I’m a financial consultant but at my level I’m doing more of a financial analyst’s job. I’ve been working with numbers ever since I got to college and got to make them fit together. I really like this and it’s something that definitely draws me towards strategy games.

I'm a financial consultant to a small town. It's boring and draws me to any kind of gaming :p

I'm a warehouse worker. Numbers always drew me, and I have a degree in accounting, but I realized I just am not an 'office worker' type person. I like analyzing some things that I find interesting, but not making financial statements, reports, etc.
Give me a t-shirt and blue jeans over a suit-and-tie anyday!
And I'm not really a people-person kind of guy (I'm a shy guy) to make speeches, business presentations, etc.

-Bamspeedy stays hidden behind the computer screen :mischief:

I manipulate audio. Until recently I recorded bands and made adverts for a radio station, but I've just moved cities and I'm freelancing, trying to glue together a living.
I think it's my fascination with statistics (yeah, i know... that's why I love cricket as well ;) ) that draws me to the TBS games, and the GOTM in particular.
Couple that with the fact that sound engineers quickly find out that, even though they enter the profession for the love of music, they quickly become computer geeks, problem solvers and nannies, and I think we have a reason...

I started my working life as an avionics engineer in the Royal Air Force back in the *cough* early 70's *cough*. I served for 12 years but had caught the "computer bug" by the end of the decade.

I left the RAF in '85 and spent the next few years installing/ repairing computers with a sideline of programming (mainly accounting and contact management sytems).

In 1990 I became involved in a number of EU sponsored research projects in the RACE (Research into Advanced Communications in Europe IIRC) I & II programmes. I can remember attending Comms '93 at the NEC (Birmingham) and demonstrating live PC-based videotelephony calls to France, Holland and Sweden over a standard ISDN 2B link. Heady stuff in those days :)

Needing a break from the constant travel involved in managing these projects I turned my hand to technical editing/authoring. I worked for a now-defunct government agency and over the course of four years I turned out just under one hundred books mainly relating to IT Systems and Programme/Project Management.

Nowadays I'm an IT Systems consultant and I deal mainly with Windows/Linux integration projects for medium sized businesses.

I've been playing computer games so long I can't remember what got me hooked but I can clearly remember the first strategy/wargame I played (to death).

It was on the Sinclair Spectrum (Timex something or other to our American cousins) and was a squad based combat game set on the moon. It had line of sight targetting and it was essential that you made use of available cover. The sad thing is I can't remember the name of the game.

From there I've never really stopped playing computer games. I guess that strategy and adventure games are my two favourite genres. I played Civ and Civ2 from the get-go but for some reason I came late to Civ3 and have only been playing since the beginning of this year.

I like to know how things work and in a lot of respects most strategy games are like a big, complex machine. I like to know what makes them tick and the only way to do that is to play and analyse them.

Sorry I've gone on a bit but once I start I just can't stop. A bit like playing Civ really :lol:


Ted

I'm a lecturer in Physics and Computing. Enjoy problem solving, finding ways to explain things and that light bulb moment when someone finally 'gets' it.

I've been playing strategy games since before you were born, sonny. I was a pretty good chess player in my youth, played Risk and lots of other board games. First computer game was Colossal Adventure back in the 70s. I enjoy solving cryptic crosswords (Times every day for the Brits) and play bridge competitively too.

I'm tempted to say Easter Egg welder, but that's just what I want to be.

I build computer models for automotive vehicle systems so you guys can prang your cars without killing yourselves. I also teach Computer Aided Design and Geometric Dimensioning and tolerancing. CAD jockeys refer to their workstations as "tubes", hence the location under my avatar.

My job doesn't really have anything to do with playing CIV. I used to play 1st person games like Quake to a fairly high standard, but as I get older and my reaction times increase so I just get worse and worse. So in February this year a work colleague showed me CIV and 4 months later, here I am. A much more civilised (sp?) persuit.

Recently retired from a life of crime in the worlds of computer hardware, software and data communications design and development.

Can't stay away from my Mac and I was always interested in games but never had the time before. Civ3 is one I can play at an oldie's pace and keeps my grey matter in motion.

