What's age got to do with it?

Max_Torps

Ok...well here's a fun poll. Hopefully it won't go down the pan!



So with the number of people saying they're bored with MMORPG's out now, could we take a poll on ages of those concerned?



The reason I ask is that people claim WoW players are all in their teens and those that play EQ1 are nearing free bus pass age. It would be quite interesting but probably not 100% accurate to find out what is going on here.



So, please answer as truthfully as you can. This isn't a put down or a high five to any age group. Just a poll.

Max_Torps

Interesting result so far....

bonobotheory

Goddamn WoW players!  Get the hell off my lawn!

Unknown

14/ female/ Taipei, Taiwan (have webcam)

Dreneth

Originally posted by Max_Torps

...those that play EQ1 are nearing free bus pass age...

LMFAO - that's just great 

Gameloading

You should have added the option "Not bored - want to check poll results".



I'd like to know the results, but I'm not bored with todays MMORPG's, so I can't vote either.

Max_Torps

Maybe you're right....



Ah well. Still an interesting show of results.

jayheld90

Originally posted by nethaniah

14/ female/ Taipei, Taiwan (have webcam)

riiiiight, thats why your profile says male...from PA...lol

MotherMetal

<------ nearing "free bus pass" age ! 

 

43

lol

 

MM

DuraheLL

Originally posted by Gameloading

You should have added the option "Not bored - want to check poll results".



I'd like to know the results, but I'm not bored with todays MMORPG's, so I can't vote either.

eh no this is only for those who ARE bored

Angelbound

lol that caught me off gaurd nice one.

Yaisha

23 here, looks like I'm part of the majority so far 

whitedelight

Get rid of under 10, and over 60 because people picked those just to be idiots.

b0rderline99

well the results are a perfect curve almost, seems fitting

and just to put this out there, the average WoW player is 33 last i checked (a month or so ago)

and 1 out of every 30 men between the ages of 18 and 35 (cant remember the exact numbers sorry) plays WoW (i forget where i heard this so if anyone could find that to satisfy all the people who will inevitably say something like "if you cant cite it it must not be true you fanboi", that would be great)

DemonZealot

Originally posted by b0rderline99


well the results are a perfect curve almost, seems fitting
and just to put this out there, the average WoW player is 33 last i checked (a month or so ago)
and 1 out of every 30 men between the ages of 18 and 35 (cant remember the exact numbers sorry) plays WoW (i forget where i heard this so if anyone could find that to satisfy all the people who will inevitably say something like "if you cant cite it it must not be true you fanboi", that would be great)

Translation:

"I saw this guy on the internet who made up statistics about WoW players ages using random numbers and I beleive him."

b0rderline99

Originally posted by DemonZealot

Originally posted by b0rderline99


well the results are a perfect curve almost, seems fitting
and just to put this out there, the average WoW player is 33 last i checked (a month or so ago)
and 1 out of every 30 men between the ages of 18 and 35 (cant remember the exact numbers sorry) plays WoW (i forget where i heard this so if anyone could find that to satisfy all the people who will inevitably say something like "if you cant cite it it must not be true you fanboi", that would be great)

Translation:

"I saw this guy on the internet who made up statistics about WoW players ages using random numbers and I beleive him."

thank you for giving such a perfect example of who i was refering to

Huntn

To have an accurate poll, at least to be able to draw conclusions from it , you'd need to know how many players of each age group participate at MMORPG.com and how many are not bored with current MMOs.

bobdog

Originally posted by whitedelight

Get rid of under 10, and over 60 because people picked those just to be idiots.

Well, I knew of a 60/70ish guy who loved raiding in WoW.  I say loved because he died during a raid.  Heart attack or something.

healz4u

I think in my age group (21-30), particularly those from EQ 1, we are looking for something that is:





HUGE and AUTHENTIC WORLD



IMMERSIVE



ACCESSIBLE

-casual friendly (meaningful and fun solo content)



SOPHISTICATED

-too many level 70 teenagers in WoW telling many of us to "GO AWAY!" when we ask a question.

-too many people in Vanguard telling us to "GO BACK TO WOW!" (many of us never came from WoW).





OPTIONS

-PvP

-solo 80%, group 15%, and raid 5% content - but all optional with NO zerging (like more than 2 or 3 groups)





VARIETY

-races, content



QUESTS AND TASKS

-task is 10 boar hides, running errands (make grinding EASIER/FUN)

-quests generally take time, more or less not for exp but for an item (think REWARD with SOME exp)



EVENTS

-more sever-wide raids (PvP and PvE or combination thereof) in which ALL receive rewards

-edit:  obviously, zerging is OK even desirable for these events if ALL receive rewards.



