I'm 26 years old Diamond Terran player with decent APM, not really slow. However reading this thread is scaring me or it's giving me a quick dose of reality. I refuse to believe age gap will restrict you to compete, especially since Starcraft and esports in general is still fairly young and so much to explorer regarding age. Gotta keep playing, like Artosis said one time, he'll keep playing Starcraft until he's an old man.

DonkTV

Iceland49 Posts

April 07 2013 22:32 GMT

#223

36, grew up on shooters, competitive QW, Q1, Q2 and Q3, but SC2 is the first multiplayer RTS I put any time into, when I get time to play it's mostly 1v1 ladder, currently in gold and loving it

Monsoon

United States14 Posts

April 08 2013 00:04 GMT

#224

On March 23 2013 01:15 awwnuts07 wrote:
Are you an older gamer who's passionate about Starcraft? Come join The QQ Review's Gentleman's Crew, where we have to worry about timing attacks AND the mortgage.

*27 and older please
*No whiners, complainers, or defeatists are welcome
*Zero tolerance for racism, sexism, BM or all around bigotry
*Other interests are encouraged - books, music, movies, relationships, family, life stuff, beer.
*Casuals and hardcores are welcome. Players serious about improving their 1v1 is a requisite, though.

If you're interested you can PM us here on TL or find us Bnet:

starcraft://clan/1/49112

Wundertunge #1850 (same name on TL)
NateDizzy #635 (awwnuts07 on TL)

Love the irony. You made this post exactly ON my 30th birthday. I guess I need to come look you up. Diamond Zerg here.

bigbadgreen

United States142 Posts

April 08 2013 01:27 GMT

#225

Are you an older gamer who's passionate about Starcraft? Come join The QQ Review's Gentleman's Crew, where we have to worry about timing attacks AND the mortgage.

*27 and older please
*No whiners, complainers, or defeatists are welcome
*Zero tolerance for racism, sexism, BM or all around bigotry
*Other interests are encouraged - books, music, movies, relationships, family, life stuff, beer.
*Casuals and hardcores are welcome. Players serious about improving their 1v1 is a requisite, though.

If you're interested you can PM us here on TL or find us Bnet:

starcraft://clan/1/49112

Wundertunge #1850 (same name on TL)
NateDizzy #635 (awwnuts07 on TL)

why did the qualifications for the group change? I got excited when I saw a group of gamers with a similar experience to mine. I don't meet the plat or higher that's listed on bnet when I find the group. Good luck guys.

mythandier

United States828 Posts

April 08 2013 02:10 GMT

#226

32 masters terran and have a relatively high apm and reaction time...I only play maybe 5-10 games a week. Great job, married a beautiful wife, moving to new state this month, planning kids soon, and perhaps a splash into the esports market in the next year or so...good times.

If you wanna know more about my life (because you're bored, have nothing better to do, are a stalker, or whatever) then feel free to read my latest semi-autobiographical blog here...also, I talk about old school shoot 'em up games and that's always fun ^_^

Gunjam

18 Posts

April 09 2013 11:44 GMT

#227

Just turned 34, I'm Platinum protoss on the EU server. Aiming for Masters.

Played just about all the RTS's since Dune.

wUndertUnge

United States1125 Posts

April 18 2013 19:38 GMT

#228

On April 07 2013 13:39 Thorantham wrote:

Show nested quote +

You can't join if you don't play 1v1 and you have to be at least Platinum in 1v1 and be "serious about improving" your 1v1.... why? Why can't you just join and group up with other guys your age and play some 3v3 or 4v4? Why do you have to play 1v1? Maybe that's why there are only 4 members online. Also, the description here doesn't match the description in SC2:

*Must be ranked in 1v1 - plat and higher
*No whiners, complainers, or defeatists - this clan is about fun and improvement.
*Zero tolerance for racism, sexism, BM or all around bigotry.
*Looking for a number of high-level players for 1v1 coaching and clan wars.
*Other interests are encouraged - books, music, movies, relationships, family, life stuff, beer.

Clan wars seems a long ways from the original thread.

Anyway, kinda a complaint so I guess I'm disqualified, plus I don't play 1v1 anymore.

Yeah we got rid of the older dudes thing and are just a 1v1 practice clan now. So old and young allowed in. We've been evolving our mission and now have 25 members and are growing.

Here that old guys, you don't HAVE to be old to be in our clan.

Longtimer

490 Posts

April 18 2013 19:49 GMT

#229

On April 08 2013 07:16 Danzo wrote:
I refuse to believe age gap will restrict you to compete, especially since Starcraft and esports in general is still fairly young and so much to explorer regarding age.

Age has nothing to do with the ability to perform the technical part of Starcraft 2. There are piano players well above 40 years old (and violinists and guitarists and so on) that can improvise pieces at a much, much more difficult mechanical level than ever needed in SC2.

Yorke

England881 Posts

April 18 2013 19:50 GMT

#230

This is very refreshing to see that not everyone in the community is 16 (as it sometimes feels)

robopork

United States511 Posts

April 19 2013 06:19 GMT

#231

On August 18 2010 17:38 Jakalo wrote:
Sometimes I read all those late 20/30+ posts ''I am slow as hell'', ''I cant compete with younger players'' and feel like Im approaching the end of my days

Im 22

This exactly haha

I'm turning 23 in a few months and this is something I actually worry about. It's ridiculous, though. I'm 30-40 apm faster than I was a year ago, mid masters and climbing. Life is good. Also, being out of college, I think I actually play more starcraft. Now I'm looking at teaching English in Korea and getting some real ladder practice in my free time

Drake

Germany6146 Posts

April 19 2013 06:23 GMT

#232

i feel young with 27, i have some allys who not play that often but are 40+ ^_^ thats old for me

Ziggy Starport

United States70 Posts

April 19 2013 06:44 GMT

#233

43, almost 44 here. Low Platinum Terran player on NA. Started playing computer games when they first came out - I was a dab hand at Space Invaders, back in the day. Also a crack shot in Quake/Quake 2. I'm not so good at SC2, seems that I can keep up with everything up to a point, then suddenly my minerals suddenly build up and spiral out of control (even though I always macro hard and build 8 or so barracks, plus other production buildings). APM is about 120... Maybe I'll crack it one day!

Happy Gaming.

VashtaNerada

United States12 Posts

April 19 2013 06:49 GMT

#234

35 and a Masters Zerg, currently top 50 but with enough bonus pool accumulated to hit top 25 if I can burn it all before the season ends. I don't think you have to slow down with age. I have faster reflexes than people half my age and better decision making to boot. I never look at a replay or a professional match and think, "There's no way I can play that fast." It's all just muscle memory, determination, and having enough time to actually nail it down.

Onlinejaguar

Australia2823 Posts

April 19 2013 07:38 GMT

#235

This thread is refreshing. Even though i'm not that old (24), I always feel like the gaming community is just full of teenagers.

I think if you keep generally healthy and don't get anything such as carpel tunnel you should be able to game until old age.

Glioburd

France1911 Posts

April 19 2013 07:46 GMT

#236

Almost 25, mid/high master playing random. My mechanics are fine (thanks to Brood War), but my gamesens is shitty.