Average age for this game?

[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!!):cool:


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? :sunny:

Yuor age and gender please! :D :D

[Peto]

I'm a very handsom 48 :lol:! All the men hate me because all the women love me :shifty:!Computers and Music are my trades.

[tchopz]

Male, 27.

I feel like some kind of a youngster here :)

My first computer (commodore Vic20) had 3,5 kB RAM and no graphics at all, only text mode. But the text was in 8 colours!!!
Maybe that is why I prefer strategies and simulations than those nice, shiny and flashy action games.

[Hunter]

I am 29

[partyboy]

27 M

[Propy]

If anyone is young its me; male 21

I have always liked simulators...and I know that its a bit rare in my generation...

[CCIP]

I have always liked simulators...and I know that its a bit rare in my generation...
Sad but true, although there's plenty of SH players in our age bracket.

Yes "our", I'm 23 :p

I'm a very handsom 48 :lol:! All the men hate me because all the women love me
Damn straight! I'm not the worst-looking 23-year-old, and here I am still being single (and looking) :shifty:

Clearly it's all your fault :know:

[spidair]

I

[quote=Peto]I'm a very handsom 48 :lol:! All the men hate me because all the women love me
Damn straight! I'm not the worst-looking 23-year-old, and here I am still being single (and looking) :shifty:

Clearly it's all your fault :know:

You might blame it on SH4 for being single you know...... :D

"So hard to find å sub-girl" in front of the computer right? Try the game online then... he he

:D

[Argus00]

42

Not too much of a sim fan, but SH3 hooked me. I only stoppeed playing SH3 because SH4 came out.

[ricnunes]

Male, and I'm 31.

Looks like I'm the only one in the thirties here, so far.

[d@rk51d3]

I wasn't going to comment on this thread, since there is another identical one here somewhere, but hey, it's got a poll..... wooo hooo:D


So, anyway..... I'm , ummmmmm............
- counts on fingers, toes and any inanimate objects littering the desk -

.................... 33. :smug:


I think.:-?

[LtCmdrRat]

37 Y.O.

[Torpex752]

56% over 40!? LOL That may explain some of the grumpyness! LOL

BTW I'm in there too! lol

Frank

[AirborneTD]

43, but rapidly approaching 44.

[Torps]

27 M, A lot of Dinos around here. That would explain why every one is cocky about everything.:doh: With the good ole mid life crisis in full swing it's no wonder we get caught up in rants and squables around here, hehehe :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Gunner]

Seems am oldest one so far at 19,345 days old :D :arrgh!:

[momo55]

I'm from '55 ...and next to sh4 i'm a admin of a dutch/belgian battlefield 2 (just for fun):lol: clan .

[theluckyone17]

27 year old male here.

Why do I like SH3/4? Probably comes from the same trait that makes me love Falcon 4: Allied Force's 720 page manual :lol:

[Monica Lewinsky]

a young 54

[VonHammer]

im 19 male. i turn 20 on the first. between this and racing radio controlled cars, i really do nothing else. and btw ive always been single....

sh3 got me hooked also, and even though i got sh4 at the time it came out, i still played sh3 since my pc at the time couldnt handle sh4. it would crash as soon as finished loading the mission. but now with my new laptop that i got in august, ive never had a problem with it crashing even with vista.

[capt_frank]

55 here,

But if you count the time watching TV in the womb, then I'm 56...:D

[ReallyDedPoet]

38 here :yep:


RDP

[cdrsubron7]

55 here. Just barely fit down the conning tower hatch anymore. With bullets flying overhead the incentive is still there though. ;)

[AVGWarhawk]

42 going on 12:D

[stabiz]

29 year old male supermodel with more money than the sultan of Brunei. (Okay, maybe not, but I am 29)

[Rockin Robbins]

53 YO male wondering what I can do when I grow up.

[JREX53]

54 yo male, and enjoying my second childhood:up:

[skwasjer]

31, house, wife, kid, in short my life is over... :shifty:





Just kidding... :rotfl: ... life is good ^^

[Wilcke]

I am a grumpy old coot! So for all you youngsters....STOP PLAYING this SIM:nope: ....GET A JOB! :stare: I need to retire soon!:shifty:


Wilcke (old fart in training)

[Melonfish]

28, two kids, wife, car, house the works.
i'm planning on being one of those rich people by 35 tho so i've only got 7 years good simming in me before i have to be lay on beaches sipping drinks out of coconuts.
pete

[singingwinds]

I a 36 and one of the few females that like the sub sims. Hubby and I both play tho. Hubby says he is 12 years old w/ 30 years of experience. ;)

[seafarer]

I am ageless :|\\












okay, 45, but I just stopped keeping track after my heart attack - I'll just keep goin' til I'm done, whenever that may be :up:

[Cap'n Spanky]

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.