FREEDOM

We resent forced-gaming such as grouping, questing, guilding (zerg-raiding).  Forced-crafting might be one as well.



VENT/TEAMSPEAK

Many of us do not want to log in to have to listen to people chat; we want to listen to the game's great music, voices, stunning combat effects and sounds.  We are also listening to TV, music, audio books, etc.



**The above is not comprehensive but just highlights I can think of for now, feel free to flame, dispute, add-to, etc.**





I just quit EQ today, second time in 8 years, because they totally ruined progression server with zerg-raiding and now fabled (that requires at least one group to organize and coordinate). 





I truly want a fun MMORPG to play.  I cannot find one. 

DemonZealot

Originally posted by b0rderline99

Originally posted by DemonZealot

Originally posted by b0rderline99


well the results are a perfect curve almost, seems fitting
and just to put this out there, the average WoW player is 33 last i checked (a month or so ago)
and 1 out of every 30 men between the ages of 18 and 35 (cant remember the exact numbers sorry) plays WoW (i forget where i heard this so if anyone could find that to satisfy all the people who will inevitably say something like "if you cant cite it it must not be true you fanboi", that would be great)

Translation:

"I saw this guy on the internet who made up statistics about WoW players ages using random numbers and I beleive him."

thank you for giving such a perfect example of who i was refering to

Then don't make sh*t up and you won't have that problem 

 

Not even Blizzard has that kind of detailed information about their players. They just have a name, and a credit card number. And if you're going to tell me that Blizzard is going to take the time to research 8 million peoples identities (since i'm sure there's hundreds of thousands of kids who aren't old enough to own a credit card and use their parents to pay for WoW) then you might as well stop now.

So when you tell me that you found that information from a source not only NOT from Blizzard, that it was from a source that you can't remember it's hilarious. Either that or there's some guy in his basement who hacked Vivendi's databases and is now capable of being charged with 8 million counts of identity theft.

Eichenkatze

Originally posted by whitedelight

Get rid of under 10, and over 60 because people picked those just to be idiots.

Actually i've found a 6 year old playing SWG way back when in late 2004. and on the same game around the same time i was grinding down on doctor with a 64 year old woman. She was one of the few who liked games at her age. Said her grandson had turned her onto it and since she was retired and had explored Europe as she had wanted... gaming sounded like fun.



the 6 year old? Totally obnoxious if you were wondering.

D4rv3n

13/Canada/Mississauga

TSOTNWGEOL

15/M/Philippines/

I guess For Our Age Range, Maybe we are the ones who try the "leftovers" of the ones older than our age.

Based on my experience, This group seemed to be the group that tries everything.

Somewhat I think of this.

jayheld90

Originally posted by TSOTNWGEOL


15/M/Philippines/
I guess For Our Age Range, Maybe we are the ones who try the "leftovers" of the ones older than our age.
Based on my experience, This group seemed to be the group that tries everything.
Somewhat I think of this.

Currently Playing: Luxor, Cool Pool 2, Chicken Invaders 2, And Hang-A-Roo 2.

Looking Forward For: The Sword Of The New World: Granado Espada OnLine.

Coming Soon: I'll Play Games If My RAM Is Not AnyMore 246MB.





Off-topic...you are going to need a lot more than extra RAM if you are going to play some of the newer games (like STNW)....like an actual graphics card. sorry, onboard video isnt going to do it. some games require pixel shader 2.0.

damian7

Originally posted by nethaniah

14/ female/ Taipei, Taiwan (have webcam)

please tell me that's a joke.

damian7

Originally posted by b0rderline99


well the results are a perfect curve almost, seems fitting
and just to put this out there, the average WoW player is 33 last i checked (a month or so ago)
and 1 out of every 30 men between the ages of 18 and 35 (cant remember the exact numbers sorry) plays WoW (i forget where i heard this so if anyone could find that to satisfy all the people who will inevitably say something like "if you cant cite it it must not be true you fanboi", that would be great)

let's see, what is it now? 5.5 - 6 million+ of the wow subs are asian.  i'm pretty sure that 1 out of 30 asian men DON'T play wow.

the other 1.5 million or so are combined americas + europe.  again, i'm thinking there's a tad more than 45 million men between ages of 18-35 in this combined area.

now, if we're talking "gamers".  definitely not 1 out of 30 on the asian side.  for the americas/europe -  if you were talking stats for a popular fps, i'd be tempted to agree that 1 out of 30 were playing said fps, but not wow.

 

so are we talking raw population, or straight up gamers?  you COULD say that 1 out of 30 wow players is a male aged 18-35 and i'd probably believe that.  well, if you made that age range 25-40, i'd believe it.

 

but um, i didn't think the poll was "who all plays wow"... was it?