Playing live in GOTM for the first time this month.

PhD student in computer science (roughly in the area of human-computer interaction, although comming from the perspective of having been a programmer rather than having been a psychologist).
I find games interesting to look at casually because it is an area where the interaction doesn't just have to be easy and productive -- a means to an end like application programming, the interaction itself has to be fun and compelling.
The "one-more-turn" effect of Civ is something I find very interesting.

Controls Engineer (hence the nick). I did go back to get a Masters in Biomedical Engineering with thoughts of building a nerve-machine interface for bionic replacements. The experience taught me I wasn't cut out to do research full time, so I went back to doing what I was before Grad School.

I've always loved playing video games, eversince I saved $100 from my paperroute to buy an Atari. Civ is great because its a giant puzzle with hundreds of problems to solve and no limit on the time to think about them.

I started out in Engineering first working in a Nuclear Power Plant with the Electrical and Electronics in the Navy. Then I moved into Electrical Engineering for a while after the Navy. Today I have Migrated to an "Internal Project Manager Consultant" role. I prefer to think of myself as a professional coffee drinker as I end up sitting in meetings all day drinking coffee. :)

I have been playing civ since it first came out 10 plus years ago. Today it is the only game I have tome for, or really want to play.

I guess one could say I am a math student since that's what I have been studying for the last 4 years (which has humbled me incredibly.) But I have also worked a little in between like for example as a mailman because I was sick of trying to remember new theorems and definitions etc.

I'll bet you had the most effiecient route on the block though.:p

I guess my path is sort of like Creepsters. Graduated high school in 86 to join the Navy as a nuclear machinest mate, even though ET and EE were my first two choices. Graduated from nuclear prototype training in Ballston Spa, NY, but received a ROTC scholarship at the same time my orders for the USS Enterprise came in. They said "Pick between the carrier doing an 18-month world tour or go to the University of Florida". Well, at age 18 the world sounded nice but the Gator babes at UF were calling me, so off to college to become a Gator.

Got my BS and Masters in Environmental engineering, got commisioned as a Naval Officer and I am now an Engineering Project Manger in a consulting firm for the last 10 years.

This job doesn't really associate with Civ, but being an ex-Navy boy, I like to play islands or continents and swarm the world with my Naval Fleet every now and then to relive the old days.

I'm a 26 year old VB programmer. Got a job doing something else and managed to get training... Now most of my job is writing statistical applications with pretty front ends, I'm leader of a huge team of 1.

I always loved messing around with computers: software and hardware. Been obsessed with games ever since I got sinclair spectrum aged 8. Strategy games have more 'fiddle-ability' than most. Reckon my interest in games is what drew me to my work...

Production Manager in a manufacturing facility with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Work with some PLC ladder logic but spend most of my time with production scheduling.

Just enjoy logic puzzles, math puzzles and civ fits the bill.

A diverse bunch to be sure!

I am in the computer field, and have been since I graduated high-school in 87. Did get dual B.S. degrees in college as I worked in the field.
Have held jobs such as:
Fast food restaurant jockey. =(
Lab admin in college
Working in the IT department at United Parcel Service - running/troubleshooting their computer systems
Graphics artist for an up and coming web/dev company.
html coder for another up and coming web/dev company.
Lead Engineer in the IT dept for several big govt contracts (Navy) in the DC area. (ran their servers, workstations, etc).

Currently am employed as The manager or Windows Engineering in a Web hosting company.

I don't think any of my jobs can relate to civ..other than I just spend all my time on a computer....and maybe have delusions of grandeur... :D

Originally posted by el_kalkylus
I guess one could say I am a math student since that's what I have been studying for the last 4 years (which has humbled me incredibly.) But I have also worked a little in between like for example as a mailman because I was sick of trying to remember new theorems and definitions etc.

I can sympathize with ya there. I was a math grad for 4 years.

I'm a engineer now, doing data analysis software.

Having an analytical mind is definitely a part of liking these strategy games.

O my God! Should there be a division like Conquest for those very, very few who do NOT have a background in numbers? It could be called Abacus, and I would have an excellent shot at monthly medals!

