philbottle 430 Posted April 9, 2013 Was checking a Panthera sever yesterday. Met some nice guys from Finland. I'm late 30s age-wise and they were teenagers.Made me feel old but they were pretty cool. One of them did shoot me dead (by accident, sort of). I even continued chatting on Steam for a while after we finished. Last message was that one of them had to go to bed for school the next day.I usually play lone-wolf so it's not a common occurrence for me to meet nice guys in DayZ.Must admit I feel a bit weird playing with ppl half my age. I'm not an old man dammit, I'm younger than Giggs, but really, am I too old to be playing games? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OrLoK 16187 Posted April 9, 2013 43 here.Yup, we are too old, but who cares? 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philbottle 430 Posted April 9, 2013 Ok you shamed me, I'm 41. And yep, you're right, who flippin cares! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blondedash 403 Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) 43 here.Yup, we are too old, but who cares?ha orlok your 43 and still have a good sense of humor ha well done. at this point im a third of that. a little bit less. Edited April 9, 2013 by nousernamehelp 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OrLoK 16187 Posted April 9, 2013 ha orlok your 43 and still have a good sense of humor ha well done. at this point im a third of that. a little bit less.Hey! It's not that old! I'm not over the hill yet!Crikey! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blondedash 403 Posted April 9, 2013 Hey! It's not that old! I'm not over the hill yet!Crikey!lol youre not aussie orlok or is there a way English do it I must know btw im quoting Crikey! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philbottle 430 Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) By saying 'crikey' he's revealing our age. Used to find it a lot in England. Last refuge probably the Beano lol Edited April 9, 2013 by philbottle 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OrLoK 16187 Posted April 9, 2013 Crikey was English first AFAIK as were many Australians. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) I'm 36. This morning I made a "hmfff" noise when I was putting my socks on, it's all downhill from here.Really though, we're never too old for games. it's the same as a good book or film, it's all about escapism. Were one of the first gaming generations, pioneers! Edited April 9, 2013 by Fraggle 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blondedash 403 Posted April 9, 2013 oh so crikey has a history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) oh so crikey has a history."Crikey" is English. Don't forget Aus (As we know it now) was basically created when we shipped all of our convicts over there. Edited April 9, 2013 by Fraggle 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philbottle 430 Posted April 9, 2013 One of the lads I was chatting to told me his dad was 37 and still owned a C64. With a working joystick....I also was not a Spectrum owner, Commodore all the way! At school with a BBC micro learning to write programmes in BASIC. And games for 1.99. Pioneers damn right! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blondedash 403 Posted April 9, 2013 "Crikey" is English. Don't forget Aus (As we know it now) was basically created when we shipped all of our convicts over there.thx for the history lesson ha ha interesting too. serious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) One of the lads I was chatting to told me his dad was 37 and still owned a C64. With a working joystick....I also was not a Spectrum owner, Commodore all the way! At school with a BBC micro learning to write programmes in BASIC. And games for 1.99. Pioneers damn right!My first Computer was a Commdore 64, then an Amiga. Ahh, those were the days. Edited April 9, 2013 by Fraggle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OrLoK 16187 Posted April 9, 2013 zx80, speccy 48, 128, Atari ST (midi port ftw), 8088, 386, 486, pentium etc etc (inc Mac) etc till now mid spec home build. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John69 64 Posted April 9, 2013 Im 43 years old and DAMN proud of it :DMy kids (3 kids,all girls age 8,15 and 18) tells me sometimes that im old, but my wife usally call me a kid..lolI might be many years, but im young at heart....and thats all that matters really... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted April 9, 2013 thx for the history lesson ha ha interesting too. serious.No problem. Due to early in-breeding most Aussies are left handed and can't see the colour blue. History is fun! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GOD™ 2795 Posted April 9, 2013 Crikey was English first AFAIK as were many Australians.Yup we're just the criminal rejects that stole it ;) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blondedash 403 Posted April 9, 2013 No problem. Due to early in-breeding most Aussies are left handed and can't see the colour blue. History is fun!left handed like 90% of my known family is right handed. lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) I wonder, because we're the first generation of gamers, so far there's been no demand for PC gaming accessories aimed at old-people. In the future I'm gonna need a keyboard with massive WASD keys.Maybe some special "gaming gloves" too. Edited April 9, 2013 by Fraggle 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philbottle 430 Posted April 9, 2013 The massive rubber keys on the ZX Spectrum would go down a treat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GOD™ 2795 Posted April 9, 2013 No problem. Due to early in-breeding most Aussies are left handed and can't see the colour blue. History is fun!i'm left handed and but i can see blue.Wearing my blue sweater right now :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OrLoK 16187 Posted April 9, 2013 The massive rubber keys on the ZX Spectrum would go down a treat.They're actually quite tiny compared to a std keyboard. Perhaps your fingers were thinner when you were young? :) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) The massive rubber keys on the ZX Spectrum would go down a treat.Remember that loading sound when you put the tape in? (Yes Nousername, we had to load games with tapes and it took fekkin ages).BRRrrrrrrrrrrr....BIP!Bererrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...BIIP! PIUGP(UGP(UGHPUI(HP{(U*GP*YWPD*U(GWTPD*GWDOIYGAUOYXGux*horrendus screaming noise.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlsDmALohQQSeriosly, look at the shit we had to put up with. This was on a 128K which was pretty advanced at the time too. No wonder DayZ excites us.Kids, sit through this loading sequence and then you'll know why us older folk sometimes think some of you sound a tad entitled when a game has a bug or takes 30 secs too long to join a server. Edited April 9, 2013 by Fraggle 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
