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I have returned to conduct another Age Poll. Last time being in 2009.
Let's find out how old people are now and see how that bell curve moves
Poll: How old are you?21-22 (361) 18% 23-24 (335) 17% 25-26 (314) 16% 19-20 (269) 14% 17-18 (199) 10% 27-28 (189) 10% 29-30 (105) 5% 31 and above (103) 5% 15-16 (61) 3% 13-14 (13) 1% 12 and below (11) 1% 1960 total votes Your vote: How old are you? (Vote): 12 and below (Vote): 13-14 (Vote): 15-16 (Vote): 17-18 (Vote): 19-20 (Vote): 21-22 (Vote): 23-24 (Vote): 25-26 (Vote): 27-28 (Vote): 29-30 (Vote): 31 and above
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Excellent timing for me.
Ed: Well it's still my birthday in my timezone.
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I think I checked that thing so it would stay in the correct order from low to high, can a moderator fix so it shows accurately?
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It would be interesting to see if it is just the 2009 results + 4 or something else.
This should also be compared with the 'average age of a gamer' figure that is floating around somewhere. I heard it was in the mid-30s or something, but this is including old school console gamers. Is TL.net a younger population in comparison, or is there significant overlap?
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Could an admin freeze the original poll as well some how, by print screening it and making it a jpg in the original post or something. Cause people(only achieving the biological criteria for being human in my view) are voting in it.
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I was 17 when I joined TL... I am now 27. I feel so old.
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On June 04 2013 12:56 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: I was 17 when I joined TL... I am now 27. I feel so old.
grats
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FuDDx
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Joined when I was 25---- I am 11 years older now...
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Joined when I was in middle school. I am X amount of years enough older to be 18. Feeling YOUNG
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Joined when I was 14, just turned 19. Curious to see how this turns out.
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I wish I could remember the very first time I found this site...I know I lurked for about 3 or 4 years before I joined about 5 years ago.
555th post about 5 years after joining...that's all I can get from this I think
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Don't know when I registered exactly. I think I was 15. Now i'm 18!
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21 currently, 22 this year. (same option anyway).
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So basically we are pretty evenly split.
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I started lurking here when I was 13. I am now 17. Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
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On June 04 2013 13:41 Grobyc wrote: 21 currently, 22 this year. (same option anyway).
Same, Canada bro
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21-22 Fighting~~!!! !! ! !! ~ ~ !@ ! ! !
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Just turned 19 yesterday :D
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Nice, i moved up a bracket a few months ago. Hard to believe i'm almost a 3 year-er
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Just turned 22, hard to believe it's been over three years since I signed up on TL oO
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to the four 12-year olds: get out while you still can...
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On June 04 2013 15:38 EpiK wrote: to the four 12-year olds: get out while you still can...
Im really surprised the demographic is not centered around 16 year olds!
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On June 04 2013 15:44 schaf wrote:Show nested quote +On June 04 2013 15:38 EpiK wrote: to the four 12-year olds: get out while you still can... Im really surprised the demographic is not centered around 16 year olds!
no matter the age people are often still 16 on the internet
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TL is growing up, I remember 18-22 and being by far the most popular in these kind of polls some years back in the BW days. Now its a bit more equally distributed.
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guess im a veteran? 8 years lol. I still remember spending countless hours on the forums and reading BigBalls' guides and trying to think of something clever to post :D
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On June 04 2013 15:38 EpiK wrote: to the four 12-year olds: get out while you still can...
Haha ! Well... there are places much worse than TL on the Internet where you could end up at 12 !
Nearly a 2-year'er on TL ! \o/ (Oh shit, actually, it's precisely today that I'm a 2 year member !)
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On June 04 2013 12:59 FuDDx wrote: Joined when I was 25---- I am 11 years older now... You're not the only one, friend ;D
Was 18 when I first came here... Am now old bastard! (29)
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Been around since Boxer did that amazing comeback vs a toss, quick google shows Joyo? No idea how long ago that was but had a few lost accounts since then, 26 now either way.
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31 and above being the last option makes me feel pretty old ^^
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31 and above? Wtf is this shit? lol Guess I'm in the OLDEST POSSIBLE AGE BRACKET! Time to plan my funeral =)
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On June 04 2013 21:12 meegrean wrote: 28! Man, I feel old. you're not alone! I'll turn 28 on thursday.
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How come this poll isn't as hip as the last one?
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80's generation represent!
