22-02-2003 05:40									#1
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As noted in the Apolyton Spirit thread, I believe that we need to get to know each other better in order to function optimally as a team.

So, introductions:
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Hi everyone, I am Theseus. I am a Strat forum junkie.

(sorta feels like AA )

I've been playing Civ games since before there was Civ, when Sid Meier did a game called Empire (sorta military-only Civ).

I started lurking at 'poly and CFC when Civ3 came out, started being an active poster around Jan-02, and rapidly became addicted.

I was one of the early proponents of early war... I had a GL fixation for a while.

Also, I am very into Armies... especially mixing units over time.

But I am a builder too (I swear!)

The first big contribution I made to 'poly, I think, was developing a focus on helping newer players / posters, especially with the early game. I also developed the "Must Read" thread in the Strat forum (which needs to be updated... help!!).

Lately, I've been very focused on early game expansion / production. Not really just REXing... more on how to leverage the power of ICS, but also have big cities / metros later. This has recently been named Ralphing, due to a city placement methodology that Sir Ralph first presented (the whole concept is still under development, but it's damn powerful... early anecdotal reports indicate that it moves players up one difficulty level).

I don;t do spreadsheets on the game, but I know it pretty well.

If I had a weakness, it's that I probably get into wars a little too much, and sometimes a little too early... the good news is that if we get into a tough, outnumbered, and outclassed situation, I have been there and have fought my way through it successfully.

I founded Apolyton University, contrinuted a fair amount to the AU Mod, and I am a member (actually co-General with Arrian) of Gathering Storm in the PTW DG.

I am generally pretty tied up during the work week, but catch up a lot on the weekends (no kids!). I live in New York City, and travel a fair amount for work.

I have an unbeatable problem where I type ; instead of '.
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Who;s next??

	22-02-2003 05:52									#2
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Greetings to all. My name is Trip.
I helped set up the SPDG and the PTWDG, being first-term President of the SPDG, and founder of the PTWDG team Lux Invicta.

Right now I'm the candidate for the Ministry of War, running with the fine fellow who's posted above me. Hopefully we'll win, but we'll see.

I involve myself with all sorts of things, though I've stuck near the OT and DG stuff as of late. Used to do a lot of scenario work and some stuff in the general and creation forums, though not so much lately.

Only been playing Civ games for a couple years now, joined 'Poly about a year ago in April. Been playing war games since I was 10, and I love a good duel.

Uhhh, I live in Colorado, I go to Colorado State University majoring in Computer Science and History, and I'm not married.

I think that's all for now.

	22-02-2003 06:00									#3
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Hello.

My name is nye, and I'm a civ junkie...

	22-02-2003 06:07									#4
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nye gets a cold and wet trout upside da head...

	22-02-2003 06:08									#5
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* notyoueither likes trout.

Yum, yum.

	22-02-2003 06:22									#6
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... but seriously.

I have been civ'in since the original on DOS. Dabbled with other TBS such as MOO, MOM, Warlords, etc, etc, etc... But in the end there is only Civ.

I joined Apolyton looking for information on Civ 3. Stuck around discussing many aspects of the game with many people as well as dusting it up with some of the more vocal critics.

Somewhere along the way I got tapped by Firaxis and invited to join the play test group. Play testing has given me a lot of insights on the game that I would not have gained otherwise.

I was one of the originals in the C3DG and would have comfortably snoozed on the court til the end had real life not interupted my Civ and Poly time in January.

Some of you may forget, or not been around to remember, but I was the author of Case Pink. I was inspired by an exchange between Uber, Sir Ralph and myself. As they say, the rest is history.

Sir Ralph and I started Gathering Storm together. Well, it was not Gathering Storm actually. It quickly became Trash Trip's Ass after Sir Ralph took off with something I mentioned in the opening post of the thread. We adopted the Gathering Storm name after we decided that targeting one player's back side was not a good long tern goal. So we sold the idea to ND and GoW.

I can be a bit cantankerous, or to be blunt, a curmudgeon. However, if you're careful when the tail starts to twitch you can escape intact.

