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14 years ago
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The trend of the last year:
1. Micro - conducting battles, in particular, with neutral creatures.
2. Macro - strategy.
3. Main. The main castle, the main hero. I would like to know the etymology; are there any associations with the German pronoun? I look forward to an explanation.
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14 years ago
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3. Main. The main castle, the main hero. I would like to know the etymology; are there any associations with the German pronoun? I look forward to an explanation.
It's simpler than that.
Main means "main" in English.
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13 years ago
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Fayrik - Fairy Dragon "This pest is flying at me again" - Magic Arrow "We have flies here" - battle with Snakes and Dragonflies Crocodile - Basilisk
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13 years ago
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From what wasn't there:
Dragon Utopia - utopa
Slow - slowlo
Tomb - tombounit
Dwarven Treasury - dwarrowunit
Medusa Bank - medusaunit
Stone Skin - stoneskin
Boghog Rider - swinia
Curse - chumachechaya
Cast a spell - nakastello
Many chests/money - chestello/moneyello
Pandora's Box - yashchik
Conflux - sopryaglo
13 years ago
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And here is my own dictionary of slang and clever abbreviations: Gargoyles - gargis Dendroids - dendrons Hellhounds - doggies Archers, elves - archer-guys Unicorns - united ones Liches - kelto-legs (I just don't like the word "lich") Fire elementals - fireflies Rakshasas - rashkas Snakes - worms Halflings - frodos And some heroes: Alamar - malabar Loinse - lenya Darkthorn - darkstrom As for ammunition: A stash of supplies - a barrel Any hero with a special ability that gives +350 gold - "gold-making" A campaign hero who runs around the map with a strong army of native creatures, with a few non-native creatures mixed in - "mixed-up" A hero who enters a battle to escape and reappear in a town - "runner" Regarding mass spells: Haste - haste-y Slow - slow-y And so on. If you successfully cast dispel - Counter!!! (you must shout it)
12 years ago
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Actually, I don't have many nicknames for creatures. Champions - knights/cavalry/horses; Unicorns - also horses; Elves - pointy-ears; Dendroids (any) - ents; Zombies (any) - slowpokes; Death Knights - Nazgûl; Vampire - Dracula; Cerberuses/Hellhounds - dog(gies); Gorgons - cows; Lizardmen - lizard-idiots)); Ancient Behemoth - mammoth poop (because it's ancient...); Dragons (any) - dragonlings (though I sometimes call dragons from the Fortress "Chinese" - IMHO, they resemble them). Heroes 2: Pigs - oinkers/piglets; Nomads - Bedouins. A secondary hero, transporting reinforcements to the main hero or collecting resources/placing flags over mines - a pushover.
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12 years ago
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My wife calls Psionic creatures "pugs." :D Now I call them that too. :) I used to call Halberdiers "coin-makers." Of the other creatures: Crusaders - paladins, palychi. Monks - hooded ones. Centaurs - kents. Gnomes - gnomes :) (a friend of mine started calling them that back in the last century, when Heroes 2 was just released). Unicorns - rogues, unicorns. Gremlins - grems. Gargoyles - gargis. Golems - idols/iron idols. Trogolodites - troglos and... I can't really write that on a decent forum, but basically, they look like that. :D Harpies - little hangers-on. Minotaurs - minas. Walking Dead - cripples. Spirits - old ladies. Vampires - vamps. Bone Dragons - paper. Hobgoblins - hobies. Gnolls - shameful wolves. Snakes - little hangers-on. Basilisks - basi. Wyverns - ducks (picked that up from a forum). Fairies - butterflies. P.S.:
Larkin

A hero in a party, running around the map with a strong army of native creatures,
with a few non-native creatures mixed in - "one who carries a loser"
A hero who enters a battle to run away and reappear in a town - "loser"
That's great. :)
Larkin

