Jeru

I actually wanted Flora but it was (for good reason) shot down.

Hey fabio, I might want to use your screenshot in the Alpha 6 release announcement, is that okay?

Maybe!

Thanks, Rasunadon! Felicitas is a good idea. We already chose another Roman goddess starting with F, though.

Salâm, Spahbod!

I agree with Michael. (I believe today is the feature freeze for Alpha 6.)

Maybe you should take on some extra hobbies, or a part-time job, so as not to burn yourself out from excessive forum posting. We'll be needing fans like you well into the future!

There's a thought

Hah. I had no idea. Do I get to use this story for PR purposes (and quote you verbatim)?

Two new pieces up on 0 A.D. on the interwebs: First, we have a new interview up at Geek-Haven.com: Especially if you're not familiar with our previous interviews, read the whole thing. Next, there's an update by Chris Tozzi up on The VAR Guy (formerly WorksWithU), who has been covering the project since 2009: Read the whole thing!

Welcome, Sander, Michael, Richard and Anna, and thank you for your contributions.

Out of curiosity, can you divulge some more details about who you are? Number of participants, is this a university project, perhaps names (even first names), how you found 0 A.D. etc. If you wish to remain anonymous that is fine.

Thanks, fixed.

I like the contrast, but different strokes for different folks.

Check out the new album artwork for the 0 A.D. soundtrack: The scene is set in a Greek theater. It contains some weapons and armor (a helmet, a sword, a spear, a shield, a fasces and an arrow), some musical instruments (a lyre and two trumpets), a theatrical mask and an amphora. (An amphora is a ceramic container used in ancient times for transporting and storing wine, oil, grains and other commodities.) Thus, it represents some major themes in the game (antiquity, nation-building and warfare) and contains a reference to music and the arts. We chose to represent 0 A.D. in a theater in self-conscious irony, as if to say, "We're just acting out war, and setting it to this music". For now, the album art will be used on the 0 A.D. Bandcamp page to help make the soundtrack look cooler. The soundtrack itself is released under cc-by-sa and will always be packaged with the game free of charge. Thanks to 0 A.D. contributor Gordon Napier (dashinvaine) for this work of art.

That is an awesome idea.

Erik and Philip, for different reasons. And I'd like to add a nice comment on Alexandr (fcxSanya), who has been revealing himself as a wise, helpful person in some of his recent posts.

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Wikipedia: Ria, Cove. (I actually knew neither word. I don't think either word exists in Hebrew, we just call them all "bays".)

*Jaw drops*

Something "of the web"?

Welcome, Boo!

Pureon expressed interest in taking videos, so I am putting up the script: I am sort of taking back the part I crossed out. I don't think it is that important, at least not in that section.

Or to something tropical that one of the ancient civilizations portrayed in the game had a word for...

We are leaving the Romans for a few more alphas. Alpha 6 will revisit the Hellenes.