	22-02-2003 06:36									#7
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DarkCloud,

Civilization Information
A civer since 1994 when I first played Civ I at a relative's house. I owned 2 copies of civ II in 1995

Never played Deity until 1997. I have only won deity twice and tried it five times; but created the ultimate in deity difficulty (non OCC) with placing 7 nations on a 5x5 island or something like that and won the game... with a specific expansionist strategy (before the year 1000) sometime around 800

I always end up at war with everyone despite any peaceful trials and have the nations gang up on me.

I have about 20-40 MB of scenarios on my harddrive and over 2000 units


Apolyton Information
I first visited DanQ's Ultimate Civ II Site in 1998 and Markos' site a little before the merger.

I would like to say that I am an old timer, since I visited the forums first in August 1999, in the days when you had to be registered to view the forums (or at least it appeared that way- and not wanting to have to register... in those days I was afraid of email address stealing, didn't join) Instead I joined the Civ II Universes' forums.

Then in June 2000 I joined SidGames forums... but left in July 2000 when I realized that I was the only poster on the fora besides KILLAH. In July 2000 I registered and posted a heck of a lot of Civ III ideas... myself, CornMaster, Shadowstrike and UltraSonix dominated the Civ III ideas forum from July 2000-December 2000... then migrated to various areas- Shadow and Ultra to the OT and CornMaster to CivFanatics.

Currently at Apolyton I am the Editor of the Stories Forum, runner of the Hall of Fame and Emperor of Lists.

Demogame Work
Along with Gramphos, I ran the Civ III demogames' memberlist in the days before civgroups.

Also, I was one of the first members of the AC-Demogame, and the Civ II demogame... as well as being in the first 100 (I think) of the civ III demogame.

I compiled memberlists for about 2 other demogames and was a member of the Multisite Demogame.

My strategy is mostly militaristic and was for the games; but I didn't post too much- mostly did statistics for members registered. [as per my Emperor of Lists title ]

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	22-02-2003 06:47									#8
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I'm Nathan (nbarclay by login name), a regular Apolyton University player/contributer and fairly frequent strategy forum contributer. I'm also chief economist for the Gathering Storm team, and one of the team's most prolific posters.

In single-player, where I almost invariably play on Emperor level these days, my typical game goes as follows. (1) Build up my civ, conquering some extra territory early only if I can't gain enough through REXing. (2) Build up a technological advantage. (3) Parley my economic and technological advantages into quick, decisive wars during the periods when attackers have a clear advantage over defenders. I view quick, easy wars as my reward for running my economy well, and my favorite times to strike are with cavalry against musketmen or pikemen, and with modern armor against infantry. (Of course if I have a good early-game UU, I have nothing against using that for some earlier conquest.)

I got my start in Civ-type games with the original Call to Power around the time it came out, and signed up for the Apolyton forums about the same time. But my account basically just sat there until around the time Civ 3 came out, since which I've been making up for lost time.

My apologies for any feathers I've ruffled since showing up here. I know I come on a bit strong sometimes, but I do listen and pay attention to what others say too (even if it's not always easy to tell ).

I live in Huntsville, Alabama, and work as a computer programmer. I also tend to build my own computers, my latest being the dual-Athlon system I'm typing this on.

Nathan

	22-02-2003 06:58									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Theseus nye gets a cold and wet trout upside da head...

Please....lets try to keep trout slaping limited to the civ3 demo game, we dont want to have another crises like what happend in december. gang wars, star ships , angry mobs of yokels and drunken ten year olds having at each other.

Anyway i'll take the plate.

I first played civ1 (looks at watch) in 1998, i was a young lad of 11 and I was hooked. I played the game over and over again and past civ2 by, never played it.
I saw the graphics of civ3 and it was no question...... $$ I bought it. I was a bit dissapointed though alpha centuria had more diplomatic aspects of the game and i expect the same thing. I've played civ3 almost everyday since and on my way searching for w/e it was i stumbled on the glory that is apolyton. I have never registered with any other civ fourm, apolyton was it.

and thats what i've been at... , i got nothing better to do anyway.

