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[Stine]

I'm from northern Germany, 32 years old. I started table-top roleplaying back in school in the mid-80s, and computer roleplaying around the same time. The first games I played were the Bard's Tale and Ultima IV on an Apple IIc. I still have both the computer and the discs somewhere, but I doubt the discs are still functional .

I guess I've played a good part of the computer rpgs of the last 15 years, but the one I've easily played most was Wizardry 7. I think I've finished that with about half a dozend different parties (mostly in expert mode), and started dozends of others that got to various points of the game. I've also played Wizardry 6 a lot, although I only made it through with 2 or 3 parties, since I couldn't find the password for the stupid oracle. I actually bought the Wizardry Archives to get my hands on an english Wiz6 and finaly play it through (I had found the password for the english version in several walk-throughs, just never found the german one once), even though I had both Wiz6 and Wiz7 already.

The only other game I've played nearly as much as Wiz7 was Dungeon Master, since I loved (and still love) their skill and profession system. I've tried to play Wizards&Warriors, but only made it half-way through since the graphics didn't agree with me, and by the time I had made it through to the 2nd town my future husband had already finished, and playing by myself when he was talking about other games all the time does get on my nerves after a while (he's not the kind of person to replay games ). I'm still hoping I'll get along better with Wiz8, even though I only just made it to Trynton and he's already got to Bayjin. If I do figure out how to get the game to behave and not get sick from playing I'm determined to catch up with him quickly .

In that nasty other dimension called "real life", I've just started on the exciting new adventure of building a family. I'm 3 month pregnant with my first child, which does take a bit of getting used to (and does restrict time for computer games when I have to think about other stuff such as getting married inbetween ). My job is keeping me away from home right now, so I usually have to leave home early on Mondays and don't get back until late on Thursday. It does leave me time to play on those lonely nights sitting in hotel rooms (if I can get Wiz8 working on the laptop without giving me trouble I'll be more than happy ).

As far as boards go, I read/lurk a lot more than I write (although if I do write, I can seldom keep it short ). I have been lurking for several month on the W&W board last year, but I doubt I ever once posted. I'll try to behave a bit better on here though, and post at least now and then .

Stine

[bling bling]

34 male Portland, Oregon USA.
Table-top D&D from 78 on.
Wiz I on Apple IIe.

BB

[Megabot]

I'm from the UK - a little island off the coast of Europe now run by President Blair. Been playing RPGs since Colossal Cave on an IBM mainframe in 1975, so I am a bit of an old fart at 48 years old. My 3 favorites RPGs of all time are Collosal Cave for being the first and the incredible impact of playing something like a game on a computer, Ultima Underworld 1 again for the imapct and for its immersive atmosphere, and Wizardry 7 for its great story, longevity of appeal and fantastic gameplay

Cool name you have Mr Creosote and i love the Wiz 7 and Ultima Underworld l games to it`s two of the best games in the history!
I`m from Norway a little coast contry beside Sweden! and i am 159 year old ! LOL

[ 06-15-2002, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: Megabot ]

[jimc]

Hi everyone, been watching this forum a long time. Has helped several times in the past. I started playing RPG's when Wizardry hit the shelves in the early 1980's. I was hooked. I had purchased an apple IIe in late 1982 or early 1983. Wizardry (I believe) had just hit the shelves. I had been working at NASA Johnson Space Center Houston Tx since leaving the service in 1977. Computers of course were just coming into their own. Well nuff said, I do appreciate all the people that work daily to keep this board so well run, good job. jlc

[Megabot]

I do appreciate all the people that work daily to keep this board so well run, good job. jlc

That can you say to Ziroc and his moderators for they are the best!! jimc !!!

AND WELCOME TO THE IRONWORKS Jimc! [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

[ 06-16-2002, 05:45 AM: Message edited by: Megabot ]

[Neuromancer]

Originally posted by Moni: [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] Hi everyone! Thanks for the new replies! Its great to have you all here! Neuromancer, You are our second Wiz 8 posting player from Slovenia! I love the way you describe the teens LOL! That is so right on! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Yeah. They're leaving for a month (seaside vacation) this week... so ... the Sounds Of Silence for a while AND clatter of Armor AND Bloodlust singi'n w/o much interruption [img]smile.gif[/img]

Neuro

[pweegar]

43 yrs old here from the just south of Hades..er I mean Phoenix, AZ.
First RPG was Phantasy I on an Atari 520ST. I was in the Army in Calif. 6 of us played the whole game thru for about 12 hrs. Just to find out we didn't have the proper race of character.

Other favs ahve been: Wizards Crown (again on the Atari), Star Command from SSI, The entire Gold Box editions from SSI, wizardry I, Wizardry 6,7, and 8 were all fun. BTW I gre up in upstate NY. Same city were the ppl that created Wizardry were headquartered!

Oh yes, also love the Heores of Might and Magic games

[pzzz]

Greetings from Singapore, looks like I'm the first from Asia responding to this thread ! Just started playing Wiz 8 sometime this year and am seriously hooked. Cant work properly without drifting off thinking abt the game [img]smile.gif[/img] Previously, I used to play alot of Red Alert till I got this game as a gift and from then it's been nothing but Wiz 8. I simply enjoy reading the postings here and keep it up guys !
Was also a member of the Wiz8.RPG-guide.com forum but dunno what happened there, the link is now dead. Thank goodness I found this forum !