vikings? Wow, I thought my hair was long... The longest locks are reaching my knees now... I always said I would trim it when they reach my butt, but I can't bring myself to put scissors to them. It feels so wrong. They do sometimes naturally break off halfway down when they get too long, so I guess it's sorting itself out, lol... Uhu, haven't cut my hair since age 13 (15 years). My dad is from Ghana, where I'm living now. He's actually still in Belgium, lol, but he comes back to Ghana every other year or so. We're Akuapem, one of the smaller Akan tribes (including Fantes, Akwamus, Akyims, Denkyera, etc, with the Ashanti being the most famous of all). The specific ethnicities or tribes that contributed to the modern mix of Akuapem people include primarily Guans and Akyims, but also Akwamu, Ga-Adangbe, Ewe and Ashanti (Ga-Adangbe and Ewe aren't even Akan tribes, but some of them migrated and assimilated into Akuapem over the centuries and the Guans are essentially the original pre-Akan population of the area, still speaking their own language in their own towns). A little bit of history: "Akuapem" means something along the lines of "A Thousand Forces" (Akuw Apem), and was originally actually a tribal confederacy of many disparate groups of people who were living in the Akuapem hills (many of them refugees from wars and slave-raiding). The "confederacy" was established to fight off slave-raiding incursions and oppression at the hands of the Akwamu, another Akan tribe with a ferocious reputation in the old days. The Akwamu (proto)-empire was utterly destroyed by the Akuapem uprising. Akuapems had a reputation of fighting slavery, harboring many runaway slaves from the nearby coast and destroying Danish plantations at the foot of the Akuapem hills because of their harshness. So I was surprised to learn that after the defeat of the Akwamu, In turn, the captured Akwamu leadership was sold into slavery (1730's) by the Akuapem... Karma is a... Very interestingly, Europeans in the Americas often didn't comprehend where exactly their slaves were coming from, or in this case, that they weren't slaves at all, but nobles, warriors, generals and chiefs! 150 of the Akwamu "slaves" that were shipped to St. John in the Caribbean very quickly ignited one of the earliest and longest lasting slave rebellions in the history of the Americas! They took over almost the entire island for a 6 month period before being "defeated by several hundred better-armed French and Swiss troops sent from Martinique". Quite perversely, the Akwamu didn't liberate the other African slaves, and captured the islands' plantations intact... They simply took over the plantations, slaves included, intending to run them as usual... Other Akan slaves that were taken to Jamaica also runaway and established independent communities in the interior. The British never managed to subdue them (Maroon wars) and eventually settled a treaty with them, recognising their independence. Similar story in Suriname. Very few among the maroons of Jamaica and Suriname can actually still speak Twi (Akan language)! I actually cried the first time I saw a video recording of an old Jamaican maroon speaking Twi. I was shocked! One of my uncles once travelled to Suriname and could speak Twi with some of the Maroons he met there! Other Akan "slaves" were taken to Haiti, and their martial culture helped facilitate the Haitian revolution, the most successful of the slave-rebellions, confidently defeating the Napoleonic armies! The Akan slaves were known as Coromantee (derived from the name of the Ghanaian slave fort of Kormantine in Koromanti), and garnered such a fierce reputation that attempts were made to pass legislation banning the import of Akan slaves: "Edward Long, an anti-Coromantee writer, states: Such a bill, if passed into law would have struck at very root of evil. No more Coromantins would have been brought to infest this country, but instead of their savage race, the island would have been supplied with Blacks of a more docile tractable disposition and better inclined to peace and agriculture." Makes me a little proud, to know that our compatriots were not docile, but rather "savage" in their resistance to enslavement My hair, and where I'm from (some cultural shots from our traditional festivals, a royal funeral and Ashanti military traditions):

I would start with engine, misc. gui. mod selector and the lobby, then move over to the unit-related stuff. Game Setup Gui is also important, just skip all the quotes and proverbs. For the rest, start with the short strings and skip the long explanations for now - you can return to them later.

Dear All, im trying to complete Farsi translation for this game Apparently im alone here and other team members are inactive , anyway i will try to complete it if anyone knows Farsi and wanna help much appreciated Meanwhile , could you please let me know the priority of each sections ? for example Game setup UI has lower priority than Civilization or In-game GUI So i can focus

@dmzerocold Thanks man! I hope you can do these translations, the game is sooo much better with the original languages... The Romans which are the only ones not speaking Greek at the moment have a whole different feeling than the other factions just because they speak Latin and sound more legitimate than, say, the Iberians speaking Greek. Edit: Oh, Here you are talking about the text, not the voices... I confused it with your other thread about voices...

Nice, you have dreadlocks! Yes genes are very interesting! Where is your dad from if I may ask?

