EPTIve 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?
"older" SC2 players
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senfkatze
Germany66 Posts
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? | ||
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
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LaughingTulkas
United States1107 Posts
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
United States23152 Posts
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CecilSunkure
United States2829 Posts
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codonbyte
United States840 Posts
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
United States53 Posts
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 This User was warned for this post | ||
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ott
United States74 Posts
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
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ThePhan2m
Norway2750 Posts
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 | ||
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FakePseudo
Belgium716 Posts
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
Denmark11 Posts
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senfkatze
Germany66 Posts
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 thenyeah that was actually was i was aiming at with this topic, but well ... any comments are appreciated of course | ||
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DeathDyingDoomKiller
Canada91 Posts
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Qbyx
Romania210 Posts
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. | ||
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Subversive
Australia2229 Posts
On June 21 2013 09:54 Qbyx wrote: 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
United States104 Posts
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spydog
United States21 Posts
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EnumaAvalon
Philippines3613 Posts
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Mask DeMasque
United States415 Posts
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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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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kyleshaffer21
United States21 Posts
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UniquE.
Canada143 Posts
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Kamais Ookin
Canada591 Posts
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Cricketer12
United States13972 Posts
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Noorgrin
Germany116 Posts
Been struggling to get into masters ever since... been very close sometimes, but i never made it above mid/high diamond (in 2on2 i've been master most seasons, but that doesn't count imo ). Funny thing is, i've been diamond ever since Beta... i have some Wc3 and also Broodwar background, so i guess i had a little advantage in the start. At least i could "keep up" with diamond ever since, even thou i have limited practice time. Reasons have been told here already i think. Ofc i cannot practice anymore like when i was 17yo... i got a job, a fiance and bought a house recently... kids are hopefully coming soon too  ... and i guess your reflexes and multitasking are also not getting better with times :DIf someone wants to see my struggles, i sometimes stream (especially on weekends): http://de.twitch.tv/noorgrintv I would be happy about some more subscribers | ||
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TarLaPaN
United States113 Posts
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][-][eretic
Canada395 Posts
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Luxotican
United Kingdom13 Posts
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Gowerly
United Kingdom916 Posts
Went to a DreamHack! I'm sure there are many people in Masters/GM that are older. For people around student age (15-18) when the first StarCraft came out, they'll now be 30-33. I'm sure the people that are towards the older age of the spectrum of players will continue to get older (as is wont to happen). Some may stay on! Who knows, WhiteRa may actually hit 50 in 15 years and still be playing. | ||
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hzflank
United Kingdom2991 Posts
I am a few months shy of 30 (/sadface) and in masters. I don't play often, but occasionally I put a few hardcore weeks in and have no problem going up to high masters. It does take a couple of weeks though, as after a month or two of just playing team games I get really bad :p I have the distinct advantage of being a hardcore aoe player who spent a few years putting in 40 hour weeks. In my opinion it really just comes down to how much time you can dedicate to improving, and most of the skill is transferable between games. | ||
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Douillos
France3195 Posts
My main problem getting back into masters after a long break ^^ So yeah endurance yo :D | ||
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SoniC_eu
Denmark1008 Posts
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
I am just sometimes gold sometimes platinum - I used to put my "age" as an excuse, but I come to realize that I am just lazy to practice effectively (which might be a symptom of the age anyway). | ||
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sc2chronic
United States777 Posts
lol shit is hilarious. serious business mods | ||
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marcjpb
Canada64 Posts
And like a few people say, its not that older player cant do it as good as the young, it just most older people have other life commitment (work, wife, kids, etc.) that they cannot just shoved aside to improved at starcraft (like high school :p) | ||
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BjoernK
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My goal is to reach diamond during a stretch where I can play a little more. | ||
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
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sCuMBaG
United Kingdom1144 Posts
one of the oldest german sc teams. almost everyone is over thirty or pushing thirty and masters. and that's although almost all of us have different commitments by now. | ||
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Noorgrin
Germany116 Posts
On June 21 2013 19:51 sCuMBaG wrote: the guys in my team and me are playing for ages now. one of the oldest german sc teams. almost everyone is over thirty or pushing thirty and masters. and that's although almost all of us have different commitments by now. what team is it? and are you in need of some more members? :D | ||
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Gruntt
United States175 Posts
On June 21 2013 18:53 sc2chronic wrote: lol shit is hilarious. serious business mods Makes no sense for them to warn/ban. Person could've said "I agree, this makes sense" instead of "This" and it would've meant the same exact thing to everyone. Someone with the hammer is just randomly getting annoyed for no reason ;( | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On June 21 2013 22:02 Gruntt wrote: Hey guys if you have complaints about moderate please leave them out of this thread and take them to website feedback. Makes no sense for them to warn/ban. Person could've said "I agree, this makes sense" instead of "This" and it would've meant the same exact thing to everyone. Someone with the hammer is just randomly getting annoyed for no reason ;( Thanks. | ||
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atuor
United States82 Posts
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shubcraft
Germany145 Posts
