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Creative Projects / Re: Random Things you drew/shopped/made/etc.
« on: May 20, 2016, 03:24:01 pm »
Eyebrows?

Shook mang, its dat frown-pokerface-sadness expression v; Also:

Quote from: Tawa on May 20, 2016, 02:44:57 pm
That is the weirdest Mega Man game ever

I'd play it

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Fire Emblem on Forums 5 (FEF5), OOC thread!
« on: May 20, 2016, 11:27:06 am »
...but Sen cannot get to 13.4 cuz he has only 5MOV and there's desert, and if Lizbet holds he would stop behind her and block 13.6 for Niccola

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Squire 3: aka we will get it done, I swere on me mum
« on: May 20, 2016, 07:31:17 am »

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Squire 3: aka we will get it done, I swere on me mum
« on: May 20, 2016, 07:07:46 am »
Slowly, via rigorous time-consuming training, and that's for the obvious skills ;v

Improving Health needs you to keep a nourishing diet and to try to stay away from injuries and sickness.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Fire Emblem on Forums 5 (FEF5), OOC thread!
« on: May 20, 2016, 05:11:30 am »
No that means GB4L didn't bother at all ;v

Or was busy. Either/or v;

* Haspen just pokes someone who unbundles the mobes in a mini-mega-post.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Squire 3: aka we will get it done, I swere on me mum
« on: May 20, 2016, 05:10:35 am »
Well that's certainly settles that ;v

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Play With Your Buddies / Re: Civilization II (modded) Repeating LP!: Currently on-going: Celtic Prince!
« on: May 19, 2016, 12:32:01 pm »
Update 1: Summaries of the Chapters of Gaól Tail Beonach's "The Ancient Kingdom of Celts during the 3rd Millenium BC"



The first date that is assumed to be ascension of King Cunobelin (named after the mythical chieftain of the Celts, Cunobelin), is 2660BC. Written records from that time point to an uprising or debacle of some sort that saw removal of the previous dynasty of despots to install a true King of the Celts, backed by both the priestly caste and the warriors.



By the reign of Cunobelin the III, the mysterious tribe of "nomadic" Celts from the west settled down on the other side of the grassland region northwest of Kells. These Celts had access to and tamed the first buffalos that were used for production of leather and bone crafts, which became the basis of the Celtic wealth in the mid-to-late 3rd millenium BC.



And thusly by the end of the 2500's, the Celtic tribe consisted of as many as one hundred thousand peoples, dispersed amongst three cities; Cardiff, Kells and Carmanthen. The possible clue for this sudden population increase might come from the evidence of the first mining of tin, copper and other metals that begun to shape the earliest metalworks of Cardiff.



The increase of urban popualtion also increased the need for larger number of priests and augurs; in turn, this increased the amount of population able to write the letters of Celtic alphabet. One of the Cunobelin dynasty kings have began an ambitious project of construction a Great Library of Cardiff.



The next urban center is believed to be Armagh; carbon-dating have pinpointed the earliest ceramic vessels of Armagh to come from about 2340BC. It is thought that Armgah served as a hub of the exchange of the various foods and sea products from the eastern cities for the leather and bone items from Carmarthen.



And thusly it was evident that the Celtic kingdom has begun a rapid urban expansion, with population reaching up to 200.000; the pottery fragments of Caernarfon dated 2220BC are used to prove that theory; and clay tablets recording the composition of the first highly-disciplined units of Celtic Phalanx are dated to the same year.

Other sources believe that it was around that decade that celtic settlers have boarded the vessels and crossed the straits leading to the lands northeast of Cardiff, which by itself amounted to half the Celtic population, that by year 2200BC reached up to three hundred thousand.



The emergence of the Phalanx had led to establishment of the first warfare codes, but more commonly it was known as the Warrior Code, a code of conduct during raids and ritualistic tribal skirmishes.



However, it took a while for the actual Celtic currency to develop; despite being able to smelt bronze and the 'prize coins' acquired as early as the start of 3rd millenium BC, first genuine Celtic bronze and copper coins come only from the end of that period; first flat coppers bore no images, but had etched city-name markings, for example 'CRDF' for Cardiff, or 'KLS' for Kells.

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Some of these coins were marked with the letters 'TNGL', making them the earliest evidence of the existence of the settlement of Tintagel across the channel, a proof that Celtic Kingdom have not only scouted vast tracts of land, but also successfully migrated their peoples over the bodies of water.

It is unknown why exactly the Celts, used to open grasslands, chose to settle in much drier and harsher region, but some believe they might've done that simply because of shorter distance to the capital than the rest of the cities, as the written records of the period indicate that the road network was in its infancy, barely connecting only Cardiff and Kells.

And so, in rather 'short' period of 500 years, the Celts transisted from small tribal communities to a large territorial body of six settlements, with centralized government, literate priest caste and first hubs of commerce appearing in the agricultural and coastal settlements.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Fire Emblem on Forums 5 (FEF5), OOC thread!
« on: May 19, 2016, 09:52:03 am »
* Haspen twiddles thumbs, waiting for moves to be fix'd :v

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: FEF: Winds of Change IC Thread Chapter 2 The Whispers of a Storm
« on: May 19, 2016, 05:13:46 am »
E.12, Heal Shrekka Shilleka

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Play With Your Buddies / Re: Civilization II (modded) Repeating LP!: Currently on-going: Celtic Prince!
« on: May 19, 2016, 05:10:41 am »
And I shamelessly copied Iituem's pseudo-history-book format for this one, too :P

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Play With Your Buddies / Re: Civilization II (modded) Repeating LP!: Currently on-going: Celtic Prince!
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:04:53 pm »
Update 0: Excerpts from Cunn Aolgain's "Path of the Celtic Prince*"


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No spaceships.

