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[Raso]

tuokaerf, on 17 December 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

I should have known this is an older player base . No one's called me a f*g after stomping them like every game on Xbox Live.

Well that's also because XBL is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. It's where beta males and dude bros go to vie for dominance over other beta males in a virtual arena where they can play out their fantasies of advancing to the alpha male position. You're best bet is to mute everyone's mic and pretend you're playing with bots and NPCs.

Owlfeathers, on 17 December 2012 - 09:32 PM, said:

*sigh*

Still alone...

Then again, I'm not exactly surprised. I'm rather odd for 14.

Better to be odd and yourself than to be "normal" and a sell out to popular opinion and peer pressure.

Edited by Raso, 17 December 2012 - 09:33 PM.

[Owlfeathers]

Raso, on 17 December 2012 - 09:32 PM, said:

Well that's also because XBL is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. It's where beta males and dude bros go to vie for dominance over other beta males in a virtual arena where they can play out their fantasies of advancing to the alpha male position. You're best bet is to mute everyone's mic and pretend you're playing with bots and NPCs.




Better to be odd and yourself than to be "normal" and a sell out to popular opinion and peer pressure.

Point noted and entirely agreed with.

[Warrax the Chaos Warrior]

Hm, biggest group so far is 21-25. That actually explains a lot of what goes on around here, given that the human brain takes 25 years before it's done developing... Hang in there folks, you'll get there soon.

Edited by Warrax the Chaos Warrior, 17 December 2012 - 09:35 PM.

[Pr8Dator]

Owlfeathers, on 17 December 2012 - 09:32 PM, said:

*sigh*

Still alone...

Then again, I'm not exactly surprised. I'm rather odd for 14.

Hey, shows that you are cool.



UPDATE: We, the late thirties are no longer the majority! LOL!

Edited by Pr8Dator, 17 December 2012 - 09:36 PM.

[Owlfeathers]

Pr8Dator, on 17 December 2012 - 09:36 PM, said:

Hey, shows that you are cool.

We, the late thirties is no longer the majority! LOL!

Well thanks. Bit of an annoyance though that literally not a single person in my school plays either Starcraft 2 or MWO, which are the only games I play. Consoles appear to be taking over everything nowadays...

Edited by Owlfeathers, 17 December 2012 - 09:50 PM.

[cmopatrick]

yeah, well... some of us can remember when gasoline pricewars were between the (full-service) stations doing the $0.17 and $0.16 a gallon... and hoping that when is was our turn for a birthday blue capsule, our number would be over 95 (it ended before i turned; did 4 USAF, e4/HD anyway).

Edited by cmopatrick, 17 December 2012 - 09:44 PM.

[Raso]

Owlfeathers, on 17 December 2012 - 09:37 PM, said:

Well thanks. Bit of an annoyance though that literally not a single person in my school plays either Starcraft 2 or MWO, ehich are the only games I play. Consoles appear to be taking over everything nowadays...

Look I'm going to level with you. You're generation likes some pretty lame and bland things. They put far too much emphasis on realism and like to think that having something be darker, grittier and full of angry and depressed characters actually makes it more realistic. They think that characters who are shallow and empty are nuanced and complex but characters with actual personalities are caricatures or stereotypes. They confuse mature with acceptable and realistic with enjoyable.

Don't fret over it if you don't fit into that lump.

[Owlfeathers]

Raso, on 17 December 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

Look I'm going to level with you. You're generation likes some pretty lame and bland things. They put far too much emphasis on realism and like to think that having something be darker, grittier and full of angry and depressed characters actually makes it more realistic. They think that characters who are shallow and empty are nuanced and complex but characters with actual personalities are caricatures or stereotypes. They confuse mature with acceptable and realistic with enjoyable.

Don't fret over it if you don't fit into that lump.

Ha, you misunderstand me. I don't fret over it. I rejoice.

