Where are EB players from?

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.

The Peoples' Democratic Socialist Republic of Soviet Cheeseheadlandistan.

Melbourne, Australia calling here! :2thumbsup:

Stockholm, Sweden.

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

Somewhere in Southern Illinois, U.S.A

Cluj Napoca, Romania ! :beam:

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

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

Doncaster, England.

The Hague, the Netherlands

Flen, Sweden

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

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

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

General Aetius

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.

North Alabama, United States:beam:

Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany

Luleå, Sweden.

Waterford in south eastern Ireland.

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Originally Posted by anubis88

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ03...eature=related

Italia here btw.

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)

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Originally Posted by anubis88

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

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I can! :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by Obelics

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ03...eature=related

Italia here btw.

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

The current capital of Europe, reporting!

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

Modena, northern Italy :balloon2:

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Originally Posted by Obelics

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ03...eature=related

Italia here btw.

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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?

Marburg, Germany

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Originally Posted by anubis88

@respenus: are you from Ljubljana then?

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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...

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Originally Posted by anubis88

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?

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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.

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.

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Originally Posted by Respenus

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

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

Timisoara-Romania :romania:

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Originally Posted by Respenus

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

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Originally Posted by anubis88

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

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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:

Flanders, Belgium.

I find myself in a vast minority of one.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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.

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15 minute walk to Byzantion. :turtle:
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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.

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

Budapest, Hungary.

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Originally Posted by 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)

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same question here, too

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

Dendermonde, Flanders, Belgium.

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Originally Posted by Dhampir

The Peoples' Democratic Socialist Republic of Soviet Cheeseheadlandistan.

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

Norway, North of the Polar Circle.

Driebergen, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Stockholm, Sweden.

Olhão, Portugal
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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:

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?

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Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by Disciple of Tacitus

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

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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.

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.

Im from Bodø in the northern part of Norway.

Tipperary/Cork, in the south of Ireland.

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Originally Posted by Victor1234

Budapest, Hungary.

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Very beautiful city :beam:

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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:

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!)

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.

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

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Originally Posted by Ower

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:

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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.

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

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.

@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

@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)

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

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.

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:

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Originally Posted by 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:

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

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.

@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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

Sunny Cleveland, Ohio here.

New Brunswick NJ

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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

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

Gdynia, Poland
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Originally Posted by Justiciar

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

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Votadini, Eastern Scotland.

G O'C

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

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