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DragonBlood11
Mortal

posted 14 July 2009 01:04 PM EDT (US)

DragonBlood11 presents....
In cooperation with Yeebaagooon and AoMH...
25 People who Changed AoM: A Tribute to the 25 Most Influential AoM Designers, Scripters, Modders, and Moderators.

With the recent nostalgia rush between the impending release of Ripto, Auron's brief visit, and a few other things I thought now would be the time to do this. I have created a list of 25 past and present AoM Designers, Scripters, Modders, and AoMH Moderators, who changed AoM as we know it. These members come from all different backgrounds and all corners of the globe but one thing they all had in common were they all loved designing and without them the design community would not be the same. Throughout the next 25 days I will be counting down my list of the 25 most influential people in AoM design history. This will also give newer members a chance to learn the names of the person who created those triggers or that utility program that they couldn't design without. So starting July 15, 2009 until August 9, 2009 I will (attempt) to reveal a new name every day followed by a short bio and a little information. Enjoy

NOTE: Newer members do not expect to be on this list. The newest person on this list(as in the one with the most recent join date) is from 2006.

Number One

Name:nottud
Achievements: So many achievements that were thought of as impossible
Bio: nottud joined AoMH in 2005. His first maps included the Pit of Doom, Avenger Race, and many more. nottud soon gained a reputation for finding weird glitches in the editor that designers could use to their advantage. In addition he also began to create RM scripts as well as scenarios. His RM debut was called islands and was basically a map with islands. While nottud had a number of decent scenarios and RMS including Escape 4 Worlds, Ancient Evil RPG, and Magic Floor, his name became big when he released Nottud's complete guide, map, template, etc super pack. It recieved a three 5 star ratings and included random maps, templates, the Complete Age of Mythology Sound List, and much more. Soon afterwards he made it possible to rotate buildings in game, and triggers allowing you to select players 11 and 12. His reputatiom soon began to grow as a skilled scenario design, RM scripter, and trigger creator. He created the Checked terrain type! which did work online and I used in my scenario Color Escape. He then compiled his triggers and editor mods with reyk's and others to create Nottud's Editor Superpack and Nottud's Ultimate Editor Superpack. He has created some widely popular triggers including the Transform trigger, conditional effects, shop triggers, and the Search triggers. He also created the stretch unit templates for eyecandiers. Nottud is also known for making scenarios in random map format such as Mythodea, the highly popular Battle of the Shapeshifters, and Chaos in World RPG, all done through RMS. In nearly 4 years nottud's reputation changed from that of an average scenario designer, to a legend and a master of all trades. His various skills and talents changed Age of Mythology and his editor mods took scenario design to a whole other level. It is nottud's jack of all trades style, his epic triggers and random maps, and finally his fun and innovative scenarios that make nottud one of the most influential designers of all time. Without nottud I wouldn't be here right now also so an ode to the boy with a mad imagination.
Creation(s): Nottud's Ultimate Editor Superpack, Mythodea RMS, Battle of the Shapeshifters, for more by nottud click here!

Previous Entires:
Paperfriend
pepsidude_123 aka Alex
PrplPplEater
Yeebaagooon
King Jared
Reinfire
Xamolxis
Socvazius
FC_Nidhogg
gaurdian_112
pftq
m0nTy_PyTh0n
Istari
Auron
Jakwarrior
invent00r
Archaeopterix
Stephen Caines
CheeZy
Matei
The_Vandhaal
reyk
Ykkrosh
Oscar

That concludes the list. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Special thanks to SwordofValor and Yeebaagooon, this list would not have been possible without you guys.
The following people are honorable mentions. They did not make the list either because they did not have as big of an impact or I simply forgot about them when making the list, and couldn't fit them on.
Honorable Mentions:
Shiva
I Love Bananas
jml
SwordofValor
angryzor
Sziggi
Shrink
Papaya
Hessu
Baron Lopi
TwentyOneScore
AOMPlayer000
Mythic_Freak
oddy (this is the one that NOBODY mentioned that I referred to earlier)
Elrich
CaveTown
RiderofEternity
King of Cheese
waveslave610

Thank you everyone! Now time for a vacation! I shall return next Saturday!

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Inazuma
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 10:33 AM EDT (US) 301 / 516

Yep, average ESOers are too dumbfound to play good scenarios.

DeviantArt | Me | Liquid Fire

~ I dream of a day when a chicken can cross the road without someone questioning its motives ~

Archaeopterix
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 12:25 PM EDT (US) 302 / 516

Vimpmeat surely was my most renewing scenario, but not the best.

The problem with Vimpmeat was that player 1, i.e. the host, always had to be Kabuto, the Titan, which was in my opinion the least fun (and most repetitive) game character to play (still fun to play a couple of times though). So, people might have liked to play it, but they didn't like to host it, because then they'd have to be Kabuto.

Luckily, thanks to better planning and custom triggers this would not be the case for a purely hypothetical Vimpmeat 2.

