Wins a Total Rome Gold Edition!!!!!!!!!!!!
must have steam account so I can gift it to you!!
OK so its a buck on steam... Big Spender Iknow, but hell ... FREEE!!!
Oh yeah... if you don't win the contest... hell its still only a buck to get.... What a freakin' good deal. Its got 16 hours left
oh yeah... the question what was the roman scutum made of?
Rule of the judge (me) is final!
only one prize to be awarded
you have to post your steam name with your answer, no private messages
Leather, wood and canvas.
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutum_(shield)#Structure
QuoteStructure[edit]
The scutum was a 10 kg large oval curved shield made from two sheets of wood glued together and covered with canvas and leather, usually with a spindle shaped boss along the vertical length of the shield. The best surviving example, from Dura-Europos in Syria, was 1.06 m (42 in) in height, a chord of 0.66 m (26 in), with a distance around the curve of 0.86 m (34 in), and a thickness of 5 mm to 6 mm.
Unless the question is some kind of trick... ???
Well, if it's straight up then Gus gets the prize by 28 seconds.
winner winner chicken dinner.... to Gus
and its sent... in the steam mail
As staff I decline. Plus I've played about 10000000 hours of Rome: TW. Breezy if ok with you please give to 'Wing. I'll decline the gift on Steam.
Admirable response, Gus.
And you should include "Master of Trivia" on your avatar.
Thank you Sir. How could I work here and not have a vague notion as to what a scutum is? Come on now.
Actually, I also have the game. I just couldn't resist the timed challenge. Windy should throw out another puzzler such as what the geographic origin is of the Roman Short sword, or the name of the Romans' favorite condiment... I'll sit that one out as well since there are others with gaming needs that exceed their means here among us.
So is the winner...Bes?
If bes wants it its his
I didn't even answer the question.
Thank you kindly, but these days I only get excited by face to face. Let someone who will use it get it.
Very generous though.
In fact, offer it to Bawb! It may take the sting out of the flat parts of his skull.
I misread it as SCROTUM.
I mis-read the question. I thought he said Roman Scrotum. What's it made out of? Solid iron if you were a real Roman. :D
If everyone is bailing on the freebie, I'll bite. Only ever plaed M2TW.
Steel Pussy is the winnah
... of course it would be great to have your steam name
It's the same one you play Warlock against...stophro
Quote from: Sir Slash on June 11, 2013, 09:49:02 PM
I mis-read the question. I thought he said Roman Scrotum. What's it made out of? Solid iron if you were a real Roman. :D
if that was indeed the question Smuck would have won.
A lot of peeps seeing scrotums that aren't there (scrota?) Must mean something.
Thanks, Windy, for the game. That was very generous of you. When I play it, I will think of you.
Quote from: MetalDog on June 12, 2013, 06:51:46 PM
Thanks, Windy, for the game. That was very generous of you. When I play it, I will think of you.
Thank God this statement is in reference to a game.
You think I would make that statement in any other context around you reprobates?!
I'm just glad you qualified it is all.
I try to consider the audience ;)
I just can't believe there's a person alive who hasn't played Rome Total War. ::)
I think I have like 3 copies of it now.
Believe it. I've played Medieval 2, but none of the others. The time periods don't usually interest me. Plus I'm more into it for the city building and empire management. I don't even play the RTS battles on M2.
Quote from: MetalDog on June 12, 2013, 06:51:46 PM
Thanks, Windy, for the game. That was very generous of you. When I play it, I will think of you.
Have an environmental catastrophe on me. You know... when you burn too much coal and you've urbanized 50% plus of your world ;-)
'Phro you will love the option in RTW to walk aroind your cities. It is a great feature...I don't know why they removed it from subsequent games.
Quote from: Gusington on June 13, 2013, 07:14:39 AM
'Phro you will love the option in RTW to walk aroind your cities. It is a great feature...I don't know why they removed it from subsequent games.
Really? To what effect? Why would you walk around a city, leaving it in your rear?
Just for aesthetics and because it was a cool feature to see you city outside of combat.
I liked the city-view feature too. The only time you get to actually see what the cities look like in the other games is when assaulting or defending them. Rome TW was my first TW game and I've been hooked ever since. I actually finished the campaign once each as all 3 of the Roman factions. My favorite TW campaign was the RTW add-on Barbarian Invasion, playing as the 2 Roman factions. It was more about managing and maintaining what you already had than conquering new territories and was a real challenge. Of course leaving a trail of absolute destruction in your wake as the Huns was fun too.
Yeah the Barbarian Invasion campaign is probably one of my favorites too. I love the Dark Age era.
Quote from: Gusington on June 13, 2013, 10:47:38 AM
I love the Dark Age era.
I love it when people call the era by it's proper name; Dark Ages.
The Chivalry 2 mod for M2TW has a Dark Age time start in 800 AD. But it still feels more like Middle Ages. I won the BI campaign as the Eastern Romans but couldn't get close as the Westerners.
I've been futzing around all morning with Medieaval 2 trying to get everything straight in my head on mechanics and what not. Get ready for Rome.
Rome and M2 use the same engine so once you know one you know both.
And I was educated in the 1980s so between 400 and 1000 AD will always be the Dark Ages to me. Unless our own time proves to be, you know...more darker.
Quote from: Gusington on June 13, 2013, 09:33:41 AM
Just for aesthetics and because it was a cool feature to see you city outside of combat.
I'd forgotten about this feature, but I agree it was very cool. It was one of the few things I liked about that game; wish it would make a return!
Quote from: Gusington on June 13, 2013, 12:41:25 PM
And I was educated in the 1980s so between 400 and 1000 AD will always be the Dark Ages to me.
Same here. I've since learned it's technically not correct (even before
SoM began attempting to educate us), but the term being synonymous with that particular time period has long been burned into my skull.
Quote from: jomni on June 11, 2013, 09:46:39 PM
I misread it as SCROTUM.
+1
Our perverse minds must think alike Jomni!
Leathery Roman Scrotums shouldn't be left in plain view on any day of the week, no matter how many copies of Rome Total War that is on offer! ;)
That is the greatest quote that I won't be putting into my sig line.
Quote from: spelk on June 14, 2013, 04:39:33 AM
Quote from: jomni on June 11, 2013, 09:46:39 PM
Leathery Roman Scrotums shouldn't be left in plain view on any day of the week, no matter how many copies of Rome Total War that is on offer! ;)
Smuck to the Rome thread. Smuck to the Rome thread.
this is not an exercise.
42.1/2
Yes!
unfortunately the answer is days late
...I had to think about it.
Quote from: MetalDog on June 13, 2013, 08:37:28 AM
Why would you walk around a city, leaving it in your rear?
This is a very good question, if someone managed to put a whole city in their rear.
Quote from: Nefaro on June 15, 2013, 02:28:24 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on June 13, 2013, 08:37:28 AM
Why would you walk around a city, leaving it in your rear?
This is a very good question, if someone managed to put a whole city in their rear.
ask you know who....