Are there any old farts out there?...Or am I the only one.

Scintilla

KerinKor wrote: »

Scintilla wrote: »

@Killum - I remember The Hobbit and I remember getting terribly frustrated with it. The "N, N, E, N, W, S, W, N, N" etc. etc. of the Goblin's cave. It was dark with no light and if you got ONE direction wrong, you died! Lol - if I remember rightly.....

Meh, kids and their new toys .. that was copied from one of the original 'adventure' games, Adventure and/or Dungeon, the former was where XYZZY and PLUGH came from while the latter was cut into two and became Zork I and Zork II.

Ahah Touche lol

Muuum what's a TRS-80?

http://www.plugh.com/

shadowwolf35ub17_ESO

This thread is awesome!

Palidon

I am 62 and addicted to the this game. Really enjoy the PvP Bounty Hunting. Maybe I will get some of you in my cross hairs when you visit Cyrodiil.

blustb16_ESO

YEEAAAH!!!!! I'm 38 years young. :-)

Azzuria

Believe or not... there are actually mature -women- who game! I'm 44, my best friend is 49.

Bravo6ep

I'm only 64. Does that count?

lioslinn

since we're swapping 'good old times'... classic Zork moment.

-Wander around. Find a large bucket. Hmm. Go to stream, rummage through inventory, pull out teapot, fill it with water, return to bucket. Pour water in bucket. POOF it disapears. That`s odd...
-reload. Try different things. Always the same result. Find some way to put water in bucket. It disapears. Bah. Wander elsewhere in game.
-countless hours of playtime/weeks later: Reload. Go to large bucket. Go to stream, fill teapot with water, return to bucket. Hmm. STEP IN BUCKET. Pour water in bucket while standing in it. POOF! Appear in whole new area! WOO HOO!

I was sooo proud of myself for figuring that one out

Of course this is all just text. I just saw Zork 2 was released in 1979 - ok I feel officially old now

Epona222

I'm 43, my first video game was Pong! and my introduction to role-playing games was PnP.

My main gaming (on computers) love when I was younger was those text adventures. Trying to phrase stuff right without getting an error message was a game in itself

Jessabella

Love this thread, I posted way back on page 1 or 2, but I will be 37 next month, not quite so old I hope, since I have a little one on the way But I will totally be a grandma who games with the grand kids! Love reading those stories here!

I also got invited to my awesome guild #5 from this thread. Now I wish we could be in 10 Guilds!

Epona222

Jessabella wrote: »

Love this thread, I posted way back on page 1 or 2, but I will be 37 next month, not quite so old I hope, since I have a little one on the way But I will totally be a grandma who games with the grand kids! Love reading those stories here!

I also got invited to my awesome guild #5 from this thread. Now I wish we could be in 10 Guilds!

Hey congratulations

Jessabella

Thanks!

Epona222 wrote: »

My main gaming (on computers) love when I was younger was those text adventures. Trying to phrase stuff right without getting an error message was a game in itself

This makes me think of that episode of Big Bang Theory where Sheldon was playing one and having the same problem!

Turrican

poodlemasterb16_ESO wrote: »

I'm 67 and this is my first MMO. I have been playing shooters since Doom.

My son, who is 42, and I, have been having a blast learning how to play this strange game. I have played Skyrim quite a lot but he knows very little about this 'non shooter' world.

We are doing very well. His Wood Elf sneaky guy and my Altmer witch have done one dungeon together. I have been letting him alone but I think after that romp he'll want to do more coop play.

I played the beta since Jan and I have built quite a few chars. My Red Witch, first female char ever, is my best so far. Focused, very deadly, and punching well above her weight. I have 2 quests at twice my level.

A tip for the Fighter's Guild. You need level 2 to get the very fine Silver Bolts, but with Dothia being such a *** that can be difficult. Just sign up for the guild and go fight every Dark Anchor and Fissure you can find. I had Silver Bolts before I started the first mission.

You are superb.

I am 36 btw

Rhylanna

Some of these stories remind me of the time my husband and I came home with our first EGA monitor. We had bought some games and were so excited to try them out...in color!! I put in one of the games and it asked me "Do you want color?" ...the excitement mounted... I said "yes", then it asked "Which one?"

Huh?! I went ahead and picked blue... all the text was in blue! It was one of the Zork games, don't remember which one. I've never forgotten that lol.