Here! Here! a happy 59 year old that will be 60 on 12/11. A X Navy Weapons Officer. Oh yeah..a guy. :rock:

[Cap'n Spanky]

My first computer (commodore Vic20) had 3,5 kB RAM and no graphics at all, only text mode. But the text was in 8 colours!!!
Maybe that is why I prefer strategies and simulations than those nice, shiny and flashy action games.

Dude, mine was a Radio Shack TRS-80 with a cassett drive.... LOL.. what a POS but it was all there was.

[stuntcow]

39 and counting. Single, w/ 2 kids. 10 yo girl and 9yo boy. Take care of 86 yo grandma. Been playing subsim's from the 80's. I may grow old but never grow up!

[SteamWake]

Wheres the over 50 option ?

[fvd]

I'm 36 although my wife's opinion is that i'm a kid because i "play" computergames :rotfl:
(i only play SH3 and SH4, these are'nt games, it are historical simulators:know: )

[Seaman_Hornsby]

My first computer (commodore Vic20) had 3,5 kB RAM and no graphics at all, only text mode. But the text was in 8 colours!!!
Maybe that is why I prefer strategies and simulations than those nice, shiny and flashy action games.
Dude, mine was a Radio Shack TRS-80 with a cassett drive.... LOL.. what a POS but it was all there was.
Oh man, fire up the wayback machine! I had a Vic20 (with the cassette drive), C64 (with the separate 5.25" floppy drive the size of a toaster oven), Amiga 500 (with the plug-in SCSI HD) ah Commodore computers, those were the days! :rock:

Oh, and I'm a 36 year-old subsimmer. (and nostalgic computer geek) :)

[CV43]

43 years young married with three kids that I have to fight with on who is going to use the computer.

[L0neStarRaider]

22. Male.

I too have a wife, but!!!!! She's into history/wars/hunting, fishing:rock:.. It's like I married one of the guys. While most women want diamonds for Christmas, she wants an M1 Garand. Gotta love her.

[peewee]

fiftybloodyeight (soon to be fiftybloodynine) and then the big SIX OH.........I started out on an Amiga 500 and Silent Service 2............oh and M1 Tank Platoon when I needed a little faster action................and lets not forget Monkey Island on about 5000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 floppy disks

[STEED]

39 Knocking on 40. :damn:

Middle age blues here I come. :cry:

[Radioshow]

A ripe 32 here and been playing since the first computers came out. Had almost one of every type. Sinclair, Ti99 4/a, Apple 2e+, Commodore 64, IBM 8086 w/ 4Mb HD up to current systems. No Mac's though.

[panzer 49th]

Im 14 Y.O.

Game takes a bit getting used to but I use 77% realism.

[aanker]

39 Knocking on 40. :damn: I'd like to say 39 too ... and I do! Yup, I'll be celebrating the < COUGH -cough! ... um, excuse me > 18th anniversary of my 39th birthday very soon. lol

Art

[TDK1044]

The OP would need to specify whether he means a mental age of a physical one. Big difference in the answer. :D

[Stev1]

I'm 51

[CCIP]

The OP would need to specify whether he means a mental age of a physical one. Big difference in the answer. :D

Not a positive one for me there, then. I'm 23 going on 40 :p

[clayman]

fiftybloodyeight (soon to be fiftybloodynine)

Hey peewee ... so it's your spot I'm filling!!! Fiftybloodyeight very soon here.

5000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 floppies .... heck, I've got a 30lb 20Mb harddrive out in the garage I use for a door stop ... you can have it if you like. ;)

[Seaman_Hornsby]

No Mac's though.

Good man! :D

[Bilge_Rat]

52 here ....going on 18....but unfortunately without the body to match...:damn:

[mrbeast]

27 here old for a U boat skipper, probably about right for a fleet boat skipper though!:arrgh!:

[EMAPhil]

58 and according to my wife got a mental age of 5 She should know she teaches that age group.
Phil

[DevilThorn]

18, and surrounded by superiors. I have been playing simulations forever it seems (SH3 got me into subs specifically). Love realism, IL-2, Red Orchestra, Combat Mission and of course Silent Hunter:up:.

[Digital_Trucker]

Male, 53, with the body of a 95 year old and the mind of a 12 year old, involuntarily retired, married (30 years) kids, grandkids and what the heck were we talking about anyway:hmm:

[Cap'n Spanky]

Male, 53, with the body of a 95 year old and the mind of a 12 year old, involuntarily retired, married (30 years) kids, grandkids and what the heck were we talking about anyway:hmm:

Ah... how i miss my mind.... :yep:

[SteamWake]

18, and surrounded by superiors. I have been playing simulations forever it seems .

