Introductions

[djramzy]

Name: Ramzy

Occupation: Government Contractor / DJ

Location: Washington, DC

Interests: DJing, cars, video games, internet culture, movies, music, technology, reddit

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2003 Acura MDX

Vehicles Previously Owned: 1996 Acura TL

Dream Garage Vehicles: Ferrari F430, Hummer H1, Audi S8, Mercedes AMG S65

How found: Reddit

About: DJ in Washington, DC ... Love to play video games, go out and DJ.

[Orbitstrider]

Name: Ruben Perez

Occupation: IT Support

Location: Connecticut

Interests: Games, Vehicles, Music, Racing

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1987 Mk3 Toyota Supra (currently adding a turbo to it), 1990 Mazda Miata MX-5

Dream Garage Vehicles: 1985 Mazda Rx-7 S3, 1978 Datsun 280z (wish i never had to sell mine), Nissan Skyline R32, and a Renault Clio V6 Renault Sport (not sure why but this car lures me in)

How did you find us? Friends on a group on facebook

About: I generally work on fixing computers at a college and working at my friends video game store. but usually im on my computer or xbox playing games, and sometimes attempting to make techno, hardstyle, and dubstep music on fruity loops (I usually fail but have made 2 or 3 decent ones) and when I'm doing none of that I am racing with friends at the local walmart or working on my lovely Supra.

[hpexpress]

Name- Phil (Crash)Gosson
Occupation- Truck driver(23Yrs)
Location-Bristol New Hampshire U.S.A
Cars- Wifey(2011 Dodge avenger 4 banger)Volkswagen Jetta 2003
Games-When I have time- Racing building games I like some rpg but racing games and simulation games like railrod tycon 1,2,3, and sidmeirs railroad.
I have 2 kids I am a coach(Basketball,Softball Baseball,) and a CubMaster for the cubs scouts.
I love the sound of the game and the you tube short films please keep up the good work and please never give up.

[Hertzberg]

Name: Alex Nielsen

Occupation: Nothing right now

Location: Yding (Denmark)

Interests: Games, Vehicles, Psychedelic events

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1994 & 1996 Fiat Punto mk I 1.2 75

Dream Garage Vehicles: Alfa Romeo 8c , Fiat 124 Special T , Fiat 132 2000

How did you find us? Just surfing around the internet for a cool car game !

About: I'm 22 years old , plays a lot of computer , has a lot of interest in cars and racing .. In the weekends , i go to psychedelic events all over Denmark !

[scott_kolleck]

Hello,

Nice to be part of the forums. Looks like you have a fun place here.

Name: Scott Kolleck

Occupation: PC Technician and Programmer. (90% tech/10% programmer)

Location: South Dakota, USA - specifically Elk Point. I am the only person I went to school with that can say they open the front door and overlook an American Buffalo (Bison) ranch.

Interests: Games, Programming, Vehicles, WWII Stuff (copied from "Zuessy" profile, since it fits me too!)

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2000 Dodge Intrepid R/T - Red with sunroof - only 212 made! Love that car!

Dream Garage Vehicles: Too many to list. I would love a steamer/boiler car.

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Too many. I do like the Prius, I drove one for 1,300 miles in eight days... Yes, it is a long story.

How did you find us? Well, we are us, but how did u find us? Google, facebook, wikipedia etc? Wikipedia article about Car Tycoon.

About:
I have been a programmer for 31 years and a tech almost as long. Back then you had to be your own tech. I was 12 when I started programming fractal videos on an Atari 400 (with a whopping 4kb of ram and the optional cassette tape deck to store your programs! Top of the line circa 1980! My current non-smartphone has more in it!)

[Daffyflyer]

Welcome everyone!

[Commanderraf]

Name: Let's leave it as Commanderraf

Occupation: Uh... you could say University Professor.

Location: Mexico City

Interests: Videogames, computers, cars and Japanese culture.

Vehicles Currently Owned: A 1969 Volkswagen Type 1.

Dream Garage Vehicles: A vintage Volkswagen collection (Type 2, Karmann Ghia), a Subaru 360 and a Peel P50... Yes, I like small cars.

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Hm.. None really. I've been obsessed with Volkswagen since I was a little kid.

How did you find us? Wikipedia link on the page of "Car Tycoon". How did I find that page? By searching in Google for a tycoon game but about cars. I know... amazing!

About:

Since I was a little kid -back in the late 80's- I've been obsessed with my familiy's 1969 Volkswagen Type 1 (or Beetle if you want to call it that way, but NEVER call it a Bug). That car was bought by my grandmother, later inherited to my mum. Back then I used to tell my granny that I would grow up to become a Volkswagen mechanic and give her free service on her car.

Although the car obsession never went fully away, later in videogames and computers became a bigger interest for me. It was -funnyly enough- when I bought Gran Turismo 4 for the PS2 when I rediscovered my love for cars in general and the Volkswagen of my family.

I am now a graduate on International Relations -yup, most Latin American Universities and some European ones (the ones who follow the French school of Sociology) consider us as an independent discipline from Political science or Sociology- who specialized in Japan but still play videogames and, after 20 years of yearning for it, finally the official owner of the same Volkswagen Type 1 I've loved since I was a kid.

