View Full Version : What's your age?
Rhyfelwyr
06-12-2007, 18:47
Just noticed a similar thread in the MTW forums here at the Guild. Many people there were surprisingly old, so I wondered if there would be any average age difference between players of M2TW and MTW. I would guess older peolpe stick to the gameplay-over-graphics style of MTW, compared to the newer, flashier M2TW. I myself fall into the 15-19 bracket.
20-24 for me. I'd be interested in the results, too.
I'm the 45-49 vote. Does it count that I still have MTW XL on my computer and play it from time to time? =)
I'm 52, I think the last time this sort of poll was done the average age was around 35.
BTW: a poll on World of Warcraft came up with a surprising average age of 25/26.
37, although i havent played in a month or so.
Matt_Lane
06-12-2007, 19:58
I'm 34 and my son who plays a bit is 6 (I keep telling myself his learning about Medieval history as his troops hack each other apart)
Alexanderofmacedon
06-12-2007, 20:02
We have some 45-54. Glad the elders are playing too! I've known they have been, but it's still cool to see. :2thumbsup:
Sir Robin the Brave
06-12-2007, 20:17
15 -19
...young-blood :P
PapaNasty
06-12-2007, 20:48
haha, i'm in the 25-29 bracket (i'm 26)
Its always interesting to see the spread of ages of the games we play.
Ramses II CP
06-12-2007, 23:09
30-34 category (30)
unknown_user
06-13-2007, 00:08
23 here. Guess I'm young, eh?
I'm 52, I think the last time this sort of poll was done the average age was around 35.
BTW: a poll on World of Warcraft came up with a surprising average age of 25/26.
You know, the predominant age bracket of video game buyers in the US is 25-30.
I'm surprised by how seldom that's reflected in online polls.
A recent Guild Wars poll just like this one showed the most common age to be solidly in the 14-21 bracket.
Oh, and I'm 38.
Monsieur Alphonse
06-13-2007, 06:06
42 but with the mind of an 18 year old:laugh4:
Kobal2fr
06-13-2007, 11:33
25 here, but with the body of a 90-year-young :clown: (I blame the two body-years per mind-turn thing.)
Heinrich VI
06-13-2007, 11:46
28 since 1099 ad ;)
Incongruous
06-13-2007, 12:07
18, b-day only a few months back.
THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES....:clown:
King of Kings
06-13-2007, 12:42
Im 13. 14 in July
trickydicky
06-13-2007, 12:57
27 Here. Nice to see I'm not the only "old" fart on here, that still enjoys playing :beam:
madalchemist
06-13-2007, 13:03
27 here too.
(must quit voting in this pools, I remember once clicking on the 15-18 :sweatdrop: )
26 years, fighting in these wars since i had 21
I'm 27, I guess when you get older the simplified console system/games just get too bland for a more matured player. I actually find myself now wanting more in the games that I play, thats why I mostly play M2TW or something of this type.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy a good FPS once in a while but I haven't played one in a while.
uhh.. I'm 22..
Uh no..I'm getting old,huh :ballchain:
Von Nanega
06-13-2007, 15:59
I'm 27, I guess when you get older the simplified console system/games just get too bland for a more matured player. I actually find myself now wanting more in the games that I play, thats why I mostly play M2TW or something of this type.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy a good FPS once in a while but I haven't played one in a while.
I think you are right. 36 and still playing.
Yeah the average age of strategy gamers is considerably higher than that of FPS or so gamers. Still, I think if you made such a poll at the TWC or the .com it'd be more skewed towards the lower age intervals, here at the .org you can find more old turds* :laugh4:
*old turds: n.
venerable elders
entry in the alpaca dictionary of anti-euphemisms
39 here, been at these games since Shogun was released. ~:wave:
gardibolt
06-13-2007, 16:43
46, but even being an old fart I appreciate the graphical improvement over the primitive MTW representations. I need to get an 8800 so I can get the full benefit though.
One of my best friends is 55 and she (yes, she) still loves FPS games. Kill, baby, kill!
All these young dudes makes me feel old. Good community company though! ~:cheers:
I'm really surprised by the relatively high average age on these forums... I didn't even think that "old" people played much pc games. No offence, dear elders, age is a relative idea. It seems I'm a junior here; 18 years old.
