Lord_Chris

People do generalise this, I completely agree. But they wrongly put the blame on all migrants, when in fact it's EU migrants that is the problem. Last year 184,000 EU migrants came to the UK and 188,000 non-EU migrants. If I'm honest, I don't believe these figures. An independent report, by I think The Express, revealed that migration had been undercounted by 1.2 million at least in the last five years. Firstly if you take a look at those figures, you'll see that they're pretty much equal. The problem with this is that we have pretty much the same amount of our migration coming from 28 countries of only 500 million people as we do from the rest of the world. And we have no control of it. By remaining inside the EU, the racist immigration policy discriminates against anyone coming from anywhere else in the entire world makes it much more difficult to get qualified Doctors from India, like in your case when a member of your family needed care. And instead of taking in more qualified Doctors from non-EU countries such as India, we're taking in unskilled migrants from the EU. This is one of the major problems at the moment in the UK, this massive oversupply of unskilled Labour. It's pushing down wages for ordinary workers, making it much more difficult to get on the housing ladder and is destroying our natural green spaces because they have to be built on to accommodate housing. In fact just to cope with the migration levels, we need to build a house every 4 minutes. Another fact is that we cannot prevent murders, rapists, or other criminals from the EU entering our country. What we've actually seen, is that many criminals have entered the UK and committed more appalling crimes here. Just a week or so ago, there was a report which showed 50 EU criminals we couldn't deport. As the crisis in the EU and the Eurozone gets worse, then more of those citizens will come over to the UK. And this has been a continuing trend since 2008 and the financial crash. I am sympathetic, to genuine refugees. But all the migrants who have just walked in the EU are illegally entering it - and these typically are the ones shown in Greece or Calais who riot, cause trouble .etc, these fit in the 80% figure that are economic migrants I cited earlier. And these are typically not the ones who the media show. But as @EaglePrince pointed out, these migrants don't claim asylum in the first country they go to, which they are supposed to do. They specifically mention they want to go to Germany, France, the UK ... or one particular country in the west. I think this is the problem which a lot of people see. For migrants to actually be able to enter the UK, they must have first reached another country, for example France - the Calais migrant camp. If these people were genuine refugees, they would have claimed asylum in France, but they specifically want to come to the UK. Another distinctive feature of the number of migrants who enter the EU is that they are usually young and male. If they were genuine refugees, they would likely take their entire family with them and would all cross over. You only need to take a look at the situation in Greece and the EU-Turkey deal where for every economic migrant in Greece returned to Turkey, one genuine refugee will be returned to Greece from Turkey. In return, Turkey's membership of the EU is being fast-tracked, they are being given 6 billion euros, and from July this year they should have visa free access to the Schengen area of the EU (it's being voted on a few days after the referendum I think). In theory, this is only for six months, although many will claim family reunion .etc., and they will never be seen again. But at a time where in a poll 8% of Turks sympathised with Islamic State, and in another poll by The Express, 12 million Turks said they would come to the UK if they were able to, this is a terrible mistake. If only 1% of Turks sympathise with IS, then that is still 120,000 potential terrorists from those 12 million alone - and it only took three of four to carry out atrocities in Paris and Belgium.

I'm afraid this this isn't quite correct. 80% of all migrants who entered the EU last year, according to the EU's own figures, were economic migrants, and this year the figure so far of people entering the EU illegally is 30 times higher than last year. And only 17% of the genuine refugees last year actually came from Syria. Others came from countries such as South Africa, Bangladesh .etc. I think the figure for this in Germany is 816,000 economic migrants. Not only do they allow people to claim asylum from fleeing war and persecution, which in my opinion, is justified. But in March last year they changed the rules of claiming asylum - they're now so wide that virtually anyone can claim asylum from anywhere, whether they're escaping poverty, war, persecution, of just want a better way of life. And we just can't cope with this. For Angela Merkel to just invite hundreds upon thousands of people into Europe, it's utterly irresponsible and has caused a devastating impact, not least in unemployment. Until last year unemployment in Germany alone was at 2 million, it's now at 3 million and rising. But to allow virtually anyone to enter the EU, people who don't even have passports or any kind of identification, is just ridiculous. The head of Interpol has recently admitted that last year, up to 5,000 Jihadis could have managed to enter the EU because of the open-door immigration policy. We've already seen how terrorists who were involved in the Paris and Brussels attacks managed to sneak back into the EU posing as migrants without passports. That is not the majority though, it's a minority. Migration in the UK is a very serious issue. The way to combat this, is to reduce immigration to a controlled level (still taking people with particular skills we need) until the jobs are available for people, and then force them into work. To keep allowing uncontrolled migration, especially from the EU does nothing to benefit our country, not least our public services.

Well, I was commenting on a more general scale rather on this particular topic. ;) It was the general statement I was referring to, not the context: It is a fairly trusted source, I was just meaning that it's more biased than people think.

Just can't get over this point. :D :D :D I shouldn't be posting this probably as this is a serious subject, but the BBC is one of the most biased media services we have, particularly on the subject of the upcoming EU referendum. I do apologise if I've offended anyone.

Your challenge is: Play the map "Endless Invasion" - and see how long you can hold out! The user who survives the longest will win! http://www.stronghold-nation.com/downloads/file/369-endless-invasion/ Please save as close to the end as possible, and upload your saved game in your .zip file here Note: Your entry must be attached to this topic by Midnight on Saturday to be counted in this challenge (18/6/16 23:59). If no entry is attached (via .zip) then your entry will not be counted! The results will be revealed on Sunday. Good luck everyone!

