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2012/04/20 05:41:53
Subject: How old are you?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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Just curious the age range of people that play  Thanks!
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2012/04/20 06:21:17
Subject: How old are you?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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For how much people complain about GW tailoring their message to teenagers, the base is a lot older than you'd expect. Nowadays with external competition (younger people would rather play video games than paint an army and bring it to the table), as well as the obvious monetary thing (it's tough fielding an army on your parent's dime), it shouldn't be too surprising that your average wargammer skews older.
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2012/04/20 06:34:54
Subject: How old are you?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I imagine that money would be an issue, I know my parents wouldn't have paid for it! The video game thing makes sense, much easier to just hop on Xbox.
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2012/04/20 06:50:38
Subject: Re:How old are you?
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Devestating Grey Knight Dreadknight
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It's an interesting point that a lot of people tend to gloss over I think, that the real competition for GW's money isn't other games companies, but xbox games and other hobbies.
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"Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?" |
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2012/04/20 06:54:25
Subject: How old are you?
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Fixture of Dakka
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I'm in my early teens...
I actually prefer my Warhammer to my Xbox. Namely because Warhammer is more fun, more interactive and a good social outlet. Plus I can't afford Xbox live.
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BlapBlapBlap: bringing idiocy and mischief where it should never set foot since 2011.
BlapBlapBlap wrote:What sort of idiot quotes themselves in their sigs? Who could possibly be that arrogant?
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2012/04/20 06:54:41
Subject: How old are you?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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You have a bias inherrent in where and how you ask the question which results in a skew of your data.
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2012/04/20 06:55:07
Subject: How old are you?
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[DCM]
Coastal Bliss in the Shadow of Sizewell
Suffolk, where the Aliens roam.
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Damn, old enough to select the last option.. but only just. 
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"That's not an Ork, its a girl.." - Last words of High General Daran Ul'tharem, battle of Ursha VII.
Two White Horses (Ipswich Town and Denver Broncos Supporter)
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2012/04/20 06:57:24
Subject: How old are you?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Let me get you a chair next to the nice warm exhaust port of the server 
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2012/04/20 07:01:03
Subject: How old are you?
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[DCM]
Coastal Bliss in the Shadow of Sizewell
Suffolk, where the Aliens roam.
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Cheers Silver.. so cold.
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"That's not an Ork, its a girl.." - Last words of High General Daran Ul'tharem, battle of Ursha VII.
Two White Horses (Ipswich Town and Denver Broncos Supporter)
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2012/04/20 07:04:08
Subject: How old are you?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Cheers Silver.. so cold.
Hehe
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2012/04/20 07:49:59
Subject: How old are you?
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Stalwart Strike Squad Grey Knight
Canada
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When I go to tournaments in my city most of the people that I play with are generally 20+ with a significant amount being in their 30s or 40s.
The people I play with on a regular basis are in their 30s and 40s.
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Ultramarines 1500 
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2012/04/20 08:14:17
Subject: How old are you?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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SilverMK2 wrote:You have a bias inherrent in where and how you ask the question which results in a skew of your data.
Why would the data be skewed? Only thing I can think of is that it's people that use the forum rather than people that play 40K. I wouldn't think they would be to different though.
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2012/04/20 08:31:24
Subject: How old are you?
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Wight Lord with the Sword of Kings
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14 (well, 15 in 6 days )
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2012/04/20 08:47:57
Subject: How old are you?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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gward wrote:SilverMK2 wrote:You have a bias inherrent in where and how you ask the question which results in a skew of your data.
Why would the data be skewed? Only thing I can think of is that it's people that use the forum rather than people that play 40K. I wouldn't think they would be to different though.
I'm on my phone so I will not get too into it but look up self selection bias and sampling bias.
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2012/04/20 12:34:12
Subject: Re:How old are you?
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Wicked Warp Spider
A cave, deep in the Misty Mountains
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17.
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Craftworld Eleuven 4500
LoneLictor on thread about an ork choking the Emperor:
 LoneLictor wrote:I like to imagine the Emperor kills so many Orks that he ends up half buried beneath a pile of corpses, with only his head sticking out. A lone grot stumbles across him, and starts choking him.
