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Community => General Talk => Topic started by: Sacha on March 10, 2011, 01:48:59 AM
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In other words, tell us a little bit about yourself.
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Player of the Artemesia family. Human male, early twenties.
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Late teens, stoner with a lot of creativity and no where to show it other than on BM.
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Player of the De-Legro family. Twenty nine year old Aussie. I'm married, got a son who is just over 13 months old now. I work as a Electrical Project Engineer, specialising in Telemetry systems and automatic plant control. I'm a qualified Mechatronics engineer and a Robotics engineer.
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Player of Chénier family, early 20s, university student (geography) from Québec.
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Kentuckian, 21 years old, chemical engineering student. I've been playing BM probably longer than anything else I've done.
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Kentuckian, 21 years old, chemical engineering student. I've been playing BM probably longer than anything else I've done.
A fellow Kentuckian? Very nice!
Also a college student, 14 days shy of 20 years old. Bluegrass born and raised.
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Player of the Da Hadez Family (http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Da_Hadez_Family).
38 year old Scotsman, general I.T. guy (mainly Linux sysadmin and LAMP) and RPG afficionado.
Married (to player of Tempest family) with an 18 year old daughter studying animal care.
Love nice wine and nasty music. Probably a frustrated writer using BM as a creative outlet.
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male, 20 year-old archaeology student, playing the Melphrydd family (Dwi and Far East). From the country holding the world record of not having a government ;D
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male, Mid twenties, from Chicago but currently working on a masters in psychology of communications at New College, Oxford.
This is really the only game I play. I love it because I can actually apply my studies to it on occasion and see if what I am learning actually works.
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41 year old, English and a long distance haulier, ex forces, divorced and a Merrily self confessed BM junkie ;D
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27, male, married with a 2 year old. I work maintaining 200 Windows Servers in the Dallas, Texas, USA area.
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27, male, married with a 2 year old. I work maintaining 200 Windows Servers in the Dallas, Texas, USA area.
omg, you perv :D I hope that's a typo ;)
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27, male, married with a 2 year old. I work maintaining 200 Windows Servers in the Dallas, Texas, USA area.
omg, you perv :D I hope that's a typo ;)
This may be a native vs non-native English speaker thing, but that's actually quite correct usage. He would only be a perv if he'd said he was married to a 2-year-old, or was getting married with one.
...Of course if you mean he's perverted because he manages 200 Windows servers, that's a different matter...
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Now, on-topic:
28-year-old computer programmer, systems administrator and general technology man-of-all-work for the Psychology department at Colgate University in Update NY. Married, no kids, 2 cats.
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A fellow Kentuckian? Very nice!
Also a college student, 14 days shy of 20 years old. Bluegrass born and raised.
Born here, lived in the same eastern Ky small town until college came along. Only just recently, I've ran into several Kentuckians in BM. What College if you don't mind my asking?
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Born here, lived in the same eastern Ky small town until college came along. Only just recently, I've ran into several Kentuckians in BM. What College if you don't mind my asking?
Murray State University, way out in the western side of the state.
Though, I was born and grew up in the Lexington area.
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Soon to be 20 year old CS major in Canada, currently Waterloo, Ontario. :)
I play the Olivaw family.
Anyone else like problem solving, specifically the math or compsci ones?
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Anyone else like problem solving, specifically the math or compsci ones?
Don't know about 'like'.. problem solving is more of a compulsion for me though I find people far more compelling than math or computers.. which don't tend to punch you, fire you, invade your country, incarcerate you or refuse you intimate access to their naughty bits if you provide the 'wrong' solution.
Women are particularly intriguing because you can solve the problem and still be wrong because you solved the problem instead of sympathising with the fact there was a problem (I know there is a famous movie reference for that truism but it escapes me and my google-fu reveals nothing.. my wife thinks maybe 'White Men Can't Jump' but is not sure so I empathised with her frustration in not being able to remember just to be on the safe side.)
I love Canada, got a lot of family out there, awesome place and very much like a really big Scotland but without some of the historical baggage.
I sense an academic, or at least intellectual, bent in the respondants to this thread. A common trait of BM players, do you think? or just of those willing to expose themselves on this thread?
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Soon to be 20 year old CS major in Canada, currently Waterloo, Ontario. :)
I play the Olivaw family.
