Older SC2 players - Page 6

On August 27 2011 20:09 NewbieOne wrote:
Age puts caps on people. In terms of just making you slower or less something, the difference is probably much less than the gain from years on years of practice (a retired soldier will likely make a short of work of a young gang member) but there are caps on what you can do.

However, there may be other reasons why we don't see 30+ year olds in pro tournaments (correct me, anybody, if you know of any such person). One would probably have to work in a gaming company to be allowed to skip work to attend tournaments, let alone practice. Marriage and children on top of bread winning don't leave one that much time etc. etc. Also, if you don't exercise or lead an otherwise active life, you're going to be less resilient in terms of all-nighters and gaming marathons at 30 than at school. I could keep playing for 40 hours around age 20. I doubt I could now. However, soldiers who are older than 30 can stay up for 3 nights in a row and be effective. Again, this is somewhere between training and natural limitations. It's hard to formulate a rule.

On the other hand, perhaps we may yet see people in flexible jobs or people who don't need to work playing as pro gamers. I could pull that off if I had the skill, as I dictate my work hours, don't have a wife or kids and could cover my bills by working 40 hours a month, not to mention any form of publicity would help my job as a freelance translator, let alone from the point of view of gaming translation contract. Therefore it would be a great option if only I had the skill. Might even try to pull that off if I stay unmarried but I'm not sure I'd be psychically able to limit myself to 1 title for several years.

On August 19 2010 07:08 Nearsite00 wrote:
You guys are kidding right. SC2 is not like football or basketball, where you need to be in physically great shape to be competitive (look at Day9!). I'm 34 and I play better now then when I played BW.

I remember SC1 and BW when I was in college and that game brings alot of fond memories.

On August 27 2011 20:32 Aquila- wrote:
IF an "older" person is not able to compete with youngsters, I don't think it is doe to the age itself like beeing slower or whatever, but rather he has not as much free time because of job, family and adult stuff while kids that for example go to school have more time to play. So if a 50 year old person spends as much time practising, I don't see any reason why he would be worse that a younger one.

We have what? White-ra and not much else.

On August 27 2011 22:20 Perfi wrote:
"In game, nobody old."

On August 27 2011 22:29 SnuggleZhenya wrote:
... it goes down without practice, and most older gamers simply don't have the time to practice. There is a mistaken idea that 30s are "old" but many people are in their physical prime in their late twenties/early thirties.