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Thats one hell of a graph for all the ages, im just outside of average being the ripe old age of 24. Though i started when i was 11

Odd spikes in there. Every couple years seem to drop off, then a spike, then a couple year drop off.

I passed the "average" almost 6 years ago. I'm getting dangerously close to being old. At least in body. My mind refuses to get much past the 18-21 range...

Alpharius wrote:
Ha!
The Patrick Nagel Avatar already told us all of that!

Woot! Recognition.

What can I say, his art 'sings' to me (and the fact that he used to do illos for playboy back in the day - when it actually WAS bought for articles).

I'm betting the median age is up around 27 or so, though also.

Almost double the mean age. It would be interesting to see a 'when you started gaming' graph if there were stats for it. I'm in my 30th year of gaming!

I'm in my 30th year of playing with toy soldiers, too (not continuosly, though).

I've got miniatures older than most of my clubmates (I've got mins older than me, too. Grandad's Redcoats in 54mm).

w00t, my wire cutters are older than the average Dakkite. I'm 41. Have been playing miniatures since 1986

chromedog wrote:I'm in my 30th year of playing with toy soldiers, too (not continuosly, though).

I've got miniatures older than most of my clubmates (I've got mins older than me, too. Grandad's Redcoats in 54mm).

Avalon Hill (D-Day and Tobruk) with the old man in the late 70's. Then got hit with the D&D bug in '80. Still have my first set of minis: Grenadier Models Wizards boxed set. Painted them all up in a week (had a half page of instructions, and the dullcoat leaked on them); still have them in the original box. Getting all nastolgic, now.

Sorry for the threadjack. Now, back to the topic at hand.

I am well older than the average, and also older than dirt.

Zip Napalm wrote:I am not a number!

I am not a number!

I am a free ma...

Oh bollix.


(That has been my sig on about 1 different forums)

ok ok, so the mode was 23. The actual MEAN age is early June 1981, so good guess there gonads, the mean age is indeed 27.

legoburner wrote:ok ok, so the mode was 23. The actual MEAN age is early June 1981, so good guess there gonads, the mean age is indeed 27.

No guessing. I'm a...

Hehe Gonads made me done a LOL

I'm still younger than dirt myself, being a sprightly 22, though I don't look a day over 45...

legoburner wrote:

malfred wrote:My bewbs are well covered.

One of these is hooked up and primed for the day that that is no longer the case:

I don't know what that is but don't care. I want one!

Frazzled wrote:I don't know what that is but don't care. I want one!

It is a USB doomsday device controller, found here for $40

+1 for the 23 crowd. Its good to see an older demographic although im not sure why, perhaps it brings maturity *laughs* to the hobby

Guess its like computer gaming, were its seen as a childs hobby but the figure show its not (average age is 27 I think oddly enough)

Fifty wrote:

Zip Napalm wrote:I am not a number!

I am not a number!

I am a free ma...

Oh bollix.


(That has been my sig on about 1 different forums)

Heh.

Damn! I used to think hangin' wif ma homies on dakka made me look young an' cool an' stuff!

Now I find its just another grumpy old farts club like all the rest I'm in...

Shucks.

(40, gaming for 30 years, and proud. Well, sort of.)

legoburner wrote:ok ok, so the mode was 23. The actual MEAN age is early June 1981, so good guess there gonads, the mean age is indeed 27.

Looks spot on to me. I was born Early June 1981.

Maths FTW!!!!!

(Edited for security reasons, Thanks for making me paranoid Kid Kyoto!)

I wonder what I put in, I know it`s for statistics but I NEVER give out my real DOB if I can help it, along with SS# it`s one of the key bits people need for identity theft.

A simple year of birth field would be fine.

Sweet I, too, couldn't help but notice that it was the mode that was 23, and the mean (average) would be something else

Being 25... this means I'm still below average, w00t =) Just like school...

Don't know about anyone else, but I am one of the 59 year olds and will be 60 later in 2009. I have been gaming for a long time in several game systems. Games are to have fun, and that is why I play.

So as one of the Old Guys, play and have fun.

Warrior 50

Ifurita wrote:w00t, my wire cutters are older than the average Dakkite. I'm 41. Have been playing miniatures since 1986

I'm 41 too, It's interesting to see that we are in the minority..I think I started around 1989 or thereabouts

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I wonder what I put in, I know it`s for statistics but I NEVER give out my real DOB if I can help it, along with SS# it`s one of the key bits people need for identity theft.

A simple year of birth field would be fine.

The only reason DOB is there is so that we can send out private happy birthday messages or gifts if I ever get around to implementing it. Entering a day or two off the real day is usually a good idea. The other bit of info lots of places want is your mother's maiden name, for which I find giving 'f**kyou' quite fun, especially if you have to verify it over the phone to someone.

Ah...I'm more or less part of the mode (24).

What's the standard deviation of ages?

now I know 3 59 year old gamers here, including me.

I'm a little older than the mean (Jan '81)

HFJor wrote:What's the standard deviation of ages?

Assuming you mean what I think you mean, it is as shown in the diagram: 11-59. There are a few people claiming to be over a thousand years old, and a few under 6 but I discounted them and went from 1940-2000 for the data.

Nice to know there are a few of you out there older than me (50). As for the rest of you, you're all a bunch of young punks!!

As to starting, started playing chess at age 8, been playing some sort of game ever since. So 42 years.................

don_mondo wrote:Nice to know there are a few of you out there older than me (50). As for the rest of you, you're all a bunch of young punks!!

As to starting, started playing chess at age 8, been playing some sort of game ever since. So 42 years.................

You old crusty curmugeon you..

Ratbarf wrote:

older than dirt

Dirt has a life cycle of 32 years. If your over 32, you're older than dirt.

I, then, am just a wee bit older than dirt.