Anyone else like problem solving, specifically the math or compsci ones?
My only experience with CS has been few programming courses. So I can't really say that I know enough about CS. I do enjoy math problem solving. I've taken a few higher level math courses that aren't necessary for my major.
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Don't know about 'like'.. problem solving is more of a compulsion for me though I find people far more compelling than math or computers.. which don't tend to punch you, fire you, invade your country, incarcerate you or refuse you intimate access to their naughty bits if you provide the 'wrong' solution.
Very true... hehe, when given two problems, you *should* solve the human one first. ;)
Women are particularly intriguing because you can solve the problem and still be wrong because you solved the problem instead of sympathising with the fact there was a problem (I know there is a famous movie reference for that truism but it escapes me and my google-fu reveals nothing.. my wife thinks maybe 'White Men Can't Jump' but is not sure so I empathised with her frustration in not being able to remember just to be on the safe side.)
Haha, awesome. Immediate application of said sympathy. You are a good example for all... men. :)
I love Canada, got a lot of family out there, awesome place and very much like a really big Scotland but without some of the historical baggage.
I sense an academic, or at least intellectual, bent in the respondants to this thread. A common trait of BM players, do you think? or just of those willing to expose themselves on this thread?
Hehe, we do have quite a few scottish people here too. ;)
I think it's a combination of both, BM is a game for those who are not engaged by the mindless drivel of the mainstream games. Thus, likely more intellectual. Those who post here are usually not afraid to expose themselves, thus usually resulting from a sense of accomplishment and fulfilled esteem, likely again to be at least somewhat intellectual. :D
My only experience with CS has been few programming courses. So I can't really say that I know enough about CS. I do enjoy math problem solving. I've taken a few higher level math courses that aren't necessary for my major.
Awesome! I don't think higher level math courses are like any other courses, so they're a unique experience. ;)
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I sense an academic, or at least intellectual, bent in the respondants to this thread. A common trait of BM players, do you think? or just of those willing to expose themselves on this thread?
I've noticed a fair number in BM that are involved CS, math, science, or related fields. Though, it could be that they are drawn to this type of game, or that they are the more vocal of the player base.
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Canadian highshool student here, trying to make a living in battlemaster.
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23 year old former college student (History). Now I just do things to get by while job hunting! I live in North Carolina, USA.
Player of the O'Neil family.
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17 year old British female 6th form student, currently studying English Literature, History, Spanish and Physics as my chosen A levels. I'm not sure what the American equivalent of A levels are (I'm guessing it would be the last 2 years of high school?), sorry.
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17 year old British female 6th form student, currently studying English Literature, History, Spanish and Physics as my chosen A levels. I'm not sure what the American equivalent of A levels are (I'm guessing it would be the last 2 years of high school?), sorry.
Languages, Physics and History? Interesting combo :)
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That sounds about right for a well-balanced high school student.
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I am originally from Québec, although I have been living in Switzerland for close to 6 years now. I just turned 30. I was a Physics student until I graduated last year, now I work selling lasers to other physicists.
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I am originally from Québec, although I have been living in Switzerland for close to 6 years now. I just turned 30. I was a Physics student until I graduated last year, now I work selling lasers to other physicists.
Do you also sell to more questionable people? ;)
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Do you also sell to more questionable people? ;)
Yes! Even chemists sometimes!
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Yes! Even chemists sometimes!
Haha, very nice! :D
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17 year old British female 6th form student, currently studying English Literature, History, Spanish and Physics as my chosen A levels. I'm not sure what the American equivalent of A levels are (I'm guessing it would be the last 2 years of high school?), sorry.
Yeah, there's not really any direct equivalent of the 6th form here. We just go straight through the 4 years of high school without much of a break.
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Yeah, there's not really any direct equivalent of the 6th form here. We just go straight through the 4 years of high school without much of a break.
Do you only go through 4 years of high school?
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Do you only go through 4 years of high school?
Well, unless we fail a grade ;)
Typical American schooling is Elementary School which is Kindergarten then grades 1-5, Middle School which is grades 6-8, and High School which is grades 9-12. There are variants which move grades around between schools (K-6, 7-9, 10-12 is a common pattern, too).
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Well, unless we fail a grade ;)
Typical American schooling is Elementary School which is Kindergarten then grades 1-5, Middle School which is grades 6-8, and High School which is grades 9-12. There are variants which move grades around between schools (K-6, 7-9, 10-12 is a common pattern, too).
