The current Eagle Standard logo
The Eagle Standard is the main newsgroup around which anything dealing with the Total War aspect of the community, forum reports, AAR submissions, AAR reviews, mod reviews, TW fansite reviews, editorials, modding team interviews, and anything else relevant to the TWC modding community and TW community as a whole is covered.
The Eagle Standard is not to be confused with the Helios, which is another newspaper published every fortnight for TWC, but is primarily concerned with the happenings in the forum, as opposed to the Total War games.
The Eagle Standard releases every last Monday of the month.
Latest Editions
Volume V - Issue I
Volume IV - Issue XII
For earlier editions see Eagle Standard Archive (WIP)
More previous editions of the Eagle Standard can be viewed here.
Current Staff
Here are the Content Writers for the Eagle Standard, poor saps that are somehow stuck with contributing one article at least with every publication.
| Calvin:
Calvin is a highly respected individual around the TWC forums. He has contributed extensively in the past to the AARs and AAR forum reports, as well as the RTW Eras forum reports.
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| Elrond:
Elrond is another writer for the ES, although he is currently away from contributing to the monthly publications.
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| Empress Meg:
When not going around the TWC forums swinging a ban hammer with all of her might, Empress Meg also contributes to the running and publication of the Eagle Standard. She submits reports on the happenings of the Empire: Total War subforum of TWC.
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| Selenius4tsd:
Selenius4tsd is also a long standing member of the Eagle Standard much like Dinadan however no one of the current generation is exactly sure what he actually contributes, it’s a great mystery within the ES. Some say he actively pursues rare and exotic interviewees for sport. While others claim he is the secret and dark hand in the shadows that enforces the ‘Iron Will and Cold Discipline’ of Bulgaroctonus…
Others claim he isn’t actually doing anything but is either doing one of two things; working hard with his partner Dragases1453 on the Aevum Fidei mod, or more likely, abusing his Moderating powers finding the names and addresses of everyone reading this and will promptly be dispatching his evil underlings to slap an eviction notice on the door of your home and issuing a false jury duty summons through the letterbox.
Beware, absolute power corrupts absolutely…
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| Leonidas The Lion:
Leonidas is a relative newcomer to the Eagle Standard originally signed up to do part time work providing…
Well I don’t know really I’m sure he’s secretly work as Bulgar’s architect to world-domination and the overthrowing of the Wilpurites from TWC, but that’s my hunch.
Leonidas has now agreed to become a fully fledged member of the ES team so we should see more of him providing interviews and what not, and should I cease righting for the ES you’ll know why, being the only Wilpurite it means Bulgaroctonus has enacted his ‘Great’ purge…
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| Ippius:
Ippius was first noticed for his After Action Reports, he is a fine story teller and fantastic picture editor which match’s his writing skills.
Sadly Ippius hasn’t contributed much and as a result has been detained in the SS Concentration Camp, whoops… ES Contribution Centre and is being re-educated for his own good of course…
Though Ippius has delivered Stirling work in the form of his own The Bear Russian AAR which was first published in the April 1st Edition and has several outstanding works lurking somewhere in the M2TW AAR forum, if you dare to hunt for them.
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| Plutarch:
Plutarch or Comte de Laconia was a regular contributor to the Eagle Standard always providing something by the end of every week however, and quite sadly he simply vanished.
Plutarch contributed many fine and insightful interviews for us all to enjoy when he was still active within the Eagle Standard until I suppose the evil, devilishly malicious wave of reality swept him away.
We’ve been sending out waves upon waves of ES Agents to find the illusive soul but to no avail…
I’m starting to wonder if the Eagle Standard is cursed with misfortune?
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| Titus Atius Labienus:
Titus Joined the ES at the same time as I, however I do believe he once worked for them in times of antiquity. Titus hasn’t been the most active member in the running of the Eagle Standard however do not grudge him that, for when he did provide us with contributions they were of quality.
What ever became of Titus Atius Labienus remains a mystery even to this day…
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History
The previous Eagle Standard logo
The Eagle Standard publication on TWC was founded in March 2005.
The original organising members were:
- Justinian, Managing Director, Editor
- Belisarius, Managing Director, Editor
- GrimSta, Assistant Managing Director
- Spadicus, Article Author
- Emperor Dimitricus, Reporter
- Fable, Reporter
- Imb39, Reporter
- therussian, Reporter
See this post by Spartan in March 2005. Note an early appearance by the now legendary Imb39 in that list.
Volume I, Issue I can be found in this thread.
That first ever issue contained an interview with the famous modder Gaius Julius.
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