Lines form on my face and hands
Lines form from the ups and downs
I'm in the middle without any plans
I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen
and I don't know what I want
Eighteen
I just don't know what I want
Eighteen
I gotta get away
I gotta get out of this place
I'll go runnin in outer space
Oh yeah
I got a
baby's brain and an old man's heart
Took eighteen years to get this far
Don't always know what I'm talkin' about
Feels like I'm livin in the middle of doubt
Cause I'm
Eighteen
I get confused every day
Eighteen
I just don't know what to say
Eighteen
I gotta get away
Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
the middle of life
I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen and I LIKE IT
Yes I like it
Oh I like it
Love it
Like it
Love it
Eighteen!
Eighteen!
Eighteen!
Eighteen and I LIKE IT
(Alice Cooper) :jester:
-- Guru :bow:
I suspect that its a growing trend (pun intended).
My parents never played computer games, they were children during the war years and were brought up with a high work ethic and little exposure to technology, or leisure pursuits. They found it a challenge to operate a simple video recorder and never owned a mobile phone.
My generation were still in our teens when the paddle style TV games hit the market and so we got used to playing them and have kept pace with the development of the PC and the gaming market. We were also the first generation to be war free and able to indulge ourselves in a full education and leisure.
So, as far as I am concerned this PC, even more than the TV, is my window to the outside world and the main source for entertainment, and work. The idea that I should stop playing games on it just because I've reached a certain age seems stupid from where I'm sitting. If I stopped what would I do instead, or are all old people just meant to sit in high backed armchairs and salivate.
Anyway my plans are to keep playing until the guys in white coats come and drag me away from the screen to dump me in a 'Waiting for God' residence. Even then I shall be damned annoyed if my room doesn't have broadband.
Worse case scenario is that my eyesight continues to fade until I can't see the screen. Then it truly will be 'Game over' as far as I'm concerned.
Personally, I'm surprised so many young people play, I would have thought that with so much more to do they would be hard pressed to find the time.
Well, I cannot imagine my parents (who are of your age, a bit younger) playing pc games. They do use computers at work but that's all. Emm, I don't actually know if they work or play at work... Maybe things come a generation late here in Finland compared to the rest of the world. At least came, before the globalization. I'll be playing games in my 50's and wondering how youngsters play so much, who knows?
I know some people who play all the time and it can also be seen in how they do at studies or at work... You wondered how they find the time; They neglect(sp?) their studies, social life etc. and play games. It's not spare time, it's time when they should be doing something else. Bad addiction I think. I hear World of Warcraft is the worst. Never played it though. I play games when I have spare time and nothing interesting to do. It's quite reasonable in my opinion.
Guru-boy out.
I hear World of Warcraft is the worst. Never played it though. I play games when I have spare time and nothing interesting to do. It's quite reasonable in my opinion.
World of Warcraft is a social life, I think thats the problem.
If you play World of Warcraft you rapidly develop an international circle of friends and given the risks of wandering around the streets a night its much safer to socialise online than in harms way. My eldest son is actually travelling to the Netherlands in a few weeks time to meet some of the Dutch members of our guild, but we also have Danish, German, Hungarian, Irish and Australian members.
Likewise a lot of people who complain about computer games being addictive, when questioned about what they do with all the time they are not wasting by playing them end up admitting to watching TV, drinking down the pub, or posing at the gym. All equally addictive and much less stimulating to the brain and far less useful career wise.
My eldest just got a job with a web development company based mainly on the managerial expereince he gained helping to run an international guild on WoW. Man management, team building, communication skills, project management, team co-ordination and resource management are all essential skills when running a Warcraft guild.
Physically 41, emotionally quite a bit younger. Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
atheotes
06-13-2007, 20:15
I'm 27... love the maturity of discussions here... :2thumbsup:
My parents who are 57 and 52 like to play the TV connected arcade games... and we use to fight for gaming time when i was a kid... Having 2 brothers who also played games did not help :laugh4:
While we used to play all types of games... Mom only plays tetris and Mario now and then.
TeutonicKnight
06-13-2007, 21:16
Old enough to know better, still too young to care.
My wife says I haven't matured a day since we met at the university. I'm not sure how to take that though. :2thumbsup:
Doug-Thompson
06-13-2007, 21:18
Old enough to know better, still too young to care.
My wife says I haven't matured a day since we met at the university. I'm not sure how to take that though. :2thumbsup:
You're only young once, but you can stay immature forever. That's my goal.
18, though i'll be 19 on the 28th of this month.
King of Finland
06-13-2007, 21:30
Almost 15.
21.
And yes, it is a problem, I should spend more time on useful things like university or getting a job, but I've been lazy almost my enitre life.:sweatdrop:
El Diablo
06-13-2007, 22:31
32 going on 6.
Although I may not be as skilled a player as some of the younger ones here, I can at least blame it on the half empty glass of wine (next to the completely empty bottle of wine) ha ha.
