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So legionairies were basically Star Wars imperial stormtroopers; they can't kill gak.

Corpsesarefun wrote:This is Sol, he has difficulty with distinguishing between subjectivity and objectivity.

Indeed. Obvious troll is obvious.

LordofHats wrote:Romans are cool.

Celts are cooler.

Then you'll love this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Kings:_Rage_of_War
It's available for 6 USD on Good Old Games.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
So legionairies were basically Star Wars imperial stormtroopers; they can't kill gak.

No, legionaries were part of a well oiled machine of death, but not exactly running around getting in epic one on one sword duels.

 Bromsy wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
So legionairies were basically Star Wars imperial stormtroopers; they can't kill gak.

No, legionaries were part of a well oiled machine of death, but not exactly running around getting in epic one on one sword duels.

Yeah, that was more in response to the "gladius is a relatively non-lethal weapon" thing. Which is almost true; they are still very deadly if you stab with them. Which is what legionaries are trained to do.

But yeah, the 1 on 1 swordsmanship thing is silly. The barbarians would probably be into that, but definitely not romans. Because they are, you know, disciplined.

Also not well equipped for it. Heavy infantry are not the strongest one on one combatants. Especially not hauling around huge shields like the Scutum and a short sword. If anything the Romans loved fighting in groups and fighting dirty. The very design of the Pilum screams 'suck it we win and you lose.'

Yeah, can you imagine waving a rectangular scutum around, blocking barbarian strikes from all around? That'd more likely result in you either harming yourself or poking the eye out of a Parthian.

Celtic Kings looks badass.

 Nidsnik Boreork wrote:

Corpsesarefun wrote:This is Sol, he has difficulty with distinguishing between subjectivity and objectivity.

Indeed. Obvious troll is obvious.

LordofHats wrote:Romans are cool.

Celts are cooler.

Then you'll love this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Kings:_Rage_of_War
It's available for 6 USD on Good Old Games.

Yes, clearly because I find a certain part of history boring I am troll. Nice brain you have there.

 Soladrin wrote:
Yes, clearly because I find a certain part of history boring I am troll.

You believed that because you saw the game as boring and forgettable because of the fact that it has Romans in it, everyone else must as well. That's prejudice combined with false consensus I also love how you insult people that bring up valid points.

If you guys are gonna have a cat fight at least put on bikinis and get a mud pit.

Sol never attributed his distaste of the Romans to anyone but himself. No need to make a thread about it XD

 Nidsnik Boreork wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
Yes, clearly because I find a certain part of history boring I am troll.

You believed that because you saw the game as boring and forgettable because of the fact that it has Romans in it, everyone else must as well. That's prejudice combined with false consensus I also love how you insult people that bring up valid points.

No, at first he wondered how people liked it. Nothing about the Romans were mentioned in his first post here.

It was only in his second post that his disliking of the Romans was brought up, and there is no room at all to even infer that he was including anyone but himself in that distaste.

You then proceeded to call him a troll.

Not only are you utterly wrong in calling him prejudiced, but you were also making up some imagined fact that he said if he dislikes the Romans, everyone else must, too, and you are ignoring the fact that you opened the name-calling in the first place by insulting him without making a valid point. ("Obvious troll is obvious" does not count in any way as a valid point).

The most that Soladrin did wrong is make a sarcastic comment about how nice your brain is, given the false conclusions you managed to draw by putting words in his mouth.

Quit trying to play the victim taking the moral high-ground, because it's a completely transparent façade.

 Nidsnik Boreork wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
Yes, clearly because I find a certain part of history boring I am troll.

You believed that because you saw the game as boring and forgettable because of the fact that it has Romans in it, everyone else must as well. That's prejudice combined with false consensus I also love how you insult people that bring up valid points.

Mhm, no.

(see, now I'm trolling)

Just drop it guys. The lable "troll" gets bandied around all over this forum, if you think someone has used it inappropriately then report them. As someone who gets called a troll whenever I make any casual comment whatsoever that's what I would urge Sol to do.

 Soladrin wrote:


Mhm, no.

(see, now I'm trolling)

Please don't.

Thanks.

 reds8n wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:


Mhm, no.

(see, now I'm trolling)

Please don't.

Thanks.

He's just joking, it's not legit trolling.