what kind of people play eb? [Archive]

Shigawire

11-23-2008, 00:29

yeah. what kind of people? historians? people with history as one of their hobbyes? People that god intresten in ancient history from playing rtw? what age? And what do they study or work with? I have allways wondered about that

Ok, since you're a fellow Norseman, and you may need some assistance I guess I could post in both English and Norwegian.

I am 25, just hobbyist interest. Shogun:Total War was the first TW game for me back in 2001, and I could never turn back to regular RTS (Supreme Commander is an exception). My interest in history increased. I work on a local helicopter base here for the offshore oil industry. I'm not playing EB as much though, don't have so much time available. I've been a member of the EB team since 2005. My job in EB has been to coordinate and initiate the translations and recordings of voicemods. So I recruit able translators, I seek the help of professors, or I acquire obscure grammar books, I recruit voice actors and oversee the quality of the voice recordings. I've also been a researcher on ancient siege warfare.
Where in Norway are you from, and your age?

Jeg er 25, kun hobby-interesse. Shogun:Total War var det første TW-spillet for meg i 2001, og siden da har jeg aldri kunnet spille et vanlig RTS igjen (Supreme Commander er et unntak). Min interesse i historie økte veldig etter dette.
Jeg jobber på en lokal helikopterbase her for offshore oljeindustri. Jeg spiller ikke så mye EB som jeg hadde ønsket, på grunn av for lite fritid. Jeg er et medlem av EB, og var med fra 2005. Min jobb i EB har vært å koordinere og starte oversettelser og innspillinger av voicemods. Så jeg rekrutterer kvalifiserte oversettere, søker hjelp fra professorer, eller får tak i spesielle gramatikk-bøker som kan hjelpe til. Jeg rekrutterer også de som spiller inn stemmene, og ser over kvaliteten i deres arbeid, hvorpå jeg til slutt implementerer det i EB via textfiler.
Hvor i Norge er du fra, og din alder?

Leviathan DarklyCute

11-23-2008, 00:38

Speak for yourself, I'm hot. :laugh4:
You are. Stop denialing. You would be here if you weren't.

Zeibek

11-23-2008, 00:40

Well I'm a guy, I'm 16 and am still in high school. It's supposedly the best high school in the country so perhaps that's a bit telling. Anyways classical history has been a great interest of mine for as long as I can remember, though recently I've been neglecting it in favour of linguistics, cultural anthropology, the study of myth and even more recently philosophy. Once I get to university I'll most probably study history of somesort and end up as a dingy old academic.

Jeg er 25, kun hobby-interesse. Shogun:Total War var det første TW-spillet for meg i 2001, og siden da har jeg aldri kunnet spille et vanlig RTS igjen (Supreme Commander er et unntak). Min interesse i historie økte veldig etter dette.
Jeg jobber på en lokal helikopterbase her for offshore oljeindustri. Jeg spiller ikke så mye EB som jeg hadde ønsket, på grunn av for lite fritid. Jeg er et medlem av EB, og var med fra 2005. Min jobb i EB har vært å koordinere og starte oversettelser og innspillinger av voicemods. Så jeg rekrutterer kvalifiserte oversettere, søker hjelp fra professorer, eller får tak i spesielle gramatikk-bøker som kan hjelpe til. Jeg rekrutterer også de som spiller inn stemmene, og ser over kvaliteten i deres arbeid, hvorpå jeg til slutt implementerer det i EB via textfiler.
Hvor i Norge er du fra, og din alder?

Wow, I actually understood all that based on my horrible Swedish.

A Terribly Harmful Name

11-23-2008, 00:40

We're all pedants of some sort. Otherwise we would just play the action mods out there.

^RaGe^

11-23-2008, 00:47

desert

11-23-2008, 00:51

I study nuclear science. I love my classes.
I've got a crazy teacher who wears dark glasses.
Things are going great!
And they're only getting better.

I'm doing all right, getting good grades.
The future's so bright...I gotta wear shades!

Zeibek

11-23-2008, 00:52

You are. Stop denialing. You would be here if you weren't.

Well I'm not. Yeah, sounds a bit rich coming from someone who plays EB but unlike the real Orghas (sp?) I manage to do it only once a week. And seriously, what's with the self-demeaning attitude? Everybody here doesn't have to be a nerd with achne and no social life, and no-one here has to be a party animal who gets drunk every Friday and just plays EB while hung-over.

I'm a 16-year-old Finn who has always liked history and strategy games. Still trying to figure out what I'm going to do after school (most likely something related to biology).

Really? Damn, I thought that I was the only one of my kind. Anyway whereabouts Finland do you live? I'd speak Finnish but in my experience starting a totally inside conversation isn't looked kindly upon here.

QuintusSertorius

11-23-2008, 01:01

I'm a 16-year-old Finn who has always liked history and strategy games. Still trying to figure out what I'm going to do after school (most likely something related to biology).

...Am I too young for this game/forum? :sweatdrop:

If the Finnish job market is anything like Britain's, the only thing you'll be doing that actually uses biology is being a biology teacher. Jobs in primary science are almost non-existent.

^RaGe^

11-23-2008, 01:11

Really? Damn, I thought that I was the only one of my kind. Anyway whereabouts Finland do you live? I'd speak Finnish but in my experience starting a totally inside conversation isn't looked kindly upon here.
In a small town near Tampere.

It's supposedly the best high school in the country so perhaps that's a bit telling.
I take it you live somewhere around Helsinki?

If the Finnish job market is anything like Britain's, the only thing you'll be doing that actually uses biology is being a biology teacher. Jobs in primary science are almost non-existent.
Well, I have 3 years left until I have to decide what exactly I am going to study so I can worry about this stuff later. :2thumbsup:

Ibn-Khaldun

11-23-2008, 01:19

Looks like a lot of people from Northern-Europe are playing EB!

Anyway, I'm 25 and from Estonia. Married and have 3 kids. History is my hobby. Wanted to go to Uni to study history but RL had something different in it's mind. ~:)

theoldbelgian

11-23-2008, 03:05

I am a 19 year old belgian who has just started his higher studies in chemistry
I don't consider myself a nerd, more like a history freak :D
I am also a leader of the scouts

Maion Maroneios

11-23-2008, 03:22

I'm a 17 year old half Greek - half Dutch (from my mother's side) Physics student.

I first started playing RTW one year after it came out and have tried many mods ever since. I only recently (1 year ago) found out about EB and got stuck to it.

History has always been of great interest to me, only as a hobby though.

Maion

SuperGosc

11-23-2008, 03:29

I'm a 24 year old Polock that lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida (USA). I am a apprentice Electrician. I love strat games and once Rome - Total War came out I fell in love with it. I played RTR first then found EB and have played it since. I actually got hooked on History and warfare cause of EB, crazy isnt it? Medieval 2 came out and I went crazy cause I could play Poland and show the Holy Roman Empire what a massive calvary charge feels like lol. That was fun but I came back to EB again.

BTW v. 1.2 is doing good so far. I played Pontus a couple times and quit cause the game crashed after the first or second major battle or if I took a city (why I dont know). Now I am play Pontus and its almost 229bc and I'm kicking Selcuid a$$. Love it, good work. Can't wait for EB 2.

P.S. Big thanks to you northern europeans for the trance, techno, and acid music. I love that stuff, always listen to it when I play EB.

SwissBarbar

11-23-2008, 03:33

I'm a 23 years old Swiss guy and i am interested in ancient history since i was 4 or 5 years old. Hellenic / Roman and Swiss history are my favourites. Although i'm f***ing hot, i spend a lot of time with reading books and studying history as a hobby :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: Apart from that i love strategy games (but no other games).

ludwag

11-23-2008, 03:56

Ok, since you're a fellow Norseman, and you may need some assistance I guess I could post in both English and Norwegian.

I am 25, just hobbyist interest. Shogun:Total War was the first TW game for me back in 2001, and I could never turn back to regular RTS (Supreme Commander is an exception). My interest in history increased. I work on a local helicopter base here for the offshore oil industry. I'm not playing EB as much though, don't have so much time available. I've been a member of the EB team since 2005. My job in EB has been to coordinate and initiate the translations and recordings of voicemods. So I recruit able translators, I seek the help of professors, or I acquire obscure grammar books, I recruit voice actors and oversee the quality of the voice recordings. I've also been a researcher on ancient siege warfare.
Where in Norway are you from, and your age?

Jeg er 25, kun hobby-interesse. Shogun:Total War var det første TW-spillet for meg i 2001, og siden da har jeg aldri kunnet spille et vanlig RTS igjen (Supreme Commander er et unntak). Min interesse i historie økte veldig etter dette.
Jeg jobber på en lokal helikopterbase her for offshore oljeindustri. Jeg spiller ikke så mye EB som jeg hadde ønsket, på grunn av for lite fritid. Jeg er et medlem av EB, og var med fra 2005. Min jobb i EB har vært å koordinere og starte oversettelser og innspillinger av voicemods. Så jeg rekrutterer kvalifiserte oversettere, søker hjelp fra professorer, eller får tak i spesielle gramatikk-bøker som kan hjelpe til. Jeg rekrutterer også de som spiller inn stemmene, og ser over kvaliteten i deres arbeid, hvorpå jeg til slutt implementerer det i EB via textfiler.
Hvor i Norge er du fra, og din alder?

yeah, I will do the same. I have seen other norwegians here to. Bovi and this other guy from Bergen.

So I have history only as my hobby temporary. But I am not planning to take it further than as a hobby. But when I finish high school, I will probably study history and social studies or something I find cool, becouse I have allways wanted to become a teacher. I have allways liked history and in 2004 when rome total war came out it took off. I have never played any other games since (exep playing aoe2 over LAN on my school, and Jediknight starwars in the easter hollidays). Exept that, only total war and mods. So I read a lot and buy all books I can get now, and I am starting to become more unsocial

Jeg er fra oslo, og er bare 17 år. Går på elvebakken skole hvis du vet om den. Når jeg er ferdig på vgs og har fått studiekompetanse skal jeg studere noe heftig og ta alle lærer studiene, slik at jeg kan bli lærer og lære bort det som jeg har studert. Derfor vil jeg studere noe som er skikkelig kult, og da er jo noe innenfor historie det jeg ønsker mest. Nå går jeg studiespesialiserende (allmen) med formgiving. Og jeg trener meg skikkelig på å tegne og jeg dyrker det veldig mye. Jeg er blitt ganske god, og jeg ønsker gjærne å illustrere til eb2 om noen år når jeg har blitt bedre. JEg er medlem av diskusjon.no, hvis du er der?

