what kind of people play eb?

[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?

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]

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!!

[jabarto]

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..

[Majd il-Romani]

18-year old Egyptian 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. After my first campaign, I was hooked.

Any other Machimoi on this board?

[Intranetusa]

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]

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]

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

[MerlinusCDXX]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Onehandstan]

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

[Cute Wolf]

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...

[Cute Wolf]

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

[Flibjib]

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]

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).

[Shigawire]

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

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

[Socy]

Recently turned 18 (Yay! LEGAL alcohol for me ) 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

[Europe]

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 ) 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]

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]

too many damn vikings on this board just kidding.

ANY other machimoi? Or at least arabs?

[The Persian Cataphract]

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