Math was always one of my worst subjects in school, although a love of strategy board games as a kid led me to work out the probabilities for dice rolls. During a period of little employment I played and "broke" Balance of Power and Patton-vs-Rommel on early Macs. But I've worked in the movie business for the last 15 years, and that left me no time for games until I discovered Civ2 from my nephews. Since then I have made it a priority to squeeze in as much work time as possible into my daily schedule.

scubagtr,


Ok I have to ask becaus we may have crossed paths here. I too graduated in 86 and was in Florida (boot camp) in the fall of 86. I stayed there for school from Jan 87 to spring 88 attending ET school and nuc school. I then went off to Idaho though. Any chance we could have crossed paths?

If you like let me know by PM or post.

I went to Orlando boot camp on Sept 19th, 1986. Then went to MM school on Power school all there in Orlando. I graduated and went to Ballston Spa in August 87 for prototype.

Ah yes, the good ol' days in Orlando :)

I was the one in blue dungarees and short hair, you must have seen me:lol:

I see you are in NJ. Are you following the Spurs - Nets series?

I was the one in blue dungarees and short hair, you must have seen me

Yes I remember you now!! :lol:

I see you are in NJ. Are you following the Spurs - Nets series?

Yes I am. I failed to notice that part of your profile. :goodjob: I was also in San Antonio for the PMI conference last October. It is an awesome city. I have never seen anything quite like the river walk.

Yes, it's a fun city, but even though it has 1.5 million people it acts like a small town. The Spurs are just about everything to this town and tonight I even have a big backyard BBQ party for the game that I get to go to.

One thing about San Antonio, they love their food here - hence being voted one of the fatest cities in the US. But with all the top notch authentic Mexican food here, it's hard to resist.

I am currently working on getting my PMI certification as well as my PE, but haven't gone to the conferences yet.

Maybe on your next trip down, we can get a beer (or scotch) on the RiverWalk - loser of the series buys :lol:

Either way, next trip down, be sure to go to Zinc's, one block off the Riverwalk and you can have choice of any scotch you want, along with a $20 cigar if you like.

Maybe on your next trip down, we can get a beer (or scotch) on the RiverWalk - loser of the series buys

I'll take you up on that. My wife loved the town so we will probably go back, but I have no idea as to when.

As for the PMI Certification I just signed up and sent in my application and was approved. I should be taking the exam by the end of the summer. Let me know if you want any thoughts on the exam, etc. As for the PE, I wish I had taken the EIT earlier. I am not sure if I really want to study for that one or not now. I have switched over to the Pharmacutical Industry and it is not as relavent here.

Yes, it's a fun city, but even though it has 1.5 million people it acts like a small town. The Spurs are just about everything to this town and tonight I even have a big backyard BBQ party for the game that I get to go to.

At least the food will be good, because I'm afraid the Nets are going to win tonight. :D

I'm a software engineer. I have two computers in my cube. One for work (and PBEM), the other running GOTM all day long! :)

Hmmm two other nukes here. Bit before my time, I was at Orlando in 92' as an EM. I went to prototype at Idaho Falls which was my first choice, what was I thinking?

I went to school for computer science when I got out and am now doing programming and design for computer games.

I am a Project Leader. I play with my laptop so I can play in any location ... even in the car park :D

I'm a research scientist working in discovery chemistry for anti-cancer drugs. The long delays whilst waiting for analysis mean I get to read this forum at least twice a day, but the nasty system administrators (bah!) won't let me install civ so I can PBEM when it gets really dull.
Maths was never my strong point at school and as for the maths they teach as part of a chemistry degree... whooosh over my head... Schroedinger what now...? :confused:

I am currenly a Quality Engineer. Bachelor's degree in business with a concentration in math. An associates degree in electrical engineering technology. Have always loved computer games, but vastly prefer "thinking" games over "twitch" games. I am very analytical by nature, which is most likely what draws me to strategy games.

Hergrom

SmirkHmmm two other nukes here

The real question is were you a target or a bubble head? :rolleyes:

Glad to see that there is another one out there. I have always suspected that there were more than a few nucs here. It is nice to start to see who they are.

Software Engineer.

