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god made weed.....you don´t really think he fails sometimes?

And, yes, I've seen that damned movie more often than I like.

It's bloody endless and there seems to be no way of cutting it short - a sort of punishment, I think.

It's kind of satisfying though, to hang on by your finger nails for a bit and then manage to survive to the end - or even turn the tables on the bastards!

It's too long!

That's the closest I got to witnessing the unskippable movie of punishment!

Emperor level: first city, first warrior, first hut - barbarian. He kills my warrior and heads straight for my capital.
I was waiting for the Coupe de Grace the next turn, but instead of capturing my defenceless capital he just happily wandered off

I guess he was not interested

quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 on 01-17-2001 05:55 PM [quote]Originally posted by Smokey tha nuke man on 01-17-2001 04:49 PM Emperor level: first city, first warrior, first hut - barbarian. He kills my warrior and heads straight for my capital. I was waiting for the Coupe de Grace the next turn, but instead of capturing my defenceless capital he just happily wandered off

I've read somewhere in these threads that barbs never take your capitol if it's the only city you have.. the same doesn't apply to AI civs though Can someone confirm this?

In MP I play until things go bad. Than I say f* this, throw the pieces on the floor, reboot and post on Apolyton how the other person cheated thier ass off.

quote: Originally posted by Marko_Polo on 01-18-2001 07:38 AM I've read somewhere in these threads that barbs never take your capitol if it's the only city you have.. the same doesn't apply to AI civs though Can someone confirm this?

I don't know about the barbs, but the AI certainly will capture your capitol/only city. I usually send out my first one or two military units to explore before deciding to defend my capitol. On occasion, my scouts will go one way and a nearby civ will be the other. The next thing you know, an AI warrior or phalanx will come wandering out of the dark and oops... good bye Albert's civ...

It's nice to let AI's conquer an empire(??) that belongs to an amateur, unexperienced, donno how it works, but it's fun, player.

quote: Originally posted by zyxpsilon on 01-19-2001 08:40 PM player.

So you can read-speak some greek huh?

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quote: Originally posted by Scouse Gits on 01-22-2001 05:40 AM Paiktis, I thought that 'punter' was a better translation?

I am impressed

The exact translation of paiktis is in fact player but:

since to most of the unenlightened world a «paiktis or player» is the one who plays lucky games and gambles (in opposite of paying CIV for example ) paiktis has acquired the meaning of punter as well. Exact translation of punter would be joyathoros, although this is argo (slang in english?).

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Tzogadoros if it doesn't.

J does not exist in one letter in the greek alphabet (as opposed to psi, ksi etc) and is produced as a combination of t and z.

BUT: the pronunciation of letters such as «g» and «d» is much more «heavy» in the latin, euro-indian (german) based european languages in comparison to greek.

Instead «d» (delta) in greek is pronounced as the «th» in the english word «then». And «g» (gamma) is also pronounced lighter in greek as the «y» in the english word «yearn» for example.

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And then the Mongol Armour appeared ...

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quote: Originally posted by Scouse Gits on 01-24-2001 06:04 AM I briefly studied Classical Greek - Demotic Greek is I fear a closed book to me

Well, if you can remember some classical greek you have an advantage if you visit Greece since 70% of the words in demotic (or modern) greek are the same. Especially the nouns but less the verbs.
Still the syntax has changed SO much that a whole sentence in modern greek would be very hard to understand although you could still get some of the words.

Thanks for the plug - but SG(2) does far more testing work than I.

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For a century or two in England the study of the classics (Greek and Latin) was considered essential for all (or, at least, all men) who aspired to be considered cultured (Scotland is rather different, having always been more open to modern continental European influence).

Study of the languages themselves were part of this but it also extended to study of the great classical writers, art, architecture and ancient history.

The SGs and I are of an age and this entrenched position of the classics was declining towards its end when we were young men. I had to sit (and fail, I am afraid) a paper in Latin if I wanted a place at Cambridge University whatever subject I then wished to study there. But I was one of the last to face that requirement. I struck luckier with legal qualifications - the requirement for Latin had gone by the time I was seeking to qualify.

Greek and Latin continued to be extensively taught in our public schools (that is schools only open to those who can afford to pay fees) right up until quite recently. But even there I believe it is now rare.

Classics faculties in our universities are closing for lack of students.

The civil service used to harbour many who had chosen to continue their studies of the classics at University. I have to say it did seem to produce administrators of some stature. They could, at least, be counted on to know how to express themselves. And to intimidate politicians at need.

For some reason those who taught classics, whether at school or university, were particularly likely to be rather eccentric. The type is well represented in our literature. Some were very endearing folk with a great enthusiasm for their subject. Some were just horrid.

Latin was always considered much the easier of the two languages - for reasons that your exchanges with SG(1) make clear. He'll not admit to it, I'm sure, but if he did much more than rudimentary Greek at school his teachers probably considered him one of the brighter lads.

quote: Originally posted by East Street Trader on 01-26-2001 06:38 AM Latin was always considered much the easier of the two languages - for reasons that your exchanges with SG(1) make clear. He'll not admit to it, I'm sure, but if he did much more than rudimentary Greek at school his teachers probably considered him one of the brighter lads.

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quote: Originally posted by East Street Trader on 01-26-2001 06:38 AM For some reason those who taught classics, whether at school or university, were particularly likely to be rather eccentric. The type is well represented in our literature. Some were very endearing folk with a great enthusiasm for their subject. Some were just horrid.

This is not a british only phainomenon. It's the same in Greece, their eccentricity is surpassed only by their passion for their field of study! It is depicted very clearly in (modern) greek literature as well.

Every now and then there are heated discussions as to «how much» ancient greek should be taught in the greek schools. Dark forgotten in the past voices echo from the forests saying too little is «betreaying our tradition and impoverish our modern language» and the cold 21th century technocrats point out that most of this school time should be better used teaching computer. The answer I think is (as with most things) somewhere in the middle.

SG, when in Greece instead of going to a Ìðáñ (that you have propably visited in your homeland - they're pretty much the same) is better to go to a teverna where you drink as much but the food is also excellent (AVOID TOURIST RESORTS when trying this - ask a local!)