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[Capt_Kobalt]

I have always wanted to Change my Handle to "YourGrandPA" LoL so when I kill a 20 somthing player... It says Your GrandPA has killed you. LOL.... Some of them it would drive crazy... lol.

[Scout Derek]

Capt_Kobalt, on 12 August 2019 - 07:26 AM, said:

I have always wanted to Change my Handle to "YourGrandPA" LoL so when I kill a 20 somthing player... It says Your GrandPA has killed you. LOL.... Some of them it would drive crazy... lol.

Maybe the people who are less competent and can't handle a loss yeah.

It would be amusing to see it.

[Marquis De Lafayette]

As I am pushing 50, I recognize I am a relatively “old man” in terms of those important quick twitch reflexes and that it isn’t going to get any better the older I get. You just have to make up for what you don’t have with what you can have.....battlefield awareness, smart builds (meta still works great for old folks, btw) and fighting dirty (what else should the young bucks expect from an old man). If some pilots can still put up good numbers while drunk, I figure I should be able to still put up good numbers while old

Edited by Marquis De Lafayette, 13 August 2019 - 09:34 AM.

[Anjian]

I remember there was a study that claims that people who play video games for a long time are going to get their brains hardwired for it.

Maybe, its possible for these hardwired brains, regardless of their age, to get an advantage over those who don't.

[Mystere]

Capt_Kobalt, on 12 August 2019 - 07:26 AM, said:

I have always wanted to Change my Handle to "YourGrandPA" LoL so when I kill a 20 somthing player... It says Your GrandPA has killed you. LOL.... Some of them it would drive crazy... lol.

I wonder which is worse, that or knowing you got killed by a girl?

Anjian, on 17 August 2019 - 04:00 AM, said:

I remember there was a study that claims that people who play video games for a long time are going to get their brains hardwired for it.

Maybe, its possible for these hardwired brains, regardless of their age, to get an advantage over those who don't.

It's not just video games. It's anything you do in a significant amount.

[Alienized]

well look, your reflexes might go but a sharp mind wont. im 31 and mainly play faster assaults and heavies as a supporter role/skirmisher where your reflexes arent AS needed. you want to shoot distracted mechs anyway or distract them and lure em away.

[Anjian]

Mystere, on 17 August 2019 - 01:50 PM, said:

I wonder which is worse, that or knowing you got killed by a girl?

What about getting killed by a cat like anime character?

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It's not just video games. It's anything you do in a significant amount.

Depends on what kind of activity. Even the kind of video games --- MOBA vs. FPS vs. Puzzle games and so on.

[Valdarion Silarius]

O L L O, on 12 August 2019 - 12:41 AM, said:

I wonder how many players are under 25 in MWO, besides our kids.

Thanks for making me feel like an old fart at the grand age of 26.

[General Solo]

FaST Forward to 40 seconds... Boo to dat



...Old man moi A$$.....

Edited by OZHomerOZ, 18 August 2019 - 05:39 AM.

[JediPanther]

I'm almost blind and nearsighted so it's hard for me to make out objects at a distance. thus I go to lrms for when I want an easier time playing but I find being a knife fighting little light to be a lot more fun.

Most of my catapults have broken 90,000 xp with max skill trees. My lights have around 110,000 xp since I rotate about seven favorite lights while randomly using the others. I blame my old pc hardware for loosing my light duels in qp as I can't afford up-to-date hardware. Still making due with my 2012 rig. I'm just fine at 40fps in my locust; wouldn't mind that $1800 pc to get in the 100 plus fps.

[Y E O N N E]

I'm playing with a PC from 2011 and doing fine. Granted, my PC in 2011 was near the top end of what you could build in the $2000 range, but still. 8 years old and still no compelling reason to upgrade.

[Anjian]

This video is a gem. This was made back in 2012. The average age of gamers then were 33, and expected to get older.

There might be benefits to your brain brought by video games.

[Tiantara]

- Now I feel myself old... yeah.

[Foxwalker]

Capt_Kobalt, on 12 August 2019 - 07:26 AM, said:

I have always wanted to Change my Handle to "YourGrandPA" LoL so when I kill a 20 somthing player... It says Your GrandPA has killed you. LOL.... Some of them it would drive crazy... lol.

There was a player that went by the handle A_Fuffy_Bunny. So you would be killed by A fluffy bunny.

[Feral Clown]

Mystere, on 17 August 2019 - 01:50 PM, said:

I wonder which is worse, that or knowing you got killed by a girl?

I can can think of a few girls that own fella's in this game on a regular basis. Audette, Moorland, Blue Splint, and BCMC's own Kornea to name a few.

[warner2]

I doubt MWO will be here in 2059

[Foxwalker]

warner2, on 21 August 2019 - 03:54 AM, said:

I doubt MWO will be here in 2059

I don't know some of us have been playing Battletech/Mechwarrior since 1984 (over 35 years). 2059 does not seem that impossible.

[rentaspoon]

O L L O, on 12 August 2019 - 12:41 AM, said:

I wonder how many players are under 25 in MWO, besides our kids.

Relatively new (111hrs) but I come from a star citizen group and I play with people under 25 on MWO a lot, it's just they don't want to voice chat a lot, main group is basically 2 under 25s, myself 32 and another dude who is 36.

I think the main issue is younger people don't know this game exists and those that do don't play because they get slated on having "whiney voices". I always enjoyed playing online games with older people because they seem to come from the time I remember when people were respectful to each other.

That's my opinion anyway.

Mystere, on 17 August 2019 - 01:50 PM, said:

I wonder which is worse, that or knowing you got killed by a girl?

Is there still a stigma about getting killed by a girl still?

[Koniving]

I'm surrounded dinosaurs and dragons.



dinosaurs that will devour my mech.

[Charronn]

I used to be **** hot at original CS,Quake et all back 20 years ago.Now I'm older,greyer,slower,more blind and deaf and now ******* arthritic in my right and left wrists and fingers (used to box etc).Does it make me ******* at this game yup,do I care yup.Do I try my best yup.Can I still give the wife one?
Hell yeah!At 47 and the life that I've lived I'm pretty happy with my lot.I still love this game,nothing quite like it.
On a side note today was the kids first day back at school,I got stung by a ******* wasp and then twisted my ankle slipping on fabric softener in the kitchen.Yup now in agony with my right ankle and drinking a cold one lol.