What is wrong with this statement :p

Like others Ive been playing video games since writing my own code for "Lunar Lander" on the TRS80. In other words Ive been 'gaming' since before you were a gleam in your daddys eye ;)

I still have my copy of Bruce Artwicks Flight simulator which later grew up to be Microsoft Flight Simulator.

[clayp]

67=3/4 CRIPPLED AND OF NO USE TO ANYONE.....:dead:

[manucapo]

14 Years old
see we are not all about fast paced shiny graphic violent games

i like simulations
old blues
and old movies

and im considered a weirdo by the people i know
but atleast i kinda fit here

[AVGWarhawk]

58 and according to my wife got a mental age of 5 She should know she teaches that age group.
Phil


Funny, my wife says the same thing and she teache K5 kids. :hmm: Funny now that I look at it, she is right;)

[rrmelend]

29 going on 30 (or 6 depending on who you're asking).

[Snuffy]

Been 12 for 41 years now ... or in layman's terms I'm 53 and counting.
Male of course, I checked.

I got my start programing basic on a Texas Instruments TI-99-4A, before I bought an IBM Big Blue XT 8088 with 8087 coprocessor and 640k ram with a 360k floppy and a 20 megabyte harddrive with a monochrome green screen. My modem and my mouse had a conflict with both wanting to use comm port 1. A couple years later I finally manged to find a modem that liked to use comm port 2 and 3.

[Wilcke]

Been 12 for 41 years now ... or in layman's terms I'm 53 and counting.
Male of course, I checked.

I got my start programing basic on a Texas Instruments TI-99-4A, before I bought an IBM Big Blue XT 8088 with 8087 coprocessor and 640k ram with a 360k floppy and a 20 megabyte harddrive with a monochrome green screen. My modem and my mouse had a conflict with both wanting to use comm port 1. A couple years later I finally manged to find a modem that liked to use comm port 2 and 3.

Com port conflicts:dead: ........uuuuuuuuuuh that brings back bad memories:damn: ......man we have it easy now....:sunny:

Wilcke

[stabiz]

This is a nice thread, its almost like seeing a picture of the guys, hehe.

[Von Manteuffel]

Male. English and I hit the big six-oh this year. What a party!!! Lasted for a week. Still working 'cos I can and I love my job.

[black1]

37 going on 25...lol.

[Sailor Steve]

I wasn't going to comment on this thread, since there is another identical one here somewhere, but hey, it's got a poll..... wooo hooo:D
I feel exactly the same: wasn't going to answer, but polls call. Could have been more specific, though.
57.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=80887&highlight=average

[Shyzar]

I feel sort of out of place in this forum. I am only 14, but some of the people I know say I act like a 40 year old man sometimes.

[longam]

47, and after 40 it don't mater

[DedEye]

44, male, never married, no kids. Got a 33yo g/f who loves computer games, but not really sims; she's more into WoW, but that's cool because she doesn't give me a hard time about playing :rock:

[FAdmiral]

I feel like the youngest one here at 68.....

JIM

[Sailor Steve]

I feel like the youngest one here at 68.....

JIM
A guy I still record and occassionally play music with likes to call me "The youngest old guy I know".:rotfl:

[stabiz]

I feel like the youngest one here at 68.....

JIM

Wow, I wish my granddad played subsims.:rock:

[ChrisG2100]

before I bought an IBM Big Blue XT 8088 with 8087 coprocessor and 640k ram with a 360k floppy and a 20 megabyte harddrive with a monochrome green screen. My modem and my mouse had a conflict with both wanting to use comm port 1. A couple years later I finally manged to find a modem that liked to use comm port 2 and 3.

43 and Male.

Wow my first real computer's twin. My first, first was a TSR color compter hooked up to my t.v. Always loved history - so Silent Service II was my first love. That and F-19 and "The Hunt for Red October" turned me from a Sci-Fi junky to a military junky.:ping:

[Reaves]

Wow only 6 people under 20!

I'm 25 myself but consider my self very immature...

[CodyLang]

16 here,male!

[gj2020]

47 and a dedicated sim junkie. Wife and grandkids just shake their heads and walk away.:arrgh!:

[longam]

So who gets the award?

http://www.downbelow.net/sh4/of2.jpg

[SteamWake]

I feel like the youngest one here at 68.....

JIM

Wow, I wish my granddad played subsims.:rock:

That was just uncalled for :p

[V.C. Sniper]

18 Male. Me been playing sims since 9 years old! First subsim is the almighty lord of all SSN sim: 688i Hunter/Killer! Los Angeles Class FTW!!

