I'm so impressed by the way u've developed and sustained EAW, against the odds and despite the careless attitude of most of MicroProse staff, that I'd like to prepare a cover story about all of u: the EAW COMMUNITY.

No313_Cultrun is also involved in this project.

As u're about to become famous in Spain and LatinAmerica, I expect that in return u will provide us with data about your nationalities, age, preferences, your personal or squadron websites, your jobs countries of origin.

Cultrun (who is in charge of one of the newest digital broadcasting stations in Spain) and me would like to let the world know all the efforts u've provided to improve and evolve this game.

The cover story of "Tomorrow" number 3 (decembre) intends to be a human one, just ABOUT U ALL. Pls be kind and HELP US.

We'll be extremely grateful if u spread this message to other members of the EAW Community.

Pls address your e-mails to:

fernando.lizundia@el-mundo.es
or
tomorrow@el-mundo.es

Thnx a lot. LOL.
Cya on the Zone

Gracias Señor! It's very pleasant for a community to be recognized! In fact we're perhaps gonna ask for the independance finally, and constite all a real EAWland

Oh man...just tell us what we have to do, we are ready to serve!

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"Do first the necessary, then the possible, and suddenly you reach the impossible" Franz of Assisi

We don't ask u your real names nor any other personnal or sensitive data. We just wanna show to the rest of the world that there exists a community of guys that has overcome all the difficulties and has produced all this add-ons that have improved so drmatically EAW, despite the lack of interest showed by most of the Microprose staff.

Our intention is to show how u have become the real owners of this game and how we gather around it everyday and how we share our experiences.

In fact, what we r looking for is the human side of this story of an elite. Just that. LOL.

Could you tell me more about the cover story?
I'll be glad to help you.

kikegg@terra.es

I could forward your reply to a forum friend, callsign "Alatriste" if you like.

Ive Had this game forever, since it was first released. Ive always loved WWII sims not because of an interest in history but simply because they are really challenging and fun to play.

Nevertheless EAW has in fact, taught me much about WWII air combat history from both sides of the war and has increased my education and interest in this area.

Before MicroProse abandoned EAW and air sims in general, they actually made an attempt to support EAW better for multi-player and indeed it was improved quite a bit. (1.2 patch, lets give credit where credit is due)
I don't have the names of the fellas that worked on the 1.2 patch, but they did a very good job keeping the sim alive at that point.

To a lot of us back then, EAW is alive today because it supports Cooporative multi-play and up to 4 versus 4 multi play engagements either on TCP/IP(Zone) or IPX protocol (Kali).
A large number of us play EAW on line, along with a voice comms program like Roger Wilco.
There is also a large number of folks that prefer to play campaigns off line and just enjoy the game this way.
Since EAW supports both modes it has a very wide audience appeal in its standard 1.2 patched version.

The addition of all the add-ons and skins terrains etc.. (WOW!) came later on, AFTER Microprose fixed EAW with the 1.2 patch.
This is a very important point to make In my opinion.

Today Although I have other more sophisticated sims on my HD I will never ever delete EAW, why? Because it is by far the best WWII sim around for its time and today. It is a definite classic today, worthy of future fixes enhancements and so on.

My main like of EAW is in the way it renders enemy aircraft and the airspace around the airplane as the mission progresses. The virtual cockpit views have the correct perspective, the big airspace feeling is very immersive and the padlocking system is one of the best and still is.

SO why are all these add ons and Forums such a success? I feel it is because the EAW 1.2 "template" was of such a high quality piece of work as a foundation for these things.
If not for the 1.2 patch there would not have been this much interest.
I say this because there are other sims such as Mig Alley for example, that are unfinished masterpieces in dire need of the last 10% completion work.

It would help the sim makers to revisit and fix these things because brand name recognition or reputation is important in the sim selling industry. I would purchase another Microprose WWII sim product tomorrow, simply because they did fix EAW enough for it to survive and flourish on its own.

TG

TG

This kind of thing could be the right reply to that "enlighted" (it's the right word?) piece about the dead of our sims... isn't it?

I'm italian, I started sim flight with "the Dam Busters" on C64... (sigh), passing then to Amiga, Mac... and finally PC.
I discovered EAW quite late, when I saw the first images og the Desert Terrain on the Delphi Forum, my interest was on Red Baron 2... but that picture caught my fantasy. The second good reason that made me an EAW addicted is the fact that this, since now, is the only sim that give you the chance to fly with a Griffon Spitfire (I'm a Spitire addicted too )
If you need more infos... I'm there

bye

Llanc

What's made EAW fun and given longevity, for me, has been it's simplicty in design, and complexity in immersion. That and the fact that this forum has really fostered a sense of community. Yes, we've had our share of trouble, with some people "flaming", but those people are short lived and after being ignored, generally leave us alone.

