What's your age?

[Rhyfelwyr]

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.

[alpaca]

20-24 for me. I'd be interested in the results, too.

[magnum]

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? =)

[Didz]

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.

[Odin]

37, although i havent played in a month or so.

[Matt_Lane]

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]

We have some 45-54. Glad the elders are playing too! I've known they have been, but it's still cool to see.

[Sir Robin the Brave]

15 -19



...young-blood :P

[PapaNasty]

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]

30-34 category (30)

[unknown_user]

23 here. Guess I'm young, eh?

[Rhedd]

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]

42 but with the mind of an 18 year old

[Kobal2fr]

25 here, but with the body of a 90-year-young (I blame the two body-years per mind-turn thing.)

[Heinrich VI]

28 since 1099 ad ;)

[Incongruous]

18, b-day only a few months back.
THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES....

[King of Kings]

Im 13. 14 in July

[trickydicky]

27 Here. Nice to see I'm not the only "old" fart on here, that still enjoys playing

[madalchemist]

27 here too.

(must quit voting in this pools, I remember once clicking on the 15-18 )

[Psiloi]

26 years, fighting in these wars since i had 21

[Budwise]

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.

[-Amon-]

uhh.. I'm 22..

Uh no..I'm getting old,huh

[Von Nanega]

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.

[alpaca]

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*

*old turds: n.
venerable elders
entry in the alpaca dictionary of anti-euphemisms

[katar]

39 here, been at these games since Shogun was released.

[gardibolt]

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!

[Skott]

All these young dudes makes me feel old. Good community company though!

[Guru]

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.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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)

-- Guru

[Didz]

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.

[Guru]

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.