Age Group (POLL RESTARTED 12/9 - PLEASE VOTE AGAIN!)

[Perfidus]

That's true too. It's depressing logging on Steam and seeing all my old friends already finding themselves at home in a new game. But I don't harbor ill will toward them for it. We all cope in our own ways, and far be it from me to tell them what to do with their time.

[Triplash]

Is it just me or are the polls look like Stairs?

That's to keep the NPCs from being able to climb them.

[Golden Girl]

That's to keep the NPCs from being able to climb them.

Won't that be hard for all these old folks too?

[johnrobey]

Won't that be hard for all these old folks too?

Yes, dear.  But I have my walking stick (shillelagh) around here somewhere, and think I can still clamber up them.  And ROFL, Triplash on your Abraham Lincoln quote!  You've inspired me to add my favorite quote as my signature line.

[Triplash]

Won't that be hard for all these old folks too?

Nah, see, players can climb stairs just fine. It's only NPCs that have trouble with them. :P

And ROFL, Triplash on your Abraham Lincoln quote!  You've inspired me to add my favorite quote as my signature line.

Lincoln was a smart man. Very forward thinker.

And I love that line from Gandhi! It's excellent advice to live by :)

[DemonCaller]

I'm 55. Old enough to know better than to play an MMO....

[Kistulot]

That's true too. It's depressing logging on Steam and seeing all my old friends already finding themselves at home in a new game. But I don't harbor ill will toward them for it. We all cope in our own ways, and far be it from me to tell them what to do with their time.

This was hardest for me in the post announcement pre sunset period.

Most of my SG, friends, etc, pretty much stopped logging in. I tried to soak up as much time as I could, which turned out to be fairly depressing given that the city grew emptier and emptier.

But there's no point in taking that out on anyone, as you said :)

[corvus1970]

I'm 55. Old enough to know better than to play an MMO....

I assume you mean "another" MMO.

[Aethon]

39 - though, every now and then, I have to do the odd mental calculation to check if that's correct.

[Ad_Astra]

I posted this concept in the FB thread -

Observing the general trend that City of players are older (with a plurality in the 45 - 60ish range):

Perhaps there was something about the game play controls of City that was a bit more forgiving of our not-so-l33t gaming skillz. I have always appreciated the lack of "twitch" needed to target. Personally, I know that video games were something that I saw my slightly younger (5 or 6 years younger) siblings playing, but other than a few games of Pong, I wasn't part of it. I was way too mature to want to play a video game. So I never learned those basic video gaming skills - hand me the average controller for a gaming console and I'm all thumbs, and not in a good way.

OTOH, I can also remember comic book discussions - generally about characters that had personalities that were as much a part of them as their superpowers. And I came to Paragon City to make those characters. I'm still a huge Legion of Superheroes fan, which at that point in time was "90210" with superpowers.

Just a couple of thoughts to put out there. They may also have something to do with the number of older FEMALE players we had (I'm one of them). I know that my general unfamiliarity with how video games "work" was something that had me holding back from subbing early on.

[Glass Goblin]

Perhaps there was something about the game play controls of City that was a bit more forgiving of our not-so-l33t gaming skillz. I have always appreciated the lack of "twitch" needed to target.

I've seen several people who have noted this, and I agree. My motor control isn't always the best, so targeting with the Tab key rocked hard. Some of gthe games people ahve suggested I try out, however, have combat that is twitch-driven, so I've not bothered to install the clients.

Our demographic can't be that small: people who want more action than Farmville, but less twitchy than a FPS. I wonder if any studios and/or publishers will pick up on it?

[Illusionss]

It'll be odd if they don't: After all, the older demographic is growing every day.

I know companies like to pretend that only 18-24 year olds matter though, so I wouild not be surprised to see them NOT address it. After all, sane business decisions are few and far between.

[Clave Dark 5]

I posted this concept in the FB thread -

Observing the general trend that City of players are older (with a plurality in the 45 - 60ish range):

Perhaps there was something about the game play controls of City that was a bit more forgiving of our not-so-l33t gaming skillz. I have always appreciated the lack of "twitch" needed to target.

I was in high school when video games ate quarters and became a real thing back in the 80s and I gave up playing them after a few months because I didn't like "twitch" gaming from day one.  I've never come round to that form of gaming and still have no interest to do so now.

[YourDemise]

I'm 17 now but started when i was 13 because my brother used to play it 24/7 he taught me about everything in it an his old SG helped me out quite alot, but not surprisingly i don't think i met anyone my age heheh. I was surprised i could even play it!  :P

[thunderforce]

I notice whoever did the poll didn't really get quite the right categories. :-)

37 here. Games for me started around Elite, 1984. I'm averse to twitch gaming in something like a spot of first-person shooting - but I don't think it mixes well with network lag to servers in another country. For most of my City of X time I used a keyboard-only control set which was head and shoulders above the default for characters who often wanted to select and use powers on teammates.

[MaidMercury]

um....I'm just going to say my age is above 40  :-X

[Aggelakis]

OK, because there is an obviously large number of City players above the age of 45, it's better to do a little more granular polling. I have reset the poll to zero votes. Please vote again!

Before resetting, the tallies here:

>18: 3
18-25: 11
26-35: 26
36-45: 37
45+: 45

[Cobra Man]

I'm 47 (48 shortly), although I have a mental age in my mid 20's  8)

I miss CoH .....

[avelworldcreator]

Why was the poll restarted?

Edit: Oops. Missed that earlier post. :O

[Triplash]

Voted again. Sadly, I didn't get any younger.