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On June 04 2013 21:53 PandaCore wrote: 31 and above being the last option makes me feel pretty old ^^ Same here. We should sit down at some bench and complain about how TL used to be better in the past when you could easily read a whole thread the day after it was posted and still manage to state your point at page 2 or 3. Pretty soon 10years here for me and about on post every day. I lured since late 2002 but in the early days there were only really good people here so I didnt dare to join before I quit trying to be good. Then I improved alot by pretty much just hanging out here.
EDIT:Woops didnt bother to look at your join date, I guess you werent around at the good old days. You are still welcome to be grumpy about the youths of today tho.
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On June 04 2013 21:58 Flossy wrote: How come this poll isn't as hip as the last one?
its summer!
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Last year in the 21-22 age bracket. Fuck am I old.
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Wow that spread is almost perfectly symmetrical.
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3 years above the last cutoff. I could ignore the white hairs in my beard, but now it's official I guess. Midlife crisis here I come.
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Where are all my 30 year olds at? :D
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Are the people who vote 12 years old, really that age? That's the question
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Started on TL 5 years ago, lets go for 10! ^__^
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On June 06 2013 01:51 Al Bundy wrote: Are the people who vote 12 years old, really that age? That's the question They certainly exist.
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21-22 And it makes sense that it wins, I mean, that's the age of Mvp !
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On June 06 2013 01:45 o29 wrote: Representing 1988. The true ballers. I still can't believe some people have the nerve to be born post 1989.
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On June 06 2013 02:00 ZenithM wrote:The true ballers. I still can't believe some people have the nerve to be born post 1989. Yeah, the 90s is where everything went downhill
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On June 06 2013 01:45 o29 wrote: Representing 1988.
We are the best, from the Year of the Dragon!
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What gets me is when I see someone I find hot or attrative in a movie or a new artist or even just someone I meet. Then I look them up online or and see on wiki that they were born in like 1993 or something and I go ew... what's wrong with me.
Or the same thing for players, i'm like man leenock is a baller... he is born in 1995 what the hell...
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24, joined TL a little over 2 years ago, been playing Starcraft since I was 9
Dragons represent! + Show Spoiler +
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4.5 years on TL
also just curious, in FPL theres a veteran group but what exactly is the criteria for that
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On June 06 2013 02:18 synapse wrote:4.5 years on TL also just curious, in FPL theres a veteran group but what exactly is the criteria for that 1500 posts and year on TL I think.
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18 y/o
almost 2,5 years on TL
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I'm 16 and joined TL at 13, so I can believe 12 year olds come on this site
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On June 06 2013 02:56 kollin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 06 2013 02:18 synapse wrote:4.5 years on TL also just curious, in FPL theres a veteran group but what exactly is the criteria for that 1500 posts and year on TL I think.
shit I've got to get posting. I've been registered for over a year for a while now.
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On June 06 2013 01:51 Al Bundy wrote: Are the people who vote 12 years old, really that age? That's the question
Well I'm not 12, so you got me.
Strange to see such little representation for people kollin's age, although I can't say I miss having them around.
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33 years young
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22
joined TL when I was.. 17 or something
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21 now. Have been on TL for more than 5 years...
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21 now
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31 now, member on this account since 2004 (was a lurker before and had other account which I don't remember well as I didn't have Internet at home back then).
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25 and browsing TL.net since late 2002.
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18, mah 4th anniversary on TL will be coming up on August
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I think I'm 25. Probably.
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I'll be 17 in a month. I've been here three years now, since I registered. I started following the scene five years ago. Starcraft has been with me nearly my whole life.
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23 years old, joined roughly 3 years ago.
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Had to log out to check on this one. I joined on Wednesday, 27th of July 2011 when I was 14. 16 now.
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Will be 27 in 6 days. Joined TL when I was 16 (may 2003). Damn.
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On June 06 2013 02:56 kollin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 06 2013 02:18 synapse wrote:4.5 years on TL also just curious, in FPL theres a veteran group but what exactly is the criteria for that 1500 posts and year on TL I think. Today I learned I may be a veteran now, on the most base criteria. Also 1989 was a pretty awesome year to be born.
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LET'S GO 23-24 LET'S WIN THIS SHIT
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Looking forward to see how this turns out
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26, lurker since 2004, finally registered in 2007. <3 TL
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more oldtimers here then expected
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On June 06 2013 03:14 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: I'm 16 and joined TL at 13, so I can believe 12 year olds come on this site
They're lying.
On June 06 2013 03:49 MasterOfPuppets wrote:Show nested quote +On June 06 2013 01:51 Al Bundy wrote: Are the people who vote 12 years old, really that age? That's the question Well I'm not 12, so you got me. Strange to see such little representation for people kollin's age, although I can't say I miss having them around.
