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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've always had an interest in certain very specific periods of history (big gap in my interest from 200AD to around 1600AD). Finished uni six years ago, work in Big IT, though I'm not a techie. Married, no children yet.
Geeks and nerds.
Speak for yourself, I'm hot. :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leviathan DarklyCute
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Originally Posted by ludwag
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?
You are. Stop denialing. You would be here if you weren't.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius
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.
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Wow, I actually understood all that based on my horrible Swedish.
We're all pedants of some sort. Otherwise we would just play the action mods out there.
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:
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!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leviathan DarklyCute
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.Quote:
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).
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ^RaGe^
In a small town near Tampere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeibek
I take it you live somewhere around Helsinki?Quote:
It's supposedly the best high school in the country so perhaps that's a bit telling.
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:Quote:
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.
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. ~:)
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
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
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.
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).
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Originally Posted by Shigawire
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?
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:
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:
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?
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.')
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.
Greco-Roman history fans.
In real-life jut a movie critic and freelance co-ordinator. ~:cheers:
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
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.
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
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.
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:
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.
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.
and suck at conjugating ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by General Appo
Me, I'm 28 and really good at sleeping.
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.
I am 29 years old "computer teacher" from Turkey. I realy like history and always try to learn someting new abouth it.
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?
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:
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.
Jepp, men har ikke vært der på lenge. Har konto der ja. :clown:Quote:
Originally Posted by ludwag
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:
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ^RaGe^
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.
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.
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.
too many damn vikings on this board :clown: just kidding.
ANY other machimoi? Or at least arabs? :dizzy2:
Många, många svenskar ombord tycks det vara... Verkar som om min personliga marknadsföring genom universiteten inte är helt misslyckad då. Katafrakten bliver glad :2thumbsup:
TPC is Swedish!? Now I don't know what to think...
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:
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.
Really? In Maastricht? That's where I am right now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Wausser
everybody thinks that they are hatet
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.
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Persian Cataphract
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeibek
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?
I'm a bloody soldier mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leviathan DarklyCute
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.
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by ludwag
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..
no offence here, but that part is easily explained :clown: (long story-has to do with Kuwait and its alcohol laws)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Persian Cataphract
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:
Currently finishing high school (17), main interests are history, law, political and military sciences.
Get over her. There are always more fish in the sea.:flowers::knuddel:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim
aren't you the guy with the slow reflexes though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim
You said something about school, and "what you think?" or "what is you opinion?". Am I right?Quote:
Originally Posted by ^RaGe^
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.
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Originally Posted by Pontius Pilate
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/
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:).
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim
Maion
I asked him what was the "best high school in Finland" he mentioned. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by ludwag
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.
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.
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ^RaGe^
No other IB'ers here? Really? None? Pity...
Haha, no idea what that Finnish part said, but I did the IBQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeibek
Cool...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nobo
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.
Jag kunde inte ha sagt det bättre!Quote:
Originally Posted by Socy
Skål!
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, heheQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeibek
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeibek
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ^RaGe^
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.
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.
When is ACIN going to post in here?
Hear hear! I actually started prior to S:TW -- I used to play the Shogun board game with my high-school buddies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shigawire
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by MerlinusCDXX
The best cure for the last girl is the next one, mate. Even a temporary boost will help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim
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*Quote:
Originally Posted by kekailoa
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...it.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.
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.
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.
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