	22-02-2003 07:15									#10
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This thread is a good idea, so I am topping it for a time.

	22-02-2003 07:29									#11
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Im Lane, a comp sci. graduate from Tenn. Tech. Univ in Cookeville, TN. I go by Wervdon here and many other places, a name I picked up from my mudding days on Darkmists where I was one of the primary coders for a long time. I've been playing civ games since just before civ2 came out. A friend of mine introduced us all to them by installing his copy of civ1 on almost every PC in the high school I went to :P I'm also addicted to moo1 and moo2 (prefer moo1 to moo2), and of course, eagerly awaiting moo3. I never picked up Ptw, because of a lack of time and funds since I was approaching graduation last December.

I took part in the regular civ3 demo game for a while, but when things got too hectic last semester (I had literally 4 major programming projects going on at once), I sort of dropped out. I never ran for office or anything since I knew what I was in for with school.

I'm currently doing the job search thing which keeps me less active in most of the online communities I frequent than Id like (such as this one). Oh and Im married and have a four year daughter and another (suspose to be daughter) on the way.

I'll try to be as active here as I can given the situation, though of course, I might only show up to read the threads and vote on things once or twice a week. Staying with in-laws sort of limits the amount of time one can spend online

Anyways, thats more about me than I ussually tell online, but all of yall seem pretty cool

	22-02-2003 08:01									#12
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This thread is a good idea, Theseus.

My nick, dejon, is the name of the character in my avatar - from the old Disney cartoon Duck Tales.

I'm a relative unknown here on 'Poly. I lurked around the SPDG last summer/fall, always voting, but only occasionally posting. My only claim to fame there was entertaining the participants in one turn chat enough to have them decide to not rename the French city of Dijon when it was conquered. I was the Old France Regional Administrator for 3(?) terms.

I jumped at the chance to be involved in a demo game from the beginning with the PtWDG, and joined the Roleplay Team because I have a history of roleplaying, mostly with DnD. I became a very active citizen, reaching Prince and avatar status within a time frame I wouldn't have thought possible (I only had about 30 posts before the PtWDG).

Togas honoured me in the RP Team by first declaring me his Chief Warrior, and later his Most Trusted Advisor.

My experience with Civ games includes Civ, CivII, MoO, MoO2, MoM, and a few others that are less notable. I'm definitely a researcher or builder by trait in SP. After Mathematics, I usually set an agressive tech pace and stay 1 or 2 techs ahead of the pack, financing through trade. I don't have much MP experience yet.

I am a programmer, working on contract from home - so my schedule is typically very flexible, and I'm usually online. However, there are periods where I get consumed with work - as happened recently. I will be out-of-town on business for the month of March, with unknown off-hours connectivity at this time. So you may not hear from me much for a while starting March 2nd.

Oh, and I'm married, no kids, living in Toronto, Canada.

	22-02-2003 08:10									#13
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I'm Togas.

I'm not a strat forum expert, a beta-tester, or a hard-core number cruncher. I don't play the game on Diety level and I don't have a wealth of home-made scenerios and units on my hard drive. I'm not an old timer and outside of the Civ3 Demo Game & Teams Game I'm utterly unknown.

I admittingly do not have the CivIII expertise that most people on this team have, instead I have other skills to offer that has led me to create and run sucessful ministries in the past, help create a system of law and government, and help me lead the largest of the PTW teams in our Team Game.

I'm an attorney. I work for the government doing criminal defense work for juveniles, spending 2-3 days in court a week. I have taken courses in law school in negotiations, mediation, arbitration, and the average day in my field involves making arguments and deals, as well as quickly analyzing facts and evidence for weaknesses and strengths.

My other hobbies have included board games, roleplaying games, and Diplomacy -- which I played almost exclusively by email. I have participated in two World Masters Tournaments for Diplomacy, making it to the semi-finals both times.

My role on this team will be to mostly work in the human aspects of this game -- the trades, negotiations, deals, intelligence, and so forth. I also hope to help with the management and leadership of this team.