This forum allows us to voice our concerns and wants in the program EAW. There really isn't any other successful outlet like that. And, it allows those with the knowledge to contribute to meeting those wants. In it's current form, the program really has changed, with people adding new terrain and campaigns. It's a shame that the company which brought us this program abandoned it so quickly. But the void they left has been somewhat filled by those who care and can.

In EAW, you have a sense of immersion. Your missions have a purpose, either to defend or attack. By visual cues, you have vapor trails, brass casings falling from under the wings, aircrew both flying, ejecting or running from aircraft. And the sound, especially enhanced by some people, really envelopes you in the sense of a desperate combat in the skies of World War Two.

Though, they still can't capture the real thrill of flight. I had 20 hours logged flight time, until a little accident with a lit match jabbed into my eye ended that. Astigmatism developed and as it got worse, it was determined that it wouldn't be economical for me to continue with training. Maybe one day I'll get my private Pilots license.

This forum has allowed people from virtually around the world to meet and exchange ideas. And, we are bound by the love for EAW. We share in each others triumphs and tragedies, both on and off the net.

Yes, we do have lives away from the computer. I enjoy traveling and the outdoors. I used to be an avid cyclist until I got married and our daughter came around. Have done several centuries. Here's a pic of me enjoying another hobby, paintball.

http://www.portent.net/sanguinius/profiles/images/vic.jpg

I'm Korean-Canadian (but I've spent almost a third of my life living in the USA) and I'm almost 30. I'm currently post-doc'ing in France and searching for a 'real job', etc.

I won't go into how many hours I spend playing EAW. It's too embarrassing to even recount. Does the word addiction mean anything to y'all?

Besides EAW, I also play SDOE, RB3D and occasionally (when I'm feeling really masochistic) CFS.

'Ola =)

Well other than asking for a bed, some beer and if the hotel owner has a daughter over 18 thats the extent of my spanish, even though my dad is from Madrid originally. HAHA He wishes i knew more spanish. =)

Well here is the info for your new magazine which i hope will make it big! From what i read on the Combatsim forum you need some info so here it is

All we demand is information about your webpages

-if they r related to EAW-: http://members.xoom.com/C_Francisco/IGruppeJg52.htm
Well im the Gruppen Kommandeur for I/JG52 an EAW sqd that first started when the game came out 2 years ago. It was originally called JG52 and the CO at the time was BlondKnight and I was his unit XO. We played at the MSN Zone mostly everynight. BK had to leave because of work schedule conflicts but still comes and plays every now and then.

I decided to change the name to I/JG52 once we moved over to Kali to avoid any conflicts with any other virtual units that might come up later on during the games lifetime. We are a fairly active unit playing on Kali everynight from 2000hrs EST till late in the evening.

what do u do for a living,:
Well as you can see by the signature on the bottom of this email I work as a Systems Administrator for a Major NYC Wall Street firm. Its the greatest job i can think of. Where else can I surf all day and get paid to do it.. HAAH

your age (not necessary):

I am 33, The members of I/JG52 range from 25 to thier mid 40s. The unit's regulations state that members must be 25 years old and over to apply to the unit. This was enforced to avoid problems encountered before with parents disliking the role in history that the unit portrays. There have been concessions given to some of our members, they fell under to age limit.

when did u discover this game:
I first read about EAW a long long time ago in an article found in Computer Gaming world. I was still playing PAW at the time and was hoping that EAW would come true. When i came out i rushed to my local Electronics Boutique and purchased myself a copy and have been playing it ever since.

how many hours a week do u spend flying EAW:
To my wife's disdain i play it way to often. HAHA. I usually play everynight, she has enforced a flight time on me so that it doesnt interfere with our marriage. LOL I start logging in around 2130-2200Hrs EST. and play till Midnight.

