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37, First game (besides chess) Afrika Korp (AH). First Space Game (besides Alphabet Trek on a TRS 80) Reach for the Stars. Ex-Navy Petty Officer that Loves Space Navy Combat.

Earthstation Operator

"What Knockers!........OHHHHHHH Sank you Doctor."

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LOL I have played different games here and there this one (and SEIII) are the main ones I can not put down, I am 44 and have been in the Cable TV industery for 22 yrs
(I hope that MM keeps up the good work Long Live AARON)

Mott

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35, married, no kids (hence the time to waste modding).
Chemical/water treatment engineer. Been playing boardgames since I was a kid, computer games since I discovered computers.
Like WWII and space games - operational and strategy level. Not into real time games as I like to ponder and optimise.
Play a lot of "beer and pretzel" boardgames with a bunch of friends on a Friday night.

Favourite computer games - Civilisation series, MOO1, MOO2 (where I acquired my alias playing multiplayer), Panzer General, Ardennes Offensive, Caeser III, Sim City, War in Russia, Heroes of Might and Magic series.
Favourite boardgames - Diplomacy, Fire in the East/Scorched Earth, World in Flames, Babylon 5, History of the World, Brittania.

Oh, by the way, I'm Australian.

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Looks like the median age is pretty close to 30-ish. I'm 33 and bought my first PC in 1991 just to play Civilization. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

My favorite games have been Civ, Civ II, Moo, MooII, SMAC and the X:COM series.



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26
Filmmaker/sciptwriter
Almost famous

lucky me?

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btw,
nice thread.
Feels like I know you guys alot better now.


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Seems like a good place to put my first post.

24 Years old (I think), and I work for an engineering firm in the UK doing all their foreign language stuff.

First game... can't remember. Chess I suppose, shoot 'em ups on the C64, and eventually supremacy and Sim City on the Amiga. (Still have and use my Amiga BTW=-)

Now I annoy my girlfriend playing low spec games all evening on my salvaged P133.

I've been good all weekend so she won't get annoyed when I start my new PBEM tonight...

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Seems I'm a bit older than most of you guys, 49, living in Amsterdam, Holland. I have my own accountancy firm on which I spend minimum 12 hours a day, I sleep max 6 hours, the rest is for SEIV. My first machine was the Sinclair ZX 80 (1K memory, later enhanced to 16K), so I guess I'm one of the computer die hards. When IBM introduced there first PC, indeed with Microsoft's MS DOs 1.0) I got involved with a group of people who wanted to form the first IBM computer group. Many years later this group was integrated in HCC, the biggest Dutch computer club with 200.000 + members currently. In those days my mind already was full of the possibility to play a game like SE IV, but due to memory limitations it became possible only rather recent to create such a game. I'm happy it's now possible and look forward to the next step in development. It's interesting to read Aaron's view on this in a recent article. Let's wait and see.

Charles

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I'm 31 years old, male , from Germany, support specialist for a new digital printing machine which will be launched this year. I 've played strategy games almost exclusively: Civ, MOO, AC, BOTF, ... almost everything from MICROPROSE.

It was Dec 2000, when I've been surprised by a game review of SEIV (first contact). I was sooo lucky, I read that review site over and over and over, ordered SEIV the same day and literally waited in front of my mailbox for just one week. Have no time for real life any more ... have to rule a galactic empire now... many thanks to MM and everyone who improves the game, carry on with it.

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Wow, someone else from Amsterdam Holland,...

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I'm 33, married 2 kids living in London, England. I'm an IT Consultant specialising in configuration management (which is as boring as it sounds). I've been wargaming since I was 11, lots of SFB and Starfire. Like our Vogon friend (know any good poetry?) I found SE4 while looking for a Starfire link. Glad to see that the forum isn't populated exclusively by teenagers, unlike the Age of Empires ones....

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I am 27, married, and will be a first time father on Tuesday (they are inducing labor on monday night). I work in manufacturing; I help make all that wonderful Russell Stover Candies. WHAT???? You like Hersheys better???? Well! I don't want to talk to YOU anymore!

humph!

;P

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Congrats!
Get ready to have your SE4 time reduced, of course you have the only real excuse for doing so.

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38, divorced, starting work with computers in the 80's.
SEIV is the best game i know

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31, Married, 1 child. Professional software developer. I've gamed pen-n-paper and board games since I was 9 years old. I love SE4 cuz I can tinker with the rules, which I love to do =)

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I am 35, live in seattle wa, usa. I Have a wife and kiddo. I grew addicted to war games early on - with Risk. My 1st serious strategic board games- Afrika Corps, Squad leader and third riech. Then I found Star fleet battles and star fire back when it was still a reasonably playable game -1976, my garage has boxes is filled with the war games and RP games of my younger days....

and Since discovering SE3 and beta testing SE4, Much like the cartoon character the Brain, All I want to do is take over the universe....

