Where are EB players from?

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Simple question that I saw on the main RTW forum here and I thought it would be interesting to see where EB players fall in the poll. Both players and members feel free to reply!

Categories were determined arbitrarily by myself, so don't get too hung up on them, but please answer where you live (if you are on a brief vacation, note your home, not your current vacation place). I'll divide up a few places that I have a hunch EB is popular in though (after seeing folks posting in EB fora for a few years now), so don't get too worried that there are multiple north european entries and few in all of africa (as examples), or if your country was mentioned in a group instead of by itself.

Please don't let this degenerate into something nasty, but this could be really cool to see where EB players are from. :2thumbsup:

And if your country isn't mentioned at all or is missed, please just vote in the closest category. Thanks! Oh, and names are not mentioned - just the number of votes in each category is recorded.

[Dhampir]

The Peoples' Democratic Socialist Republic of Soviet Cheeseheadlandistan.

[Aranor]

Melbourne, Australia calling here! :2thumbsup:

[General Appo]

Stockholm, Sweden.

[The General]

Wingasala, central Winkanmaa, right next to Winpere, in Winland.

[russia almighty]

Somewhere in Southern Illinois, U.S.A

[Gebeleisis]

Cluj Napoca, Romania ! :beam:

[Maximus Aurelius]

Zagreb, Croatia.:2thumbsup:
One more thing, I noticed that you placed Montenegro with Serbia. That is incorrect because Montenegro is now an independent nation.

[Archibald]

There should be another country in this line Estonia/Latvia/Belarus/Ukraine/Moldova, called Lithuania, thats where I'm from:)

[Strategos Alexandros]

Doncaster, England.

[Julius Civilis]

The Hague, the Netherlands

[Birka Viking]

Flen, Sweden

[DeathEmperor]

West Palm Beach, Florida USA reporting! :2thumbsup: (and no I'm not retired :beam: )

[anubis88]

Piran, Slovenia.... Try to find it if you can:smash:

[General Aetius]

If sub-Saharan Africa extends to South Africa then that's me reporting from Cape Town. :beam:

General Aetius

[telyadi]

It seems I'm the first voter for Indonesian region. Just my thought for the category: India/Pakistan are south Asia, while Indonesia, Phillipines are southeast asia.

[Narhon]

North Alabama, United States:beam:

[Hamilkar Barkas]

Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany

[Spotted Pig]

Luleå, Sweden.

[Hibernia]

Waterford in south eastern Ireland.

[Obelics]

Piran, Slovenia.... Try to find it if you can:smash:

Is it the town were born Giuseppe Tartini, the venetian composer of the "Devil's trill sonata"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ03UEAU52Y&feature=related

Italia here btw.

[Ower]

Bratislava, Slovakia here.
I have a question why did you put Poland with Germany and Denemark while Austria, with Slovakia, the Czech repub, and Hungary? (just interested in the reasom for some divisions)

[Respenus]

Piran, Slovenia.... Try to find it if you can:smash:

I can! :laugh4:


Is it the town were born Giuseppe Tartini, the venetian composer of the "Devil's trill sonata"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ03UEAU52Y&feature=related

Italia here btw.

Yes it is. A brilliant piece of music if I may say so!

The current capital of Europe, reporting!

[Ayce]

Bucharest (Sector 2), Romania, reporting in! :romania:

[beatoangelico]

Modena, northern Italy :balloon2:

[anubis88]

Is it the town were born Giuseppe Tartini, the venetian composer of the "Devil's trill sonata"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ03UEAU52Y&feature=related

Italia here btw.
Yep, that's the one:laugh4:

Glad to know there are some people who know where i'm from
@respenus: are you from Ljubljana then?

[Lysandros]

Marburg, Germany

[Obelics]

@respenus: are you from Ljubljana then?

i guess he is from Bruxelles?

C'était au temps où Bruxelles rêvait... C'était au temps du cinéma muet... lalala...
(Jacques Brel)

EDIT: ah no sorry, it's Lubiana then... 2008 presidency...

[Respenus]

Yep, that's the one:laugh4:

Glad to know there are some people who know where i'm from
@respenus: are you from Ljubljana then?

Pozdravljen Anubis(88).

@Obelics
That's why I put current capital. I know it's Brussels, yet being Slovene I had to make that joke.