--Togas

(edit: typo)

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	22-02-2003 08:36									#14
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Man, I had you beat!

I was working on a thread entitled "The Official 'Who the hell are you?!' Thread" when I left the computer to go to dinner. I came back and you had posted this!

Well taking from my thread that I was working on:

I'm Dave.

Basically I've been a lurker ever since the start of Apolyton's democracy game. I eventually registered right before Term 2 and went on to win the race for Minister of Public Works under the old constitution for terms 3 and 4. I even went on to run for President! I'm happy to say that I beat Ninot! However, that victory was short since we were both running against Mr. Where Its At, who had more votes than the both of us combined.

One of my biggest contributions to the demo game (besides starting an operation to clear that dreaded banana forest) that are somewhat unknown are at the very beginning of the game, there was a huge debate on whether or not we should explore/settle the infamous "Uber Isle". I disagreed, thinking that we should instead secure a source of iron that was northeast of our borders. Eventually, public opinion swayed in our favor and we were able to get the iron ONE TURN before a Persian settler was about to found a city next to it! No one could have known, but had we went after Uber Isle instead, I think our demogame would have turned out much differently.

I've been a huge fan ever since Civ I and I used to be able to DOMINATE at Civ II. Then Civ III came out and I *still* haven't even beaten it at Monarch level. Totally have to change my style. I think our own Roadcage says it best in his signature: "I used to be a builder until I played Civ III."

I think one of my biggest weaknesses is being too stubborn. If the AI demands something of me, I usually ALWAYS tell them to sod off. This is probably exactly why I am not very succesful above Regent. :P

Hmm, I live in sunny Southern California and will be a junior at the "amazing" Cal State San Bernardino in the spring. I am majoring in Environmental Geology. (Get to be payed for playing in the dirt! Hell yes!)

Anyways, I do look forward to hanging out with all the old buddies from the SPDG and meeting lots of new people in this one.

Let's rock guys! (And possibly Gals? I think the jury is still out on Arnelos. )

Edit: Spelling.

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	22-02-2003 08:46									#15
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Yup, great idea Theseus...makes me think Sir Ralph was far too hasty.

Anyway, I'm Dominae. Male.

I'm probably the youngest poster here; I was but a wee little boy when Civ1 came out, but I probably played it more than most of you. Now I'm about to graduate from McGill University in Computer and Cognitive Science. I have a particular interest in artificial intelligence, which probably explains a lot of my threads/posts on the Strat forum.

Like I said, I played tons of Civ1, then got hooked on to Civ2 for the next ten years. I dabble in many computer games, but consider the Civ series to be the best. I never followed onine strategy forums much, so all my Civ2 skills were hard-earned (imagine my surprise when I first heard about OCC!). I played a lot of SMAC, and first got a taste of real strategy with Vel's superb guides for that game.

I joined 'Poly last year, probably reading the entire Strat forum in one sitting. I started posting a bit, but fell in with the "wrong crowd', people who thought Civ3 was not worth the time. I quit for the summer. When I came back I found AU, and have not left the Strat forum since. I'm still amazed at the maturity and skill of all the people here, something I did not expect from a computer game fansite.

In my Civ3 games I try to play a strong economic game throughout, but I also value tempo very highly and will most likely push a slight advantage to keep my opponent off-balance. Against the AI this usually means fighting many long, defensive wars, which it does not know how to avoid and typically never recovers from.

I love the game strategy, but primarily play for fun, and am still known to read all the dialogue in the diplomacy screen, or pump my fists when I win an important battle.

I think that's enough!


Dominae

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	22-02-2003 09:14									#16
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Unless you're under 17, then you're not the youngest one here.

actualy iam the yougest, try under 14.

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	22-02-2003 09:16									#17
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Ah, then I stand corrected.

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Nice thread.

Where to begin and how to structure this post?

