Gallia and your knowledge of the French

[masternerdguy]

Yeh I agree with a lot here who say that Gallia is secluded. I went through with my Zoner once and got shot up. didnt see that one coming *commence rep fixing*. The Brigands were neutral with me for some reason though O_o. At this time there was only 1 player in the gallic systems not including myself. Made me think that maybe gallia needs to take a more intrusive role in Sirius, maybe move into the tau systems. Shake the war up between Bretonia and Kusari maybe.

yeah, space 3-ways are fun to watch.

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[sobuor]

Seeing as I get my rear handed to me every time I venture into Gallia, no, it hasn't.

Then again, Gallia and the French we know today are very different, Gallians seem to actually fight.. :lol:

(Apologies to Frenchies everywhere)

he don't knock the french man they fight all the time but mostly there own goverment that way they get such awsome health care and other such social services that kick a$$ (or can say ass? ha )
un like the people of the usa how get push around like little b1tch'5 and die on the side of the road becuase they can't afford a couple pills

what type of place is it that has that little repect for human life that they will just let you die becuase your poor ( sounds like the middle age's to me) but that's what happends when people aren't willing to fight for them self just like in the liberty systems

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[Camtheman Of Freelancer4Ever]

Gallia is alright, but what would really be nice is if Rhienland invaded Gallia, and took them over. Then, Liberty & Bretonia come to save the day, and free gallia.

Then, Gallians suddenly hate libertonians... Sounds familliar doesnt it?

That is my basic knowledge of french.:)

[Klaw117]

Gallia kind of reminded me of France during the French Revolution. That's it.

By the way, what is with all these jokes about France? Seriously, I never understood why Americans mock the French.

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[tazuras]

By the way, what is with all these jokes about France? Seriously, I never understood why Americans mock the French.

Because many of us are ignorant.

Many think the french surrendered for no good reason in WW II. They dont realize the french didnt want to have there beautiful historical country shelled to **** and their citizens killed in a fight they would never win because they french forces were so depleted after WW I. Also a decent amount of the french population supported this action, for these reasons, and because they were socialist I believe (also some of them cause they wanted to keep their money prolly, not sure on this though). Some also fail to remember that the french resistance was instrumental in turning the tide of the war in France.

Also, we dont like how they dont bow to us like a lot of other countries. They disagree in the UN (take Iraq for example) and they are just this little country who surrendered in world war two, who are they to... well, i think you get where that line of "thought" is going.

Finally, we dont understand why they are all snotty to us when we go there. Like when we refuse ti try an speak their language or make fun of it, or use it in a mocking tone. When we dont try and learn about their history and culture and demand things be done the american way (salad first, everything a la carte, for example). We dont understand why they are snotty when we are effectively pissing all over everything they care about and hold dear....

Basically it seems like because the French are openly proud, and a lot of Americans are proud and ignorant.

So yeah. I think that is why.

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[Dieter Schprokets]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

North Americans tend to mistake the Atlantic Ocean for military prowess.

Try living between Britain and Germany (and Spain in her golden years) and see how it works out militarily for you.

I seem to remember a statistic from WW2. That during the fall of France the French lost in those few weeks well over a quarter million men, and all those casualties were squeezed into that short time period. More than the US lost in that war.

They didn't "surrender". They fought, and lost. That's not the same thing, is it?

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[Tenacity]

My time playing in gallia was short lived, but I did learn that apparently the criminals in france have more balls than the military does.

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[Exile]

By the way, what is with all these jokes about France? Seriously, I never understood why the entire world <strike>Americans</strike> mocks the French.

Meh.

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[farmerman]

I really haven't been to Gallia enough for it to have much of an effect. Plus I already knew quite a few things about French history. There could be a lot to learn (actually learned a few things up Kusari way), but it's not connected enough to really have much chance to get there. Like I said before, it's like a giant Munich.

By the way, what is with all these jokes about France? Seriously, I never understood why Americans mock the French.

Because we ran out of jokes about the English.

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[Bear]

NO, never been there, never going to go there.

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