[pezhetairoi]

I am very annoyed. Where's Singapore, or even Southeast Asia? I'm from Singapore but I can't vote. Why did you include Indonesia and Philippines but not any other Southeast Asian country? I do most vehemently protest. >:\ I refuse to vote in the nearest category because I most definitely am not Indonesian or Filipino or 'Oceanian', and I hope at least to see 'Southeast Asia' there because it is an extremely poor oversight on your part.

Selection of categories should be neutral, not skewed just because you think it should be that way. It's only an assumption.

[Obelics]

@Obelics
That's why I put current capital. I know it's Brussels, yet being Slovene I had to make that joke.


yes, i didn't understand it at first. That's why i thought you were from Bruxelles:laugh4:

[Olimpian]

Timisoara-Romania :romania:

[anubis88]

Pozdravljen Anubis(88).
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To, nism edin slovenc! Have a beer Respenus~:cheers:

[Respenus]

To, nism edin slovenc! Have a beer Respenus~:cheers:

That was my first thought when I read you come from Slovenia.

I'll take a glass of water if you don't mind. I do thank you for your invitation though.

I don't know why, yet I believe that most of EB players come from Europe. God knows why. Maybe because it's Europa Barbarorum :laugh4:

[dezzerx]

Flanders, Belgium.

[cmacq]

I find myself in a vast minority of one.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I am very annoyed. Where's Singapore, or even Southeast Asia? I'm from Singapore but I can't vote. Why did you include Indonesia and Philippines but not any other Southeast Asian country? I do most vehemently protest. >:\ I refuse to vote in the nearest category because I most definitely am not Indonesian or Filipino or 'Oceanian', and I hope at least to see 'Southeast Asia' there because it is an extremely poor oversight on your part.

Selection of categories should be neutral, not skewed just because you think it should be that way. It's only an assumption.
Pez, I just made the divisions up while looking at an atlas laying on the desk. I didn't want to take a full day thinking about the absolute best way to divide the world up and the way to keep every single person from getting upset at the divisions (not humanely possible - only 30 vote slots exist). I specifically know about you being in Singapore man - I've been there. I'm not forgetting it. What you ask for "Southeast Asia" is there, but it's not by itself - it's with India/Pakistan, and the number of players we have from there is probably going to be small so I didn't divide them up like I did other places where I see posters saying they are from more often. Chill out and read my first post about not getting hung up on this. I didn't expect this sort of a response from you.

Also - I missed Poland at first and wasn't sure which group was best to put it in.

Finally - Sorry that I just plain missed Lithuania.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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15 minute walk to Byzantion. :turtle:
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[Tellos Athenaios]

Well next time Teleklos might just dump the whole of the US including Canada as one voting option. ~;) (Not such a bad idea actually given the fact that most people in here appear to be from Europe anyways, and that the US attracts roughly as many voters as the UK or Germany or The Netherlands/Belgium in these kind of polls...?)

Then we have a few poll slots left to flesh out Asia. Mind you, Pez, we've had a couple of similar polls before and even though Chinese is spoken by a very large number of people - Chinese wasn't voted for much.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

You guys make it next time then. I'm just curious and typed out the options in about 15 minutes.

[Victor1234]

Budapest, Hungary.

[delablake]

Bratislava, Slovakia here.
I have a question why did you put Poland with Germany and Denemark while Austria, with Slovakia, the Czech repub, and Hungary? (just interested in the reasom for some divisions)


same question here, too

I live in Vienna, Austria, but hail from Rome (yes, I play Romani, lol)

[Mediolanicus]

Dendermonde, Flanders, Belgium.

[Disciple of Tacitus]

The Peoples' Democratic Socialist Republic of Soviet Cheeseheadlandistan.


I'm guessing that you mean Madison, Wisconsin, USA??

[MannDraper]

Norway, North of the Polar Circle.

[Hax]

Driebergen, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

[The Celtic Viking]

Stockholm, Sweden.

[Kepper]

Olhão, Portugal
:2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

[kambiz]

Perhaps there are very few Iranians playing this mod !? But especially as one of the factions in the mod and one of the important players in the ancient world ,I think you could spare one option for it ,While USA alone has 4 options here :mean:

[General Appo]

Chill out man, the entire area between Afghanistan and Turkey has gotten 3 votes, while the Central US has 12. So yeah, there´s more Americans then Iranians playing this, despite America not being a faction. Incredible isn´t it?
No nationalism here, all right?

