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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Ban the person above you
« on: March 31, 2013, 12:02:36 PM »
Banned because it's no longer Exilian's birthday?
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Outrageous lies about the person above you
« on: March 31, 2013, 12:02:05 PM »
Wolfie knows this because he cooks and eats the feebler ones, thus ensuring more aggressive ones go on to breed the next generation. 
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Answer the question of the person above
« on: March 31, 2013, 12:01:08 PM »
3.793 × 107 km^2 (0.074 Earths)
What are the main differences between a proceratops and a triceratops?
What are the main differences between a proceratops and a triceratops?
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A Game of Colleges: Total War / Re: Troop Rosters
« on: March 30, 2013, 06:35:40 PM »
Done the skin for the geographers 
Re: mathmos; I'll get a screenie soon. Basically they have a short ranged thrown projectile, which is also their close combat attack, which is very, very inaccurate but very powerful and lobs people into the air.
Re: mathmos; I'll get a screenie soon. Basically they have a short ranged thrown projectile, which is also their close combat attack, which is very, very inaccurate but very powerful and lobs people into the air.
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Warhammer; Total War / Re: A question.
« on: March 30, 2013, 12:00:28 PM »
Awesome! Any other questions you want to ask do feel free to as well - and welcome to the forum!
(Thinking about it, Skaven might be a good shout for the next preview...)
(Thinking about it, Skaven might be a good shout for the next preview...)
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Warhammer; Total War / Re: A question.
« on: March 29, 2013, 11:54:17 PM »
Your game is not derping up, the nice looking new Skaven won't be appearing until we release the A Call To Arms expansion (which should hopefully be soon). For the old version we did only have the one skaven model so we just had to make do with pikes and reskins/rescales; since then delruss has made us a whole new skaven unit roster so the new version will have jezzails, warpfire throwers, plague monks, gutter & night runners, and a bunch of other stuff too.
If you want to speed us up, do take a look at the activity-starter thread (nobody else has yet!).
If you want to speed us up, do take a look at the activity-starter thread (nobody else has yet!).
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A Game of Colleges: Total War / Re: A Game of Colleges: TW - FAQs, requests, news and discussion
« on: March 29, 2013, 06:23:13 PM »
Traits added in, thanks to nickwizzo for doing them.
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Active Legislation / Re: MOTION: Citizen Admission and Patronage Reform Bill
« on: March 29, 2013, 05:28:18 PM »
I should also add a note on this constitutionally: I am of the opinion that this law does not require a constitutional change. The constitutional requirement for a proposer to post the application does not require that to be the same as a patron, the member of staff moving the application to vote fulfils that legal role without having to "sponsor" or otherwise be linked to the application (which they can obviously vote against if they want to as well).
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Arts, Crafts, Music & Drama - The Artisans' Guilds / Re: What music do you like?
« on: March 29, 2013, 03:05:26 PM »
Been practising Misty Mountains Cold on guitar.
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Mods, Maps & Game Add-Ons - The Bazaar / The Battle of Sarn Athrad (For Age of Mythology WITH Legends of Middle Earth)
« on: March 29, 2013, 02:57:53 PM »
Jubal presents...
I don't do much AoM scenario work, but I got bored and knocked this together so thought I should release it. This is a scenario for the Legends of Middle earth mod, so you need both AoM AND the mod to run it.
THE STORY
The story is part of "The Nauglafring", written by Tolkien as part of what would later become the Silmarillion. The version that eventually got into the Silmarillion, though, isn't Tolkien's - it was written by his son Christopher, as whilst Tolkien often hinted the story needed a lot of changes he never wrote another full version after writing LOTR/The Hobbit. This scenario goes back to the original Nauglafring, and presents the story of the Battle of Sarn Athrad and the Ruin of Doriath from the point of view of the dwarves of Nogrod (generally considered its antagonists).
