The "OMG! Look what happened in DoC!" Thread

[Leoreth]

That post was indeed my inspiration for adding the deadline to this goal and making some map changes so one border pop is enough (creating a great artist is a bit much when you also have to focus on other goals).

 

[phoenix_sprite]

What the hell?

Yes, I added that river. IRL Cordoba is on a river. + I wanted to see how much it would affect the city's growth.

 

[Xfactor]

I agree about cordoba it is on a river and that helps alot for growth. Usually its hard to beat china's cities becouse they grow to 15-16... and farm spam doesnt help you a bit

 

[Shadow Merc]

What the hell?

Yes, I added that river. IRL Cordoba is on a river. + I wanted to see how much it would affect the city's growth.

Did the Spanish spawn in Cartagena? Did you own it or was it Independent? That is quite the weird situation.

 

[phoenix_sprite]

It was an Indie. They spawned on Madrid but didn't settle it. I didn't think Cartegena was in their flip zone.

 

[PizzaProwler]

Something similar just happened to me: barbs had captured Valentina, and when the Spanish spawned they captured first instead of settling Madrid. I'm assuming that this happened because the civilian units like settlers, workers, and missionaries are at the end of the stack by default; the best course of action was to capture the first available city with their knights, I guess.

 

[Fresol]

First post? Welcome

Madrid isn't a good spot anyway. No food, no river.

 

[PizzaProwler]

Thanks for the welcome!

I've been lurking here for a year and a half now, and didn't even realize that was my first post until now

 

[Mouthwash]

Is it common for the Europeans to conquer the entire Middle East in the middle ages? Because I've experienced this multiple times.

 

[Hojsimpson]

There are 2 Qart-Hadast?? LOL

 

[merijn_v1]

2 Qart-Hadasht is normal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qart_Hadasht

 

[ales_]

One is Qart-Hadasht, the other is Qart Hadasht. Two cities with different names.

 

[need my speed]

Is that a Babylonian Rome? Awesome!

 

[Fresol]

Every lurker eventually shows himself

 

[Mouthwash]

I just realized that Hadasht is still used in language- it's the Hebrew 'new.'

 

[Leoreth]

Wow, that means the meaning of the word didn't change between Hebrew and Phoenician and more than 2000 years. Qart Hadasht means "new city" (yes, that makes Carthago Nova the "new new city").

 

[Panopticon]

That is why Cartagena, Colombia, is the new New New City.

 

[Leoreth]

 

[Mouthwash]

Wow, that means the meaning of the word didn't change between Hebrew and Phoenician and more than 2000 years. Qart Hadasht means "new city" (yes, that makes Carthago Nova the "new new city").

Actually, there are plenty of other words in common. I've played Europa Barbarorum and the names of several Carthaginian buildings are intelligible to me. I wouldn't be surprised if Judeans and Phoenicians thought of their speech as two dialects of the same language.

 

[Sanguivorant]

The more you know. Some Carthaginian words are similar to Arabic words as well. The one that I can think of is Barca, which in both languages mean blessing.