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Also - I missed Poland at first and wasn't sure which group was best to put it in.
Dear Mr. Archelaou,

how dare you? I'm from Wuppertal, Germany, we are a country of 82 million people, didn't you find another opportunity to put Poland in than us? Honestly, we share a border, but that's it with things in common. Next time, put us in one category with Switzerland and Austria.

[Dhampir]

I'm guessing that you mean Madison, Wisconsin, USA??

Sadly, the The Peoples' Democratic Socialist Republic of Soviet Cheeseheadlandistan has extended its borders into nearby counties like Stalin in Eastern Europe in 1946. I'm in Racine, Wisconsin and fall within its vile grasp.

We asked for help from "The West" but discovered that the Marshall Plan ended in 1951.

[Son of Perun]

Bratislava, Slovakia

@Ower: Cafko! Milé vidieť tu ďaľšieho Blaváka :beam:
I guess the reason why those countries were put together is that they share the same geographical and cultural area. And a part of history, too.

[RawPower]

Im from Bodø in the northern part of Norway.

[Jaywalker-Jack]

Tipperary/Cork, in the south of Ireland.


Budapest, Hungary.

Very beautiful city :beam:

[Ower]

Bratislava, Slovakia

@Ower: Cafko! Milé vidieť tu ďaľšieho Blaváka :beam:
I guess the reason why those countries were put together is that they share the same geographical and cultural area. And a part of history, too.

No to ma podrž:laugh4: Som si doteraz myslel že som tu sam.
Well TA explained how he did it. Well looks like modern geography is not his thing :clown: :laugh4:
Some people should chill out. The main thing is we all love the mode is it not? And that we can learn all this stuff about far ancestors of most of the people here. In an enjoyable way:yes:

[Kromulan]

Intersting to see how the % changes as the day goes by. . .

And, since everyone else is whining about being lumped with neighbors they don't like or identify with. . .

How's about dividing US along the Mason-Dixon line? I don't like being lumped with them yankees. :laugh4:

(@TA: In case you're not American, that's just a joke!)

[Reno Melitensis]

Well, for me to vote you must include with Italy, the smallest member of the EU. Thats Malta, where the oldest temples in europe stands, and a part of the Roman Empire, from 218BC thanks to Consul Titus Sempronius Longus.

Cheers.

[Satyros]

Αθήνα , home of the democracy blahablahblah , and for the last hundred years honored by the presence of the greatest athletic club in Greece and one of the greatest in general .

One does not mention the name of their God in vain in the presence of unbelievers .

You figure it out .

edit : or be converted and share the glory with the enlightened ones .

Satyros

[Maeran]

Some people should chill out. The main thing is we all love the mode is it not? And that we can learn all this stuff about far ancestors of most of the people here. In an enjoyable way:yes:

Well, OK. My Great-grandfather was a famous music hall singer. Well, the kind of famous you got for singing back then.

Further back then that?

I'm from Lancashire in England.

[V.T. Marvin]

Hello, here is Pilsen, Czech Republic, the permanent capital of beer :beam: ~:cheers:

[Teleklos Archelaou]

This would not be the EB forum without people bitching about things like poll-options. Boo-hoo.

It's still interesting to see where folks are from.

[kambiz]

@General Appo
I know about 5 iranians who play this mod besides me and many more who want to ,But jsut can't DL it ! and of course I didn't vote here.

I didn't say why US have 4 ,You can have even more ! I just said Iran as an important country of the ancient world could have own an slot ! At least I expected it from EB !

BTW ,This thread has been created and the discussion is Useless

[Olimpian]

@V.T. Marvin
So it is you that is the leader of those seemengly endless stacks of naked guys and Neitos that have proven more of a challenge to the might of Rome than any other people?Sir...I wish you suffered(yes,I did eventually kill you) a cruel death :skull: (joke)

[Xehh II]

Christ-City, New Zealand here, breathing in all this lovely smog.

[stupac]

California, USA. No, I don't surf. But, yes it's true what you've heard about California, all women here walk around in bikinis. Like all the time. Yup. Yes, I'm typing this on the beach. This really hot tanned beauty is coming up to me now, probably to have me put sun tanning oil on her (God, that's like the 5th today), gonna have to cut this short.