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Well, i guess im the only teenager here..

15 years old (since yesterday), but i realy love the game, but even more the communities related to the game - both Role-Playing and gaming.

If realy, i do not play the game alot Last time, mostly i play Civ II: Test of Time, Diablo II (when bored), build websites, draw images...yea, both 3d and 2d.

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I’m 21, a college student.
I’ve been into strategy as long as I can remember either with board games or the computer.
I haven’t played a full game of SE4 in months since I’ve been having so much fun making data and graphic mods.

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34, married, two kids, living in Los Angeles, working as a software developer for an Internet software firm. The first computer game I ever purchased was "Pirates!" for the C64.

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25, Great Russian, currently studying in US.
Been wargaming since I could remember myself.
Done it all. From toysoldiering to mugging my summer camp opponents in capture the flag games. Most fun and satisfying were 7 cm. lead selfmade and painted miniatures from Macedon and Napoleonic periods. Starfleet Battles were good, so was the Stafire (still got over dozen boxes lying in the basement)Familiar with the Avalon Hill, was one good company, spent hours and hours playing Russian Front with my brother.
Then over ten years ago stumbled over comps.
Pretty much did all (and still have most of them)of the PC strategy and wargames. KOEI PTO series were and still are my favorits. SEIV is one superb game (except I wish instead of squares it was hex based).
Not done playing yet, still got mandatory Rus Army duty to go through, hopefully some fun place like Chechnya. Played, playing and always be playing!

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26 year old married guy. Have always been gaming, ever since my dad bought our TI-99/4a when I was 6ish. Spent all my time playing Munch Man and Tunnels of Doom. Moved a big step up when I happened to find an old Avalon Hill game my dad had put in storage a long time back - Starship Troopers. Then kept playing video games and started role playing in college. Now I'm out, got married 7 months ago, and am working as a computer / network consultant for a small firm in Michigan.

Don't mod due to lack of time. I have far too many hobbies. Some right now include building my own board game, and learning to play the didgeridoo.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TaeraRepublic:
Well, i guess im the only teenager here..
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Don't worry, you're not the youngest. My kids play too. They've just never posted -- too young and innocent to be wandering the web alone. (I mean, they can't even beat the unmodded AI without using underhanded tricks! Hmmm...maybe that should be a minimum-competency test for a high-school diploma?)

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20, unemployed and not going to school (was getting boring), and live in the beutiful city of Pensacola, Florida (anyone know about it?). One of the earlist games I remeber playing was Digman, i think it was called that. I still love playing games (A bit to much) and enjoy playing strategy games that really test my strategic skills. I also imagine making my own games, but I'm not smart enough to do that. Mabe in the future.

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I'm 36, married, design engineer who builds radar systems for a living. I've played strategy games since I was a kid. I also like football strategy games (like Front Office Football), auto racing, and playing flag football.

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Oh, so median. I'm 31, a newspaper copy editor and a lifelong gamer, both in the computer and cardboard chit world. Bought SE4 just about three weeks ago, and I've managed to sleep a full two or three hours a night since then. I'm incredibly impressed with the player-friendly ethic shown by Shrapnel and Malfador, and with the support shown by players on this thread and others. Y'all rock.

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Hi Droplede,

I too am a newspaper copy editor, though I'm 39. In two weeks I head back to Japan to ply my trade again.

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I am a married, 38 year old, computer programmer. I enjoy playing board games and strategy computer games, when time permits. Computer Game favorits include: Stars! and SEIV. I tend to dislike Real-time games because they become click fests with no time for thinking through tactics. Favorite Wargames include GMT's GBOH series, AH's Third Reich, Republic of Rome, Dune, and Civilization (Original and Advanced).

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I am 32, computer programmer(seems like a profession of the majority here), married with 2 kids. My first game, and still one of my Favorites, was "La Battle de la Moscow"(Borodino board game) when I was in high school. Have been playing war and strategy games ever since. My favorite themes are Napoleonic, WWII and 4X. Have a large collection of Napoleonic miniatures that I have painted my self with intent to make a model battlefield....

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Aahh Moscow, great game. One of the prettiest counter sets ever. I wish they could duplicate it for the computer, although Talonsofts effort was good.

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Yes, 'Napoleon in Russia' is a very good copy of that game(played it a lot of times)!

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I'm 22, a research assistant in Biology at the University of Michigan. I'm also variously a would-be professional science fiction writer [blatant plug] Check out my story in As Seen on the Web[/plug], sometime web designer, sometime violinist, as well as a lot of other things that take up time from gaming. I play almost exclusively strategy and spaceflight-sims.

LL

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I'm 28 and just got married two months ago. I have a PhD in Physics and am working in the Silicon Valley doing R&D. I've always loved war and strategy based games but have never found a good group of folks to sit down and play with. Me and some buds are playing SEIV via PBEM (one turn a night)--it's been working great. Thanks Malfador for a great game! And thanks to all the Modders for their hard work--we've enjoyed using them in our PBEM games.

