F^4 What do you do for a living? Does that draw you to strategy gaming?

[wonderer]

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.

 

[Yoshimune]

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.

 

[Wanderer]

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....

 

[Megalou]

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.

 

[IbnSina]

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!

 

[Pirate]

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.

 

[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.

 

[AlanH]

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.

 

[Yndy]

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.

 

[killerloop]

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?

 

[a space oddity]

@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.