I was raised on strategy games. No joke. My father was a grognard strategy gamer going back to the 60s, so I suppose it's only to be expected that I was indoctrinated from an early age... He has quite the library and I spent much of my youth playing a lot of those old strategy board games along with the budding computer strategy games field (I actually remember playing games like Colonial Conquest for the Atari 800... I loved that game!).

As for the Civ games, I've been playing them for a rather long time. I own and have played Civ, CivNet, Civ2, Civ2mp, SMAC, Alien Crossfire, Civ3, and PTW.

As for my style of play, I've always been something of a hybrid between the stereo-typical "builder" and "warrior" styles, though I've typically swayed more toward a builder than a warrior

As for micromanagement and spreadsheets and stuff, I love spreadsheets. However, I typically detest having to over-micromanage while playing my games (I like to just play strategy games by the seat of my pants and HAVE FUN). That said, something about multiplayer gaming brings out a competitive side of me that starts making me anally micromanage everything and plan every last move out. If I were playing single-player, I wouldn't care as much

In terms of online strategy gaming community, people who were on the Firaxis boards the full year before SMAC came out would likely recognize me in a heartbeat, among other places. I wasted way too much time way back then posting in the SMAC off-topic discussions before I had an over-involved social life in college

Once I developed this odd thing in college called a "social life", I basically dropped out of existence on online strategy boards for several years until I left college. Since I've left college, I've been spending a good deal of time on Apolyton (especially when between jobs...).

My academic field is political science (specifically comparative politics) and I've worked thusfar in American electoral politics. I'm looking to go back to school (for my Master's) at some point in the near future because while I'm currently trying to collect some "real world" experience before going back to school, the pay in this field for someone straight out of undergrad... well, it sucks

I live right outside of Washington, D.C. and I grew up here. I've lived in the DC area my entire life except for the 4 years I spent in college. Parents and friends' parents along with other people I know work for the government, especially in national security and foreign affairs. I've worked for the government myself, but only in the capacity of working for different U.S. Congressmen directly (as opposed to the actual civil service).

As for the Demogames, I've been around since September 1, 2001. I've held some positions in the single-player Civ3 demogame (VP, Foreign Affairs, and President) and am currently serving over there as military commander (my stupid ISP willing...). I've also served as the Most Trusted Advisor (read "Vice President") of the Roleplay Team and have been serving over there as the governor of our capital city along with something of a general advisor on foreign affairs.

Here in this demogame, I chose not to run for a position because I'm doing quite enough already and the people who were/are running for stuff (in my mind) were/are more than qualified and I support them fully

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	22-02-2003 10:43									#19
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Great thread, Theseus.

I'm Aro.

Dominae is the youngest, and I'm the oldest...

I live in Rio de Janeiro... you know, Carnival, "mulatas", sun & sandy beaches, the Girl from Ipanema... A typical tourist trap.

I'm a political cartoonist, but my studies in college were Mech Engineering, Physics and Math. I'm a member of a RL political party here in Brazil (the leftist one, holding the power now). Don't ban me for that, please!

I'm in the C3DG almost from the beginning, and I started to play civ with the last version of Civ II, but I prefer Civ III. The graphics are better...
I'm a crappy player. All my games are at warlord level... A shame!

Nobody knows me outside the Democracy Game. I do my contribution there being the cartographer and making the maps (and one cartoon or two, also, in the Jungle Gazette). Oh, and I held the presidency of the C3DG once... . Like Clinton, I play saxophone... but not sexophone, if you know what I mean (well, it's unlikely, but my wife can read this... ).

I have two kids. My daughter has twenty, my son has ten. Next year he will be the youngest player here... He's taking English lessons. Beware, Dominae! :

My English isn't so good, and sometimes this makes me look a little... dumb. It's not a lack of brain, believe me... It's only my poor vocabulary and spelling mistakes.

Ok, it's enough.

Edited: Eleven different smiles and still counting...

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	22-02-2003 11:12									#20
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Damn, I'm smiling so big, my face is gonna crack.

Hello, new friends!

	22-02-2003 11:28									#21
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What was that about not being able to find your way into the ISDG forum, Theseus (on your third computer)?


