This has all got me wondering if I'm the oldest surviving player in the game.

I was checking the Wiki, and to my amusement found my country Coventry City ranking 6th with a $75m country in the first recorded game - http://wiki.earthempires.com/...100_Players_Nov_98_Game_A

I am sure I was playing and Ragnarok was going for years before that too and think they must have lost the records. I joined during the RoCK wars of 1997, which methinks makes me a 16 year vet (with about 10 years off mind you to discover the Garden of Eden in the real Earth Empire).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Paul_Bedson