Beefy187

11-23-2008, 04:03

17 years old Japanese and I used to live in Australia until yesterday.

Ive always been a fan of RTW and found EB after RTR. Thanks to the wonderful history teacher I had in high school, and EB I am really interested in history especially the Roman period.

Asia represent!! :laugh4:

jabarto

11-23-2008, 04:39

An 18 year old U.S. guy here, planning on becoming a radiologist. In addition to a casual interest in history, I've always loved strategy games and picked up Rome when it came out because of my experiences with Medieval: Total War, which I firmly believe to be one of the finest games ever made. A pity it doesn't run on my new computer.

As for EB, I didn't play it for the longest time because I stupidly thought it was 'just a barbarian mod' and went for RTR instead - which I don't altogether regret, as RTR is a very fine mod. But when I gave EB another try, I was hooked, for one simple reason; it's huge. Really huge. I played for hours and hours and still hadn't seen everything it had to offer, and I eat that sort of gaming experience up. It also taught me more than a few things, and sparked a thirst for more knowledge (I've already spent over $50 on books on Carthage alone thanks to EB).

Another thing that kept me playing is the sheer amount of detail in the mod, especially as far as graphics, which normally don't impress me much. But the unit models are just gorgeous - seriously, whoever skinned the Indohellenikoi Eugeneis Hoplitai should get a medal.

I'd better stop before I get carried away.. :embarassed:

Majd il-Romani

11-23-2008, 04:54

18-year old Egyptian :egypt: living (for now) in Los Angeles, USA. I love roman history and my interest in it sparked when I got RTW oh so long ago. I pretty much played vanilla until I got M2. I played that for about a month and then I found out about EB from GameFAQs.com, I asked abut any good mods and pretty much everyone pointed to EB.:laugh4: After my first campaign, I was hooked.

Any other Machimoi on this board?

Intranetusa

11-23-2008, 07:51

I am a Martian. I am from Mars. Yes, we extraterrestrials also play EB because of its sheer epicness - and it's a good way to learn about human civilization for our inevitable conqu.....eh I mean Roman peace treaty of mutual benefits.

(although I'm not sure if we count as 'people.')

Cyrus

11-23-2008, 08:01

17 year old italian-american living in spain.Quite a mess huh? i studAnchent history and philosofy and got mtw and rtw from friends in italy.

Gatalos de Sauromatae

11-23-2008, 08:01

Greco-Roman history fans.
In real-life jut a movie critic and freelance co-ordinator. ~:cheers:

MerlinusCDXX

11-23-2008, 08:31

I'm a 37 y/o stay at home dad in the US. I've been, at various times in my life, a Building Materials Supply clerk, Talent Manager, Concert Promoter, Musician, Truck Driver, Wildlands conservation crew foreman, construction worker, and produce wholesaler, all of which I'm heartily glad I don't have to screw around with anymore, since it gives me a lot more time to hang out with my son, read history, and PLAY EB.

PS- my little 4y/o son is entranced by this game, I'm gonna teach him how to play as soon as he develops something resembling an attention span. LOL

oudysseos

11-23-2008, 08:42

Merlinus I'm so glad you posted. I also am older (40), a dad, and have played EB with my kids. I am Irish and live in Dublin, although in the past I have lived in the States, Germany, France, Norway, and Finland. I don't have a lot of time to play these days but I enjoy some of the discussions on the forums.

Nobo

11-23-2008, 08:43

21 year-old business student from Germany, studying in Holland... I don't usually play computer games, so it took me a while to stumble across EB, but once I did, I never got away from it again

Space_Ed

11-23-2008, 08:55

Wow theres a lot of interesting people here. I'm happily surprised to see fellow scientists on the board.

I'm another student. Turned 21 today wahoo! I'm pretty spaced out lol its 7am and I've not slept yet. But yeah I study Pharmaceutical Chemistry. I love EB because when I get into it its like travelling. Its like a whole other world. Its amazing. I find this period really interesting.

Megas Methuselah

11-23-2008, 09:03

I'm a total jerk (almost got banned for it! :clown:), and I go to university, as well. I turned 18 a couple days ago, I love reading books and playing strategy games, aim to get a minor degree in history, a major in business, and I'm hot! Yay!

I'm a sort of bookworm-computer nerd-pretty boy kind of person. Life is good. For those who disagree with that statement: Haaa haaa! :laugh4:

Ignopotens

11-23-2008, 09:21

I'm a 23 yr old American History/Anthropology Student.

My main historical interest is WW2 (I collect early 20th Century Rifles, 23 so far), but I like ancient history as well. I took Latin in high school because it was half Roman history when all the rest of my siblings took French (I have 10 siblings, no twins, same parents).

I also enjoy as much historical realism in my games as possible, and that's what drew me to EB.

General Appo

11-23-2008, 11:20

I am a freaking awesome Swede. I am commonly regarded as utterly cool by everyone who knows me, and by quite a lot of people who don´t.
I study history a lot, get great grades in school, plays both bass and guitar extremely well, listen to good and cool music, do well with the ladies, is a star football player, speaks spanish, play all the action games out there and rock at EB.

Visitor13

11-23-2008, 11:28

I study history a lot, get great grades in school, plays both bass and guitar extremely well, listen to good and cool music, do well with the ladies, is a star football player, speaks spanish, play all the action games out there and rock at EB.

and suck at conjugating ;)

Me, I'm 28 and really good at sleeping.

Ludens

11-23-2008, 11:51

For me, reading (or playing) history is just a hobby. I studied neurobiology and graduated a couple of months ago. I am now looking for a job.

Atanamir

11-23-2008, 12:28

I am 29 years old "computer teacher" from Turkey. I realy like history and always try to learn someting new abouth it.

Wausser

11-23-2008, 12:50

I'm an 18 year old history freak(Roman, Dutch and The WW's) from the Netherlands. Currently I'm doing the last year of the so called 'Gymnasium', the highest eduction possible at highschool. Next year I'll be studying European Studies. I also like playing guitar and going out.

@nobo
where are you studying?

Recoil

11-23-2008, 12:55

16 year old Autrian-Italian-Irish kid with a tiny bit of English and Welsh thrown in living in the South East of England (and some of you thought your details were confusing :laugh4:)

Don't play EB anymore but I've still got the forum bookmarked and visit every couple of days or so just to talk about it, I guess the forum's addictive or something!
Pretty shy guy, although all my friends seem to think that's untrue. I guess I expect too much of myself, so when the result of anything I try is "normal" I get incredibly frustrated and disheartened.

That aside, I work out (powerlifting ftw) listen to music a lot and write crappy mini stories. It passes the time. That, and I'm an avid paintballer with my own marker now (BT Delta w/ ripclip, hoping to get a remote line and NXE pack to take the air off of my gun) and I'm trying to get a part time job to try and afford my extremely expensive hobby

Planning on finishing secondary school, going through sixth form and then joining the MOD for 4 years before going to Uni and getting a "real job." Not sure what I wanna be in the MOD, but I took the pathfinder and it suggested that I should take a class "red" job (which is apparently a fighter's role) but all of the jobs it suggested were mechanical and such, such is the greatness of the MOD pathfinder!

Always cool to read up about you other guys, Appo's one made me laugh, the arrogant git :clown:

Megalos Danielos Psychopatos

11-23-2008, 13:05

I'm 26 yr old law and politic sciences student from Poland;at this moment working as a shipment agent. I love ancient history, especially part about Mesopotamia and Sumerians.

Shigawire

11-23-2008, 13:31

JEg er medlem av diskusjon.no, hvis du er der?

Jepp, men har ikke vært der på lenge. Har konto der ja. :clown:

Socy

11-23-2008, 13:52

Recently turned 18 (Yay! LEGAL alcohol for me :clown:) half-swede, half-norweigan. Living in Sweden, southernmost parts, where its warm and.. Well, farmlands everywhere. Living near, and currently studying in Lund, big centre of learning in Sweden. Currently studying at a "Gymnasium" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnasium_(school) ) reading the Social Sciences program, with focus on Social Sciences - Jurisprudence. After I'm done with that (In about half a year) I'll take a year off, work some, and "live", before starting to study again, with the aim being to become a diplomat. I mean, I've always wanted to simply walk around in Europe opening up trade-agreements and alliances with each and every country I come across, and oh! The ocassional bribe... I'm thinking that Sweden would benefit alot if we bribed over Prince Charles of the UK, but we'll see.

Love playing EB due to my own deep interest in ancient history (Amongst history in general) and beacuse it's simply a wonderful game in its own right (Also an avid gamer). There seem to be this trend that you write that you're not a "nerd" or some such, but I'll just be honest and say that while I'm no nerd, I'm certainly not a faboulosly renowned party-guy, though I'm not a friendless nerd that's never enjoyed the.. Benefits, of a woman. Lol. I guess that's all there is to say :beam:

Zeibek

11-23-2008, 14:09

I take it you live somewhere around Helsinki?

Not quite: I live in Vantaa, which despite being a city of it's own could be classified as Helsinki's big empty suburb. People here don't do much except loiter aimlessly and get drunk every now and then, so I like Helsinki a lot more.

And since many people here are bragging with their culturally diverse background I might as well tell mine: I'm and an Anglophone Finn with a Turkish father. It might sound simple but it really confuses a lot of people when they get to know me. Since I've spoken English with my father (who is a UK citizen like me) ever since I was born and because I've conducted all my studies in English it's as strong or perhaps even stronger than my Finnish. So when people ask howcome you speak such good English I tell them all that, and by the time I have to explain to them that my father is also Turkish (born and raised in Izmir, lived in England for 15 years or so) the look of sheer incredulity on their faces is priceless. And every single time I tell this the response is the same: "But you don't look Turkish at all!" Yeah, I suppose blue eyes and light brown hair don't look Turkish, but that statement never ceases to irritate the hell out of me. And despite the fact that I think mostly in English and am ethnically half Turkish in terms of cultural identity I'm 100% Finnish.