I'm an avid FPS fan (H λ L F - L I F E SERIES IS GOD)!!! But I love simulations along with other realistic games and strategy games equally. =D

B00M H34DSH07!!!

[Monica Lewinsky]

So who gets the award?

http://www.downbelow.net/sh4/of2.jpg

Neal Stevens is my vote. Rather have him instead of Hillary for very OLD fart[s].

[longam]

Neal Stevens is my vote. Rather have him instead of Hillary for very OLD farts.

Looking around for lightning or some other form of God like actions.

[Monica Lewinsky]

Neal Stevens is my vote. Rather have him instead of Hillary for very OLD farts.

Looking around for lightning or some other form of God like actions.I assume I am going to to banned from the forums, soon. :D

[partyboy]

B00M H34DSH07!!!
I said that the first time I sank a ship using Manual Targetting. :oops:

[gj2020]

Did anyone play Red Storm Rising on the Commodore 64? Spent many an evening playing that one.:()1:

[spidair]

Thx for a lot of answers. Now I know what I suspected, sub sim community are made up of those over 20 and up. Not all of your folks are over 20 but most of the lot is, some great over too :D I enjoyed reading your comments, got myself a good LOL many times. (Can't believe I said that! My youngster on 13 allways sais LOL to everything and I correct him and says it belongs to the net, not in common dayly use.... and then he says "GAL", whatever that means... :cool: (Get a life, I know)

He is the MacDonals generation for sure, haven't nearly time for the browser to open, let alone sitting in a sub sim waiting for a boat passing by...

So my conclution is: sub sims, and other sims as well, are for all the "old mans" out there :p

See ya on the bottom.... I too are good at the bottom :p Just like the rest of you...

[Lord Kelvin]

I'm 21 (birthday was late October), but I have the mentality and maturity of a 16-year old, so technically I count for the under 20 group :D

The reason that I play this is because I'm a pretty big WWII navy nerd. I build ship models, consistently play a WWII naval MMO (Navyfield, for anyone who wants to know), and was at the top of my Naval Science 102 class (over all the Navy ROTC kids too :P). I actually got introduced to this game by a couple people at one of my other forums, and I really love this game. Only on around 67% realism, but I'm learning manual targeting (thanks Werner!) and going for 95% soon.

[LtCmdrRat]

Menthal age??? if physical is 37 as I told... let see...
according Einstein, Freid and Moses my mental age meter is switching between 10 - 15 and sometimes it shows embrion's age.

[Peto]

Did anyone play Red Storm Rising on the Commodore 64? Spent many an evening playing that one.:()1:

That's how I got my 1st case of carpal tunnel :lol:!

[Steeltrap]

I'm 40.

Played Red Storm Rising on an Amiga 2000!

Played most sub sims that have been released. I wasn't a fan of SH1 because I thought it made the Jap ASW far more effective than it was in reality! These days I complain that the AI is too dumb.....just no pleasing some people, I know! SH2 I thought was crap. Love SH3 - modded, it's the best yet made IMO. Also loved CAOD, but SH3 still better.

[EAGLE_01]

45 M. Single, 'cause all I do is fly flightsims and run SH4:rock:

[mcarlsonus]

"Texting" is not acceptable for direct human-to-human interaction. Aliens? Who knows?
Silent Service was my first on PC - and got me interested in the genre! Spent some time with Apple 2's and text-based RPG's. Looking back, I have no idea how I could've tolerated it!
Age: 57. Status: divorced (but I can't blame that on addiction to SH and/or Subsim...) Future plans: medical cadaver, just as long as they don't send my mortal remains to a chiropractic college!

[Wilcke]

Neal Stevens is my vote. Rather have him instead of Hillary for very OLD farts.

Looking around for lightning or some other form of God like actions.I assume I am going to to banned from the forums, soon. :D

You forgot the "crypt keepers" oxygen and his nasal cannula!:nope:

Banned, oh but why?:rotfl:

Neptune Society is having a special this week, hurry.

Wilcke

[simonb1612]

37 Male. Another thing I would be interested to know is how many players/simmers have prior military experience and which service etc.
I have no military service.

[Cap'n Spanky]

37 Male. Another thing I would be interested to know is how many players/simmers have prior military experience and which service etc.
I have no military service.

16 years USN.... started as an Enlisted Gunners Mate Missleman, worked up to E7 then took an LDO Commission to Weps Officer.

[gj2020]

No military service, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to going into the Navy, but I had a motorcycle accident that put the kibosh to that idea.:oops:


OMG I just made swabbie! I've never been so exicted.... Oh wait, yes I have, never mind.