Gaiseric
06-13-2007, 23:06
I am 24 years young. I have been PC Gaming for the better half of my life and I don't intend to stop. Strategy Games have always been my main intrest. As long as "The Industry" keeps pumping out good Strategy Games, I think that I shall game till the day, and even on the day that I die.:saint:
ASPER THE GREAT
06-13-2007, 23:23
:knight: ~:angry: :viking: :unitedkingdom: :unitedstates: :italy: :2cents: WOW! I guess I am the old man :laugh4: . I love to play all the strategy game that come out and I buy most of them. Don't care too much for the "FPS" but I give it a go once in a while. I love the HPsims games and Total war game's are the best :crown: . been playing EU3 right now what a great game combined EU3 & Total war that would be the best of both worlds. "HEY BY THE WAY WHY HAVE WE NOT DONE THAT "CA/SEGA". :furious3: :laugh4: :yes: :smash: :egypt: :thinking: :pleased: :crown: :charge: ~:cheers:
As long as "The Industry" keeps pumping out good Strategy Games, I think that I shall game till the day, and even on the day that I die.
Hehe. Last words:
"Just one more turn....."
Rebellious Waffle
06-13-2007, 23:39
I'm 20. I tend to game an hour or so every day (mostly stuff with rich storylines that take a lot of thinking -- Total War because of the world history, Planescape: Torment because it oozes awesomeness, etc.) Other than that, I study Stuff, make cheeky comments, and occasionally hang about with a gaggle of crazy authors.
Forward Observer
06-14-2007, 02:18
At 61 years (62 in November) I may be the oldest "old coot" here, and while I have been around PC's since they were introduced into the business place, I have only owned one since 1999---although the first thing I did was buy a couple of games for it and now that is probably 80% of what i do with my PC.
I do think that one may find that the average ages of gamers will vary according to the game genre.
Games like MMORP's may have a particualr average age while a strategy games like the Total war games may have another. I suspect the total war games will reveal an older age group as similar games requiring practice and in depth study.
On the other hand sports games, adventure games, strategy games, or auto racing games may all have their distinct fan bases and may simply reflect the ages of the people who follow such interests in real life.
It would really be interesting to see an in depth study of such stats, and I have to beleive that some of the main game publisher already have such info.
Cheers
FactionHeir
06-14-2007, 02:22
18, though i'll be 19 on the 28th of this month.
:fainting: I was guessing you'd be around 26 - I was about to ask who you worked for before going to CA. Guess that question answered itself just now.:grin:
trickydicky
06-14-2007, 02:25
At 61 years (62 in November) I may be the oldest "old coot" here, and while I have been around PC's since they were introduced into the business place, I have only owned one since 1999---although the first thing I did was buy a couple of games for it and now that is probably 80% of what i do with my PC.
I do think that one may find that the average ages of gamers will vary according to the game genre.
Games like MMORP's may have a particualr average age while a strategy games like the Total war games may have another. I suspect the total war games will reveal an older age group as similar games requiring practice and in depth study.
On the other hand sports games, adventure games, strategy games, or auto racing games may all have their distinct fan bases and may simply reflect the ages of the people who follow such interests in real life.
It would really be interesting to see an in depth study of such stats, and I have to beleive that some of the main game publisher already have such info.
Cheers
Wow! I hope I'm still playing and enjoying games as much as you when I get to your age ~:thumb:
I agree with you on the in depth study as well, it would be interesting to find out what sort of people (Internationally) like playing what games.
Kobal2fr
06-14-2007, 04:29
Man management, team building, communication skills, project management, team co-ordination and resource management are all essential skills when running a Warcraft guild.
Don't forget "dealing with all that drama :daisy:" :laugh4:
Never played WoW on account of being an elitist bastard, but I've seen more DAoC and EQ2 guilds implode because of "what Jenny said to Joe about what Albert did that place that time" than I care to remember :sweatdrop:
Also, I can't believe Lusted is 19. World... preconceptions... shattering... :clown:
Chaos Cornelius lucius
06-14-2007, 04:50
34 here. Been playing computer games for the last 24yrs(oh god that long.....):2thumbsup:
I've always enjoyed playing startegy games and the TW series marries the empire build of Civ with the fun of actually using the units you have built.Perfect:beam:
@Lusted
"just one more turn",
the phrase that makes my wife walk away laughing and shaking her head.
ps.Anyone remember the Lords of Midnight games back in the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 days?
I'm 52, I think the last time this sort of poll was done the average age was around 35.
BTW: a poll on World of Warcraft came up with a surprising average age of 25/26.
