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- Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: Learning English?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14027
Re: Learning English?
@kaiser: I just read some article yesterday on the influence of "cricket" terms on the english language and how difficult it must be for non sports adapts to understand those phrases like: "being on the backfoot", "hattrick", being stumped, being bowled over. Or for ame...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: Learning English?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14027
Re: Learning English?
I do think studying latin can be very usefull. As Kaiser explained, almost all our european languages originate from the same mother language. They are part of the so called indo european languages and have lots of common feautures. In fact about 50% of the world population speaks one of these langu...
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:14 pm
- Forum: Age of Empires 3
- Topic: Which civ is considered OP by now?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4276
Re: Which civ is considered OP by now?
It depends on what patch you play.
I think on RE, japan, iro and india are strong, aztec, germans, russia, brits can all compete. Otto and ports are bottom.
On FP, its Iro, dutch and french the strongest? Otto the weakest to?
I think on RE, japan, iro and india are strong, aztec, germans, russia, brits can all compete. Otto and ports are bottom.
On FP, its Iro, dutch and french the strongest? Otto the weakest to?
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: Learning English?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14027
Re: Learning English?
I got my latin for free from genuine catholic priests! Lucky me!
This one priest gave a quiz every day, 20 questions, if you got 5 or more wrong, you got a zero! If you got the first two wrong, you got zero.
And a zero was detention!
aaargh!
This one priest gave a quiz every day, 20 questions, if you got 5 or more wrong, you got a zero! If you got the first two wrong, you got zero.
And a zero was detention!
aaargh!
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: Learning English?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14027
Re: Learning English?
I did six years of Latin, cant say I can understand the pope or an ancient roman if I would meet any of those. I can tell u guys, Latin thats something else then learning english or french. But I did kinda read some original works: De bello Gallico (I. Caesar), Ab urbe condita (Livius), sallustius, ...
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:01 pm
- Forum: Strategy & Recorded Games
- Topic: 10 Hussar Semi Fast Revoultion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6293
Re: 10 Hussar Semi Fast Revoultion
I like to perform a FI/FR with otto. Sometimes you can get 1 age 4 shipment going to compliment your hussar/militia force. 2 cannons or for otto, 12 abus can be usefull against HI and for some siege power. It can be even more viabele with a fish boom, as resources keep coming inn to build those fant...
- Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:51 pm
- Forum: Strategy & Recorded Games
- Topic: French against dutch, HELP!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7338
Re: French against dutch, HELP!!
When I played dutch I always had trouble vs a double rax xbow/pike spam. because you are building banks most of the time, you are easely outnumbered and once you loose your early skirmisher they will just pressure you. When dutch herd well and with 8pikes, semi hussar ff vs dutch is the worst thing ...
- Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:03 pm
- Forum: Strategy & Recorded Games
- Topic: one of the many fails of wicked
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9749
Re: one of the many fails of wicked
I dont know if this can be of any help, but I have been playing Otto recently, and vs japan I just do an abus start, first card 700 wood, take trade route and build stable, while picking of some yumi and ashi, second card 700 gold, build some hussar and go kill those yumi. Hussar will own his nagina...
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: holidays 2010: southeast USA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5963
Re: holidays 2010: southeast USA
I'll ask the pilot if he can make a thirty minute stop.
Just stumble my way to the **** dressed in my palestininan "arafat style" scarf.
Is it faro we need to stop?
Im sure they will oblige.
Just stumble my way to the **** dressed in my palestininan "arafat style" scarf.
Is it faro we need to stop?
Im sure they will oblige.
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:23 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: holidays 2010: southeast USA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5963
Re: holidays 2010: southeast USA
Well we will probably be doing some of the old southern cities, to get some of that real southern spirit and food. And then visit some of the most beautifull landscapes. We might even jump ut of the car on on to a horse for a few days. The world looks different from the back of a horse. Graceland mi...
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: New year party plans???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5038
Re: New year party plans???
I'm cooking my famous risotto first, then the new years cake from the chocolatier and then their will be fireworks in our backyard starting 0.00 so I guess we will be out with a bottle of champagne by then, and maybe later some partying.
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: holidays 2010: southeast USA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5963
holidays 2010: southeast USA
Ok guys, this year, the family (me and wife) holiday will be taking us from belgium europe to the promised country, the US of A. We have booked a return flight to and from atlanta and are planning to drive a 20 day tour of the south USA. Now we will be makin an intinerary, someting like atlanta, cha...
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:48 pm
- Forum: Age of Empires 3
- Topic: 400+ game losing streak?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4932
Re: 400+ game losing streak?
i think im on an 11 game losing streak now and feelin pretty sad about it.
one of the last games i played, i was so fuc k ed up, i managed to build something like 10 jannies by seven minutes,lol
one of the last games i played, i was so fuc k ed up, i managed to build something like 10 jannies by seven minutes,lol
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:56 pm
- Forum: Age of Empires 3
- Topic: FP 1.2 Update Thread
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7257
Re: FP 1.2 Update Thread
Are they going to balance some merc shipments? ANd the saloon? By havin put some mercs in age 4, you can now get a saloon with age 4 merc and a pretty bad one like ninja or arsonist. So i think the weakest merc should get a bit of a boost: arsonist, ninja, corsair. Fusilier are OK but you just dont ...
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:45 pm
- Forum: Age of Empires 3
- Topic: This is whats wrong with AOE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4799
Re: This is whats wrong with AOE
Had a 3v3 recently and after some scouting we found out that of 12 mines, there were 9 on the enemies side. we just had starting mines.
Map was great lakes.
I like maps with a bit of random in it, but it should be fair all the time.
Map was great lakes.
I like maps with a bit of random in it, but it should be fair all the time.