So you reject historical determinism?

[Dachs]

And it's worth mentioning that the Confederate rebels often killed a lot more US troops than they lost, though this may be due to other factors like initially crappy US leadership and in any case a lot of Northerners were also rural agricultural gun-users.

Not often enough to make for an actual trend. Not even during the "annus mirabilis" year the Army of Northern Virginia - a single field army - had between June 1862 and June 1863.

 

[sophie]

It's rather like saying Kansans or Georgians (or Blacks or Cubans) make the best baseball players. The best baseball players are going to be those who spend the most time playing baseball.

 

[Flying Pig]

And, of course, being taught how to play by somebody who knows the game usually helps.

 

[Lord Baal]

And, of course, being taught how to play by somebody who knows the game usually helps.

Hey, if Kim Jong-il can invent his own rules for basketball, why can't I?

 

[Wrymouth3]

I believe that, barring fundamental and world-altering changes to society and humanity outside the historical norm, the Cornish will never conquer the world.

Kenwyn Donaldson's map from his journey through Western Europe in the 1680's disproves your claim

 

[sophie]

Hey said world wry. Since when is half of Western Europe the world?

 

[Wrymouth3]

Hey said world wry. Since when is half of Western Europe the world?

Kenwyn Donaldson is from Europe in the 1680's. What do you think he means when he shows his map of the "world." Clearly he highlighted the world in that map or else it would have been bigger.

 

[Mouthwash]

Kenwyn Donaldson's map from his journey through Western Europe in the 1680's disproves your claim

Ok, wut is that?

 

[Wrymouth3]

Ok, wut is that?

That's a map produced by Cornish cartographer Kenwyn Donaldson in the 1680's. He was patronized by such luminaries as the Emir of Bukhara, the King of Kandy, and the Chief of the Mapuche peoples. Any academic historian who does not mention Kenwyn Donaldson is automatically placed in not so desired list which includes Stephen Ambrose and Matthew Paris.

 

[Mouthwash]

That's a map produced by Cornish cartographer Kenwyn Donaldson in the 1680's. He was patronized by such luminaries as the Emir of Bukhara, the King of Kandy, and the Chief of the Mapuche peoples. Any academic historian who does not mention Kenwyn Donaldson is automatically placed in not so desired list which includes Stephen Ambrose and Matthew Paris.

Right... but what actually is it? I wasn't aware that most late seventeenth century atlases had video-game looking menu bars off to the side.

 

[bombshoo]

Right... but what actually is it? I wasn't aware that most late seventeenth century atlases had video-game looking menu bars off to the side.

It was pretty common for cartographers to put things like that in the margins, especially in unexplored territory. It's where the phrase "Here, there be sound options" comes from.

 

[Serutan]

Since when is an EU3 screenshot a 17th century world map?

 

[Mouthwash]

Since when is an EU3 screenshot a 17th century world map?

See how easy this was? You may have just changed my life as surely as the Civ V YouTube video I watched a few years ago did. Is Europa Universalis any good? Which version should I play? Obviously going for Civ V was a mistake, and I don't want to waste my time on that again.

 

[Antilogic]

EU4 will be coming out soon, EU3 is a pretty solid game with all the expansions (although it doesn't work on my computer), Victoria II and Crusader Kings II are simply awesome but cover different time periods. Hearts of Iron II is generally favored over III, but I came in with the third and still like it. We have threads in the "All Other Games" section of the forum that cover each of the titles.

 

[Mouthwash]

EU4 will be coming out soon, EU3 is a pretty solid game with all the expansions (although it doesn't work on my computer), Victoria II and Crusader Kings II are simply awesome but cover different time periods. Hearts of Iron II is generally favored over III, but I came in with the third and still like it. We have threads in the "All Other Games" section of the forum that cover each of the titles.

These games sound amazing. Why do people even play Civ IV if they have EU3?

 

[Masada]

Victoria II... [is] simply awesome

Vicky 1 is better. Vicky II... well I used to play it with minimized.

 

[sophie]

These games sound amazing. Why do people even play Civ IV if they have EU3?

Uhh because they emphasize different mechanics.

Neither of them is really very historical if that's what you're getting at.

 

[Mouthwash]

Uhh because they emphasize different mechanics.

Yeah, I know. I was thinking of RFC.

Neither of them is really very historical if that's what you're getting at.

Why the hell is this thread still going?

 

[Traitorfish]

An experiment in historical agency.

 

[Mouthwash]

An experiment in historical agency.

Ah. I'd love to hear your thought process.