Still pretty cool. Only three billion to go before I get to your stage Trucker..... :rotfl:

[Gunfighter]

Well guy's I Guess I'm an Old fart I'm 68 and I Love SH4 also I keep up with all the mods And also upgrade or repair most of the Family Computers all self-taught.Male 5 years RAF Air Sea Rescue

[kriller2]

32 soon to be 33, a fiance, little son and the whole catastrophy, got my first computer when i was 10 and started making graphics and synth music for a demo group on C-64, man that was times... :p had all the computers I could, get my hands on, Amiga (Storm across Europe for the Amiga 500 what a game! ), mac (Quark with the one button mouse...), laptop, Now it's mostly guitar playing, SH4 and modding :rock:

[Herr Karl]

48, and I've been playing various wargames forever!

:up:

[DeepIron]

The BIG 5-0 this year... Feel (mentally) like Peter Pan most the time without the Michael Jackson complex... Been playing computer games since the text only version of StarTrek on a PDP-11 in the mid-70's. Historical sims are my favorites.

[gj2020]

My God that brings back memories, Trying to play Star Trek on a teletype in high school without anyone finding out what we were doing in the back room!:cool: Computer nerds to the max in the 70's

[Sledgehammer427]

and then theres me, a 16 year old guy who does nothing but play computer games !!!:D

oh and drive (stick shift, lets see those football players try that)

i have a girlfriend, but shes only here once in a while so i get free reign over my computer! (parent thing)

turns out im one helluva skipper...in SH3...working on SH4

saw the B00M h34d5hot post earlier,

f4xing h4xorz!

lol

Sledgehammer427
hard to believe i deadlift 300 on a regular basis huh

[Vlad34]

I am a 37 yr. old guy who loves SIM/Strategy games. Military warfare and history in any age, but I am really drawn to WWII. I have been a computer gamer for more than 10 years now, and I will to be for as long as possible.

I have been playing the Silent Hunter series ever since launch and really loving it, except Silent Hunter II which really kinda stunk. However, did anybody else get hooked on subsims by playing Silent Service on the NES? Cause that is how it happened for me. A friend of mine gave me that game because he thought it was too slow and boring. Ha ha...what a fool! That game was great!:rock:

[Mikkow]

27, male (Swedish freelancing illustrator/designer).

Other games I highly enjoy include Company of Heroes (with expansion), Civilization 4, Fallout 1-2, Thief: the Dark Project (triology), System Shock 2, Hitman series, Darkness Within (amazing! Mystery/detective/adventure stuff), SWAT 4, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill series, Crysis.

[Snuffy]

Yay! I see us really old farts (over 40 and counting) are now the majority :) :rotfl:

[LArcher]

I'm 68.....I know where to get a good deal on prune juice if any other old guys are interested!

Larry ( I think that's my name):D

[Sailor Steve]

37 Male. Another thing I would be interested to know is how many players/simmers have prior military experience and which service etc.
I have no military service.

16 years USN.... started as an Enlisted Gunners Mate Missleman, worked up to E7 then took an LDO Commission to Weps Officer.
Two years in that same USN, but a good part of one of them was spent in sunny VietNam, so it feels like 20.:dead:

[RickC Sniper]

56 yrs young.

Two years serving in the US Army.

[Periscope]

Well im just 15 and know the SH series since SHII (and play it since then. well, I guess I didn't lurk for an enemy in SH2 for the time I do it now, but anyway..) You see that im probably not "usual"^^. Wow that must sound strange, but it isn't!

I just dislike that ego shooters like GRAW, Rainbow Six Vegas, COD or Crysis. hm.. halo is okay but anyway..
Im happy if I can race within Trackmania, get new records in Colin Mc Raes Rally Games, do a long haul flight with Microsoft flightsim or build a huge nation out of small hamlets in anno1701.... And Silent Hunter for me is nice because it is the right mix out of strategy and kinda ego shooter.

My 2 cents..

EDIT: I see, SH2 is availabe since the year 2001. I did NOT play it at that time.. That would really be strange in my eyes. I dunno, I probably played it in 2004.

[mengle]

I'm 37 and my games are SH III, SHIV , IL2, Deer Hunter 2005, Amed Assault and waiting for brothers in arms III

[DogWalker]

I´m 41 ...:up:

I been playing SH1 and SH3, currently I play SH4. The only other game I play is the old Alien vs. Predator 2, and I´m pretty damn good as Predator. Almost same tactics in that game as in Silent Hunter games...sneak up...line-up for a good aim...and kill.

Every one can run around just shooting...but when it comes to Silent Hunter games you will need something else...:yep:

[Sledgehammer427]

I´m 41 ...:up:

I been playing SH1 and SH3, currently I play SH4. The only other game I play is the old Alien vs. Predator 2, and I´m pretty damn good as Predator. Almost same tactics in that game as in Silent Hunter games...sneak up...line-up for a good aim...and kill.

