An ARPANet account?! Wow … your GeekRank just busted the roof!
And BTW since this is "Hello my name is … " type of thread. I am gonna introduce myself.
Hello my name is Kazak and I am game designer on the WH team! I am a passionate pRPG player, larper and reenactor (been doing a little bit of 30year war and I really want to do some cossack stuff)!
Ah Cossacks, i’d like to learn some more about them but so far I only read the wiki page, some osprey publishing stuff and Ogniem i mieczem
EDIT: If anyone knows some good books or articles please do tell.
Still better than this …
THIS. This just tears my soul apart.
Make it stop!
Why disco, why of all things in Russia do they make disco?
I came after Chris Roberts announcing this kickstarter in our Star Citizen page. I took a look and was hyped on how much realism and accuracy would be put into this game. I had always wanted a realistic and accurate hand to hand combat game in true historical times. Also knowing the fact Chris Roberts trusts this company, I was able to pledge more as that too helped me able to trust a lot more into this company.
I have been watching this game for awhile, trying to decide if I wanted to back - I first heard about it through Chris Roberts at CIG when he announced that Star Citizen and Kingdom Come would be techsharing. The most recent video update is what convinced me to finally jump in - this is going to be an amazing experience and what I’ve seen in following this from afar is very encouraging.
I have no idea where I’m going to find time to play all of these different games however.
I am Spartacus!!!
Hi , i’am Michael, a student from Germany.
I am very excited about this game and i hope its gonna be Great!
Hi, I’m Chris from Italy!
I’m from Canada, I figured a game ran by a guy who looks like a crazed medieval warrior with a wild beard has to be a success, and so here I am.
i am an american from denver, colorado. i have recently discovered ‘mount and blade: warband’, which i cannot recommend strongly enough, especially for someone interested in this title. it’s lighter on the rpg and heavy on strategy, but even as a terribly unstrategerous person, i still enjoy the heck out of it. what other game lets you lead mongolia to conquest of all of northern africa, scandinavia, and central europe?
in any case, more generally i like rpgs, shooters that are novel or unique in some interesting way, and super smash bros. also dogs and camping.
I’m also a fellow industry homie! and this game looks beyond amazing, the dedication to keeping it realistic and non-fantasy is what made me want to support this title. I’ve been watching it grow for almost a year now and each update I’m more and more impressed with the systems the team is getting in. And yes, when i saw this video a couple days ago and the new facial animations… wowzas!! that’s great stuff, and coupled with the music and mo-capping and swords and fps mechanics and horses and bows and… (draws deep breath) CHICKENS!!! can’t wait, keep up the awesome work, reach for the stars and beyond, you guys can do this!
I will see your Atari 2600 and raise you one Atari 800XL… with Cassette tape drive baby!!! oh yeah
Then there was my C64… then my first PC… ahhh… nostalgia
There was a sign I saw hanging in a bar in Mexico, it was in Spanish, but loosely translated;
‘I am not 40. I am 18… with 22 years experience’
It’s a kinda motto for me these days… funny thing, when I first read that sign… I was 19… a tad more relevant 20 years later.
39 year old (or rather will be next week) SQL dev here. Old school gamer. Intellivision for first console and an Atari 800XL for first computer (deep dark early 80’s folks). My first computer game was one I wrote copying the code from a book that came with that Atari. I modified that code to change the game… I suppose that is when I officially became a programmer. After that was a C64… never really did the console thing… never even had a Nintendo… why? Do you have any idea how much better the games were for the Commodore at that time?!? I did finally cave and get a PS3… and believe it or not, that was my first console game system since… the Intellivision I mentioned earlier. Pretty much PC only gaming the whole time.
So how did I get here? Funny thing, you see there was this other crowdfunded Indie game that sucked me in big and bad; Star Citizen. Short version on that, if a game company spent weeks interviewing me to come up with what I thought was the end all be all, perfect scifi space sim game, with cost as no object etc? You’d basically get Star Citizen. Kind of a dream game for me in that genre… so, several months ago, they announced a code sharing agreement with another company called Warhorse… and suggested we go check out their project and think about backing it… I didn’t get far into the videos before it became screaming obvious ‘hey! This is for ME!!!’ The more I dug into it, the more I liked it… next thing you know, I’m an Earl. I am actually thankful Chris Roberts and Cloud Imperium clued me into this. Seriously, they did me a favor by telling me about it. I had completely missed it otherwise.
