[Norfleet]

Originally posted by moodgiesanta:
Hey, I got a public education in Georgia, home of (officially) the worst high school system in the union, and I get that stuff . . . sometimes it is getting out of something what you put into it. I'm not saying the education system is not guilty, but it isn't completely for to blame.

Sure it is. Nowadays, you need to actively desire to learn to figure anything out. In MY day, it was MANDATORY, and if you failed to pay attention, the teacher would beat you! It was a great incentive system. Now it's "child abuse". Bah! Children NEED to be regularly beaten, particularly if they're being stupid. A desire not to receive a painful thrashing is a VERY powerful motivating force, and don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise! If YOU ever have children, be sure to regularly beat them.

Playing Ermor is probably not all that great of a choice for a new player: While easy and highly effective against the AI, Ermor is very one-dimensional, not nearly as effective against other human players, and the AI isn't really programmed to cope with it. Ermor experience doesn't really translate well into managing other empires. Jotunheim is a good choice to start, particularly since there's a tutorial written by a Bruce Geryk, or Cinnamony, or somebody. I've seen it under two different names or so. Are they the same people?