what kind of people play eb?

[Ibrahim]

Get over her. There are always more fish in the sea.

aren't the guy with the slow reflexes though?

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/

[julius_caesar_the_first]

Well I'm a 21 year old Romanian (apparently the only one around here) 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).

[Maion Maroneios]

I'm already over her..mostly

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.

Maion

[^RaGe^]

You said something about school, and "what you think?" or "what is you opinion?". Am I right?

I asked him what was the "best high school in Finland" he mentioned.

[kekailoa]

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.

[||Lz3||]

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

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!

I'm going to be an industrial engineer or sistems engineer.

[||Lz3||]

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

[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?

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.

No other IB'ers here? Really? None? Pity...

[Nobo]

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.

No other IB'ers here? Really? None? Pity...

Haha, no idea what that Finnish part said, but I did the IB

[Zeibek]

Haha, no idea what that Finnish part said, but I did the IB

Cool...

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.

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!

Jag kunde inte ha sagt det bättre!

Skål!

[Nobo]

Cool...

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.

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, hehe

[^RaGe^]

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.

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.

[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.

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.

[Aemilius Paulus]

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.

[gamegeek2]

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.

[Megas Methuselah]

When is ACIN going to post in here?

[Gleemonex]

Shogun:Total War was the first TW game for me back in 2001, and I could never turn back to regular RTS

Hear hear! I actually started prior to S:TW -- I used to play the Shogun board game with my high-school buddies.

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

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!

2-It get's off thinking about someone I knew in highschool (the sig says it all)

The best cure for the last girl is the next one, mate. Even a temporary boost will help.

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.[/SIZE]

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.

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.

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*

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.

[russia almighty]

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.

[machinor]

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.

[Shadowwalker]

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.
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 ) 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 ).
Waiting patiently for EB II now. Until it comes out I play Reconquista ... but most of the time I lead SPQR to mediterranean supremacy.

Oh, yes: not married yet, but soon this will change.

[a completely inoffensive name]

When is ACIN going to post in here?

When is Foot going to post in here?

[Hax]

15-year old student from the Netherhax Netherlands. Also a multi-instrumentalist folk musician, playing the bagpipes, squeezebox, harmonica, tin whistle and bodhrán.

I ran across EB once while playing RTR: PE, and I stuck with it afterwards.

[Jolt]

When is ACIN going to post in here?

Actually, my deepest, dearest hope is to see Abokasee's story of how he got around to EB and what he consumed that made him see Bartix as a faction in EB.

[Cute Wolf]

...To try to change the course of history

I'm chemistry student, from faculty of science... and I played Koinnon Hellenon campaign to protect Athens and Syracousai, hoping to pump out more Philoshopers and Scientists, and make a better Hellenic wolrd...

Sadly, the Romans still took the Syracuse somewhere in 68 BC, as my garrison of 8 hoplitai haploi, one toxotai, and one puppet general (I use type 3 Gov on them), killed by a horde full of Roman legionaires... (my fault to let the Romans fill the western wolrd with Her Red Armies...) ... I just wonder, does Archimides fought the Romans as Hoplite and still get killed? or does he killed as he draws his last math problems? (I bet the Romans are poor at math)

[zooeyglass]

Actually, my deepest, dearest hope is to see Abokasee's story of how he got around to EB and what he consumed that made him see Bartix as a faction in EB.

seconded. :) one of the funniest threads ever, that 'un.

[Ca Putt]

19 year old Freak from Germany
Sharp/Charismatic/Langorous
Unselfish/Optimistic/Loyal
Philosophically inclined
Understanding of mathematics
Likes a Drink
Spartan
Hates Romans
well supplied

I started playing Real time stategy games when i was 10 or 11, first command and conquer then age of empires. As I was and still am interested in history I've got more and more involved in modding. Now I'm working on a mod for Aoe3^^. some of my friends already suggested Rome Total war to me but I realy hated the omnipresent concentration on Rome(ok, it's the name of the game dugh) and several desine issues(and Arcani, depiction of "barbarians" ... of course) this prevented my from getting a copy. Then i swaped some game for MTW2. I liked it tho it ran utterly slow on my PC. This led me to eventually buy RTW AFTER! i found EB. since then I try to play a turn a day, and I'm shure that that was one of my best downloads^^.

[PriestLizard]

26 yr-old from Germany, Studying mathematics/physics (focus on optimization, operations research) in Marburg/Germany, oh, and being hot too I've been become very interested in history when I first discovered Age of Empires 1 in 1997(?). I even planned to study history but then changed my mind to mathematics.

Favorite period of time was ancient egypt and greece, Rome:Total War really got me into the post-Diadochi-Era. I prefer the eastern kingdoms (Seleucids, Baktria etc) prior to Rome though. Basically my interest in history reduces the later we get... I really dont like the renaissance for example... so I'm also not so interested in TW:Empires (yet).

[Nobo]

19 year old Freak from Germany
Sharp/Charismatic/Langorous
Unselfish/Optimistic/Loyal
Philosophically inclined
Understanding of mathematics
Likes a Drink
Spartan
Hates Romans
well supplied

[Ibrahim]

19 year old Freak from Germany
Sharp/Charismatic/Langorous
Unselfish/Optimistic/Loyal
Philosophically inclined
Understanding of mathematics
Likes a Drink
Spartan
Hates Romans
well supplied

try this:

dull/uncharismatic/active
unselfish/pessimistic/loyal
Philosophically inclined
hates mathematics
teatotal
Arab
Interloper
poorly supplied
asocial
supposedly handsome (lots of people call me that, but I don't believe them, hence "supposed)
religious
rational concerns
evil mother
Heterogenes


that summs me up, and would make you deppressing

[Hax]

Sharp/Charismatic/Languorous
Unselfish/Pessimistic/Loyal
Psychopathically Philosophically inclined
Terrible Mathematician
Teetotal
Heterogenes
Well-supplied
Youthful
Sharp
Cold

EDIT: I just realized that I drunk Smirnoff Ice for the first time yesterday <_<..and I didn't even know.