So I have these great space sims in Star Citizen and Elite: Dangerous (backed 'em both, both are great), and this amazing RPG here… add in some of the other cool indies like Banner Saga and I have to ask… is it me? Or is all the interesting stuff in gaming happening on the indie side of the fence these days? It really seems like the majors are losing my business while companies like Warhorse are earning it fair and square.
There was another game I was going to buy before hearing about this one. I won’t name it because I don’t want to slag it… lots of people loved it and that’s cool. Glad they enjoy it. But it was part of a series I have been with from the start, I was sure I would love it. Certain I would buy the $100 deluxe edition even. I was invited to the Beta and… ouch… imo, they went totally the wrong direction for the series. Kinda 180 actually. It just wasn’t for me. Profound disappointment. If not for the Beta invite, I’d have wasted $100 and been angry. But because of the Beta I knew not to buy… now, oddly, this all happens at about the same time Star Citizen sent me over here… and what do I find? a much better game that excites me even more than the one I nearly wasted a hundy on. So my case was a very literal taking of $100 away from a major, and putting here instead. A major lost my business, Warhorse won it. And I was even pointed in this direction… by another indie. I have no doubts my money went in a better direction. I win, Warhorse wins, a major lost. But… that’s business. And, even on a personal level… I kinda like these companies. Some personality comes through in their videos and in building the community with the backers… companies like CIG and Warhorse… actually seem like cool companies. As in cool places to work where people actually give a crap about what they are doing (hey, that is getting rare in this world). From what I’ve seen, I think I’d enjoy working for them (hey, Warhorse, if you have ANY need for SQL/Database guy… let me know and you will have a resume before you can say ‘Nas Drovie’… you can’t even scare me off with relocation… I love Prague and have family in Eastern Europe… almost moved out that way a few times already) So even on a personal/ethical level… happier that Warhorse got my money. They aren’t just building a better mousetrap, they seem like the kind of company I like as well. At a minimum next time I’m in Prague I fully intend to stop by say ‘hello’ and drop off some beer for the team.
So I nearly wasted $100. I would have been angry. Angry at myself for buying it, angry at the company that made it… instead the money went here and not only am I getting a better game (imo), but… I actually feel good about it.
I keep hearing developers say this is the best way to make a game… they all love it… cut the publisher out, deal directly with the people that will actually be playing it (backers), build up a community, get great feedback… they all seem to love this methodology of development… which is pretty new and radical actually. You really think many people that DON’T work in the gaming industry get to see what we will be seeing in 3 weeks? This is crazy early people. Warhorse has some huevos to let us in the door this soon. You have to be confident in your dev team and your product to open it to the public scrutiny they are about to. But by getting good feedback on the game this early in it’s development… is a MASSIVE advantage. And I keep hearing the same thing from the people trying this… ‘this is amazing… the only way I want to make games going forward’. But now I wonder… what about the gamer’s/backer’s perspective? I am enjoying this ‘work in progress’ thing. It’s… FUN… watching these games come together. I am more involved and invested in KC: D, Star Citizen and Elite: Dangerous than any games in my life. Obviously it would be tedious to drill down to this detail for every single game I ever play… but for the REALLY cool ones (and these, to me, are over the top, you have got to be kidding me, dream games)? Yeah, this is a lot of fun. At least in my twisted definition of ‘fun’…
So hello one and all, digging the game, digging the process, you should see a fair bit of me around these parts.
Sincerely,
Dave, the Earl of Long and Rambling Posts
It always is, friend. 
Hello together.
I’m MadGeneral from Germany. I like RPGs and I like the Middle Ages. And that’s why I’m here. 
What up always loved rpg’s and games with challenging combat. I look forward to this. I join you from The States.
Hello my name is Ash but known as Monkey (im a hairy guy) I live on this cold old island called Great Britain and i love all kind’s of games. I have been following kingdom come for a long while now but was unable to back it (peasant) but now my coinage is abit better ive pledged and can not wait to enter this world that warhorse is creating.
Hi! I’m Milla from Sweden. My favourite type of game is RPG but I play all kinds of games.
Have a nice day everyone 
