You have been playing to much dominons when...

[quantum_mechani]

*You see beautiful scenery and the first thing that occurs to you is 'This would make a great magic site.'.

*You only worry about your health one month out of the year.

*You always keep things tidy to avoid natural disasters.

*Whenever you get anything really nice, you immediately start worrying about long term horror marking effect.

*You are baffled by history books suggesting siege engines for breaking down castle walls instead of sensible bird swarms.

*If someone tries to assassinate you, you know better than to try and run away.

*You always keep a good parrying dagger in case of an earthquake.

*You know you must be a hero, because of your unequaled obesity.

[Cor2]

"*You baffled by history books suggesting siege engines for breaking down castle walls instead of sensible bird swarms."

LOL
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Arralen]

quantum_mechani said:
*You know you must be a hero, because of your unequaled obesity.


.. hilarious !!

[Morkilus]

quantum_mechani said:
*Whenever you get anything really nice, you immediately start worrying about long term horror marking effect.




This is pretty much why I'm avoiding getting an Xbox 360. That and the hordes of Knights of the Halo trying to get it from me.

[Gregstrom]

YKYBPTMD3 when...

'You daren't approach the primate section of your local zoo without a tower shield to proect you from arrows'.

Thanks, quantum_mechani (or should that be <font color="blue"> Q </font>?)

[DigitalSin]

Epic lols from that list =D

[Endoperez]

* You panic whenever you see a white candle about to go out.

* Speaking of which, after you recover from the fit of panic you are suspicious of any and all females with revealing clothing, and try to train pigeons to look out for the goat-legged giant.

[lch]

* You wish that it would be a lot hotter/colder where you live so that you could be more productive in return

[Edi]

* You start planning defenses, counterattacks and general mayhem at the sight of black candles burning

[Sombre]

* You try to parry falling boulders with a sheet of paper.

[Morkilus]

lch said:
* You wish that it would be a lot hotter/colder where you live so that you could be more productive in return



I must be Caelian. I'm much more productive in the winter.

[Gandalf Parker]

~ when you justify your looks by saying "I will get lots of Maenads"

~ when the only trick you can motivate yourself to train your dogs is a flanking movement

~ Halloween, black candles in your neighbors windows, you finish it....

[Gregstrom]

*You frantically tidy your house in hope of a pay rise

[Baalz]

* you wonder why this whole global warming thing isn't settled by a nice dispell

* your retirement plans involve clams

* you avoid the gator farm for fear of being cursed

* you think its perfectly fine to replace your meals with an endless stream of wine

[quantum_mechani]

Baalz said:

* your retirement plans involve clams



No safer investment! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Edi]

* you never have the lights on in your house because you use lightless lanterns

[Ferrosol]

a genuine one that happened to me today

*you tell a friend you have trouble getting the dominions name you wanted for your website

[NTJedi]

**When you fall asleep in bed at night planning defensive and offensive actions for a current game**

[Ballbarian]

**When you fall asleep in bed at night planning defensive and offensive actions for a current game**



Crap! I do that... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Kamamura]

... when watching international news and seeing Russian prezident's speech, you think: "One day the horrors get you, you snake charmer!"

[AreWeInsaneYet]

* You tried to find a lobster big enough to ride on it, in order to make yourself looks like a powerful archmage;
* You know the girl next door must be a Mother of Rivers - she produces some water every now and then.
* Every time you walk your dog in the nearby park you'll find yourself gazing the fountain wondering, "oh another oracle. why don't they imprison it?"

[void]

* you tell others you are going to "Blood Hunt".
* whatever girl you "capture", you lock them inside your dungeon.
* you think the best way to get a baslisk as your pet is crossbreeding using gi...oh well, that's a bit too drastic.

[Ballbarian]

*you find that your internet browser's user interface just does not feel quite right...

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/557311-toomuchdom3.jpg

[Ironhawk]

Hahahah

[Cor2]

I choose Ftaghn! hahaha

[Shovah32]

NTJedi said:

**When you fall asleep in bed at night planning defensive and offensive actions for a current game**



Uhh.... *looks around nervously*

[silhouette]

Ok, I know I have fallen into a trap. The devious history teachers plot has come to fuition, and now I am forced to spend time searching historical info. to compare with the origin legends for heros and sites from Dominions. Today I'm surfing/reading about Nemrut Dag, and the history of the Kommagene kingdom (http://www.enjoyturkey.com/info/sights/adiyaman.htm) and I read this:

The Legend of the White People

It is remarkable that simular to the Manifestation of the Great Gods in Kommagenian times, the local people have worshipped the manifestation of the so-called white people.
On a hot summers evening of July 1987, an old woman named Firat from the village of Eski Kâhta, told me following :

"Long ago, before the Prophet , there was a group of soldiers on their way to the town of Malatya. They were passing through the Taurus mountain range. At sunset they wearied. They had very little food. One of the soldiers saw in the distance a light. They went towards the light and came upon a house. The house was inhabited by an old man with white hair together with his daughter and a boy. The soldiers were given food.

After they had finished their meal they saw to their astonishment that there was as much food left as when they began. They did not understand this. They left the house and reached the town of Malatya without any further events. On their return from Malatya they decided to visit the house again. They refound the house and received hospitality again. The commander of the soldiers took a fancy to the daughter of the old man. After the meal, the commander then asked the old man for the hand of his daughter in marriage. The old man did not want, but he was afraid that the soldiers would take his daughter by force. That's why he granted the request and the soldiers left with his daughter.

