OT: How old are you ?

[Greybeard]

I had my 46th birthday on December 1.

On December 3, I was released (laid-off) from my job. But, God was faithful; through what could be considered coincidences, I started my new (and better) job on December 16. I only missed 8 working days and have a job I really love.

BTW, I'm a civil engineer doing design for residential, commercial, and industrial developments.

Greybeard

[Slynky]

I'm 51 and Viet Nam vet, too (slaps dbt on the shoulders).

Cut my teeth on an old game called Tactics II by Avalon Hill when I was about 10 or 11. Afther that, moved to Blietzkrieg by the same company.

I was 19 and drafted into the army, where, after a series of tests, given a job in computers and assigned to ASA (an old intel org).

Computers changed my life (DUH!) and been with them ever since.

Games were sad in the early days of PCs so I stayed busy with PBM games: Starweb, Illuminati, Spiral Galaxy, CTF 2184 (still playing to this day), Criime, and others.

First real game to keep me occupied on the PC was Empire II. THEN came MOO. Played and played and played. Beat it everyway to sunrise using every race on highest setting. Same thing with MOO2. But the game never really had a good way to play with others.

Then came SE4. Learned to play well enough to thump all the AI at highest settings till it got boring. That's when I ventured to SE4 PBEM. And, then to PBW. After all, beating humans is what it's all about.

So, there ya go!

[Stone Mill]

Many new life forms in here these days...

take a second and sign in!

[Gryphin]

Slynky
"Cut my teeth on an old game called Tactics II by Avalon Hill when I was about 10 or 11." Afther that, moved to Blietzkrieg by the same company.
Those are the first two games I played. I still have them. Wish someone would do a computer Version. First I started to mod them then found Panzer Blitz, ..... then moved to miniatures.
Then computers and Empire with CGA graphics. (4 colors for those too young to know).

Welcome to the forum.
Edit: Reads date of Slnky's post. well, better late than never.

[ March 07, 2003, 12:29: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[David E. Gervais]

...and here is the ultimate response to this thread... (drumroll please...)

I'm old enough to be my age!



[ March 10, 2003, 16:03: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[3HattedDragon]

I'm old enough to remember Panzer Blitz, and I still have my copy. I also still have my Commodore 64...

3hd

[Ragnarok]

Well my age could be said to be like this in a couple months:
I'm 32 X 3 / 2 - 20 + 8 / 2.