Recent content by Paraipan

Basarab I doesn't break free from Charles Robert's Hungary, same with Moldova later on. The two are integrated into Hungary over time, Romanians becoming an important percentage of the Kingdom's population. Hungary fares better against the Ottomans and doesn't end up under the Habsburgs. During...

Actually I think the lack of a Persian European satrapy wouldn't automatically mean an earlier Thracian state. After all, the Odrysian state was founded right after the collapse of the Persian power in Europe, because of the power vacuum created. So without a Persian satrapy the Thracians might...

I don't know if this has been discussed before, I've searched the forums but couldn't find anything useful. So, what if Darius I dies in his campaign in Scythia, around 513 BC, or even in Thrace either on his way to Scythia or on his way back to Sardis, doesn't matter. This would leave his 5...

I think I wasn't clear enough in my update. The thing is I didn't wanted to say that Nevsky immediately imposed himself as an absolute ruler. I intend to ignore Russia and focus on other regions for a while and what I tried to do was to state Nevsky's intentions for the following years, maybe...

XIII Part II Caenophrurion and Bisanthi fell to the Nicaeans in the spring of 1244 and the Greek army advances towards Constantinople, laying siege on the great city in April. The Latin Emperor, Baldwin II, having spent most of his life in Western Europe, begging for help from the...

That's right. In modern OTL Romania only Transilvania is heavily germanized. In Wallachia only the urban population is Germanic, the rural one is made of Vlachs and some Cumans who didn't fled to Thesalia. They are undergoing a harsh process of Catholicization and Germanization, just like the...

Here we go again. Hopefully this time I'll be able to really get back on this TL. Here's a short chapter updating Russia and Livonia, hope you guys will like it. XIII Part I Banished by the boyars from Novgorod soon after his victory over the Swedes in 1240, because of his growing...

Yeah, something like that. I miss it too, maybe someday I'll get back on it.

OK, I wish I had a few more Europeans, familiar with the culture, on my side here. Again, you guys mention hooligans and dickheads heckling injured players. The ultra' movement isn't about that. Well at least at it's core it's not. Anyway, for some reason I don't really like the idea of hockey...

Excellent idea. Although I'm a football guy, I do enjoy a good rugby match and I could imagine myself in a rugby dominated world. Also, count me in as an Excelsior supporter. Keep going !

Again, with the bunh of drunks and violence preconceived ideas. Those guys would create spectacular displays, before they could even attempt creating any disturbances. I might not be familiar with North American mentalities, but I think the movement could become very popular, at least in it's...

So, why is it so impossible for an alternate fan culture to develop in the US, after all ? Is it just the US legal system, the already established North American fan culture, or the reluctancy to adopt European trends ? Mexico, for example, always had a football supporter's culture, similar to...

This might be the biggest obstacle. I know from my experience how exhausting are almost two hours (a regular 90 minutes football match plus the 15 minutes half time and up to 10 minutes of stoppage time) of loud singing (even shouting sometimes), jumping, clapping, waving flags (huge ones), etc...

Didn't knew that, can you share some information about those social clubs ? I think you got the wrong image. The fictional American ultras wouldn't cause any trouble. I might not fully understand American sports culture, but I think regular fans might react very well to the young ultras...

I'm aware of this aspect of American sports, but was this the case in the 1970s, also ? Unfortunately European sports, football (soccer) in particular, tend to go in that direction in the last decades. I think the biggest clubs in Europe are starting to resemble the American franchises. Well...