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33, Software test lead at a startup which hasn't gone down in flames (we actually just got more money). Married, no kids (beta-testing a dog first. See how it works out first.)
Strategy gamer, RPGs, like Advanced Civ and Age of Reinassaice, 4X, some FPSs

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I just wanted to keep this thread on the lst 2 pages, I think this is a very interesting question as well as the answers. It would be nice if everyone on the forum answers

just some ideas mac

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I am 35 and I am living in Austria. (you know where the Trapp family is coming from... http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif)
I am working in the advertising business. My favorite games are good 4x games and roleplay (runequest) if I get enough spare time.
klaus

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28 - work in manufacturing operations for a major corporation in Greenville, SC. Do a lot of database mining and even some programming. Unlike Kevdog - I got tired of physics before my PhD, I left w/ my masters and got a job. Just didn't feel like being an RA and making Jack for that long. Mariied w/ one kid and one on the way. Former navy guy - surface warfare. Enjoy flyfishing, backpacking, gaming of course, and amatuer robotics.

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I'm a 30yr-old sysadmin at a mid-size college (~8k Users) in upstate NY. It's been difficult at work lately, having to swat frosh compsci students' errant final projects off my minis while pondering the optimum BC config to fight off a recent Phong incursion http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif I haven't played any of the previous Versions of SE, but I'm hooked on this game. It's unlike so many of the other games out today, in that it's not *when* you'll beat the computer, but *if* you'll beat it.


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28 years old ... PhD chemistry student (until October ... after I really don't know). Married ... I have a nice little child (3 months old) ... I play RPG and boardgames since I was 16 in a games association (treemme) ... and now I play also computer games.

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I'm 16. Just busy with school. I can't help feeling pretty young when reading this thread.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Zarix:
I'm 16. Just busy with school. I can't help feeling pretty young when reading this thread.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

dont feel young, feel mature http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

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I feel completely the same as you Zarix. Good thing for this internet where you are judged on compitance, and worth to the community.

Internet, the great equalizer.

*misspelling

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>I mostly prefer 4X and other "grand strategic" games where I can live out my fantasies of absolute monarchy (anybody who is married can tell you what a fantasy that is http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Boy, do I resonate with THAT one =)

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42, married, 1 kid & another "in the Build Que".

Retired USNR Chief Petty Officer, 8 years active (in submarines), 12 years reserves.

Currently an electrical engineer working in industrial controls.

Been playing wargames & reading science fiction since I was about 12 (or 7, if you count toy soldiers and "Space Cat" books), computer games since the C-64 was the premier gaming platform. I mostly prefer 4X and other "grand strategic" games where I can live out my fantasies of absolute monarchy (anybody who is married can tell you what a fantasy that is http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif)

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just want to update this post with all the new people on the forum. This is an interesting post and makes everyone feel more at home. This is the most friendly forum I have ever been on. everyone goes out of their way to help each other. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon10.gif

just some ideas mac

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Oh, well guess I'll contribute...

26, Hotel Manager in the FL. Everglades,

Games: Strategy Games (SE4,MOO2,Civ2,SMACX,AOK,HOMM3,LotR2)

Not married, no-kids (thank goddess)

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27(I think). Software engineer working in an arospace company in souther California. Loved SE3, love SE4. Can't find enougth time to play thoug. Married, kids, dog, cats, birds, fishes....

Frank V.

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Cr@p. Old guy makes double post. Arrrggh.

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55 Retired for 3 years. Mostly play CRPGs and some FPS(First Person Shooters). This is my first turned-based strategy game (tried starcraft but didn't really like it). I'm in 2 PBEMs now and find that much more interesting than solo play mostly because the diplomacy gets very involved.

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26 years old

not married (but living with girlfriend)

I play 3D-Shooters mostly ... but I love RTS and PBEM strategy games.

I live in Germany (near Frankfurt).

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26, almost 27. Unmarried, but own a home, and living happily with my girlfriend in a serious relationship. No kids.

I tend to play shooters (I prefer 1st person to 3rd), strategy games (I prefer RTS for small-scale, and turn-based for more grand ones, such as the X-Com series or any 4X game), and RPGs (both on console systems AND PC).

I run a mostly-weekly pen-and-paper D&D game as well.

I also keep posting here to throw out ideas I have, though I haven't ever made a mod of my own...yet. Once we have monsters available to us, watch out, world!

I've been playing electronic games since around 5, and D&D since 6 (though not well at that age, for certain).

Beyond that, I'm a mild-mannered (ha! I'm surly) computer programmer living in Northern Virginia in the US.

--Chesh

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here it is again...for any new people who don't want to read all the post on all the pages http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif