Ladies and Gentlemen. Boys and Girls of all ages. Nerds of all Shapes and Sizes. Can I have your attention please?!
Coming to you from the gaming laptops of a handful of middle aged men spread across the United States of America, it is..........
USA Team 1 - The First Continental LEGIONNNNNNNNNNN
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Formed by a team of modern American history dorks who traveled back to Roman times just to train with Julius Caesar himself, and who then time jumped forward to 1776 just in time to join the Revolution (and sing a couple tunes with Alexander Hamilton), the Big 1 L was the Continental Army's best of the best of the best. And never once threw away their.......shot.
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Fighting on the front lines with nothing but sword and shield, the 1st Continental Legion was unstoppable. No
Brit could withstand their onslaught; no
Hessian could bring their mustache within gladius range; no
Frenchman could deny their fashion sense. And when the day was done, and the battle won, the 1st Continental Legion proved the veracity of regimental motto:
"Bless Your Rolls, And Pass Your Cohesion Checks!"
And now Four masters of their craft, specializing in four different time periods, are coming here to the World Team Championship to troll
the UK Teams and win some gold medals.
U! S! A! U! S! A!
First up is the Legion's Artistic Director:
NYCZAR!!! Creator of the fancy uniforms that amazed and delighted the French (especially Lafayette), nyczar brings a necessary element of humility to the normally bombastic team. But humility will be in short supply when nyczar dives into the turbulent waters of Period 1 and puts his Antigonid pike training to use. Here is nyczar in his own words during the pre-time jump interview:
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Hard to believe that I've been playing FOG II now for almost 4 years and I am still learning! None of the other 47 titles in my steam library are as engrossing for me as FOG II. After playing one form of board game or PC game after another, I bought the FOG table top rules book in 2008 and only dreamed of painted men-at-arms, respectful banter, good beer, and yelling at dice. I was all in when FOG2 was released and I am looking forward to representing the flag in a contest for worldwide bragging rights!"
Next up is the Legion's Master Chief:
snooky51......also known as
Snooky-the-Rooky. But don't let his relative youth fool you ladies and gentleman, this hunk of hoplites spends his days on the (American) football field pushing other large fellows around. And now he's ready to push some armies around in the Late Antiquity of Period 2. Listen to the man yourself from his post-tackle pre-time jump interview:
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I am likely in the youngest cohort of the WTC (under 30) and I'd put money on being the least experienced wargamer: I've been playing proper wargames for 16 months, outside of playing 1 match of advanced squad leader against another 1st time player, prior to buying this game in April 2020 I never played miniatures or anything more complex than risk. (I'm not gonna count TW or paradox games but I've logged time in those since childhood). My largest margin of victory in this game was my first ever DL match (5th against an actual person) and been chasing that high ever since."
And what would a team be without its
CAPTAIN.......the man, the myth, the not quite a legend (yet):
Geffalrus. Known in the Digital League as the Antigonid Weirdo, the Professor of the Pike, the Sage of the Sarissa, the Duke of the Diadochi.......Geffalrus is usually found in Period 1 refining the finer points of phalanx tactics. But not this time ladies and gentlemen; this time, the Geffalrus will be taking his talents to Period 3 and the Early Middle Ages. With no pikes to be found, can he find his footing, or will he be trampled beneath the iron hooves of many, many lancers?
Stay tuned to find out............
Last.......but certainly not least, is the Venerable Veteran:
edb1815. No word on whether or not that collection of letters and numbers is his home wifi password. A steady presence in the DL for many, many years, edb1815 is ready to bring his experience to bear anchoring the Legion's flank in Period 4 in the Wild Wild West that is..........THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES. With a meta currently dominated by Berbers and Irish, neither of whom rely on the knight unit that is - supposed - to be the premier unit of this era, literally anything could happen. Meme armies could become dominant; meta armies could become trash; forums could descend into absolute chaos as scientists work feverishly to find a way to bring balance to the Force of Knights. Help us edb1815, you are our only hope.
And now, some words from the wily warrior himself:
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I have been involved with war games one way or another for 40 years starting out with board games, then on to tabletop miniature gaming while in the US Army as an Armor officer in the 1980s. Active in the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society HMGS (East) since the 1990s. Favorite periods: Age of Sail and Napoleonics. Started playing in Field of Glory tabletop tournaments when the game was released in 2008. I still have a few 15mm armies for FOG but moved on to other games. In the last few years, I have focused on PC wargames, collecting various titles and playing in the Digital League since FOGII was released. Looking forward to the late medieval DLC with Wars of the Roses and Hundred Years War armies!"
Special Reserve of SHADOW WARRIORS to be activated ONLY in an emergency:
- rrrttt354
- infinitude
Their skills:
unknown. Their power:
unfathomable. Pray that we are not forced to unleash them upon this world.
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And with that ladies and gentlemen, it is time for all of us to harden our hearts, sharpen our swords, screw our courage to the sticking place, and in the immortal words of Sun Tzu:
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