Don't know if it has any effect on my gaming. I've been gaming since I was about 9 or 10. Started with Bard's Tale on the Apple II and still haven't recovered. :)

I wouldn't be surprised to find that my computer gaming led me to my career, but it is also probable that it was my parents, (who are both in the computer industry)

Originally posted by Creepster
I prefer to think of myself as a professional coffee drinker as I end up sitting in meetings all day drinking coffee. :)

Like my new avatar then? :)


I am a process engineer. Did a degree in Chemical & Process Engineering, and then accidentally ended up working for an oil and gas E&P company. Been doing that since '95. Good opportunites though - I've never been in the same specific job more than 2 years. Worked in NZ and in the UK. :)

Done all sorts really, currently incapacitated and studying for a degree. Mostly electronics aseembly/low end office jobs, but once upon a time I was a computer journalist. Had to give that up though - the computers were OK, the journalism sucked.

I am originally an electrical engineer with an MBA afterwards, currently I'm Vice President of production, running 3 companies in the field of industrial refrigeration.

I'm in ICT, working as a systems designer/architect. I have a degree in Math, so reading this thread (and this one (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55802)) I've finally found a stereotype to fit! :lol:

I am an employee benefits consultants in London. My job involves finding quick and easy solutions to complicated problems, which would tend to suggest that I should be good at strategy games, yes?

However, I have been highly trained to find the quickest solution I can and then persuade my clients to agree to it. We then implement it, bill the crap out of the client, then wait for it to go wrong so they pay us more money to sort the mess out.

Makes my mum proud.

This carries over to my Civ games. I pick the first idea that comes into my head and implement it, even if it isn't the best. When it all goes wrong I change my mind and try something else, usually botching that up as well! I generally always win but it takes a long time!

I prefer FPS's but can't really play them with a demanding baby son to keep amused and GOTM to get through each month.

Pal

I'm amazed at the number of "techie" occupations listed.
I for one am a college educated man who uses his "smarts" as a professional athlete. Needless to say, most of my teammates are too busy playing XBox and Playstation to care to understand why this "nerdy" guy is playing Civ III before and after games and every waking second while traveling from city to city.

I made the mistake of being a double major in both biology and chemistry in college. Then got a PhD in molecular biology. Now I am working in a cancer research lab trying to figure out various aspects of signal transduction and apoptosis in hematopoietic (blood) cells

I'm an aircraft engineer working in a flight test organisation. My education is maths, then engineering.

Another over-analytical Dilbert type! Maybe if we all wrote Scott Adams and showed him how many engineers play civ we'd get it mentioned in the strip??

Wow.. while I didn't think everyone was just a young kid it is still surprising the amount of upper level professionals that are here. I am a programmer who writes programs that trade stocks for day traders so they can make a heck of a lot more money than I do.

In reference to drewshark's comments (I do NOT want to start a guessing game thread) I have often wondered if there is a well known person or two lurking among everyone. I can definately see how a little tank and infantry butt kicking can be a welcome diversion from the limelight...

-Adam

I am a foreign languages teacher,and, natuarally, I also have a tremendous interest in multi-cultural issues and in world history.
Also, I am highly analytical, so Civ feeds these traits/interests quite nicely.

Originally posted by ainwood


Like my new avatar then? :)




That would be a caffeine molecule then? Sad chemist alert! (me)

Impressive list of professions for a game forum.

I too had maths background, having a Masters of Science in Mathematics. Work in a consulting firm and managing IT project at the moment. Travel alot usually flying all over Asia. But the recent SARS got me grounded so had been a lot more active on GOTM recently.

Originally posted by Txurce
... a love of strategy board games as a kid led me to work out the probabilities for dice rolls.

I also worked out the probabilities for dice rolls as a kid. This led me to wonder whether the same results could be achieved with a different set of pips on the dice. The answer is yes and the dice would be marked as follows:

1st die = 1,2,2,3,3,4
2nd die = 1,3,4,5,6,8

I remarked a pair of dice with these numbers. Unfortunately, I never met anyone who liked to play games who would also let me use the dice.