I'm 23.
I play WoW as well and am not surprised at the average age. Once you hit the level cap (70 now), the game changes. You're either PvPing or raiding. Organized groups are needed and they attract a decidedly older crowd. My guild, I think, has nobody under 18. Most of us are in the 20-29 age group.
I also stopped playing console games as much when I hit 16. It was mostly PC after that. Right now, I barely play console games at all. I'm more into turn-based games now.
Don't forget "dealing with all that drama crap" :laugh4:
Never played WoW on account of being an elitist bastard, but I've seen more DAoC and EQ2 guilds implode because of "what Jenny said to Joe about what Albert did that place that time" than I care to remember :sweatdrop:
Also, I can't believe Lusted is 19. World... preconceptions... shattering... :clown:
Yep! I sort of put that under man-management skills. It happens in the work place too of course and so its all good training. The difference in WoW is that one is dealing with hybrid teams of people from several different cultures and age groups with very different skill sets. Getting them to work together towards a single objective and winning their trust and respect is very hard in World of Warcraft. Much harder in fact than in the workplace.
Old enough to know better, still too young to care.
My wife says I haven't matured a day since we met at the university. I'm not sure how to take that though. :2thumbsup:
One of the worse things I've discovered about getting older is that your body ages faster than your desires. I think thats what makes old people cranky. The realisation that they can now longer do what they want to do. Friday nights are the worse, watching all the young people piling into the nightclubs. At least in our virtual world we are still all equals, well as long as my eyesight holds out and the arthritus leaves my fingers alone anyway.
At 61 years (62 in November) I may be the oldest "old coot" here, and while I have been around PC's since they were introduced into the business place, I have only owned one since 1999---although the first thing I did was buy a couple of games for it and now that is probably 80% of what i do with my PC.
Geez, I knew guys like you, Gawain, and Kukri were older, but not like dinosaur rider ancient! Seriously though that brings a big smile to my face, as I plan to be gaming at 61 just like you with my kids and grandkids, provided my wife doesn't kill me before then. :grin: Am 28 years young, and look forward to the not too distant days in the future when I can teach my own kids how to frag and then ground them when they beat me! :whip:
:balloon2:
Some interesting results here, though I can't say I'm overly surprised about anything. There's more older members here than I suspected, and I tend to view Lusted's example as what I considered the norm to be, rather than a deviation from it.
You've got to wonder how many sub-15s just haven't answered the question, though :laugh4:
:fainting: I was guessing you'd be around 26 - I was about to ask who you worked for before going to CA. Guess that question answered itself just now.:grin:
Really? I thought everyone knew i was relatively young.
Also, I can't believe Lusted is 19. World... preconceptions... shattering... :clown:
Yeah i wonder how old everyone thinks i am.
Really? I thought everyone knew i was relatively young.
Yeah i wonder how old everyone thinks i am.
I thought you were about 30, I'm not sure why though...
I'm 16 BTW, my GCSEs have just finished so I have 2 1/2 months of uninterrupted playing time :beam:
Kobal2fr
06-14-2007, 12:35
@Lusted : I had you pegged as 25something, +/- a couple or years. But 19 ?! Nobody should be able to FUNCTION at 19, much less be a calm and collected arbiter of debates and general modding patron saint :laugh:
(EDIT : I meant no offense by that BTW. It's just that I remember how I was at 19. With my brain perma-sloshing in its own vat of hormones and pure ethanol, everybody just stood and stared in amazement when a single random neuron happened to fire up :grin:)
@Lusted : I had you pegged as 25something, +/- a couple or years. But 19 ?! Nobody should be able to FUNCTION at 19, much less be a calm and collected arbiter of debates and general modding patron saint :laugh:
Careful where you're going with that comment :grin2:
/considers removing age from profile
@Lusted : I had you pegged as 25something, +/- a couple or years. But 19 ?! Nobody should be able to FUNCTION at 19, much less be a calm and collected arbiter of debates and general modding patron saint :laugh:
Heh, yes im 18(almost 19, only 14 days til i am), the age where most of my generation in the UK will be spending their student loans on booze. But i've never really fitted into being a typcial person.
Careful where you're going with that comment :grin2:
/considers removing age from profile
Wow, you're only 15?
As a very rough calculation the average age seems to be settling at around 30, so far.
PseRamesses
06-14-2007, 15:09
As a very rough calculation the average age seems to be settling at around 30, so far.
Not anymore. I jacked it up with a solid 43, he he!
diotavelli
06-14-2007, 15:09
As a very rough calculation the average age seems to be settling at around 30, so far.