On a different note, are there any other people who either have or are completeing the IB diploma program? Since this is a really international and fairly well-educated group I'd imagine there to be more than just me.

Europe

11-23-2008, 14:23

I am a 17 years old half Swedish half Finnish individual. I am from the same town as the rock band Europe (hence my name)
I’ve been playing EB since the 1.0 patch and currently aiming to go to law school. In person I talk a lot (I’m one of those guys you think have Hyperactivity :2thumbsup:) but online I often remain quiet. I find that quite odd since most nerds seams to be quiet in person but becomes an animal once they are online.

The Celtic Viking

11-23-2008, 15:35

Another Swede here, but this example is 20 years old and currently studying economics. I live in Stockholm, a very beautiful city that I love and fanatically devote my life to, but have my blood-ties further up north in insignificant villages no one save the (extremely few and ever decreasing) inhabitants themselves know of.

Ever since I heard of M:TW I've been a sucker for the TW series, and have become more and more interested in history, which naturally drew me towards the more historical mods out there. When R:TW came out and my ears stole some whispers that there was a new mod called Europa Barbarorum being planned, my bloodhound nose never turned away, and I have been playing it pretty much ever since it first came out. Needless to say, it has only made me even more interested in history, to the point that I've taken it upon myself to find books and learn about it on my own when I can. That kind of interest is only matched by my interest in evolutionary psychology, but that's a different matter entirely.

I guess that sums me up well enough.

Majd il-Romani

11-23-2008, 16:00

too many damn vikings on this board :clown: just kidding.

ANY other machimoi? Or at least arabs? :dizzy2:

The Persian Cataphract

11-23-2008, 16:09

Många, många svenskar ombord tycks det vara... Verkar som om min personliga marknadsföring genom universiteten inte är helt misslyckad då. Katafrakten bliver glad :2thumbsup:

Zeibek

11-23-2008, 16:37

TPC is Swedish!? Now I don't know what to think...

The Persian Cataphract

11-23-2008, 16:44

Pontius Pilate

11-23-2008, 16:56

I am a 15 year old high school kid born and currently living in the U.S. I am not married and have no kids. I am also despised by many on the forum. I got really interested in ancient history at a early age. I am also obessed with every Roman. I used to not play many computer games because my old computer couldn't handle anything, but since I got a new one almost two years ago I have been playing alot. This also led me to get a copy of Rome total war which I happened to see lying about in a store one day. After a few months of playing it I was looking at a wikipedia article about the game when I saw a link to RTR and EB, so I followed both. after looking at both websites for the mods, I decided EB's website looked prettier so I downloaded it. It was a good decision on my part. I have tried many mods since then, but EB is my favorite.

Nobo

11-23-2008, 17:11

Next year I'll be studying European Studies.

Really? In Maastricht? That's where I am right now...

ludwag

11-23-2008, 17:12

everybody thinks that they are hatet

Jolt

11-23-2008, 17:29

Portuguese Archaeology student on his second year. Biggest interest is Portuguese Discoveries and Colonization and the height of the Portuguese power. Greco-Roman culture and Pre-Roman Iberia come in second and third places respectively.

Socy

11-23-2008, 17:32

Många, många svenskar ombord tycks det vara... Verkar som om min personliga marknadsföring genom universiteten inte är helt misslyckad då. Katafrakten bliver glad :2thumbsup:

Utmärkt! Har aldrig talat med dig i person, men din kunskap om allt som har med "öst" att göra är oerhört imponerande! Du är, personligen, något av en person att se upp till på forumet, vad gäller kunskap (Inom ett visst område, kanske fler?)! Se detta som en formell hyllning! :smash:

^RaGe^

11-23-2008, 18:02

....
I wish I had some foreign blood running in my veins, but the boring fact is that I'm 100% Finn. My grandmother is of Karelian heritage, but I don't think that counts. It would also be cool if either of my parents spoke something else than Finnish as their mother tongue so that my linguistic abilities wouldn't be so limited. Though I gotta admit that my English is better than that of most people in my age group.

Since people are speaking Norwegian here, I think it's ok if I write few words in Finnish too:
Mikä mahtaa olla tämä "Suomen paras lukio", josta puhuit?

Celtic_Punk

11-23-2008, 18:10

Geeks and nerds.

I'm a bloody soldier mate.
like the guy under you. Speak fer yerself!

I'm a infantryman who has a hobby interest in ancient history. Like a few others here my interest dissipates after the dark ages. then we see a resurgence of that interest once we Canadians start bootin the dirty American's out our borders (1812) My true passion is WWII though, as it holds a place in my heart cause of my family's involvement. One gramps was a paratrooper for Canada, the other was a spitfire pilot.

I won't be a reservist for long myself. I'm going regular para soon.

Ibrahim

11-23-2008, 18:26

yeah. what kind of people? historians? people with history as one of their hobbyes? People that god intresten in ancient history from playing rtw? what age? And what do they study or work with? I have allways wondered about that

e: remember to say how you got into rome total war and why you chose EB!

I'm just an average fulān (palestinian/ american one) out to have a historical experiance really. I started playing RTW partly out of interest in hellenistic warfare (i had already learned of AS, and wanted to experiance ruling a giant empire), but mainly beacuse of two things:

1-the laptop I write on has enough memory(100GB+), so I figured i'd get a fitting game.
2-It get's off thinking about someone I knew in highschool:shame: (the sig says it all)

I started playing age 17, after I graduated highschool. and I installed the game on June 27, 2007 (8 o'clock), the day I got my laptop. I first had EB in september of 2007 (EB o.81), got 1.0 on october 12(1 o'clock in the afternoon), 1.1 by april 13 (4 in the afternoon), and 1.2 was downloaded just yesterday (two thirty in the afternoon).*

as to why I got EB, that's a very funny story; you see, I had pretty quickly got mad at CA for the arcani, head hurlers, and yes, backwarded gauls. So, looking for a proper historical mod to do all factions justice, I went ahead and saw if the game could be modded. I found out it could, and that there was already an RTR mod out there. after getting the patches and installing it properly, I watched in horror as the game CTD'd while loading itself up:wall:. I later found that there was an unusual bug peculiar to the computer, which rendered any RTW 1.2 useless. So I went searching again for a more user friendly mod**, and found me this one. the rest is history.:yes:

and you know what's funny: I hate smilies, yet I find them necessary for some reason:inquisitive:

*I have the unusual ability of remembering key dates, so I know when all was done. yes, all this is out of memory.

**this is not an anti RTR story. that's just what happened.

EDIT: I'm going into paleontology-screw what my parents say..

Ibrahim

11-23-2008, 18:33

I've been a Swedish citizen since 20 years now. I'm not Swedish, even though I curiously eat more pork and drink more alcohol than most swedes.

You know, kind of like the hoards of Sassanian drachms found in Gotland or the Sassanian-style Vendel cavalry helmets à la Sutton Hoo and Valsgärde ~:joker:

no offence here, but that part is easily explained :clown: (long story-has to do with Kuwait and its alcohol laws)

either that, or you're just enjoying the freedoms* that Sweden affords. I guess it takes an outsider to appreciate what something has.

*for some reason, I find it more stiffling than Kuwait. Can anyone explain this contradiction?:inquisitive:

A Terribly Harmful Name

11-23-2008, 18:35

Currently finishing high school (17), main interests are history, law, political and military sciences.

Pontius Pilate

11-23-2008, 19:14

2-It get's off thinking about someone I knew in highschool:shame: (the sig says it all)

Get over her. There are always more fish in the sea.:flowers::knuddel:

*I have the unusual ability of remembering key dates, so I know when all was done. yes, all this is out of memory.

aren't you the guy with the slow reflexes though?

ludwag

11-23-2008, 19:16

Since people are speaking Norwegian here, I think it's ok if I write few words in Finnish too:
Mikä mahtaa olla tämä "Suomen paras lukio", josta puhuit?

You said something about school, and "what you think?" or "what is you opinion?". Am I right?

Andronikos

11-23-2008, 19:21

So, I am 18 (had birthday in october), study chemistry at university. I like natural sciences a lot, especially chemistry, physics and maths, most likely will work as physical or theoretical chemist. In addition to this I like history (especially ancient and medieval) as a hobby too, it has roots in my childhood when I read encyclopedies a lot and was interested in everything, which remained.
My favourite PC games are strategies and the first of TW series was MTW. Then I started Rome, but it disapointed me a little. Then I found RTR and later EB (0.8), which is my most favourite game.
And finally I don't consider myself a total nerd. I have many normal hobbies too.

Ibrahim

11-23-2008, 19:26

Get over her. There are always more fish in the sea.:flowers::knuddel:

aren't the guy with the slow reflexes though?

I'm already over her..mostly

also, you'd be surprised about me. I am quite booksmart, but I have little to no common sence, usually tied to what I learned. I can come up with ideas quickly, but I can also freeze in mid-thought. I can write this post with perfect spelling, and speak classical arabic perfectly, but I tend to jumble my english and arabic dialect in speech (people can't understand half of what I'm saying). I'm quite a loner (all my friends here number less than 10), yet here am I posting here. I can be very nice one moment, unbelievebly cruel the next (asshole and sweet being the two most common epithets). I speak like a midwesterner, yet I have a good deal of british english vocabulary, form all the british in Kuwait (arse for example*). I can write a good poem without thought, but a prose work is difficult past page 3.

I'm a wierd bundle of contradictions I guess. then again, we all have issues now, don't we.

I pronounce it /æɹs/

julius_caesar_the_first

11-23-2008, 19:46

Well I'm a 21 year old Romanian (apparently the only one around here:laugh4:) guy. I study economics and I have always been fascinated by history.

I've always liked strategy games and RTW was ALMOST a dream come true. I quickly found the diplomacy system to be worthless, after a few campaigns I could predict the AI easily, and it slowly became clear that it wasn't historically accurate (I hated Egypt, burning pigs and Arcani) . I uninstalled\reinstalled the game several times until I found EB. That made the game perfect.

