Ah, youthFollow

Since the thread on young players got necro'd, I've been wondering who our older players are. Who's 40 or older? Do you think it changes anything about your gaming experience?

Rhode: 51 (or 52 if Bun-Bun counts).

I'm clearly too young for this thread.

30, so I see myself as old enough to say 'been there, done that' and young enough to believe that still I remember doing it. Sometimes very glad leveling my mage requires little more effort than spamming frostbolt. My sleep-deprived brain wishes it had the reaction time it did 10 years ago. Thankfully after years of playing video games I can say 'ooo here comes that fire thing again' and usually toddle out of the way in time. I find the competitive posturing of the younger males humorous, remember that that was me not so long ago, and that I clearly haven't completely grown out of it yet.

My first console game was the original Pong. I'm 58.

I started on the Original Nintendo when it was fairly new.

30 in less than 6 weeks. I vaguely remember playing pong on my neighbor's Atari with the wheel control that had one or two buttons on it. The first game I really remember playing was the original Final Fantasy for the NES. That, and Contra. Up Up, Down Down, Left Right Left Right, B A (Select) Start.

My grandparents spoiled me and my sister, they got me a NES for my birthday the first year they came out. I think they felt bad they couldn't see us more since we lived in Texas, and they were in West Virginia.

I'm 46.

I don't feel like my age adversely affects my ability to play though I might have trouble if I were trying to play at the top 1% level. I get asked for advice on enhancement by guildies and a few people I have been in other guilds with in the past so I seem to have a reputation for knowing how to play my class/spec well. I know I am one of the fastest interupters in most of the groups I have run with and on a good night, Maloriak doesn't damage anyone with his aoe. I tend to be 1st or 2nd on dps for most boss fights (though that could say more about some of the people I run with - heh).

I'm a little stubborn when it comes to making changes to the way I play (though I do keep up with changes to my class and spec as far as stats and rotations/priorities). I tend to resist macros and stuff though that's partly due to the fact that I haven't put the effort into really learning how to make them. It's not that I learn slow (because I tend to pick up on boss fight mechanics pretty quickly) but more that I'm just a bit more resistant to change than I was 20 years ago.

One sort of good thing about my age is when a guy realizes I'm a girl (because of vent mainly) and asks how old I am, just being honest is usually enough to discourage most of them. *grins*

True - but then we get to smile and think of all that we've endured and that you still have to go through.....

Edited, Jul 23rd 2011 1:22pm by Ollamnh

18. Man, you're old.

A. Kool-Aid is delicious.

B. I can drink legally in many places. Just... not here.

Drinking's no fun if you have nobody to drink with, though, and since all my friends are about my age, it doesn't really matter that much.

Just turned 36 on Friday. The only thing age has changed is that I switch from speakers to headphones when the kids go to bed :)

Alas, I will be turning 53 in a few months and my spouse will be turning 60. She doesn't play WoW as she has enough real-world responsibilities (including a part-time job after retiring 12 years ago) to fill up her time. But I enjoy the escape from reality in WoW, although I play fewer hours now than the 20+ hours a week I was averaging just a year ago.

Hmmm, let's see... (21)

The first game system I can remember using (besides the oldschool gameboy) was a Sega Genesis. My uncle gave that to us before he died.

I know we had a NES, but it must have broken before I could have any real memories of it.

Next system we got was the N64. I remember Zelda (OoT and MM), and GoldenEye. Dunno if we had anything else.

30 in a few weeks.

I started with NES from console systems and the old BBS games like LORD and Usurper... Found FF back when I was a kid. Played the series through FFXI. Then went back to the Console for FFXII and FF13. Never did 14. They killed that franchise (SE did...)

I started with WC 1 back in the... what? Mid-90s... WC2 was a bit of a slump in the series IMO, but then WC3 came roaring back and was wildly successful.

Picked up WoW back in TBC and played through this spring. The game started with such a background of excellent lore. It was a story which I had already participated in (WC 1, 2, 3) and the game really brought to life a story that was, before, only shown in snippets of cinimatics between levels. I'm not a lore person by nature, but it helped to bring me into the world that was WoW prior to Cata. The content then kept me there. Sadly, I left because running the hampster-wheel that is WoW progression just got old. Wrath was the last bit of content I felt connected to. Who is Nef? Why are we fighting the guy from Molten Core again? Deathwing... He did what - again??? Combine that with some design changes, a general lack of focus on the classes/content, and as I said - that hampster wheel feel....

I've been playing SC2 for a few months now (also a Blizz product) and it has been fun. There seems to be just as much depth and involvement as WoW (from a casual perspective), but there is less requirement for manditory raid times and much more customization to my schedule. It does lack some of the community feel, but, IMO, WoW is losing a lot of that too. The PVP side of the game is really the challenge. You can complete the entire PVE game in roughly 8 hours (there's an achievement for it). However, learning the 3 races and the many ways to combat each other is really fun. It is definately not as dynamic as WoW PVP, but it's a lot like playing chess.... Unlike Chess there are about 40 different pieces and 1,000s of squares and ways of moving...