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[ANIMAL1975]

To be honest im a little shocked...Lots of old farts here and i saw some 15yo attitude frequently...

Young in spirit for life!

Spoiler

crys inside while the left knee stings because of the excitement...

Mods seem to think I'm a child based on the tag they kindly gave me.

Maybe 27 makes me a child.

Yeah i could be your father dude

45 in September.
Ouch

45. Started gaming with Atari 2600 and pocket game & watch games when I was like 6.

My brehs

 

[Shinobitron]

33, my first system was a Nintendo 64, never went back to Nintendo after that, lol.

 

[sublimit]

OP do you work for a marketing/research firm? Because all of your Poll threads seem like surveys made by a publisher's marketing team.

 

[ZywyPL]

The average on GAF is physically 30+, mentally sub-15.

 

[mrBarrelNut]

47

 

[Thirty7ven]

Ok zoomer

It’s like explaining to a bunch of Vietnam War vets that girls these days get rich posting non nudes on Instagram.

 

[Mistershine.]

44 years young, bitches.

 

[Nico_D]

40... +? Nothing comes after that except death? Gee, thanks.

44 years young, bitches.

You too?

 

[FunkMiller]

Anyone who thinks video games are toys for children should probably look at the poll in this thread. So many old farts

I think it's quite the opposite. You'd be surprised how many adults now, who started gaming in the 80s, play games. We can't just let go of great nostalgic memories that easily. Plus, gaming is still fun

And I'm 40.

Agreed. All of us post 40 year olds were around for things like the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, up through NES and Master System, SNES and Megadrive. They are as much a way of life for us as TV and movies.

Let's not forget the video games industry is more profitable than any other entertainment medium these days. It's weird how the mainstream media just doesn't understand how huge gaming is, across a wide range of ages.

I'm old enough to tell you there were consoles before those two, and possibly wars..

Look... you banging two rocks together in the street was not a video games console. You know this.

 

[Hypereides]

I get the impression a sizable amount of 30+ users here have some fanatical console warring tendencies... I'm going to cast a stone in my own glass house here and say some of you dudes need a serious dose of introspection since like yesterday.

 

[The Scrivener]

I was playing Rocket League the other day and got asked this question by some random gamer. He laughed when I said I was 40.

Being an older gamer means you've been around since the origins back in the 80s. It's the best, my kids will never know what it means, when they grow up with graphics like Cyberpunk 2077 or Halo Infinite.

 

[Mista]

So there's no 25-30 opion? Guess I'm just a glitch in the matrix. F for me

Let me join you good sir.

 

[MasterDerico]

You should've made the votes publicly visible

Its visible! I marked...!

 

[MasterDerico]

You should've made the votes publicly visible

Its visible! I marked...!

You should've made the votes publicly visible

It's visible! I rechecked now!

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Anyone who thinks video games are toys for children should probably look at the poll in this thread. So many old farts



Agreed. All of us post 40 year olds were around for things like the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, up through NES and Master System, SNES and Megadrive. They are as much a way of life for us as TV and movies.

Let's not forget the video games industry is more profitable than any other entertainment medium these days. It's weird how the mainstream media just doesn't understand how huge gaming is, across a wide range of ages.



Look... you banging two rocks together in the street was not a video games console. You know this.

There was bloodshed.

 

[Redlight]

I’m old enough to remember the First Console Wars.

Sit down sometime, sonny... and I’ll tell you all about the bloodshed of Sega vs Nintendo.

Atari vs Coleco says hi.

 

[Skyr]

Are 15-25 years old all on discord and social media?

I guess forums are becomming the retirement homes of the internet.

 

[MasterDerico]

OP do you work for a marketing/research firm? Because all of your Poll threads seem like surveys made by a publisher's marketing team.

No, i work on video editing (tv commercials), and im also a programmer.
I like to make threads when the audience tell something about themselves. Preferences, age, why u think that, those kind of stuff!

Many people do threads to people give opinions about what he/her is asking, so the entire thread is about the OP. I like to do the contrary, thread where the stars are the users.

Sorry my poor English.

 

[N0S]

No surprise bingo cards are so popular

 

[Starlight Lotice]

30 but mentality of a 19 year old, sadly.

Or that's just my Aspergers, I dunno.

