ZeZar
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Just never see the reason to change it. Always used that
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When did you get the facebook fanpage?? Awesome!
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I'm soon at 2000 :=)
edit: wait... just passed 1800...
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May I ask, what kind of trip are you planning?
Is it partying? Experience the nature and citys? Something else?
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Hey...
Seems as the activity in the forums have hit a new low?
It's sad. And yeah, it'll bounce back up when the game are getting close to completion. However, we should keep SOME level of activity while waiting. right? So it's simple, this thread.
If you can travel ANYWHERE, get a nice house, nice car and all the other stuff you might need, for 1 month, where would it be? And what would you do?
Don't go like "EUROPE", at least try writing a country. Preferably a city
So to answer my own question, I would choose New York. Great city. Awesome city.
I'd probably go see concerts, artworks, visit famous places, try climbing the statue of liberty and just go around as a tourist. Would also try visiting "outside" of NYC, suburbs and communities.
Would be fun.
How about... YOU?
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Looks great , anybody know when it's ready? Or at least when a beta version is good to go?
Cheers
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Braveheart..... One of the best soundtracks in the world... Simply awesome!
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If you need Norwegian, you all know I'm here for you =)
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Norway is a petroleum exporter. Not everyone is so lucky.
Yes we are.
However, you can just take a quick trip down to Denmark, or over to Sweden. Both have similiar healthcare and none of them export oil.
Although, yeah, it helps. Every 8 Norwegian Krone (our currency) can be linked back to oil.... Which is pretty much considering it will run out sometime in the future...
But, as I said, it helps, but it would be doable without oil.
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I don't know if this Mod is still alive or whats happening.
But I think I should encourage you people to include Vikings (Scandinavians). They were a big "player" in the medieval (at least early medieval and dark age) ages. AND they are fun, because you could do so much fun with their way of fighting. Crazy people, no fear of death (they WANTED to die in combat, or else they would go to hell!)
Also, to clarify:
Vikings were NOT nomads. They were farmers. You always hear about the Vikings that they were these people who sailed far away, raping, killing, stealing and all that... and then moved on.
This is not 100% true.
They were farmers and merchants. Not just warriors.
Anyways, good luck with your mod. If you make it.
And i agree with some of these people here, cut down some of the factions. Age II is a full game. This is a mod.
Also, it would make the mod better if you try to make fewer factions better. Maybe have all units on all factions different?
Anyways, just my thought, good luck !!
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Hmm, my opinion is still that communism and socialism is two different things. But I think it is because of the way (at least Norwegians..) we define the word. When the government gives free apartments to drunks and addicts sleeping in the streets, we call it sosialsm. It's NOT like communism because, as far as I know, communism is a political and ideological system that "makes" EVERYONE equal. Same pay, same benefits and so on and so forth.
There is no doubt that communism would destroy the economy as we know it today, but if you REALLY think it over. Would it be so bad? Everyone taken care of. Everyone getting what they need ....
Of course, I believe one of the biggest "flaws" or errors in communism (marxism) is human nature. We have it in our nature to compete, to be better than the next and all that.
Anyway, to educate some on how the Norwegian health system works:
When you get injured, hurt, sick or need an operation. The government pays.
BUT, if you are not in life danger or something, you just need a checkup, you have to pay a fee. Probably the same prize as a music CD.
In Norway (and probably a lot of other countries) we hear on the news and other programs about the way you Americans treat people that are injured, hurt and need operations. It is aweful. "You need healthcare. Or $40.000 by tomorrow.
I don't know for sure if that is just the exception or if it happens all the time. What I do know is that I am very very very happy that I can be sure that if I ever get sick or need surgery, I don't have to worry about the costs.
Dentalcare however are very expensive, but they are working on it
Have a nice day everyone
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I think it's time to get a Management person onboard!
Spread the word around
Hehe, keep it up. I guess the forums will rise up to beat the old days as soon as the game is done.
Anyways
keep it going guys
we (the people with 0 game-making skills) are behind you 100 % !
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My neightbour died of cancer because of smoke.
He had about 5 smokes every saturday his whole life. Nothing more.
So it is bad. Even a few a week.
=)
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Haha, that could work in your favour
@Alex: We ate some other places too
We actually ate the best hamburger I have ever tasted somewhere a long the road ... about an hour before Chicago I believe.
AND we ate the worst pancakes and egg and toast at some random "motel and restaurant" place, an hour from the Canadian border... was awful! But looking at the place, we should have known!
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Well, I guess I should try as hard as I can to tell you people who might be interested what happened "over there"
First of all, sorry Mythos, didn't drive near you. When we were heading that direction there was a huge storm southeast so we turned north.
Anyways, lets begin! This would probably be a quick (as possible) story of our trip. And how we viewed America!
We arrived at Newark Airport. The border guy behind the desk was very very rude, so not a great start.
However, when we got to the rentalcar office, the african-american behind the desk was just awesome. She was helpful, funny and sarcastic. We loved it. Made our day! Big cheers to her!
So we drove off, heading east. To Pittsburg if i recall, where we booked our first night.
