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=Scratch Start=

TedTycoon lives in England and has been playing [[Populous]] since 1999. After finishing [[Populous]] and playing multiplayer on a local area network connection, TedTycoon found the official online matchmaker where TedTycoon started playing with the name ''''Mohicans''''. TedTycoon was not that good at that time but had fun anyway.

=Later On=

TedTycoon had reached the rank of [[Spy]] when EA stopped hosting the matchmaker. During the last days of the official matchmaker people were interested in playing new levels, so TedTycoon wrote his first utility which made it possible to play the single player levels in multiplayer.

Since this time TedTycoon has always called himself TedTycoon (as TedTycoon was also a fan of Transport and Rollercoaster Tycoon). Using an online fan launcher TedTycoon always kept [[Spy]] as his rank which was how it came to be his favourite follower. After that TedTycoon made a fan site to host the [[Level Changer]] download and various tips.

=The Unofficial Crew=

On the 8th of January 2004, EA shut down the [[matchmaker]]. TedTycoon then carried on playing on the unofficial [[matchmaker]] hosted by [[Populous Reincarnated]]. Having discovered how to edit map files using a hex editor, TedTycoon then started work on his second utility, the [[Spell Editor]], which modifies [[Header Format|header files]]. This allows you to edit the spells, buildings, landscape, fog and god mode available to a level.

TedTycoon have been adding utilities and making improvements to them ever since. Alacn (programmer of the [[matchmaker]]) was always a great help if TedTycoon wanted to know where to find something in the [[Populous]] files. After joining [[Populous Reincarnated]] as a secondary admin, TedTycoon was asked to write something to change the [[Populous]] colours, and wrote the [[Palette Editor]].

Later on, TedTycoon realised it was hard to make your own [[Populous]] [[multiplayer]] levels fair, and copying objects in levels was frustrating. TedTycoon wanted a program which would quickly copy land and objects, changing the colours of the tribes as it did so. As soon as his [[Symmetry Tool]] was released, it became very popular, and thousands of players have downloaded it to make their own maps. TedTycoon then made a mappack with [[User:Khickman|Khickman]], which was called Red Worlds. TedTycoon also made another mappack called Symmetry worlds where each world was a mirrored version of existing levels using his new utility.

When Warg started up a group called [[Wildman Productions]], TedTycoon agreed to help them and become one of their staff. Because [[Wildman Productions]] and [[Populous Reincarnated]] creators were enemies, TedTycoon got kicked off the [[Populous Reincarnated]] Staff, so TedTycoon continued helping [[Wildman Productions]] make a level tester and then continued working for no one again. TedTycoon has updated the [[Symmetry Tool]] several times to add new features, and it still downloaded by someone virtually every day. 

TedTycoon programed a 2D user friendly [[2D Map Editor|map editor]] with [[User:Khickman|Khickman]]. Unfortunately the project was discontinued.

Recently TedTycoon programmed a brand new mdi enviroment script editor which is compatible in multiple scripting languages. It has a clever intelliSense feature and converting features. Help from Nexus was involved in the making of it. The editor was released and can be downloaded via his site.

[http://www.tedtycoon.co.uk/populous/ Ted's Populous Site] was then made into one page featuring only his downloads.

=The Present=

During the winter TedTycoon has been programming a new [[Random Map Generator|random map generator]] which can generate maps via a click of a button and a custom script. The project is being converted to a windows dll for anyone to use in their programs including the matchmaker.
A beta version can be found [http://www.tedtycoon.co.uk/mg.zip here].

=Contributions=
TedTycoon has made several contributions to the Populous community; here are the high points: 

*'''Map-Packs'''
**[[Red Worlds]]
**[[Symmetry Worlds]]
*'''Programs'''
**[[Level Changer|Populous Level Changer]]
**[[Spell Editor|Populous Spell Editor]]
**[[Palette Editor|Populous Palette Editor]]
**[[Symmetry Tool|Populous Symmetry Tool]]
**[[Map Editor|Populous 2D Map Editor]]
**[[Script Editor|Populous Script Editor]]
**[[Random Map Generator|Populous Random Map Generator]]

=Website=

For more information about TedTycoon's work, see his website, [http://www.tedtycoon.co.uk/populous/ Ted's Populous Site]