what kind of people play eb?

[Maion Maroneios]

Smirnoff Ice

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

Maion

[johnhughthom]

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

Maion

Mentioning Smirnoff Ice in the same breath as beer! Real men don't drink Smirnoff Ice.

[Maion Maroneios]

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

Maion

[Ibrahim]

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

I be on the teatotalling side.

[machinor]

How could one not love Whisk(e)y?! The reason why humanity is deeply in Scotland's/Ireland's dept. 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.

[Reno Melitensis]

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.

[Nobo]

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.

My brother used to live in Pembroke for a year. I only went to visit him once and since I could only stay for a day, I only got to see Paceville ;-)
I'm going back for the Marathon in March, though

[Ibrahim]

How could one not love Whisk(e)y?! The reason why humanity is deeply in Scotland's/Ireland's dept. 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.

a-whiskey can get deadly-driving under influence
b-I'm an observant muslim, hence a teatotal, so i don't drink it.

[johnhughthom]

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

[Maion Maroneios]

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!

[machinor]

a-whiskey can get deadly-driving under influence
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).

[Ignopotens]

“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]

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...

[Senshi]

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 :) .