If you successfully cast Dispel - "Counter!!!" (you have to shout it)
Same here.
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11 years ago
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Idiots - Monsters Shit on the rocks - Nest on the rocks They waved their underpants - A stack of gnomes fell Blue beard - Halon Big-breasted - Harpies Wooden ones - Dendroids Swamp - Fortress Vivy - Wyverns Assholes - Troglodytes Lion cubs - Manticores Gorgs - Gargoyles Little horses - Cavaliers Mu - Demons Wolf cubs - Wolf riders Vamps - Vampires
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11 years ago
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I remember it was a long time ago, when we were still learning to play with friends on "Hot-seat", we used to joke:
Magic Tower - "Magic Bathhouse" (where mages take a bath)
Harpy's Nest - "Harpy's Ass"/"Improved Harpy's Ass"
Trogolodites - "Mushroom Pickers"
Abandoned Palace - "Overturned Palace"
"Grandmas" were butterflies for us
"Fenya" - Phoenix (Firebird)
"Cops" - Pikemen
Well, that's all I remember... there were definitely many more)))
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11 years ago
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We used to play this game quite often, and we came up with a lot of slang terms and catchphrases.

Monsters:
snakes, dragonflies - hoses
gnolls/gnoll marauders - dogs in striped shirts/in bulletproof vests
wyverns - wЫverns
zombies - terminators (their empty eye sockets look very much like the glasses from the movie)

Buildings:
Dragon Caves (Rampart) - home of green (golden) flies (the animation looks like a bunch of flies are circling)
Hall of Valhalla (Stronghold) - Hall of Valhalla
Guild of the Sword (Castle) - brotherhood of footballers (balls)
Hippodrome (Castle) - pissing place (ristalishche)

Artifacts:
centaur's axe - kesira centavra
might of the father of dragons - bulletproof vest made of dragon's ass skin (according to D. Puchkov)
dragon bone kneepads - nadralenniki
maps of prophecy - maps of depravity
hourglass of ill omen - chesochnye pesy
legion's loincloth - bayan
legion's head - kumpol
in the names of all helmets, the word "helmet" was replaced with the word "member" =) (member of the white unicorn, member-skull)
any cool artifact - super-thing!

Spells:
air shield - shit in the air ("shield" is pronounced like the English word "shit")

Catchphrases (mandatory during the game, spoken in a mannered way, sometimes with irony).

When a group of monsters wants to join on the adventure map: - Accept! (from English accept - to accept)
When a group of monsters tries to run away from the hero (and the hero lets them escape): - Well, get out of here!
When a difficult battle is coming:
(first, as if thinking) - Oh, I'm scared, damn it!
(then, still deciding to attack) - I'm not scared of anything!
(at the moment of attack) - Come on, come closer!!!
When a very powerful and numerous unit finishes off a weak, single neutral unit in battle: - Now he's suddenly feeling bad!
When archers attack directly (instead of shooting): - Take it with your fist!
When you receive the Destroy Undead spell, addressing the opponent: - That's it! Now I'm going to destroy you! (regardless of the opponent's race)
When you receive the Summon Ship spell, playing on a map without water: - Victory! I found the most important spell!
After building a dwarven treasure chamber: - Money defeats evil!
When you visit the Garden of Revelation for the second time: - It's slipping away again, damn it!
When you see spearmen in the mercenary camp (very sarcastically): - Of course! Spearmen are excellent warriors!
When a very powerful main hero of the opponent appears in sight: - Oh! Loshpet! =)

I'll remember something else and I'll definitely add it =)
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11 years ago
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Telder54

Temple of Valhalla (Stronghold) - Temple of Vlagala

Hippodrome (Castle) - dristalishche (ristalishche)

centaur axe - kesira centavra

might of the father of dragons - armor made of dragon hide (according to D. Puchkov)

prophecy cards - depravity cards

hourglass of an ill omen - itchy dogs

legion's loincloth - bayan

legion's head - kumpol

in the names of all helmets, the word "helmet" was replaced with the word "member" =) (member of the white unicorn, member-skull)

any cool artifact - super-thing!
what a large vocabulary, itchy dogs - very witty,
Hippodrome (Castle) - dristalishche (ristalishche) - that's awful, guys, you've played too much.
11 years ago
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ogres - Andrewshas
gorgons - little ones, cigarette butts
goblins - poo
pit fiends - whip-wielders
air elementals - air elementals
water elementals - water elementals
earth elementals - earth elementals
troglodytes - troglos
spectators - little eyes
bone dragons - bone dragons
mages - grandpas
wolf riders, hellhounds - doggies
rukhs - birdies

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