what kind of people play eb?

[ludwag]

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!

[QuintusSertorius]

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.

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

Geeks and nerds.

[QuintusSertorius]

Geeks and nerds.

Speak for yourself, I'm hot.

[Shigawire]

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]

Speak for yourself, I'm hot.

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

[Zeibek]

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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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]

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

[^RaGe^]

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?

[desert]

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]

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]

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?

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^]

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.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 Apart from that i love strategy games (but no other games).

[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.

[Megas Methuselah]

I'm a total jerk (almost got banned for it! ), 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!