Congratulations @Strife, and thank you for your entry! You have gained three points, thank you for your fantastic map!

Congratulations @Floki, on winning this challenge and getting three points! You submitted a fantastic castle, thank you!

Your challenge is: Create an ancient/ruined city in the Stronghold 1 editor Useful resources http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/235-stronghold-1-editor-overview http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/160-creating-aqueducts-in-the-editor http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/165-adding-wooden-barricades http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/196-advanced-wooden-gatehouses http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/227-floods Note: Your entry must be attached to this topic by Midnight on Saturday to be counted in this challenge (11/6/16 23:59). If no entry is attached (via .zip) then your entry will not be counted! The results will be revealed on Sunday. Good luck everyone!

Congratulations @Fail Session, thank you for your map! You are this week's winner with 3 points!

Your challenge is: Design and play a new AI castle in Stronghold 2 for an opponent of your choice. Useful resources http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/245-stronghold-2-ai-editor http://www.stronghold-nation.com/downloads/file/39-sh2-ai-editor/ [colour=red]Note:[/colour] For this challenge, you must attach your new AI castle, as well as some screenshots of it in the game. Note: Your entry must be attached to this topic by Midnight on Saturday to be counted in this challenge (4/6/16 23:59). If no entry is attached (via .zip) then your entry will not be counted! The results will be revealed on Sunday. Good luck everyone!

Whoops, I changed the deadline. Thank your for your entry! For everyone who hasn't entered yet, you only have a few more hours to add your entry, please make sure you get the chance to enter the contest!

This is a fantastic drawing - you have a natural talent with art, and this shouldn't be taken lightly in my opinion. Really great work!

I just remembered that I forgot to announce the winner .... congratulations @Nigel, for three points!

Your challenge is: Create a skirmish map representing an animal in the Stronghold Crusader 2 editor. The land must be the animal and everything else must be water in some form. The best design will win. Useful resources http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/225-stronghold-3-editor-overview Note: Your entry must be attached to this topic by Midnight on Saturday to be counted in this challenge (28/5/16 23:59). If no entry is attached (via .zip) then your entry will not be counted! The results will be revealed on Sunday. Good luck everyone!

The purpose of this thread is to get members talking about hosting gaming events. There are no time restrictions, and nothing is official until you make it. Essentially - unlike creating an official topic, this is a place to talk and gather interest for making events for particular games. Once you've decided on an event, if there is time before it begins, it should be made as an official topic and linked to in here so people can see where it is located if possible. In this thread, everyone has equal say on where events are and when hosted; just like a Round Table.

Welcome back @Nigel! Glad you had a great time! And @EaglePrince, I hope you have a good time in Prague too.

The chances are, that you'll have to play more than once to win this map, so I wouldn't leave it too late!

Your challenge is: Complete the map Baskanar by @Lord Vetka in the shortest possible time Useful resources http://www.stronghold-nation.com/downloads/file/366-baskanar/ Please save as close to the end as possible, and upload your saved game in your .zip file here Note: Your entry must be attached to this topic by Midnight on Saturday to be counted in this challenge (21/5/16 23:59). If no entry is attached (via .zip) then your entry will not be counted! The results will be revealed on Sunday. Good luck everyone!

This was a fantastic map! It was very challenging and I liked the two sub-castles that you had to complete before you could proceed onto the actual siege. The map itself was very well detailed, and I was extremely impressed. Being a master of "brute-force" in SHL, I found this particularly challenging! Although, when you get catapults at the end, it became really easy - I just destroyed most of the front wall and the gate, along with the engine tower inside and a few ice Mirrors - and then just rushed the keep with all the extra troops I was given. The terrain I was extremely impressed with, I don't think it possibly could have been more detailed! There is a large amount of troops, all different, and this was part of why it was so good. It's more than just a map for a contest - I'd go so far as to say it's as good as the mission maps by Firefly. If you could upload this to our download section, that would be amazing, I'm sure other people will love this as much as I do. This is a fantastic map, and it's my pleasure to award you with three points! Congratulations, and thank you very much for your entry!

You can change anything on the map, providing it is done in-game (i.e. in the editor).

Your challenge is: Create a siege in Stronghold Legends. The player should be responsible for sieging the castle, and must traverse through part of the map to arrive. Useful resources http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/1-map-editor-overview http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/241-stronghold-legends-editor-overview Note: Your entry must be attached to this topic by Midnight on Saturday to be counted in this challenge (14/5/16 23:59). If no entry is attached (via .zip) then your entry will not be counted! The results will be revealed on Sunday. Good luck everyone!

When I've altered the amplitude before if I make something too loud or quiet then it does sound distorted, perhaps that's what has happened here. It only sounds fine still inside a "spectrum" of sorts, if you know what I mean.

Yes, of course. If things aren't changed in similar proportions, then of course they wit would become distorted. But without knowing what you've changed (and to which settings), what the song sounds like and originally sounded like, we won't be able to help much.

That would cause problems with map compatibility and mean that (v.1.5?) maps would not be playable of prior versions - so I'd suggest it be done this way for full compatibility.

That is a very good option, choosing the strength of each AI opponent. I've added that to the list. @mati555 - for the "escort" option, does this work on anything in Stronghold Legends? Despite playing this game a lot, I must confess I've never seen that option before.