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Creativity / Re: Cooking | Featured Food of the Week: Eggplant!! (Try it as a dip: Baba Ghanoush)

« on: January 18, 2015, 09:43:35 PM »

Ok you want easy?


Eggplant Parmesan (lazy version)
Difficulty: 2/10
Prep time: 4 minutes
Cook time: 7minutes
Ingredients: Eggplant, (optional: broth, lemon)  Olive oil, Tomato, Garlic, Basil, Mozzerella cheese, Parmesean cheese,
Directions:
Skin eggplant if nessisary and cut into slices, (optional: brush lemon over them to prevent browning). Heat olive oil (or broth, the healthier option) in pan and place eggplants in pan.

Cook for approximately 4-5 minutes, meanwhile slicing a tomoato and flip once the eggplants then add tomato slices on top and slices of mozzerella cheese.

Continue to cook for 3 minutes meanwhile crushing garlic into some olive oil, and adding in basil.

When cheese is melted place on plate and brush oliveoil mixture onto each eggplant thing, sprinkling parmesean cheese ontop.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [956 AD]

« on: January 18, 2015, 07:00:58 PM »

Gungxi declares Taijoau's IMTR at 10% but provides a wide variety of food resources including the salty yet satisfying Soy, Ginger which is promoted by Kai to help when feeling nauseous, and the increasingly popular Tea, which is garunteed to be the grown on only the best state run farms using the most up to date farming techniques.

Also invested are state resources of the finest Silks and Silvers and several specimen of stones including Turqouise and Lapis Lazuli as well as the renowned Rustuffe Lumber


Gungxi outlaws the yearly Fesitval of Bao, declaring it a vulgar and detestable display of hedonism.

In order to adjust to the temper of the populace however, they are granted two festivals in the spirit of Buddhism and one dedicated to the glory of the nation itself.

The current Bao, Neishah, was surprisingly seen at one such festival regularly schedualed as a Festival of Bao day. The people insistently asked him to provide the yearly speech to which he became angry and demanded the Arm of Bao to eject all citizens from the ceremony that should bother him.


While previously children would get to choose admittance to a Kai university upon recieving their state evaluations, Gungxi declared mandated attendance of all students deemed intelligent enough to be of aid in the sciences, regardless of their predisposition to the studious lifestyle.


A group of workers and settlers are chosen by the state and marched to the forests north of the eastern lake by Teijina/Titchwahk, that the woods be harvested for trading to neighboring nations and the fertile land once clear made into further farms.

These workers are escorted by the military whom are told to remove the indigenous tribes by whatever means they deem necessary to keep safe the interests of the nation.


Gungxi mandates the seizing of all state coinage containing the image of any Bao (which is all of them) and the precious stones removed and silver smelted down for use in trading. In return for the coins the citizens are granted state seals inspired by their Ezbatuan bretheren, which have a supposed value of return for by the state, however any such redemption efforts are insistently obscure and futile.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [956 AD]

« on: January 18, 2015, 03:39:22 PM »

Quin Bao along with several cloaked men are seen boarding a ship for Gungixao. The men are stopped but Quin states that his assistance of the current King is the only reason the men stopping them have the authority to do so.

The ship departs and the title of Bao is reappointed by the council of Tei to Neishah, a devoted Baoist and Wereuan General whom was promised the position by Gungxi after hearing of the Bao's departure south.
Taijoau accepts the invitation only on the provision that the oppertunity be extended to their northern neighbors Orshkal and Ashkaiyla which had proven vital in the establishment of this grand nation.

In addition the government sends diplomats to Teijina to discuss the immediate reabsorbstion of the state in order to reappropriate their ports for the purposes of improving trade to the region. Taijoau would also like to remind Teijina that as it stands, Taijoau is currently their only military protector,and Teijina had already shown their colors in deserting the Rustuffes not so long ago, thus there will be very little leniency in the reception of their decision.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [956 AD]

« on: January 18, 2015, 02:55:09 PM »

A storm began to blow in as the men exchanged blows, dodging and parrying every strike with precision and coordination, their battle illuminated by the lightning of the clouds above.

After nearly an hour of fighting with both men displaying the greatest of finesse and strength, the monk slipped and lost his sword. The president whom would not take this sign of betrayal so lightly would not spare the monk and as Gungxi fled onto the roof of the palace, Guanzun persuited him relentlessly. Cornering him at the edge of the roof, the president raised his spear to deliver a final blow but was caught by the wrath of the storm in a great beam of light that scorched him and left the clay roof tiles smoldering as if they were wood.

Gungxi lowered himself off the roof and was met by his generals that were allowed into the city following the resolution of the battle. They heraleded Gungxi as their champion and as promised appointed him ruler over the united lands of the Rustuffe peninsula.