Every one can run around just shooting...but when it comes to Silent Hunter games you will need something else...:yep:


BALLS!

EDIT: AND PATIENCE!

[Gargantou]

17 years old(born 1990), male, been into naval and aviation simulations since about 2003. Sadly too tall to serve in a real submarine over here(190 CM, DAMN YOU TALLNESS!!)

[Jib01]

I'm almost 70. I worked for Intel and developed a fondness for the computer. Have been playing games since I retired from there. SH3 and SH4 are new to me. I played 677 a long time ago and also Gato. Was into flight sims since 1999 but it is getting old. Still waiting for Storm of War.

Call of duty 4 looks good and also pretty hectic. I'll wait till the price comes down.

Really enjoying SH4 and SH3 with the mods.

Was in the Navy in 1955 as plane captain for F2H-2 Banshees on CVA-33.

Later....
Jib01/02
:rock: :rock: :rock:

[Leigh]

36 m but rapidly approaching 37.

Spent many an hour on flight sims before finding SH3 and SH4. I think the trick is to get married before discovering sims. Wifey just rolls her eyes now :lol:

Leigh

[Overboard]

Male and a very young 42 years. :smug:

[mengle]

I'm wondering if females playing SH also!:smug:

[Nokia]

Male, 16 Y.O and always liked Flight-, tank-, naval- and subsims!

[punkmaster98]

I'm 17. i play anything dealing with the military.

[Gargantou]

I'm 17. i play anything dealing with the military.
Off-Topic, admins delete if you feel it should be:
If so I'd recommend the two best freeware military strategy games out there!

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/SPCamo/wSPWW2/6.htm

and

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/SPCamo/wSPMBT/6.htm

[punkmaster98]

thanks i'll check it out

[Doolittle81]

37 Male. Another thing I would be interested to know is how many players/simmers have prior military experience and which service etc.
I have no military service.

64 here. Retired US Air Force O-6, Intel and Reconnaissance during 28 years active duty. Been into WWII wargaming since playing "Battleship" on scraps of paper back in the early fifties. WWII strategy Board games in the sixties and early seventies. WWII flight sims in early nineties (Aces over Europe, etc). Then the original SH and CFS and CFS2 and European Air War. The last few years have been primarily involved with the IL2 Flight Sim series. Just recently started SH4 and also Theater of War (ground combat, WWII). Anxiously awaiting the release of "Storm of War: Battle of Britain" FlightSim.

[Misfit138]

22 but mentally relatively retarted :doh: Always have loved simulations and currently having a blast with Open Falcon 4.5

Subsims history goes back to SH1

[kiwi_2005]

43 YEARS YOUNG! :rock:

[Dustyboats]

I'm 72yrs old.

[CV43]

I have been playing the Silent Hunter series ever since launch and really loving it, except Silent Hunter II which really kinda stunk. However, did anybody else get hooked on subsims by playing Silent Service on the NES? Cause that is how it happened for me. A friend of mine gave me that game because he thought it was too slow and boring. Ha ha...what a fool!

That is how I got hooked. Playing the NES and there was another Sub Sim on the NES or it could have been Sega that dealt with modern Sub.

6 years of US Navy service mostly onboard USS Coral Sea. Hence my user name.

[banjo]

66 here. Been a gamer since the good ones like Silent Service came out about 1986 or so. I mention all this so you younger games can see that you have a life time hobby if you want it.

[pythos]

A young 35 year old male here. I have always had an interest in subs, beaten only by Aviation. My first go at a subsim was Silent servic from micropose, on my friend's comodore 64. We spent hours and days chasing convoys in that game, and take turns as "skipper". Yea we were neards.

Now I spend days playing one campaign (with saves) playing one of the finest subsim series to come out.

Flight simulator is the second most run program on my comp, followed by World of Warcraft, when running with friends. On line, real time multiplay subsiming would be fun, provided I had one computer devoted to running silent hunter, and there was true contact between players.

[Bill Nichols]

I'm really surprised at how many 'old farts' play this game. ;)

54-here come December 15
:|\\

[Gunfighter]

I'm really surprised at how many 'old farts' play this game. ;)

54-here come December 15
:|\\

Well thank you Bill from Gunfighter 68yrs

[howler93]

35 here :cool: Not married, but not single either... Love strategy titles like civilization, and sims like SH3 and 4. My first games were Zork (classic Infocom text game!) and the original Castle Wolfenstein!

Old Gamers Rule :rock:

Howler :arrgh!:

[howler93]

Doolittle!

I LOVED Aces Over Europe! Did you play Aces Over The Pacific also?