My wife and my friends i will force all of them (except my wife) and take their voice... they have to collaborate

Oh you have dreads ? cool ! I seen a lot of dreads in Oslo because alot of different cultures hairstyles but where I live on the fjords not much of a diversity heh Mostly just Norwegians/swedes. Yes I been growing my hair since I was born {mum never cut my hair other than trims as she has long hairs herself,and my 2 sisters also},and now at age 22 my hair is down to my lower ankles when it hits my toes that's when it gets trimmed. I love my long hair because I can do it in several styles from viking to medieval. I usually wear my hair in two braids with norse hair beads at the ends {get a lot of Bruhnhilda jokes heh} Long hair is very powerful/spiritual/and beautiful,and a bit of a work of art. love being unique and called the girl with the longest hair. I really got into growing my hair is because I have the genetics where I can,and,my hair grows so fast, plus it is poker straight and thick so I can do a lot with it. My hair is golden in the water but in summer it becomes a lemon color! Here in Norway not many women wear very long hairs and if they do it's usually to the waist or they wear extensions. I was always more a romantic,and always wanted to be like my forebears than the modern girl,and rather live in the past than now heh Plus my long hair is perfect for reenacting but rule #1 do not slip chain mail over your body fast with your hair down lol Wow I talked about hair too long lol next subject. Yes the south African accent is beautiful,and strong,kind of reminds me of my Bergensk which is a combo of Danish/german,and very strong when spoken. Sounds like you are a very unique look to yourself heh I look like every Scandinavian girl walking down the street,nothing interesting lol When I visited California in USA people thought I was a California girl until I opened my mouth than they were like "even better" lol Welcome to America". Yes genes are interesting heh My father has dark brown hair/blues eyes and my mum is totally pale with blonde hair/blue eyes so I have a sister with dark brown hair and blue eyes lol We look so different. Her hair is also wavy over my straight silky hair. Yes mixed can either look Germanic or African. Same goes with Asians {mind my English lol}

Tried these. Some observations: The biggest thing you'll notice is that these tile badly. They don't tile correctly at the edges and they have a dark spot in the corners. Fix that and these are on their way. The blade size is too big in scale. Grass blades should be much smaller in scale (for standard grass), especially when compared to units. A few variants with bigger blades are okay though, maybe for tropical grassy fields or for punches of detail. But on the whole, "grass" blades should be smaller scale. Would be nice to have variations where there are plant shapes thrown in and variants where there are different grass colors mixed in (not just all one color) to blend between the different shades of grass.

Hello @Samulis Please find below URL , for both male and female https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RUEqK07lWcrGevA9hdUfWlMjpj37baI7?usp=sharing Some phrase are available in other language but not in Persian section , for example "Hello" , "I will repair" , " I will garrison", "I will fish" is there any reason? Please note: from No19 to No23 is not listed in below URL for Persian but they are available for others, anyway i recorded them as well not sure if you can use https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Audio_Voice_List Regarding the IPA is it is mandatory i need help not sure if i can handle this one , im not expert in IPA. is it possible someone help and provide it ?

Agreed. Just a small blurb is enough and a couple screenshots. Actual civ stats and info should be on a wiki and accessible in-game. Actually it already is: Right, but I meant in an Age of Kings type of way, where the bonuses and penalties are listed centrally in-game. The Age of Empires/Age of Kings tech tree is brilliantly laid out, btw.

Luwian hieroglyphic inscription explains the end of the Bronze Age https://phys.org/news/2017-10-luwian-hieroglyphic-inscription-bronze-age.html Lost civilization of 'sea people' may have sparked world war over 3,000 years ago https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/lost-civilization-sea-people-may-have-sparked-world-war-over-3000-years-ago Another long-forgotten Anatolian civilization rising from shadows https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2015/05/21/another-long-forgotten-anatolian-civilization-rising-from-shadows Who are the Luwians? https://luwianstudies.org/who-are-the-luwians/

LOL sometimes im also confuse , currently im trying to handle both translation/voice .. i hope that i can finish both , translation will take alot of time because im alone

Hi @rain_ironwolf, I would like to say thanks for all the videos recently, your channel has been really productive! It's very nice for the community.

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-ancient-records-indicate-philistines-weren-t-aegean-pirates-1.5433265 New evidence to discuss.

The game is being constantly worked on, but the major public releases happen whenever enough changes are assembled and tested. The sounds might be implemented in the game source as soon as a few days or weeks, but it wouldn't be until the next Alpha for the sounds to reach most typical end users. Similarly, if additional sounds are added in the future, they will be rolled out as soon as the next major build comes along. I am not sure how exactly the update process works, but if there is one, the voice files will work exactly the same as any other files or assets in the game. Glad to hear! More voices, the better!

Hi @Samulis Could you please check this file ? "My recording test" My - recording test.wav

If you know the make and model of the mic, that might help us figure out the best way to use it. Every mic has strengths and weaknesses, it is just a matter of figuring out how to play best to the strengths and avoid the weaknesses. I would also suggest, if you are not already, using Audacity to do the recordings, as it will not do anything to the files without you telling it to, and it is very easy to configure settings for the recording. That would also minimize the risk of unwanted behavior that may occur in more "automatic" software solutions like voice recorder apps or others which might automatically modify the audio. If you have any questions about digital audio or recording, or if anything I have said is confusing or unclear, don't hesitate to ask- that's why we're here.

I'm looking everywhere but I can't find solid breastplates being used by Iceni or any other Celtic tribe from Britain in that time. Perhaps a mail would be more appropriate.

