The semi-final in the Champions League was all kinds of epic. It has been a while since I have celebrated anything computer game related so much as I did in winning the shoot out.
As for the Teutonic Order... while they are German, they do not reside in Germany. The Baltic states are their "homeland." Unfortunately, I have been gradually pushed out of there by relentless Lithuanian, Polish and Russian attacks, leaving me with just my fort at Palanga, an island base on Gotland and a foothold in southern Sweden which I am giving up as it is attracting too many attacks from the Norwegians and Danes.
To make matters worse, my only ally, the Holy Roman Empire of the Germans, has fallen into complete chaos and no longer exists as a faction... although there is now a possibility for me to make some gains in Germany itself if I can extricate my last remaining field army from Sweden... Oh, and the Pope is starting to get annoyed with me for not spreading the faith - I have not had the money to train priests - and has threatened me with excommunication if my faction leader does not join a crusade to Granada. To make matters worse, he is currently besieged at Palanga and therefore unable to fulfil that order...
God, I could talk about that shit all day.