What age are rtcw gamers?
 

I was just wondering what age are most rtcw gamers so i thought: why not post a poll. :D

age poll
 

:rock: 53 going on 18:rock: :dance:

what a surprise i thought i would be the only one in my thirties i thought i was playing against young kids all the time . i dont feel too bad now

Hey! i just realised, rtcw is not suitable for under 15s. Its rated 15. Just thought i would point that out.

42 - hey isn't that the meaning of life?

Almost 41 yrs young. That old theory that teenagers have better hand-eye coordination and will whip you because you're old? NOT! Most of the better players of any game that I've known have been 38-50 yrs old. Yup.

:-)

It is refreshing to see that I am not the ol' man on the block.
I am 37 yo, and an original Wolfenstein 3d player back when it came out and impressed the world with the then new, first person shooter styling. I remember reading in gaming magazines WHAT they were going to call these style games, since at the time all we had were role playing, simulators, and Ultima, overhead perspective type games.

I was so impressed with RTCW that I built a new computer system to fully take advantage of this game, and in the matter of a few months, set up 5 gaming-only computers on my home network so we can have small LAN parties, with the luxury of not having to haul your computer to my house. It's fun. Took several "junk" computers ranging from 400 mhz PII's to 733 PIII's, put GF 2's in them and a NIC card in ea, and we have a great set up. Even the PII computer runs better graphics than new HP computers running processors 4 times its speed, and will run games like SOF2 that require 450mhz or above to run, very well.

I think all this stems from not having any cool toys when I was younger, so I have to make up for it now.

See you at the BEACH!

Jeff

49 here. Are we not suppose to return in infancy as we grow older? hehe
2OLD

:dance: So far I remain the "Old Fart" of the posted ages at 53 :lol:

The only problem I have is keeping my kids off line so I can play.

No one out there that is older??...come on...admit it....



SPIDER

Damn... seems like I am the baby here and I'm 30!

RTCW rocks!!! A far cry from the day when I got my first computer ...Commodore 64:dance:

i know i said i was finished with this forum but when i saw the last post...i just hadda respond. MY FIRST COMPUTER WAS A COMMADORE 64 TOO! i loved it, i had a tape drive and everything. it was amasing cause nobody else i knew had a computer and it was the first one on our street. the graphics were so crap it was untrue. but it was awsome! remmember 'Dizzy' ? ! i nearly completed it.

CAPTAIN cRuNcH

I was debating whether to get the commadore computer. I bought this horrible Tandy 1000 hx. I think the first game I got for it was f19.
I had to use my TV as a monitor, and I got a modem for it running at a cool 300 baud.

For what I paid for that lousy computer, something like $600, and what $600 will buy today, it is amazing how far computers have come.

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About the average age of gamers... I am not sure this poll shows the accuracy since anyone under 30 probably is doing better things than taking polls haha.

Jeff

Hi all,

I had a Commodore 1000, with the 1571 floppy drive and dot matrix printer. I forget what I paid for it but I sold it for $1000 (Australian of course). Wasn't the first computer I had though, but it was the first one with colour!!! I had a game console before that a 5200 thingy I think, then a mono computer just for writing, haha what a laugh, prolly paid more for that than I did for my current pc.

:cya: steve

lmao
 

Man, I thought I was older than most players til recently, I'm mid 30's. My first video game was pong and first computer was VIC-20, tape drive, rf adapter, LOL
http://www.wolfumbra.com/wolfy.gif

I must be the young one here now. I'm 27. You guys make me feel better because I'm the "old man" of my clan.

No Problem my child...

God make me feel like a baby again im only 15 turning 16 hehe but hey im not as stupid as u think i am hehe :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

Hell always catches you in the end

Hellraiser*EF*

Hey....how did u know what I was thinking? LOL j/k

lol ya i get that alot because they think im a teenager who doesnt know wut hes talking about usually lol well im just a bit different im a Hardcore gamer since Wolf3d hehe so i been around and made my own comp

Hell always catches you in the end
Hellraiser*EF*

Cool man. Keep up the gaming and techie work!!!

im turing 16 and am very stupid :agreed:

Dude...you are way ahead of the game if you think you are stupid...took me 30 years to realize how dumb I am at times...but, look at it this way...you got a lot to learn and that ain't a bad thing...me...I'm still learning cause most of the people around me are way smarter and from what I've seen in some of your posts that includes you and your computer knowledge...