As the scenario opens, you are commanding the forces of Naugladur, King of Nogrod, shortly after the destruction of the great elven city of Menegroth. It has been a great victory, and you have recovered the Nauglamir - a necklace with a Silmaril, one of the greatest jewels ever made, set into it. All is not well, however. Your force is not just from Nogrod; it is a fragile coalition between your own troops, those of Bodruin of Belegost who has come with you as a more experienced military commander, and a force of orcish mercenaries who want to keep plundering the realm of Doriath. Your task in the scenario is to judge how best to keep your forces together so that you have enough men left to face the potential elfin counterattacks in the forests and the crossing of the single stony ford that leads back to Nogrod - Sarn Athrad.
In the actual story, Bodruin attempted to take the Nauglamir and was killed, after which the dwarves of Belegost left the force; the orcs left soon after, leaving a much reduced army that was trapped and routed at Sarn Athrad. Your aim is to re-write Middle Earth's history; good luck!
SCREENSHOTS
Opening cinematic:
The dwarf marching camp:
Roughly what the canonical battle (aka losing really badly) looks like:
Leaving the ruined gates of Doriath, and one of the side-quests (choosing which to do and which to avoid is crucial to keeping your army together).
I don't do much AoM scenario work, but I got bored and knocked this together so thought I should release it. This is a scenario for the Legends of Middle earth mod, so you need both AoM AND the mod to run it.
THE STORY
The story is part of "The Nauglafring", written by Tolkien as part of what would later become the Silmarillion. The version that eventually got into the Silmarillion, though, isn't Tolkien's - it was written by his son Christopher, as whilst Tolkien often hinted the story needed a lot of changes he never wrote another full version after writing LOTR/The Hobbit. This scenario goes back to the original Nauglafring, and presents the story of the Battle of Sarn Athrad and the Ruin of Doriath from the point of view of the dwarves of Nogrod (generally considered its antagonists).
As the scenario opens, you are commanding the forces of Naugladur, King of Nogrod, shortly after the destruction of the great elven city of Menegroth. It has been a great victory, and you have recovered the Nauglamir - a necklace with a Silmaril, one of the greatest jewels ever made, set into it. All is not well, however. Your force is not just from Nogrod; it is a fragile coalition between your own troops, those of Bodruin of Belegost who has come with you as a more experienced military commander, and a force of orcish mercenaries who want to keep plundering the realm of Doriath. Your task in the scenario is to judge how best to keep your forces together so that you have enough men left to face the potential elfin counterattacks in the forests and the crossing of the single stony ford that leads back to Nogrod - Sarn Athrad.
In the actual story, Bodruin attempted to take the Nauglamir and was killed, after which the dwarves of Belegost left the force; the orcs left soon after, leaving a much reduced army that was trapped and routed at Sarn Athrad. Your aim is to re-write Middle Earth's history; good luck!
SCREENSHOTS
Opening cinematic:
The dwarf marching camp:
Roughly what the canonical battle (aka losing really badly) looks like:
Leaving the ruined gates of Doriath, and one of the side-quests (choosing which to do and which to avoid is crucial to keeping your army together).
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Active Legislation / MOTION: Citizen Admission and Patronage Reform Bill PASSED 2-0-3
« on: March 29, 2013, 12:30:36 PM »
From the discussion here: https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2416.0
This house moves the following:
a ) That a thread shall be created and maintained in the Questions and Suggestions section of the forum that allows potential citizens to submit applications for citizenship.
b ) That the applications shall be required to state the following:
b.1 ) why the member wishes to become a citizen
b.2 ) a brief outline of their achievements on the site, if any
b.3 ) which of the methods outlined in clause c of this bill they wish to use to obtain citizenship.
c ) That the methods of obtaining citizenship be defined as follows
c.1 ) Citizenship by direct vote. A member of staff is then required to move the application directly to popular vote. If the application passes the new citizen is recorded as having no patron.
c.2 ) Citizenship by patronage. This functions exactly the same as c.1, excepting that a current citizen, hereafter referred to as the patron, is required to post the application. If the application passes the new citizen is recorded as a member of the house of the patron.
d ) That patrons, as defined in clause c.2, shall never have any right to affect any aspect of their patronees' political or social rights or to dictate other aspects of their lives;
d.1 ) That such behaviour shall be considered an abuse of citizenship under section eight of the Constitution
d.2 ) That the activities of other members of citizen houses, such as "siblings" shall be subject to the same restrictions as those of patrons outlined above.
e ) That citizens, whoever they may be, shall always both have the right to a family AND the right to exclude themselves from such a system.
