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Any other older players here?
ttomm46
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Hi
Sometimes I feel guilty loving to play and being 62 years old...I'm still 25 in my mind..Or whats left of it..I know last time i accidentley mentioned my age i was told i should be in a nursing home instead of playing.
Just curious.
thanks in advance
Tom
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I never say my age, younglings can be pretty nasty about it
I'm 26 forever now lol
Yes I'm in my 50's and get the same response sometimes
I started gaming long before some of them were even born lol
Argue not with Dragons, for tho art crunchy and go well with brie
Just wondering tom, what game or games do you play? Do any of your friends play as well? I think it's great that you stay active in a genre such as this.
Right now I'm doing Guild Wars..everytime I've tried WOW the community really gets old fast....Thinking of maybe trying UO again
im 20...il most probably be gameing at your age aswell
iv played with people in there 50s and 40s in allot of mmo and tf2
....i dont really think age matters..i kinda like haveing a big range of ages in my guild and tf2 clan..and genders....
March on! - Lets Invade Pekopon
Sarge,,that is a really cool Avatar!
LOL thankyou
March on! - Lets Invade Pekopon
I think its cool that older people play video games. Im pretty sure I'll still be playing games when Im your age. IM 26 right now Ive been playing video games since I can remember. When I used to play DnD there were a couple of older players maybe in there 50's and they played since the game first started and they knew so much about the game it was unreal.
Im playing War right now with some friends, and that comunitty is nice for the most part. Scenarios is where you will find people that like to fight and stuff. But I was in an awesome warband the other night the people were really nice and we had a lot of fun.
I guess some people just don't respect their elders anymore. If they have the same interests as it shouldn't make a difference how old somone is.
First MMORPG game I played was a game call "The Realm" , then moved on to Asheron's Call
which I'm still playing along with Wow as my sister & family play and it's a great way to
stay in touch.
I play for relaxing after a hard day at work
Argue not with Dragons, for tho art crunchy and go well with brie
It's funny I started playing online games in my teens and now I am 30+. I suspect I'll still be playing into my twilight years.
I played the Realm too...then Asheron's call..
I'll turn 37 in the spring and still going. Age doesn't matter, character does.
MUDs, The Sierra Network, The Realm (even beta tested it!), UO, I've played them all, too. Instead of feeling guilty or embarrassed, shouldn't you be feeling like the veteran gamer that you are? Kids who say stupid things like they said to you are the ones who shouldn't be playing games - they should be in school or learning respect from their neglectful parents. I'm glad there are people gaming who have earned something in life other than detention slips. Having said that, I've met tons of teens and even younger playing games who are just great. Smart, mature and lots of fun. There seem to be just as many bad apples over 20/30/whatever as under. I can sometimes fogive age but what excuse do the rest of them have?
I beta tested the first game to start it all. (Meridian59) Was addicted at the start. Sat in front of my computer and kept pushing the "log on command" the day EQ was released. Even though I am 55 I feel like I was just walking in the hallways of High School a few years ago. Started playing games when Comodore64 was relased. (Or how ever you spell it) Age has nothing to do with nothing. Game till you bleed, rock down the house.!!! I also played in a rock band for years. I think if Mick Jagger can still perform I guess peeps can play games huh? Never mention your age online. (Not to be deceitful) but just because it ruins the atmosphere. For instance (It can go both ways) If I am enjoying playing and talking to another toon, and find out he or she is 13, I suddenly feel different about grouping and hanging with the very same toon I was fine with before the age came out. No matter what your years are, My wish would be that people would act and behave in a pleasent polite manner.
King of the world
Not sure what the cut-off age for 'older gamer' is, but I am probably there considering many teenagers think 30 is retirement age. I'm in my late 30s and I've been playing computer games since I wrote my first Pac-Man clone in BASIC on the Atari 400 with cassette tape drive.
There are a number of "older gamer" guilds out there by the way.
Speaking of the gaming days of yesteryear isn't it surprising that game designers are still making the same mistakes? Perhaps because of the technological push of most modern game design they seem to refuse to acknowledge the past.
I like this series of articles on the topic:
No Twinkie Database
Take it easy and good gaming to ya old timer
Older gamers are always welcome in my groups, they're normally more mature and strategy isn't as foreign to them. The tricky part is getting them to stay awake and out of the bathroom.
I don't mind nice kids, but ones that go around yelling Noob all the time get old fast
I'll get killed if they see this, but for one of my sins, I let a small group of silver gamers use my vent server.
They're all 65+ with the eldest at 82, and they have me in stitches with the way they've been bickering continually amongst themselves for the last 3 years. It would seem that EQ2 is very serious business.
On a slow day, I'll hop in channel with them and laugh from my belly at their honest usage of words such as pwn, noob, and zomg. It really is quite surreal.
I'll be 33 next week and I only wish that I could get as involved in a game as these guys still manage to do.
Now 82..that is cool
I am 38 and really dont care what the kids think, im here to have fun.
I wish it wasnt so hard to figure out though.
(Raises hand)
Hit 40 this year, been playing computer games since the early '90s and MMOs sionce about 99 (I think - when EQ was shiny and new anyway!)
Been lucky enought to meet other 'mature' gamers in pretty much very MMO I've played
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Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what size my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.
Though I'm in my early 20's I've always preffered to play with people that are a lot older then I. They just don't seem to take things so seriously and are not quick to lose their temper and start shouting obsnities. They also seem to have a vocabulary that doesn't include Noob, or pwn or lol.... Most if not all of them I've ment also have great senses of humor as well.
If the next game I pick up is made up of these kind of people I've mentioned I wouldn't mind one bit. Until now I've had nothign but pleasant experiences.
No required quests! And if I decide I want to be an assassin-cartographer-dancer-pastry chef who lives only to stalk and kill interior decorators, then that's who I want to be, even if it takes me four years to max all the skills and everyone else thinks I'm freaking nuts. -Madimorga-
I am 36 and most of my friends who play are 35-40 years old. We all started 25 years ago playing board games, D&D and then the really basic stuff on the commodore 64. Its amazing to see how far the industry has come and for me its an integral part of my social life now so I cant see myself finishing any time soon.
LOL thankyou
Yar, his name in Japanese is "Keroro gunso" - a popular Sunday morning/afternoon Japanese animation.
Same meaning in English, Sgt. Frog.
Back to topic. I am oldish at 35. Started gaming with the old paper&dice rpg games back in the good ol' days. I love mmorpgs, but nothing yet has been able to surpass the "magic" and yes, maturity, of old paper&dice rpgs. Started with D&D and then Call of Cthulhu, Paranoia, Twilight 2000, Bushido, Traveller, GURPS, etc and so on.
You're never too old to game. All that counts online is your psychological maturity, social skills and decency.
Me and a friend foolishly joined a largish WAR guild on random invite recently. The Guild Leader was a child who kept going on about porn (sigh) and we told him stay focused on the game and keep his adolescent obsessions to himself. He kicked us immediately, which caused 3 other guildies to resign on the spot.
The problem is not old people, but unsupervised and petulant younglings.
Regards
Melmoth