SPIDER

I'm 17. I'm not stupid. I'm a good gamer. I like to kick ass. ;) lmao. Carry on!

Yea, you young folk got a sweet advantage, learn what you can while you can cuz it gets harder to learn as you get older...

Im 23 and a female gamer...we are sparse but the female population is starting to grow. I am in a great clan [AoD] and love playing RTCW.




[AoD]

I probably should clarify my other post...if you think you are stupid, you will approach every situation as if there is something you need to learn. If you assume you are smarter than the average bear, you will be reluctant to listen as you already think that you know what there is to know in any given situation. Take you for instance, sadly, alot of adults don't listen to what teenagers have to say on a given subject and thats a shame cause in some instances you know alot more on the subject than the adults.

SOOOOOOOOOOO...I think I'm not all that smart...as a result...most all of the people I run into have something to teach me and I get to learn a whole bunch of neat stuff about alot of neat stuff...

Don't mean to make the thread "serious" but did want to try and clarify my earlier post...

SPIDER

wow, this thread is still going, dude, thats gotta be a record. And i've still got a bigger post count than spider. lol.

eh
 

Now i feel young again just turned 16 :'( :'( . Well but big it up for the "old" players, i would fine it so cool if my dad played RTCW !! :bows:

Hmmm...looks like the young'ns are starting to rear their green heads...

wolfumbra is my q's answer guy so all i do all day is ask questions and go crazy.....he edited his trillian incomin msg sound to a lower sound just for me :lol: and to spider...ur not dumb...im gunna be way dumber when im ur age cuz i got that thing...whats it called...oh ya, laziness...and the occasionly, or all the time....impatience. :) driving car goin vroom vroom and almost hitting stuff is fun so im kinda gettin pulled between car or pc :(

I agree, I am 19 years old. I was around before first person shooters were around. I think that I will only get better with age. Dont believe that older people have less hand eye coordination, it just brings experience.

Yea, I started when i was 7 or 8 with the tv version of PONG. been gaming since, and I only get better. Younger kids seem to learn the actions faster but they don't get better as fast as they learn the game controls. Strategy is a long-learned skill.

48 and quite possibly the oldest so far. ;)

Sorry Techman... spider says he is 53...

Great! I feel better, now. ;)

My not-quite 2 year old son is nuts about RTWC. (not a good game for little kids I admit) But somehow, he is able to turn on the computer, the monitor, start RTCW MP, and actually join servers. It's a little embarassing since he is pretty limited on what he can do IN the game, but he is sure good as throwing grenades and blowing himself, and other team mates up. I had to hide all the desktop game icons today so that might slow him down a little bit. Now, if I can just keep him from hitting the RESET button on the computer.

SO.. my sincere appologies if you ever find him in your server! It really is NOT me!

Jeff

LMAO!!!:D :D :D

That's funny...a two year old. :lol:

I hope he never sees that ad where this kid puts a peanut butter sandwich in the VCR. :D

that is too funny, no one would ever know that he is 2 either.

When I started playing MP, I tought that the average age was about 16 or 17, and that nobody was over 25 or something, but when I asked in a game what age everone was, there were quite people saying they were ages over 30. Some of them could lie, but it were so many I had to believe it. But now I know I'm one of the younger players in the game it's quite fun to see all those adults playing this kind of games... Just wondering how the wifes think about that! :D ;)

BTW: NO OFFENSE MEANT IN THIS POST!!!!

Wife? I've been happily divorced since 1985. :D

Never re-married...I like to think I don't repeat mistakes. ;)

NOPE...you young whipper-snaper you...54 as of this past July 30 :dance: :dance: :rock: and I regularly kick my kids butt when he's on the same server with me...and ain't THAT fun...

SPIDER[TLD]

Happy Belated Birthday, Spider!!!

:D :cya: :agreed: :smokin:

Yeah, Happy Birthday!
Keep playing for another 54 years (not that you started when you were born, but... hehe)

Thanks again Wolf and Dutch...nice to have someone's good wishes regardless if they're late or not...are my presents in the mail or coming FedEx?? :lookaround::D :D :lol:

SPIDER[TLD]

I sent them the other night via Dream-on Parcel Service...

30s, 40s, and almost 50s !!!! woah! i feel like a baby here (no ofense) but thats cool : mature = experience
Some of you ppl can teach us, the little ones, something!! :)

by the way, im only 19

:uhm: Ahem...actually there's no "almost" about it...see my earlier post...

SPIDER[TLD]

:lol: hes just trying to say u look younger than you are....