Taijoau

And so the rule of Gungxi would come with the promises he held in his rebellion. He told of the end of the Baoist rule and hypocrisy that had divided his land, and how the years of loafing about with not a care for their supreme destiny as a glorious people would cease.

Immediately upon being given command he restructured the entire government, appointing regional rulers from all parts of the Ru coast to his court of consults, where he would lay down the final law in his supreme wisdom, he may ask for assistance by those whom know their own lands. As volunteers for the program were scarce (given any whom speak against this new ruler are swiftly dealt with by the loyal guard) a random lottery of representatives per region is instituted.

Seizure of Baoist religous assets are had for the purposes of state use that the gold may be redistributed as payments for real work as opposed to philisophical shenanigans and mockery.

Gungxi as well declares himself lord Buddha over the lands that his wisdom has surely shown he must be none other than the reincarnation of such an exemplary figure to lead these people out of their state of decay.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [956 AD]

« on: January 18, 2015, 02:14:10 PM »

The Wereu forces surrounding Daijoua are unable to enter the city despite daily enslaughts and barrages, always being bested by the highly trained Arm of Bao whom drive them back by dusk every day.

One morning as the soldiers were getting into formation for their daily attack, Gungxi approaches the generals and asks him to hold his men back for the day, that he might win them the war. The generals were perplexed yet let the monk pass through armed only with a traditional Rustuffe curved sword.


Gungxi approached the city gates and was met by a dozen members of the Arm of Bao, they demanded he turn back lest he be slain. The monk responded that he was not here to do any harm to the citizens of the nation, and only saught to end the war.

The generals watched in surprise as Gungxi was invited into the city and escorted all the way up the palace gates where he requested a meeting with Honorable President Guanzun Kim Kai.
The monk and the president met on top of the balcony at the front of the palace, in view of the entire city, and beyond the city walls to the Wereuan forces awaiting the outcome.

Gungxi called for the unification of the lands and the end of the Kim reign, which the president said he could not offer.
"They(Ru'sh Naal) chose to leave the Wereu for precisely the reason displayed these last long years. This constant need for violence and conquest would not lead their empire to glory, only the dedication of every citizen to it's peace."
"The stagnation of the empire in recent years has been due to its division, and the diversity was what this nation once thrived on and brought it great success" responded the monk.

The monk then called for a duel between them that fate should determine who would rightly rule this nation.
The president called for his favorite spear and the monk waited while it was fetched before he drew his blade.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [956 AD]

« on: January 18, 2015, 01:42:36 PM »

Yes, I just prefer to pause for dramatic effect.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [956 AD]

« on: January 18, 2015, 01:35:59 PM »

After about a week, Rauchtaue Bao scummed to his wounds and passed in the night. The council of Tei were responsible in appointing the next Bao as Rauchtaue Bao hadn't enough time to declare his Disciple. After hours of deliberation they settled on a Navaro by the name of Quin Tei'Kai.

Upon his being chosen, Quin Bao wept for he knew that he would have to make the most terrible choice in order to spare the lives of his people. This war between brother nations has brought great shame to the land as the blood of innocents fill the street as they are caught in the cross fire. While it is true the Kim family had helped in their time of need, the necessity of the nation to reunite was obvious in the fervor of which the sides fought for control.

The only thing that would keep the Ru'sh Naal forces from completely destroying Wereu in retaliation would be the dissolution of this difference in identity between the people. They have long shared a common history with only recent events separating their populai. Many of them still held the same faiths cultures and traditions.

There would have to be peace in the land of Ru, or all would surely perish, for there was no clear side of wrong, only the side of the people whom the Bao is supposed to care for.

As such Quin Bao orders the Arm of Bao to stand down at Daijoua, for any purposes other than the protection of the citizenry, and a messenger with the Bao's decree is sent to the city.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [956 AD]

« on: January 18, 2015, 12:37:01 PM »

Not yet for me (though I dont think I even had a theme), my country's still transforming. (because I hate double posting but no one has been posting in like two days, so i havent been able to progress any of my events)

To end the stalemate at Daijoua where the Wereu forces are being held off by the Arm of Bao, Gunxi offers to come up with a solution so long as he is instated ruler of the territories, a proposal with which the Wereu generals fighting along side the Buddhist monk for the past few years are more than happy to oblige.

Gunxi has his rebels in the Navaro region coordinate a devastating assault on the people in the town of Roussa during a funeral ceremony for a great Rustuffe general who had died protecting the borders against Ashkailyan and Orshkal incursions.

During the ceremony, the monks whom were disguised as servants catering the event, began their assault on the government officials in attendance including the current Bao and her Disciple. Hatol-Wun Bao ended up dieing at the ceremony and Rauchtaue was severly injured.

Displaying great resilliance however, the new Bao Rauchtaue would lead most of the attendees of the ceremony and many of the townsfolk safely to the Navaro Kai academy, where the cliff side fortifications allowed the Rustuffes a place to recover from the assault.

