Mythos_Ruler
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Even lowly Athenian hoplites stomped all over the "Immortals".... not to mention what the Spartans did to them at Plataea.
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The only site you'll ever need. I get all my upgrades there. All.
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Braveheart really isn't that great, guys. I do love the movie, but some of the historical stuff, as Kor mentioned, is really incomprehensible. "Patriotism" and "Freedom Fighting" like that shown in the movie simply wasn't what was going on. That being said, it is still a decent flick worth a viewing once or twice a year.
PS: Come to think of it, many things in Braveheart were a direct lift from Stanley Kubrick's 1960 classic epic "Spartacus" starring Kurt Douglas. I urge all to take a look at that one and compare it to Braveheart. In most ways Spartacus is a superior film to Braveheart. Of course, for sheer battlefield brutality Braveheart wins.
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Eken: Many scholars put the height of the Roman Empire at around Marcus Aurelius's reign - around 180s AD. The Western Roman Empire didn't fall until the mid 400s. That's a decline of over 220 years! How would you call that a "short period of time"?
Ancient Hellas (Greece) was never a unified country to begin with, so the comparison to some sort of fantasy "fall" is incorrect. I'll go one further and say that the height of Greek power and culture was when they devoted the most time to the finer things in life! The Golden Age, as it were, was a time when men were expected to spend time playing music, drinking, playing sports, writing plays, and just sitting around thinking and talking about philosophy.
I must confess that I really don't understand your "angle" on why the USA is in decline... other than we are so successful we can buy TVs and DVD players.
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Various Dinosaur species.
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Heh, about the time you start saying "Gracias" to someone who looks Mexican you come across an American-born latino who doesn't know a lick of Spanish.
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You all must remember... the responsibility for children lies with adults. I think the better question is: Are Adults as "adult" as they were 50 years ago. Also keep in mind that "better" and "more adult" are subjective terms.
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Does anyone know if either Audacity or Goldwave are anything like Soundblaster's "Wave Studio"? I used to use Wave studio for all my basic .wav editing, but after I had to wipe my hard drive I couldn't find my SBWS disk. Soooo, I have been looking for a similar program.
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WHAT?@!?! No option to choose "Sega Genesis"???
Now, those were the best controllers. And nothing beats Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Word.
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Time is simply the process of change by the act of motion. Or rather, one moment in time is simply the state at which matter and energy exists at that moment. Rearrange matter and energy to represent another "moment in time" and you have completed time travel.
One way to look at it is this: If you could know the position of every atom and particle of energy as they were 2,500 years ago at the battle of Marathon, then rearrange the atoms and energy particles at the "current" Bay of Marathon to their exact state as they were in 490 BC, then you have traveled back in time at that place. Men in silly costumes would be hacking each other to pieces, then suddenly stop to marvel at all those weird looking birds in the sky leaving white trails behind them.
The above example would merely be localization. To truly travel through time you must do the above for the entire universe.
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I take all my important out of town guests (even clients) to one place, and one place only....
Chuck E Cheez.
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Another way to look at HPs is to think of it as "luck" or "skill." Basically, by the time a unit's HPs have run out so has his "luck." LOL. He has paried many of the attacker's thrusts so far, but he can't do that for an infinite amount of time. Eventually the killer blow must come... hence, 0 HPs and a dead unit.
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Brothels? haha. Well, that would be historically accurate. Any units garrisoned inside would gain HPs?
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Quacker... you sure can go to school and talk about Jesus. Discussions are fine. Preaching to other students is not. There is an obvious difference. I know no one who thinks you shouldn't be able to *discuss* religion in school.
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This is after the Persian Wars (where Greece united to defeat the invading Persians) and before the Peloponnesian War (where most Greeks took sides with either Athens or Sparta in a long and terrible war). Sometime around, oh, 450 B.C.
The Delian League was the alliance between Athens, Euboea, the Aegean islands, Corcyra, and the cities of Ionia. This alliance eventually became the Athenian Empire.
Conversely, Sparta had a similar "league" - the Peloponnesian League, which included pretty much the entire Peloponnesian Penninsula (except Argos - Sparta's blood enemy).
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But what of your wife? What of her fate?
Also, neither Athens nor Sparta seem like they are taking "no" for an answer.
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Just got an idea to do a series of what ifs from the thread by ZeZar. His scenario was a bit facetious, but fun (and funny) regardless.
Basically what I will do is this: Every few days (or maybe ever week) I will pose a "what if scenario" along with specific rules that go along with that particular scenario. If you wish you can then take the challenge and post what you would do given the issue posed.