Dominae

	22-02-2003 12:07									#22
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Edit:

I am an idiot.

Sorry Aro! Post has been modified!

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And err... just another friendly reminder! Aro is the outgoing President of our SPDG. I know he said that in his post above, and his post below, but it doesn't hurt to remember that.

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	22-02-2003 12:12									#23
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quote: Originally posted by WhiteBandit Aro forgot to mention he is the current outgoing President in the SPDG

No, didn't!

quote: Originally posted by Aro ...............Oh, and I held the presidency of the C3DG once...

	22-02-2003 12:18									#24
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Hello. My name is Donegeal (pronounced Don-uh-gul).

I have been a very active poster in the SPDG since just after the first war with America. I have held no elected positions in the game but have served as a Regional Governer for almost every term since term 4 (IIRC). I am a builder. So, naturally, I founded the Glory of War PTWDG team. I did this for this game. I simply wanted to use the PTWDG as a learning device so that we were more prepared for this game when it came out (I actually started to PM ALOT of different people about an ISDG back when I heard PTW was going to be MP).

I live in Wisconsin where I work in the Law Enforcement field and am an 11 year vet of the Wisconsin National Guard. All my computer experence is self taught as I dropped out of a Comp Sci college (for two reasons. My classes were stupid and I Mudded constantly). My work schedual is quiet eradic as in my paticular field, the sh*t can hit the fan at any moment and who knows for how long.

I am getting married in May. I am a lucky man. No, not because I think she is beautiful or fun, but because I introduced her to Civ III and now she call the game "evil" because she always wants to play.

Ok, enough about me. I will let bigfree1 talk for awhile.

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	22-02-2003 16:08									#25
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Hello my name is Ken.

I've been playing Civilization games since '97 with SMAC being one of my favorite SP games. I now play mostly PTW MP, I really like it when I can get decent opponents (you know, ones who don't quit when they lose their first battle!)

I'm ex-military (8 years) and I like to tinker with things; be it electronic, mechanical or anything else I can learn the workings of. I recently went back to college in order to become a teacher (elementary more than likely), one of my true passions in life.

In addition to playing Strategy based games I ride mortorcycles, play chess (regulary), and volunteer and the Boy and Girls Club.

	22-02-2003 17:09									#26
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Monster. The name is Monster. Big and Furry, as you might have noticed.
I once chose this nickname after the big monsters in the Muppet Show (my "other" nickname being Kermit), but I found the Avatar picture you see here so I decided to change themes while keeping the name.

I'm living in the Netherlands, near The Hague. This city can be regarded as the city of our nation with the Forbidden Palace in it, since it is not our capital but the government resides there. As a consequence, my corruption levels are low.

I'm 29 years of age. Back in 1992 (or was it 1991?), I got hold of Civ1 and couldn't stop playing. Well - until Civ2 came out, that is. I'm a (insert something like "Master of Economics" here).

I find it remarkable to see that the characters on this Forum tend to do what they do in RL - Togas being a judge, Aro being a cartoonist/mapmaker, and I - yes I work a lot with spreadsheets, calculations and so forth in RL too. I'm a very "structured" person in these matters.

My other interests in these type of games lies on the Diplomatic level. At Lux Invicta, though being Minister of the Interior, I soon attracted lots of diplomatic traffic.

Also, the fact that this type of website is a Community, or Self-Organising System, attracts my interest greatly. I firmly believe that these kind of communities can and will form a basis for innovation and the development of new ideas, software, inventions, politics, etc. An example is the new Galactic Civilizations game where the development will be partly done by "playtesting consumers". Also, peer-to-peer networks are a good example.
Actually, I learn a lot from this website, not only on the Civ3 level.

	22-02-2003 19:45									#27
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I'm BetaHound.

Or simply Beta. (maybe I should ask Ming to drop the Hound part. Someone keeps calling me 'doggie'. woof).