Texwa

52 here. I used to never play video games. When I did I was my view was usually looking straight into the sky and spinning while being shot by other gamers. But I started playing Skyrim last year after seeing Conan O'Brian's Clueless gamer segment. First night played till 4 a.m. Hooked then and am loving ESO now.

rapidpalsy

34, looking for mature gamers to play ESO with !

SotP_Kondor

Hello there Accident Prone. I enjoy gaming like you do, and I will be eligible to take SS next month, because you see, I will be 62 then.

If you don't have a guild yet, come join the Spectres of the Phoenix, at sotphoenix.com

ghengis_dhan

Turning 50 in July...been playing RP games since I discovered a group playing Dungeons & Dragons in my high school library. Yep. Graph paper, pencils, and multi-sided dice. Don't miss those days.

metaldrummer1962b14a_ESO

We need to create an Old Guard guild

Accident_Pr0ne

SotP_Kondor wrote: »

Hello there Accident Prone. I enjoy gaming like you do, and I will be eligible to take SS next month, because you see, I will be 62 then.

If you don't have a guild yet, come join the Spectres of the Phoenix, at sotphoenix.com

I feel honored to be in ya friends list m8.
Feel free to add me.
We can talk about guild stuff later

Regards,

@Accident_Pr0ne

Atheris

I was going to say your not the only old fart out their and then I saw tyour age and went duuude. JK, not quite their although in the 40's and most of my friends that play are 40+

metaldrummer1962b14a_ESO

Actually I am 52

Dysturbed

I played pong and the early ones like that but what really got me hooked was wizardry on the apple 2c

Extractor

pieceofyarnb14_ESO wrote: »

Eris wrote: »

Maestro_Sartori wrote: »

haploeb14_ESO wrote: »

59 here. You are not alone. Been playing video games for what seems like for ever, LOL

Damn got me beat, 56 here:) Maybe we should make an Old Farts Guild....

I know in LOTRO there was a Kinship called the Old Timers Guild. They were actually a pretty cool group of people, not nearly as much drama as most.

For the record, I feel young here, I'm only 47. My first computer game was Adventureland on the Apple II. My first online computer game was Gemstone on the GEnie network. The first traditional MMO was Ultima Online though I only really played it during the beta because my company was involved with the support, at the time I ran a MajorBBS/Worldgroup BBS so I was more into MajorMUD and Tradewars. Perhaps some of these old games bring back memories.

omg loved tradewars on the local bbs...wow bbs...my how the internet super highway has changed.

Yes BBS was the start of what we know the internet to be today!

karialleeub17_ESO

Thank goodness there are a ton of us! I am not only "old" (51) but a new gamer in general. Big fan of older Elder Scrolls games and loving this one so far. Definitely should have our own guild!

Aricle

Jessabella wrote: »

I also got invited to my awesome guild #5 from this thread. Now I wish we could be in 10 Guilds!

Me too- and I thought at first I wouldn't find 5 guilds to join!

Azzuria wrote: »

Believe or not... there are actually mature -women- who game! I'm 44, my best friend is 49.

Another woman here. Cheers to all of us. Remember: we don't die, we respawn.

**Just to make it harder to pick only 5 guilds: Unrepentant Guild looks interesting (see thread intro) http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/comment/663100#Comment_663100

Falmer

Will be 41 here in a few months. I always get a chuckle out of media articles that tend to portray gaming as something only kids do.

I love the look on peoples faces when I tell them that the average age of a gamer is 32... Yes, averaging all people who play games together gets you an "average" of 32.

Raventiger_sb

I forgot to add, if anyone needs a complete newbie at this game to accompany them on their journeys feel free to add me, (assuming of cause that this patch stops applying itself and gets past 80% it's currently stuck on). I should add I am taking things very slow, exploring every nook and cranny, and talking to every NPC. I'm also learning how to RP in game, which is hard for me because of my shyness.

Rhylanna

@Raventiger_sb‌ You sound just like me! If you're on the NA server, I have several toons who always love company. I only have a brand new level 3 in EP, but I can easily roll up one in either of the other factions too!

Bluddite

62 and counting (even after 4 bouts of the old 'c'.

SDZald

Accident_Pr0ne wrote: »

I was wondering if there are any people out there with the same hobby as me....If so feel free to invite me in your friends list....Maybe to team up sometimes.

@Accident_Pr0ne
50 years old

50 years is old? Man I must be ancient then LMAO You young kids crack me up.