A R C H A E O P T E R I X
VimpMeat (4.5) | Heroines (4.9) | Treasure Hunt (4.4) | Heroines II: The Survival (4.7) | Heroines III: Winter Solstice

Reinfire
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 12:43 PM EDT (US) 303 / 516

Ooh, this reminds me of the old Archaeopterix vs Gaurdian days

And not forgetting that Arch also used to be an AoMH cherub

Reinfire
--Retired Scenario Designer--
Everybody needs to beleive in something. I beleive I will have another beer

Old Bachus
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 01:33 PM EDT (US) 304 / 516

Archaeopterix was a pimp.

Oscar better be on this list.

Old Bachus, Napoleon of Spam turned half decent forumer
>>Winner of Most Improved AoMH Forumer '09<<
~If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it isn't in Danish, thank King Alfred.~
>>My work<<

"Once you've stooped to Cash4Gold type stuff, you no longer are a celebrity." - Mozzy

Nick The Hun
Mortal
(id: Nick_The_Hunn)

posted 07 August 2009 01:50 PM EDT (US) 305 / 516

Gratz Arch.
I still remember those old screenies on AoMH about Arch, Oscar and The Vandhaal at the AoMH Frontpage. Now let's await..:
OSCAR OSCAR! WE WANT MOOORE :P

New Project: 'Anatolia'

Shrink
on the trender train

posted 07 August 2009 02:41 PM EDT (US) 306 / 516

Archaeopterix was a pimp.

Was?! His flame shines as bright as it ever has!

★ ★ ★ ★

DragonBlood11
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 07:27 PM EDT (US) 307 / 516

Number Eight

Name:Stephen Caines
Achievements: Legendary Modding Skills
Bio: Stephen Caines joined AoMH in 2004. Over time he slowly built up his skills from that of a 'noob' to what some would call 'the greatest modder of all time'. His first release was the LOTR Civilisation Pack and the LOTR Civilisation Pack Auto Installer, which recieved typical newbie reviews. A month later he released the Men of Rohan Modpack, which improved the textures of some of his LOTR Civ Pack units. Men of Rohan recieved a blazing 5 stars, and Stephen Caines modding began to flourish. He then began improving more of the textures from his LOTR Civ pack. After taking some time off he released An Introduction to Modding, an 124 page guide to modding. It is by far the longest guide ever written for AoM, and explains both the basic, and advanced parts of modding in incredible detail. He then released Bar Builder Version of the LOTR Civ Pack, which decreased the size of his LOTR Civ Pack thanks to Ykkrosh's Bar Builder, followed by more updates to the LOTR Civ
Pack including Treebeard, Warg Rider, Warg, Treebeard Godpower, and LOTR Buildings Pack #1. After taking a 2 year break Stephen Caines returned and released his largest modpack to date Age of Middle Earth, something that could be called an expansion, totally recreating Age of Mythology. He then created AOM:Z which allowed modders to create civs much easier than before. He then released Spanish Text for Vachu's Text Editor, which improved the spanish language.dll. He then created another more basic guide to modding entitled An Introduction to Modelling, which explained a lot of things that newbie modders have trouble with. He then created 9 new skies for the Render Sky function in his Sky Pack, followed by the X-Wing Fighter, the Kangaroo Mod, and the Skeleton Man all which recieved high ratings. Following that he released Single Click Eye Candy, a map full of custom eyecandy. He is currently working on a map
based on LoTR the Two Towers. Since it did not meet his release date he released Not the Two Towers to make up for it. His legendary mods and understanding of Age of Mythology's setup are what make Stephen Caines one of the most influential designers of all time.
Creation(s): Age of Middle Earth, An Introduction to Modding, Kangaroo Mod, for more by Stephen Caines click here!

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Joshonator
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 07:54 PM EDT (US) 308 / 516

Never heard of him =/

<O><O><O><O><O><O><O><O>All my downloads here<O><O><O><O><O><O><O><O>

http://joshonator12.deviantart.com/

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Silicone Ruff Jr
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 07:58 PM EDT (US) 309 / 516

Stephen Caines is the Vandhaal of mods. The only difference is, he's still active today!

Never heard of him =/

You've heard of all the inactive people on the list, though?

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Inazuma
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 08:32 PM EDT (US) 310 / 516

Wow that's an extensive biog. Stephen Caines is an amazing modder and guy, yet I was quite surprised to see him on the list

Well done well done.
Let's not forget, the upcoming Two Towers campaign may not have been possible without him as well!

DeviantArt | Me | Liquid Fire

~ I dream of a day when a chicken can cross the road without someone questioning its motives ~

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Cirruis
Banned

posted 07 August 2009 09:32 PM EDT (US) 311 / 516

Never met him, rarely saw him. I know he opened up the doors to many aspiring modders however.

Leto II
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 10:13 PM EDT (US) 312 / 516

From all the people on the list, Stephen is the only one I know... I have heard of Jared, but he leave long before I came.

