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Are we all 30+

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    Isende said:
    I actually started PC gaming at 10. 1979. Our school, which was located near a military base, was given a TRS-80, and that was handed over to the "gifted program." For those of us in the program, we used the computer to keep our school store's inventory, as well as play games.

    The catch is that both the inventory management software (database, today) and the game required a bit of programming, in order to use it. For the dbase, we had to actually "teach" the computer how to think, and for the games, we had to do lots of math in order to figure out where our projectiles would hit.

    I never really realized how abnormal that was, for that time; I always, however, knew quite well that that's where my passion for database design was born. I also, at that time, wanted to learn how to really teach computers to think. Wish I'd followed that career path :smile:
    @Isende we had two TRS-80s at school, a model I and III. The model III actually "looked" like a computer should. We took turns sharing these in a class of about 20, so we didn't get much hands on time back then. At the naive age of 12 I wrote a letter to Tandy asking them if they had any spare Model IIIs that they could give to a poor kid!  Of course I never heard back from them. Much later on I got a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was color so it was waaay better than the trash 80 :wink:
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited June 2017
    @lexmax
    Ah, yes, the TRaSh-80. Such fond memories!
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    edited June 2017
    Rumbleforge said:
    SaeyoPrayers said:
    Imperius_AOC said:
    30, newly married to a wife who doesn't like video games, with a demanding job, but I will find a way to lose countless hours to this game nonetheless!
    I have done it for years. Of course, my wife and I have been together since I was 16, and I am 37 now....so it's pretty easy these days. She doesn't like games. The key is finding her a hobby. Lol My wife is a "digger". She metal detects, crafts, does ancestry etc. She goes metal detecting, I jump on the PC. 
    Very cool.  I metal detect too.  

    Is your wife a Garrett girl?  ;)
    Yes, she is. She uses a garret AT pro. She even went to the Garret event in Jefferson, Texas a month or so ago with nugget noggin etc. @Rumbleforge
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    SaeyoPrayers said:
    Rumbleforge said:
    SaeyoPrayers said:
    Imperius_AOC said:
    30, newly married to a wife who doesn't like video games, with a demanding job, but I will find a way to lose countless hours to this game nonetheless!
    I have done it for years. Of course, my wife and I have been together since I was 16, and I am 37 now....so it's pretty easy these days. She doesn't like games. The key is finding her a hobby. Lol My wife is a "digger". She metal detects, crafts, does ancestry etc. She goes metal detecting, I jump on the PC. 
    Very cool.  I metal detect too.  

    Is your wife a Garrett girl?  ;)
    Yes, she is. She uses a garret AT pro. She even went to the Garret event in Jefferson, Texas a month or so ago with nugget noggin etc. 
    This isn't the same company that makes the T-700 engine on BlackHawks is it??

    Sorry... I just took this way off topic, i'm bad with that :worried:
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    WinterAssassin said:
    SaeyoPrayers said:
    Rumbleforge said:
    SaeyoPrayers said:
    Imperius_AOC said:
    30, newly married to a wife who doesn't like video games, with a demanding job, but I will find a way to lose countless hours to this game nonetheless!
    I have done it for years. Of course, my wife and I have been together since I was 16, and I am 37 now....so it's pretty easy these days. She doesn't like games. The key is finding her a hobby. Lol My wife is a "digger". She metal detects, crafts, does ancestry etc. She goes metal detecting, I jump on the PC. 
    Very cool.  I metal detect too.  

    Is your wife a Garrett girl?  ;)
    Yes, she is. She uses a garret AT pro. She even went to the Garret event in Jefferson, Texas a month or so ago with nugget noggin etc. 
    This isn't the same company that makes the T-700 engine on BlackHawks is it??

    Sorry... I just took this way off topic, i'm bad with that :worried:
    Lol No, Garrett makes high end metal detectors. They are pricey, but well worth it. You don't get much better than a Garrett.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Oh Ok... Either way for the correction, i was meaning the auxiliary power unit and not the t-700... just in case someone may come by and read my post LOL
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    27, but I've been playing MMOs since I was 10. Played Star Wars Galaxies in beta and heard about this game through old SWG vets. Definitely ready for a real MMO experience again.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    SaeyoPrayers said:
    Rumbleforge said:
    Very cool.  I metal detect too.  

