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Heehee... (taking on his old geezer voice)
It used to be that you had to learn DOS to get to and learn UNIX to get
to and learn Internet. We had some rude people but no stupid ones. Then
Windows created "user friendly" connections and we got "users" who could
only use a computer but knew nothing about it. Then AOL created
foolproof connections for those who couldnt figure out Windows and we
got fools. Then WebTV created idiot-proof connections and it seems to be
doing a great job of it. Now we have Xbox on the net
but Ive run out of words.

Gandalf Parker

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Oh, don't hate me for using Windows, all the cool games work only on it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

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It's bizarre to me to think that a little over ten years ago, I was dialing into BBSes to play Drug Wars and read bulletin board posts at a blazing 2400 bps.

How the world has changed so radically in such a short span of time, I'm not sure. Those days feel like a dream.

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Hey, atl east you got all cool stuff like BNS connectors, yellow cables and transceivers. We modern people just get boring CAT-5 cables and hybrid active devices. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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And what about ... Dominions?! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Dominions is obviously several levels beyond cool http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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In levels of coolnes Dominions is the epicenter of a Niefel Flame.

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Jumping on the bandwagon:

Hi, I'm 34, portuguese living in Lisboa, Portugal, Europe, World, Universe. Although I have done the odd programming job (Python/C++) I am a research mathematician - working on several stuff, but, in case anyone cares to know, currently working mainly on "Banach 2-modules" and "direct integrals of functors". Due to health reasons, I am stuck at home, which has the nice advantage of giving me more time to play dominions.

Have several other interests, but mainly I am a music listener and an avid omnivorous reader, chewing everything from poetry to theology (I am also a long-time christian, thus the theology thingy).

Been familiar with computers from the time of the infamous ZX Spectrum - ahh fond memories I have. And the games: Elite, Heavy on the magick, Lords of midnight, ... My prefered genres are RPG and Strategy, turn-based mostly. Among my all-time favourites I would list Baldur's Gate II, Final Fantasy VII, Battle Isles III, Warcraft II and Heroes of Might and Magic IV (am I the only one who actually prefered the IV to the III?).

I can't remember exactly how I arrived at dominions. Initially, I was put off by the low-fi graphics, and, especially, the lack of control over tactical battles. It slowly dawned on me that controling battles with armies that can have hundreds of units of tens of different types with a fine-grain control is simply a no-no and, really, a disaster waiting to happen - although I still wished that we had *some* more control, a few more script options and more ways to combine them.

I am regular reader of the this forum - the community is very friendly - but not much of a poster/writer (though the length of this particular post betrays me). I have only played SP and I am definitely a dominions newbie. I am continuously amazed by the depth of the game and the availability of different strategies, as evidenced by the several helpful posts here by the Pointy Hats.

Btw, a somewhat OT question: for a long time I have been nurturing the idea of writing an AAR. Anyone knows how to take screenshots? I am on win2k (and/or linux/ubuntu).

Best regards,
G. Rodrigues

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Welcome!

As for screenshots, the common way to do it is pressing Print Screen, opening up paint and then using "Paste".

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Pretty much...
Although the real hard core HoMMers know that II is the best (and not III. And definitely not IV)

BTW, V is quite a lot of fun. A lot of people are unhappy with it, but personaly I think V is a good and fun game.