Glorious Alpha Two Testers!
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Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
My Intro
I'm Glosterian, from the West of England.
Thrilled to hear about AoC and its concepts, which seem to enable us to really shape the game that we want to play.
One question: am I one of the oldest Gamers here - age 61?
Looking forward to getting to know the Game - and you all...
Thrilled to hear about AoC and its concepts, which seem to enable us to really shape the game that we want to play.
One question: am I one of the oldest Gamers here - age 61?
Looking forward to getting to know the Game - and you all...
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Old is a state of mind.
Age is a way to tell time.
Too bad our clocks didn't slow down as time goes on!
In all seriousness, I'm glad you asked the question, because it gives me the opportunity to address something and hopefully make people think a little bit.
When you've been a gamer your whole life, is it not a bit ridiculous for someone, anyone, else, to think you'll just "give it up" when you're older? @Possum and I, naturally, have many conversations about games, and what appeals to us as we're aging, so on and so forth. We've found that, at least for ourselves, good people beat everything else. I can stand a lackadaisical game, if I've got good people I'm engaging with.
This aging thing is honestly one of the things that makes Ashes so appealing to us. I mean, there's a lot of nostalgia that @Intrepid are bringing back some of the core gameplay features that cause an upswelling of nostalgia for so many of us; more difficulty, more features that rely on a strong community, less of the grind and less of the twitch combat mechanics.
I see here, honestly, a growing market for games that are designed with aging players. Again, why would anyone think we will willingly and happily give up something that's shaped and become such a central part of our lives? We should replace it with a new hobby, why?
*shakes head and walks off mumbling something about 'incorrigible wife'*
I agree completely. I came to gaming in 2002/3 with 'Morrowind' (presently play ESO of course!). I have found gaming is a strong and regular part of my life and would expect to continue 'right to the end!'
(*And if you get that, you're as weird as me!)
Most of the folk I game with regularly, of course, know my age, but when it comes out in games, people are always like "Wait. You're a ... a girl (No, dear sweet youngling, I'm a woman)." *long pause* "And, um, you're, um ... mature." (Why yes, dear sweet youngling, I am "old." Go ahead, say it, it won't bother me, lol!).
Silly younglings.
When I was preparing to leave PlanetSide1 a PvP game, I taught a 14yr, old how to lead and to take it over and be the commander. He was the only one who really had any sense and knew how to plan and use good strategy! I heard later on that it became one of the top outfits!
I've played with some great people young and elderly!
Variety is the spice of life and is what makes it all come together!
Welcome @Glosterian, I think you'll find there's a nice community here with quite a mature feel to it I think. I'm 37 myself but I'd love to think I'll still be gaming at 61, perhaps my wife wouldn't, but I would
Ah yes - that rings a bell! My wife is wonderfully tolerant* of the hours into the night I tend to game.
* for that, read 'resigned to being a gaming widow!'
Welcome older person!
Don't mind the frame I had a spare one so around the house, useful as door stops and clothes rails, and for disarming the stupid.
Bah, online gaming is an ageless sport, and anyone who can't see the benefits of a varied community is just being a prat.
But then my attitude has been developed by my coming from a home where my retired dad is online in an mmo for most of the day, I'm hoping to get him to pick up ashes.
I'm of the mentally a toddler.. (what's that? Are we nearly there yet? Why can't I eat that or shove it up my nose?) Physically prematurely aged ilk, and legally somewhere in the middle. (Cough cough 38)
Plenty of greyguard type gamers around here I think.... the community definitely has that chilled, welcoming, unphasable feeling to it.
What's drawIng you to ashes the most?
I am just kidding, I had to do it since no one would. Welcome and I hope I still have it in me to play video games and workout the older I get. Idk why but this gives me the same feeling when I see an older gentleman at the gym...please let me be mentally and physically well enough to continue like this guys.
So welcome to the forums, friend. Hope you like it here.
I actually posted in the guild section today that I am looking for mature players. I like to be one of the youngest if I can help it.... So if anyone plans on creating a more mature guild, keep me in mind
Anyway, you're clearly not one of those people who grow older without growing up, and that's a good thing. I hope you'll find a group that you'll be truly comfortable with here in Ashes of Creation.