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2006/08/16 04:18:39
Subject: Who's the OLDEST
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Dakka Veteran
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Ok everyone. Here it is. Who is the OLDEST person you know that plays Warhammer Fantasy or Warhammer40k etc.? I personally know of a 56 year old who plays in RTT's and other tournaments down south. He is also doing a beginners painting and modelling class for the local kids because he'd rather them "be here with me than being out smoking crack".
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2006/08/16 08:40:22
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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I am more than a multiple of 12.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2006/08/16 09:57:32
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Rampaging Chaos Russ Driver
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Hmmm. I got into 40k when I was 23. 25 now. I do know someone atleast twice my age at a local store that plays.
I dont know if its just me but it seems that wierd stigmas that were once placed on games being just for kids has seem to have vanished with our generation.
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2006/08/16 10:56:58
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Ancient Chaos Terminator
South Pasadena
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@Trooper, that is because the kids of your time are still playing those games and they are alot older now. I have been playing D&D for over 25 years.
Warhammer has been around since 1983, and I am sure that many of the people who started playing it that year are still playing it today. If they were 18 in 1983, they are how old today?
Darrian
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2006/08/16 11:12:38
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Plastictrees
Amongst the Stars, In the Night
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Modern miniatures wargaming has been around for nearly a century with H.G. Wells "Little Wars" 1913 publishing. With Warhammer coming out in 1983 and Warhammer 40,000 coming out in 1987, and there already being scattered groups of grizzled old geeky grognards, it's quite possilble one could be considerably older than 18 when they first started fooling around with one of GW's games. I'd even imagine some grandparents that enjoyed historicals or other such games might be lured in by LotR or Fantasy by their grandchildren.
At the old LFGS, the owner was a fifty something who had first gotten interested in historicals miniatures and then fell in love with Battletech. He still plays WHFB at least once a month as well as several other games. I don't think miniature games were ever meant just for kids, though, recently, GW sure seems to want it made to seem that way.
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2006/08/16 11:13:56
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Cowboy Wannabe
Sacramento
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I dont know if its just me but it seems that wierd stigmas that were once placed on games being just for kids has seem to have vanished with our generation. I think most wargamers find it odd that games which were once for adults are being played by kids. Most wargamers are much older than the average 40k player. Actually most games have a "graying" problem, i.e. the player base is getting to old to play anymore. 40k in particular has the oposite problem, as the game gets more accessable, and the miniatures simpler, the average age gets lower, leading to a much higher churn rate in those in "the hobby".
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2006/08/16 11:19:51
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Regular Dakkanaut
Westchester, NY
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I know an East Coast gamer that will be 57 in one week. He plays 40k and WHFB and plays a game at least once a week.
RB
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Word Bearers--5000 W1 L1 D0
Grey Knights--7000 W13 L9 D1
Thousand Sons---W8 L3 D0
Beasts of Chaos--4000
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2006/08/16 11:30:56
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Dakka Veteran
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Got a 40k player in our group that is in his late 50s, early 60s. He also plays Flames of War.
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2006/08/16 11:47:34
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Plastictrees
Amongst the Stars, In the Night
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Nothing unusual with a late 50/early 60 something playing Flames of War. It is a historical game, after all, and historicals are wonderful in their lack of munchikns.
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2006/08/16 14:44:46
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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[ADMIN]
President of the Mat Ward Fan Club
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What I want to know is: Who is the oldest Dakka member? Curious minds want to know who's the old crotchety guy of Dakka who stands on the lawn in his bathrobe and yells at the young punks to keep it down.
I'm 31.
Own up you old farts.
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2006/08/16 14:57:46
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Getting my broom incase there is shenanigans.
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As you know, I am a few years older than you Yakface.
And I play a guy in West LA who is a Law Professor at USC that is about 15 years older than me.
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2006/08/16 15:17:03
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Clousseau
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Well, I'm 30, and the people I play with range in age between my age and late 30s/early 40s.
I did know a guy in the 'nati who was a retired dentist and played Bloodbowl, among other things. He was solidly in his 60s. A congregant too, no less.
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Guinness: for those who are men of the cloth and football fans, but not necessarily in that order.
