Please don't argue, just look, listen and appreciate your life...

[hiro]

Retro you do bring up great points, the part below is just all in good fun and jest.


I agree that the negativity is unwarranted despite the deadly mistake of doing a beta release

And its good you are standing with Luthier / Oleg n crew.



now for the gumball 2000

Originally Posted by retrojet

If you have access to the military/history channel ( or your local equivalent )
...take a moment to watch one of the programs and then think about how much has been sacrificed throughout history, so that you can be... Whoever your are... And do, whatever you do... under the banner of freedom!!!

War is young men dying and old men talking. You know this. Ignore the politics.

Originally Posted by retrojet

Yer, I know " what a stupid, sappy bastard"...

So what... Say what you like! Everyday, I appreciate what they did, friend and foe, believing in their cause...
My uncle was killed 14th April, 1945, aged 24... Buried in Becklingen War Cemetary. My dad never got over it... Just like millions of others...

But, when I read some of the vitriol and personal attacks over a $50, 21st century toy for boys, well, You show your true colors/colours...

Get real!

This war will never be forgotten, nor will the heroes who fight in it.

Originally Posted by retrojet

Imagine, putting you lot in the same room, with a few free beers... By the end of the night I know damn well, you would all be slapping each other on the back, and the best of friends... Even the guys who did it for real get together still... what's left of them... They would frown on the attitudes in here, I'm sure...

Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are, we are lions! Do you know what's waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours!

Originally Posted by retrojet

Enjoy the life your mother's gifted you! I bet you've all seen the end of 'Saving Private Ryan'? If any of you don't find that emotional, then you are primed to tear this thread apart... Go on, do it!
But, at least I respect the the guys who fought and died so you can!

Are the stories true? They say your mother was an immortal godess. They say you can't be killed.
I wouldn't be bothering with the shield then, would I?
The Thesselonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man i've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him.
Thats why no-one will remember your name.

Originally Posted by retrojet

It takes a sane man to kill for the right cause, it takes an insane man to kill, because he can...

Yes, he's a gifted killer. But he threatens everything I've built. Before me, Greece was nothing. I brought all the Greek kingdoms together. I created a nation out of fire worshippers and snake eaters! I build the future Nestor, Me! Achilles is the past. A man who fights for no flag. A man loyal to no country.

Originally Posted by retrojet

Hit me!

Never. You're a man of honour.

Originally Posted by retrojet

And yes, I'm self-righteous bastard!

You have your swords. I have my tricks. We play with the toys the gods give us.

Originally Posted by retrojet

And many other things as we're about to find out!

Briseis: Do you enjoy provoking me?

Originally Posted by retrojet

Agree...

My underlying point, and admittedly, over-the-top thread, is that even though we have been served a less than perfect product, we could still keep this forum civilized?
And if that is not possible, don't expect my sympathy because some feel hard done by... $50 dollars can save a life in a place like Africa, etc, etc. Blah, blah, blah.... $50 worth of condoms would save thousands... But that's another story...

I've fought many wars in my time. Some I've fought for land, some for power, some for glory. I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest.


50,000 Greeks did not cross the sea to watch your brother fight. You know this.

You want me to look upon your army and tremble? Well I see them. I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed.

Originally Posted by retrojet

So, I chose to burn it on cod, and think (think) it will be worth it, is worth it already, in comparison to some of the sims I have payed 'big' money for in then last 30 odd years...
If you can't get your money back, well... there should be a law against that...
If you want a perfect product for your hard-earned cash, I agree, I would like that, too!
But, until Luthier is found hiding on a deserted island in the middle of the pacific, lighting cigars with $100 bills and talking to a football, I prefer to believe he, and the rest of the team, are working bloody hard to do the right thing... Commonsense dictates that that if they don't, they will suffer an excruciating future in the software business...

If you come, we'll never be safe. Men will hunt us, the gods will curse us, but I'll love you. Until the day they burn my body, I'll love you.

I want her back so I can kill her with my own two hands, and I won't rest till I've burned Troy to the ground.


Father, you are a great king, because you love your country so much. Every blade of grass, every grain of sand, every rock in the river... You love all of Troy. That is the way I love Helen.


Go home, prince. Drink some wine, make love to your wife. Tomorrow, we'll have our war.
You speak of war as if it's a game. But how many wives wait at Troy's gates for husbands they'll never see again?
Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives.

Originally Posted by retrojet

I don't see it... I believe they deserve the benefit of the doubt...

I loved my boy from the moment he opened his eyes until the moment you closed them.

Originally Posted by retrojet

Obviously, there is an element of uncertainty given cod's history to date, but I think it would have been easier to dump it all before now...

Look, if it all goes to pot tomorrow, I still enjoy what it does now... So sue me!

I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him the most.

Originally Posted by retrojet

I understand your frustration... I think Luthier could take 5 minutes to say 'Hi',
But 'Hi' would not be enough... And then I'll be writing the same waffle 6 months from now!

So, sorry for wasting everyone's time... I hereby request this thread be locked!

If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman, and you will have sons and daughters, who will have children. And they'll all love you and remember your name. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be forgotten... If you go to Troy, glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories in thousands of years! And the world will remember your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come back... for your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again.

Originally Posted by retrojet

Yes, I'm an idiot, but a happy one, coz I wake up everyday, and get to live!

Ok, you win... Carry on, carrying on... When I wake up tomorrow, it's groundhog day, again...

You say you're willing to die for love but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love!


You're still my enemy in the morning.
You're still my enemy tonight. But even enemies can show respect.

Originally Posted by retrojet

Peace... (and war...) out...

Peace is for the women, and the weak. Empires are forged by war.

You gave me peace in a lifetime of war.