I think I am one of the few that has never finished a campaign in EB (either ended by a CTD, loss of interest or accidentally deleting my savegame:wall:).

Maion Maroneios

11-23-2008, 19:56

I'm already over her..mostly
Due, she ain't worth it, believe me. I got almost drunk to death this year (seriously) because of a girl. Later I found out I was so damn stupid... Just remember it's you first, everything else next.

Maion

^RaGe^

11-23-2008, 20:04

You said something about school, and "what you think?" or "what is you opinion?". Am I right?
I asked him what was the "best high school in Finland" he mentioned. :yes:

kekailoa

11-23-2008, 20:30

I'm 17, I'm from Hawaii, I almost love EB as much as surfing and I really enjoy Northern European history especially Celtic and Dark Ages Britain. I'm hoping to study anthropology and history after I graduate from high school this year, or maybe just stay home and surf.

I run cross-country, track and pole vault. I'm pretty athletic, and playing EB is my dark secret. If my chick found out I would get dumped. I got into EB because I started playing Age of Empires when I was like ten, then found RTW. I got irritated with RTW because it was very vanilla. Lol. I don't even remember how I found EB, but after playing it for twenty minutes I've never played vanilla since.

Anyone else from the Big Island? I highly doubt it.

||Lz3||

11-23-2008, 20:42

Well... I'm 17.

I live (and was born) in Colima, Mexico (it's a veeeery tiny little state, one of the 3 smallest) I've always liked history, ancient, medieval, WW2 mostly, and I'm incredibly good at handling dates, however I think of history as a hobby, I also like Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Math and Informatics.

I discovered RTW thanks to a friend, I bealive around April 08, and since I had always dreamed about bein a general and stuff I was hooked with the game really easily, it's just that lately I haven't had the time to play, and when I have, I usually play FPS :sweatdrop:

I'm not an steriotypical nerd, I don't wear glassed, I don't have acne or anything like that, I'm tall and I like to think good looking. I'm the one with the highest grades in my school, and pretty much every one I know likes me, still I don't really have that many friends, mostly cause they don't share my interests, and they prefer to get drunk go to parties etc while I rather read a book or play a videogame, that's why many people think I'm boring and weird.

I'm going to university in 8 months! :wall:

I'm going to be an industrial engineer or sistems engineer.

||Lz3||

11-23-2008, 20:46

EB 1.2 IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!

(I'M GOING TO FRIKIN DIE!!! HOW DID I MISSED THAT!!!!!!!)
*cries*

this is the happiest day of my life

Zeibek

11-23-2008, 21:09

Since people are speaking Norwegian here, I think it's ok if I write few words in Finnish too: Mikä mahtaa olla tämä "Suomen paras lukio", josta puhuit?

Helsingin Suomalainen Reaalilyseo, tuttavallisemmin Ressu. Kun mä hain sinne vaadittu keskiarvoraja oli 9.31, sen vuoden korkein. Niissä maikkarin julkaisemissa lukiovertailussa Ressu on sijoittunut joka vuosi kahden parhaan joukkoon, tosin SYK taitaa olla tällä hetkellä parempi. IB on kuitenkin vaativampi täällä, joten kai sitä voi kerskailla olevansa maan parhaimmassa lukiossa.

No other IB'ers here? Really? None? Pity...

Nobo

11-23-2008, 21:12

Helsingin Suomalainen Reaalilyseo, tuttavallisemmin Ressu. Kun mä hain sinne vaadittu keskiarvoraja oli 9.31, sen vuoden korkein. Niissä maikkarin julkaisemissa lukiovertailussa Ressu on sijoittunut joka vuosi kahden parhaan joukkoon, tosin SYK taitaa olla tällä hetkellä parempi. IB on kuitenkin vaativampi täällä, joten kai sitä voi kerskailla olevansa maan parhaimmassa lukiossa.

No other IB'ers here? Really? None? Pity...

Haha, no idea what that Finnish part said, but I did the IB

Zeibek

11-23-2008, 21:20

Haha, no idea what that Finnish part said, but I did the IB

Cool...

Was it of any actual use when applying to university? Our co-ordinator keeps telling us stories of how the Finnish universities prostrate themselves before anyone with the IB diploma and how great an advantage we have when applying abroad.

Utmärkt! Har aldrig talat med dig i person, men din kunskap om allt som har med "öst" att göra är oerhört imponerande! Du är, personligen, något av en person att se upp till på forumet, vad gäller kunskap (Inom ett visst område, kanske fler?)! Se detta som en formell hyllning! :smash:

Jag kunde inte ha sagt det bättre!

Skål!

Nobo

11-23-2008, 21:31

Cool...

Was it of any actual use when applying to university? Our co-ordinator keeps telling us stories of how the Finnish universities prostrate themselves before anyone with the IB diploma and how great an advantage we have when applying abroad.

Depends on the country. German universities won't accept it at all (for Germans... they make exceptions for foreigners, i think). I did the IB in the US and compared to other american high schools, you definately have a gigantic advantage, but that isn't really surprising, hehe

^RaGe^

11-23-2008, 21:40

Helsingin Suomalainen Reaalilyseo, tuttavallisemmin Ressu. Kun mä hain sinne vaadittu keskiarvoraja oli 9.31, sen vuoden korkein. Niissä maikkarin julkaisemissa lukiovertailussa Ressu on sijoittunut joka vuosi kahden parhaan joukkoon, tosin SYK taitaa olla tällä hetkellä parempi. IB on kuitenkin vaativampi täällä, joten kai sitä voi kerskailla olevansa maan parhaimmassa lukiossa.
Njoo, ei mulla sitten olis mitään asiaa sinne, vaikkei 9+ niin huono keskiarvo olekaan. Tyydyin tälläseen pieneen lukioon (~130 oppilasta, 7 keskiarvolla pääsee sisään), kun en muuallekaan jaksanut mennä.

Zeibek

11-23-2008, 22:02

Njoo, ei mulla sitten olis mitään asiaa sinne, vaikkei 9+ niin huono keskiarvo olekaan. Tyydyin tälläseen pieneen lukioon (~130 oppilasta, 7 keskiarvolla pääsee sisään), kun en muuallekaan jaksanut mennä.

Tääl on kyl paljon porukkaa pääkaupunkiseudun ulkopuolelta... pelkästään mun ryhmäs on kaks tyttöö jotka muuttii stadiin ja asuu yksin, yks Porista ja toinen Sodankylästä. Se Sodankylän likka pääsee tapaamaan perhettään vaan lomilla... Sitten niitä jotka asuvat pääkaupunkiseudun rajalla kuten Kirkkonummessa, Keravalla Sipoossa on vielä enemmän.

Aemilius Paulus

11-23-2008, 22:33

I am a 15-year old Russian who lives in Florida for most of the year. I am a major nerd and a bookworm, particularly interested in history. Ancient Roman and 20th century history (especially WWII) are the two areas of my greatest expertise. The period I like the least in early Feudal to Late Medieval, even though I know quite a bit about them. The first book I have ever read, when I was five years old, was a history book about the medieval to modern times, on a middle school reading level, so it wasn't all pictures. Anyway, in Russia, children start reading later, usually at five, but that it is because in comparison to US, the starting-out type of books in Russia are in what is about third-grade level reading in US. I guess it was because of that book that I enjoy and read about history so much.

My other major interests are: reading (history non-fiction, historical fiction, sci-fi, alternate history), writing, building models, sketching, politics, economics, biology and astronomy, as well as psychology. Quite a bit of interests, but I read books very quickly, so I have time for all of them. I am currently enrolled in a law program in my high school and plan on studying for a lawyer (in a law school) after university.

I began playing computer games, specifically RTS games when I was 11. My first two games were Age of Empires II and Age of Mythology. I began playing TW games in general just last year, while in the beginning of 10th grade. By that time I had a couple of RTS games I wasn't playing anymore and I had a good friend who I knew would like them. So I gave him a couple of my CDs and he in turn presented me with a copy of RTW. I played the game from autumn to late spring of that school year until I grew bored and wanted to try out something new, something without the LS and Arcani, something that was more historically accurate and in-depth. I already knew about the fact that there were a ton of mods for RTW, so I did a bunch of research and decided to download either EB or RTR. However, the campaign map and the RTR units looked uncomfortably similar to the vanilla ones, so I opted for EB. It looked like the most complete, radically different and lively mod of them all and plus it was also the most historically accurate one too, so that's why I chose EB v1.1 in April of this year.

I also began frequenting these forums in March of this year, before I actually downloaded EB. I was a lurker, but I read and followed every thread. By May I was going to join .Org, but I knew that I would be out of US for the whole summer, so I put it off until August, when I came back from my annual travels.

gamegeek2

11-23-2008, 23:24

In 9th grade, been playing RTS since 4th grade when a friend introduced me to Age of Empires II. I then found a friend who we did these "simulation battles" with in 6th grade. Asked him what he based it off, he said M2TW. I found RTW and liked it, but read the Wikipedia article on RTW, which pointed out it was historically inaccurate, which I agreed with (Look at those Egyptians). I saw RTR and EB in the mods, and clicked on the EB link first. Look where I am now.

EDIT: Weird, Pontus Pilate and I found the game the same way.

Megas Methuselah

11-23-2008, 23:46

When is ACIN going to post in here?

Gleemonex

11-24-2008, 02:25

Shogun:Total War was the first TW game for me back in 2001, and I could never turn back to regular RTS

Hear hear! I actually started prior to S:TW -- I used to play the Shogun board game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun_(game)) with my high-school buddies.

I'm a 37 y/o stay at home dad in the US. I've been, at various times in my life, a Building Materials Supply clerk, Talent Manager, Concert Promoter, Musician, Truck Driver, Wildlands conservation crew foreman, construction worker, and produce wholesaler, all of which I'm heartily glad I don't have to screw around with anymore, since it gives me a lot more time to hang out with my son, read history, and PLAY EB.

