Lord_Thorne Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) 52. Union (office) job in ...'a major telecommunications firm,' as they say; eligible to retire but still got a mortgage and a kid in computer-nerd college. Been a tabletop RPGer since 1975 (little 3 D&D booklets), and wargamer before that. Was toally blown away by Star Wars when it came out, the year I graduated from high school - saw it about a dozen times within the first year or so; stood in line for a couple hours to see the opening of the next two. This is my first pay-subscription MMO; played Guild Wars, nothing else was interesting enough until SWTOR (and having a budget to allow it!). Not regretting a single dollar yet. Hats off to QDMcGraw, for the name - fond memories of El Kabong!!!!!! Edited June 6, 2015 by Lord_Thorne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC-Lawndart Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) I feel so young ^^ most of you guys have been on this planet twice as long as me ;O Got any tips? ! Oh... QQ Thought you were going to go on saying something else there for a moment ;P Yeah, Respect your elders! Why? We invented rebelion long before you. Edited January 23, 2012 by SFC-Lawndart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appletaz Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) The OP should have made this a poll so we could see the numbers of the age groups!! Anyway, 62 here, and retired recently. My first computer game was Dark Castle on my Mac Classic My first MMO was Lineage 2, though of course I played Pong and Pacman etc etc. on consoles. My kids get a kick out of it, though they'd rather play the Golf games and the single-player games. "Too much grinding, forget that!!" My friends just shake their head when they find out I'm playing an online game. They just can't understand. When they call me and I say just a minute, I'm in the middle of killing some mobs... you can hear the grimace in their voice. I just laugh at them. They have no idea the fun I'm having! And $15 a month for an MMO is certainly cheaper and a lot more fun than going to the bars! Edited January 23, 2012 by Appletaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilirubin Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 42, professor. Been gaming as long as I have had access to computers. Kept myself sane while writing my thesis with Quake deathmatch, and helped pay the bills as a postdoc working as an admin for a game site/community/game delivery service (so I can really feel for the gold texters on this site!). Back to page 4 now to read the rest of the posts; fascinating look into some of my fellows on the servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moeguin Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 38 year old 1% biker who loves online games where i can be a nice guy for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaad Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 im 41 and work in a factory and videos games n reading happen to be my 2 mani hobbies...when i can pry the puter and/or tv away from my kids lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthmoriquendi Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 48 year old housewife here so your not alone and I believe there are a lot more older people who play than you can imagine. My husband plays and my youngest son who is 21. We have been gamers for a long time in our family and played swg for 8 years and lotro for about 3 years and yes even played some wow. Goes to show you ever know who is behind the keyboard and just because you work in a high paying job, hold a high position or unemployed it doesn't change our addiction to the star wars universe. Personally I like the more mature community here and also which I got from swg and lotro. I despised wow and wouldn't play it just for the fact that so many acted so immaturely in that game and it burned me out really quick. Kind of a shame as I really enjoyed the game itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandC Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 51 and a Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist, been in the medical field since 1979 when i joined the Navy out of high school, started playing WOW at then end of vanilla and still do play on occasion but SW-TOR is my main MMO. As mentioned i would be interested in a guild that has older players, My WOW guild is called Over The Hill Gang on Staghelm server. If planning on starting a guild let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madwooki Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 41 here and I approve this message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nite_shade Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 46 year old Systems Analyst Programmer for a large Corp. Also, an indy App Developer. I spend most of my 'Spare time', gaming... I sadly left SW:TOR due it failing to live upto my expectations. So now I'm playing Rift, and what a joy it is! I'm an avid SW fan and have been since, my aunt took me to see episode IV a a nipper SWG really made me feel I was living the dream (pre-NGE). TOR, well... makes me feel empty inside... Sadly disappointed, in this single player game, with online content. However, I shall endevour to monitor it from afar.. But not a Galaxy Far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jybwee Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 31 here, but i still wanna be in your club sir . I got a late start in mmos but have always been a gamer since Nintendo. First mmo was FFXI for the PS2. Always knew about mmos but never really interested me until Final Fantasy. Was a huge Final Fantasy fan since 3 on snes and when i heard the next one was gunna be a mmo i knew i had to play it. Hooked me instantly and took over my life for a few months, lol. My whm/blm was legendary!!! Ever since then i haven't been AS hardcore in most mmos but still waste many hours a week in them. I only hope when i'm 45+ i still have the time to play as much as i want. I also am a collector of older games. Some of the systems i have atm - nes (both versions), snes, n64, cube, ds, genesis, 32x, sega cd, gamegear, lynx, neo geo pocket, ps1 and 2, xbox, 3do, cd-i (2 types), and an arcade machine me and some friends put together. Nerd and proud of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabanezzi Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 36yo process control engineer here in family company, 3d artist for well known multinational company, ex game designer (before they were main stream) and i just want to say i think you people are all awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilpuppy Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hello Gramps, I'm in your yard messing up your grass!!! LOL I actually laughed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasticles Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I just recently started getting AARP junk mail...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotbox Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yah our guild won't recruit kids, strictly a guild of older more family oriented players. It helps a lot with the daily questing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerenApGwaila Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I love this thread! I come back and check up on it every day when I get home (and before I head for some gaming time!) Love seeing all the great diversity .... we should have included our locations as well (Welsh but living in Netherlands for me!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artemisalpha Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 39 years old and a unix system administrator. And not really getting that old bit of "39 and holding" - I welcome my 40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxus Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Almost 30 here, and while that isn't as old as some the generation gaps feel like they're getting shorter and shorter. I made a Matrix reference the other day to a group who had no idea what I was talking about. Then I realized wow that movie is older than some of the people playing Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syknd Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 will be 40 on feb 20th..im a single father of a 4 year old son and im an equimpment operator (front end loaders,bull dozers ect.) i have been to every opening night of a star wars movie since 1977.i been playing wow for 6yrs and still play. but there is nothing like being a sith:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayshe Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 42 year-old, Audit Senior Manager for a large international corporation and to top it off, a woman. Both in game and out people don’t believe I’m a gamer and have been at it for over 25 years. I can still even today remember the game that got me hooked…Adventure for Atari. Lol that’s kind of embarrassing if anyone recalls Adventure. Anyway, having a great time with this game and expect to stick around for quite some time. Best of luck to you all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narkedoff Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 45 here working in thin film optics Started gaming on the ZX81 which was fun to program before using audiotapes was developed....."Gonna play a game now, just need to program it 1st....OK on page 10 was that 1100100100011110000 or 10010010000101110001 on line 36?" After 6 yrs playing GW this is such a refreshing change. Loving BH so far. All I miss is all the over 30 guildies I used to play with, only 1 came with me. Others still in GW or have just stopped playing for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyys Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Turned 40 last month. I work in law enforcement and I am the mother of two great kids, 8 and 10. Both love to play TOR. I may be younger than some but I can remember 8 tracks, getting our first Atari and Pong. Went to the theatre to see the originals when they first came out and how excited we were waiting for the next one. So did anyone start a guild? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHume Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I am 61, an IT professoinal, have been gaming since first edition D&D, and was a freelance writer for some paper and pencil rules awhile ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndraScotia Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hi, I am 47 and work as a quality auditor/assessor for my sins and gave up worrying about other opinions of my interests in my 20's cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennethHoover Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 52 years old here and love the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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