Yep, and typical Canadian schooling is Elementary School (grades 1 - 8) and High School (grades 9 - 12). We don't normally have middle schools. ;)
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In the UK it's generally Primary School (7 years typically starting at 4 or 5 years old) then 'Secondary' or 'High' School (6 years) though you can leave school voluntarily at 16 (co-incidentally the minimum age required to join the army but 2 years too young to be considered adult enough to drink, smoke or vote.
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In the UK it's generally Primary School (7 years typically starting at 4 or 5 years old) then 'Secondary' or 'High' School (6 years) though you can leave school voluntarily at 16.
Whaa, and do what? :o That's not the same as dropping out, right?
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Whaa, and do what? :o That's not the same as dropping out, right?
I realised someone would ask that so edited my post a bit as you were posting the question.
There is no concept of graduating high school in the UK (it's all exams, evaluations and certificates on a per-subject and per-level basis with a limited choice of subjects after about 2rd year of Secondary School) so no concept of dropping-out.
You can join the army, get married, go to college or university, get a job (with reduced minimum wage) or sign-on as unemployed (at a reduced rate of benefit)
Or you can get a load of part-time jobs, skateboard a lot, start a band and teach yourself computing like I did.
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You can join the army, get married, go to college or university, get a job (with reduced minimum wage) or sign-on as unemployed (at a reduced rate of benefit)
University isn't an option after leaving education at 16 unless you mean doing an open university course? :p
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University isn't an option after leaving education at 16 unless you mean doing an open university course? :p
True, except in exceptional circumstances. My mistake.
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Australia is similar. You can leave school at the end of year 10, or stay and do another 2 years of high school, and then sit the final exams, which have a different name depending on what state you live in. Those final exams have very little meaning outside of going to uni, though it always looks good to have good marks. The leaving school at 16 thing was once VERY common. As little as 20 years ago the majority of students would leave at 16 and then get a trade, go to trade school and live their lives. Now its more common to finish off the final two years, and then figure out what you want to do, but you can still legally start learning a trade at 16.
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20 year old human, male, a student of history at Sydney University. Main area is European history from the fall of Rome to the discovery of the new world with stuff around the place, but basically medieval history is my current love affair. Aside from all of that I also enjoy a healthy dose of poetry and heroic fantasy. I'm also both mature for my age and very childish.
I play the Haerthorne family.
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20 year old English guy, moved to Malta a couple of years ago. I'm a student currently studying Applied Science (Industry + Laboratory Science) I love European Medieval history with a passion. I've been playing BM since I was a wee lad and to be honest.. I'm not sure what else to say. :)
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Well, unless we fail a grade ;)
Typical American schooling is Elementary School which is Kindergarten then grades 1-5, Middle School which is grades 6-8, and High School which is grades 9-12. There are variants which move grades around between schools (K-6, 7-9, 10-12 is a common pattern, too).
Aha. First I thought you quit school two years earlier than we do here, but the clusters of Elementary (Middle) and High school are just different :)
In Belgium we're required to be educated until we're 18, though that doesn't necessarily has to happen in school ...
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male, Mid twenties, from Chicago but currently working on a masters in psychology of communications at New College, Oxford.
I just graduated in biochemistry from St. Catherine's College, Oxford. I know a few people from New!
(Also I play the Deytheur family)
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male, 20 year-old archaeology student, playing the Melphrydd family (Dwi and Far East). From the country holding the world record of not having a government ;D
Somalia? :P
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Born here, lived in the same eastern Ky small town until college came along. Only just recently, I've ran into several Kentuckians in BM. What College if you don't mind my asking?
LGM, you, me, and Perth should nerd out together sometime. Perth got involved in BM after I recruited him a few years back.
I'm 19, from a small town in central Kentucky, now studying Economics at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, with an emphasis on international trade and finance. And yes, I recognize the irony of a Kentuckian attending university less than an hour from his home studying international trade in a state deep in the heart of the US.
