Oh Empire: Total War... how I yearn for you...

So i thought i had it all planned out. Last month i bought Rome: Total war on steam for 10 bucks so i could brush up on my strategy skills (Campaign map skills, not battle skills, Armour and swords =/= guns and cover) it was awesome, i began building up hype for Empire: Total War and started to get really good at managing a huge empire. So about a month passes of me playing Rome: Total War almost exclusively for about 20 or so hours a week and i begin saving up for my one game a month budget that i set up for myself so i dont end up homeless and/or without electricity to play games. I had it all saved up around 80 bucks (to buy the special units version), and today much to my surprise, i open up my bank account online to see what my balance was so i can get the game through steam and there it was, 11.56 USD.............................

I begin to freak out.. Mind you i am the type of guy that doesnt even freak out when his car stalls on some train tracks with an on-comming train (true story). I immediately pull up the account history and i see two charges on my debit card, one for 29.99 and one for 39.99 from a company i dont even know about. I call up my bank and ask them wtf is up and they tell me to call the company that charged me. So they give me two different numbers and i call both of them. The first one was a hispanic lady who immediately asks for the last 8 digits of my card number to varify that im the owner of the account. After going through all that bullshit she ends up giving me the name of the guy who put the charges on the card... My own fucking brother. Needless to say im quite pissed that my brother stole 70 bucks from my account, but what really pisses me off is that i found out he used it to buy a subscription to a fucking porn site. The lady ends up refunding my money and puts my brothers name into some sort of porno black list so that he cant ever buy porn again or whatever (lol). But it turns out i wont get my money back until next week at the earliest. So my plans for awesome game time (which i almost never have anymore) turned into looking for my brother and beating the shit out of him.

So the lesson for today is dont trust family.

So i thought i had it all planned out. Last month i bought Rome: Total war on steam for 10 bucks so i could brush up on my strategy skills (Campaign map skills, not battle skills, Armour and swords =/= guns and cover) it was awesome, i began building up hype for Empire: Total War and started to get really good at managing a huge empire. So about a month passes of me playing Rome: Total War almost exclusively for about 20 or so hours a week and i begin saving up for my one game a month budget that i set up for myself so i dont end up homeless and/or without electricity to play games. I had it all saved up around 80 bucks (to buy the special units version), and today much to my surprise, i open up my bank account online to see what my balance was so i can get the game through steam and there it was, 11.56 USD.............................

I begin to freak out.. Mind you i am the type of guy that doesnt even freak out when his car stalls on some train tracks with an on-comming train (true story). I immediately pull up the account history and i see two charges on my debit card, one for 29.99 and one for 39.99 from a company i dont even know about. I call up my bank and ask them wtf is up and they tell me to call the company that charged me. So they give me two different numbers and i call both of them. The first one was a hispanic lady who immediately asks for the last 8 digits of my card number to varify that im the owner of the account. After going through all that bullshit she ends up giving me the name of the guy who put the charges on the card... My own fucking brother. Needless to say im quite pissed that my brother stole 70 bucks from my account, but what really pisses me off is that i found out he used it to buy a subscription to a fucking porn site. The lady ends up refunding my money and puts my brothers name into some sort of porno black list so that he cant ever buy porn again or whatever (lol). But it turns out i wont get my money back until next week at the earliest. So my plans for awesome game time (which i almost never have anymore) turned into looking for my brother and beating the shit out of him.

So the lesson for today is dont trust family.

My brother stole from me on time... one time. Porn is great free...WTF.

"My brother stole from me on time... one time. Porn is great free...WTF."

Sorry, man, but that is fucking hilarious.

EDIT:
Also, while your playing Rome try out Europa Barbarorum.

By the way, I tried the Empire: Total War demo, slow loading, but what I played I liked and it ran good on my PC. Just another demo for me... I only own Medieval: Total War... the rest... demos. 

"By the way, I tried the Empire: Total War demo, slow loading, but what I played I liked and it ran good on my PC. Just another demo for me... I only own Medieval: Total War... the rest... demos.  "

" And unlike medieval 2, when i tell my guys to attack someone on the battle map, they actually attack. "

"Claude said:

"By the way, I tried the Empire: Total War demo, slow loading, but what I played I liked and it ran good on my PC. Just another demo for me... I only own Medieval: Total War... the rest... demos.  "

So far my favorite total war game has been rome. It may not have very pretty graphics but the main campaign mode is just epic. And unlike medieval 2, when i tell my guys to attack someone on the battle map, they actually attack. "

"Gunner said:

"Claude said:

"By the way, I tried the Empire: Total War demo, slow loading, but what I played I liked and it ran good on my PC. Just another demo for me... I only own Medieval: Total War... the rest... demos.  "

So far my favorite total war game has been rome. It may not have very pretty graphics but the main campaign mode is just epic. And unlike medieval 2, when i tell my guys to attack someone on the battle map, they actually attack. "

My problem is that the AI on the battle map seems to be getting worse with each incarnation.  Shogun is by far my favorite, perhaps because I'm jaded, because the AI actually used tactics.  My only complaints about Shogun were the weird super-power units like geisha and kensai.  Medieval felt off to me and I probably enjoyed it the least.  Rome was fun, and I agree felt very epic, but the AI felt stupid.  Since I didn't like the original Medieval that much, I skipped Medieval 2."

I've been reading reviews and I think I'm going to go ahead and buy it. My luck, it's another Far Cry 2. I'm going get kicked out on the streets buying all these shitty games.

"I've been reading reviews and I think I'm going to go ahead and buy it. My luck, it's another Far Cry 2. I'm going get kicked out on the streets buying all these shitty games."

I'm sorry to say, but I enjoyed that story. =/

"I'm sorry to say, but I enjoyed that story. =/"

man that sucks
I hope you beat the shit out of your brother