Then Horus comes across the lone grot, somehow managing to kill the Emperor, and punts it into space.
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2012/04/20 13:06:34
Subject: Re:How old are you?
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Lord of the Fleet
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Old enough to know better...
Nah, just kidding. I'm 23...I think.
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2012/04/20 13:13:22
Subject: Re:How old are you?
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Fixture of Dakka
On a boat, Trying not to die.
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I'm 16.
Bask in my youngness! BASK!
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Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats. |
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2012/04/20 13:30:53
Subject: How old are you?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
Foley, Minnesota
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I'm 26, too old to play with man -dollies, some say. Still too much fun for the last twelve years.
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2012/04/20 13:37:30
Subject: How old are you?
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The Hive Mind
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BlapBlapBlap wrote:Plus I can't afford Xbox live.
You can't afford $50/yr but you can afford plastic crack? That's one box of terminators.
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My beautiful wife wrote:Trucks = Carnifex snack, Tanks = meals.
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2012/04/20 13:41:35
Subject: How old are you?
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Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant
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BlapBlapBlap wrote:I'm in my early teens...
I actually prefer my Warhammer to my Xbox. Namely because Warhammer is more fun, more interactive and a good social outlet. Plus I can't afford Xbox live.
plays warhammer, can't afford 60 bucks for the year.... strange
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3k+ IG
Chimeras > rhinos (course then again piling a regular squad out of a chimera usually creates a scene similar to Omaha beach during D-Day) |
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2012/04/20 14:05:05
Subject: How old are you?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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rigeld2 wrote:BlapBlapBlap wrote:Plus I can't afford Xbox live.
You can't afford $50/yr but you can afford plastic crack? That's one box of terminators.
Haha exactly what I was thinking.
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2012/04/20 14:14:50
Subject: How old are you?
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Rampaging Khorne Dreadnought
Wollongong, Australia
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I'm 18. I do see a lot of younglings at my GW store. Though most of them quit after a few months.
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2012/04/20 14:18:46
Subject: How old are you?
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Calculating Commissar
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17. Been playing since around 13-14. And my parents thought I would grow out of it. 
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2012/04/20 14:42:42
Subject: How old are you?
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Eternally-Stimulated Slaanesh Dreadnought
rainbow dashing to your side
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18 and old enough to know better
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2012/04/20 14:50:00
Subject: How old are you?
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Damn, old enough to select the last option.. but only just.
You know you feel old when some of the lead models you have in your collection are older than people posting in this thread 
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2012/04/20 14:51:25
Subject: How old are you?
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Esteemed Veteran Space Marine
Sheppey, England
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Physically or mentally?
I'm cunningly disguised as a grown-up.
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2012/04/20 14:52:35
Subject: How old are you?
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Nurgle Predator Driver with an Infestation
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thenoobbomb wrote:14 (well, 15 in 6 days )
Thought so.
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TOO MUCH CHAOS!!!
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2012/04/20 14:53:41
Subject: How old are you?
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Badass "Sister Sin"
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rockerbikie wrote:I'm 18. I do see a lot of younglings at my GW store. Though most of them quit after a few months.
lol. 18 and you're calling them younglings.
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2012/04/20 14:56:00
Subject: How old are you?
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Rampaging Khorne Dreadnought
Wollongong, Australia
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pretre wrote:rockerbikie wrote:I'm 18. I do see a lot of younglings at my GW store. Though most of them quit after a few months.
lol. 18 and you're calling them younglings.
I see your point but I think I have a right to call pre-pubescant teens younglings.
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2012/04/20 14:56:32
Subject: How old are you?
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Nurgle Predator Driver with an Infestation
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Started reading about the history of it when I was young and started the game at around.....hmm.... (Work brain)
10 I think not sure. I lost alot of the models during the big move across the country. So I currently have 50% of my models broken from back then.
Also I do not think its a very good idea to give out your age on the internet, never know when it will bite you back.
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TOO MUCH CHAOS!!!
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X-Wing (Empire Strong) 