[Deerdiver]

No spring chicken at 44 but not ready to be put out to pasture either! Got into sub sims playing an arcade game at the fair where you had to try and hit the ship crossing in front with your torpedo. I remember at the age of about 9, hanging off the periscope like a true ace and shouting "loose" as I pressed the fire button. Happy days!

[Doolittle81]

Doolittle!

I LOVED Aces Over Europe! Did you play Aces Over The Pacific also?

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)

[howler93]

Blue Max and Microprose's Strike Eagle were my first flight sims too! The F-15E missions over Vietnam were interesting :) God...classic games the likes of which I thought no one remembered! :up:

[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]

Doolittle!

I LOVED Aces Over Europe! Did you play Aces Over The Pacific also?

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]

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

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!!):cool:


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? :sunny:

Yuor age and gender please! :D :D

[Sailor Steve]

:yep: Looks like I might be the oldest, 62 !
WELCOME ABOARD!




Well, you're older than me, but...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=705680&postcount=58
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=707707&postcount=106
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=708523&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]

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 :)

:arrgh!:

[CDR Resser]

39 M

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

[Rockin Robbins]

Arrrrrrrrr! Fossils rule!!!:arrgh!:

[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]

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!!):cool:


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? :sunny:

Yuor age and gender please! :D :D



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HUH? What did you say sonny? Speak Up.

72 and male.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/ponder21.gif Now what was I doing??........Oh yeah, playing SH4. :yep:

[Bilge_Rat]

Arrrrrrrrr! Fossils rule!!!:arrgh!:

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...:rock:

[Factor]

Arrrrrrrrr! Fossils rule!!!:arrgh!:
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...:rock:


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

[V.C. Sniper]

< 20 will be classified as an unfertilized egg.

[kcburyshaker]

Male, 27.

I feel like some kind of a youngster here :)

My first computer (commodore Vic20) had 3,5 kB RAM and no graphics at all, only text mode. But the text was in 8 colours!!!
Maybe that is why I prefer strategies and simulations than those nice, shiny and flashy action games.

lol im almost 35 now and my first cpu was a vic20...learned basic on that thing and had a cassette drive for storage...

[SteamWake]

I had a TRS Model 1 'archived' in my parents attic. Along with the cassete tape 'drive' and several hand coded basic programs I had written.

They threw the damn thing out :oops:

I was hoping it would be worth something someday... oh well.

[Scurvy Dog]

56. Dear old Dad shipped out on a transport to New Guinea in the Pacific War and couldn't stand the sweat and stink down in the hold. After a few days he came up on to the deck for a little fresh air. In the middle of the ocean in the middle of that night he looked up and saw a million stars. Always wanted to know what it might feel like out there heading into battle. Guess that's why I like this game so much. You guys sure are making it a pleasure to play it. Thanks!:up:

[Doolittle81]

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...

As an Old Codger, I love this game...I seldom set Time Compress....I just set a course (real-time) out of my home base and then take my mid-afternoon nap...I don't miss a thing!

[Rose]

young gun at 16 here :rock:

[Learjetcap]

I'm 38
3 smalll kids, one small hot wife, been into subsims since Aces of the deep almost caused me to flunk out of college. I'm a corporate pilot by trade which is probably why flight sims don't do a thing for me.....it's like going to work.

[Gargantou]

I'm 38
3 smalll kids, one small hot wife, been into subsims since Aces of the deep almost caused me to flunk out of college. I'm a corporate pilot by trade which is probably why flight sims don't do a thing for me.....it's like going to work.I envy you! I'm a flight simmer, always wanted to become a corporate pilot but I can't because my eyesight was not great, and they don't approve modern laser-eye surgery methods!

[sasquatch]

I'm a really young 20.

[Schultzy]

28 M

Dipped my toe into the world of Subsimming via Silent Service 2 on the Atari.
Now 18 years on the book cases are groaning under the weight of all the naval related books that that game inspired me to buy.
Best decision I ever made. :arrgh!:

[Learjetcap]

I'm 38
3 smalll kids, one small hot wife, been into subsims since Aces of the deep almost caused me to flunk out of college. I'm a corporate pilot by trade which is probably why flight sims don't do a thing for me.....it's like going to work.I envy you! I'm a flight simmer, always wanted to become a corporate pilot but I can't because my eyesight was not great, and they don't approve modern laser-eye surgery methods!
Thread H/J sorry - The FAA has no problem with Laser eye surgery, as long as it is successful :D 20/20 to them is all that matters...as long as you get there somehow....glasses, Lasik, genetics....whatever.

[biosthetique]

i am 98, and any faster game pace:down: would trigger me a heart attack!...

[spidair]

i am 98, and any faster game pace:down: would trigger me a heart attack!...