DragonBlood11
Mortal

posted 07 August 2009 10:28 PM EDT (US) 313 / 516

What about Yeeb? He's like our angel and stuff (Yeeb for Seraph

)

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Nick The Hun
Mortal
(id: Nick_The_Hunn)

posted 08 August 2009 02:55 AM EDT (US) 314 / 516

'Socvazius' was the only 1 i didn't know O.o

Congratulations Stephen, a well deserved place

(I also read the modders section now and then to see the development of new nice units, and indeed hes the bigman of the modsection).

New Project: 'Anatolia'

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V01ture
Mortal

posted 08 August 2009 03:21 AM EDT (US) 315 / 516

Well this is a nifty thread.

www.vo1ture.com

xEXOLARx
Mortal

posted 08 August 2009 03:40 AM EDT (US) 316 / 516

Stephen Caines is a good man

I love his tutorial to modding.

My Upcoming website!
The Black Hand RPG - Revived
Join my Facebook Group :P
Nazi Zombie Verukkt sound files
Mess With The BesT DiE LiKe ThE ReST
Argh!! It's EXOLAR not xEXOLARx get it right!!

Silicone Ruff Jr
Mortal

posted 08 August 2009 04:03 AM EDT (US) 317 / 516

Of all the guys on the list, Stephen would be my favorite to visit, since he has children.

^{(just kidding)}

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Peter Fallon
Mortal
(id: Xzyiothe)

posted 08 August 2009 04:08 AM EDT (US) 318 / 516

Why do you need to be creepy everywhere you go.

☭ Long live the Turk ☭
"Xzy is the worst parts of kman and legion combined, only with proper spelling so you know he's smart enough to act otherwise if he wasn't such an idiot." - theferret
"Xzy is like all of the terrible Guardian contributors rolled into one person. Proof that you can genetically engineer a humanoid abomination." - Fiindil

Nick The Hun
Mortal
(id: Nick_The_Hunn)

posted 08 August 2009 04:46 AM EDT (US) 319 / 516

Vo1ture!! the creator of Art Contest ^.^ Now thats a surprise :P

New Project: 'Anatolia'

SwordOfValor
Knight

posted 08 August 2009 10:48 AM EDT (US) 320 / 516

He has inspired me and helped me a lot with modding. And he doesn't even know it.

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Joshonator
Mortal

posted 08 August 2009 11:40 AM EDT (US) 321 / 516

You've heard of all the inactive people on the list, though?

Probably because i don't take much interest on stuff that can't be used online.

<O><O><O><O><O><O><O><O>All my downloads here<O><O><O><O><O><O><O><O>

http://joshonator12.deviantart.com/

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DragonBlood11
Mortal

posted 09 August 2009 09:01 PM EDT (US) 322 / 516

Number Seven

Name:CheeZy
Achievements: AoMH Angel, A lot of other stuff that wouldn't fit in this section
Bio: CheeZy joined the HG community in 2002. Originally a member of AoKH he eventually migrated to the AoM community before release. It was at this time he won a beta key and began messing around with the editor. He is the first known person to overlap buildings, an eyecandy style now used by literally everyone. His first creation was a world map, but it did not include Australia because of the AoM Editor's limits. He soon became frustrated with the AoM editor's limits and began working on ways to improve them. He then began working with reyk and they released the New Editor series. Eventually reyk would become the sole creator of this project. He then became a Cherub for AoMH, and within a month, was an angel. He founded the Scenario Design Library, a starting place for most designers. After the titans release, which showed a big change for the better in the AoM editor, the downloads section saw a number of releases from CheeZy including World Map V3X, Horse Race, Rogue Wars, and World Map DM. While those were CheeZy's scenario contribtions he also had lots of utility program contributions which include VX Lightning pack, the Enhanced Audio Modpack, the Extra Features Patch, the Map Editor Patches, the World Lightning Effects pack, the Beta Objects Pack, CheeZy's camera pitch template, and Cool New Lightning Clouds mod. He also created the AoMH Advanced Cinematics Map guide, and the New Editor Objects Patch, and not to mention he started the Semi-Annual Designer Awards. It is CheeZy's go get attitude and his devotion to the Scenario Editor and to AoMH in general that make CheeZy one of the most influential designers of all time.
Creation(s): Beta Objects, Rogue Wars, Horse Race, to see more by CheeZy click here!

P.S I know it's kinda brief but I was really busy this weekend and CheeZy has a wide range of accomplishments so I just tried to hit the keypoints.

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Alex
(VIP) Reverie World Studios
(id: pEpsIdUDe_123)

posted 09 August 2009 09:42 PM EDT (US) 323 / 516

I always liked CheeZy.

Here's what he's been up to since his AoM days, if anyone is interested.

Silicone Ruff Jr
Mortal

posted 09 August 2009 09:52 PM EDT (US) 324 / 516

Too much cheese around here.

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Cavuy
Mortal
(id: jonathan1222)

posted 09 August 2009 10:01 PM EDT (US) 325 / 516

A very influential designer. His world maps are without equal, hands down. And the RTS he's working on at Wildfire Games, 0 AD, is sure to be awesome.

Cavuy | Writer, Graphic & Web Designer
ex-Modder and Scenario Designer | Legacy
Member since May 5th, 2003

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