I was 54 when I first played EQ 1 in 1999. I am still going at 69.
I got my first home computer in 1978 and I paid $500 for a Hayes modem and $1500 for a 4K memory chip. I also had a Mattel intellivision.
Computers have gotten better and cheaper. However the quality of the MMOs have gone to crap.
Cool, nice to see someone actually older than me. Nothing personal. I'm 56 and just subtracted 14 years when I started playing EQ. I was 43... Holy Shit, I'm old.
We're about the same age, and started at the same time.
As EQ1 wouldn't run on my computer at the time, I ended up playing Lineage 1 as my first MMORPG.
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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I was 25 when I finally decided to buy EverQuest in 2000. The Kunark expansion was out and bundled with the game. I had seen it the year before, original EverQuest, but at the time I wasn't interested in trying it. I wish that I had, but I guess I still started fairly early when put into perspective.
Little did I know that impulse buy would be so life-changing. They used to call it EverCrack for a reason.
Yes I am aware that I'm old.
Please Note: I'm done arguing with unreasonable people with an agenda and/or those that fail to see logic.
Argue if you must, discount my post with anti-logic and/or Hyperbole. I won't be responding any longer.
I was 54 when I first played EQ 1 in 1999. I am still going at 69.
I got my first home computer in 1978 and I paid $500 for a Hayes modem and $1500 for a 4K memory chip. I also had a Mattel intellivision.
Computers have gotten better and cheaper. However the quality of the MMOs have gone to crap.
You're the first person I've come across that owned an Intellivision. I had one when I was around 5-6 years old. Was my first experience with a 'console'. But playing games on the TV seemed normal because we had our own home computer around the same time. Good ol' Vic/Commodore. We didn't get a modem until around '85. 300 baud ftw.
We were out of the computer world for a few years after that. We had an XT for a short while, then a 286 with a 20 megabyte HD. Yes, for those of you at home, that's megabyte, not gigabyte. The first computer that was mine was a 386 / 12 mhz. I ran a 2 line BBS with it using Renegade (after initially using Telegard) - Complete with DOOR games like Legend of the Red Dragon and TradeWars 2000. Eventually we were able to connect our BBS systems to the internet for chatting with people all over.. I forget what the protocol was called then.
Then the internet / WWW itself. Aaaand here we are.
Mo' people, bigger mess. But at least it's only going to get worse from here!
Please Note: I'm done arguing with unreasonable people with an agenda and/or those that fail to see logic.
Argue if you must, discount my post with anti-logic and/or Hyperbole. I won't be responding any longer.
Originally posted by Phry A long time ago, when Aol seemed like a good idea, i used to play Legends of Kesmai... i don't want to think about how long ago that was
I used to play the beta of LOK by Kesmai. Was my first on-line game before UO.
Also the first reason to hate EA, who bought LOK in 1999 and of course, closed it down in 2000.
Yes, they started the raiding and closing of companies WAY, WAY, back then. And are still doing it to this day.. just amazing/.
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i wus over 30 my 1st wus enb i think thn i played vanilla wow n betad eve(th tutorial ended after yud learnt ow to mine back then ) n fun wang online which i played as well
I was 19 years living in Korea fresh out of US Army bootcamp and AIT. My roomate introduced me to World of Warcraft and also taught me how to build a gaming computer in 2005.
I am 28 now and still playing many MMOs as my mainstay of video games, I love them and can't wait to see how they evolve as I grow older
I think my first MMO was either Runescape, Knight Online, or Conquer Online but it has been a while now (like 11 years) that I don't remember. I was in 7th grade when I played my first mmo which would have made me 12 at the time.
Inclusively, it would be 18 and Island of Kesmai. However, none of those early commercial MUDs were very 'massive' in either simultaneous players or game area by today's standards. Though, It could be argued that they were extremely massive in both aspects given the networking and computing power for the time.
After that I got a job in the online game industry and have stayed in or nearby that capacity for the last three decades and I've at least looked at nearly every MMORPG in that time (especially back when they came out pretty slowly and it was easy to play every one) and the fact that the 'first MMORPG' is still disputed by many gamers, pick the game you consider the first true MMORPG, take the number of years between when IoK was released and when that game was released and add them to 18 and you have my age at the first true MMORPG.
'Sandbox MMO' is a PTSD trigger word for anyone who has the experience to know that anonymous players invariably use a 'sandbox' in the same manner a housecat does.
When your head is stuck in the sand, your ass becomes the only recognizable part of you.
No game is more fun than the one you can't play, and no game is more boring than one which you've become familiar.
How to become a millionaire: Start with a billion dollars and make an MMO.
Was bout 38 when I first played AC2. Then played EQ. I'm 54 now and still playing. Although I must say the games have not gotten better over the years, They have actually de-volved to crap money grab greedy game design. There are no worlds anymore, no actual challenge and weak game elements. So sad as games today could be so much more.
Lotro was my first MMO. I started playing when I was 31. I loved that game (not the single player bore fest it is now). I don't think I will ever like a game as much as I liked that game for the first 3 years.
Old enough and experienced enough to know this poll will end up with bogus numbers. Most here will want you to think they are veteran gamers that have been around since UO. Thus the poll shows the majority are over 30 or so.
BS.....
Try telling the truth and most here would be in the 20-25 year old range. Cant have that though. Then your opinions wouldn't matter as much right?
Truthfully....most here started with WoW but can't say so.
It was 10-11 years ago in junior high (I'm 24 now). My first mmo was Nexus and the Kingdom of the Wind. I played Ragnarok a year or so later for a good 4 years. Hopped to WoW til' Litch King and hop around countless mmos since then.
Old enough and experienced enough to know this poll will end up with bogus numbers. Most here will want you to think they are veteran gamers that have been around since UO. Thus the poll shows the majority are over 30 or so.
I'm sure most posters here are veterans who are 30+. You don't get that many threads complaining about how MMO's have degenerated over time by having predominantly new players.
My first MMO was City of Heroes in 2005. Or at least it's the first MMO I paid any real attention to. And I was 30+ even then.
Actually this poll is pretty close to the demographics the MMORPG companies pull themselves. The majority of MMORPG players aren't kids or even young adults. They are 30 somethings.
'Sandbox MMO' is a PTSD trigger word for anyone who has the experience to know that anonymous players invariably use a 'sandbox' in the same manner a housecat does.
When your head is stuck in the sand, your ass becomes the only recognizable part of you.
No game is more fun than the one you can't play, and no game is more boring than one which you've become familiar.
How to become a millionaire: Start with a billion dollars and make an MMO.
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I was 35 when I started to play Lineage II as my 1st MMO.
We're about the same age, and started at the same time.
As EQ1 wouldn't run on my computer at the time, I ended up playing Lineage 1 as my first MMORPG.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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NWN also and was in college so early 20's maybe? Paying by the hour was even less appealing for a college student.
I was 25 when I finally decided to buy EverQuest in 2000. The Kunark expansion was out and bundled with the game. I had seen it the year before, original EverQuest, but at the time I wasn't interested in trying it. I wish that I had, but I guess I still started fairly early when put into perspective.
Little did I know that impulse buy would be so life-changing. They used to call it EverCrack for a reason.
Yes I am aware that I'm old.
Please Note: I'm done arguing with unreasonable people with an agenda and/or those that fail to see logic.
Argue if you must, discount my post with anti-logic and/or Hyperbole. I won't be responding any longer.
You're the first person I've come across that owned an Intellivision. I had one when I was around 5-6 years old. Was my first experience with a 'console'. But playing games on the TV seemed normal because we had our own home computer around the same time. Good ol' Vic/Commodore. We didn't get a modem until around '85. 300 baud ftw.
We were out of the computer world for a few years after that. We had an XT for a short while, then a 286 with a 20 megabyte HD. Yes, for those of you at home, that's megabyte, not gigabyte. The first computer that was mine was a 386 / 12 mhz. I ran a 2 line BBS with it using Renegade (after initially using Telegard) - Complete with DOOR games like Legend of the Red Dragon and TradeWars 2000. Eventually we were able to connect our BBS systems to the internet for chatting with people all over.. I forget what the protocol was called then.
Then the internet / WWW itself. Aaaand here we are.
Mo' people, bigger mess. But at least it's only going to get worse from here!
Please Note: I'm done arguing with unreasonable people with an agenda and/or those that fail to see logic.
Argue if you must, discount my post with anti-logic and/or Hyperbole. I won't be responding any longer.
I used to play the beta of LOK by Kesmai. Was my first on-line game before UO.
Also the first reason to hate EA, who bought LOK in 1999 and of course, closed it down in 2000.
Yes, they started the raiding and closing of companies WAY, WAY, back then. And are still doing it to this day.. just amazing/.
1998 UO - 22 years. Some MUDs or Neverwinter a few years younger, somehow never played Meridian... but the first MMORPG with 22.
I was 19 years living in Korea fresh out of US Army bootcamp and AIT. My roomate introduced me to World of Warcraft and also taught me how to build a gaming computer in 2005.
I am 28 now and still playing many MMOs as my mainstay of video games, I love them and can't wait to see how they evolve as I grow older
I think my first MMO was either Runescape, Knight Online, or Conquer Online but it has been a while now (like 11 years) that I don't remember. I was in 7th grade when I played my first mmo which would have made me 12 at the time.
Inclusively, it would be 18 and Island of Kesmai. However, none of those early commercial MUDs were very 'massive' in either simultaneous players or game area by today's standards. Though, It could be argued that they were extremely massive in both aspects given the networking and computing power for the time.
After that I got a job in the online game industry and have stayed in or nearby that capacity for the last three decades and I've at least looked at nearly every MMORPG in that time (especially back when they came out pretty slowly and it was easy to play every one) and the fact that the 'first MMORPG' is still disputed by many gamers, pick the game you consider the first true MMORPG, take the number of years between when IoK was released and when that game was released and add them to 18 and you have my age at the first true MMORPG.
'Sandbox MMO' is a PTSD trigger word for anyone who has the experience to know that anonymous players invariably use a 'sandbox' in the same manner a housecat does.
When your head is stuck in the sand, your ass becomes the only recognizable part of you.
No game is more fun than the one you can't play, and no game is more boring than one which you've become familiar.
How to become a millionaire:
Start with a billion dollars and make an MMO.
Old enough and experienced enough to know this poll will end up with bogus numbers. Most here will want you to think they are veteran gamers that have been around since UO. Thus the poll shows the majority are over 30 or so.
BS.....
Try telling the truth and most here would be in the 20-25 year old range. Cant have that though. Then your opinions wouldn't matter as much right?
Truthfully....most here started with WoW but can't say so.
I'm sure most posters here are veterans who are 30+. You don't get that many threads complaining about how MMO's have degenerated over time by having predominantly new players.
My first MMO was City of Heroes in 2005. Or at least it's the first MMO I paid any real attention to. And I was 30+ even then.
'Sandbox MMO' is a PTSD trigger word for anyone who has the experience to know that anonymous players invariably use a 'sandbox' in the same manner a housecat does.
When your head is stuck in the sand, your ass becomes the only recognizable part of you.
No game is more fun than the one you can't play, and no game is more boring than one which you've become familiar.
How to become a millionaire:
Start with a billion dollars and make an MMO.
Ultima Online at 25, then moved on to EQ about 6 months after it came out
Ultima online Everquest than Dark Age of Camelot. I was 24.