Ha ha, that's a good one. Nice try thu with 98 yo (or...?) :D :arrgh!: :up:

Its all about that first...... "ping"......


Right?

After that you have no choise, your'e hooked!!!

:D


And again, thanks for many fine and funny answers! It's a joy reading all the comments, I'm so glad I have a chair with safety belt keeping me from falling in the floor from laughter :D

[Tobus]

32 on the outside, but 16 on the inside :up:

[drupps]

I'm 27.

[DogWalker]

I´m 41 ...:up:

I been playing SH1 and SH3, currently I play SH4. The only other game I play is the old Alien vs. Predator 2, and I´m pretty damn good as Predator. Almost same tactics in that game as in Silent Hunter games...sneak up...line-up for a good aim...and kill.

Every one can run around just shooting...but when it comes to Silent Hunter games you will need something else...:yep:

BALLS!

EDIT: AND PATIENCE!

Damn right mate...:up:

[biosthetique]

Spidair, you are funny!...I like you!:rock:

[ETR3(SS)]

Im 24 and might I say we've got quite a bit of old salts around here.

[Idaeus]

Male soon to be 20. So I voted 20 to 40 since thats the age im gonna be the next 20 years.. :p

[Gunfighter]

Its nice to see so many "Older" Guys useing SH4 Did you notice I did'nt say Playing ??
And Remember all you "young'ns", "Old Age And Treachery Always Overcomes Youth and Skill" (Willie Nelson Song) Happy Hunting To You All:up:

Now "Dive lets kick some Ass"

Gunfighter 68 and a bit

[sunvalleyslim]

59 and old enough to have been a true Diesel Boat Sailor.........DBF..........:D:D:D

[captiandon]

I am 30, this game is an Educated game. Alot more like Chess then those stupid First person shooters which is like..... well playing with water guns. Everyone gets hosed.

[ATR-42]

I'm a corporate pilot by trade .....

awwww... the Lear is such a cute little plane...i almost want to pinch them when i see one... :D

[Oldgamer48]

Interesting poll. On another gaming site, I'm always the oldest guy (I'm 59 years young, for your information).

I've an interest in submarine sims because on a real-life mission (don't ask, I can't tell!), I was picked up by a 688 and had a dandy ride with good comradeship and the best food I've ever eaten, all the way back to the States. That was a long time ago, but I'll never forget the "thrill" of going down ... every sound was the hull rupturing, in my imagination.

I was so interested in submarines, that I tried to change services. However, I was told that I was too old to go to the school. So, I just kept my Winchester Model 70 in good shape and did what I was trained to do.

One thing that I would like to see done is a modern sim, using the basic SH game engine. However, I quite content with SH3 and SH4.

Hello, sunvalleyslim! I was born on July 11, 1948. I'm trying to see which one of us is the older.

[Major Johnson]

51 yr old 80's rocker! Been playing the series since SH1 and couldn't wait to get back to the Pacific with SH4! Although I bought both SH2-3, I never got into them much. And I was so busy this past summer with work that I couldn't really get into SH4. But I'm looking forward to some long winter weekends where I can get lost in the Pacific once again! :)

[Freelancer]

Well, let me remember.... It began with Gato in 1985, Silent Service I & II, Silent Hunter 1,2,3 & 4, Aces of the deep, i688 attack Sub.an Must have forgotten one or two... My first computer was in 1978, and I'm a 55 male. Apart from subsims, I'm an old survivor from the Kilrathi wars :up:

[ZhukovZhuk1453]

16 m, I am the youngest that is playing this series ��

[Aktungbby]

ZhukovZhuk1453!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Mad Mardigan]

ZhukovZhuk1453! :Kaleun_Cheers:


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[1Patriotofmany]

Started playing sub sims in the dawn of computers in the early eighties.

[1Patriotofmany]

Well, let me remember.... It began with Gato in 1985, Silent Service I & II, Silent Hunter 1,2,3 & 4, Aces of the deep, i688 attack Sub.an Must have forgotten one or two... My first computer was in 1978, and I'm a 55 male. Apart from subsims, I'm an old survivor from the Kilrathi wars :up: This I can relate. Many of the same on the commodore.

[easy]

At first I thought: "Shall I participate???" Because I suspected that I will probably be the oldest. Well go ahead then: I'm 82, male and married... Member of the club since 2010 and play SH4 with GFO. Sometimes I think of SH4 with FOTRSU.

[Bubblehead1980]

At first I thought: "Shall I participate???" Because I suspected that I will probably be the oldest. Well go ahead then: I'm 82, male and married... Member of the club since 2010 and play SH4 with GFO. Sometimes I think of SH4 with FOTRSU.


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