Introduce Yourself Here!

[netmy 0]

Hello everyone,
I have been following this forum for the past few weeks but fell short of registering until this thread came along. It is certainly heart-warming to see people from around the world from all walks of life coming together to work together and help each other for one common cause.
Now, if only the world leaders...

Anyway, let me introduce myself.
My name is Julian and I'm a 40-year-old from Penang, Malaysia. I'm married with 2 children, 2 dogs, a huge cichlid, a canary and 2 hamsters. My mother once commented that my little house is like a mini zoo.
I work in AMD, the company's manufacturing facility where all the world's Athlons and the like are made.
Started with the old 8-bit Nintendo before saving enough money to buy my first computer which was a 486.

[simjez 10]

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On 2/28/2003 2:33:28 AM netmy wrote:

I'm married with 2 children, 2 dogs, a huge cichlid, a canary and 2 hamsters. ----------------

Who says you never learn anything. I had never heard of cichlids before today! This from Atomica Slingshot:

cichlid (sĭk'lĭd) , common name for members of the family Cichlidae, several hundred species of spiny-finned freshwater fishes of moderate or small size, native to Africa, S Asia, Mexico, and Central and South America. Cichlids are found in tropical waters, where they occupy the same ecological niche as their colder-water relatives, the . The larger species are food fish of some importance, and small species are popular as aquarium fish. Cichlids are noted for the care they give their young; the eggs are laid in a basin hollowed in the sand and, until they hatch, are stored in the mouth of either the male or the female, depending on the species. Cichlids are classified in the phylum , subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Cichlidae.

Welcome, Netmy - I promise not to blame you for the problems between my athlon and my Nvidia card!!!

[a_silent_lamb 0]

I'm 27, from Hong Kong, studying a master degree in computer science. Hopefully I'm able to graduate by the end of the summer, if not addicted too much to city building...

[simfanheatermayor 17]

simfanheatermayor/simfanmayor etc lives in Finland,,,

-19yrs, graduated from business school, in few months hopefully graduating from another school.

-part-time worker at logistics corporation,,,

[Howling 9]

I live in Assen, The Netherlands.

Don't laugh please. I can't help that the city I live in's called this.

And i'm very very jobless and still studying graphic design in Drachten. Though I run a website called Shiftify Studios

[Jar Jar Binks 0]

Hey Howling

Je ben van Nederland dus. Tof. Ik ben van Belgi

[Howling 9]

Yay! For Dutch citybuilders

NL: Jammer dat SimCity 4 erg gebaseerd is op Amerikaanse cityplanning en dat de vloeiende (en meer chaotische) vormen van 'Lage landen' stedebouwkunde er eigenlijk niet in te gebruiken is.

[panic1203 0]

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On 2/25/2003 1:47:15 AM ali_boy wrote:

Hehe, you are wrong, anotherone, I am only 13 years old, and began playing Simcity games since I was 4

I guess that makes me the youngest lad here.

(I was born in July)

I think I am the youngest 13 (september)

Live in London England

student and play anything that is given to me.

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I'm the youngest, right now, and i'm 13 years old.(Student duh!) Birthday in December. Live in Maryland, USA

[Godrick 0]

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On 2/28/2003 2:33:28 AM netmy wrote:

Hello everyone,

I have been following this forum for the past few weeks but fell short of registering until this thread came along. It is certainly heart-warming to see people from around the world from all walks of life coming together to work together and help each other for one common cause.

Now, if only the world leaders...

Anyway, let me introduce myself.

My name is Julian and I'm a 40-year-old from Penang, Malaysia. I'm married with 2 children, 2 dogs, a huge cichlid, a canary and 2 hamsters. My mother once commented that my little house is like a mini zoo.

I work in AMD, the company's manufacturing facility where all the world's Athlons and the like are made.

Started with the old 8-bit Nintendo before saving enough money to buy my first computer which was a 486.

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Hey Netmy, what's the scoop on the 64-bit Athlons?

[Matixvolta 0]

G'day

I'm from Sydney Australia (Simply the best city!). Attend private school in North Sydney. Grade 11 right now. 16 years of age.