I work as an IT/Network Support Technician with the Jefferson County Commission. My interest in strategy games derives from an early interest in history and politics. When I was five ('56) I was asking about the possible consequences of de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union. Alas, no one took my comments or questions seriously.

I was a Navy brat and went to 12 grade schools and five high schools. I started school in Hawaii and spent most of my childhood in California.

I bought my first strategy wargame (Tactics II from Avalon Hill) in '61 but could not find any opponents until '69. My father played one game with me but quit after four turns. My brother could never get beyond the second or third turn; he often quit during the setup.

From '71 to '74 I was president of a nation-wide PBM strategy gamers club with 600 members. I was also a play-tester for the pre-release version of Dungeons & Dragons and a play-tester for Avalon Hill.

I served in the Army from '70 to '78 (learning Russian at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA) and in the Army Reserve from '78 to '95 (going back to the DLI for Korean).

I have had two more birthdays than changes of address. I have worked in over 20 different fields ranging from day laborer to food service supervisor to massage therapist to project manager.

I started working with computers in '79 and have been working in the IT field since '98. I own over 200 board strategy games (most of them gathering dust in a closet) and about 20 computer strategy games. I have been playing CivIII since August and was referred to CivFanatics in December by a friend.

That would be a caffeine molecule then? Sad chemist alert! (me)

Thanks for letting me know. Ainwood I did not recognize it. It is nice to see something that I enjoy so much !! :lol:

Add one more to the techie side. I earned a Bachelor's in Computer Science 2 decades ago, was hired by a major defense contractor to work on developing the analysis environment for certain engineering applications, became one of the experts for the company in that field, and now do more managing and consulting than actual SW development or analysis.

I've been into strategy gaming forever. Chess as a wee tyke, Risk at 10, Third Reich in High School, a subscription to S&T, lots of AH games in college (KingMaker was always fun, but not very strategic)(and don't forget D&D), etc. I have quite a collection of board games. Computer gaming came later, probably one of the Text based Star Trek type games was first. I've got Doom and DoomII (and played them alot), but the arcade-action games are only for casual fun; I much prefer the strategy games!! And I've played Civ from its first release.

Gaming came way before work.

I have been a cook for most of my working life but that is about to end in a few months as I am going back to school to learn the ways of Telecommunications. Old man on campus! ;)

My family was really into board games as a kid (Risk, Monopoly, Sorry, Life etc...) and then we got our first 386 computer. My brother brought home this funny game called Civilization. I've been playing Civ games off and on ever since!

Im a doctor. Worked for some years in general internal medicine and am now a family Dr (GP ) Nee Civ to de-stress me !

So many smart peoples :cool:
I work for a small telecom consulting company for General Electric. We deal with voice and data circuit billing / provisioning and maintenance all day.... on slower days i manage to squeeze in a few games of bubble hockey in the "conference room".

University professor - chemistry - chemist alert indeed.
Do NOT like numbers and I am computer-semiliterate - civ appeals to me due to the fantasy component [I guess most of you number crunchers forgot that there is one :)]. And if anybody objects to me playing civ and tells me to "get a life" I'd say that I already got one with all the components of the American dream (job, family, car and dog) but I take a few bottles of good beer and an evening to play civ anytime. Unfortunately, beer plays havoc with my game.:)

I feel like an illtierate with so many of you techies about.

I've been a Veterinary nurse for the last 6 years,
Before that I was a bike Courier in Sydney for 4 years which was the best fun job I of could ever had and before that I had various jobs in factories as a S*** kicker.
Civ3 is a great game to wind down the day after having a had day with all the animals.
My job doesn't pay very well, I clean up foul smelling odours and fluids every day, sometimes off me,get biten and scratched it can be a real emotional rollercoaste of a job sometimes but I would'nt do anything else.
(actually I would but I just haven't figured out what yet).

Originally posted by Phaedria
Im a doctor. Worked for some years in general internal medicine and am now a family Dr (GP ) Nee Civ to de-stress me !

Fantastic. I'm not the only doctor playing civ. I am a radiologist, which is admittedly a bit of a geek specialty.

Right now I'm an environmental consultant.

I've had some interesting careers. I was a furniture buyer in a department store, then a shipfitter at a shipyard, and then a database administrator.