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Oberst K. von Hess
I/JG52 Gruppen Kommandeur

quote:

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"Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the latter than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never."
Napoleon Bonaparte

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French, got the EAW demo in July, got the game when he came out in December (just after Chreistmas, by mail ), and if Im now the Warbirds webmaster of Check Six (http://spower.free.fr), it's because of my first articles about EAW add-ons at Fox2! sim website.
Im 16 1/2, student at the Boarding High School of Bellevue, France.
Im a simmer since I was able to play sims...
From BoB to 1942 PAW, from M1 Tank PLatoon to MA1 Tank Platoon2, from Falcon 4 to EECH, from ADS and Sherman M4 to Task Force 1942, and a MPS Fan, as you can see too
Strategy games are also my cup of tea (like we say in France Rodger )with the 3 first close combat, the 3 Steel Panthers, The Operationnal Art Of War with a special price for the best scenario of the 2 months in Cyberstratege french magazine and a lot more games
And I'm forced to play the 4 Tomb Raider, as my sister is a Lara Croft's fan
Im now the chief of the FFWW, French Fighter Wing Warbirds, based at Check Six. I got a big dog of 55 Kg who's named Mistral and he says S! to all the EAW community
He've just eaten spaghetties, that why he got some on the nose

Have choosen Spanish in Second Language and Russian as the Third Language

Pero Español is muy difficil!
But no remorse to ahve choosen it instead of german finally

Alain-James

The Fubars are a relatively new squadron. But we makeup for our lack of experience with persistence.

We are receiving a very good feedback from many of you. You're also providing us with lots of information that will be very useful to fulfil our goal: make the world know about this cheerful community

Our purpose is to use this data just to know who you are and how you got to know about this game. It won't be misutilized.

If we could gather enough information Cultrun and myself we would like to position every one of you on map. In this way you will know where your rival comes from when you will enter the EAW's fighting arena. This map will just show your nick, your profession, your age and where do you live.

Your real names, home, postal or e-mails addressed WILL NOT be shown, unless you decide on the contrary. It's up to decide wether the community should stay as it is or if you prefer some of this data to be published.

Apart from that, let us told you that Capitan Manduca has accepted to cooperate with us and we are now trying to interview Charles Gunst, our spiritual leader and pathfinder.

In the meanwhile we will also try to get Jose Maria Gallego -a fine Spaniard illustrator, former pilot and EAW captivated-to produce some great drawings for our cover story. We'll succed.

Anyway we will keep you informed of any progress or setback in the achievement of our "holy mission"

Thanx once more to all of you. We will meet on the Zone, as usual.

LOL

StandingPole

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Trouble's having someone knocking on your six and the only thing left in your bag of tricks is lint.

My PC gaming history includes mainly combat flight sims. The first one I played intensively was the Flying Corps and after that Jane's F15. I loved both of those games, but I had been always waiting for a WW2 sim. I spent over a half a year abroad and when I came back to Finland, there were four WW2 sims to choose from. After reading reviews I decided to get EAW and haven't regretted it a moment.

I'm playing solely offline, since I don't have an internet connection at home at the moment. I tried online playing and would consider joining a squadron, but unfortunately it's not possible now. When I play I play only campaigns and mainly on German side, because we Finnish were flying Bf109s (among other planes)in the Continuation War and that's what I want to do also. I try to play at least one mission every night and usually about two to three per night.

This game has evolved so much and keeps evolving in an accelerating pace thanks to all the superb add-ons, skins, sounds, terrains etc. that the members of this community have offered us. This is the reason this game feels and looks always new.

Jyrki 'Jycceboy' Virtanen

I've always loved PC games and WWII aviation history -hence I adore the prop-flight sims. I choose EAW because it encapsulates all I enjoy about this genre. I'm delighted that since its initial arrival on the PC gamers market, the game has continued to blossom beginning with the official MicroProse patches, followed by the enormous anount of creative addons by the EAW Commumity. It seems there is something new almost every month and so much talent!

I play EAW two-to-three evenings a week even if its for just half-an-hour. My aim is to join an on-line EAW Squadron, but my work commitments are just too heavy at the moment as I'm often away on business.

A big change will happen from September 1st, as I will be returning to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia working as an expatriate (in Real Estate & Property Management)for atleast the next two years. I'm hoping that this new somewhat fixed location will enable me to free up enough time to play with an on-line squadron. At the moment I play on the zone occassionally. But no matter what happens, I'll still be playing EAW (Even in the desert ).

As for the EAW Forum, I almost spend the same amout of time here than actually playing the game! Its BY FAR the best place to keep up with "whats going on" in the EAW development world. I would say all those player/developers frequent the Forum daily -like me!

The are some great, polite, charming characters here that all "give'n'take". All newbie questions are answered and there are very few flame-wars among the community. Occassionally there are a few (IMHO) plonkers but I think this adds to the interest, likewise the "off-topic" threads are often really interesting and sometimes extremely funny.