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No_eL
Chile1438 Posts
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Lysanias
Netherlands8351 Posts
Nothing special i supose, but i had alot of time at my hand, unlike now I have not even started HoTS due to work and relationship. | ||
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FuDDx
United States5008 Posts
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ziggurat
Canada847 Posts
I think the difference between players like Boxer, Nestea, Whitera and so on is that they started playing RTS games when they were young. I'm sure even in their 50s and 60s those guys will still play at masters level. But I've never met anyone who started playing RTS in their 30s and made it to masters. Having said that I'm sure I could get to masters if I had unlimited time to devote to the game. | ||
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inkfected
England76 Posts
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jon osterman
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 I think it is really cool to face / come across all ages on sc2 (the funniest part is that you usually find out later) Ageism is such a huge sad thing ... (and this in both ways .. kids hating on old gamers and old gamers spitting on kids alike) In france, when we "age grade" stuff like games or comics .. we often say 7"a game for people from 7 to 77 ... I think this "naive" idea is really something that raises the "interest" in a particular game (or other). If a game is "for 7 to 77", it means that it worth trying it out. I sure wish that I'll still be able to play at 77  Personally I like old and young people and manage to have fun with both, but i must sadly admit that it is difficult to try to be a go between both! ps: 39 year old random  player in plastic league (playing less than an hour a week, what do you expect) | ||
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
On June 21 2013 22:02 Gruntt wrote: Makes no sense for them to warn/ban. Person could've said "I agree, this makes sense" instead of "This" and it would've meant the same exact thing to everyone. Someone with the hammer is just randomly getting annoyed for no reason ;( "You've been warned." See Rule #3 Posting "This." is just a bad post and gets warned. Quoting a post warned for the very thing you're doing with the quote is just plain dumb and deserves When I was younger I always frowned upon my older gamer friends "I'm old ergo I'm not as good anymore." attitude. Now that I'm past 30 myself I find that while my skills haven't actually deteriorated, my competitiveness and with it my motivation to practice/ try real hard has. When my flatmate offered a bet (and thus motivation) for some arbitrary gaming goal ("bet you can't reach xxxx ranking in x time") I reached said goal way faster than he (or I) thought. | ||
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sylverfyre
United States8298 Posts
Even my WPM - which I use pretty regularly - has dropped by ~20 (from ~110 to ~90) | ||
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Gruntt
United States175 Posts
I have such an insane NEED to NOT LOSE that it really just isn't worth playing anymore. I had like the 3rd highest ratio of win:loss out of those in those rankings not because I wanted to win, but just because I REALLY didn't want to lose. When you play this way, there's really no benefit. You either "expect to win," which gives no excitement, or you "hate losing," which only upsets. In the end, even for people way better than me (who have this attitude), there's no reason to play | ||
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SoniC_eu
Denmark1008 Posts
On June 25 2013 00:54 Gruntt wrote: I don't have the availability or the nerves to play competitively anymore. I got my top 30 in US in first few months of SC2 (basically just a transfer of my old BW skills from back in 2000/2001) and that was my signal that even without as much practice, I could still overcome many strong players. I think I needed that for closure to know where I stood when I tried. I have such an insane NEED to NOT LOSE that it really just isn't worth playing anymore. I had like the 3rd highest ratio of win:loss out of those in those rankings not because I wanted to win, but just because I REALLY didn't want to lose. When you play this way, there's really no benefit. You either "expect to win," which gives no excitement, or you "hate losing," which only upsets. In the end, even for people way better than me (who have this attitude), there's no reason to play Ye that really hampers the enjoyment in the game. I can totally relate. I got nowhere as high as you (respect!) but I learned, taht somtimes it is better just to let the other guy win, esp if u are having a insane win streak. Cos then you start becoming a win ratio whore..and that is never good for you. | ||
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PapaCool
Australia6 Posts
I play mainly in Americas, my SC2 Player name is "DejaVu" Keep on gamin :D | ||
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SonOfHisashi
Hong Kong4 Posts
I actually play a bit with my son (10yrs) and nephew in Oz (he's like 35). We sometimes 4v4 with his kid (6yrs)! I'm pretty terrible (silver) but I love the game. I like experimenting more than mechanics, though, which pretty much explains my skill ceiling. But I've got nothing to prove so it's all good. | ||
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HeyImFinn
United States250 Posts
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Manifesto7
Osaka27140 Posts
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Sokrates
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jarod
Romania766 Posts
I played BW long time ago and compared to that my APM is much lower from 160 to like 100, getting older, and I also get much faster tired, can't really play more then 1-2h in a session. | ||
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jalen
Australia222 Posts
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StorrZerg
United States13919 Posts
On September 30 2013 23:19 Manifesto7 wrote: Almost 30, holy shit, call an ambulance. or the Embassy? | ||
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ElMeanYo
United States1032 Posts
On September 30 2013 20:30 PapaCool wrote: Well I think I am the Oldest SC2 player, I am 52 and am Gold with a tiny hint of plat. Well sneaked into plat once or twice lol. I play mainly in Americas, my SC2 Player name is "DejaVu" Keep on gamin :D Deja!!! Elders unite! | ||
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MidnightZL
Sweden203 Posts
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erathedark
Germany20 Posts
I grew up with SC1 and Wc2 +3 and I still love too play, well i never get up to master, but most seasons ill end Top 20 Diamant. If i have more time to play, maybe I could get up to master | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On September 30 2013 23:19 Manifesto7 wrote: Almost 30, holy shit, call an ambulance. What? I never knew you were my age. I always thought you were older than me wth man? | ||
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OleGrizzDawg
United States1 Post
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red.venom
United States4651 Posts
cool to see hte guys who are 40+ chime ini though : ) | ||
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FuDDx
United States5008 Posts
<3 | ||
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enord
France258 Posts
now plastic league random mapmaker host on pc for more than two and a half years scbw forever | ||
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Chrisau
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Cheers | ||
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