I spent 22 years in the army reserve where I learned computers. I served in the first Gulf War.

As a kid I owned all of the Avalon Hill games that I mostly played solitare, because no one would play with me :(

Most of the games I play are turn-based strategy, wargames, or RPGs.

Originally posted by runifoc

I bought my first strategy wargame (Tactics II from Avalon Hill) in '61 but could not find any opponents until '69.

That was my first wargame as well. Mine was so old that the counters didn't use NATO symbols for the units they were marked as 1st Inf Div or 6th Ar Div. When I wore that one out and got a new one it had the NATO symbols on the counters.

I'm an Aerospace engineer working for the Naval Air Warfare Center at China Lake, California. For those not familiar with China Lake it was the Navy Lab where the Sidewinder Missile was invented in the 1950s. Our latest claim to fame was when Secretry of Defense Rumsfeld bragged about a crash program to put a new Hellfire missile into the field in about 1 year. The warheads were made here on a crash program.

I work as a systems programmer, which basically means I figure out what's wrong when there's not enough information and nobody has a clue ;)

Strangely enough, it probably hurts my Civ3 play. After a day of detail work the last thing I have an interest in is micromanaging every citizen's daily itinerary in all my cities. I like the macro stuff and thinking about the game from the perspective of "leader", not middle-manager. Probably why I'm usually fighting to claw my way back up in the higher levels :lol:

Can someone tell me what f^4 means in the title?

Freaky free fire friday, I think

(since all these threads started on Fri 13th, and it was a free for all on subjects - normally the GOTM forum is pretty focused on the games)

ok thanks. I could'nt work out if it was the "F" word or not.

After a degree in which I obtained a BA (Hons) in History and Philosophy of Science, I fell into a traineeship into computing (couldn't get into foreign affairs :D ) which after a stint in programming and design has lead me to being a.........

IT Consultant (basically a Business Analyst with an IT bent)

This coupled with a passion for the old Avlon Hill, Jedko, etc strategy board games I played when I was a kid led straight into the PC versions of strategy gaming.

Looks like I'm the second aerospace engineer here. (Hi Svar!). Ironically, I build space ships in real life as well as Civ. I work for NASA on the International Space Station team.

Originally posted by Elandra
Looks like I'm the second aerospace engineer here. (Hi Svar!).
Nope, the third (at least) :)

edit: strike that, at least the fourth (Ted Jackson was an avionics engineer he said) And a bunch of others could easily be too, but too ashamed to admit it :)

After a checkered employment history that included social work, Cable TV installer, disc jockey, and sales, I finally landed as a Biomedical Equipment Technician about 15 years ago. I repair and maintain everything from surgical lasers to reverse osmosis water systems used in kidney dialysis.
I started gaming with the Avalon Hill board games in college and moved to computer games as soon as there was such a thing.

I'm a communications engineer, started out in Satellite ground station engineering but these do do comms strategy, planning and cost anaysis.

First 'strategy' game was Adventure (I think) on a CP/M machine and on my first home PC, an Sinclair Spectrum (ignoring a solder it your self Z80 NASCOM) was a multi-turn per day war game "Arnheim" if I remember right.

I'm a doctor, too. (I wonder if this has any bearing on my trying to go for the cultural & tech wins rather than slaughtering everyone else?!?)

wow so many "techies" indeed... I myself am just a student at the time, but I love graphic design... you might think that would not fit with the general crowd, but design is all about solving problems, and that is something a lot of people have mentioned doing in this thread

Originally posted by Elandra
Looks like I'm the second aerospace engineer here. (Hi Svar!). Ironically, I build space ships in real life as well as Civ. I work for NASA on the International Space Station team.

Hi Elandra. I have been so heavily involved in Gotm 21 that I just saw this today. I work in the not so glamorous tactical missile business but only for 1 more year then I retire and play for the rest of my life.

Spent 23 years in the newspaper business (photo), a short stint at commercial photofinishing and website design...now I do IT security for state government.

Where does my interest in strategy games come from? A mix of things including my interest and college degree in history, the fact that I'm not real big on shoot-'em-ups and the problem solving that goes with a good strategy game.

