Never ask a lady her age
 

So, I'm just curious as to the age range here. Anyone have any ideas-

I think that I might be a bit young, having stopped being a minor only recently.


Also, apologies if this breaks rules.

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Don't think anyone mind. I'm 35

My general impression is that most are 25-30, with some younger and some older. Range from 15-55 I would guess.

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I'm 30, in human years http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif In relation to how much drama and stupidity, misunderstanding and general misfortune I've had to deal with, I'm about 97 in cranky bastard years!

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I'm only 24. In the last 3 years though I've gotten a full-time grown up job, bought a house, gotten married, and have my first kid on the way in 3 months. So I feel pretty old.

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19 with a summer job, place in a college, and a bank account.

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hey, that's pretty much what I did too! I even moved 3000 miles across the country (three days on a bus), and then got my driver's license, but no kids as of yet. Do you still have hair on top of your head? Mine's holding on, but I don't want to know for how long...

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Yeah, my hair is still there. I'm pretty sure I remember that gene comes from your mother's father, so I should be good.

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I'm 37, I'm not old! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Can only do that Monty Python and the Holy Grail joke till December 24th though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

Been playing wargames, RPGs, and video games since grade school. Most of my friends are gamers too, but my damn emergency move has isolated me from the gang. I'm visiting them in late Aug though, and have bought my 4 closest friends copies of Dom3 so they have to play!

*insert evil laughter here*

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Don't say that! my mom's dad was as bald as an egg! he had one hair that he grew 9 feet long and wrapped around his head 37 times every morning!

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Haha i am officially out of the range http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif.

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I'm 37 too! or almost 37 hehe. And I've still got my full head of hair, although they've recently accelerated in their march towards whiteness. I'm kinda enjoying the Xmen look though http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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My hairs keep threatening to turn white, ever since I got married, but so far I haven't been 100% certain about any of them.

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32 here, first kid in a week or two. I'm old, and sad

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I will kick up the average age I'm 47

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I think there are a lot more "older folk" on these forums than the average for an "average" computer game. It's just the kind of game that's naturally going to appeal to someone looking for a deeper-and broader, and slower-game experience, and more people are going to reach the point of wanting that at a later age than they are coming out of (or going into) highschool.

That's not to say that we don't have some younger people, or that we shouldn't. I personally hope we do.

I have a deep-seated fear that society's going to finally come up with some media masterstroke which will lure in and subvert the last few people in this world I can have a deep and meaningful conversation with, and then medical science will come along with a way for me to live forever.

That aside, I'd just put more money on the ones who are young being extraordinary, and of a mindset that will most likely cause them no end of problems until they *are* 30+

It's not really an age factor though, it's a matter of taste, and being introduced to the right influences at the right time-whether you're 80 or 20 or 2.

Ofcourse, the basic model of the game-huge, turn-based, niche wargame-is a thing that's going to be recognizeable and appreciated by older people, simply because we're the only ones who can remember back far enough to the days of tabletop wargames.

When we *can* remember anything, that is http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Within a few weeks i will be within KO's guesstimated age bracket and will no longer retain my angsty adolescent individuality! nooooo(z0rz)!

Couldnt resist. I need to sleep.

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I had the nagging suspicion that you were a remarkably talented youth, Shovah, if you'll please forgive the term.

Nice to know I can still read people a bit. Not that you've ever acted in an "immature" way that I've noticed, or in a way that would point to your age-which is to your credit. It's just that you shine brightly, if you take my meaning, more brightly than someone who's been hammered by the world as much as I have expects from an older person, even one to whom the years have been gentle.

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all youngsters...heheheh, 59 here, but who counting hahahahahaha

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P.S. A good case of angsty adolescence will last until you're in your mid-20's.

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26 over here (ooo lookie, I fit into KO's demographic!).

I'd also like to state a prediction that DOM fans tend to be more educated that average. What with the immense complexity of the nations and all and the mythology and history thrown in. It's a lot more in depth than just running around killing things.

I HOPE I'll be playing games and whooping it up with I'm in my fifties. That sounds awesome!

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Well, if we're not that educated to begin with, we get that way fast. That's part of the game experience, there's so much to learn.

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I have to disagree about the education. I've met a number of 4X gamers who know a lot who nevertheless didn't make it through college.

That is, assuming we're talking about a classical education.

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I'm 42. It's the answer to life, the universe, and everything you know. So I should be unstoppable in all the MP games.