Well, I'm a little above that. I might have been playing PC games longer than anyone else on this forum, though. My dad was the European contact for Xerox PARC in the 70s and I was amongst the first people to play games based on the new GUI system. They were rubbish. I remember being jealous of my friends with the Spectrums and Commodores but my dad insisted that they wouldn't last.
I remember the day he came home and proudly showed us the new Xerox machine. State of the art it was. It took two men to lift it from the back of his car. And you know what: it had a whole 1MG hard disk! The future had arrived.....:beam:
crpcarrot
06-14-2007, 17:20
29 here
i think u find most of the young "hotheads" in .com forum. :D
i had lusted pegged at mid twenties as well.
Careful where you're going with that comment :grin2:
/considers removing age from profile
Oh, wow. You're a year younger than my brother and I just do not see him conducting a serious discussion, much less moderating a forum. Of course, I left the Philippines when he was 9 and only see him for one month every year, so the perception might be lagging.
As for 18, I remember skipping classes a lot during that time, though not as much than when I was 16-17.
Well some people like Lusted and I are maybe mentally a bit older than physically, although the trend might reverse later in life :laugh4:
I'm 21 so probably a bit younger than most of you imagined, too. Already an old cynical bastard though.
Kraggenmor
06-14-2007, 21:01
Had to hurry up and vote while I still fall into the 40-44 bracket. That changes soon. ;)
Monsieur Alphonse
06-14-2007, 21:33
So this site is run by little children and the God of all modders is only 18. No wonder that we aren't suppose to speak about ..... and use foul language. My God do I feel old :bounce: :thrasher: :laugh4:
I notice something interesting in this poll. The median age, (ie, the data point with equal # of people to either side, and which is different from "average" as that takes into account both "how many" AND "how far" people are to either side of the balance point) has moved steadly older the longer this poll has been up.
Originally, it was just past the 15-19 line. Now (116 votes) its in the middle of the 25-29 cohort! I’m glad I kept checking back, b’c I was feeling a bit geriatric for a few days. It actually makes sense, b’c the young-uns are more likely to be on-line more regularly (assumption), and therefore vote sooner. The aged, conversely, tend to be busier (assumption), and therefore log on less frequently. So as time passes, us ‘slow-movers’ see the poll, vote, and are gradually raising the median age.
Still, I’ll be very surprised if the median passes into the next cohort (30-34).
Nah, the elderly just took more time answering. Arthritis, you know?
Gaiseric
06-15-2007, 00:12
LOL, Arthritis. I'll be getting that soon with all the gaming I do.:turtle:
Lusted Quote:
Heh, yes im 18(almost 19, only 14 days til i am), the age where most of my generation in the UK will be spending their student loans on booze. But i've never really fitted into being a typcial person.
I feel the same way. To me gaming is much more fun then RL. Why waste my time in a bar when I can conquer the world TW style.:whip: Gaming does hurt my social life, but who else can say that they Went on a Crusade, Sacked Rome, Conquered Constantinople, Fought off the Mongol Hordes, and Won Battles against inumerable odds.:surrender2: Let my peers go out and drink. At least I'll have stories to tell my grandchildren. :listen:
Wessex Rob
06-15-2007, 00:13
I can't vote on the poll yet, being too new and all, but I'm 31. I've been playing games since my parents got us an Amstrad CPC464 with colour screen - how new and wonderful it all seemed back then, almost like magic. :embarassed:
Good gravy, sapi -- I knew I was older than you, but I didn't realize I was actually twice your age! Please excuse me while I go feel decrepit for a minute.... :skull:
Kobal2fr
06-15-2007, 07:16
@Martok : OK, you and me, on the count of three ! One... Two...THREE !
GET ORRFFF THE LAAAAWN ! AND GET A HAIRCUT !
I swear, kids these days...grmbl...when I was their age...proper respect for their elders...none of that fancy...spoiled...they just don't know how good they have it... :grin:
zahidmaqbool
06-15-2007, 10:55
well, I fall in the 25-29 category... I must also say that I will continue playing .... I think maybe I will never drop this game.. simply love it...
Lorenzo_H
06-15-2007, 11:49
I'm 1. At heart.
I'm 27, which probably explains why I have been reading the forums since 2006 but have made very few posts - Work work work.
I have immense respect for the older guys playing games - my father is turning 61 and wouldn't know what a computer was if you bashed him in the face with it.