Hopefully I can come up with some good ones you all would enjoy discussing. Some will be historical in nature and others completely made up.
So, without further ado:
Mythos Ruler's Scenarios
Volume 1 "Your Kingdom Under Siege"
Time Period: Classical Period
Place: Hellas (Greece)
You are: A King.
Antagonists: Sparta, Athens, Rebels, Your wife (Queen)
Scenario: You are part of a large and proud aristocratic family that has ruled your small independant city-state on the mainland of Greece for decades. You have cultural ties with Sparta (also an aristocratic society) that go back well into the Archaic Period. However, after many hard years on the battlefield fighting alongside your Spartan ally a small movement towards democracy has germinated in your kingdom. Recently you fought successfully to open trade routes with Sparta's long time enemy, Athens, that have been an economic boon to your people and your way of life. Your economic ties to Athens have strained your relationship with Sparta and has emboldened the democratic rebels within your kingdom.
In preparation for war, the great powers of Sparta and Athens have sent emmisaries to your kingdom. Sparta has demanded that you side with them, recalling many great deeds the two of you have done together, and recalling many past glories. The Athenian ambassadors site the future; a future of prosperity in the Delian League.
As you ponder this decision with your aristocratic family members and advisors you are shocked to learn your Queen has sympathies with the democrats.
You are a King torn between duty and honor (Sparta) and prosperity for your people (Athens).
You have cultural and historical ties to Sparta.
You have economic ties to Athens.
You have a democratic movement beginning in your kingdom that threatens your crown and very way of life - worse yet your very own Queen (wife) may be betraying you!
What do you do?
Rules: Open ended for this first one. Anything goes.
Go ahead and post your comments. Hopefully we get some good ones. If this turns out well, maybe I'll make additional "volumes."
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A classic American Midwest "barn."
Cats, Dogs (as mentioned)
An assortment of bird types.
Here's a new one... Sound Effects that are "placeable" as an object. For instance, one could place a "cricket" sound-object in a field or a "jungle" sound-object in a forest... or a "busy metro area" sound-object in a town.
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Cheezy, culture is simply the sum of its parts - the human beings that belong to it and how they interact. Culture is in continual flux because the pool of human beings is continually in flux.
Is more openess about sexuality the cause of culture's downfall? If not, what is? The "degeneration" of language? If I've contradicted everything you said, you certainly didn't provide anything else to further your point.
I propose the notion that Western culture is in fact not in decline. I also propose any perceived "decline" (or ascension for that matter) is just that: a perception based on subjective criteria. Now, it is my perspective that our society is finally maturing. Its having its kicks and starts for sure, but overall the trend is more toward the individualistic ideals espoused by such free thinkers as Jefferson and Franklin, mixed with a kind of sexual modernism and healthy mistrust of government. However, there are those opposing such change like the religious right, George Bush, Usama bin Laden, and others who have a cultural and economic stake in the concervatism of the past.
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Cheezy, you make me laugh (in a good way). We have always used men's "urges" (and women's to a lesser extent) to sell products since time began.
As far as being gentlemen and chivalrous, those things never precluded enjoying looking at the opposite sex. Those things are culture specific social interactions with no basis in biology. I doubt a traditionalist from Madagascar, for example, would agree with your idea of "chivalrous" behavior. In fact, when I think about it, in the "age of chivalry" women were looked at as inferior sex objects, 10 times worse than most chauvanists today.
Also, in regards to "darn." I don't know which country you're talking about, but in America the word "darn" was never equated with the "F" word.
To say things are "going downhill" in regards to the usage of certain words is to ignore history. Language is in a continual process of change and always has been. Some "standard" words spoken today were "cuss" words a hundred years ago - I think we all agree on that one. However, some standard words used a hundred years ago were cuss words two hundred years ago. Continue this pattern for, oh, about the previous 30 centuries. I've learned to pay mind to what people are saying, rather than which words they choose to say it.
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The "Elite Unit" idea sounds good to me! Good compromise.
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Kickin! We just reached 10,000 posts. Keep em coming!
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Hmm, well, my response to that is:
Are we trying new concepts here? Are we trying to break new ground?
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Are we simply Remaking AOE? Are we going to box ourselves into the RTS mold?
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I gotta agree there. For instance, if ABC or CBS airs a "Sunday night movie," but has to edit out a sex scene or edit every other line for language, then they probably shouldn't air it at all. I remember, in a time not long ago, when in America it was taboo to show a toilet or hear the toilet flush on TeleVision!!!
This is the crazy world in which we live.
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I don't watch T.V.
Edit: Except Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. Sprinkle in a few Discovery Channel specials once every few months.