Went in different directions for a while untill we figured out the signing system (which btw, as soon as you get it, is much much better than anywhere else I've been).
On the way to pittsburg we ate at (of course) Mc.Donalds. Tastes better than Norwegian McDonalds food!
I fell asleep shortly after and woke up as we were walking in to the hotel. Pretty bad hotell actually.
The next morning I ate minidonuts for breakfast (baaad idea) and we went GPS searching.
After about 2 hours driving back and forth we finally located Best Buy.
Here we bought CD's and GPS. And headed for Grand Forks.
I drove some of the time and when it got dark my friend took over. We drove all night and arrived in GF at about 6 in the morning.
Having NO IDEA what we were supposed to do, or where to eat. McDonalds became the obvious choice.
After a day trying to contact our friends, we decided to check out some bars. My friend was driving and I was drinking.
After a day of alcohol we met up with Stephanie who were friends with our friends little sister. So she took us to surprise our Norweigan friend.
It was good times. Hugging, laughing and all the normal stuff
So we went to some parties, and an awesome time and woke up the next morning with INSANE headache.
So the following day my friend hung out with our Norwegian friend and her American friends, and I slept all day.
Next morning we went downwards and drove all day and all night untill we reached a very small American "Oasis" or something. About 30 minutes outside Las Vegas. It was 117 (If a recall, i remember it was 47 C) F and insane. It was so hot. Never ever experienced anything close.
So at night we drove to Las Vegas, just to look around and it was fun!
Next day we drove to LA. Here we spent 3 days.
no bars! Went to Universial Studios street thing and bought a lot of stuff and saw some movies and had a great time. Funny thing with the shrimp restaurant. And tasted the worst beer EVER.
So spent a day there, and spent a day at Venice beach i believe.
Was very shocking to come to LA, was not as we had imagined. Not very fun there, and not friendly people at all. Only one friendly there were other tourists.
KEEP IT SHORT OYVIND!
Was going to drive to Miami and back up to NY, but a huge storm hit Miami and was going to keep staying there for a while so we drove the same way back.
Went to Yellowstone National Park. WAS AWESOME. Saw Grizzlybears.
And checked in to a random hotel in the middle of nowhere. With no plans we thought we'd check out the local pub. So we went there, played some pool untill some guys told us that "this was their table"... After some talking (and they screaming) we suddendly joined them celebrating someones birthday.
Had a great time untill my friend had to urinate and some random big guy told him to get the ***** out or else he would kick both of our asses. Hating people who say stuff like that, we stayed with our new celebrating friends and had a great time with them
So no fighting for those of you who wanted that ...
Went back to Grand Forks after that, but all our friends had gone to Minneapolis.
So we stayed in GF for two days... with nothing to do ...
Had awesome lunch at Dennys however. Finally found a place to eat breakfast (Mcdonalds breakfast : Awful!)Then we went to Minneapolis (drive by) and ate at the Hard Rock Cafe and almost got mugged by a black dude which was very scary!
Drove a LONG TIME though Chicago again and for some reason... to Canada. So we drove through Canada and up to Niagara Falls. Which everyone in the world should see. Was amazing.
Then we headed back to New york and stayed there for the rest of the trip (3 days).
Was by far top 2 cities EVER. It was fun, no bad experiences and just... plain awesome. Amazing. Can't say enough about how great New York was. And the pizza: Simply great. Never tasted anything like it. And probably never will
SO, went home. Got yelled at by the rental dude for not throwing garbage (we cleaned the car and put it in 2 bags which we thought they wouldn't mind doing for us) ... fun!
Went home !
SO, thats the trip. Here are some quick opinions:
Americans are mostly very nice. They are polite and helpful. Also very kind.
American hotels are very cheap compared to Norwegian.
American roads are crazy and awesome.
Americans are very different from what I've heard. They are not all fat and crazy, but instead cute and nice.
I felt that the laws are wierd. All signs have letters. Not symbols. Thats wierd. And I read you get 15 years minimum if you by accident kill or injure a roadworker? WHAT? What if he throws himself in front of the car?? I was very stressed out.
Tolls are wierd. We didnt get the system. So we had to pay like 20 bucks every time for not having a ticket! ?!?
A very open people. In Norway, no one EVER speaks to you unless they know you. For some reason, we kept getting talked to by random strangers. It was fantastic. I love the openess and the hospitality you people show.
Anyways,
had an awesome trip. Could really see myself going back soon. Amazing country. Amazing people.
And btw, tip to all you Americans: Be nice to tourists. Not only do they come to experience your country and it's people, they leave a great deal of cash behind for you to enjoy.
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If anyone wants to see photoes, just say so. I have a bunch on facebook. Easier than uploading or whatever.
Hope SOMEONE (
) will find this interesting. And hope someone will read at least half of it Thanks! And thank you Mythos for all great advice!
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feneur,
Anything government run or assisted in is communism, or some form of socialism.
And from what I've read and heard about European health care systems... is that they are very poor, especially when compared to USA's existing health care. So why change something that's been working?
