Age of the spw@w´er?
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Age of the spw@w´er?
Greetings gentlemen.
At the risk of asking the wrong Q, I ask!
I have long thought about what the average age of the "typical" w@w player/enthusiast is?
Being 33, I have a modest suspicion being one of the younger ones on the forum. This I mean in the best way, because as more members of the forum community reveal their age Im marvelled how young at heart the comunity is, juniour or senior.
Thank you MATRIX for a fantastic game to preserve the younger inner self.
Regards
Molset
"jakki er ekki frakki nema sidur se"
At the risk of asking the wrong Q, I ask!
I have long thought about what the average age of the "typical" w@w player/enthusiast is?
Being 33, I have a modest suspicion being one of the younger ones on the forum. This I mean in the best way, because as more members of the forum community reveal their age Im marvelled how young at heart the comunity is, juniour or senior.
Thank you MATRIX for a fantastic game to preserve the younger inner self.
Regards
Molset
"jakki er ekki frakki nema sidur se"
My age as a human is 42 years, as a wargamer I am age 28, since I waited until I was 14 to start playing Panzerblitz, back in 1972.Originally posted by molset:
Greetings gentlemen.
At the risk of asking the wrong Q, I ask!
I have long thought about what the average age of the "typical" w@w player/enthusiast is?
thanks, John.
Ain't no age limits in this army!
I'm 32 years young. I don't mind telling my age, but dont you DARE call me "typical"!!
In Wargaming Years....I'm probably only about 14. Started with "Axis and Allies" in college. (Unless of course you count playing "War" with the neighborhood kids, or with plastic army men!)
WW2'er
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I'm 32 years young. I don't mind telling my age, but dont you DARE call me "typical"!!

In Wargaming Years....I'm probably only about 14. Started with "Axis and Allies" in college. (Unless of course you count playing "War" with the neighborhood kids, or with plastic army men!)
WW2'er
[This message has been edited by WW2'er (edited March 08, 2001).]
WW2'er
"That [state] which separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting by fools." — Thucydides, 'The Peloponnesian Wars'
"That [state] which separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting by fools." — Thucydides, 'The Peloponnesian Wars'
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Age 37, married with two kids and a mortgage. I'm waiting for the mortgage to grow up and leave home.
I've been gaming since I started High School in 1976. Mostly a miniatures player, in micro-armour scale (1/300th or 1/285th) WWII and modern warfare. I discovered boardgaming in about 1980 and kept at it through University. The advent of small childen has relegated several hundred tiny lead tanks to a cabinet in the garrage, but I'm still a miniatures gamer at heart.
Mike R
I've been gaming since I started High School in 1976. Mostly a miniatures player, in micro-armour scale (1/300th or 1/285th) WWII and modern warfare. I discovered boardgaming in about 1980 and kept at it through University. The advent of small childen has relegated several hundred tiny lead tanks to a cabinet in the garrage, but I'm still a miniatures gamer at heart.
Mike R
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Age 37, married with two kids and a mortgage. I'm waiting for the mortgage to grow up and leave home.
I've been gaming since I started High School in 1976. Mostly a miniatures player, in micro-armour scale (1/300th or 1/285th) WWII and modern warfare. I discovered boardgaming in about 1980 and kept at it through University. The advent of small childen has relegated several hundred tiny lead tanks to a cabinet in the garrage, but I'm still a miniatures gamer at heart.
Mike R
I've been gaming since I started High School in 1976. Mostly a miniatures player, in micro-armour scale (1/300th or 1/285th) WWII and modern warfare. I discovered boardgaming in about 1980 and kept at it through University. The advent of small childen has relegated several hundred tiny lead tanks to a cabinet in the garrage, but I'm still a miniatures gamer at heart.
Mike R
MikeR
43 years young, and I too started my wargame love affair with Stalingrad. I also was a big fan of all those 1960s prime-time WWII TV shows ("Combat", "The Rat Patrol", "12 O'Clock High" and the like). The boardgames, TV shows and the war movies of the time helped fuel my developing fascination with military history and in particular the Wehrmacht (they had the coolest-looking uniforms and weapons!).
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I have you all beat so far. I'll be 26 in May.
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Former member of the 8th US cavalry and a grandson of a Leibstandarte tanker. Former name on these boards was Leibstandarte.
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Former member of the 8th US cavalry and a grandson of a Leibstandarte tanker. Former name on these boards was Leibstandarte.
Respectfully,
Jason E. Otto
Former member of the 8th US Cavalry and a grandson of a Leibstandarte tanker.
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Jason E. Otto
Former member of the 8th US Cavalry and a grandson of a Leibstandarte tanker.
"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech
45 yrs old going on 30. Besides the game and
I enjoy reading military stuff, and I'm into
1/87th scale modern military models (trying to build an Army heavy brigade). I started computer wargaming with Perfect General!!
Semper Fi
Randy
I enjoy reading military stuff, and I'm into
1/87th scale modern military models (trying to build an Army heavy brigade). I started computer wargaming with Perfect General!!
Semper Fi
Randy
Semper Fi
Randy
The United States Marines: America's 911 Force-The Tip of the Spear
Randy
The United States Marines: America's 911 Force-The Tip of the Spear
50 years old!! 5 kids - 3 still at home.
Started playing war games in the early 70's with Panzer Leader, Squad Leader, Third Reich, D-Day and others. Had subscriptions to "The General" by AH and SI's magazine. I remember SI's magazine had a game with every issue - some were even good!!
Figmo
Started playing war games in the early 70's with Panzer Leader, Squad Leader, Third Reich, D-Day and others. Had subscriptions to "The General" by AH and SI's magazine. I remember SI's magazine had a game with every issue - some were even good!!
Figmo
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I agree, molset, the SP series is one the great games.
Now to try and answer that age old question, the last time I calculated age - Speer having been born in 1905, that would make me 96 years old
, assuming I am still alive . . . but in fact, this Matrix free-youth-serum-handout-program has me feeling half that (i.e., 48
) and apparently has revitalized me and my achy bones which appear only to ache as a visceral result of having my stereo speaker system turned up too high during the subwoofer bombardment phase replay. 
Albert
Now to try and answer that age old question, the last time I calculated age - Speer having been born in 1905, that would make me 96 years old



Albert