[anubis88]

What the frack is with you guys? How can you find a pool like this offensive? I mean really... WTF!?!?!? You can write your answer for christ sake, it's all suposed to be good fun. And here we have a guy who is pissed because Germany is with Poland, and US has more slots than the middle east. OK, we get it, you hate each other, cool. You rule!

Now stop your bitching:furious3:

[stupac]

What the frack is with you guys? How can you find a pool like this offensive? I mean really... WTF!?!?!? You can write your answer for christ sake, it's all suposed to be good fun. And here we have a guy who is pissed because Germany is with Poland, and US has more slots than the middle east. OK, we get it, you hate each other, cool. You rule!

Now stop your bitching:furious3:

Sensible words my friend. Do we all have to start talking like we are in a presidential debate?

[machinor]

I'm from South Tyrol, most northern part of Italy. Speaking in EB-geogrpahy, that would be Rhaetia... home of the axe-wielding alpine mountain-trolls.
I'm living in Vienna, though, since I'm studying here.

[pezhetairoi]

@TA

Sorry about that outburst. I take your point. Should've just arranged it by continent/region in future ;-) People will probably announce their exact locations, and maybe even give you their addresses, telephone numbers and availability at night even if the poll just said 'South Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, West Europe, North America, etc'.

But really, looking at an atlas for a while isn't enough to do this, considering the nature of the choices involved and the fact that there are some very nationally-minded people here. (including me, I'm discovering a vein of national...pride?...I never knew I had)Cheers, though. I'm cool. It was silly, now that I look back on it.

[russia almighty]

I'm from South Tyrol, most northern part of Italy. Speaking in EB-geogrpahy, that would be Rhaetia... home of the axe-wielding alpine mountain-trolls.
I'm living in Vienna, though, since I'm studying here.


I've heard that once and a bloody great while those guys come running out of the hills, any truth in the statement?

[Fleeb]

Sunny Cleveland, Ohio here.

[sgsandor]

New Brunswick NJ

[Hooahguy]

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

[Justiciar]

The United Kingdom, here. And to be extra nerdy.. the Briganto-Cornovian border.

[theycallmetighty]

Upstate New York here, home of......... well nothing that I can think of really, though there is a surprisingly large redneck population here.:shame:

[Gugus]

Gdynia, Poland
G

[Gododdin O'Ceallagh]

The United Kingdom, here. And to be extra nerdy.. the Briganto-Cornovian border.

Votadini, Eastern Scotland.

G O'C

[Fraekae]

Pargas, Finland (To use the swedish name, as swedish is my mothertongue)

[Gurkhan]

Near Petuaria, Civitas Parisionum, Britannia!:2thumbsup:

[Lucasiewicz]

Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
Gent, Vlaanderen, België
Gand, Flandre, Belgique
Gent, Flandern, Belgien
Gand, Fiandre, Belgio
Gante, Flandes, Bélgica
Γάνδη, Φλάνδρα, Βέλγιο
Gandavum, Flandria, Belgia
Gento, Flandrio, Belgio
比利時，佛兰德，根特
...

[NeoSpartan]

Born and raised in Havana Cuba, :cuba:

Immagrated to the US almost 8 years go. :unitedstates:

[Tartaros]

https://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3314/180pxwappenquedlinburgpl4.png (https://imageshack.us)
Quedlinburg Deutschland - Grave of King Heinrich I
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quedlinburg:book:

[Conradus]

Lokeren, near Ghent, Belgium.

[machinor]

I've heard that once and a bloody great while those guys come running out of the hills, any truth in the statement?
That's true. Every year there are tourists vanishing in the mountains... the dark figure is enormous. Sometimes you can even hear a distant echo like "Rooomaaaaaaaans!" or "Geeerrrrrmmaaaaaaaaans!" (depending on the tourists' nationality) or sometimes even "WHAT? How did we get conquered AGAIN??".

[Matinius Brutus]

Sofia , Bulgaria here. That would be Serdike in EB terms ;)
By the way thanks for including it in the game:balloon2: :balloon2: :balloon2:

[Ayce]

I see almost everyone is showing something about their location, so gaze in awe of the most imposing structure in Europe (and heaviest in the world): :ave:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Palace_of_Parliament.jpg/800px-Palace_of_Parliament.jpg

Note: No Russians yet....

[Papal Knight]

Near New York City, USA.

