Average Age?

xbl0x180 · Post by **xbl0x180** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:20 am

Once I turned 18, drinking, smoking, and managing to get inside bars became boring and mundane

Lord Satori · Post by **Lord Satori** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:23 am

I'm 21. I don't drink, though.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:27 am

41. If I didn't mention it already.

I am old enough that I could play the original space invaders in an arcade that has become a fitness centre.

Am I the oldest?

SuperSoaker360 · Post by **SuperSoaker360** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:33 am

Lord Satori wrote:I'm 21.

Could have fooled me.

Nana · Post by **Nana** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:13 am

19! It was pretty surreal to read through the beginning of this thread and then realize all of those responses were from 8 years ago. Time is strange and scary.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:00 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:41. If I didn't mention it already.

I am old enough that I could play the original space invaders in an arcade that has become a fitness centre.

Am I the oldest?

I'm 37, you got me beat, but I think PCEngine Fan X might have you beat, not sure. ^_~

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:47 am

RNGmaster wrote:17

Crazy to think I'm no longer the youngest on here.

I was always impressed by the maturity of your posting, if it means anything.

1up · Post by **1up** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:53 am

Mero · Post by **Mero** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:02 pm

1978 inside the house here, I'm 34.

Joined up here in early '09 (as you can see) but I'd been using the forum as a resource for about a year before that.

Aquas · Post by **Aquas** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:42 pm

Ooh. Thread revivification, once more!

26 now. Sometimes I recollect the few instances I ran into STG in random arcade settings as a kid and being really happy to see that type of game... then trying it and getting wasted!

I think I can blame Contra (nes) partially for my love of the genre. There was also a Commando machine I used to play when I was a kid. But Raiden Fighters Jet did me in. Still, 5 years of adoration for the genre and there's still so much more to explore. >_>

Eaglet · Post by **Eaglet** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:04 pm

22 here. 23 in 2,5 weeks.
First shmup i tried and liked was Axelay.
Got in fo real by way of a local DS competition when i was a couple months away from turning 22.

xbl0x180 · Post by **xbl0x180** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:28 pm

Aquas wrote:Ooh. Thread revivification, once more!

26 now. Sometimes I recollect the few instances I ran into STG in random arcade settings as a kid and being really happy to see that type of game... then trying it and getting wasted!

I think I can blame Contra (nes) partially for my love of the genre. There was also a Commando machine I used to play when I was a kid. But Raiden Fighters Jet did me in. Still, 5 years of adoration for the genre and there's still so much more to explore. >_>

Commando has to be defined as a Shoot-'Em-Up. It's a Run-And-Gun for sure, but it has a lot of the Shoot-'Em-Up elements, except for the forced-scroll (which some Shoot-'Em-Ups, like Galaga, do not seem to have as well)

CDexWard · Post by **CDexWard** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:08 pm

I'm turning 26 next week. And I've been only playing for a little over a year now with no shmup-achievements to speak of.

I already have the feeling that I'm too old for this, no kidding, and that in a couple of years I will be physically unable to play shmups and all playing and training will be wasted. That's the only thing that is crippling my motivation to go on.

Sapz · Post by **Sapz** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:39 pm

Interesting that there seems to be quite a variety. Just turned 21 last month over here.

Hagane · Post by **Hagane** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:47 pm

CDexWard wrote:I'm turning 26 next week. And I've been only playing for a little over a year now with no shmup-achievements to speak of.
I already have the feeling that I'm too old for this, no kidding, and that in a couple of years I will be physically unable to play shmups and all playing and training will be wasted. That's the only thing that is crippling my motivation to go on.

I started playing these games seriously roughly at your age and I'm improving. We are not too old yet!

By the way, I'm 27.

drunkninja24 · Post by **drunkninja24** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:11 pm

25 here. Honestly surprised to see a fairly young crowd around here. Expected a lot more in their late 20s-early 30s at least.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:24 pm

drunkninja24 wrote:25 here. Honestly surprised to see a fairly young crowd around here. Expected a lot more in their late 20s-early 30s at least.

Maybe a few years ago. Huge influx of youngsters in the last couple years, and most of the older lot stopped posting around the same time.

drauch · Post by **drauch** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:42 am

The young have taken over. Shmup New World Order.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:57 pm

Shmups Forum: We Suck Young Blood

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:35 am

I'm 43.

Crikey, seems like I'm one of the oldest...

UnscathedFlyingObject · Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:16 am

Damn, been 10 years since I started hanging around this hole? I was 20 when I posted on this

.

drunkninja24 · Post by **drunkninja24** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:23 am

LSU wrote:I'm 43.

Crikey, seems like I'm one of the oldest...

Get out old man, this is our turf now

RNGmaster · Post by **RNGmaster** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:30 pm

Skykid wrote: I was always impressed by the maturity of your posting, if it means anything.

I'll take this as a compliment. I guess.

IT HURTS

Erppo · Post by **Erppo** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:54 pm

idchappy · Post by **idchappy** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:56 pm

I'm 36 this year, time's flying by...

Temia Eszteri · Post by **Temia Eszteri** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:53 pm

23 as of a month and a half ago.

And right now I can't imagine people bothering with the effort to calculate the averages without building/running a crawler to gather the numeric readings from each post. But that's probably just because of the selective laziness lens I always seem to see problems through, so.

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:07 pm

26. Started playing pew-pews at the age of four or five. Started posting here at the age of four or five.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:30 pm

sven666 wrote:22

ed: ive been on these boards a few years now, like 'em too

ive turned 30 since the above post.. ive been on the shmup-boards for over a decade.. time flies..

ed: forgot the best part tho, i still play shmups like a mofo

<3

shmuppyLove · Post by **shmuppyLove** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:10 pm

My average age is 1.

Vurpa · Post by **Vurpa** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:52 pm

24 and arcadenoob and newb...so seeing sub 20y olds on here makes me feel old and hopeless

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