I got into BM because I've done table top RPGs since I was a kid, and my whole family is packed with historians (dad- ancient linguistics, sister- art history/french lit, brother- anglo-saxon england), so it was an easy fit. BM is also very interesting from an economic perspective. The simplified commodity model, sticky transactions, large time delays, and regularized production make interesting modeling tools for economic systems. I keep trying to convince one of my profs to let me write one of my papers on BM economics, but he told me there is insufficient data reporting to make the experiment properly rigorous.
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20 something male, not necessarily human...possibly a goblin...(German born-internationally raised)
I'm a security specialist :-X now that I'm out of Uni, my emphasis was Germanic and Slavic Histories along with a second degree in Photography. I'm currently living in Phoenix Arizona. Most of my hobbies involve computers or drinking. Sometimes the two in conjunction. ;D
I've spent most of my life with a rifle in hand, or a book about some kind of military history in the same place. That said:
Main area is European history from the fall of Rome to the discovery of the new world with stuff around the place, but basically medieval history is my current love affair.
This seems to be another relatively common thing amongst BM players I feel. It's not just that we enjoy playing Lords and Ladies and Scoundrels of common persuasion, but we enjoy knowing about how they really went about their days. And it seems most of us have an affinity towards that darker part of Europe's past.
Cheers!
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And it seems most of us have an affinity towards that darker part of Europe's past.
How dare you call the Golden Age of Christendom dark!
:P
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Born in S.Korea and came to Canada 7 years ago. Taking Human Geography courses. Whenever I get invited from new friends from different cultures, I have to go through a culture shock lol. Busy copying what they do while eating so I do not offend them. :P
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player of the Van Kaya family (Dwilight, Beluaterra) I'm a 21 year old political science major in Victoria on the west coast of Canada.
Not many poli sci people in here which is a little unexpected...
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I am 19 and a math major at Carnegie Mellon University. I'm teaching myself programming to start making video games. Currently working on a program to convert battles scripts into 2D graphic battles to help me learn. If only finals weren't in the way >.<
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I could tell you, but then I'd have to brutally take you over.
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19 year old male from ontario, canada. currently studying kinesiology at university in hopes of getting into athletic therapy. player of the ka habb family
i'm also a barista, i make a mean latté
and i'm a hopeful amateur bodybuilder, my first show is in november!
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Early twenties male from Québec, soon to graduate from a bachelor's in Geography with focus on land use planning.
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21 year old male, Belgium (that one country with no government), study history at university (bachelor). Main interest lays with either pre-columbian Latin American history or post French Revolutionary European/World history.
Medieval history is fun but I have a strong dislike of it because of the complete catholic domination in it. Not a fan of real life religions, really, but you can find me in the game as a religious fanatic! Must point out though that the "Dark Ages" is probably the worst name ever chosen for that period.
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21 year old male, Belgium (that one country with no government), study history at university (bachelor). Main interest lays with either pre-columbian Latin American history or post French Revolutionary European/World history.
Medieval history is fun but I have a strong dislike of it because of the complete catholic domination in it. Not a fan of real life religions, really, but you can find me in the game as a religious fanatic! Must point out though that the "Dark Ages" is probably the worst name ever chosen for that period.
What university? I'm in Ghent, taking a history minor. (not that I'll try to find you or anything ^^)
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What university? I'm in Ghent, taking a history minor. (not that I'll try to find you or anything ^^)
The only university better than Ghent. You know it.
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The only university better than Ghent. You know it.
Psh. Better at theology maybe :P ;)
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Psh. Better at theology maybe :P ;)
GOD IS ON OUR SIDE.
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GOD IS ON OUR SIDE.
You can have him :P
And the whole B. Van Dyck issue is kind of bad...
For the rest I don't really hold a grudge, but I do like the healthy competition between both unies :)
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Competition? Keep telling yourself that.
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Competition? Keep telling yourself that.
Haha. The foreign rankings all say a different thing, and if competition's what's making our universities improve, all the better :) Kind of lame how Leuven is connected to Kortrijk, though.
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24-year old Swede, studying at Lund University of course. The adademic bend in this thread is not ending yet ;)
I've chosen to study literature, creative writing, languages and history. I'm hope to be able to make a living as an author.
My last girlfriend hated battlemaster with a passion. My current one has not started the crusade against it yet - but she might be in the plotting stage. I hope she'll take the opposite direction and join me instead ;p
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aus, engineering
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18 year old American from Massachusetts, but going to uni at St Andrews in Scotland next year, for international relations and maybe some philosophy.