*steps up to the mike* Well this is indeed a spectacular surprise. I would first like to thank Quirinus for nominating me for fan of the week. I am very honored to have received it and also the admiration of the masses. By special request I will tell you a bit about myself, I like games almost any genre of games. When I was younger I was a big fan of sports and racing games and as I got older I began the transition to RTS games and shooters although I like almost any genre nowadays. As I immersed myself into tactical games, I began to get a glimpse of the ones that are alternate history in terms of storyline and the take over the world type objectives. I began to have a thirst for world war type games and anything that goes boom.
Then I came across Hearts of Iron 2 in a store, I looked at it and saw the lovely features it had and I went on to different forums asking fellow gamers if they have played it, to most it was a unknown. So I gave it a shot and man was I hooked, I began to explore the forums to talk to the people who like the same game as I do and I came across a new type of element here on the Paradox forums, AAR’s. They are an epic story of individuals that take the fate of the world in their own hands (At least on the computer
) and change the fate of the nation they decide to lead. With it they can walk the bold line of history or change history slightly or completely to however they see fit. These AAR’s are filled with awesome dialogue, very good resourceful pictures and even clever and humorous modified pictures (see Duke of Wellington’s Mongol AAR for EU2, among others :rofl: ), and these AAR’s are an art as they take time and patience to produce.
How good are these AAR’s? Because of specific AAR’s by Duke of Wellington and Quirinus respectively I will be playing EU3 when it is released and the expansion of Vickie when it is released. Because of the AAR’s of Lord E, Virgiltchicken, Pacer, Joel, Gjerg (your AAR was the first AAR ever I read upon), jju_57, Marchalk_Zjukov(another one of the first), Spitfire_Pilot, Sir Humphrey, and Earth Savior I liked HoI2 more and more. Thank you. If I forgot your name do not worry for you have already made a difference to me. But alas, as you can see I am a relative newcomer to the forums in comparison to many so remember that I have not had the luxury nor honor to witness the other great AAR’s of the past. I am for the most part inspired to do my own AAR for HoI2 but the same reason I am inspired by it is the same reason I would rather be an active reader of AAR’s because I doubt although with a little practice I can make my AAR’s as good as the greats. Again thank you for nominating me as fan of the week and if you are already asleep… you can wake up now
. I hope this speech has given at least a moderate reflection of how much I enjoy and appreciate these AAR’s. Thank you, and I will be here all week! Oh and thank you GrimReaper and others (sorry cant remember all names...Blue Emu too thanks) for your insight on questions I may have had.
Cheers Ladies and Gents