I joined Apolyton in November for the ptwdg. I am already at 1400 posts, which even surprises me. The PTWDG, ISDG, C3DG, and some pbem's will do it. I almost never visit the OT stuff. I 'watched' Apolyton for well over a year before joining. I have all of rpodos(Theseus), Velocyrix, Arrian strategy stuff printed, re-read many times, and put into practice with many, many games of civ3. I am one of the few folks on Vox Controli, which means you get to provide lots of input. Having the entire strategy group I mentioned above on one team - Gathering Storm - and having them as your neighbours in the ptwdg, well, it made for an interesting start.

I took on the job of getting Apolyton into the ISDG, and dealing with the other sites. A lot of this has gone smoothly. Some stuff did not. I think I should've recruited some help earlier on. But hey, we got here, and I feel a big sense of relief now that the consuls have taken charge. Thank-you to one and all who have supported this game.

Arnelos posted this above which made me chuckle:

"I was raised on strategy games. No joke. My father was a grognard strategy gamer going back to the 60s, so I suppose it's only to be expected that I was indoctrinated from an early age... He has quite the library "

Well, I'm clearly not your Dad, and I didn't start in the 60's, I started in my high school years (70-74). But I was/am a grognard. All the early Avalon Hill games and the Strategy and Tactics stuff. And yes - I have quite the games library, which is probably worth a bit right now. I could not stand any of the D and D stuff - with the university gaming club's back then clearly split into either the wargame or the fantasy camps. C'mon - what do you want to command - a German Panzer Division closing in on Moscow, or gaggle of orcs duking it out with a dragon. Give me a break.

Same with my reading. I love history and science fiction. Fantasy you can toss, thank-you very much.

Dabbled with lots of computer war and strategy games, until of course, Civ3 came along. Then, well , you know ...

In RL I am a director of a social housing department at the municipal level - I manage a sizeable number of managers and staff, and a large portfolio of social/public housing projects. We do a lot of work helping to house the homeless. I have been in this field my entire career - having graduated with a commerce degree in 1980.(after trying engineering and geology).

I also have done a fair bit of sailing in my life, and have taken a year's sabbatical, sailed out the St.Lawrence and down to the Caribbean. That was the late 80's. Also bought and sailed a boat back from Tortola to NYC via Bermuda in the mid-90's. And in 2000 I spent three weeks sailing the Cyclades islands of Greece. I also do a fair bit of adventure and trail hiking.

So Aro - I may be older. I'm 46. And I have the same birthday as BFM.

Oh, and I'm married, no kids, living in Toronto Canada.

(and no - Dejon and I are not a couple. )

And this is a great thread!!

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	22-02-2003 20:23									#28
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Beta, I'm the winner till now. I'm 48... (49 in May 18th. )

	22-02-2003 23:46									#29
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Wow, great thread! I guess it's my turn, then...

I played Civ I way back when in the early 90's, and I was addicted immediately. I love all kinds of strategy games, and between Moo and Civ, a good chunk of my life has been spend ordering invasions and keeping people happy... I'm also an avid player of Axis and Allies, as well as any and all kinds of role-playing games.

I've been coming to the 'poly forums for about 6 months now, though I visited the site on and off for a long time before that. Once I heard about the first democracy game, I was really interested, but was a little shy of getting involved as everyone seemed quite established, and I felt my skills weren't quite up to par. Once the PTW demogame started, however, I took the opportunity to join Legoland, a team which looked to share my playing philosophies. I also started following the AU games on the strat forums, which I feel really helped to improve my skills.

I am currently the VP and Master Builder of the Legoland team, and I hope to maintain an active role in this team, as well.

In the real-world, I am a (currently unpublished...) writer, but to pay the bills I work at Maryland Public Television doing internet site work. I will hopefully be going to graduate school in the fall to get my masters in creative writing, but I'm still waiting to find out if I've gotten in (keeps fingers crossed...). So, in the meantime, you'll probably be seeing me publishing some more in-game papers to keep myself busy, and hopefully the rest of you entertained!

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quote: Originally posted by Aro Beta, I'm the winner till now. I'm 48... (49 in May 18th. )

Aro - congratulations!! When we meet, I will buy the beer!!