My first strategy game was some Star Trek thing that I bought for my Apple IIe...it was sooooo long ago..................

Hmm...
Almost double major in biology and chemistry, but decided no to comparative anatomy (so chem only)! Went on to get Ph.D. in "Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics". Doing research (detecting mutations that are causative of cancer) and can't keep from reading up on the stuff Ricardo (Lab Rat) works on.

Always claimed "Troubleshooter" as my middle name. Always liked the PennyPress Logic Puzzles.

I teach chemistry at a small college. I'm a closet historian at heart. I began playing wargames as a kid and have never grown out of them. Most recently, I've become addicted to CivIII (after having become addicted to CivII).

It feels safe to be surrounded by this supreme techie competence. I teach philosophy and history of ideas. In addition, as a consultant, I now and then help museums to conceptually design new exhibitions. i know - it's odd but someone's got to do it, okay? :lol:

I'm a horror writer.

I've always dug strategy games and have enjoyed history. Civ III combines both, so it was an easy step to take. I don't think it's got anything to do with being a writer, though.

Later!

--The Clown to the Left

Wow, what a collection of enlightened individuals! I am a humble graphic designer for a rinky-dink company that makes keychains and leather goods and other corporate gifts. We do a lot with sports leagues also(NFL, NHL, NASCAR, etc.). So I have quite a collection of logo'd crap in my cube. When I'm not putting "your company's name here" I read through all your wonderful posts! I owe all of my current civ skills to the brain trust involved in the GOTM.

Rock on All!!!:goodjob:

Wow, it is an impressive list. No lawyers yet though!

Like many here, Maths, Chemistry and Physics were also in my student background all those many years ago. A love of geology eventually took over my B.Sc. at university and ever since I've been wandering the outback of this broad, brown, wide, wonderful land of ours looking for riches and (currently) digging them out of the ground.

My exposure to Civ was in no way work related for me, it developed from a general love of computer gaming, which in istelf stemmed (I think) from my old D & D days.

I'd be interested to see the results if this poll was run in the general forums rather than GOTM. I think perhaps that the competitive nature of GOTM is more inclined to appeal to the engineering/science types that most of us appear to be, rather than to people with a more liberal-arts background. My guess would be that they are all participating in the demo-games!

Cheers

Seff

I on the other hand detested math, chem, and physics to boot! I was a terrible student(read compulsive doodler), I always loved history tho, and enjoy the more natural sciences. But I am an artist by nature, and a perfectionist... I believe that is an important aspect of the game also. I...must...build...perfect...empire!:king:

As always, you must rock!:goodjob:

Originally posted by Seff
Wow, it is an impressive list. No lawyers yet though!

Erm, I am a lawyer by education, but enlightenment came and I decided to pursue a less traditional career path. From forester through technical support to my current position as a Web Development Manager in Scottish local government.

I think my love of civ goes back to a combination playing with toy soliders and drawing maps as a kid. That and an occasional homicidal desire to lay waste to entire races :eek:

Hi other Docs - Rrau - you made me think - I too hate slaughter! I thought it was to do with being female, but perhaps its the 'healer' in me (tongue firmly in cheek)!!

I'm a meteorologist (weatherman). I like to make fantasy maps, all the while imagining how the ocean currents would bring rain to the interior of continents, placing jungles and deserts, resources, etc. Guess it was my love of history and foreign cultures that led me to the Civ series. :D

Originally posted by Quasar1011
I'm a meteorologist (weatherman). I like to make fantasy maps, all the while imagining how the ocean currents would bring rain to the interior of continents, placing jungles and deserts, resources, etc. Guess it was my love of history and foreign cultures that led me to the Civ series. :D

I wouldn't mind seeing a couple of those, Have you posted them anywhere?

I'm a hs student. In American History, when we learned about WW2, I started playing civ3 again and I have been hooked ever since:)

I'm all for the abacus class. The only parallel I can see is always playing war as a kid, a good segue to my job, repairing night vision, chemical equipment, and other toys for the army.