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22 ftw! Planning to finally get my Computer Engineering Degree in a week and a half. Stupid semicoductors...

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I guess what I was trying to say is that ancient/medieval history isn't exactly taught on the streets. At least it wasn't where I grew up. Considering most other 4x games are based on pure imaginings, I'm sure they're easier to get into. I mean, Dom 3 can be enjoyed by anyone, but I like it because I find the thematic stuff interesting.

For example, I'm a big buff of the Byzantine Empire. Buff as in I have read giant books about them. Ergo, my favorite nation is Pythium. Because I can BE the (weirdly snake loving) Byzantine Empire and go against the tide of history and actually win.

YMMV

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The 4x games I've played have way more history stuff than dominions, from what I understand. But into wargaming through history, so I may be biased.

Europa Universalis 1+2, Legion, Chariots of War, Spartan, and arguably the TW series...

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Very well, you're likely right. I haven't played any of those but TW (which, come on, actually uses real nations and mangles them, Roman ninjas, anyone?), so for all I know they could be spot-on historically.

I like that Dom is FANTASY nations that build on a well researched framework of actual Earth history and mythology.

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Everybody is kinda old here... I am 15 at this moment, birthday is at October.

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Yeah, and the cannonelephants in mtw2...

Seriously, though. The first two weren't that bad. I still have MTW 1.

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Shogun was great fun when i first played it although i was a little young at the time(not even being 15 now). MTW1 was great at its time and is still alot of fun now. Rome was interesting due to the updated graphics and the fact that i liked the time period although roman ninjas and invunerable spartan hoplites(they were good but if you make a ring of them they shouldnt be invincible http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif) made it a little silly.
Medieval 2 is also quite fun but is also a little silly(although a full army of cannon elephants is great fun) and has lost some of the greatness of the original two, perhaps due to its age, although the melee combat is quite fun to watch, particularly between swordsmen.

Im glad Baneslave posted there; i was starting to feel a little lonely... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

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I'm 31 and not getting any younger... *sigh*

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I've got 57 years under my belt (which is a bit longer than it was when I started playing computer games in 1980 or 81).

There is an old Polish saying "You are old as you feel". This morning I woke up and felt like a 25 year old, but I looked all around and couldn't find one.

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I'm 24, though still at university as a grad student.

Shovah32, I would never have guessed you were so young. You're very mature and smart for your age (you're one of the forum members whose opinion I tend to trust the most).

I love that there is such a wide age range and range of backgrounds and talents on this forum. It's a great community.

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I'm one of the younglings around here. 18 years old.

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Sorry. I'm 42 also. I just lost my first MP game but it's not really fair as I lost it during initial empire placement.
*EVERYTHING* around me was forest or swamp--I simply couldn't field that large an army.

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That's, like, 42 reversed. I bet you can beat Lingchih with that. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

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I'm 670 years old... normal for a Vanadrott, plus I'm planning to cast a few revjunates within the next few years.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

My favorite number today is 33 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

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Im 51 years old. I retired from the military when I was 38. I have two sons that are 28 and 30. And now you know why I can spend so much time online. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I'm 28, and recently split up with my girlfriend with whom I had been living since leaving college. (well, actually, with whom I had been living since I entered college, we were in the same dorm http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif )

My hair is also in danger of disapearing soon, but on the bright side I started to have to shave me at least once every two days recently, so at least I won't look like a hairless baby http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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We of the Celestial Sphere do not count time as do humans. However, this form I currently occupy has seen 46 of your earth years.

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Why be an underachiever? I'm 34 and my angsty adolescence is still going strong!!!

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Being addicted to 4x games has a way of keeping you from graduating college

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I never even went to college-I dropped out of highschool, for that matter.

I can say that with pride, since I have a decent job (that was held by atleast 1 person in our company with 7 separate degrees), a wife, and a mortgage.

I still want to go to college though, after the mortgage (hopefully, not after the wife, if she can stand putting up with me that long).

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*whistles innocently*

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All right, I'm going to own up to some pretty severe terminological ignorance, but what the hell is the origin of the term "4x game"?

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Google, do you use it?

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"4X refers to a genre of strategy game, usually a computer game, with four primary goals: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate. A 4x game can be turn-based or real-time. The best known example of this genre is Sid Meier's Civilization series."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4X

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Don't feel bad Edi, I didn't know either.

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Thanks, guys.

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36 and they had better invent that anti-aging drug soon, cause I hate getting older... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif