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Warhammer average age?
Kiwok
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I wonder if the average age of players in WAR will be higher then other not mentioned names with a community concisting of 13-16 year olds who doesn't have anything to do?
As the tapletop game has a rather old fan community it would prehaps be correct to excpect many of them to join WAR?
As the tapletop game has a rather old fan community it would prehaps be correct to excpect many of them to join WAR?
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But it will prolly also pull in PVPers looking for an MMO with meaningful PVP. That in turn will pull the average age downwards. So maybe it'll balance out? Though I think PVPers > tabletop gamers
Just my 2 cents of speculation.
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To be honest I dount we will see a superB community in this game. Some hate it that 2 sides cannot communicate but I think it would be a good idea for this game tbh.
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Not to derail the OP, but you do realize that in the "other not mentioned games," the average player age is in the mid-twenties, right? Sorry, but despite popular slander, the number of "kiddies" and teens is grossly exagerated.
As for WAR, I'd imagine that the playerbase will be the usual mix, with the average in the mid- to late-twenties.
Seriously.
It's Are'el. This forum doesn't allow apostrophes in usernames.
Im not saying there won't be any other people going to play WAR the ex-DAOCers WoWers or tabletopers, just a hunch how i'ts going to be.
I think its just exagerated, some 1 comments they meet an arrogent 18 year old, then a hater repeats that but lowers the age to 16 then its repeated again and its down to 14.. and so on. 8 million players there will be more kids but thats becuase in WoW you meet more pl than any other MMO.
No 1 knows the age groups of any MMO so I dont know why people guess and exagerated non facts. You remember the 1 idiot but forget 10 guys that helped.
As I quoted above the tabletop game of WAR is played by 12 year olds and up, does that mean WAR will be floaded by kids? im my experince kids prefer PvP games, so I can see % wose WAR have more kids than WoW. But I base that on nothing just as ppl base WoW's age community on nothing.
It depends, if you play Horde you have less chance on meeting 12y 'olds' in my guild you had to talk interview on TS/Vent to be let into the guild (Sure audio can be adjusted but you'd have to be really smart) On the Alliance side the average age was ALOT lower then on Horde side (on my server). And i know so since lots of older players rerolled horde and 8 of them are in my current guild. But that aside...
I really hope the more 'social' people will join WAR for a more mature game, i'm not saying that people that are 18-20 years old act more mature some can be just as annoying as 12 year olds. Let's hope the game will be 18+ for start and strictly obeyed by sellers.
Or an ingame option to choose a certain 'age range' when selecting a server to play on.
Just my 2ct's...
It's very immature in my point of view to judge someone on their age. The real 'kids' are the ones who behave immature, are rude etc. From my experiences it was alot better to have a few kids, who have some manners than some adults who complain alot. I've experienced myself a 32-year old offending others if he died or something else happened. While 12-year old did not mind and went on playing and said sorry if he made a mistake. I rather have the 12-year old than the 20-year older guy. Of course I can understand age-restrictions, and I agree it's an expectation immaturity is more common amongst people who are younger. But to bookmark all of them is just lowering yourself to level that can be considered 'kiddie'.
Just my 2ct. For your interest, I'm 16 myself.
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To defend WOW(ohhh this pains me).. Every guild i belonged to(which was 4) over my 2 years of game play I only encountered one person under the age of eighteen. Now i know there was surely scores of younger people, but the average age of my guildies was 25 and older and i was in hardcore pvp guilds. The conjecture that WoW is a kiddies game(other than its game mechanics) is grossly exagerated.
The idea that PvP'rs the average pvp'r is a kid is grossly exagerated as well. In my 11 years of online gaming, most of the pvp'rs I have coome across ranged from low 20's to mid 30's(i'm not saying mentally they weren't 16 though
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Also, I played DAOC from release to about a 2 year mark, on an RP server no less and there were just as many kids playing that as I saw playing WOW.
I still think that most of the people folsk want to call kiddies are just really immature adults, i also think that most kids and teens stick with consoles rather than PC games.
I expect the same diversity I've experienced in all other MMOs though, including WoW; which is the ability to find older people if I want to play with them, or younger people if I don't mind playing with them.
I don't think 'average age' is different from one MMO to the next with Teen ratings, maybe only in Age of Conan will you see the average age be certainly in the over 18 range. But I doubt average age has anything to do with the content or subject matter of the game beyond what effects who can actually buy it off a shelf.
As the industry grows, from the UO days up to a WoW dominated world, more than likely more younger people have gotten into MMOs and will continue to get into MMOs than older folks, who are naturally the ones likely to get out of MMOs as time passes.
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Back in my old WoW guild, we had about 3 younger players. We were a casual guild with no restrictions on age, only maturity. Most members were over 25, several married couples. But a few kids were there, too. They were actually fun to play with. They obeyed the charter rules, didn't have outbursts of whining, and none were noobish. You cannot really judge people by their age.
Now, if you want to see some real immature communities, go try some of the Free To Play games from Korea. Flyff, Rappelz, Dofus, etc. Being free, they attract the worst of the worst. Which is a shame, since the games aren't alll that terrible. Not great games, but still decent enough for the price. But after spending time with those communities, you'll never complain about "WoW kiddies" again.
Seriously.
It's Are'el. This forum doesn't allow apostrophes in usernames.
I would guess that WAR will have an older fanbase than most MMOs. I think most of the younger people would stay with WoW, on the assumption that they are very much the same. The ones who do switch games will probably go to the M-rated Age of Conan, likely in hopes of seeing some boobies
Just my thoughts on this
Warhammer table top was its most popular in the late 80's and early 90's. If you where in Jr high in the late 80's your early 30's now
Dark age of camelot was a very hard game to play and alot of younger players wouldnt like a tough to play game i would think
Dark age of camelot was FIVE YEARS AGO.... so with that said. Lets take the age where you have nothing but time to play video games... late teen years! If you started playing daoc when you where 19 way back in 2001 you are now the ripe old age of 27.
I myself am almost 30 and I painted warhammer minis and also played DaoC. I see this game appealing to my generation.. which would be the smarter thing to do since we are the people with all the money
I must agree with everything you said. Age is not a defining factor when it comes to being mature. The fact is when talking about for example) World of Warcraft the community is so big the percentage of immature people might remain the same when compared to other games but appear larger. Not to mention the fact that those who are the least mature are often the most vocal.
More often than not if you treat people maturely they will treat you with respect and for those who arent sociable for whatever reason they should be steered clear of. To be honest I dont think any one game offers a bigger demographic of specific age and I see WAR having a pretty standard community (when talking about age) and in the end it doesnt really matter how old people are, but how they act.
Hopefully the way the game is designed will bring people together as they fight together for their race (although it could turn out horribly wrong if people start trying to point fingers for losing).
When I said i had "time", i meant virtual time, i got no RL "time" for you.