How old are Dom2 players?

PhilD · #1 February 12th, 2004, 11:45 PM

Just curious about the demographics of Dominions 2 players...

Arryn · #2 February 14th, 2004, 02:59 AM

Interesting that 1 in 6 are in my age group: too old.

PhilD · #3 February 14th, 2004, 09:17 AM

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Originally posted by Arryn:
Interesting that 1 in 6 are in my age group: too old.

There is no "too old". You're only too old when you declare yourself to be.

Still, I find it interesting that only 6% of replies were "under 20". I'm not that surprised that this game seems to appeal to an older crowd than, say, Warcraft or Counterstrike (for the record: I did play some Warcraft, but never any CS; Dominions 2 is my first ever MP game on the PC), but to find myself in the majority age group (I'm 34) is refreshing.

Arryn · #4 February 14th, 2004, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by Arryn:
Interesting that 1 in 6 are in my age group: too old.

There is no "too old". You're only too old when you declare yourself to be.

I'm too old every time I'm reminded of the fact by my damn arthritic knees, protesting as I get up out of my chair to go get more Pepsi (the drink of the next generation{tm}). The mind is willing, Phil, the body is another matter. It is a constant fight, and not one I always win.

Norfleet · #5 February 14th, 2004, 11:27 AM

And I'm still the lone outlier on the chart. I'm old! I'm old and I have a long beard! If you think you have it bad now, it'll only get worse for you.

Fortunately, the same willpower and indifference to physical hardship that allows me to play a 13 hour Marathon out to the point where everyone else folds from exhaustion also allows me to ignore all of the aches and pains of being old. After all, no pain, no gain.

The key here is, when something hurts, to imagine how it could hurt even more. Then it will cease to be bother you at all. If your knees are bothering you, imagine how much more they would bother you if they folded over the wrong way. Hold that image for a bit.

Do your knees still hurt? I didn't think so.

LordArioch · #6 February 14th, 2004, 11:41 AM

Norfleet's the old one? That Arm Commander picture made me think you were younger. Someone that old that plays real-time strategy and turn-based strategy? You must be (insert positive term in use by youth). I wish I end up like that when I'm old.

Arryn · #7 February 14th, 2004, 11:46 AM

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The key here is, when something hurts, to imagine how it could hurt even more. Then it will cease to be bother you at all. If your knees are bothering you, imagine how much more they would bother you if they folded over the wrong way. Hold that image for a bit.

Do your knees still hurt? I didn't think so.

Ack, all that does is transfer the ache from my knees to my head. What a terrible mental image. Stop it with the pseudo-psychobabble. I don't need that sort of relief. That's what modern drugs like ibuprofen are for ...

[ February 14, 2004, 09:48: Message edited by: Arryn ]

Norfleet · #8 February 14th, 2004, 12:38 PM

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Originally posted by LordArioch:
Norfleet's the old one? That Arm Commander picture made me think you were younger. Someone that old that plays real-time strategy and turn-based strategy? You must be (insert positive term in use by youth). I wish I end up like that when I'm old.

Meh. Just because it's real time and requires a slightly faster mouse finger, an old man can't play? Although I primarily prefer strategy games, I play all types. Not to mention in those twitchy games, there's something perversely funny about some young whipper-snapper being fragged by an old geezer like myself.

Youth and vitality is no substitute for age and treachery.

Growing old is what you make of it: You'll come to realize that you're only young once, but you're never too old to be immature. When you're my age, you're too old for people to tell you what you should and should not do!

[ February 14, 2004, 10:39: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

Norfleet · #9 February 14th, 2004, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by Arryn:
Ack, all that does is transfer the ache from my knees to my head. What a terrible mental image. Stop it with the pseudo-psychobabble. I don't need that sort of relief. That's what modern drugs like ibuprofen are for ...

Good, good. Now you've made a start. Now that your head hurts instead, try and ponder something that will transfer that pain to someplace else, until you find whatever it is that still hurts to be tolerable.

Me, I ponder until I transfer the pain off to the point where my hair hurts. I'm bald, so this doesn't bother me much.

aldin · #10 February 14th, 2004, 11:39 PM

I was deleted (no harm, no foul Gandalf

) but am determined! The average age of Dom2 players is...(drumroll please)... 31 (31.66 to be weirdly more precise yet not exact)! Now I suppose this is exactly the right place in time to declare my 31-ness. Yes, it's true, I am the average Dom2 player. As such, I shall regularly triumph against the AI... and regularly fail in MP. I shall come up with 'undefeatable strategies' and have them defeated. I will find the best nation and theme (over and over and over again as my tastes change or I become Enchanted with a new magic spell/item). I will put dozens of hours into perfecting a pretender/nation combo - then use something else less powerful just for the fun of it. But mostly, I will enjoy this wonderful forum filled with Dom2 players just like myself

~Aldin