[Pooty 228]

Im from Santa Monica, CA! im 15 and im a pimp

[chris 0]

17 and a student in north wales, uk. i play sc4 alot and its starting to drive me crazy. anyone else haveing that problem?

[-X- 0]

My name is Greg, I live in Seattle,Washington and I'm 14 years old.I currently work at my cousin's computer shop, where I put together systems and help people with there numerous problems.When I graduate from highschool, I want to go to MIT and get a Master's degree in Astro Physics.

[Sink_Boy 0]

Hmm, just read 4 pages of thread, and thats just dandy. I'm 20, live in Springfield, Oregon. Guess that makes me the first OR post? I currently work for the state (unemployed, but not by my own doing), but I am enrolled to go to college on April fools day, and by the looks of it, will be there for the next 8 to 15 years, i plan to be a doctor of something, maybe gynecology . Anyhoo, nice to 'meet' everyone here.

[Edman_123 11]

I'm from Bothell, WA! My job is to be a student. Homework, Yecgh!

[weejockandoris 0]

Hiya

I'm a 36 year old government employee from Glasgow, Scotland working for the last few years in various parts English . Only recently bought myself a laptop (hence the the double posting!) to while away the weary hotel hours and find myself transfixed with sc4. Makes me wonder why they restrict health warnings to cigarette packets ....

(love the English, really .... )

[Edman_123 11]

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On 3/2/2003 9:04:54 PM weejockandoris wrote:

Hiya

I'm a 36 year old government employee from Glasgow, Scotland

working for the last few years in various parts English

. Only recently bought myself a laptop (hence the the double posting!) to while away the weary hotel hours and find myself transfixed with

sc4

. Makes me wonder why they restrict health warnings to cigarette packets ....

(love the English, really ....

)

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They should put a health warning on SC4, besides the seizure thing. "Will make you gain weight, due to the fact that you will be sitting at your PC or laptop, for large amounts of time. Take breaks often, even though you will never be able to change your fate."

[Ascariss 3]

20 years old, living in Vancouver Canada now, originally from Poland. Work, none now, student in science 2nd year, eventually going to Med School. Been playing Simcity since 2000 up till this game. Excellent site and forum, read it daily.

[Resq1118 0]

Okay - I might as well get in here to..

47 year old, X-yankee living in the Southern USA. One child 11 years old, two dogs, two birds, and a terrific guy .

I work in a boatyard as an office manager, and when I'm not at work, I run Rescue - cut peoples clothes off and stick needles in them

Like computer games - bought a computer because of the game Scrabble, now I'm addicted to SimCity

[BAGAK 0]

Hello simileon

I am from Kuala Lumpur 31 years old single

I'm too old for this games bcos mr toni is 33

[Tbagz 0]

Hey yall, Im Mike. I am 25 and from Nashville Tennessee. I am a police officer. I have been into computers for about 3 years now. I just built my first system.
I like all types of games, action, sim, sports whatever. I am currently playing SC4, Ghost Recon on Xbox live, IL2 Sturmovic.

[ashbandicoot 0]

Hello all, I'm new here...

I'm 20, a student at UC Irvine and I love video games!

[aoi_shoudou 0]

Hey everybody. I'm 20, I live in the Chicago, Illinois area, I'm a full time student studying graphic design and an almost-but-not-quite-full time service monkey at the local grocery store. How do I find time for videogames? Simple. I don't sleep. Actually, that's a lie. I don't know how I do it. ;

My hobbies include videogames (mostly RPGs with the odd import or music game thrown in for fun), reading just about anything I can get my hands on, working out, watching TV, listening to music, and sleeping. I'm also a bit of a pop-culture whore. My friends and I can have entire conversations of just quotes from The Simpsons.

[Jimbo5 0]

Hi all you Sims, Goddesses, Gods, and Mayors !!

I'm Jim, (age 29 always)
blonde, blue eyed, strong like Popeye,
living in New Zealand, internet addict, study a lot about astronomy and the possibility of alien life OUT THERE.
I'm trying to earn a living painting.
(Just have to learn how to sell paintings for $10,000 each)



Hobbies are photoshop, webpage design, flash, and all the other software. I will learn 'LightWave 3D' or 'Vector 3D' next.

