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Poll: What age category do you fit into?  [closed]
13 and under:  6%
(4 Votes)
14-18:  64%
(41 Votes)
19-22:  11%
(7 Votes)
23-29:  8%
(5 Votes)
30-35:  2%
(1 Votes)
36-45:  2%
(1 Votes)
46-64:  2%
(1 Votes)
65+:  6%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 64

Hello everybody at Bungie... I am doing a paper on the culture of videogames and would like to get some responses from actual gamers involved in the culture.

This is for a culture class, so I need to get some information about who plays the games (ie age/gender/location) and some information about the online community... i.e. who do you play with? alone, or with people, or with people online? do you know the people you play with online in reallife or only in the game situation?

Any help would be awesome, as I feel like I'm coming to the experts when I'm coming here.

Awesome site by the way...

Cheers,
Jacqueline
ps... if it's not too much of a hassle, I have created a poll to figure out how old my respondants are.... if possible, when replying please mention your gender and location ... thanks!

  • 11.19.2005 10:55 AM PDT

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. And it is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

im shure you can google it.

I say this because bungie doesnt account for any great number opf video gamers, except halo.

  • 11.19.2005 11:19 AM PDT
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I am posting in the smallest font and whispering this in a low tone so no one can hear it but you....







Male, 47, Newark, DE

  • 11.19.2005 11:33 AM PDT

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. And it is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

What was that?

47

its ok

  • 11.19.2005 12:18 PM PDT

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Alrighty, i can predict for you now that the majority are 14-18 here...even though lots seem like 13 and under. ;)

It's also a fact that most are going to be male but as we all know, there is a conciderable female presence here.

My personal location is: Hampshire, England but it doesn't take a genious to work out most are from America.

Now for personal stuff, I'm male and I play with friends from both here, online (i.e. via xbox live) and with friends from here, where i live. With the people online, the likelyhood is that we're only going to be playing in a gaming situation..but the staff and moderators here like to play mind games with us on the site.

Hope that helps, we're always willing to help eachother out here. That's what's so great about an online community. If you want, i can refer you to quite a few major gaming sites where you'll be able to get more results from.

[Edited on 11/19/2005]

  • 11.19.2005 12:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: DWeedWacker
I am posting in the smallest font and whispering this in a low tone so no one can hear it but you....







Male, 47, Newark, DE

Don't worry, Recon will be here soon. Then you'll feel young.

  • 11.19.2005 1:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lord of Deimos
Don't worry, Recon will be here soon. Then you'll feel young.
Why how old's Recon? Oh, and I'm located in Manitoba, Canada. I'm male and 15 years old. Yep, that's right. 15. Proving that not all teenagers are jackasses.

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  • 11.19.2005 2:03 PM PDT
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18 over here.over in illinois.i play lans, and go live over many games with my local friends often.
including many genres.especially after i buy iron phoenix.....but i need the money for that first.

  • 11.19.2005 3:39 PM PDT

13...

  • 11.19.2005 3:39 PM PDT

4Base Avalanch MELTDOWN
battle is only a prayer.....
.......Better Start PRAYING!!!!!!!
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Old enough to be your daddy!

  • 11.20.2005 7:17 AM PDT

Discipline is my Sword,
Faith is my Shield,
Do not leap blindly into uncertainty,
And you may live to reap the rewards.

"The Important Thing Is To Never Stop Questioning,"

Age: 19
Sex: Male
Location: West Virginia USA
Info: I like to play tons of single player games just like anyone else but I also love to play Multiplayer. I enjoy LANs much more than I do Live and Internet play but i do still enjoy both. I like a lot of RTS and RPG games personally. Though I play just about any and evrything. I'm like a gaming wiz, I've been playing since my first atari and have played on just about every Console since. Gaming is a lifestyle to me and I plan on starting my own company making them one day. Currently looking into colleges to get a Programming and 3d Content Creation degree. No not a Game design and development degree as they are flimsy and dont hold up as well compared to a traditional degree.

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  • 11.20.2005 7:55 AM PDT

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. And it is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

16
male
USA, PA

I enjoy multyplayer games. I rarely buy games that dont have live. Som exceptions are games that came out before live, and popular titles like Half life and GTA. I am a casual gamer. I dont play every day and i dont take ranked game to seriously. Im there to have fun and relax. For live i prefer games with co-op. I have every Tom Clancy game known to man, I love Dooms co-op and the Star Wars BF games are amazingly fun. I hope to continue to be a casual gamer throughout my life and wish the hardcore gamers luck with making the $$$.

