Off Topic: Your Geographic Location

[Saxon]

While off topic, the large response to the Gender and Age polls led me to believe that quite a few members of the forum are interested in this information. For those who do not approve, my apologies. Please be patient and indulge the rest of us nosey people.

Where do you live? I have broken things down by continent, as typing the name of every country in the world would have taken a little bit longer than I have on my coffee break. I was not strict on this and in honour of the game creators, I have included a region not normally considered a continent. I thought about doing time zones, as that would have an influence on MP, but did not think it was as interesting as geographic location.

[Yossar]

Is Hawaii Oceana?

[Saxon]

Hawaii. Hmm, I would go for Oceania, it feels more correct than North America, which would be politically more accurate. Let the spirits move you to a divinely inspired answer, this is a pretty free form poll.

I have gone from 100% at the start of the poll down to 10% in about two hours. Hate to see where I am tomorrow morning…

[vanedor]

ow, lot of scandinavian

[alexti]

Originally posted by Saxon:
I was not strict on this and in honour of the game creators, I have included a region not normally considered a continent.<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah, and so far this region is close to 50%...
And some people are saying that the populatin boom is in East Asia http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Gandalf Parker]

The game is written in scandinavia and most of the beta testers needed to speak those Languages so I think there is a large active group here.

[Unwise]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
The game is written in scandinavia and most of the beta testers needed to speak those Languages so I think there is a large active group here. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The poll also started in the middle of the night for most of the western hemisphere. As I write this the Left Coast isn't even awake yet, and as I understand it, Californians don't do anything before one in the afternoon and three or four lattes.

Check back in 24 hours and you'll see a better representation.

[Gandalf Parker]

Heehee. Im in California (Vacaville, mid between SF and Sac).
But I dont really count since I have one of those jobs where you have to get there before everyone else wakes up. So your point is probably good.

[ February 17, 2004, 15:16: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[Teleolurian]

I'm in Las Vegas, Nevada!

[aldin]

I'm about thirty minutes from Gandalf in Concord and I think you meant "tall, non-fat, decaf peppermint lattes" unwise http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

~Aldin (who drinks "coffee, black" in protest)

[Xom]

ow, lot of scandinavian <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Devs and beta testers? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Tricon]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Heehee. Im in California (Vacaville, mid between SF and Sac).
But I dont really count since I have one of those jobs where you have to get there before everyone else wakes up. So your point is probably good. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well if that's your photo (as avatar) you look like a gamestore owner.(no offence http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif )

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Tricon:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Heehee. Im in California (Vacaville, mid between SF and Sac).
But I dont really count since I have one of those jobs where you have to get there before everyone else wakes up. So your point is probably good. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well if that's your photo (as avatar) you look like a gamestore owner.(no offence http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ) </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah thats me. I work as system admin for computer systems. Mostly internet providors. Everything for the Last couple years has been dial-in work from home. The Last time I had to fit into the suit-and-tie crowd was when I was in the military.

[atul]

Originally posted by Xom:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana"> ow, lot of scandinavian <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Devs and beta testers? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Or lots of those like me who sign up as scandinavians forgetting it just means Sweden&Norway (geological thingie), not the fennoscandia (historical/cultural thingie, if I remember correctly). Not that it would make any difference to most of you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Anyway, Scandinavia needed the boost, it's lagging behind North America already.

-atul, from the capital of one of Sweden's former vassal countries

[PhilD]

OK, this "Scandinavia/Rest of Europe" thing is just a way of masking the obvious: Europeans are a majority here... (ATM at least)

And, for any remotely reasonable definition of Scandinavia, I'm definitely in "the rest of Europe" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[moodgiesanta]

Americans/Canadians currently have the lead, by a slim amount. Are Mexicans considered North America? I've never had a good explanation of this, as the grouping is so muddled, and they are lumped in with Central America most often in my courses, while speaking of continents, clearly it is on the North American continent.

I'm here in Athens, Georgia, at the University of Georgia, in the US. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Argitoth]

ArizonaaaaAAAA!!!!

[dzbabi]

Germany(so i should prefer Ulm http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ),

or in the Polls language:"The rest of Europe".


We could also make a vote:

Bush or Kerry

I don´t think that there are so many germany here, because the media in Germany were not aware of D2.

[Unwise]

Anything north of the Isthmus of Panama is the North American continent.

[Delphinium]

United Kingdom - not part of Europe until I recruit some amphibians to cross the channel and invade France.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by moodgiesanta:
Americans/Canadians currently have the lead, by a slim amount. Are Mexicans considered North America? I've never had a good explanation of this, as the grouping is so muddled, and they are lumped in with Central America most often in my courses, while speaking of continents, clearly it is on the North American continent.<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Mexico is geographically on the North American continent. There's no actual "Central America" as a continent, but Mexico is commonly lumped in with them as a matter of economic status: Their economic status is closer to that of Central American countries than it is to Canada or the USA.