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senfkatze
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany66 Posts
June 20 2013 18:48 GMT
#1
We all know those threads "15yo Master Terran", "14 year old high Master Zerg streaming" and so on... ppl a very young age beeing very good has always been something to show off.
Ive been asking myself how things look on the other side, do we haven any older highre level players. Any 30+ or even 35+ master / high master or even gm players?
Monsen
Profile Joined December 2002
Germany2548 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-20 18:51:24
June 20 2013 18:51 GMT
#2
Boxer is over 30 (and was when he was still active), I'm also fairly sure that White-Ra is over 30.
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LaughingTulkas
Profile Joined March 2008
United States1107 Posts
June 20 2013 18:59 GMT
#3
It's just not likely because even if you were gaming age when original SC came out (like myself) you are just turning 30 THIS year, and you have to assume (unlike me) that you are dedicated enough to still be playing at an elite level.

So you have a small target pool just because of timing, and then you add the other difficulties, I'd be surprised if there were any over 35, and probably just a small number (like white-ra and boxer) who are over 30.
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GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23152 Posts
June 20 2013 19:57 GMT
#4
And the fact that by 30 it's a little harder to find 8 hours to play a game vs a 14-17 yo
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CecilSunkure
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2829 Posts
June 20 2013 19:58 GMT
#5
WhiteRa.
codonbyte
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States840 Posts
June 20 2013 20:07 GMT
#6
On June 21 2013 03:48 senfkatze wrote:
We all know those threads "15yo Master Terran", "14 year old high Master Zerg streaming" and so on... ppl a very young age beeing very good has always been something to show off.
Ive been asking myself how things look on the other side, do we haven any older highre level players. Any 30+ or even 35+ master / high master or even gm players?

I think we'll be getting more "old" higher-level players as the current generation ages.
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Swordsbeer
Profile Joined March 2011
United States53 Posts
June 20 2013 21:32 GMT
#7
On June 21 2013 04:57 GreenHorizons wrote:
And the fact that by 30 it's a little harder to find 8 hours to play a game vs a 14-17 yo


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ott
Profile Joined April 2011
United States74 Posts
June 20 2013 21:58 GMT
#8
Does this mean that if I'm 28 workin, 7 daz a week n massive amounts of OT, bout 85+ hrs, it's not so bad if I'm a diamond?
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Monsen
Profile Joined December 2002
Germany2548 Posts
June 20 2013 22:20 GMT
#9
Nope, I'm afraid that still means you suxxxxxx
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ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2750 Posts
June 20 2013 22:47 GMT
#10
I would assume most of the old school BW players are in their 30s and they wouldn't have much of a hard time getting into masters if they tried.

Though i assume the question was on inexperienced players who started their RTS in their late 20s / early 30s and now are Masters / GM, that would be something else! Probably some around Though time is different then
FakePseudo
Profile Joined January 2012
Belgium716 Posts
June 20 2013 23:00 GMT
#11
How in the world does this thread not yet have an all caps post about our master of the Universe that is Nestea? Seriously, this guy is 30, has a gf(?) and is still balling.

Other than that, age, being mechanically *worse* and not having a lot of time to play shouldn't prevent you from getting at least to mid masters if you actually try to.
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aavvdkdk
Profile Joined June 2013
Denmark11 Posts
June 20 2013 23:30 GMT
#12
NesTea is married (I think). And liquipedia mentions BoxeR, TheWinD, and NesTea as the three oldest GSL competitors.
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senfkatze
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany66 Posts
June 20 2013 23:54 GMT
#13
On June 21 2013 07:47 ThePhan2m wrote:
Though i assume the question was on inexperienced players who started their RTS in their late 20s / early 30s and now are Masters / GM, that would be something else! Probably some around Though time is different then

yeah that was actually was i was aiming at with this topic, but well ... any comments are appreciated of course
DeathDyingDoomKiller
Profile Joined October 2012
Canada91 Posts
June 21 2013 00:05 GMT
#14
Isn't sOs really old for a gamer? idk, poor sOs
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Qbyx
Profile Joined November 2007
Romania210 Posts
June 21 2013 00:54 GMT
#15
On June 21 2013 08:30 aavvdkdk wrote:
NesTea is married (I think). And liquipedia mentions BoxeR, TheWinD, and NesTea as the three oldest GSL competitors.

I'd preffer not to compar nestea with boxer ... in terms of legendness ... but i'm going offtopic with this.
Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-21 01:30:01
June 21 2013 01:29 GMT
#16
On June 21 2013 09:54 Qbyx wrote:
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On June 21 2013 08:30 aavvdkdk wrote:
NesTea is married (I think). And liquipedia mentions BoxeR, TheWinD, and NesTea as the three oldest GSL competitors.

I'd preffer not to compar nestea with boxer ... in terms of legendness ... but i'm going offtopic with this.

Yeah you are. The topic is older players - not legendary players.
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MostGroce
Profile Joined April 2011
United States104 Posts
June 21 2013 01:54 GMT
#17
On June 21 2013 06:32 Swordsbeer wrote:
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On June 21 2013 04:57 GreenHorizons wrote:
And the fact that by 30 it's a little harder to find 8 hours to play a game vs a 14-17 yo


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spydog
Profile Joined July 2010
United States21 Posts
June 21 2013 02:34 GMT
#18
I'm 44 and I would say that I'm the oldest SC2 player that I know. Of course, I play very casually as I have a full-time job, a wife and 3 kids (12, 10, 7). So, I feel like I'm doing okay as a high gold/low plat player.
EnumaAvalon
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Philippines3613 Posts
June 21 2013 02:40 GMT
#19
My dad is 43 and plays SC2 from time to time during the weekends. It's great to have someone in the family into games that isn't your sibling.
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Mask DeMasque
Profile Joined February 2012
United States415 Posts
June 21 2013 02:43 GMT
#20
On June 21 2013 09:05 DeathDyingDoomKiller wrote:
Isn't sOs really old for a gamer? idk, poor sOs

he's 19... turning 20 this year lol
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