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[P] How old are you TLer?

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gongryong
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)1430 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-12 20:33:58
January 12 2011 13:07 GMT
#1
Hi TLers!

I wonder how old TL users are. My guess is that early 20s would be the average, but reading the posts sometimes one would think many are 10 year olds :p

How old are you?

BTW, who among you here is old enough to know "1HL2L"? :D

Poll: [P] How old are you TLer?

21-25 (1124)
 
39%

19-20 (599)
 
21%

16-18 (520)
 
18%

26-30 (BW 1st generation) (419)
 
14%

11-15 (110)
 
4%

31-40 (adult already during BW 1.0) (102)
 
4%

> 41 (ageless baby!) (16)
 
1%

< 10 (14)
 
0%

2904 total votes

Your vote: [P] How old are you TLer?

(Vote): < 10
(Vote): 11-15
(Vote): 16-18
(Vote): 19-20
(Vote): 21-25
(Vote): 26-30 (BW 1st generation)
(Vote): 31-40 (adult already during BW 1.0)
(Vote): > 41 (ageless baby!)


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+ Show Spoiler [Age Bracketing] +
pyrobb Canada. January 12 2011 22:43
Why is 16-18 and 19-20 in two groups? if u add them together, its the largest demographic

uNiGNoRe Germany. January 13 2011 00:58
This poll doesn't make any sense. The way the ages are grouped together makes a bar chart completely useless.

Lets not sweat this fellas. I was less concerned with the instrumentation than with having a general sketch of how old TL users are. The bracketing is framed loosely on the following assumptions:

    <= 10 :
  • These are the babies who weren't even around when BW was out. For sure they may be tech savvy already, but they are still in a safe age such that their parents have considerable control over their online activities
    11-15 :
  • late grade school, middle school, and high school students - our budding gamers
    16 - 18 -
  • late high school and early college for some, old enough to be really into BW/SC2/gaming
    19-20 : college students
    21 - 25 :
  • late college students or early professionals. they (I included) were old enough when BW was out, but majority of kids who played then was 1 age group older (in my experience at least)
    26 - 30 :
  • professionals already, hopefully. and coincidentally, the real children of BW! those who old enough to remember what "1HL2L" means! xD
    31 - 40 :
  • certified adults now, and one generation too old to claim the BW was theirs
    > 41 :
  • I'd like to know who they are too


Like I said this is informal at best. No grand statistical insight is expected out of this. Just enjoy and chime in your experience is you have some. :D

Pokebunny United States. January 12 2011 23:15
15, BW first generation.

I've been playing off and on since I was 4.

Seriously now? You remind me of my cousin Bruce. I'm also indoctrinating him on the values of BW. (He'll figure SC2 on his own). xD

JAEDONG ÜBERBONJWA!
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4329 Posts
January 12 2011 13:08 GMT
#2
26-30 (BW 1st generation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
gongryong
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)1430 Posts
January 12 2011 13:13 GMT
#3
I was thinking of making the 21-25 bracket as first generation, but i remember when BW was out in 1998, all PC bangs were swarmed by college and late highschool kids older than me and my friends and schoolmates. We were the pests who they'd bully to leave so they can play :D I guess it was their generation more than ours. xD
JAEDONG ÜBERBONJWA!
Ayush_SCtoss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
India3050 Posts
January 12 2011 13:13 GMT
#4
15. But I have played BW for 2 years!
:D
End my suffering
sylverfyre
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8298 Posts
January 12 2011 13:15 GMT
#5
First gen oldie here. I wish I found TL when it was formed Might have not lost interest in BW!
Rb6v King
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia54 Posts
January 12 2011 13:16 GMT
#6
18 :D
Hard work pays off over time, laziness pays off now.
Sewi
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Germany1697 Posts
January 12 2011 13:17 GMT
#7
26. Like pretty old, losing hair, losing stamina when it comes to drinking a whole weekend etc.... :p
"Well, things were going ok until he lost all his stuff" - Tasteless, 17.02.2016
ShoCkeyy
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
7815 Posts
January 12 2011 13:18 GMT
#8
Im 22 and i've been played sc since 98..
Life?
FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6172 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-12 13:21:36
January 12 2011 13:21 GMT
#9
26-30 (BW 1st generation)

actually 27 and did play SC
n_n
KinosJourney2
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden1811 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-12 13:24:48
January 12 2011 13:23 GMT
#10
16, turning 17 soon.

Been playing BW since my younger cousin introduced me to it like 4+ years ago.
I remember playing WC2 back then visiting him and seeing him playing some really awesome looking game and i asked what it was and he said "Starcraft".
I just bought the game later when i saw it in a game store since it was so cheap and really loved it
ocho wrote: EDIT: NEVERMIND, THIS THING HAS APM TECHNOLOGY OMG
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
January 12 2011 13:25 GMT
#11
21, ahhh will be 22 soon this year...
Zurles
Profile Joined February 2009
United Kingdom1659 Posts
January 12 2011 13:25 GMT
#12
bout twenny.
drooL
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom2108 Posts
January 12 2011 13:29 GMT
#13
19. no BW (only singleplayer with my uncle when i was little), no real SC2 beta participation (was in from patch5-6 on but never played a lot, mainly watched), now SC2 maniac. :p
@nowSimon
ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
January 12 2011 13:34 GMT
#14
19 Brood War enthusiast.
Liveon
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Netherlands1083 Posts
January 12 2011 13:35 GMT
#15
19, played BW just for a bit.
Hearthstone manager ECVisualize, Head Admin DSCL
Fubb
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany160 Posts
January 12 2011 13:36 GMT
#16
in korean age?

otherwise 26
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11579 Posts
January 12 2011 13:37 GMT
#17
20 and i played BW for 12 years.
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
Pkol
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia176 Posts
January 12 2011 13:38 GMT
#18
21, got BW in 1999
lolwut?
57 Corvette
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada5941 Posts
January 12 2011 13:40 GMT
#19
18, Started BW in the middle of 2007, didn't start actually playing a lot until fall 2008. Played in the beta from about patch 8 and onwards.
Survival is winning, everything else is bullshit.
pyrobb
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada16 Posts
January 12 2011 13:43 GMT
#20
Why is 16-18 and 19-20 in two groups? if u add them together, its the largest demographic
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