Also impressed by the maturity of the youth that post - I use the term youth, but one should never judge someone by their age. Some of my good friends are 28-29, but languish in casual jobs, spend all their money on beer and wouldn't be able to manage a bathroom break, never mind a maelstrom forum like the .org :barrel:
Specky the Mad
06-15-2007, 14:23
Im 18, play less now because i work full time and study but it is folly to assume the older generation such as the 35 to 49 age bracket like to play turn based or strategy games my old man is the biggest call of duty 2 player i have ever seen, not online though but never less a true die hard.
And in defence of all those that like to go out and spend a fair bit of my hard earned cash on a night out i do it out of the need to validate the idea that i work to live, not live to work but still have manage to effectively manage the main distribution of a building product, which is no easy job.
I have to chuckle sometimes when the subject of age comes up during Warcraft 3 customs games.
I am an absolute sucker for Warcraft 3 custom games, particularly the tower defence ones, like Massacre TD, Wintermaul, and Air Strike TD, but the shock and disbelief amongst fellow players when they realise someone over 14 is playing is really amusing.
gardibolt
06-18-2007, 17:15
I would have pegged Lusted at 26-29, myself. I'm even more astonished at the maturity shown by Lusted over the last year or so in dealing with the ill-deserved abuse heaped on him by various malcontents. Wow.
_Tristan_
06-18-2007, 17:20
39 here, been at these games since Shogun was released. ~:wave:
Same here, only a bit younger...36...
atheotes
06-22-2007, 21:30
Surprised that only 137 people have voted!!!
I'm 17! Well, i will be on June 30th. Yahoooooo!!!!!!!
29.
It all started with the Atari 2600... :2thumbsup:
33 here and a history teacher.
And add me to the list of ppl that are a bit shocked that Lusted is just a little boy.... Although frankly that does explain how in the hell he has the TIME to do what he does......
btw lusted's LTC is my mod of choice.
P.S anyone younger then me is a
pathetic ignorant little boy
and everyone old is ... ummm well.. older........
33 is the new leet pwnzor age 2b.
I'm not sure if I have posted yet but I am 27. I also have an subpar social life as my hot a## girlfriend and I mostly stay home. Both of us are too jealous of the other's attention that they get that we just don't hang out with friends. She was previously married and had three kids and a little older.
I guess I posted that because I can't stand the typical Teen-twenty's years old person. I never been drunk, high, or done anything really bad. I could post a picture later if asked but as a whole, I play this game because my gf as well as her whole family is Cambodian (I met her at work, shes not an import that I ordered or anything) and sometimes I need something in American.
Also, I was in a knife fight. Well, I was unarmed and her ahole exhusband being drunk and having an asian background decided that his wife couldn't leave him after the devorce and waited in our bed for me with a butcher knife. I held him off for ten minutes with NOTHING to grab (We were moving in together at the time) and I would say I won due to all the video games I have played over the years teaching me how to react. I did get minor cuts but I broke his nose and finger.
I know I rambled but I figured what the hell, it was a topic about who you are and your age.
What's your age? I am old enough to know you never ask or answer that question on the telephone more less on line. SadCat :book: P.S. Wars tend to happen every 20 years and I have seen a few.
And add me to the list of ppl that are a bit shocked that Lusted is just a little boy.... Although frankly that does explain how in the hell he has the TIME to do what he does......
Well not anymore, most of my time is now suddenly being taken up by my job, but frankly it's a kick ass job so i don't job.
I guess I posted that because I can't stand the typical Teen-twenty's years old person. I never been drunk, high, or done anything really bad.
I'm exactly like that as well, and i'm only 18!
Askthepizzaguy
02-19-2008, 18:15
Chronologically, I'm 24. But my mental age is either 14 or 44 depending on my mood.
Sometimes I don't feel like being all I can be, and I want to be a little selfish and immature. But other times I consider it my sacred duty to try as hard as I can to be the most chivalrous, generous, thoughtful person, and to be as honest and ethical as possible, and to learn about everything relevant that science has shown us about the universe, and to have real intellectual discussions involving philosophy and politics, and I think about getting older and what the world will be like for my children.
I try to avoid and compensate for my weaknesses, but let's just say I will never be a star athlete or a model, nor will I be wooing many of those, what do you call them? Females.
Minor self-deprecation there. Actually in these past couple years I've been part of several mature relationships with decent people. So even in my weak areas, I am growing.
Fear not, for I may never be this honest about myself again.
Or you can simply read askthepizzaguy's secret shames thread. Some people also posted their shames and much of it is hilarious.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=88760
PersianFire
02-19-2008, 19:57
"I am 27. I only enjoy playing strategy games on PC and that is when I can spare the time. Pleasantly surprised that most people aren't in their teens."