This house moves the following:
a ) That a thread shall be created and maintained in the Questions and Suggestions section of the forum that allows potential citizens to submit applications for citizenship.
b ) That the applications shall be required to state the following:
b.1 ) why the member wishes to become a citizen
b.2 ) a brief outline of their achievements on the site, if any
b.3 ) which of the methods outlined in clause c of this bill they wish to use to obtain citizenship.
c ) That the methods of obtaining citizenship be defined as follows
c.1 ) Citizenship by direct vote. A member of staff is then required to move the application directly to popular vote. If the application passes the new citizen is recorded as having no patron.
c.2 ) Citizenship by patronage. This functions exactly the same as c.1, excepting that a current citizen, hereafter referred to as the patron, is required to post the application. If the application passes the new citizen is recorded as a member of the house of the patron.
d ) That patrons, as defined in clause c.2, shall never have any right to affect any aspect of their patronees' political or social rights or to dictate other aspects of their lives;
d.1 ) That such behaviour shall be considered an abuse of citizenship under section eight of the Constitution
d.2 ) That the activities of other members of citizen houses, such as "siblings" shall be subject to the same restrictions as those of patrons outlined above.
e ) That citizens, whoever they may be, shall always both have the right to a family AND the right to exclude themselves from such a system.
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A Game of Colleges: Total War / Re: Troop Rosters
« on: March 28, 2013, 11:13:42 PM »
Mathmos are in!
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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Re: Bitcoins - a currency for the internet?
« on: March 28, 2013, 10:53:41 PM »
Apparently their value as a currency fluctuates very significantly.
(Clearly they should be pegging it to the value of the Exilian Bezant )
(Clearly they should be pegging it to the value of the Exilian Bezant
)
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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Bitcoins - a currency for the internet?
« on: March 28, 2013, 08:51:53 PM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21964881
Saw this on the BBC. I hadn't even heard of bitcoins before, but apparently;
Thoughts? Will it catch on?
Saw this on the BBC. I hadn't even heard of bitcoins before, but apparently;
Quote
Bitcoin (sign: BTC) is a decentralized digital currency based on an open-source, peer-to-peer internet protocol. It was introduced by a pseudonymous developer named Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009.
Internationally, bitcoins can be exchanged by personal computer directly through a wallet file or a website without an intermediate financial institution. In trade, one bitcoin is subdivided into 100 million smaller units called satoshis, defined by eight decimal places.
Bitcoin does not operate like typical currencies: it has no central bank and it solely relies on an internet-based peer-to-peer network. The money supply is automated, limited, divided and scheduled, and given to servers or "bitcoin miners" that verify bitcoin transactions and add them to a decentralized and archived transaction log every 10 minutes. The log is authenticated by ECDSA digital signatures and verified by the intense process of bruteforcing SHA256 hash functions of varying difficulty by competing "bitcoin miners." Transaction fees may apply to new transactions depending on the strain put on the network's resources. Each 10-minute portion or "block" of the transaction log has an assigned money supply. The amount per block depends on how long the network has been running. Currently, 25 bitcoins are generated with every 10-minute block. This will be halved to 12.5 BTC during the year 2017 and halved continuously every 4 years after until a hard limit of 21 million bitcoins is reached during the year 2140.
Bitcoin is the most widely used alternative currency. As of March 2013, the monetary base of bitcoin is valued at over $800 million USD. The large fluctuation in the dollar value of a bitcoin has evoked criticism of bitcoin's economic suitability as a currency.
Thoughts? Will it catch on?
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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Funny Picture Thread
« on: March 28, 2013, 07:28:32 PM »
I once saw a rabbit doing that. Turned out it had mixie though :/