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You guys have all been so amazing helping me with my paper! It's going really well and I've had some private messages interested in seeing the final product.... so let me know (it's due wednesday) where I can post it!

Just one thing: Seeing as I am a mere researcher, and a novice gamer, could you please try to spell out the acronyms... I'm not sure what a lot of the short-forms mean.

Thanks so much and keep 'em coming!!!

  • 11.20.2005 11:28 AM PDT
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First things first.

Male
15 Years old
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

I'd just like to say that you should probably base your information more dependant on our responses instead of the poll you created. Also, this site appeals more to younger audiences for many reasons, (but not always!!) so your data might be biased on this site. That's why I think you should, if you haven't already, asked on a wide variety of forums and such.

As for the acronyms that I think you're refering to in snomwanaxt's post. A "LAN" is a Local Area Network, and is really used to describe an event where a lot of gamers get together and connect their systems together to play games. An "RTS" is a genre of gaming short for Real Time Strategy, and it basically what it sounds like, using strategy against other players (commonly war games). RPG stands for Role Playing Game where players usually complete quests and become more powerful as the game progresses.

In Eagles5's post, GTA stands for Grand Theft Auto which is a game. And also a game called Star Wars BF which is short for Star Wars Battle Front.

If you want to know what forum to post something in, look at the descriptions next to each forum on this page, and if you still don't know, PM a Moderator.

Hope that helps!

  • 11.20.2005 12:00 PM PDT

sup sup sup

14 (15 December 10th) / Male / Tucson, Az

I usually play with people from these forums, or people I know from school.

  • 11.20.2005 12:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lord of Deimos
Posted by: DWeedWacker
I am posting in the smallest font and whispering this in a low tone so no one can hear it but you....




Male, 47, Newark, DE

Don't worry, Recon will be here soon. Then you'll feel young.

I thought recon was "just" 40. Or maybe he's merely wishing ihe was.

  • 11.20.2005 1:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: researcher1234
You guys have all been so amazing helping me with my paper! It's going really well and I've had some private messages interested in seeing the final product.... so let me know (it's due wednesday) where I can post it!


Depends on what it contains..i'm going to say The Flood would be the best place...unfortunatly but i'm not 100% sure so don't quote me on that.

  • 11.20.2005 1:28 PM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

Hmm. Well I'm James. I'm 15 years old, caucasion, live in the United States (Connecticut, more specifically). Not sure what else you need to know... I play online with lots of people, my firneds sometimes. Not too many have Live though.

  • 11.20.2005 2:39 PM PDT

I'm not that active, but never dead.

No old enough to be YOUR daddy!

18 for the record.

But wait....

  • 11.21.2005 2:51 AM PDT
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... zomg, I just totally killed Imp's post! I'M SORRY IMP!

OH GOD OH GOD. Dumb delete post button was selected! I'M SORRY!

But I guess now I can answer your questions. >_>
Age: 15.
Gender: Male
Location: Perth, Australia.

I don't play Halo often, I don't have XBL. When I do play, however, it's with my uncle, split screen. Other times I'm playing Myth, another Bungie game.

-TGP-
PS. Sorry Imp.

  • 11.21.2005 5:45 AM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

I'm 17, but I don't play Halo 2 anymore.

Too bad all 15 years olds aren't like TGP. Maybe I would still play Halo 2 if that were true.

  • 11.21.2005 6:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: Great_Pretender
Age: 15


You're only 15!??!?!?! Wow. I thought you were like 18. You must have done a LOT of sucking up to gain modship at this yound. ;)

Wow. I knew 14-18 would be top, but I had no idea that that many of us are that age group.

  • 11.21.2005 2:02 PM PDT
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Seriously, don't take me seriously.

Underground Pleasure - aren't you a bit curious?

16 yo

  • 11.21.2005 2:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: Great_Pretender
... zomg, I just totally killed Imp's post! I'M SORRY IMP!

OH GOD OH GOD. Dumb delete post button was selected! I'M SORRY!

-TGP-
PS. Sorry Imp.

Wow, if you can do that to impurity. Don't even look at my unleash ninjas button.

  • 11.21.2005 2:20 PM PDT

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