Long lost Caesar
02-19-2008, 21:18
15. homework and revision time turns into gaming, such a shame that :laugh4:
hoping to actually quit gaming, since i hate how i play it too much. unlike other hardcore gamers, i know that i play too much :shame:
it would be 14 and just enough time to play :yes:
Grombeard
02-20-2008, 07:43
I'm 24 and i must say i'm a bit surprised how many older people are in here. :) On most other forums i'm not so far down on the age scale, more in the middle or on the upper end... *grin* whatever. I really like it here and i really like M2TW and though i don't post regularly i visit this forum every day and always have fun reading it. :D
I'm 24 and i must say i'm a bit surprised how many older people are in here. :) On most other forums i'm not so far down on the age scale, more in the middle or on the upper end... *grin* whatever. I really like it here and i really like M2TW and though i don't post regularly i visit this forum every day and always have fun reading it. :D
Well I have a strong hunch that the Total War series tends to attract a slightly more mature group of gamers in the first place (even though we obviously don't always act like it ~D ), so that right there is probably a big factor in the age range here. That said, I'm pretty sure the Org in particular has a slightly higher median age even compared to the other two main forums (TWC & the official site).
I suspect it may be a "trickle-down" effect from when this place was first founded (which I believe was back in 1999?). Unless I'm completely off the mark, my impressions are that Shogun TW had garnered a fair amount of interest from grognards & hardcore strategy gamers, who -- in my experience, at least -- tend to be a fairly serious & intelligent lot when it comes to discussing wargames. So ultimately, the Org was initially populated by a group of fairly mature* & intelligent gamers....and that tendency has been continuing all these years. :yes:
* "mature" as in state of mind, not age ~;)
Uunts - a proud Estonian rebel
02-20-2008, 11:24
27 years old. Playing every moment, when I have the time.. :help:
Old Geezer
02-20-2008, 14:15
You whippersnappers better stop playing and wasting time here. Get back to work and support us old people.
Swordsman
02-20-2008, 15:13
48-- but that's only 24 in MTW years, right?!
48-- but that's only 24 in MTW years, right?!
lol, very amusing
:jester:
turning 21 soon :pisces: , but only a 3 year old as a Total War gamer. :knight:
alex9337
02-20-2008, 20:43
46 years old. Senile, and enjoying every minute of it. What was that?:dizzy2:
irishron2004
02-20-2008, 21:06
61. Old enough to know better but refuse to. I may have to grow old but I refuse to grow up. I enjoy playing this game and a couple of others after the work is done just to away from reality for a little bit.
61. Old enough to know better but refuse to. I may have to grow old but I refuse to grow up.
Heh. That rather sounds like myself, although I'm still relatively a "whippersnapper" at 31. ~;p
I just wish I could get my dad into these games (he's 59), as I think he would really enjoy them. He's watched me play Shogun and MTW a number of times; and while I can tell he's interested, he always refuses to sit down and actually learn to play. With someone else his age I might chalk it up to computer illiteracy, but he's probably even more proficient with PC's than I am! He won't even tell me what the source of his reluctance is either, so I have no idea how to overcome it. :sweatdrop:
I tell people around here that I'm getting prematurely old and senile. As it is now my eyesight may become the first victim of my gaming lust. Meanwhile, the interactive aspect of the hobby is what keeps me going and will continue to do so for as long as I can manage it.
Galain_Ironhide
02-22-2008, 09:59
All I can say is ......... wow.
It's kind of funny how you get a mental age and picture of a certain person and then when you find out a little more information about them (such as Lusted being 19! Sapi, 16!) and that little image just goes to pieces! :laugh4:
But then you think about how, a lot of young people, actually grow up with this stuff, so computers & technology becomes sencond nature to them. Keep up your good work fella's.
I'm 29 on March 7th, I must say I was surprised to see that there are lot of people around my age bracket playing, much more surprised to see al lot of older people than me playing too. I can only hope when I get to my 40's & 50's I'm still playing hard. :2thumbsup:
Ibn-Khaldun
02-22-2008, 12:53
Well .. I am 24 and I feel myself quite old now that I found out how old Lusted and sapi are :laugh4: (like the Lusteds Lands to Conquer)
Also .. a bit stupid compare to these guys :embarassed:
But anyway .. like the game and probably will be play it for a long time :2thumbsup:
Heh, I remember when I used to have Gandhi as my avatar at Total War Center and I met some of the people from the site who were amazed at my age as because of my avatar and how I acted they thought I was much older. Though given how much of my generation acts I'm not surprised people peg me as a bit older than I actually am.
Vladimir
02-22-2008, 14:06
Damn. Is 30-34 the Shogun era?