PS- my little 4y/o son is entranced by this game, I'm gonna teach him how to play as soon as he develops something resembling an attention span. LOL

Glad to see I'm not the only one around here who has actively rejected careerism. In my particular case, I don't know how wise it is, but it's a hell of a ride!

2-It get's off thinking about someone I knew in highschool:shame: (the sig says it all)

The best cure for the last girl is the next one, mate. Even a temporary boost will help.

I'm already over her..mostly

also, you'd be surprised about me. I am quite booksmart, but I have little to no common sence, usually tied to what I learned. I can come up with ideas quickly, but I can also freeze in mid-thought.[/SIZE]

Sounds like someone needs to read "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman". Hang in there, and remember that interested people are interesting people. Consider this very thread, for instance.

I run cross-country, track and pole vault. I'm pretty athletic, and playing EB is my dark secret. If my chick found out I would get dumped.

Really? I like to shove it in people's faces. It's especially fun if I'm in the middle of a "heavy day" work-out or some other typically non-geeky [1] activity. "So, what do you do?" "Oh, I'm a kindergarten teacher and computer geek." *one-arm C&J 110lbs*

I wish I had an album of people's facial expressions ;)

@Celtic_Punk: The multi-quote dropped your post, but a) did you go through cadets and get your wings? and b) http://three-dead-trolls-in-a-baggie-the-white--mp3-download.kohit.net/_/61883

-Glee

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[1] Keeping in mind that "geek" has pretty much been a compliment ever since the Dot-com bubble.

russia almighty

11-24-2008, 04:14

First year pharmacy student at St. Louis College of Pharmacy (this is the only one of two 0-6 programs in the U.S left).

I'm like the above guy, except, I don't give a damn and actively tell people I will skip your party if a major game comes out. I've already wasted 100+ hours in fallout 3. Also replace clean and jerk with 405lbx5 in the squat.

basically, scary black people are scary.

machinor

11-24-2008, 04:46

I'm from South-Tyrol, which is a German part of Italy. So basically I'm an Italian citizen though I'm German/Austrian (regarding mother language). Sounds a bit strange, but I consider myself to be best of both worlds. :D
Currently I'm studying philosophy in Vienna.
History has always been an interest of mine, especially ancient history and I've always been a fan of the Total War Series since Shogun. Over the last few I've got less and less time for gaming though and to be honest I mostly got better things to do but still find the time for a few turns of EB campaigning once in a while.

Shadowwalker

11-24-2008, 06:06

I'm a 33 years old geriatric caregiver (correct term?) from germany.
History has been my interest since I was able to read my first words.
Preferring time scale up to Karolingian dynasty, most interesting period/culture: Sumerians.
Would be awesome to see a mod as detailed as EB for this period.:beam:
Got interested in TW series when I first saw Shogun. Played all TW games (except Alexander), but was never really satisfied with them because of inaccuracy, endless fights against clone armies and the stupid AI.
Had to wait to play RTW for nearly 2 years (pc was too old). When I got new pc and Rome (to be honest I bought Rome Gold some months before I was able to afford a new pc :laugh4: ) I knew where to find EB (a friend of mine told me about and I was searching these forums ... eagerly awaiting my new pc).
Played Rome only as long as it took to download EB.
Have played EB for as long as no other mod ever - with one exception: Baldurs Gate Trilogy/Big World Project. (Been a roleplayer for quite 10 or even more years now. Preferring p&p but some pc games are worth wasting time :laugh4: ).
Waiting patiently for EB II now. Until it comes out I play Reconquista ... but most of the time I lead SPQR to mediterranean supremacy. :yes:

Oh, yes: not married yet, but soon this will change. ~D

a completely inoffensive name

11-24-2008, 06:31

When is ACIN going to post in here?

When is Foot going to post in here?

Hax

11-24-2008, 09:43

15-year old student from the Netherhax Netherlands. Also a multi-instrumentalist folk musician, playing the bagpipes, squeezebox, harmonica, tin whistle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_whistle) and bodhrán (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhr%C3%A1n).

I ran across EB once while playing RTR: PE, and I stuck with it afterwards.

Jolt

11-24-2008, 10:38

When is ACIN going to post in here?

Actually, my deepest, dearest hope is to see Abokasee's story of how he got around to EB and what he consumed that made him see Bartix as a faction in EB.

Cute Wolf

11-24-2008, 12:10

...To try to change the course of history

I'm chemistry student, from faculty of science... and I played Koinnon Hellenon campaign to protect Athens and Syracousai, hoping to pump out more Philoshopers and Scientists, and make a better Hellenic wolrd...

Sadly, the Romans still took the Syracuse somewhere in 68 BC, as my garrison of 8 hoplitai haploi, one toxotai, and one puppet general (I use type 3 Gov on them), killed by a horde full of Roman legionaires... (my fault to let the Romans fill the western wolrd with Her Red Armies...) ... I just wonder, does Archimides fought the Romans as Hoplite and still get killed? or does he killed as he draws his last math problems? (I bet the Romans are poor at math)

zooeyglass

11-24-2008, 15:25

Actually, my deepest, dearest hope is to see Abokasee's story of how he got around to EB and what he consumed that made him see Bartix as a faction in EB.

seconded. :) one of the funniest threads ever, that 'un.

Ca Putt

11-24-2008, 18:57

19 year old Freak from Germany
Sharp/Charismatic/Langorous
Unselfish/Optimistic/Loyal
Philosophically inclined
Understanding of mathematics
Likes a Drink
Spartan
Hates Romans
well supplied

I started playing Real time stategy games when i was 10 or 11, first command and conquer then age of empires. As I was and still am interested in history I've got more and more involved in modding. Now I'm working on a mod for Aoe3^^. some of my friends already suggested Rome Total war to me but I realy hated the omnipresent concentration on Rome(ok, it's the name of the game dugh) and several desine issues(and Arcani, depiction of "barbarians" ... of course) this prevented my from getting a copy. Then i swaped some game for MTW2. I liked it tho it ran utterly slow on my PC. This led me to eventually buy RTW AFTER! i found EB. since then I try to play a turn a day, and I'm shure that that was one of my best downloads^^.

PriestLizard

11-24-2008, 19:09

26 yr-old from Germany, Studying mathematics/physics (focus on optimization, operations research) in Marburg/Germany, oh, and being hot too :egypt: I've been become very interested in history when I first discovered Age of Empires 1 in 1997(?). I even planned to study history but then changed my mind to mathematics.

Favorite period of time was ancient egypt and greece, Rome:Total War really got me into the post-Diadochi-Era. I prefer the eastern kingdoms (Seleucids, Baktria etc) prior to Rome though. Basically my interest in history reduces the later we get... I really dont like the renaissance for example... so I'm also not so interested in TW:Empires (yet).

Nobo

11-24-2008, 19:24

Ibrahim

11-24-2008, 20:20

19 year old Freak from Germany
Sharp/Charismatic/Langorous
Unselfish/Optimistic/Loyal
Philosophically inclined
Understanding of mathematics
Likes a Drink
Spartan
Hates Romans
well supplied

try this:

dull/uncharismatic/active
unselfish/pessimistic/loyal
Philosophically inclined
hates mathematics
teatotal
Arab
Interloper
poorly supplied
asocial
supposedly handsome (lots of people call me that, but I don't believe them, hence "supposed)
religious
rational concerns
evil mother
Heterogenes

that summs me up, and would make you deppressing :clown:

Hax

11-24-2008, 20:23

Sharp/Charismatic/Languorous
Unselfish/Pessimistic/Loyal
Psychopathically Philosophically inclined
Terrible Mathematician
Teetotal
Heterogenes
Well-supplied
Youthful
Sharp
Cold

EDIT: I just realized that I drunk Smirnoff Ice for the first time yesterday <_<..and I didn't even know.

Maion Maroneios

11-24-2008, 21:33

Smirnoff Ice
Ah, my personal favorite light drink. After beer, that is:clown:

Maion

Ibrahim

11-24-2008, 21:39

EDIT: I just realized that I drunk Smirnoff Ice for the first time yesterday <_<..and I didn't even know.

la tkhafish:yes:

It was an accident, so you're still a teatotal.:2thumbsup:

johnhughthom

11-24-2008, 21:57

Ah, my personal favorite light drink. After beer, that is:clown:

Maion

Mentioning Smirnoff Ice in the same breath as beer!:no: Real men don't drink Smirnoff Ice.:whip:

Maion Maroneios

11-24-2008, 22:00

True, but those are preferenses. Plus, I didn't say Smirnoff Ice is my favorite, I said it's my second favorite drink. I don't even compare them to be honest:clown:

Maion

Ibrahim

11-24-2008, 22:07

well, at least you're all not whiskey fans...half my family loves them, the other half teatotals:clown:

I be on the teatotalling side.

machinor

11-24-2008, 22:24

Reno Melitensis

11-24-2008, 22:34

Well after reading all these posts I am the third oldest here at 36, and the only one from tiny Malta, a small island the size of fly shit on the map in the centre of the Roman pool. Married with 3 kids I have been playing games for a long time now, Amiga, PS1 and PS2, and now my dearer PC. My interest in warfare and ancient history in general makes me better understand the present. I work in a Power Station, a few miles away from an ancient temple in ruins dedicated to Juno, used by Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans, destroyed by the Vandals.

Cheers.

Ibrahim

11-24-2008, 22:35

How could one not love Whisk(e)y?! The reason why humanity is deeply in Scotland's/Ireland's dept. :beam: Also great drinks: beer (preferably Czech) and red wine.

Give humanity these three things and get rid of war and you basically have your utopia. :thumbsup:

a-whiskey can get deadly-driving under influence:no:
b-I'm an observant muslim, hence a teatotal, so i don't drink it.

johnhughthom

11-24-2008, 22:39

Isn't the word teetotal? I believe teatotal would be someone like me, averaging 10-12 cups of tea a day.:laugh4:

Maion Maroneios

11-24-2008, 22:40

Bah, I don't really like Scotch. I do love wine, though. It's my most favorite alcoholic drink, deffinately. Red one, that is. With a rich, aged taste and smell. Spanish are one of my favorites, with Italian and Greek ones following behind closely.