    Is your wife a Garrett girl?  ;)
    Yes, she is. She uses a garret AT pro. She even went to the Garret event in Jefferson, Texas a month or so ago with nugget noggin etc. @Rumbleforge
    Very cool!   I use the AT Pro as well.  Lovely machine!
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    nagash said:
    Isende said:
    I actually started PC gaming at 10. 1979. Our school, which was located near a military base, was given a TRS-80, and that was handed over to the "gifted program." For those of us in the program, we used the computer to keep our school store's inventory, as well as play games.

    The catch is that both the inventory management software (database, today) and the game required a bit of programming, in order to use it. For the dbase, we had to actually "teach" the computer how to think, and for the games, we had to do lots of math in order to figure out where our projectiles would hit.

    I never really realized how abnormal that was, for that time; I always, however, knew quite well that that's where my passion for database design was born. I also, at that time, wanted to learn how to really teach computers to think. Wish I'd followed that career path :smile:
    That's a really interesting story
    She's a really interesting person with an intriguing mind.  Part of what I love about her.  We have some awesome conversations.  :)
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    Rumbleforge said:
    Kasyee said:
    23, and I feel "old" in most mmo's I play . I used to feel average age mmo player when I was 18 :P. Im happy to see I was mistaken.


    Why 30? Is 30 a magical number? :D
    It will feel like a magical number the further away you get from it.  ;)
    I gotta tell ya, and I've said this to a lot of people who dread turning 30 because they're leaving their 20's... 30 is one of the best decades, if not THE best.  You're old enough to know stuff, but still quite young enough to enjoy doing a wide variety of things.
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    Possum said:
    Rumbleforge said:
    Kasyee said:
    23, and I feel "old" in most mmo's I play . I used to feel average age mmo player when I was 18 :P. Im happy to see I was mistaken.


    Why 30? Is 30 a magical number? :D
    It will feel like a magical number the further away you get from it.  ;)
    I gotta tell ya, and I've said this to a lot of people who dread turning 30 because they're leaving their 20's... 30 is one of the best decades, if not THE best.  You're old enough to know stuff, but still quite young enough to enjoy doing a wide variety of things.
    Don't tell me that.  I just turned 39 last month. 
    I still feel like I haven't even gotten started yet!  

  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Rumbleforge said:
    Possum said:
    Rumbleforge said:
    Kasyee said:
    23, and I feel "old" in most mmo's I play . I used to feel average age mmo player when I was 18 :P. Im happy to see I was mistaken.


    Why 30? Is 30 a magical number? :D
    It will feel like a magical number the further away you get from it.  ;)
    I gotta tell ya, and I've said this to a lot of people who dread turning 30 because they're leaving their 20's... 30 is one of the best decades, if not THE best.  You're old enough to know stuff, but still quite young enough to enjoy doing a wide variety of things.
    Don't tell me that.  I just turned 39 last month. 
    I still feel like I haven't even gotten started yet!  

    Just keep thinking young.  :)
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Hmmm I'm not going to scare people, and since there has been computer talk, I'll just note that my first computer was a Vic20.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    T-Elf said:
    Hmmm I'm not going to scare people, and since there has been computer talk, I'll just note that my first computer was a Vic20.
    That was my second computer lol, then a C64.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I started with a Commodore 64. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    If I had waited and not gotten talked into the Vic20,  I would still have a Commodore64, because they came out a couple of months later.  :s
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    It's pretty mind boggling how long ago that was :dizzy:
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    nagash said:
    Its what gamers called being elder level ^^
    Hoist your walkers and canes gentlemen! 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Rumbleforge said:
    Don't tell me that.  I just turned 39 last month.  
    I still feel like I haven't even gotten started yet!  
    That's because you haven't my friend :)
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    49 and going strong!!
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    lexmax said:
    It's pretty mind boggling how long ago that was :dizzy:
    A couple lifetimes ago, my friend.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    in 8,5 years tho xD 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I'm 40 years old.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    28 here with two kids. Might asweel lump me in with 30+ ;P
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I'm getting older, I thought I'd already posted in this thread, either it was the forum mites or I'm losing my marbles.

    I don't want to know how old I am, but the last birthday I remember was my 35th and that was a few years ago now... 
    Almost 40?


  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    15 here :D really excited for this game :)
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    The youngsters are catching up!
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    18, probably 20 by release
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