I think the lesson here is the best way to enjoy GW's games is to not use any of their rules.--Crimson Devil |
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2006/08/16 15:18:31
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Dakka Veteran
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27. Give or take.
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2006/08/16 15:34:45
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Dakka Veteran
Planet of Dakka
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19....so i guess im loosing out at the moment
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2006/08/16 15:34:48
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Dakka Veteran
Planet of Dakka
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19....so i guess im losing out at the moment
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2006/08/16 17:09:46
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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40kenthus
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32 not the oldest in my current gameing group either
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Only now do I realize how much I prefer Pete Haines' "misprints" to Gav Thorpe's "brainfarts." :Abadabadoobaddon |
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2006/08/16 17:24:00
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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[DCM]
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Only 31, and even younger if you take into account the fact that I'm going to outlive the lot of you by a good sixty years. Good years too, no wheelchairs or adult diapers. Willpower can do ANYthing.
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DQ:70S++G+++M+B++I+Pw40k94+ID+++A++/sWD178R+++T(I)DM+++
Trust me, no matter what damage they have the potential to do, single-shot weapons always flatter to deceive in 40k.                                                                                                       Rule #1 - BBAP
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2006/08/16 17:47:33
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Regular Dakkanaut
Los Angeles
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34 is sneaking up on me quickly. *sighs*
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Ultio et timor Adeo mori servus Imperator Fictus Ave Dominus Nox |
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2006/08/16 18:05:02
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Lieutenant General
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Posted by yakface on 08/16/2006 8:44 PM I'm 31.
I have you beat by three years. I turned 34 back in February.
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'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
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2006/08/16 19:27:11
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
Illinois
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21. Most everyone I game with are well into their 30's.
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2006/08/16 19:29:25
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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I'm 44.
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2006/08/16 22:36:04
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Plastictrees
Amongst the Stars, In the Night
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Another thirty-something reporting in (33 to be exact). Looks like Kilkrazy has everyone (here) beat so far. How bout his Russ'ness?
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2006/08/17 00:18:40
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Madrak Ironhide
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28 today.
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2006/08/17 00:37:05
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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[ADMIN]
President of the Mat Ward Fan Club
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Happy Birthday Malfred!
I'm excited by this little game/thread. Whoever wins the oldest member award (Will it be KilKrazy?) should put "Dakka's Senior Member" as their Title and henceforth wander into threads demanding respect, telling everyone about how great the old days were and proclaiming: "I've been playing Warhammer since before your mom accidentally got knocked up with you".
Game on!
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2006/08/17 00:58:45
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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My first experience with Warhammer was WHFB v1 at university in about 1983. So I actually did start playing before some of the younger members were "twinkles in their fathers' eyes."
I can't claim to be an experienced player though, as most of my wargaming has been historicals.
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2006/08/17 02:03:57
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Madrak Ironhide
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Thanks yak.
Let's turn this thread into the old guy smack talk thread.
"I've been playing Warhammer since the great Onan, the spiller."
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2006/08/17 05:09:29
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Regular Dakkanaut
Westchester, NY
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Sorry to all you young children. I'll be 57 8-23-06.
RB
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Word Bearers--5000 W1 L1 D0
Grey Knights--7000 W13 L9 D1
Thousand Sons---W8 L3 D0
Beasts of Chaos--4000
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2006/08/17 05:26:00
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Dakka Veteran
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HAHAHAA I knew you were the oldest.
Grot said his Birthday is in October!!!!!
I am 32
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2006/08/17 06:08:39
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Posted By yakface 08/16/2006 7:44 PM
What I want to know is: Who is the oldest Dakka member? Curious minds want to know who's the old crotchety guy of Dakka who stands on the lawn in his bathrobe and yells at the young punks to keep it down.
I'm 31.
Own up you old farts.
I may not be the oldest Dakka member, but that doesn't keep me from bring the old crotchety guy who stands on his lawn in his bathrobe and yells at the young punks to keep it down. I think I'm 38. She Who Must Be Obeyed has to calculate it for me at this point. I'm getting a bit Alzheimery.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2006/08/17 06:44:47
Subject: RE: Who's the OLDEST
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Dakka Veteran
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She Who Must Be Obeyed
Ain't that the ever-loving truth....
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