I have high hopes for this project and by the looks of it, it will fulfill them. Although I recently found out about it, I would like to help the team developing Automation in anyway I can.

-Commanderraf

[jamesdalby]

Name: James Dalby

Occupation: Mobile Developer

Location: Orange County, CA

Interests: Game Development, Art, Animation, News, Tech, Blah blah blah...

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1998 Jeep Cherokee

Vehicles Previously Owned: 1984 Chevy Blazer, 2000 Jetta GTX

Dream Garage Vehicles: Mazda Speed 3 Hatchback, Atom,

How found: Reddit

About: Game developer in Orange County at BlindSquirrelGames. Indie game development as well.

[DjAvren]

Wow, didn't think this many people were already on the forums. Seems I've underestimated this production from the rockethub page I visited. Great to see so many enthousiasts around.

So first off, hello to you all.

Name: Daniël J. "Avren" den Heijer

Occupation: Purchacing & stock control

Location: Vianen, The Netherlands

Interests: Music (listening, singing, guitar), Boardgames, videogames, reading

Vehicles Currently Owned: Fiat Cinquecento S (1996)

Dream Garage Vehicles: Toyota Celica, Tesla Roadster

Previous Vehicles of Interest: a bike(?)

How did you find us?: Rockethub page

About:

I like strange facts, strange arts and strange games. Although automation is probably not "strange" in the usual sense, it's a bit niche. That's what piqued my interest in the first place.
Just got the rockethub pre-order email today, suddenly I'm excided enough to do something I usually don't... make a forum post.
I probably won't post much, but I'll be sure to check the forums every once in a while.

[94cruiser]

Hello This is my first post and I live in Northeast Illinois.

[Azurael]

Name: Azurael

Occupation: Minilab operator

Location: Bath, UK

Interests: Music (listening, writing, playing), photography, engineering, physics, games

Vehicles Currently Owned: Renault Laguna 'Sport' Tourer, 1.8 16v (2001)

Dream Garage Vehicles: BMW 535d, Nissan GT-R

How did you find us?: Youtubing for videos of Car Tycoon so I could remember how abysmal it was (It never quite worked right for me, felt like a game they hadn't finished yet.)

About: I'm obsessed with the concept of 'DIY' car production - I'm teaching myself how to use Solidworks at the moment, got some big plans for a hydrostatic drivetrain and the potential of smaller capacity 2-stroke diesel engines, think steel sprung suspension is lame... Anyway, getting back to the topic in hand, I always wanted a game like Car Tycoon that let me play at a far more intricate level, so I can't wait 'til I can get my preorder in for Automation!

[krussel]

Name: Kruss

occupation: Postcode Administrator Royal Mail

Location: Hertfordshire UK

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1990 Mk1 Mr2, 2008 Seat Ibiza and 2006 Mini Cooper S (wifes)

Dream Garage Vehicles: Oh loads, mainly classic

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Truimph Stag V8, Truimph GT6, Porsche 924 Turbo, Ford Capri 2.8i.

How did you find us?
Did a youtube search to see if anything new was about in car design games as the older ones were pretty crap.

Cheers

[iamthecheese]

Name: Andrew

occupation: Computer Engineering Student

Location: North Carolina, USA

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2004 Honda Accord

Dream Garage Vehicles: Ford GT. Buick GNX. Most Mustangs to name a few

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Anything with a v8

How did you find us? Jalopnik Post

[Combustible Pet]

Name: Shane

Occupation: Part time Student

Location: UK

Interests: Cars, games, cartoons/animation, music.

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1997 VW Polo

Dream Garage Vehicles: Nissan Skyline GTR R32, JZA80 Supra, 66 Nova SS, 66 Dodge Coronet with a hopped up 440, Ferrari F40 etc.

Previous Vehicles of Interest: My legs? The bus?

How did you find us? A thread on the Forza forums. It had a link to the site and a couple of videos posted. I watched the videos, went to the site and ended up spending way too much time looking at all the info/videos/suggestions etc. I'll just say I love the idea behind this and where it's headed, since I've been wanting a game like this for far too long.

[Fawlters]

Name: Fawlters. Not that I'm paranoid, but unless I already know you, you don't get my real name.

Occupation: Design Engineer, mostly marine/offshore but anything goes

Location: "The North" (of England)

Interests: Games, Cars, Technology, Neat stuff, Cool stuff, Interesting stuff...

Vehicles Currently Owned: None, but oh so many plans....

Dream Garage Vehicles: Constantly changing, almost certainly custom or at least modified. Most likely from part of the VAG group.

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Ford Focus, served me faithfully for about a month until it found a ditch by my hand... It lived on, but I was walking distance from work then.

How did you find us? I don't remember... I'm assuming it was Google.

About: I like cars, and driving them when I can, but after my trip to the ditch I can't really say I trust myself any more. Possibly due to excessive time spent on Gran Turismo 2/4 I have lost pretty much all fear of doing crazy things with cars, which is another reason I don't trust myself.

I have plans for HPVs (glorified pedal cars) and kit cars, but they will be in the future sometime when I have more money. Lots of ideas for lots of things in general.

I believe I, or anyone else, can do anything. All that is necessary is time and practice. I also believe I need more sleep. Night all!