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Subject: You're too old to be here, opinions?

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Posted by: Bungie Sam
You're never too old to play video games.


This.

  • 09.20.2012 3:53 PM PDT

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I'm one of the old guys. The average gamer age is 36.

  • 09.20.2012 4:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: ankerd123
The way generations are being brought up now I'd say in 50 years we will have 60 year old gamers etc. Wouldn't expect that to be common now though.
I think we will have 60 year old gamers in 20-30 years. OP is 60 in 24 years (sorry).

I have a 60 year old on my friends list that I play with sometimes. As they say, "Age is but a number." As long as you can pick up a controller and enjoy the game you should be able to play it.

  • 09.20.2012 4:21 PM PDT
Subject: You're too old to be here, opinions?

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I think if you grew up here, then it's still your home. Kids come here for the game stuff, but as they grow older they stay more for the community and their friendships.

  • 09.20.2012 4:23 PM PDT
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There is no too old to game, there is only too young.

  • 09.20.2012 4:31 PM PDT
Subject: You're too old to be here, opinions?
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Anonym0us. He plays Bungie games and doesn't afraid of anything.

90s FTW!

Never too old... 28 here.

  • 09.20.2012 4:33 PM PDT

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Games, internet forums, etc. etc. are really for all ages.

Just ask Recon...

Posted by: Lobster Fish 2
There is no too old to game, there is only too young.

And this

[Edited on 09.20.2012 4:35 PM PDT]

  • 09.20.2012 4:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: FALSE R3ALITYx
And Cobravert is absolutely correct.

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Posted by: Coux73
I'm 39.



Get off my lawn!

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Go mow mine.

I still occasionally tell loud mouth brats, tweens, teens in game lobbies or after they post game rage quit - Congratulations! You have just been beaten by an guy old enough to be your Dad.

Posted by: Geegs30
There are a few old timers here. Obviously mostly of the H3ITWP folks are older.

We are and have been The WorkPLace for about 2 years now. Average age is around 28ish.
Ancient Warriors are a little older on average than TWP.

Either way, we still can kick some hind end in game and do so on a nightly basis.

  • 09.20.2012 4:38 PM PDT

I am every nite, and regularly play gamers that are over 60 , Hey if we can buy the game , whip up on the kids . I can see why they don't want us on. We all can't wait for Halo 4 !!!!!

  • 09.20.2012 4:46 PM PDT

Man of God. Fan of Bungie. Eater of many Jr. Bacon cheeseburgers.

I don't think you can ever be too old to be on here or play video games. Video games aren't just games anymore. They're true experiences and stories. They're deeper than just a modern toy. They're an exploration of the mind's full creative potential.

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  • 09.20.2012 4:51 PM PDT

~ Life is Killing Me. ~

~ I hate, therefore I am. ~

OP,

If people give you or any other Gamer crap about being "too old", then come check out the Ancient Warriors.

We're in B.net's Private Groups.

We're a group of Gamers who're all over 30. We're mature, and don't go for all of the BS that the screaming 12-year-olds give out on LIVE. We love Halo, and any other game really, and we're always looking to game together. At any one time it'd be easy to fin 10-20 of us online just ready to tear it up in Halo.

You should check us out. I think you'd really enjoy our mature, respectful, adult views on gaming. And if you have any 30+ Gamers that you think would like this type of environment, then feel free to send them our way as well. :)

check us out: Ancient Warriors

  • 09.20.2012 5:03 PM PDT

He's right on top of us! I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using...

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Babies up in this thread.

26. I was born into a world newly completed with the NES. Still playin.

[Edited on 09.20.2012 6:44 PM PDT]

  • 09.20.2012 6:38 PM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

You're only as old as your account age on here.

  • 09.20.2012 6:44 PM PDT

He's right on top of us! I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using...

Ockeghem
Missa Prolationum

Actually, I would like to see an age demographic poll in the community forum. I think it would be enlightening.

  • 09.20.2012 6:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: Recon Number 54
I think that it's become the new "clearly you have no life, and can't get one" insult for those of us who are clearly too old to still be in our mother's basement.

Teens would insult those in the late 20's to early 30's with the stereotype of "a fat ugly kid that never grew up and now sponges off of their parents". Now that those teens are in college or in the late 20's themselves, they need to alter the insult so that it doesn't catch them in the splash damage radius.


This part will be especially interesting as the younger players grow through the phases we've already been through. Hopefully they mature as most do.

Although I never expect the insults and trash talking to die down, hopefully just increase in comedic value, like fine wine.

  • 09.20.2012 6:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: Cobravert
I still occasionally tell loud mouth brats, tweens, teens in game lobbies or after they post game rage quit - Congratulations! You have just been beaten by an guy old enough to be your Dad.


This is just classic, I think I'll use it sometime mate.

  • 09.20.2012 6:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: Oddley765
Average age for an Australian gamer is now 32...

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I guarantee that if you took Facebook games out of the equation, that average would plummet.

  • 09.20.2012 6:57 PM PDT
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Honey I'm home!

Age will not stop me from playing video games ever!

  • 09.20.2012 8:11 PM PDT
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I might be too young.

  • 09.20.2012 8:13 PM PDT

"No, Hoobla. No."
~DeeJ

There are a TON of kids on here...

  • 09.20.2012 8:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: im am b0red
There are a TON of kids on here...
Just out of curiosity, how old are you?

  • 09.20.2012 8:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: MiloOmega

Posted by: im am b0red
There are a TON of kids on here...
Just out of curiosity, how old are you?

17, yes yes, I was a kid when I joined and am still fairly young, but I was refering to the vast amounts of pre-teeners in the Flood and such.

  • 09.20.2012 8:23 PM PDT


Posted by: King Dutchy

Posted by: Oddley765
Average age for an Australian gamer is now 32...

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I guarantee that if you took Facebook games out of the equation, that average would plummet.


Sure a decent percentage but every 36 year old mate of mine is a gamer so maybe not as skewed as you think.

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  • 09.20.2012 8:27 PM PDT

$x='print chr(36),"x=",chr(39),$x,chr(39),";\n",$x; ';
print chr(36),"x=",chr(39),$x,chr(39),";\n",$x;

I work at Microsoft. I have nothing to do with Halo and nothing I say is "the official word".

I'll never be too old so long as Recon's still moderating here

  • 09.20.2012 8:29 PM PDT

The sound of iron shocks is stuck in my head, The thunder of the drums dictates
The rhythm of the falls, the number of dead's the rising of the horns, ahead
From the dawn of time to the end of days I will have to run, away
I want to feel the pain and the bitter taste of the blood on my lips, again

I'm twenty seven, and I've been told video games are just for kids. It's ridiculous that people still think like this.

[Edited on 09.20.2012 8:38 PM PDT]

  • 09.20.2012 8:37 PM PDT