In a nut shell, the EAW Forum Community is a really nice comfortable place the be on-line. Everyone is equal and respectful of one another. It is a central place for sharing ideas in a common interest (EAW) and supported by intellect, humour and comradship. We all highly enjoy playing European Air War

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Sometimes you wonder if it had been better if you had been killed instantly rather
than suffer the agonizing pain caused by severe burns to the whole of ones body.
Statement thought to be said by P/O Ken Carver 229 Squadron RAF 1940

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In the US Marines in the fifties I hung around with guys who were still flying final versions of the F4U Corsair and the Skyraider off small carriers. I was never too interested in the jets.

Until I become an engineer, well I still have to pay the rent and I work as a part-time car mechanic, as a barman and I also do some "subcontracting" multimedia work for my brother, who is knee-deep in that business. These are definitely absurdly contradictory jobs, but heck, what am I to do?

My most important passion has to be cars; as people here probably already know, I'm the eternal grease-monkey and I spend more time tinkering with my car than studying Second are planes, and I probably would have become a pilot in the Armed Forces if it wasn't for my slight myopia; I usually don't have to wear glasses but it's enough to prevent me from piloting

So I have to resort to sims...EAW is of course my favorite, though I also enjoy Falcon 4 and the occasional driving sim. I usually have a very tight schedule, I once flew online a bit in a squadron but lately I'm lucky if I have an hour of free computer time each day

Also, I love sports, a few years ago I was third in the province in tennis and I still play a lot of that sport. I also do like martial arts, being a Shorin Ryu karate and Jeet Kun Do black belt.

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-Ajax out

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"I am the war's forgotten boy, the one who searches and destroys...
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Cordiales saludos, Dom Fernando!

Well, let's see... I'm a 47 years mechanical engineer, M.Sc., living in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, descendant of Spanish and Italian settlers who arrived this country in the early century. I was born and growth very near to the Uruguayan border, so I can talk some "Portuñol" (a strange mix of Portuguese and Castellano). I'm married (20 years now ), and we have two sons (20 and 19 years old), a cocker spaniel named DUQUE (or DUKE) and some fishs (no names...) in two aquariums. I work as researcher/programmer/LAN manager at a local University.
I always was fascinated by flight sims since my APPLE II+, a long ago. I found EAW about a year ago, and quickly become addicted to it. I just fly offline as my connection is very slow and unstable (another way to say that I'm a rookie...)
The EAW forum is a very special "place" to me - I never saw so many people cooperating to make a sim be what it's now: a really new game, totally different from the original. We have many different cultures, ages, occupations, points of view, but there is a so great degree of respect and mutual help (including personal help) that makes me believe again that perhaps Humanity can have salvation, yet... A very, very special people!
And... beware, Duke is watching you!...

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As you have surely noticed, the increasing number of replys to my post makes the text to grow wider and wider, so it has become impossible to read your messages without operating the ******* horizontal scroll bar

In order to overcome this problem I'm opening a new topic as "StandingPole's VERY IMPORTANT message".

Hambone

OH, yeah! I'm a programming consultant with not much time anymore. Have two sons, one 30 and one 4. Yeah, you read right. Working on a pilot's license. Married to a lady from Romania who keeps me fat and happy. Spend most of my free time on the EAW Forum or, lately, working on my RC Giant Scale models or studying to make more money. Love to fly EAW when I can, but never have time to fly online, even though I would like to. The little guy has first dibs on my time and he knows it. Wouldn't have it any other way.

My dream is to program computers in Spain (preferably in Moron de la Frontera, but I'll settle for Jerez. Ok, actually, Madrid too.....:-)

I, too, am thoroughly impressed with the EAW community, and am delighted that Spain has discovered us.....

The EAW community will be just as delighted when they discover Spain....:-)

Best Regards,
"Flamenco Chuck" Keyser
http"//members.aol.com/BuleriaChk/private/flamenco.html

Hier ist zum information about Feldmarschall Rommel- I vill hide it in ze third orange from ze top in box three now shipping for Valencia. Ze crate vill be recognizable mit ze schmall Swastika painted on all six sidez---

I vill vait für mein payment on ze border between Spain und Vichy France für ze next three nights.

Danke

Flick

(Of ze GesTaPo)

Name: Edwin Rommel
Age: 114 Next Birthday
Nationality: Austrian
Job: Leading armies to defeat in sandy locations, building walls in ozzer sandy locations, causing mischief on ze EAW Combatzim forum (not zo much sand zhere- but plenty of Camel Scheiss )
Where did I learn about EAW: Juzt looked up von day up zhere voz zhis planes fighting..

Or vhot really happened

I need to enter in touch with you. Please,
post me a message to fernando.lizundia@el-mundo.es. It's very important. Thank you a lot.

My mates think that I'm becoming a bit insane, because I burst into uncontrollable laughter every time I read one of your messages.