Gamers' Ages:

elchinesetourist

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I must come to terms with getting old..

PARTAAYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I'm only 20)
must.. have as much fun as possible

Smoke_Nova

I was actually starting to come into my NS prime when I entered college, because I finally have a good gaming rig (w00t for 60 fps constant). At one point with a Skulk I could take on 3-4 marines in CQB and slaughter them...granted, it was as a Super skulk (Celerity + Carapace) but still...considering that a month before that I couldn't take on 1 marine in CQB.


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BlackMage

as long as my team has:
a few shooters
a few thinkers
several in the middle
and NO whiners
im fine

i care nothing of age, welll then again i'm usually always the youngest player on the team so...

and compared to 5 years ago my reflexes are on average better by 0.01s ... no biggie but it does help
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That_Annoying_Kid

no

people can practice and become very skilled, age isn't a determing factor

Forlorn

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Reaction times aren't a determining factor?

lazygamer

This is my theory. There is awesome young players out there, but this is because the games they master are a little bit simplistic. Realtime and turn based strategy would probably be biased in favour of older age(to a point). In the case of RTS, it the reflexes of THINKING, not hand/eye, that would matter. Although both would be suitably tactical.

That's not to say that there isn't room for thinking in fast paced action games, but it's bolstered/limited by reflexes and coordination.