Maion

P.S.: Happy birthday, johnhughthom! :birthday2:

Ibrahim

11-24-2008, 22:41

Isn't the word teetotal? I believe teatotal would be someone like me, averaging 10-12 cups of tea a day.:laugh4:

whatever-the point is indeed that do not drink:yes:

johnhughthom

11-24-2008, 22:42

whatever-the point is indeed that do not drink:yes:

So do your friends get a morale penalty?

machinor

11-24-2008, 22:50

a-whiskey can get deadly-driving under influence:no:
b-I'm an observant muslim, hence a teatotal, so i don't drink it.
Regarding a - well, everyone stupid enough to endanger himself and others by driving drunk is no big loss for humanity in my opinion.
Regarding b - I did not mean any offence. The "how could one not love whisk(e)y" of course was meant on an "aesthetical" level, apart from religious (or other) conviction.

@Maion: I actually never drank any Greek wine. Talking about Greek wine: I would like to try the ancient Greek way of drinking wine some time. 2/3 wine and 1/3 sea water, wasn't it?
My favourite kind of red wines are Cabernet and Zinfandel. There are quite some good of those coming from the New World (especially Chile and California).

Irishmafia2020

11-24-2008, 22:52

I am a high-school teacher in my early thirties. I teach history and coach basketball on America's largest Indian Reservation. My childhood fascination with war emerged into a more academic study of history by the time I was 12 or so. I was a D student in high school (with the exception of social studies and debate) but a perfect ACT score ensured me a slot in my state's university system. In high school I smelled like piss and dressed in rags because I was a typical welfare brat whose mom spent the check on drugs. I was unpopular, except that me sheer size (6'8") meant that I was a useful talent on the basketball court. My black market connections allowed me to become popular by throwing parties. In college I continued to throw parties, and I made extra money by writing papers for rich kids. I planned on going to law school, but my grades suffered because of my excessive social life. Ultimately, the only classes that could get me up in the morning were history classes. I graduated with a BA in 2001. My postgraduate career included stints in the military, Law enforcement, and graduate school.

Today I teach history in one of the worst high schools in America. We are burdened with a 66% dropout rate and high levels of pregnancy, suicide, substance abuse (huffing) and gang violence. The cultural and geographic isolation (2 hours drive to any town) means that most teachers and administrators only last a year at this school (80% staff turnover). This is my third year. The region is desperately poor and is primarily composed of high, cold desert. Only 2% of my students can be expected to graduate from college. Hopefully I can teach my students enough about the world in general that they will at least be able to make informed decisions about our country's future. Education saved me from a life of poverty, and I hope that it can do the same for some of my own students.

I have a wife and an adorable daughter who does not smell like piss. I also coach one Arizona's top rated high school basketball teams, and if I can keep all of my players eligible, we might become the first public school in more than a decade to win a championship (typically only private schools can win this). Since I live in an isolated environment, I have plenty of free time to play elaborate video games, and EB is definitely one of my favorites. I still study history, and even with a degree in the topic I have learned a lot from EB (about Baktria/Parthia). I guess that I am the typical EB player...

Ibrahim

11-24-2008, 22:55

So do your friends get a morale penalty?

-1 influence, -3 general skill (or makes him a n00b, depending on command stars)

Regarding a - well, everyone stupid enough to endanger himself and others by driving drunk is no big loss for humanity in my opinion.
Regarding b - I did not mean any offence. The "how could one not love whisk(e)y" of course was meant on an "aesthetical" level, apart from religious (or other) conviction.

b-I know you meant no offence. I just figured I'd reply to that :wink:

Ignopotens

11-24-2008, 23:03

“Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.”
--Mark Twain

As for me

Sharp/Uncharasmatic/Langorious
Unselfish/Pessemistic/Loyal
Philosophically inclined
Likes a drink
Rational Concerns
Youthful
Good Strategian
In Rude Health
Reserved
Green
Utterly Pragmatic
Judgemental
Gloomy
Flexible
Heavy Sleeper
Firm Personal Morality

spanakoryzo

11-24-2008, 23:13

Hi to all!I'm 27 years old and just a plain old greek.I actually live and work in Sparta though I grew up in Athens.And no,it's not a joke...I just recently began a 2 year long intership program in invasive radiology.I'm a doctor.After that I'm going back to Pireus to complete the final 3 years of my intership.I speak english and german apart from greek.Life as an intern in a country hospital really,really sucks.EB is one of the fun things I can do in my precious spare time.I'm engaged.We'll get married in about 8 months.As every abled greek man does,I also spent a year in the army.Charming!I got sucked into Total War when Shogun popped up.And yes,as a uni student I played ol' Shoggie while dead drunk at the break of dawn after parties.I will never be able to complete the Takeda VH/VH campaign.I also would like to express my deepest and warmest gratitude to the EB team for the best PC game ever.Especially for the AS...Beautiful!Gleemonex now has my undying admiration for attending the works of Richard Feynman.As for Maion,we're both greeks,we all know that we drink ourselves to death on every possible occasion.It's kind of an inner-circle secret.I really hope you all enjoy your student years!That's all for now...

Maion Maroneios

11-24-2008, 23:21

Sorry, double post see the one underneath:sweatdrop:

Maion

Senshi

11-24-2008, 23:27

I'm german, 18, and stuying geography.

My interest in EB is mainly caused by the wonderful complexity and details the team brought in to create a far more immersive and atmospheric RTW experience.
Of course a "hobby" interest in history etc. also was a reason (or perhaps even mingles with the "complexity" reason), but actually I want a game to be fun playing and not so much to be a history book.

EB just managed to merge both disciplines perfectly: Historical accuracy and a impressive game mechanics.

But I also would play every and all kind of fantasy mod for RTW if they managed to bring the same level of detail to work as EB does, but I never encountered any mod reaching this niveau. I don't care if I fight humans, elves, space marines or whales, as long as the background history and assets seem plausible and detailed, I'm in :) .

Maion Maroneios

11-24-2008, 23:29

@Maion: I actually never drank any Greek wine. Talking about Greek wine: I would like to try the ancient Greek way of drinking wine some time. 2/3 wine and 1/3 sea water, wasn't it?
Greek wine is known for it's aftertaste and richness, just like the rest of the wines produced in Mediterranean countries. Another good type of Greek wine is the Mavrodafne (or Mabrodaphne, in EB hellenic style :-P), which is a deep-red and sweet wine drunk only warm, produced in Patras.

As for the ancient Greek way of drinking wine, it's indeed 1/3 to 2/3, but just normal water:clown: I drink wine like this sometimes, though I prefer to enjoy it with a nice meal consisting of meat pr cheese, the types of which again depend on the type of wine you drink. For example, parmezana(sp?) cheese goes very nicely with strong wines, like the Spanish ones I forementioned. Of course, bread is a good addition as well.

Spanakoryzo: Ah, a fellow Greek! Well, though I don't drink myself to death (not too often, that is:clown:), I do enjoy the benefits of 'liquid courage' as I like to call it. You tend to dance the very best zeibekika when you're drunk, that's a known and proven fact:laugh4: Ευχαριστώ για την καλοπροέραιτη ευχή σου φίλε, αν και μας έχουν ψιλοτσακίσει με τις προόδους στο Φυσικό:sweatdrop: Τέσπα, χαίρομαι να βλέπω συμπατριώτες και έταιρους παίχτες εδώ στο φόρουμ όπως εσένα και τον θρυλικό Κεραυνό:2thumbsup: Παρεμπιπτόντως, εγώ είμαι από Πάρο αν έχεις ακουστά άλλα τώρα μένω Ηράκλειο όπου φοιτώ τους τελευταίους 2 μήνες.

Maion

satalexton

11-25-2008, 01:49

alcohol increases one's ability to play EB...

Cute Wolf

11-25-2008, 03:30

EB is best played after a tiresome day of Study and Chemistry Experiments.... Alongside with dinners, full of noodles and Ice Cofee... :quiet: yummy...

Btw, alcohol will supress your nerve system... useful if you are present on the battlefield with a xyxton, kopis, and You need to command a large army of poor militiamen... at least they got frightned with your speech (bruup bruup bruup hoekk... (vomitting))...

johnhughthom

11-25-2008, 03:41

I couldn't imagine somebody with the name Cute Wolf drinking beer anyway.:clown:

Cute Wolf

11-25-2008, 04:10

I don't like beer, they are bitter, and tasted weird in my mouth... I prefer wine or vodka though... they are sweet:yes:

I drink them only on holidays... or saturdays.. I ussualy fall asleep after drink them... And will be late for lectures:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4: My nerve system is too sensitive to alcohols

pirates_say_arrgg

11-25-2008, 05:01

I only see one post at a time(Don't know how to change it), so I got bored of reading them all.
I did read the first couple and the last couple. Well, to go on, I'm 20 years young, I live in Texas, America and go to college here. College takes up most of my day time and then working at a freakin' Subway takes up my nights. So, usually I only have 1-3 hours to play EB a day, just because I sacrifice my much needed sleep. With some 211 Steel Reserves and some cigarettes, EB is so much more fun!
That's how my nights go when I play EB and the only other games I play are anywhere from Total War games, J-RPGs and my favorite PS2 game of all time... Romance of the Three Kingdoms! OH! I can't believe I almost forgot, I also work on the mod that I'm part of, it's called Rise of the Nations: Prelude to War. Long title right? I also have friends in many foreign countries that I talk to. That's about it for my boring lifestyle onto the next boring life story...

Nobo

11-25-2008, 09:46

We shall fwee...Wodewick

11-25-2008, 10:17

I'm a british, tea loving, beer guzzling, game-a-holic and in my spare time away from EB and X-box 360; I am studying Aerospace Engineering. I need to sort out my priorities! I put tea before Beer! And both of them before EB!

