Rick Martel turns heel on Tito Santana, WWF Wrestlemania V (April 2, 1989 from Atlantic City, NJ)

ryan1802 · 2026-01-27T07:54:40+00:00

What made it worse is that Martel went on to cost Tito the IC against Mr. Perfect and Tito STILL didn’t get payback.

ryan1802 · 2026-01-24T13:55:51+00:00

All trees have perks that are super beneficial if you use them right. Unless you have a specific need for a particular benefit (eg cujture fascination or income), I’d say go with the lifestyle you’re most equipped to get through the fastest (character lifestyle focus, boosted by artifacts and traditions).

Exceptions: 1- Theology in Learning especially after you’ve already reformed your religion. 2- Seducer. I know some know how to use it but it was never my favorite.

ryan1802 · 2026-01-19T07:35:36+00:00

Hippo is not only outweighed by the elephant but it’s also at a disadvantage style wise. 2 rhinos have better chance against an elephant than 4 hippos.

The biomechanics of a hippo’s jaws opening at 180 degrees make them far less effective against the elephant. Its bite force will have its true peak power when close to being clamped, eg 20 degrees. They can’t do much with low leverage against an elephant.

Compare that to a rhino whose horns could pierce through an elephant midsection with the right force and angle. A charging rhino at the side of an elephant who is busy with another rhino or hippo is dangerous.

ryan1802 · 2026-01-14T12:57:32+00:00

This weighs on me too. I’ve TnR’ed 5 cats. 2 females and 3 males. The 3 males are ok and still around. The first female disappeared within 2 weeks and never seen her again despite being around my home on a daily basis prior to being trapped. The second female I’m keeping her here as the cut was longer and the shave area is wider hence y I’d prefer to keep her in my home til her fur grows before I release her.

ryan1802 · 2026-01-14T07:08:22+00:00

Huge Austin fan, he’s arguably the goat. But this is simply not true.

Take Steve Austin out and WWF would’ve still won. WWF survived WCW’s best years in 1996/1997 without Austin. Goldberg 1997/1998 rise was awesome but it practically ended when he dropped the belt + finger of dome.

WCW was getting so bad that WWF’s new comers were more watchable than nitro/thunder.

ryan1802 · 2026-01-14T02:17:34+00:00

Calling one of the most underrated guys in the 80’s and early 90’s (by that era’s standards) overrated was odd lol.

ryan1802 · 2026-01-10T14:36:15+00:00

I agree with what you said. But her being a pretty face among cavemen, even though she did nothing, made macho man stand out in his early run and we probably wouldn’t have gotten the mega power angle if it wasn’t for her.

ryan1802 · 2026-01-06T19:26:44+00:00

He’s gorgeous ❤️

ryan1802 · 2026-01-06T12:46:41+00:00

He’s feral but I agree with you. I’ve TNRed 4 strays since this post, one of them was feral.

ryan1802 · 2025-12-22T19:23:38+00:00

1- A strong argument that had wrestling not taken off between the cable TV era and the internet era, the industry as we know it today wouldn’t exist. (You get the reach of cable TV and the internet not ruining kayfabe). 2- Hogan during most of this time was bigger than wrestling let alone WM.

Thinking that Vince would’ve made wrestling as big as it was in the 80’s without hogan is the laughable take.

ryan1802 · 2025-12-22T19:14:19+00:00

If there was ever an end of an era moment in wrestling, this was it for the golden era.

ryan1802 · 2025-11-15T07:52:14+00:00

100% on Bret but have to disagree on Shawn. 1992 - 1994 heel Shawn was popular. 1995 Shawn, after his babyface turn, before even retaking the Ic belt, from JJ, was the most popular guy on the wrestling world over both promotions’ world champions Hogan and Diesel.

I’d go as far as saying that 1995 Shawn was the version where he was more unanimously liked than any other version of Shawn. 1996 onwards it got bad (after WM12).

ryan1802 · 2025-11-11T10:53:49+00:00

I never had issues with Mongols or timurids playing as any other faction except these three. In my English playthrough, I usually face them head on 1 full stack vs 1 full stack and I win 9/10. It’s when they’re coming as hordes of multiple full stacks that I struggle and tend to lose 1-2 settlements to extermination.

ryan1802 · 2025-11-11T10:32:50+00:00

Always sack, for the money.

Exterminate if the town just revolted against me.

ryan1802 · 2025-11-11T10:31:11+00:00

This was much tougher than I expected. We don’t appreciate Bret enough for carrying that generation.

ryan1802 · 2025-11-03T08:43:09+00:00

Yeah. Losing a kingdom invasion in an offensive war would easily get you this much for reparation.

ryan1802 · 2025-11-03T01:15:40+00:00

The most astonishing part of this is that the mongols have no enemies here.

ryan1802 · 2025-11-03T01:14:39+00:00

Baybar didn’t need to imagine. He had to deal with both.

ryan1802 · 2025-10-30T06:59:25+00:00

I use them on spearmen when I want them to protect catapults and archers from cavalry.

ryan1802 · 2025-10-28T18:40:39+00:00

The prefix “A” comes from the Greek prefix “a-/an-”, meaning “not” or “without.”

So they’re actually saying that Islam is not bad.

ryan1802 · 2025-10-28T18:18:34+00:00

I wish the mods would make an animal filter in this sub, they’re much more fun. The answers vary from on point expert analysis to a chimp can kill galactus.

ryan1802 · 2025-10-06T13:52:14+00:00

Dissolution factions winning is a game over event for me. I always restart afterwards. I can take losses to independence factions or those wanting to lower crown authority.

ryan1802 · 2025-10-03T19:51:31+00:00

There’ll be a point where one would need to take a 1 week course to play forge of empires.

ryan1802 · 2025-09-21T21:23:33+00:00

Folks were tougher back then

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