See.
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24, my TL account will turn 5 soon enough.
Shouldn't have lurked the first couple of years without an account for massive e-willy-ness.
On June 06 2013 03:47 packrat386 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 06 2013 02:56 kollin wrote:On June 06 2013 02:18 synapse wrote:4.5 years on TL also just curious, in FPL theres a veteran group but what exactly is the criteria for that 1500 posts and year on TL I think. shit I've got to get posting. I've been registered for over a year for a while now. start playing mafia on TL with the likes of VE, gonzaw and myself (at least 2 of these have to be in the same game), and maybe WBG so that everyone's insulting everyone as harshly as possible for added hilarity and you'll get 1k posts / month, easily!
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18, I always figured that I was the plurality but I suppose the average age is a bit higher. Although I don't think this poll is entirely scientific.
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18 going on 19 in a week.
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21, im in the most popular range of age!
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On June 04 2013 12:56 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: I was 17 when I joined TL... I am now 27. I feel so old. you got 15412 posts, that´s about a average of 4 posts every day for 10 years ^^
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Should have made it so that results stay in the order you put them, and made them in increasing order ^^
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I was thirteen when I first joined TL; I am now 23 and about into four different accounts later.
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20 :D... so 14 when I joined TL
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I have to chuckle at people in their 20s thinking that they feel old. I'm 41 and still young enough to play Starcraft!
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On June 06 2013 07:33 Jealous wrote: Should have made it so that results stay in the order you put them, and made them in increasing order ^^
I did, it didn't work. I'm entirely sure I checked the box.. maybe a mod can fix it
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22 in the hipster group. Joined TL when I was 16 and lurked for a couple years previously.
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JUST avoided the 31 and up.. WHEW!
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17 in <1month. Results aren't really surprising. Eight ppl below 12? Wow
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I feel young now that many people here are a few years older than me(I'm 18). Pretty cool to see the statistics for this though.
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On June 06 2013 08:17 ElMeanYo wrote: I have to chuckle at people in their 20s thinking that they feel old. I'm 41 and still young enough to play Starcraft!
Nice! I hope I'm still enjoying games when I get that old. I'm actually a bit surprised that mid-20's is the norm, I was expecting it to be younger.
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surprisingly low amount of people who are below 17, but I guess it makes sense since most people joined when SC2 started or when BW was active and it's been a few years already.
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14! Found TL when I was like 9 and then just kind of stuck around on my older brothers account ;p Never posted back then because I never knew what I was talking about.
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On June 04 2013 12:56 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: I was 17 when I joined TL... I am now 27. I feel so old.
Same here... joined 2003 April... 10 years. /Hug
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Just had my 26th last month. I actually expected the average age here to be a little older than 21-22 since the site was all about BW for such a long time and I've found that almost everyone I know who plays or has played BW is right around my age or a little older.
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joined tl in 2009. im 28 now, almost 29 and feel so old. only 11% of tl users are older than me. Im also kinda shocked by how long i am a member of this community. still feels like yesterday that i joined this site.
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On June 06 2013 10:12 Master of DalK wrote: 14! Found TL when I was like 9 and then just kind of stuck around on my older brothers account ;p Never posted back then because I never knew what I was talking about.
I certainly hope that knowing what you are talking about isn't a prerequisite of posting
25 years for me. I had always thought I was a bit on the young side for the BW crowd and a bit on the old side for the SC2 crowd, but it looks like there is a good number at that age.
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On June 06 2013 11:04 petered wrote:Show nested quote +On June 06 2013 10:12 Master of DalK wrote: 14! Found TL when I was like 9 and then just kind of stuck around on my older brothers account ;p Never posted back then because I never knew what I was talking about. I certainly hope that knowing what you are talking about is a prerequisite of posting 25 years for me. I had always thought I was a bit on the young side for the BW crowd and a bit on the old side for the SC2 crowd, but it looks like there is a good number at that age. fixed.
This is a perfect example of why... ._.
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33 here. glad to see there are quite a few members around my age bracket
i joined this site not too long ago but this has always been my go-to place for anything starcraft for quite a bit already before that.
i tip my hat to ElMeanYo. i wish to still be into starcraft when i'm your age and even older!
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well my intro to competitive starcraft was watching Ascension. I was 16. Joined TL at 18, 22 now.
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On June 06 2013 10:59 Black Gun wrote: joined tl in 2009. im 28 now, almost 29 and feel so old. only 11% of tl users are older than me. Im also kinda shocked by how long i am a member of this community. still feels like yesterday that i joined this site.