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First of all, communism is an ideology. Or however it's called in English
Second of all, America has one of the worst healthcare systems as for now. As far as _I_ know. At least that is what we are told. Or hear from people, news and so on.
The good thing about socialism is that the "lucky" take care of the "unlucky".
Why should a child who's born in .. Brooklyn have less access to good healthcare when he or she gets sick, than a person born in a rich family? Is that fair? Is that what the American believes are good human values?
I love America. But as a Scandinavian with the way we are used to, and the way we look at things, I would never ever ever live in the US. Because of the healthcare.
I actually have a brother who got sick there. First of all, the first thing they checked at the hospital was if he was insured. WHAT? Should that matter at all?
Anyways
Of course he was, going to the US.
And btw, he had to go home. They had infected needles, so his arm got all blue. To this day he can't move it around as he used to. :\
So as i said, the country USA, I love. It's healthcare and it's way of taking care of it's less fortunate, not so much
To sum up: Socialsm and Communism : two totally different views.
Healthcare: In my opinion (and experience) one of the worst in the world. SHOULD NEVER BE PROFITABLE.
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what the ...
the ronald reagan thing ... how come scandinavia is communist? Is not, nor will we ever be communist.
But yeah, the humour is awesome. Laughed!
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Thank A L O T for the info. No doubt I'm printing this out to go!
Actually we have some friends in North Dakota so we're probably gonna visit them for a while :=)
And yeah, the rentalcar was expensive. Since we were both under 24, we have to pay a lot more. I get it, but still it's kind a unfair.
For instance, my friend who is drives for a living, like 7-8-9 hours a day, probably knows more about driving than many 24 year old people, if not 30 year old people... Loved the picture btw
And had a good laugh reading! Love it! Thanks for a lot of help! I won't forget it!
Love!
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Landing at Newark airport in New York (New Jersey?).. Going to ... Grand Forks. I think it's what it's called. And from there, we have no idea. Googlemaps said it should take about 24 hours to drive from Newark to Grand Forks, so after that it's pretty much ... whatever
Hmm, ok. Illegal. Have a huge fear of ending up in jail somehow... Just seen what they look like in movies and all, and I know that's not reality, but still ...
Thanks for the tips guys. If anyone else has a tip, feel free to share =)
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Wow, interesting development in this thread.
First of all, I don't think any Europeans think the streets are made of gold?
Second of all, yeah, we probably think a lot wierd things about all of no. No need to deny that. But my point was, some Americans believe insane things. And it seems sometimes that it is not only the non-educated, but smart people. And it interesting how things work.
And YES, you haven't had the need to learn, but you do now :=) I guess. Our world is getting smaller and smaller ...
Anyways, about the sports. That is something I really haven't figured out yet. How come EVERYONE in, pretty much, ALL countries, in ALL of Europe, have a "soccer" (football) team in their hearths, while Americans (as far as I know) pretty much thinks it's a girls game. ??
And WHY call it soccer? What has your American football anything to do with feet?
You kick it like ... 3-4-5 times a game? It should be called something like American Rugby, or I'm-carrying-the-ball(is it a ball?)-with-my-arm-..ball! Or something Hope I'm not picking a fight here, I like America. But discussions are interesting!
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Hello fellow ... people
Long time no see as usual ;\
anyway ...
going with a friend to America soon, and was hoping to get some tips. We're going to sleep in the car we're renting most of it, some hotels i guess and some other places. But I've heard that sleeping in the car is not safe over there? Which I find wierd, since it's totally safe here ? ..
Anyway, any other tips for the trip? only thing we've planned is to visit a Norwegian friend who's also going (she has no idea we're coming too) and that should only take a few days .. So we have like ... 2 weeks of nothing to do ... besides shopping and ... watching American stuff ... Any cool ideas? What is it we HAVE to see?
Hope you can help a bit,
love
Øyvind
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I guess I should say congratulations with joining the team also, so congratulations. !
To start up, if you want to make a difference (
):When is the beta\alpha\the real deal done? Release date is the ultimate question.
Will units be able to walk on walls?
How much "hitpoints" will resources have? Like, in Empire Earth, a goldmine never (at least from my experience) hit 0. It has like 999999999 when you start, and no one gathers that much gold. Or, will it be like AoK where resources must be found all the time, because they run out? Or is it an option?
hmm, it's all I can think about right now, so .... hit me =D
peace.
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What is a showcase? Like a schoolpaper?
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Checked that too
Wasn't much documentation, most of it was ON the disk hehee, but it works now, files lost forever Just hope it works when i restart =p
Love...
in Hall of Intellectuals
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Well, in Norway we have 2 different words that makes it easier. The words "i love you" is pretty much for your girlfriends of 1+ years. I remember this couple who had been out for a couple of weeks started saying it to eachother, lets just say... it was being made fun of from day 1 !
We use the word that is best translated to "fond". "I'm fond of you mom", and so on ...
Love is a very strong word in Norway, which one does not use unless one really "sure".
Nice thread btw, it's a difficult subject!