(February 16, 2016 at 12:38 am)Emjay Wrote:(February 16, 2016 at 12:16 am)Jello Wrote: I see. That is pretty interesting :o
I'm really into RTS', i love playing them. And Colonization sounds really cool. The only TBS' i've ever really played are the two XCOM games (not the older ones), and they're awesome.
Eh. European history can be quite boring, i agree. Which is why i mostly know a ton about the more interesting parts, aka the wars. The 30 years war is something of great interest to me. The Swedish empire rose and fell in such a short amount of time, and it's what started the Russian empire's rise. It's also a time when russia's brutality really came into play, as the swedish only lost because the Tsar scorched the earth when retreating, till the swedish were eventually out of supplies, and subsequently chose to charge into a battle, totally outnumbered, at the battle of Poltava, rather than starve to death. 20,000 soldiers died in a single day. So yeahI find it all quite interesting around that period, as it's when things kinda really kicked off in europe, as it was also the fall of the Holy roman empire (if i remember correctly, at least.)
To be fair I've only read a couple of books on Russian history so I don't remember much about specific battles etc... I just thought that they had a very clear history compared to us... and full of intrigue. But I don't read much history these days... it was just a phase that passed really... as things do... everything has its time and place. I'm not very sentimental... very good at decluttering because I can let things go... but it is still nice once in a while to have a trip down memory lane.
That's fair enough
I'll admit, i am kinda weird, and am a little bit obsessed with history. I just find it so insanely interesting to me.
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. For if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes unto you."