Also the reason i havn't finished the first two GOTM's i have tried.
left for Iraq during the Celts, and got back in time for the Vikings, but they will be packing up my computer tomorrow, so maybe when i settle back in the states I'll get one done.

I study Japanese all day, every day. No, seriously. I just graduated from college, and I'm on a fellowship taking a year off from the job search trying to become fluent. Needless to say, Civ provides a nice break during those times when my head is about to explode.

My friend introduced me to Civ 1 way back in junior high, and I've been hooked ever since. It's not so much the problem solving, but the initial exploration that captivates me. I usually end up quitting many games in the middle and starting over just to walk around another random map.

Hands up for ANOTHER IT guy.

Graduated 8 years ago with COMP SCI and Business. Worked of Bursary, and got stuck into technical deptartment doing Database Design. 8 years later, still at it, altho as a senior DBA for a consultant company, ironically enough, consulting at the company that gave me the bursary. Strange the circle's life follow's, eh ? Guess I must be kinda straight-laced - only 1 career so far. SWork involves a lot of problem solving, much like the systems engineer mentioned (?) "This program is running slowly ..." etc. etc. Like him, I think that sometimes attentiion to detail fail in Civ, as I just have had to struggle too much in a day. Nevertheless, the challange is great !

Chess has always been a farvoured game, and although I was a dab hand at F15 flight eagle, and later Doom, it was kinda inevitable that I moved to strategy-type game. I moved to games like Railroad Tycoon (loved that game !) at 'Varsity, then Civ 1, which I still have around here somewhere. Civ II, and after the disappointment of Alpha Centaurai, got onto Civ 3. Been into it more seriously for the last 6 months or so, and have really been learning from GOTM and SG's.

Other major gaming interest is RPG (and lately NWN). DnD 2nd Ed and now 3rd Ed - Game Mastering now more than playing. @RuniFoc, I guess I owe you a nod of thanx for the many hours of fun the imagination has brought in fantastical worlds....

IT tends to be nothing but a tool for me. I teach English and my knowledge of English helps me to play CivIII, and maybe appreciate it a little more. But basically language is such a fundamental thing I don't think it has anything to do with my interest. I often reflect on how pedagogical the Civilopedia is - or sometimes fails to be. That might have something to do with the teaching profession. BTW, the latest updates from the GOTM community has really lifted the Encyclopedia. But if it were that good from the beginning, it might scare beginners away! So I don't want to criticize Firaxis.

I enjoy being analytical. Apart from that, maybe I am drawn toward time consuming activities: golf, teaching, reading.

I'm a mathematician by training, computer guru by vocation. I think the analytical bent that my career choices show also draws me to Civ. And the intelligent, well-spoken, international community is what draws me to CivFanatics!

Wow, I expected to find a whole lot more people like me. I'm a Landscape Architect. My job has me working on every scale from urban planning and laying out residential communities to designing the plants and walkways in courtyards and parks, and everything in between. When I play CIV I am a builder and try to create perfect utopias of highly enlightened, productive, non-polluting citizens. Naturally I love SimCity, too, but that's another story.

I am a true consultant, the type that signs a contract with a client and then when they expect me to do something I ask to see their watch.

Then I tell them the time.

Originally posted by ltcoljt
I am a true consultant, the type that signs a contract with a client and then when they expect me to do something I ask to see their watch.

Then I tell them the time.

.... and then you sell the watch back to them.

Originally posted by AlanH
... and then you sell the watch back to them.

Then you charge them the R&D that went into developing the watch and the watch reading.

I'm also in your trade.

CMI also, here another numbers guy - materials science engineer, the 1st one in this thread I believe. Playing strat games for long. Civ being my favorite. Lately too little time to play. I play GOTM since #19. At the end of the month I'm typically around 1AD, not by long far enough to submit. I score myself on the QSC sheets Cracker sends out. Sofar score's around place 20, not bad I guess (playing predator). Still Learn a lot from analyzing the QSC games of the top scorers. This month I haven't started on the Vikings yet, too much work..... BTW, where's the QSC score file of GOTM21, did I miss it or isn't it out yet?

@Killerloop: Welcome to the CFC.

No QSC21 is not out yet. What a shame you can't submit, hope you will make it some day. :)