When they arrived at Eski Kâhta, at the same place where the holy house now stands , the girl asked them to stop for a moment. She descended into the dry streambed of a water course. She passed her hand lightly over the dry soil and magically a spring of water bubbled up. That spring still exists. She drank the water and washed herself. Then she asked the earth to open and bury her. Before the soldiers knew what was happening, the earth opened and she disappeared. Since that time it is a holy place and the people built a house on her grave. The girl, together with some friends appeared after some time to the people at this place and at three other places in the region. In spring at Eski Kâhta, in summer on a mountain nearby Malatya, in autumn at Gerger and in winter somewhere in the Taurus mountain range. At Eski Kâhta, the annual appearance took place at the holy house ."

The old woman said that when she was a child, each wednesday and friday in spring, the villagers gathered at the end of the day in front of the holy house. They lit candles in the holy house and prayed. After sunset the people had to return to their houses. Nobody should disturb the girl and her friends who came at night to pray in the holy house.
Only a few people were allowed to stay. The old woman told me that her parents have witnessed the appearance of the girl and her friends. She said that they were smaller than normal people and had white hair.



What comes immediately to mind? Those of you whos minds are poisoned like me are thinking of a special magic site. I load up Edi's database, only to find this province seems to be missing all it's effects. So I have to create a test game with the site, just so I can satisfy my curiosity.

"White Man Hill
- provides 100 Supply
- creates 1 Nature gem/turn
- increases Growth"

Note to Edi: database needs this site info
Note to self: find a new hobby

Sill

[Endoperez]

Nice! I never knew where that site came from. Thanks for the info.

[Folket]

Seems to me that the site should give water and earth gems.

[Edi]

Hmm, indeed. Thanks for catching that error. I must have accidentally skipped over that site's stats when I did the original page for sites.

[Burnsaber]

* You never pick up collars of any kind, fearing that they will be cursed.

* When you see someone with wolf talisman, you back away quickly, before the wearer turns into a werewolf.

* When you're dissatified with your beard growth, you buy a talisman made out of a Bear Claw and wear it around the clock.

* When your attemps to buy some "Skin of Unborn Calves" attract attention, you defend yourself by saying that you need to make running boots.

[Sensori]

NTJedi is wrong! It's not a sign that you play too much Dominions that you fall asleep thinking about strategies, it's actually normal if the last thing you did before going to sleep was play your turn. ;p Same kind of thing happens with all games worth playing I'd say!

And AreWeInsaneYet's lobster line made me think of giant enemy crabs and the need to flip them over on their backs and attacking their weak points for massive damage! Awesome!

[lch]

... you take a polearm with you as a mosquito repellent when going on vacation.

[HoneyBadger]

You discuss the proper alchoholic beverage to compliment your Dom3 experience.

[Gandalf Parker]

Or for that matter you know you've been playing too much when EVERYTHING seems to be an accessory. We have had threads on background screens, screen savers, music, snacks, and alcohol as far as I can remember.

[Gandalf Parker]

You know you have been playing too much dominions when..
you find yourself putting your wife/girlfriend into the game instead of spending more time with them.

(and realize you are part of a really strange community when a thread shows that you werent unusual for doing it)

[HoneyBadger]

Well, everything *is* an accessory, Gandalf. You, for instance, are the prophet of Kristoffer, while Edi is Johan's prophet http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[secretperson]

*When you find yourself humming the tunes from EA, MA, LA, and the general one.

[Xietor]

You are concerned about doing a turn on vacation, because you do not trust a sub to get it right.

[cleveland]

*When, unlike your coworkers, you sympathize with your boss. After all, a Shattered Soul can't be cured.

[hoo]

Gandalf Parker said:
you find yourself putting your wife/girlfriend into the game instead of spending more time with them.

(and realize you are part of a really strange community when a thread shows that you werent unusual for doing it)



Telling the missus, "I named my goddess after you" doesn't go a long way when she's annoyed at too much time on the old pc.


*I spend my commute to and from work often deliberating strategy.

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Ah, just rediscovered this awesome thread! I have a current one:

"You wonder why politicians dont recognize the simple solution to budget crises- just alchemize fire gems!"

[Deadnature]

*I spend my commute to and from work often deliberating strategy.

+ 1

And also: In lei of reading the real news I just read "dominions 3 news" which, sadly, there is not enough of.

[Gandalf Parker]

Ah, just rediscovered this awesome thread! I have a current one:

"You wonder why politicians dont recognize the simple solution to budget crises- just alchemize fire gems!"

I find that Dom3 helps me understand some political things. Such as, that maintaining one force to respond after an attack is much cheaper than maintaining many to try and avoid the attack.

And the concept of "pretender gods" battling over followers is helping me to get a grasp on US party bantering lately.

[wonderloss]

At work, I head up our Product Development Meetings. This is often abbreviated to PD Meeting, leading me to imagine our company having a volunteer defense force.

[Heinrich]

"While watching a swordplay movie you find yourself trying to guess the hero equipment encumbrance in order to tell how long he will stand."

Sad but true.