A message is sent by the rebels whom have now surrounded the academy that Rauchtaue Bao demand the withdrawl of the Arm of Bao in Daijoua in order to end the slaughter of his own people caught in the cross fire daily at the city.

The injured Bao declared the Arm would not move yet from their defensive positions and that the only danger to the citizens were caused by the rebels and their misguided cause to begin with.
 

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Off Topic / Re: Studies Show that Japan's Population is Slowly Declining

« on: January 17, 2015, 11:44:40 AM »

The cost of having children is relatively higher in Japan than in say a developing nation, where an extra child could mean an extra pair of hands to help out if things get tough. In Japan, there are not as much opportunities for the direct benefit of having a child, aside from the whole family experience which can be rewarding but if it is not presented as being the main mode of living, the thoughts of childbearing can easily be cast aside.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [865 AD]

« on: January 17, 2015, 09:56:44 AM »

With most of the Rustuffe primary military forces distracted holding off the neighboring countries' invasion forces, the Wereu are given a practically clear line of assault on the capitol at Daijoua until reaching the city to be held off in a lengthy stalemate by the formidable Rustuffe Arm of Bao tasked in defending the city and the Honorable President.

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Off Topic / Re: Studies Show that Japan's Population is Slowly Declining

« on: January 17, 2015, 09:39:13 AM »

You cannot determinably rule out media's role in the situation, however it isn't nesssisarily only Japanese media. There is in fact a longstanding trend of demasculating foreign men through the use of Western media, while at the same time promoting the exoticism of their cultures women, no doubt related to western being a very male-centric society to begin with, in order to promote their own agenda, the innacurate slogans "we have bigger richards and their ladies prefer us for it" are very prevalent even through modern media, and likely has part to do with the psychology of those in this situation. And also ironic when you consider ancient western society used to idealize the smaller phallus, and thus depictions of asian men with enormous dongs were very common in older mstar fishcripts

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [865 AD]

« on: January 16, 2015, 10:29:13 AM »

Wereu Forces quicky abandon the town of Xiaana as the majority of Rustuffe forces arrive to reclaim the town, the Wereu instead head again south east and join up with the larger main body of the Wereu forces as they regroup outside of Old Daijoua and head east as well.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [865 AD]

« on: January 15, 2015, 07:30:25 PM »

To avoid a direct confrontation with the better equipped Rustuffe forces, the Wereuan Generals plot their troops north and lay seige to the last major city in the Kastwata province, Xiaana.

Some Rustuffe forces attempt to flank the Wereuan but are in turn routed by incoming Wereuan reinforcements from the border to the south west, where the narrow gates had slowed the stream of reinforcements, to the convenience of the Wereu in this situation.


Considering it unwise to split their forces at this time, Gungxi calls on his buddhist bretheren in the Navaro territory to aid in the Wereu's plight. They were all once one people, and it is the Kim family that had caused the disruption in their unity. Many of the rebellion forces continue northward to the city of Luai where they are held off for some time. The rest of the Wereu forces and Gungxi himself hold in Xiaana briefly for word of when Wereuan reinforcements would have arrived in Old Daijoua.

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Off Topic / Re: forum waiting room v21

« on: January 15, 2015, 06:53:32 PM »

Dude this place has terrible customer service.
I've been waiting behind this blurry lady all day.

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Forum Games / Re: Anagaea II – A New Age of Empires [865 AD]

« on: January 15, 2015, 06:34:24 PM »

which were signed with state appointed royal wax seals yes


A Buddhist monk by the name Gungxi made all the difference when, fed up with the mistreatment of his people through the ages allied himself with the Wereu, collaborating with a rebellion that managed to sweep behind the Rustuffe forces stationed at the wall, and opeing the gates for the Wereu Soldiers.

The fighting was over swiftly, due to most of Ru'sh Naal's forces being stationed around the land elsewhere to defend it's borders, and captured soldiers were requested to join in the liberation of the Ru'sh Naal people by the Wereu. Those that refused were killed.

After this the Buddhist rebels and Wereu forces regrouped in Old Daijoua city, the Wereu's Arm of Bao coming to a stalemate with the Rustuffe Arm of Bao stationed at the city until the majority of the Wereu forces entered the city. Effort was taken to not destroy the city walls or useful infrastructure, however any Kim loyalists were put to the sword upon the seizing of the provincial capitol building.

A call to the Honorable President Guanzun Kim to give up his throne peacefully and avoid the further unnessisary death of his citizens put forth by the Wereu generals was declined.


Rustuffe Arm of Bao forces attempt to lock down the border of the Kastwata province while portions of the military are diverted to regroup nearby.

With the city of Old Daijoua secured by Wereuan forces, the southern cities in the Kastwata province are cut off from military aide and fall shortly to internal rebellions within the cities aligning with the Wereuan invaders.