Also studying 3D game engine software.
(looking forward to "nukED" for Duke Nukem Forever)

I love cats and sparrows, and other nice chicks

Cool Movies are...

01. Blast from the Past.
02. Amelie. (2003)
03. Baraka. (1992)
04. Good Will Hunting (1997)
05. K-Pax. (2003)
06. Patch Adams (1998)
07. The Big Blue. (1988)
08. The Trueman Show.
09. SPACE - The BBC TV series documentary. (2003)
10. October Sky. (1999)

[10-US 0]

One of the first from Holland i believe, the Name 10-US (Dutch sounds like Teanus, wich i short for my real name) is my producer name. I try to produce House-Records, and also a bit of DJ-ing.

I have a office-job, with a internet connection. So whenever you Americans see Midnight Posts, it's me, beiing bored again.

[jma315 0]

I'm 18, from Syracuse NY, but currently studying architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

[Exxon Valdez 0]

Hello guys! Good to see Kiwis like Jimbo5 showing up in force!

I'm a 20yo pilot in New Zealand, just came back from Botswana (In Africa) after completing my contract. Now studying NZ ATPL theory subjects. After that I'll need to get a BN2 or Metro endorsement to get a job in Papa New Guinea. (If I cant find a job in NZ, that is)

1030 TT (Worked my arse off during the past few years)
Licences: NZ , Bots and Tanz CPL, MEIFR ,Gas Turbine, Taildragger, Dangerous Goods Cert. blah blah blah....
Types: C206, C208, C310, BE76, BE55, PA23, PA34, Citabria and Pilatus Porter (and the obvious Cessnas and Pipers....)
Did some charter work,a bit of meatbombing and a bit of cargo.

Got my first computer (a P166) in '96 and my first 2 computer games are C&C Red Alert and MS Flight Simulator 5, and I followed the Command & Conquer and MS Flightsim series ever since. Started playing Simcity 2000 shortly afterwards and loved the game. Also liked Theme Hospital, Simcopter, Streets of Simcity, SimFarm and Simtower. (I also have the Simtower sequel, which is called "Tower 2", but I couldn't read the Japanese.)

I Now playing 3 games: SC4, MS Flightsim2002 and Battlefield 1942. Just finished C&C Generals and it's quite good (The Chinese nukes looked WAYYY better than that of SC4 meltdown) I liked the Overlord tank, the nuke cannon, the bomb truck and the mobile tomahawk missiles.

I am also quite good in BF1942 and Road to Rome, In 1 SP game on the RTR Husky map I've killed 162 AI bots with the Italian BF-110 plane! I'm also experienced enough in Multiplayer to just about getting a medal (whatever the colour, but I do get quite a few golds) in every game. (usually in 24 or 32 player servers and FF off)

IMHO the 3 best computer games ever are:
1-Mafia: City of Lost Heaven
2-Grim Fandango
3-Simcity 4

I own a very cute little kitty (I'm a guy! Oh well...) and the pet stayed at my parents' place during my time in Africa, I named her "Aries" because she was born in April.





Also btw my favourite singer is Norah Jones, I luv her songs sooooooooo much.......(I'm probably droooooling right now...)

[simjez 10]

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On 3/13/2003 6:02:27 AM Exxon Valdez wrote:

Did some charter work,a bit of meatbombing and a bit of cargo.

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"Meatbombing"????? Sounds pretty gruesome - dropping offal on Sadam?? Please explain!

[Exxon Valdez 0]

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On 3/13/2003 7:03:10 AM simjez wrote:

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On 3/13/2003 6:02:27 AM Exxon Valdez wrote:

Did some charter work,a bit of meatbombing and a bit of cargo.

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"Meatbombing"????? Sounds pretty gruesome - dropping offal on Sadam?? Please explain!


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"Meatbombing" is a pilot slang for pilots flying skydive planes. Obviously a skydive plane would be called a "Meatbomber"

In my situation I usually do it in the Cessna 208 Caravan or in the Pilatus Porter. (And yes skydive does exist in Africa)

"You're not dropping bombs you're dropping people! Or parachutists I should say..."

[simjez 10]

Gruesome!!

< has images of strawberry jam.......