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Post by hurtbot on Mar 30, 2017 10:39:47 GMT -5
Continuing on a discussion in another thread...
A contention was made that many of us are "too old" to play the game... much disagreement ensued. Started a thread to continue the conversation since it was offtopic where it was.
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Post by Vectivus on Mar 30, 2017 10:43:16 GMT -5
Have no idea what the context of the original discussion was, but I'm 35. If some people consider that "too old" (whatever that even means), they're welcome to. I don't give two shuffling pickle「dookie」s what others think of my age. :-)
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Post by Scuzzbopper on Mar 30, 2017 10:49:17 GMT -5
I'm 49. As noted in the other thread, people of my generation were born and raised on arcade games, early cart consoles, Apple/C64/TRS80 gaming and so on. Proposing that we are "too old" is one of the most deadliest and naive statements one can make and honestly will mark you as an idiot.
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Post by mijapi300 on Mar 30, 2017 10:49:20 GMT -5
I don't know the original context either (may want to include a link so more people can partake).
But based on your summary of the argument, that's completely unfounded. From what I've experienced, the amount of "older" players in this game is far more than any other mobile game I've played. It's a rather sophisticated and complex game. And I think that, along with the need for strategy, appeals to older gamers. I know we are entering a weird time, where gamers from the 80-90s are now in their 30s and 40s now. The reason you didn't see a lot of adults playing video games 20 years ago is because they didn't have them when they were kids. Adults nowadays all had video games when they were kids.
Not even fitting into that scenario, I have a clanmates that's in his 70s and he's awesome and great to play with. The only reason I can see a young whippersnapper getting mad at old people playing is that some clans won't allow kids to join.
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Mar 30, 2017 10:49:28 GMT -5
Well, I ain't no Spring Chicken, but I ain't ancient yet, either, and I would like to think I do OK at this game. I'm sure plenty of younger folk do better, and plenty do worse, but I would say that the generation gap that used to be there between gamers and non gamers is mostly gone. Our generation grew up on games... so it's not just a "kiddy" thing anymore. It's part of the entertainment that we do to unwind from RL. Let the Yungins say what they will, I'll let my widdle ole wobots do my talking.
- Hell, when I was a young boy and early in my Teens, I had to fight with my Pop over PC time. He loved Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (a cool campaign based combat flight sim set in WW2 dealing with the air war over Europe... I miss that game!) was another one we both loved. He was in his 40's then, and he played Doom 2 well into his latter years whenever he'd get bored lol.
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Post by hurtbot on Mar 30, 2017 10:50:36 GMT -5
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Post by Replicant on Mar 30, 2017 10:51:56 GMT -5
They'll figure it out when they mature a bit. Until then, youth learns best by the pain experience delivers. I wish it weren't so, but nobody asked me.
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Mar 30, 2017 10:54:34 GMT -5
I've been killing people online since 1988 and I was out of college then.
If 'they' think I am too old for War Robots, they are welcome to take me on ingame whenever they like. After all... I should be an easy kill, no?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 11:00:35 GMT -5
I've been killing people online since 1988 and I was out of college then. If 'they' think I am too old for War Robots, they are welcome to take me on ingame whenever they like. After all... I should be an easy kill, no? On a phone with your dubious eyesight, no problem  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 11:03:42 GMT -5
I'm 41 and still kicking 「bum-bum」. In those 41 years I've learned two things. 1. being as I get older I realize I didn't know half what I thought I did in prior years. 2. what life throws at me hasn't killed me, just made me stronger. Another thing is this game is like chess. It's not physical. Just tactics and strategy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 11:04:03 GMT -5
I just turned 65. Happy Birthday to me! ? I didn't know I was too old to play a game. And my friend dangit is older than me. |
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Post by Replicant on Mar 30, 2017 11:04:36 GMT -5
A minor riff on the whole to-old-to-play thing. One of the great things about video games is that I can actually play them with my dad and my son. I've been able to out sports my dad since I was a teenager, and I'm just starting to be on the receiving end with my son, but we can all play video games together competitively. You're too old is only slightly less stupid than girls can't play video games.
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Post by gr3ygh05t on Mar 30, 2017 11:04:47 GMT -5
When I was a kid I remember my mom telling me that playing too much video games will ruin my eyesight. I've played 16 hours straight of counter strike when I was in college and to this day at 40 I still have better than 20/20 vision. So I don't think 40's is too old to play. On the other hand my thumbs are starting to have some arthritis in them so that might actually hinder me more  |
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Mar 30, 2017 11:07:20 GMT -5
SNIP.... Proposing that we are "too old" is one of the most deadliest and naive statements one can make and honestly will mark you as an idiot. Well, I am fairly certain that being a male within the age of 11-19 marks most an idiot for a lot of things. Not all, but a lot. Teenagers are usually just NOT going to get it. They know all. I sure did  This vid was great... I was reminded of it by this thread... And yes, that second guy is Dwight from "The Office" |
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Post by FRΞΞDØM☆F1GHTΞR on Mar 30, 2017 11:17:36 GMT -5
Adults have a significant advantage in this game since they have jobs and paychecks.
Dropping an occasional $10 on entertainment hardly affects an employed adult.
Do you know how many couch cushions an unemployed tweenager has to search under to find ten whole dollars?