[MAXrobo]

Owlfeathers, on 17 December 2012 - 09:54 PM, said:

Ha, you misunderstand me. I don't fret over it. I rejoice.

hey I'm with you. I'm at the younger end of the spectrum (19) and dang is my pier group boring! Do they really have so little imagination to think that playing military grunt #2697 is more cool than piloting a giant walking death robot?

[Adrienne Vorton]

Feetwet, on 17 December 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

Hell I remember kids playing outside.

sad but true...

[Void Angel]

Pr8Dator, on 17 December 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:

We came from what I regard as the most fun era of mankind, we witnesed the beginning of every fun thing in the world today (mobile tech, computers etc), including battletech and mechwarriors, so, HOOAH!!! I am kinda surprised that we are somewhat the majority group hehehe

SALUTE VETTIE SIR!

Doesn't surprise me, really. It's the age that corresponds to being the target market when the game first came out and started to be popular.

[Raso]

MAXrobo, on 17 December 2012 - 10:04 PM, said:

hey I'm with you. I'm at the younger end of the spectrum (19) and dang is my pier group boring! Do they really have so little imagination to think that playing military grunt #2697 is more cool than piloting a giant walking death robot?

They sure do! That's exactly why those games dominate while other games like Vanquish, Chromehounds, Bayonetta and Tales of Graces F aren't even cliff notes in the history of recent gaming. They are exactly the reason we'll never see another Home World, Free Space or Star Wars Battlefront. They are exactly the reason why every major publishers only wants to make games that are generic military shooters. They are why reality TV is so popular. They are why Star Trek went from an optimistic look into the future and a cerebral look into what it is to be human to a generic action movie with enough TnA and bay-splosions to keep even the most droll and mindless vegetable entertained. Basically they are we we can't have nice things.

[Yawarakai Te]

Pr8Dator, on 17 December 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:

We came from what I regard as the most fun era of mankind, we witnesed the beginning of every fun thing in the world today (mobile tech, computers etc), including battletech and mechwarriors, so, HOOAH!!! I am kinda surprised that we are somewhat the majority group hehehe

SALUTE VETTIE SIR!

I dont know, I got to see all of that and Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon live.

[Ursh]

Well, 21-40 is the core demographic that pay to play games look to attract. Teenagers are great and all, but their parents are less likely to let them spend $50-150 on MC.

[Vassago Rain]

27.

[VXJaeger]

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If my kids asked this much money for their games that I'm using into this "Beta", I wouldn't give it to them.

Edited by VXJaeger, 17 December 2012 - 11:24 PM.

[Vassago Rain]

Raso, on 17 December 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

Look I'm going to level with you. You're generation likes some pretty lame and bland things. They put far too much emphasis on realism and like to think that having something be darker, grittier and full of angry and depressed characters actually makes it more realistic. They think that characters who are shallow and empty are nuanced and complex but characters with actual personalities are caricatures or stereotypes. They confuse mature with acceptable and realistic with enjoyable.

Don't fret over it if you don't fit into that lump.

You're talking about the mid 90s anti-hero. That's OUR generation. This generation is about lack of substance and 'projection.' You're not following Cable on his lame adventures, but silent beefy mcsoldier alien seducer, who has no personality other than what you add to him.

Neither one is anything I'd hold up as shining examples of mankind's glory. The 80s had characters like Robocop and the terminator, that were embodying a macho appeal, with the loner 'no one understands me'-gimmick.

If I absolutely have to pick between Shepherd, Robocop, and Wolverine, I'd pick...John Matrix.

[BCOVertigo]

Raso, on 17 December 2012 - 09:19 PM, said:

...
Fun fact! Not every 20-30 year old has the exact same interests!
...

Then he proceeds to describe me exactly. What edition of D&D do you play?

[Revorn]

45 here.

Times of the Atari C64 comes up in my Mind again, while iam reading this thread.

And this Game, some of u may know.





"gimme great magic Banner"

Edited by Revorn, 17 December 2012 - 11:47 PM.

[Adeptus Odren]

Yawarakai Te, on 17 December 2012 - 10:57 PM, said:

I dont know, I got to see all of that and Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon live.

WHOA!!! KUDOS to you sir! I