Yeah the wording is a little off. Maybe the upgrade should be renamed to "Trade Convoy Escorts" instead. At the moment it is a little strange, if I wasn't paying attention I might think that I am still in phase II when playing Mauryans lol. It would be good to differentiate them somehow. Also maybe they could add a little suit of armour next to the wheel in the picture. I wasn't sure if this should go in this forum or the bugs forum as it isn't really a bug, just a little confusing.

Maurya is different then the others I guess, it is strange. Australians are Australian Russians are Russian Canadians are Canadian but Mauryas are Mauryan It rubs me the wrong way because it is different lol, but if it is intended then it is fine.

That wouldn't be a problem. Is that the final model though? Because @Lion.Kanzen told me some of the roman heroes were just placeholders. Also, that breastplate looks a little out of place (if my references are correct), but I could make the cloak cover all of the armor if necessary. Game Model: References:

Thar be giants in those fjords

You could say, "The Mauryas are Mauryan."

He always has a new excuse, now he accuses me of using cheat hahahaha. pro jc just a humiliating game borg- vs nuub jc.rar

Yes Afrikaners are beautiful people,and yes they are very tall,as a lot of dutch are For a Scandinavian I am only 167 meters but I did get long legs so I can't complain There are girls here that are giants,and make me look small. Yes blue eyes Is so common here in Norway but some even have brown eyes. You won't believe it but there are some Norwegians with dark eyes and dark hair,and this is because of when the Germans settled Norway,and gave us the Bavarian genes

Thank you for the feed back. I've added some more vegetation to have more of that jungle look. If I added the amount of vegetation in a real jungle my computer would die lol.

Ha, I also have "meters" of hair, but it's nothing like Rapunzel, lol... More like something in between Ziggy and Damian Marley I am an English and Dutch speaker. I can understand Afrikaans a little bit. It sounds like a thick accent, or a dialect of Dutch. But there are always a some mystery words making it difficult to understand the details. My mom is actually Belgian/German/Polish, with a bit of a "Nordic", actually Germanic, look (blond hair, blue eyes). I definitely don't have that Nordic/Germanic look though, lol! My sister and her Haitian fiancée (also West African and West European ancestry) have a one year old boy, with pretty African looking features and and a soft afro, but he's relatively light-skinned, his hair is blond and he has blue eyes, like my mom! Their next kid might be as dark as Shaka Zulu, who knows. When mixed people have kids together, they can go any direction. Genes are pretty cool...

Hello 0 A.D. Community I've made a map that has an symmetric layout with a coastline design. The map should be balanced, but If you find anything that needs be added, changed or removed please let me know. The map is low on wood but abundant in stone, metal and fish, with each starting position having a shipwreck (treasure) to help get started. Coastline (2).pmp Coastline (2).xml

Numantia

Garrisoning walls shouldn't be a problem. Notice that SpawnAndGarrisonAtClasses spawns at classes of the Identity component, such as Tower, House, or Wall or SiegeWall, not template names.

Carthage

How interesting! What kind of cheese? From cows? You have cattle? Pictures of the fjords are always welcome! Maybe someday someone can make a nice specific Norse map based on your home area I'm not much of a farmer myself, but I have a very healthy respect for it, and fantasize about my own little dream farm one day I did grow a field of sweet peppers a while back. In the middle of the dry season, which was exceptionally harsh. That was a memorable experience... I just wanted to prove that it's possible to farm in the dry season, away from a source of water, on depleted soil, without pesticides, planting seeds directly in the field (without nursery). Lord knows it didn't make me rich, but it was fun! I also discovered that my garden is essentially an archaeological site, lol! Preparing my field, I started stumbling across significant amounts of pottery shards, which is strange, because our land used to be a bamboo-forrest in the jungle outside of town. Nobody has lived here in living memory but us. The pottery wasn't on the surface either, but buried between 10 and 30 cm in the ground! Pottery of the type that hasn't been produced or used here for a very long time. I always suspected there were some ancestors here on account of iron slag spread across the back of our garden. I actually found remains of ceramic pipes coated in molten rock with a metallic shine (part of the bellows?), and finally, at a depth of more than 30 cm I found a heavily corroded iron blade. Also found a corroded iron axe-head. Some of the iron slag actually has square marks (from tongs used to move the hot slag out of the way?).

I have many animated Bronze Age units done in Blender including Sea People form latest Osprey publication. Anyone interested? Achaean Part IAchaean Part II Arzawa Assyrian Babylonian Cannan Carian Cypriot Early Greeks Egyptian Calvary Hebrew Hittitie Hyksos Lybian Lydian Minoan-Cyclade Part IMinoan-Cyclade Part II Mittani Nubian-Kush Nuraghi Pelasgian Phoenician Phyrgian Thracian Trojan Urartu Oxen Settlers Unit Pack IOxen Settlers Unit Pack II ITALICS Bronze Age Italy Early Roman Etruscan Illyrian Samnite Umbro-Oscan Venetic Villa Nova SEA PEOPLE Philistine Random Sea People Shekelesh Sherden Teresh Tjeker