Joszen1

11-25-2008, 11:09

I'm 24, and a South African. I have ancestral heritage in most of Northern Europe but mainly Norway, France and Wales. I am a research psychologist which is basically a nice kind of social engineer. I play EB because how can one not? I have an interest in history because I have an interest in people.
I'm surprised that there are only two Africans posting (me and Majd il-Romani), are there any others out there? And women?
I want to do a PhD. on the value of gaming for identity formation and social relations, but I really want the methodology to be a self-narrative and to be sponsored the mother-machine to play, I mean collect data.
@ Irishmafia2020, I hear you on the rather dire circumstances. I am currently doing health research/epidemiology/interventionist psychology in an area where HIV prevalence among people aged 25-35 is 49%. Unemployment is close to 80% overall, though highest in young men. Good thing they've got me.
By the way, I drink water, and occaisionally milk.

Cute Wolf

11-25-2008, 12:01

Actually, I'm just curious, how many of you prefers to play EB while eat or drink something?... I just remember that morning time speech... :furious3:

A Battle is never an easy thing to face, especially before breakfast... never mind... time to feast after we finished up these dogs...:furious3:

Eating something when playing EB is great... Unless you look into amassed hordes of Gaesatae or Tindalote... (I force them to wear loincloths, when I play EB in front of girls or kids)... The Skadugangonez is still modest when naked... looks unclear because their black pitch!!! :laugh4:

Wursti

11-25-2008, 12:01

I'm 21, German, student of media computer science in Dresden (in the east of Germany).

Since childhood I've been fascinated by the ancient times, especially the Romans and computer games. Finding EB, thus, was just a matter of time.
Reading all these nordic replies renews my wish to start learning Finnish. Who knows, I might go and work in Finland someday.

Oh, and I don't drink alcohol at all.

Maion Maroneios

11-25-2008, 15:38

Actually, I'm just curious, how many of you prefers to play EB while eat or drink something?... I just remember that morning time speech... :furious3:
I do, for one. I enjoy sipping some hot tea or Greek coffee while playing EB. Never alcohol, though. Sometimes I eat stuff too, but I try to avoid it as it's quite messy. :smash:

Maion

We shall fwee...Wodewick

11-25-2008, 15:57

I do, for one. I enjoy sipping some hot tea or Greek coffee while playing EB. Never alcohol, though. Sometimes I eat stuff too, but I try to avoid it as it's quite messy. :smash:

Maion

You can't beat a nice cuppa while you conquer the world. Mind you, I have been guilty of Drink-Conquering on a couple of occasions. I actually won the battles and did as well as I do sober! Talk about BEER ARMOUR!

Lovejoy

11-25-2008, 16:05

We shall fwee...Wodewick

11-25-2008, 16:21

I am 19 years old and live in Sweden. Currently I'm studying engineering in linköping. But I dont really like it - so I will change to something different next year. Maybe to something about biology.

When I don't play EB I pretty much do everything you expected from a student. I like party, films, art and most of all music.:egypt:

I was about to say it's nice to have another engineer, but seeing as your gonna change, I shall be alone once more. I've noticed a lot of people who play are students. Or are the students just trying to do anything to avoid doing their work while most others feel threatened by the average age of about 19-21!:idea2:

king hannibal

11-25-2008, 16:27

quick answer is greeks

but that not to say that's bad as we're the ones that are normally the interesting ones unless you talk about something no one knows what your going on about and you get a few Dodgy looks :inquisitive::inquisitive:

the people I think play EB are gaming or/and historical fans I think that the hard-core gaming fans would need a interest in history for them to stay around for more than 3 months

ages 14 - 40 there will be old one's but I think it a very small percent but 16 - 40 for the majority

Theodotos I

11-25-2008, 18:23

Almost nineteen, a preacher's kid from the US of A. A lifelong military history fan, I got into the TW series with Medieval, bought Rome. Played Rome until nauseated with the inaccuracies, then downloaded EB 1.0.

Shylence

11-26-2008, 03:04

21 NorthWest London
Child of Northern Irish Communists. One Catholic the other Anglican (great family parties :laugh4:)
Always been a Humanties geek i guess the parents raised me on social issues politics and history.
Left Derry at 7 but go there quite regularly. When work calls me. I love Britain and Ireland. Therefore Casse are my favs followed by the other Celtic factions.

I once Killed a Crow. pissed in a small kids drink(i was also small) and beat up a bloke till he was blind in one eye. He was a thug and i was defending myself.

I also once saved a woman from getting raped.
I guess that balances it out a wee bit.

||Lz3||

11-26-2008, 04:28

Actually, I'm just curious, how many of you prefers to play EB while eat or drink something?... I just remember that morning time speech...

meh ... what's the point... who needs to eat when you can play EB :jester:

Sir Edward

11-26-2008, 05:28

I'm a 22 year old American (Mostly German, Scandinavian, with just a pinch of Native American) microbiologist working at the NIH. The medical and biological sciences appear to be well represented on this thread. Always been interested in RTS, mostly Starcraft and Age of Empire Series. Really enjoy a good book, recently been reading Jared Diamonds works on society and Harry Turtledove's alternate history novels. Got into TW series through my cousin introducing me to MTW. Bought RTW but was disappointed. I enjoy games that break genera standards; SimCity, The Sims, Portal, Spore, Mirror's Edge. Stumbled across the EB forums here in the summer of 2005, downloaded .72 in January 2006 and been addicted ever since. And that is the story of how I found EB.

Gleemonex

11-26-2008, 06:04

21 NorthWest London
Child of Northern Irish Communists. One Catholic the other Anglican (great family parties :laugh4:)

Is you father orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orange_And_The_Green), or green? ;)

-Glee

Cute Wolf

11-26-2008, 08:31

meh ... what's the point... who needs to eat when you can play EB

You need to eat...
Try to play EB 3 days without eat anything...:idea2:

It's maybe weird, but for me, the EB music works great as appetizers...:smitten:
cheers for everyone creating the EB music... :grin::grin::grin: maybe you can get some donations, playing these eat-inducing music in restaurants...:idea2:

IrishHitman

11-26-2008, 08:43

Classics/History Student..

BerkeleyBoi

11-26-2008, 09:13

I teach English, I study economics, I eat tacos, I drink Tsingtao, I'm from China, and I live in America.

Tartaros

11-26-2008, 11:12

...I drink Tsingtao = german beer? right?~:cheers:

SwissBarbar

11-26-2008, 11:23

looooooooooooooool

swiss beer's the best anyway

Matinius Brutus

11-26-2008, 11:35

25 yo Bulgarian. Ibrahim, 10 friends is a lot. I have half as much and I am a very happy man. There are lots of people I can drink a beer with, but very few I call friends. Why aren't Greek guys praising ouzo? I love that drink, it is excellent for a hot summer evening.Crystallized of course. And here is a recepy: take a melon, inject it with ouzo, freeze it and than enjoy? Anyway I drink anything. In my university years I even drank homemade vodka. I am surprised I am still alive.
I study political science.

Hax

11-26-2008, 12:02

Ouzo is pretty good, yes.

everyone

11-26-2008, 12:11

I just realised that I had been lurking for a really long time, even after creating an account. been lurking here since..........sometime early last year, but only created an account a few weeks ago.
i'm a 15 year old from Singapore (I think I'm the only one from that region), came across EB when I was searching for a RTW mod that had a map that wasn't cut off at Persia.
I'm particularly interested in History, oh everyone here is, but I got interested in history after I got RTW.

^RaGe^

11-26-2008, 12:43

Actually, I'm just curious, how many of you prefers to play EB while eat or drink something?... I just remember that morning time speech... :furious3:
I simply can't start playing EB without having a cup of coffee to drink.

Matinius Brutus

11-26-2008, 13:22

I simply can't start playing EB without having a cup of coffee to drink.
Depends. If it's Saturday or Sunday and I can play right off- definitely coffee. If I play after I get home from work a Coke or a glass of whiskey or wine. Never beer because I get sleepy and lazy from it.

satalexton

11-26-2008, 14:46

Tsing dao's chinese beer, opened by germans leik more than a hundred years ago

Ca Putt

11-26-2008, 15:08

Hey that's our way of colonisation XD If Empires Total war had a simmilar Government system as EB Germans would build a brewery instead of Provisorial Military Government^^

MerlinusCDXX

11-26-2008, 15:17

Senshi

11-26-2008, 15:35

I was about to say it's nice to have another engineer, but seeing as your gonna change, I shall be alone once more. I've noticed a lot of people who play are students. Or are the students just trying to do anything to avoid doing their work while most others feel threatened by the average age of about 19-21!:idea2:

The reason simply is I started playing some years ago, but time goes on and so now I'm a student ;)

And who else in the world has that much free time???:book:

Maion Maroneios

11-26-2008, 16:38

Irishmafia2020

11-26-2008, 17:03

And who else in the world has that much free time???:book:

mmmmmm..... teachers. Banker's hours, summers, holidays, and weekends off. The time off almost balances out the low pay...

Cute Wolf

11-26-2008, 17:24

mmmmmm..... teachers. Banker's hours, summers, holidays, and weekends off. The time off almost balances out the low pay...

you forgot the under 20 years old students... only minor payments, or no payments at all :furious3::furious3:

^RaGe^

11-26-2008, 17:50

you forgot the under 20 years old students... only minor payments, or no payments at all :furious3::furious3:
Ah, the benefits of living at home. :2thumbsup:

IrishHitman

11-26-2008, 18:26

I simply can't start playing EB without having a cup of coffee to drink.

It's tea, or a beer for me.

Matinius Brutus

11-26-2008, 19:53

Actually, Ouzo is not very good for your health. That's basically because it turns white when mixed with water, which isn't good. On the other hand, I do sometimes drink Souma, which is the Parian equivalent of Tsipouro. Tsipouro closely resembles Ouzo in smell and taste, with some differences, mainly regional ones. Raki is also a good drink here in Crete. But Ouzo... Nah. Just for guys with no knowledge who have seen Zorbas the Greek or visited Greece in some goat village once in their lives:laugh4:

Maion

I have visited Greece on several occasions but it wasn't the first time I tried ouzo. We have mastika in Bulgaria which is very close to ouzo. What is raki, Maion? We have rakiya here, which is good, but the variety is broad. It coukd be made of rape, apricot or plumps. And what alcohol IS good for your health? Wine of course, but not in the quantities that make it fun. Don't drink often and you should be ok. Cheers ~:cheers:

Maion Maroneios

11-26-2008, 19:59

Matinius Brutus

11-26-2008, 20:05

Yyrkoon

11-26-2008, 21:00

Hm . . . I see I'm the only (almost) attorney. 24 year old Puerto-Rican/American living in the arctic tundra we call Illinois until I finish law school in May and I get to go back to warm, sunny Los Angeles. I'm trying to angle myself into urban planning, but that's in the air. I've been playing RTS since AOE II. Became fascinated with history in my teens and have since been a macro-history buff. I've never cared for dates or people, but trends and huge movements. Studied Sociology in college and read a lot of military history, philosophy, and political treatises in my spare time.

