The Thirisadai: A Fantasy Unit From Age Of Empires II Based On A False Wikipedia Article
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A fake Wikipedia article has been used to create a false Age of Empires II unit, known as the Thirisadai.
This unit does not have any historical basis and is completely made up.
Next thing you know they’ll be saying Persians didn’t build TCs next to their enemies.
What else have the devs lied to us about?!
yawn
imagine being this bored with life and/or having this level of racial bias that you go to this extent to debunk a unit in a game that is literally saturated with fantasy.
and then coming back 9 months later to try again.
wow
Cool.
I also didn’t find the needle in the haystack I was searching for.
So the needle doesn’t exist.
The Indian playerbase is dedicated and based a f
Chinese don’t have gunpowder, but historical accuracy is expected… okay
I remember sharing this post months ago here, but it’s good to do it again to spread the word even more.
Uhm wasn’t there the exact same post about Turtle Ships or is my memory messing with me
When reading wikipedia at work goes wrong…
Aren’t Xolotl Warriors ahistorical too?
They melt to Elite Longboats /irrelevant to topic at hand but I wanted to share
Damn
The Thirisadai doesn’t have to be historical to be awesome!
it will be interesting to see how the aoe2 devs respond.
> I would recommend that the offending Wikipedia article excise sections 3 and 4 as there is no good evidence for their assertions.
I am less sure of how to undo the fourteen years of misinformation but perhaps excising the original source of the lies might be a good start.
And spreading the counter-claims among circles where this information has spread is a good continuation.
Debate will facilitate the revision of both the original and the counter-claims.
Thanks for sharing this article!
I also read it on a history subreddit not too long ago.
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