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I just wanted to say that this game is great, with each update its getting better and better. It is very similar to Age of Empires which I think is one of the best RTS out there because of its fast paced action, large army building, and scenario editing. Things I like and that should continue to be used/developed: - The editor is a great tool and very simple to use, its awesome how you can jump right into the game and see your creation come to life at a moments notice and if you desire change, you can do so on the spot---EVERY GAME THAT HAS AN EDITOR SHOULD INCLUDE THIS FEATURE! - The variety of factions in the game is great and should continue to be updated to include more as you progress (great job so far), I would like to see more abilities with each unit and structure as well as more ages with change in structure type as the age progresses (I am sure that is coming soon) - The music fits the mood perfectly and makes me feel like I'm reliving Thermopylae, Troy, etc. - I'm looking forward to campaign missions in this game with a possibility of a custom campaign editor Things that could use tweaking: - I know this is in Alpha stage, but there are some performance issues (slow with large maps, a lot of units) that will hopefully be fixed by the beta or final release Overall I think this is an awesome game and look forward to future updates, you guys are doing a great job. Also will this continue to be free?

Bronze Age Hebrews would probably have a tabernacle. If we are closer to Iron Age, then maybe the temple. Synagogues would be more in 0 A.D.'s time period.

Can we use parts of this texture?

I think, my friend, you need to re-read your history No scholar any longer believes that stuff about the dark age, instead the use the word Christendom. If you read the Catholic fathers you'll see that Catholicism had to fight against a lot of Roman beliefs and other pagan ideas. Once you do this, you will also see that the basic Catholic beliefs then, are the same basic Catholic beliefs now. And Catholicism took a lot from all cultures, not just Roman. Philosophy from the Greeks, the Bible from the Jews and other things from different cultures as the ages progressed, which is why it is called what it is. Catholic means universal, hence it spread across all cultures, yet it doctrine is the same everywhere. Before attacking a living religion, you might just want to get the real facts from it, instead of repeating some age old hate speech (which is both heinous and outdated) Also as a reply to everything else you said, Roman invented very little new things if you go to compare it all, but what it did was it took all the good things from all the other civilizations and spread them abroad, unlike the Greeks, who imposed their culture on the people they conquered. I'm not on the Roman side here, I just wanted to point it out to balance the bias The whole "Rome is superior" mentality has originated from the Renaissance and we should very careful from anything that comes from that time, because, frankly speaking, the Renaissance was very biased in this area.

Erik, I wish you the best on your writing and future endeavors. 0 A.D. is turning out beautifully - you have a lot to be proud of. And Mythos, I'm sure you'll rock it and do wonders in your new capacity and give the team the leadership it needs to finish strong. Best wishes from a longtime fan.

I think the point is to not pay just anybody, but to pay someone with vision and significant hands-on experience with 0 A.D. from the beginning, who will not have available time to contribute otherwise. If you have any doubts, I encourage you to read through SVN logs and forum posts and see Michael's past contributions and then infer what the project would lose without him (of course for fundraising we and Michael have to make this case, but until then, it might be enlightening research). It's true, hobbyist unpaid work has made 0 A.D. what it is today, but for some people, it hasn't been and won't be a little thing they do on the side for an hour a week without care, it's been more like a full time job with no pay. That may be OK when people are in school and not yet "in the real world". But it's not fair to expect people to do that indefinitely, nor is it unreasonable to offer them compensation, if the quality of work they do merits it. In fact, it's the least people could do, if they enjoy and care about 0 A.D. and the future direction of the project. Even people who contribute nothing are benefiting from a piece of quality, free open source software with fairly generous licensing, that will benefit the community as a whole, I think that's an advantage that justifies paying someone to lead such a project.

Aqueducts are older then the Roman empire. People in Mesopotamia, Indus valley, etc were moving water long before the Romans. http://en.wikipedia...._(water_supply) Maybe large parts of Europe, sure. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus valley people, Yellow river people weren't thinking like that. And they predated Rome by 1000s of years. Those guys were creating the first civilizations on the planet when the ancestors of the Romans were a bunch of tribals. People were sophisticated outside of Rome much before and after it.

I wrote a man page based on readme.txt, see #492, it is used by Debian, but it's not yet in official 0 A.D..

From what I've seen, the HD "effect" doesn't seem impressive at all. I agree with Khopesh that this making money with nothing new. AOK is still a great game and should be still played and respected. It's just that this new edition would make more sense being free and Linux-friendly. This would be fresh. Oh, and actually, I don't know if you heard about, but there's an open-source game that is HD too (but better), and also full 3D, and it's awesome and it grows better and better all the time. It's called 0 A.D. People say it's clearly as good as Age of Kings! And it's free ! You should try it !