Translation:

Retinue Characteristics

Beautiful Concubine Sharp/Charismatic/Vigorous
mouser (cat) Unselfish/Optimistic/Disloyal
Likes a drink
pedant

Mediolanicus

11-26-2008, 21:09

Second Law student.

University of Ghent. 3rd year ; 19years old (yeah, I skipped a year somewhere)

History and music are my hobbies.

Yyrkoon

11-26-2008, 21:39

Second Law student.

University of Ghent. 3rd year ; 19years old (yeah, I skipped a year somewhere)

History and music are my hobbies.

Bah no fair. Law school here is like a master's or PhD. Not an undergraduate degree. You barristers...

Mediolanicus

11-26-2008, 21:50

Well, I'm in my last bachelor year.
So, next year I start my first year of the master's degree.

I'm planning to do at least one master after master too.

Edit : the difference between barristers and attorneys only exists in common law countries, so you can't compare it with that.

Hegix

11-26-2008, 22:51

...even kids with chicken pocks

Oche

11-26-2008, 23:03

Lawyer here, 32, from Dominican Republic. Always played RTW, and living the EB experience.

scorepio

11-26-2008, 23:56

Salesman , 39 with a passion for history.
I have a wife and a little daughter and waaaaaaaay to short of time.

Maion Maroneios

11-27-2008, 00:23

That is exactly what I am talking about! Seems that great nations think alike :laugh4:
:wink:

Maion

Shylence

11-27-2008, 00:33

Is you father orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orange_And_The_Green), or green? ;)

-Glee

No the other Way round haha. So im stuck with an Irish surname as opposed to an Ulster Scot one.

No bother My views are nationalist but the provos (which two of my uncles were) disgust me along with my father and mother. Her Nephew, my cousin. Was in the UVF too lol. I Love my herritage I AM NORN IRON! :help:

ombudsman

11-27-2008, 00:47

I see, that's interesting. About my last comment, I was just kidding of course:laugh4: Anyway, here take a look about Raki (called Tsikoudia here in Crete): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsikoudia

Maion

I´ve tried the Macedonian and Turkish kinds of raki, don't know if there is a difference, though i must say i do not like them very much. ouzo is definitely better. Lived in Turkey and Macedonia, or FYROM if you prefer, for about half my life and recentley spent 2 months on the greek side of Cyprus, and countless small holidays in Thessaloniki, but never tried Tsikoudia, will definitely see if i can find it next time i´m down in those parts of the world, though I prefer some fine herb over most drinks.:2thumbsup:

I registered a while ago, but haven't been very active, mostly because if there is something interesting to read on the forum, it´s usually nothing I know a great deal about, so no use of posting, or something I do know something about, and thus boring. Mostly the first :embarassed: (which is why I spend a great deal of time browsing this forum)
So I guess it turns out I know of most members here, but you don´t know me since I never really properly introduced myself. I know you, you don't know me, creepy eh? :laugh4:
Anyway, I´m 22, Swedish, and currently living in the south of Sweden, trying to finish a bachelor in history.
After half a year of wasting my life on WoW I decided to get something else to waste my life on. That turned out to be EB and oh boy is it worthy of wasting your life on.:beam:
Though unfortunately for me I do not have that much time to waste any more, due to workload and school.
What got me interested in EB was ofc the claim for historical accuracy but also the trait system, which is still the reason why I always go back to EB over other mods. I must confess I prefer the period of the fall of the Roman empire (don´t hit me!) which is why I love this mod, since I learn something new in a very easy and relaxing way, my knowledge in 272 BC has radically improved since I first stumbled on this mod:2thumbsup::
Actually EBs representation of Pahlava inspired me into learning more about their history and helped me choose my subject for my bachelor essay! :beam: Which is about the biggest compliment I can give to the EB team.

Now thats enough from me!

BerkeleyBoi

11-27-2008, 01:43

Ze goffernment isst in ze brauerai :germany:. LOL Its a great way to throw off people who want to overthrow the "colonial oppressors" :idea:, after all, who would look for the military governor inside the brewery (except a German, of course).:wiseguy:

The best thing that China got from their colonial oppressors is Tsingtao. Though economic prosperity in Hong Kong is a close second.

a completely inoffensive name

11-27-2008, 01:50

Is it just me, or did this get off topic?

Maion Maroneios

11-27-2008, 01:53

I´ve tried the Macedonian and Turkish kinds of raki, don't know if there is a difference, though i must say i do not like them very much. ouzo is definitely better. Lived in Turkey and Macedonia, or FYROM if you prefer, for about half my life and recentley spent 2 months on the greek side of Cyprus, and countless small holidays in Thessaloniki, but never tried Tsikoudia, will definitely see if i can find it next time i´m down in those parts of the world, though I prefer some fine herb over most drinks.:2thumbsup:
I see. Greek Macedonia produces some good quality Tsipouro as well (I got terribly drunk from it this year:laugh4:). You should try Tsikoudia, don't have to come over to Crete per se, except if you're into traditional stuff. Then you should consider visiting local villages, where the inhabitants are very welcoming to foreigners and usually offer them house-made things, Tsikoudia being one of the standard ones. Just one thing: Don't try to refuse anything given to you by Cretans, as they're easily offended and all of them carry WWII rifles and pistols (from the Germanic assault of Crete) with them:laugh4:

Maion

gamegeek2

11-27-2008, 04:47

I see. Greek Macedonia produces some good quality Tsipouro as well (I got terribly drunk from it this year). You should try Tsikoudia, don't have to come over to Crete per se, except if you're into traditional stuff. Then you should consider visiting local villages, where the inhabitants are very welcoming to foreigners and usually offer them house-made things, Tsikoudia being one of the standard ones. Just one thing: Don't try to refuse anything given to you by Cretans, as they're easily offended and all of them carry WWII rifles and pistols (from the Germanic assault of Crete) with them

WHAT! They don't carry bows?

Cute Wolf

11-27-2008, 11:22

Drink alcoholic beverages, after all is good when you know enough is enough:oops:, drink a lot of it and you will :dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2::furious3::laugh4::furious3:

In my campus, the best alcoholic beverages our students had invent is a glass of vodka (250 ml), mixed with 2 glass of pepsi blue and 1 glass of lemon juice is the best after all, try it sometimes...:book:

Maion Maroneios

11-27-2008, 15:05

WHAT! They don't carry bows?
:laugh4: Unfortunately, technology (in weapon warfare) has evolved considerably since that time:clown: They still remain very good in the use of long-range weapons, mind you:sweatdrop:

Maion

We shall fwee...Wodewick

11-27-2008, 15:21

If I ever go to Greece, which I will have to at some point for the bucket loads of history, I have to try some of your alcohol like ouzo and all the other names!

Meanwhile if you come to England I can give you beer, beer, a bit more beer, some whiskey and gin and bourbon. And then soft drinks mixed with vodka. Irn Bru and Vodka FTW! closely followed by cointreau.

Ezephkiel

11-27-2008, 15:50

I've been playing EB now for about 3 years on and off now, im currently 19. A unversity student in Bristol studying Music Tech.

Always had a hobby in history and games so its a natural choice, other than that i like freeparties, drum and bass and weed.

Think its quite a varied community.

Shylence

11-27-2008, 17:37

Codyos Vladimiros

11-28-2008, 04:49

Berg-i-dum

11-30-2008, 03:46

I am graduated in History and i appreciate your work. I am following the mod grow up may be since the begining, but only in spaniard forums.

Onehandstan

11-30-2008, 13:28

I just loved vanilla and heard that EB was a good mod, so I tired it and it sparked my interest in the classical era and military history, thank you EB for introducing me to such an interesting and inticate time in history, here, have a balloon:balloon2:

Cute Wolf

12-01-2008, 05:16

Cydos Vladimiros says:
I'm a 24 year old history major and religious studies minor, currently in Cottonwood, Arizona. I focused mostly on Byzantine History, though I do have a fascination for the Hellenistic Period which is covered by EB, and I've been playing it since 0.7. I also fence when I have the time (Saber is my preferred weapon of choice--and should give you an idea of my personality)

Just thinking about extending the EB timeline far into 200 AD, not only 14 AD... add some BI churchs... and made Koinon Hellenon, instead of Romans... a christian-torturer... they didn't throw them into lions in amphitheatres... but instead force the poor christians to sit in the class and listen to their vogon poetry...:laugh4:

Cute Wolf

12-01-2008, 05:23

note: I'm a Christian and at first playing EB campaign, I wonder about Paul's letter to the Galatians...

Flibjib

12-01-2008, 06:09

I'm a 21 year old living in that great expanse of New York that doesn't associate itself with the city proper. I hail from the chemically polluted shores near Rochester, and am a third year Archaeological Studies Major at a university about five hours away from my hometown. I've always had a passion for history, and a love of strategy games. Never have the two been wed so beautifully as in EB.

So keep up the good work.

Kromulan

12-01-2008, 22:23

Well, a 41-year old former Rugger* (an oddity in the US), former skydiver, and still downhill skiier when I can. The climate and terrain in my current locale (south of Houston is hot, flat and swampy) mean I have to travel to ski, but I'm working on that. . .
I've played all the TW games and I accidentally found EB while surfing for some way to "punch-up" my TW experience. I actually found EB the day after 1.0 was released!
I used to think mods were fan-boy attempts to make their favorite {anything} play the way they want it to (invincible Romans, etc.). On this count, I was dead wrong.

*I've only given up the first 2 halves of the rugby match. I still enjoy the third half (pub).