Yeah I know what you mean... turning 30 this year.
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On June 06 2013 10:35 haduken wrote:Show nested quote +On June 04 2013 12:56 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: I was 17 when I joined TL... I am now 27. I feel so old. Same here... joined 2003 April... 10 years. /Hug
tell me about it...
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Here's a quick visual of the distribution. Seems fairly normal with a skew toward the older populatiuon
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We need a 2nd poll for mental age :D
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On June 06 2013 14:31 Capped wrote: We need a 2nd poll for mental age :D Well I am 15 but mentally I am like 24, so yeah XD
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On June 06 2013 14:28 jiabung wrote:Here's a quick visual of the distribution. Seems fairly normal with a skew toward the older populatiuon
Nice, I do believe the average age of the gamers has gone up a lot, I notice a massive change from ten years ago when the majority seemed to be in their mid teens (including myself) in all kinds of games I played.
But like I said, people no matter the age people tend to be 16 on the internet.
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I'm poorly represented~
15 hwaiting
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On June 07 2013 02:33 MarklarMarklarr wrote:Show nested quote +On June 06 2013 14:28 jiabung wrote:Here's a quick visual of the distribution. Seems fairly normal with a skew toward the older populatiuon Nice, I do believe the average age of the gamers has gone up a lot, I notice a massive change from ten years ago when the majority seemed to be in their mid teens (including myself) in all kinds of games I played. But like I said, people no matter the age tend to be 16 on the internet.
I'm not going to contest your claim that the average age of gamers is rising, since I don't have any statistics either way, but I will say is that this poll and this thread are really not representative of anything on a larger scale. You have to keep in mind that Team Liquid is a site dedicated to competitive games with high skill ceiling. Go on a site dedicated to League of Legends, Minecraft, Call of Duty etc and I am sure you will find the exact opposite. Not to mention TL is a very strictly-moderated site in comparison to most. So much so that many of the youngsters (kids, young teens) I would imagine have either been purged for being terrible posters or are simply discouraged to post because of the standard that our mods actually enforce around here. Not that it's a bad thing...
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On June 07 2013 02:40 MasterOfPuppets wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2013 02:33 MarklarMarklarr wrote:On June 06 2013 14:28 jiabung wrote:Here's a quick visual of the distribution. Seems fairly normal with a skew toward the older populatiuon Nice, I do believe the average age of the gamers has gone up a lot, I notice a massive change from ten years ago when the majority seemed to be in their mid teens (including myself) in all kinds of games I played. But like I said, people no matter the age tend to be 16 on the internet. I'm not going to contest your claim that the average age of gamers is rising, since I don't have any statistics either way, but I will say is that this poll and this thread are really not representative of anything on a larger scale. You have to keep in mind that Team Liquid is a site dedicated to competitive games with high skill ceiling. Go on a site dedicated to League of Legends, Minecraft, Call of Duty etc and I am sure you will find the exact opposite. Not to mention TL is a very strictly-moderated site in comparison to most. So much so that many of the youngsters (kids, young teens) I would imagine have either been purged for being terrible posters or are simply discouraged to post because of the standard that our mods actually enforce around here. Not that it's a bad thing... The average age of a gamer has been in the late 20's to 30's for a long time actually ^^ I did a research paper on this in college.
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On June 07 2013 02:40 MasterOfPuppets wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2013 02:33 MarklarMarklarr wrote:On June 06 2013 14:28 jiabung wrote:Here's a quick visual of the distribution. Seems fairly normal with a skew toward the older populatiuon Nice, I do believe the average age of the gamers has gone up a lot, I notice a massive change from ten years ago when the majority seemed to be in their mid teens (including myself) in all kinds of games I played. But like I said, people no matter the age tend to be 16 on the internet. I'm not going to contest your claim that the average age of gamers is rising, since I don't have any statistics either way, but I will say is that this poll and this thread are really not representative of anything on a larger scale. You have to keep in mind that Team Liquid is a site dedicated to competitive games with high skill ceiling. Go on a site dedicated to League of Legends, Minecraft, Call of Duty etc and I am sure you will find the exact opposite. Not to mention TL is a very strictly-moderated site in comparison to most. So much so that many of the youngsters (kids, young teens) I would imagine have either been purged for being terrible posters or are simply discouraged to post because of the standard that our mods actually enforce around here. Not that it's a bad thing...
I know I'm not basing it on the poll. What has changed is that there is an older generation of gamers, when I started out gaming online (late 90s) that wasn't really the case, of course there was some older players in some games, but they were not that many.
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Holy shit we're getting old.
Voted 23.
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