any older players out there?

35 here. Pretty sure a lot of the people I know that play are 30-40.

You have to figure, the first major arcade games came out back in 1980. For a long time the notion has been that older people don't play games or even know what them Marios are, but at this point it's perfectly within reason to expect people in their early 50s to have come up on the early games and have been playing them for 40 years. In short, yeah, there's a metric assload of them around even if they aren't saying anything to identify themselves.

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Originally Posted by hagare

pretty sure most male pattern baldness look like that.
The stonehenge of hair.
I just gave up and shave it all. xD

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Good decision xD

Just turned 56!

I'm 47, so I just might beat out everyone posting.

Late 60's here. Been playing computer games since the 1970's ( I worked on mainframes back then), D&D and dial_up MUDs since 1982 or so, MMORPGS since 1997. I build my own PC's. Wrote telecom software for the 6502 microprocessor.

I can't help but laugh when folks are calling 30 somethings 'old'!

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Originally Posted by mariannef

Late 60's here. Been playing computer games since the 1970's ( I worked on mainframes back then), D&D and dial_up MUDs since 1982 or so, MMORPGS since 1997. I build my own PC's. Wrote telecom software for the 6502 microprocessor.

I can't help but laugh when folks are calling 30 somethings 'old'!

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Do you recall your first encounter with a brand new game called "Pong"? For me, it was back when I was a youth, travelling to my new home on the ferry from Vancouver to Nanaimo. Our family went up to the lounge area and saw this curious little table that had been recently installed in the corner. It had a screen that was showing a little dot moving back and forth. It was love at first sight and from then on computer games became a permanent part of my life.

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Originally Posted by Limecat

You have to figure, the first major arcade games came out back in 1980. For a long time the notion has been that older people don't play games or even know what them Marios are, but at this point it's perfectly within reason to expect people in their early 50s to have come up on the early games and have been playing them for 40 years. In short, yeah, there's a metric assload of them around even if they aren't saying anything to identify themselves.

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Talking 'bout my generation... My dad, who was born in '49 played video games until the day he died and would still be playing if he were alive today.

I just turn 43 a few weeks ago and I been here for almost 8 years now. Still with my Lala after all of those years.

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Originally Posted by elzdon

im 38 turning 39 and havent come across any players close to my age in my travels. i wondered if there are any older players out there? would be nice to know one or two in game. light/twintania.

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I'm 40, almost 41 in a few months. sup.