Jeru

I start senior year tomorrow morning and I can't say I'm too excited about it. I just hope the hard parts go by quickly and the fun parts last forever.

Just a thought: Even if you can't program, help with the artwork or anything else... You still speak perfect Norwegian, right? When the time comes, you could make the localized version of the game to Norwegian (translating the interface and such). This is relatively far off into the future, so don't get too excited about it now, but the more localized versions we have, the better.

Excellent idea for a poll! I've been dreaming of a trip to Spain for some years now myself. My friends and I have been day-dreaming of a trip along Italy, southern France and Spain for quite some time, maybe we'll even get to do it someday. In the more distant future I would like to take a trip to South America (especially Brazil and Argentina) and, political climate permitting, I want to travel around the Middle East: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Tunisia, Morrocco and especially Lebanon... Such an interesting, unique, beautiful country. Adding to Sam's comment, technically America isn't a country either (you were probably referring to the USA).

*chattering pauses, music stops abruptly* ... *pause* ... *crowd returns to cubicles, grumbling*

Has anyone seen the Seinfeld episode in which Elaine dances in front of a camera? (Not an attempt to compare Jason's dancing skills with those of Elaine from Seinfeld. I'm sure he's a very good dancer compared to her - heck, anyone's a very good dancer compared to her!)

This isn't a bug, but an easter egg: AoE had a cheat that substituted the catapult rocks with cows.

Having more than one kind of house is a great idea. The bigger ones could also cost more, be more vulnerable...

Single player is more important to me. I originally hail from the scenario designer community, and most scenarios are meant to be played SP, just like a good book is often best read alone.

I don't know how Beirut looks like, but Tel-Aviv is actually rather ugly at ground level, and it was never Israel's capital. There is a saying: "Jerusalem is a beautiful city with many ugly corners, and Tel Aviv is an ugly city with many beautiful corners". This is very true. Not enough is being done to clean up Jerusalem and to preserve Tel-Aviv's bauhaus architecture. The latter also unfortunately applies to Haifa; My late grandmother's bauhaus apartment building has so much potential beneath years of neglect.

The English equivalent of the second meaning is "errand boy", i.e. someone who runs other people's errands. (This is mostly an archaic profession).

I live in Haifa, Israel, which has a mediterranean climate. Israel is hardly what a lot of people stereotype it as. It's not in constant turmoil and chaos, it's not mostly populated with religious people, it's not a theocracy, it's not an underdeveloped country, etc. And there is so much more to know about this country beyond politics.

"I love it when a plan comes together!" - Hannibal, the A-Team. "Good game!" I was thinking, maybe we could use some Latin interjections. Here's a list of not-particularly-useful ones: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~econrad/la...lang/lintj.html

I have 2 older brothers. I know a family that's just like yours - Four sons and a daughter.

I save everything I don't need and toss everything I do.

Please replace the current Carthaginian equivalent for "formation", merubá', with utzbáh and the current equivalent for the battle cry, hal'áh la'oyév! with akharái!.

First - Happy birthday, nouvelle France! I actually watched the parade on the Champs-Elysees for about half an hour that day, three weeks back. I was very moved to hear your stories about saving Jews during WW2, Curufinwe & Klaas. The Israeli national holocaust museum, Yad Vashem, commemorates those who have risked their lives to save Jews during the holocaust. In Israel these are called khasidei umot ha'olam, or "the righteous among the nations". If you ever want to commemorate your family members' noble deed, this is how. On another note, It may surprise you that not only does the Israeli national holiday not occur on July 4th, it is not set for any specific date on the calendar we know (which is called the Gregorian calendar). Instead, it is set to the 5th of Iyar, which is a date on the Hebrew calendar, and turns out on a different Gregorian date every year. (Just for trivia: The Gregorian date of the declaration of Israel's independence is on May 15th).

I was, of course, referring to Rome the empire, the political entity, the army, the establishment. Not Rome the old woman selling groceries in Pompey.

...*ahem*... While the Romans didn't necessarily want all of their vassal peoples to be their slaves, they were certainly in the imperialism business only for the cash. Also, while they built really nice collosea, aqueducts and roads, they could as sure as heck be "evil, brutal, plundering and suppressing imperialists" when they really set their minds to it.

Thanks for taking the time to write that, Stu. It's things like these that really give our project good publicity.

"It's" can also be "it has" (in some of the perfect tenses) "It's eaten my favorite flowers!" (= It has eaten...)

Positively disgusting (in the best meaning of the word, of course...)* *Disclaimer: This means that you managed to portray the yuckiness of this creature very well, which is a testament for artistic talent

I knew Portugal would roll over the NL. My bet is on Czech tonight

I used to have a math tutor, who I still keep in touch with, who has a great approach to life. I'd like to say my parents but I know them too well... I try to avoid their frailties because I have a feeling I'll have them too someday (if I don't have them already) - My dad being rather unsensitive and stubborn and my mom being a little on the hysterical side.

Although I like most of my subjects, languages come easiest to me

Good job What grade are you in? Is this some sort of a matriculation exam? My advice for future exams: Keep in mind what they're trying to test you on, so you'll know what you're expected to answer. An oral exam in English is probably meant to test your vocabulary and fluency more than anything, (including knowing the content of a book...)