Zajuts149
02-22-2008, 14:46
35 here. Still takes care of the little boy inside me. He takes care of the homicidal plunderer inside him..
:laugh4:
Damn. Is 30-34 the Shogun era?
If I understand your question correctly, I suspect that's probably the median age range here of *all* Org members, not just those who play STW. Of course, we have people under the age of 10 playing these games, as well as players over the age of 70; so the "average" age doesn't really mean a whole lot anyway. ~:)
35 here. Still takes care of the little boy inside me. He takes care of the homicidal plunderer inside him..
:laugh4:
Ah yes. Nothing like getting in touch with one's inner Viking. ~D
Forward Observer
02-24-2008, 21:05
Too bad I missed this poll. I'm 62, so I could have increased the 55 and older group from 2 votes to 3, which would have been a 50% increase within that group.
Oh well.:oops:
16 years old and happy to be so.
Hope to game at least another 50 years :2thumbsup:
23 and intending on many more years of happy gaming to come! :knight:
Just turned 50 a few days ago. I have to admit that I played RTW a lot more than M2TW. I still didn't find the time to start a M2TW campaign.
Yoyoma1910
02-27-2008, 20:06
I'm sorry I don't believe in all that calender and passage of time mumbo jumbo. We just relive the same moment over and over again until Sam Beckett from the TV show Quantum Leap comes and straightens your life out.
:tumbleweed:
irishron2004
02-27-2008, 20:40
I'm sorry I don't believe in all that calender and passage of time mumbo jumbo. We just relive the same moment over and over again until Sam Beckett from the TV show Quantum Leap comes and straightens your life out.
:tumbleweed:
You're only as old as you feel. I can still do anything the 19 year olds at work can.
Eikon the Magistrate
02-27-2008, 22:22
I am an old soul but only 52 turns young!
Old Geezer
02-28-2008, 15:04
Alright, Irishron! Another sexagenarian. I hope "the Patch" comes out before everyone on the forum joins us.
Yoyoma1910
03-01-2008, 20:14
You're only as old as you feel. I can still do anything the 19 year olds at work can.
Does that include having Acne breakouts and loosing your virginity?
Mek Simmur al Ragaski
03-03-2008, 16:46
I am 14, but my elder brother plays and uses the same account. He is 16
Old Geezer
03-04-2008, 21:28
What! Five days already and no sexagenarian jokes yet?
Askthepizzaguy
03-04-2008, 21:48
What! Five days already and no sexagenarian jokes yet?
Nah. I'm of the view that age is meaningless to some extent. If anything, being a sextagenarian should bring wisdom and experience. In asian cultures a person would be honoured for having many years behind them.
Besides, those dad-blasted kids with their rap music and their baggy pants and their nose rings and their lack of respect for authority. Never amount to anything, not with their punk attitude. Why in my day...
What! Five days already and no sexagenarian jokes yet?
Sorry. I'm saving most of my age-related wisecracks for when my dad turns the big 6-0 in May. ~D
Yoyoma1910
03-05-2008, 05:53
What's that, I couldn't hear you. Turn down that dab blasted music and speak up.
I'll be 56 next month. I even had an Apple II computer once. 1 magahertz and blindingly fast. Boy, Zork ran smooth.
Terry
Askthepizzaguy
03-06-2008, 05:39
I'm only 24 and I had one too. My parents bequeathed it to me.
I remember playing Arkanoid and Battle Chess on my grandfather's computer when I was like 7 or something. Video games and me have a long history.
Mmmm.... atari.... pac-man... joust... donkey kong....
irishron2004
03-06-2008, 08:00
Thirty years ago, I was playing Pac-man at the laundromat while doing laundry. The first pc game I owned was Kings Quest 1 and it was ega graphics.
Razor1952
03-07-2008, 05:47
Thirty years ago, I was playing Pac-man at the laundromat while doing laundry. The first pc game I owned was Kings Quest 1 and it was ega graphics.
Huh!, when I was young I had to ride a pushbike electric generator just to get my computer going .... and that was just the 1 megabyte harddrive!
The screen was a beautiful shade of black with little green fluorescent dots for letters and my first mouse was made of wood. My idea of great graphics was an inverse flashing font.......
It was so long ago that Menedelev had just described the Periodic table and Ben Franklin taught me about electricity in school. As for Charles Babbage we were just like SO.
I could go on as to how I met Wild Bill Gates (you know the far ancestor of that guy today) but I find I'm tending to dribble a lot these days.........(writer falls asleep)
(apologies to Monty Python)
(Razor1952 , you guess my birth year )
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