Average age for this game?

[pythos]

I had the original strike eagle. It was awful. The graphics were wire frame, of very low "stick count". When gun ship came out, F-15 was relagated to the bottom of my softwear drawer. Then I acquired my own coppy of Silent Service. Gunship and SS fought pretty hard for most played on my machines. Then Ms flight sim entered my life, as did Janes 688 attack sub.

[Gargantou]

Originally Posted by Doolittle81

Absolutely. I think in some respects AOE and AOP constituted a breaking point in Flight Simming... before that I played Flying Games, such as Atari's Blue Max and Microprose Strike Eagle (If I recall the names correctly)

Yeah, AOTP also had the perfect gameplay balance, not too unrealistic, but not OVERLY realistic, I still to this day prefer AOTP and 1942:PAW(Pacific Air War from Microprose) over Il-2 Sturmovik 1946 for example.

[dean_acheson]

I'm 114 years old, of course.

[ahaydu]

Looks like I might be the oldest, 62 ! I'm old enough to remember these subs on active duty :-)

Originally Posted by spidair

What is the average age for playing SH4 (or sub games overall? Due to the nature of the game, (Let face it, it's slow at times, it happens nothing on long streches and so on...), I would think that the "MacDonalds" generation would stay clear from this kind of game. They usually like fast action paced games with little or no waiting at all, so I would guess an average age of 20-25 and up?

Or is it a game that younger folks likes too?

And what about gender? Is it a male or female game? (I would say male coz of its nature, but hey, I been wrong before!!)


I'm 40 years old and male and since I'm NOT in the MacDonalds generation I like the kind of games you have to use your brain to more things than reloading my gun... like sims and strategy games.

So what about YOU?

Yuor age and gender please!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by ahaydu

Looks like I might be the oldest, 62 !

WELCOME ABOARD!




Well, you're older than me, but...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...0&postcount=58
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=106
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=114

And that's not counting the several 70+ members who hang around.

[TriskettheKid]

Young'n at 23.

Funny enough, my first foray into a sub was the Torsk in Baltimore. I freaked out so much that my father had to ask for a refund because I just couldn't take it.

Now....I can't get enough of them. I go on any sub I can find that is available. Favorite has probably been the Nautilus in Groton.

[-Pv-]

What is a ""MacDonalds generation?"

I assume you mean fast food. I started eating there when I was 10 and I'm 55 now.
-Pv-

[Monica Lewinsky]

Originally Posted by -Pv-

What is a ""MacDonalds generation?"

It is the generation that thinks when mom or dad says "clean off the kitchen table" the kids go to the back seat of the car/SUV and round up all the Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's, and Taco Bell bags and throw them into a dumpster so they can use the rear seat in the vehicle and get somewhere without all the crumbs and smells.

They also cannot tell you what time it is if the clock is not in a digital format. Want to really drive them nuts? Give them a rotary dial phone to call their friends cell phone.

"How do work this thing?" is the normal response.

[ATR-42]

29 M here

so cool to see an 'older' group here, i was shocked to see half the group 40 or over!

SubSims entrenched me into Sh4 as well as a library of sub books, sub history, and War history. Its changed the genre of books i read and the more i learn the more i become fascinated by it.

The thing that hooked me in the most was how a submarine trumped an aircraft in its complexness, while the captain of the ship is in so many ways similar to the captain of an aircraft. So much can be learned about crew management, style, decisions and most of all, history, by immersing yourself in Subs. I love it

[CDR Resser]

39 M

I feel a little less out of place here than on other sim boards.

[Rockin Robbins]

Arrrrrrrrr! Fossils rule!!!

[sparkomatic]

35-40 class

personally, I keep some light reading and set the time comp after I plot the course...the game does a fine job of dropping out of hyperspace when it needs me...wish real life did that...

[Elder-Pirate]

Originally Posted by spidair

What is the average age for playing SH4 (or sub games overall? Due to the nature of the game, (Let face it, it's slow at times, it happens nothing on long streches and so on...), I would think that the "MacDonalds" generation would stay clear from this kind of game. They usually like fast action paced games with little or no waiting at all, so I would guess an average age of 20-25 and up?

Or is it a game that younger folks likes too?

And what about gender? Is it a male or female game? (I would say male coz of its nature, but hey, I been wrong before!!)


I'm 40 years old and male and since I'm NOT in the MacDonalds generation I like the kind of games you have to use your brain to more things than reloading my gun... like sims and strategy games.

So what about YOU?

Yuor age and gender please!

HUH? What did you say sonny? Speak Up.

72 and male.

Now what was I doing??........Oh yeah, playing SH4.

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Arrrrrrrrr! Fossils rule!!!

damn right, so far it's a tie between Elder-Pirate and Dustyboys at 72 for oldest declared member.

I (almost) feel like a kid (at 52) next to these veterans...

[Factor]

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

damn right, so far it's a tie between Elder-Pirate and Dustyboys at 72 for oldest declared member.

I (almost) feel like a kid (at 52) next to these veterans...

then i guess im a toddler at the age of 31.