No restarting Civs.

Final destination: WIPE THEM ALL OUT!




Since time immemorial, the Celtic peoples knew how to mix tin and copper into bronze, and they also practised ritual burial. Archeologists are still unsure when the Celts developed these, but it was surely before the start of the fourth millenium BC.

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The nomadic Celts migrated to a grassy peninsula isolated from the rest of the world by a mountainous area to the south and watery expanse everywhere else.

It was that place where Cardiff, the first true settlement and capital of the Celts, was founded. It was also the spark that inspired the Celts to scribble down some markings on a rock; the wise men of Celts later developed that into first true Alphabet; sources say it happened no later than 3800BC.



One tale describes how a group of Celts traversed the mountains and gained knowledge of the vast grasslands and spotted the mighty sea beasts, Whales, frolicking in the coastal waters. It's hard to pinpoint exact date of this migration, as written records did not exist back then, but the date repeated most often by the scholars is 3600BC.



The archeologists have established that the Celtic oral traditions of Mysticism did not originate from Cardiff itself, and was rather imported from the tales and mythos of some nameless village in the west. It might be or might not be the same group of settlements where a group of wandering bowmen joined the Celtic peoples, and set out on a great hunt for knowledge.

By the time of 3300BC, the Celtic peoples already dispersed from Cardiff somewhat; some taken on to the sea, sailing around the coastal waters in Catamarans, while others settled down on the other side of the mountains, in the city named 'Kells'.



First coins appear in the Cardiff vaults as a prize from a village even further to the west. Celtic bards inscribed this event in the 'Book of Prizes', the first Writing example from this civilization that is dated to 3220BC, which might be the time where those coins were brought back to Cardiff in the first place.



3100BC is the earliest possible date from where the written accounts of 'Crimes' and 'Punishments', two sets of judical principles, originate, which could be said became the basis of the very first Code of Laws of the Celtic people, said code being simple and brutal, as usual for the civilizations of the ancient times.



As noted in numerous other written works, the Celts of the ancient world often did not discover things on their own, but rather imported them via messengers sent from the mercenary bowmen charting the world. Indeed, the first examples of Pottery, dated about 3000BC, exhibit patterns and technique vastly different from the jars and plates just a half a century later.



It was just few decades later that the Celts seem to have truly turned from foraging and harvest of wild cereals (barley and millet) to true agriculture; the written records establish the edicts of Celtic warlord prescribing the digging of trenches and canals around Cardiff and Kells; the first such irrigation projects of the Celtic culture.

Another import of the nameless tribes was the handling of horses, possibly acquired as early as 2900BC; these Horseback Riding techniques found much use amongst Celts in centuries to come.



One ancient puzzle remains for the archeologists, namely records indicating existence of another 'Celtic tribe' in the west. It is unknown who these 'Celts' were, slaves or a random group of wanderers, but the 'settled' Celts clearly indicate a bond and friendship with those 'nomad' Celts, who later on migrated eastwards toward Cardiff.



One curious line in the ancient Celtic records contain the mention of the 'Paris' city, which 'had great minds'. The record is genuinely Celtic, although it is unknown how the Celts learned of this. As there are no other mentions of this, this mystery might never be explained.



By the 2700BC, the Celtic peoples have clearly begun to store their grain in hollowed-out clay buildings, their first true granaries.

It is thought that by this time, there was an established road connection Kells and Cardiff, and recent dating experiments on the soil layers do indicate some pressed clay deposits.

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Despite meagre technological and urban progress, the Celts of early-mid 3rd millenium BC have possessed a vast amount of knowledge about their land and its surroundings; they knew of the fertile grasslands bordering Kells and about the massive Buffalo herds across the sea to the west of Cardiff, and even of the small isle of Taoilach to the south-east. They also knew about the harsh deserts and gold-rich mountains northwards, and the expansive plains further west.

They, however did not establish any contact with any other advanced civilization of that time, althought that was of course going to change.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Fire Emblem on Forums 2 (FEF2), OOC Thread. "Tiruin gets the first post."
« on: May 18, 2016, 03:06:14 pm »
General's HP adjusted.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Fire Emblem on Forums 5 (FEF5), OOC thread!
« on: May 18, 2016, 03:05:02 pm »
Disregard the carpet one, I forgot to remove it ;v

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: The Fire Emblem on Forums Hub! FEF1PDF HAS ARRIVED! COVER ART WANTED!
« on: May 18, 2016, 11:58:06 am »
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Map! :V

Glorious FEF6 map! V:

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: The Fire Emblem on Forums Hub! FEF1PDF HAS ARRIVED! COVER ART WANTED!
« on: May 18, 2016, 11:02:22 am »
>:V

* Haspen goes furiously scribble non-desert map.

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