And that's why daddy has so many Orkans. EAT IT JUNIOR, HAHAHAHA!
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Post by Scuzzbopper on Mar 30, 2017 11:18:42 GMT -5
SNIP.... Proposing that we are "too old" is one of the most deadliest and naive statements one can make and honestly will mark you as an idiot. Well, I am fairly certain that being a male within the age of 11-19 marks most an idiot for a lot of things. Not all, but a lot. Teenagers are usually just NOT going to get it. They know all. I sure did This vid was great... I was reminded of it by this thread... And yes, that second guy is Dwight from "The Office" More importantly that is Ze Frank!!!! |
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Post by Thumpmonkey1 on Mar 30, 2017 11:23:55 GMT -5
Old man holds his own just fine here. Played just about every game made since we got "pong" in the 70s, and still love baiting over aggressive kids into facemeltings |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 11:25:59 GMT -5
Young people suck! There, I said it. We were going to get there eventually.
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Post by 『 Dᴇᴀᴛʜ 』 on Mar 30, 2017 11:31:10 GMT -5
I feel so young on this thread!
Its like I am a newborn xD
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Post by zer00eyz on Mar 30, 2017 11:32:48 GMT -5
I feel so young on this thread! Its like I am a newborn xD Get off my 「fluffernutter」ing lawn |
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Post by 『 Dᴇᴀᴛʜ 』 on Mar 30, 2017 11:35:14 GMT -5
I feel so young on this thread! Its like I am a newborn xD Get off my ?firetruck?ing lawn You were waiting for this, didn't you? |
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Post by Feezou on Mar 30, 2017 11:47:16 GMT -5
You guys are old enough to be my dad.
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Post by zer00eyz on Mar 30, 2017 11:49:08 GMT -5
You guys are old enough to be my dad. Yea and your mom's great too |
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Post by zer00eyz on Mar 30, 2017 11:54:57 GMT -5
Get off my ?firetruck?ing lawn You were waiting for this, didn't you? No the one I'm waiting for hasn't happened yet... give it time, its a kids nature to be mouthy |
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Post by Feezou on Mar 30, 2017 11:57:26 GMT -5
Heck, some of you are older than my dad!
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Post by 『 Dᴇᴀᴛʜ 』 on Mar 30, 2017 11:58:15 GMT -5
Well from what I have seen from the time I was on clans is that the majority of the players are 30> of age. So this is a game that more mature people like, maybe because of some nostalgic nature(mechwarrior?). Well that's at least what I heard from my older clanmates which were really great guys, all of them! But I've seen discrimination against much younger players too or maybe it was just crude humour? Hmm, well some of the younglings left because of such cases but they were a minority really. I like testing myself against more experienced players of life |
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Post by Feezou on Mar 30, 2017 12:00:20 GMT -5
Well from what I have seen from the time I was on clans is that the majority of the players are 30> of age. So this is a game that more mature people like, maybe because of some nostalgic nature(mechwarrior?). Well that's at least what I heard from my older clanmates which were really great guys, all of them! But I've seen discrimination against much younger players too or maybe it was just crude humour? Hmm, well some of the younglings left because of such cases but they were a minority really. I like testing myself against more experienced players of life I started playing because I like MWO, and I love this game. I feel that I fit in pretty well. |
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Post by SATmaster728 on Mar 30, 2017 12:06:36 GMT -5
Old man holds his own just fine here. Played just about every game made since we got "pong" in the 70s, and still love baiting over aggressive kids into facemeltings the fact that i know what pong is just goes to show how much i know about video games. the main argument toward older people playing is they dont get stuff we do. my father knows more about computers then me, and he is 40ish. as for me, im typing this in school after a test for crying out loud! |
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Post by zer00eyz on Mar 30, 2017 12:13:31 GMT -5
Old man holds his own just fine here. Played just about every game made since we got "pong" in the 70s, and still love baiting over aggressive kids into facemeltings the fact that i know what pong is just goes to show how much i know about video games. the main argument toward older people playing is they dont get stuff we do. my father knows more about computers then me, and he is 40ish. as for me, im typing this in school after a test for crying out loud! > my father knows more about computers then me, and he is 40ish When your dad and I were kids, we were much closer to the bare metal, and all of the tech you take for granted we watched be created and evolve. You will never know the true joy that is SCSI termination, you plug things in and they generally work. Buy yourself a stack of raspberry pi's and start doing some projects, you will quickly surpass your dads knowledge and a lot of your peers. Honestly the skills you gain will serve you for the rest of your life! |
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Post by SATmaster728 on Mar 30, 2017 12:24:34 GMT -5
the fact that i know what pong is just goes to show how much i know about video games. the main argument toward older people playing is they dont get stuff we do. my father knows more about computers then me, and he is 40ish. as for me, im typing this in school after a test for crying out loud! > my father knows more about computers then me, and he is 40ish When your dad and I were kids, we were much closer to the bare metal, and all of the tech you take for granted we watched be created and evolve. You will never know the true joy that is SCSI termination, you plug things in and they generally work. Buy yourself a stack of raspberry pi's and start doing some projects, you will quickly surpass your dads knowledge and a lot of your peers. Honestly the skills you gain will serve you for the rest of your life! actually he works with computers all day. |
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