 

[JonnyMP3]

Judging by the poll it seems this place is for the older dudes who are turning or turned conservative politically, while the other place is for the idealistic youth. lol

I shall never be Conservative. No matter how old I get, I'm a socialist!

 

[existensmaximum]

First I chose 30-35, then I realized I'm 37

 

[Hendrick's]

I used to have a pager.

 

[FunkMiller]

Atari vs Coleco says hi.

Yeah, but there wasn’t much of a console war between those two, as people could only communicate by telegram or shouting at each other from across the valley.

 

[ANIMAL1975]

There was bloodshed.

 

[Rikoi]

Most gamers were in the 10-20 bracket when gaming became mainstream (around the PS1/N64 era) so it's kinda easy to see how 30-40 years old gamers are so common.
I don't think we are a relic of the past, there are a lot of gamers of this age because of that.

 

[JonnyMP3]

Yeah, but there wasn’t much of a console war between those two, as people could only communicate by telegram or shouting at each other from across the valley.

Yeah, that seemed more of a skermish that Atari outright won and slowly became old and fat and full of hubris that they outright crashed the entire burgeoning market as it was by themselves!
Then 2 new upstarts from the Far East rose to stake claim in the real war!

 

[Domisto]

I'm almost surprised there are that many under 30. Forums have been trending older for a long time now. Youngsters like to do their own thing away from the old folks. Facebook was taken over by parents. It's happening to Twitter. It will happen to Instagram in future.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

40 plus? Fucking hell GAF is full of Boomers. I'm 29.

 

[cormack12]

Most gamers were in the 10-20 bracket when gaming became mainstream (around the PS1/N64 era) so it's kinda easy to see how 30-40 years old gamers are so common.
I don't think we are a relic of the past, there are a lot of gamers of this age because of that.

We are the first generation

 

[N0S]

Thats right

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Where the hell is the 5-10 option?

 

[GHG]

I'm almost surprised there are that many under 30. Forums have been trending older for a long time now. Youngsters like to do their own thing away from the old folks. Facebook was taken over by parents. It's happening to Twitter. It will happen to Instagram in future.

I think most of the younger forum users left for Resetera and then stayed there.

 

[tsumake]

I think most of the younger forum users left for Resetera and then stayed there.

Totally fine.

 

[teezzy]

40 plus? Fucking hell GAF is full of Boomers. I'm 29.

Same here. It's okay Merz. We're old souls or something.

 

[Lestat Phoenix]

Me looking at the 25-30 out of order

 

[SportsFan581]

30 but mentality of a 19 year old, sadly.

Or that's just my Aspergers, I dunno.

You should try not to let yourself age so much mentally. 12-15 is the best place to be, no good reason to go beyond that. (Joking, but serious).

 

[Xtib81]

I'm 31. Been playing for 20+ years.

 

[BusierDonkey]

Coming up fast on 42, where my age and IQ will reach a perfect equilibrium.

 

[ultrazilla]

I'm 48. My first system was an Atari 2600.

LONG LIVE THE #80s!

Sigh, I miss the arcades...

 

[FunkMiller]

40 plus? Fucking hell GAF is full of Boomers. I'm 29.

Dude. We’re Gen X.

The Boomers were before us, and all just spent their time doing wars and pretending not to masturbate.

 

[tsumake]

My generation, ladies and gentlemen.

 

[dDoc]

I still remember my first love - the PacMan and Space Invaders arcade machines. After many a quarter lost I got a ZX Spectrum.

 

[Bryank75]

I'd like to think I'm aging gracefully... I think Dylan Moran sums up my feelings on getting older quite well and how I feel about younger people.

 

[SentientStone]

I shall never be Conservative. No matter how old I get, I'm a socialist!

I am like you, perhaps it's in our personalities.
I feel I am both left and right, value traditional values and cultures but am really anti-power structures and hierarchies.

 

[PJM]

37. Made in 1983.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Loads of older people here, and still console warring at full strength. I don't know what to think of it.

 

[and 3 others]

37, but I'm always mistaken for 25.

 

[junguler]

29, it feels like i've lived 3-4 lives already. who says life is short? it's really not, not for me at least.

 

[ABnormal]

Soon 46

Gaming since Atari and C64.