Introduce Yourself!

[McMonkey]

Hello Apolyton, I'm McMonkey

I'm 31, live in Cardiff (Wales) though I'm from England originally. I'm married and have two girls, one 8 and one 2. I have worked for the local electricity company for about seven years. My interests are military history, films and music (almost all types). When I get the chance I like going hiking, bike riding, camping etc... I also enjoy a beer or two almost every day which is probably not a good thing but what the hey!

I first played Civ2 about ten years ago and fell in love with it immediately. I used to play it on a friends PC and the fact that I could only play it occasionally added to its addictive appeal. I had quite a long break from Civ2 as I didn't have a computer or the time to play games for a number of years.

When I finally settled down and got internet access I discovered CivFanatics and its collection of scenarios. I figured people had stopped playing Civ2 but decided to make a WWII scenario for my own enjoyment. I posted it at CivFanatics and got some positive feedback. Most importantly I was introduced to the Civ2 Scenario League here at Apolyton. This was in early 2007 if I remember correctly. Since then I have been a member of that Civ2 fraternity and have made several scenarios.

I also discovered the multiplayer (play by e-mail) community at Civ Webring and have been hooked since. I really enjoy pitting my wits against human opponents. Most of my scenario creation nowadays is for multiplayer games. I would probably enjoy Civ4 but I don't think I would have enough time for another addiction right now. Over the years I have had minor infatuations with many different games but none has the staying power of Civ2.

I hope to continue tinkering with Civ2 and posting hera at Poly for many years to come

[SlowwHand]

Sloww Hand
Dallas, Texas
One daughter named Summer and one grandson named Tommy.
I started with Civ 1, loved Civ II MP, wanted to burn Civ 3, and didn't start Civ 4.
Most of my life has been spent in Richardson, Texas but I was born in Abilene.
Did 4 years in the USAF, 1974-1978. In for the evacuation.


This is my boy kitteh, Bogey.

[Robert]

Let's start myself;

My full name is Robert Martin Plomp
I'm a 31 years old (1978) citizen of The Netherlands.
Married to Nelleke (in 2002), two kids; Martin (2006) and Sophie (2008).
We live in Delft, the city where all of us were born as well.

I'm a Lotus Notes/Domino developer/consultant/project leader, Full Time Employed by Canon Europe in Amstelveen (The Netherlands).
I used to work on a freelance base.

I'm also studying Theology on a part-time base on the University of Utrecht since 2005.
I'm a church (youth) elder in the PKN (protestant church of the Netherlands) and when my study will be finished one day I hope to become a preacher in this church.

I've been civing since 1993 (civ1) and I've played all civ incarnations since then. I also own all of them (obviously).
I visited the Ultimate Civ Site before it merged with the First Greek Civ Site into Apolyton, where I registrated almost immediately. (after the merger).

Right now I'm deep into Civ4 Pitboss Diplomacy Games (see Civ4:MP section).
We play these 1 - 2 turns a day games where we roleplay our nations into insanity.
I host and administrate these games, which is a lot of fun eventhough we had some (usual) not-so-diplomatic encounters as well. (though things are better now we have learned a bit how to deal with this kinda stuff).

In April 2009 Jeroen Schweitzer (a friend and ex-colleague) and me took Apolyton over from DanQ, Ming, rah and Locutus. Since then we're making all these plans and ideas for the future of Apolyton. Unfortunately things are far more complicated then we expected and not much has become visible since then.

I'm looking forward to civ network, I'm curious how Sid will pull it off!
Most of all I'm looking forward to civ5, but if civnetwork in some or another way will be a worthy civ4 sequel then I'll be glad! Who knows what Civ Network will do for our small diplogame community? And most of all: for Apolyton!

[Robert]

Hello and Welcome to the Apolyton Civilization Site!
As suggested by alandandrew* we have opened an 'introduction thread'.
New and old members can introduce themselves here (once!)

Feel free to attach a picture, share who you are, how you came to Apolyton, what your interests are, what you do for a living and what you bring to the Forums.

All non-introduction posts will be deleted.
Enjoy!

Robert

*It turned out that alandandrew is a (very clever) spambot. He's banned now but with the honourable mention that he's the first and most probably only spambot ever to contribute to Apolyton!