[zooeyglass]

Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
Gent, Vlaanderen, België
Gand, Flandre, Belgique
Gent, Flandern, Belgien
Gand, Fiandre, Belgio
Gante, Flandes, Bélgica
Γάνδη, Φλάνδρα, Βέλγιο
Gandavum, Flandria, Belgia
Gento, Flandrio, Belgio
比利時，佛兰德，根特
...


where's that now?

[Ayce]

{Originally Posted by Lucasiewicz
Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
Gent, Vlaanderen, België
Gand, Flandre, Belgique
Gent, Flandern, Belgien
Gand, Fiandre, Belgio
Gante, Flandes, Bélgica
Γάνδη, Φλάνδρα, Βέλγιο
Gandavum, Flandria, Belgia
Gento, Flandrio, Belgio
比利時，佛兰德，根特
...}
where's that now?

Ghent, Flandra, Belgia ~D

[Andronikos]

No to ma podrž:laugh4: Som si doteraz myslel že som tu sam.
Well TA explained how he did it. Well looks like modern geography is not his thing :clown: :laugh4:
Some people should chill out. The main thing is we all love the mode is it not? And that we can learn all this stuff about far ancestors of most of the people here. In an enjoyable way:yes:

Tiež som si myslel, že som tu sám.
(at least, somebody recognises Mor ho! in my signature)

So, Piešťany, Slovakia
http://www.piestany.hotelforyou.com/img/piestany001.jpg

All in all, I believe, that it has some logic (historical) to put Slovakia in one cathegory with Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria - countries of Habsburg empire.

[Tarkus]

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA -- looks alot like Sweden and Norway
(except the Swedish and Norwegian women are better lookin'...:2thumbsup:)

[lobf]

I come from Dungalloigh in the Aran islands. I live in a monastery. For reals.

[Respenus]

All in all, I believe, that it has some logic (historical) to put Slovakia in one cathegory with Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria - countries of Habsburg empire.

I won't complain, but put Slovenia together with them next time. We only became part of the bloody balkans after a series of really bad mistakes and national hopes that lead us astray. We won't repeat the same mistake again.

You know what's the best things about the Slovaks? We both live in the same country! I can even understand a bit of what you're saying.

[brymht]

Atlanta, GA, US.

[The Persian Cataphract]

Chill out man, the entire area between Afghanistan and Turkey has gotten 3 votes, while the Central US has 12. So yeah, there´s more Americans then Iranians playing this, despite America not being a faction. Incredible isn´t it?
No nationalism here, all right?

I didn't vote in this poll, I'm Iranian, and what "baffles" me, in the humorous sense of the term, is the clustering of a huge, ethnically diverse area spanning significantly more ground than western Europe in its entirety (Dare I say the entire Europe?). It's not Teleklos' fault or anything, he really does try his best, but this simple obsevation does not deserve to be shrugged away as "nationalism". Iran alone spans more than three times the total area of Scandinavia, and it's not like it rivals Mongolia when it comes to official population figures either.

There are more Iranians playing this game and this mod, much thanks to my endorsement of it and mouth-by-mouth information. Your reasoning can be appreciated, but does not apply in this case. Kambiz is an easy target, and English is not one of his primary languages. This is what he meant, besides the anecdote of Iran's macro-historical significance.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Looking at the numbers TPC, I think the only mistakes I made was not putting BRazil and S.A. in one category, all of Africa in one category, and maybe putting Georgia/et al. into the Central Asian category, that would free up three more and I could have divided one of the ones that has a ton in it - like Ireland Scotland England, or one of the scandinavian ones. I totally grouped countries by the representation I have seen on the EB boards and general proximity. It may seem unfair to have two whole continents (SA and Africa) get only two categories, but that is how it should have been done if you are really interested in seeing where the players come from and only get 30 options. Going by where I've seen folks' "location" lines from that's why I put Brazil in its own (because we've had a few members from there), and Armenia/Georgia in their own, because we have had fans and members from there, though none of them are showing up here. The wide distribution of 4/3/5/2/4 etc. shows I was pretty close on most of them to "levelling" it out.

I really did not expect any sort of real irritation at this given the statements I made in my initial post. It really is probably best if I close this I think. The basic information sought after is visible even at this point, and since I started it I suppose I'll now close this little experiment and save us the trouble of all getting further irritated.

:surrender2: ~:wave: