Subsim enthusiasts by age?

[Ships-R-Us]

I have never seen this posted. I believe I have a worthy question. I found this game a few months ago and really got into it.

I am age 61.

Curious to know the mean age of members here.

Where are the most players?, under 30 yrs?, 30-50 yrs?, or over 50yrs?

If my valid question falls into the realm of a meaningless thread, I won't be alone..........Shipsrus.

[August]

50 as of last month.

[G2B]

40 ish :salute:

[Randomizer]

55 coming up. Once I learned how to spell curmudgeon it sounded like a goal to aspire to.

[VonHesse]

Ha, I've been wondering too. Good question :yep:

31 here.

[ETR3(SS)]

26 here.:salute:

[kgsuarez]

I turned 22 yesterday.

It has always appeared to me that the subsim genre attracts an older demographic. And rightfully so; Young people these days seem to be lacking in the patience and logic that sims require. Instead they opt for the fast-paced shooter type games.

Nevertheless, although they are the minority of the gaming world, there are many young people on these forums.

[breadcatcher101]

mid 50's

[Sledgehammer427]

>_>
18

But it's kinda my calling, can't kick it, I'm not a big HALO player.

[TarJak]

45 and still hoping I have more tomorrows than yesterdays.

[magic452]

2 months younger than WWII.

Magic

[Ships-R-Us]

Congratulations Magic. I see now how you stay so young. As you know this game is a good mental stimulus. Keep up the good work.....Ships...

[UnderseaLcpl]

2 months younger than WWII.

Magic

The start date of ww2 depends largely upon who you ask. I assume you're referring to 1 Sept. 1939 or 3 Sept 1939, but at that point it wasn't really a "World War" yet. For the Americans Americans it began in December 41'. The Russians put the start of the "Great Patriotic War" as June of 41'. The Japanese and Chinese would probably date the conflict back to July of 37', or even as early as 1931, when the Sino-Japanese war began the first time. Many other countries didn't join the war until 44' or 45', though I'm sure everyone would agree it was certainly a world war before that time period.

In any case, congrats on your between 78th and 68th years. May you live to see a hundred or more:salute:
I'm not trying to be a smartass, I 'm just wondering which date you're using.

Oh yeah, I'm 27.......going on 21. You're only as old as you feel:DL

[Rilder]

19.

20 on Hitlers Birthday. =/

[Tweety]

Interesting question that you dig out from under that sunken wreck.:DL

I'm in my late forties. Still love playing the game at my age and hopefully many more years will pass and I'll stay be playing this kind of game.

Thanks for the great question. It got me reflecting on the things I like to do besides going back to college and play sub simulation games in my spare time.

Tweety

[Blacklight]

Physicly, 39. Mentally, 14 !!! :DL

[magic452]

Undersea IMO there was war before but it didn't become WWII until 7 Dec. 41 and the western hemisphere joined the fight.

I'm old enough as is without you adding another 10 years.:haha::haha::haha:

Ships Playing SH4 keeps you young at heart anyway.

Magic

PS it's nice to see that we have players of all ages not just us old farts

[Buddahaid]

The cold breath of 54 is creeping down my neck.

[=FI=Ghost]

24 year young kaleun here!

[papa_smurf]

28 going on 30

[Lionclaw]

26 this year.

[Morts]

16 :)

[Raptor1]

Older than Morts...not by much...

EDIT: By 457 days, apparently

[SteamWake]

54 :03:

[DarkFish]

just turned 19 a week ago:)

(weird.. for some reason the average age of TSWSM team members seems to be a lot lower than the average subsim age...)

[kranz]

19.

20 on Hitlers Birthday. =/

then you are lucky:salute:

btw I'm 24

[Fish]

Undersea IMO there was war before but it didn't become WWII until 7 Dec. 41 and the western hemisphere joined the fight.



Born11 days before WW II started in the Netherlands 10 May 1940.

That day, 29 of april, my granddad, after visiting me and my mother, was leaving for sea and came back five yars later a few days after the war ended.

[longam]

48 years young

[Oberon]

I share the same birthday date as Einstein, Michael Caine, Wolfgang Peterson and Quincy Jones.
In the year I was born:
Ronald Reagan announced that he had outlawed Russia forever and was commencing the bombing in five minutes, later on in the year he went on to win his second term in office after thrashing Walter Mondale rather epically.
'Do they know it's Christmas?' was released during Band Aid in an attempt to raise money for the Ethiopian famine.
Transformers made their debute.
Maggie Thatcher and her government ministers escaped death in the Brighton Hotel bombing.

[GoldenRivet]

31 in March

[frau kaleun]

Old enough to know better, still too young to resist.

Actually I'll be 46 in September if you count it up in mundane human years, however at 39 I began aging backwards like Merlin so with that in mind I'm now 32 going on 31.

Granted I may have to rethink this scheme when I'm 18 going on 17 and face the prospect of going back to high school. *shivers*

[AVGWarhawk]

44 and my joints are starting to tell me I'm 44.

[mookiemookie]

I'll be 30 on V-E day. :cool:

[Onkel Neal]

Granted I may have to rethink this scheme when I'm 18 going on 17 and face the prospect of going back to high school. *shivers*

At 25 you just switch directions again. I've done this three or four times :D

[SteamWake]

Old enough to know better, still too young to resist.

Actually I'll be 46 in September if you count it up in mundane human years, however at 39 I began aging backwards like Merlin so with that in mind I'm now 32 going on 31.

Granted I may have to rethink this scheme when I'm 18 going on 17 and face the prospect of going back to high school. *shivers*

If only I knew then what I know now ;)

[antikristuseke]

23, im at the younger end of the spectrum here.

[Sledgehammer427]

(weird.. for some reason the average age of TSWSM team members seems to be a lot lower than the average subsim age...)

also, there are 3 musicians in the mix that we know of. Me, Trool and Tomhugill all play. Who knows if there's more than that on the team

EDIT: Sorry to post off-topic, had to point that out, carry on!

[frau kaleun]

At 25 you just switch directions again. I've done this three or four times :D

Noted, and will do. :D

If only I knew then what I know now ;)

But we knew everything when we were 19! Didn't we? Lol.

[AVGWarhawk]

But we knew everything when we were 19! Didn't we? Lol.

I told my dad this but at age 15. I advised he should hire me since I knew it all. He was not buying it. :-?

[ZeeWolf]

It's fifty five for me .....I think:hmmm:....ZeeWolf

[DarkFish]

also, there are 3 musicians in the mix that we know of. Me, Trool and Tomhugill all play. Who knows if there's more than that on the teamand it seems like i'm about the only member who DOESN'T play airsoft
But we knew everything when we were 19! Didn't we? Lol.yes, i do:D

[frau kaleun]

It's fifty five for me .....I think:hmmm:....ZeeWolf

If you're anything like me you've probably reached the point where you have to remember what year it is now, remember what year you were born, and then do the math. Or else try to remember how old you were when you did the math on your last birthday, then add one year and hope you're not actually remembering how old you were two or three birthdays ago instead.

I have to say, seeing someone reply that they were born at the same time "Do They Know It's Christmas" was recorded is the most depressing thing I've read all week. And that includes my 2009 W-2.

It's almost like when they debuted "Closet Classics" or whatever it was on MTV and were playing - as CLASSICS, mind you - stuff I bought when I was already out of high school.

And yes, I am actually so old that I remember when MTV still played music videos, and also so old that I remember when that joke was still funny. :O:

[frau kaleun]

I told my dad this but at age 15. I advised he should hire me since I knew it all. He was not buying it. :-?


Pfffffft... the Olds, whadda they know?

[Catfish]

Hi,
some hilarious posts :rotfl2:

but (realizing) .. i'm 47 ?! Sobering thought :shifty:
Sometimes i feel like i'm 74 (programming DVD recorders, and telephone arrays arrgh)
I am trying to go sailing as much as possible, i feel much younger then (at least before :D).

Greetings,
Catfish

[Weiss Pinguin]

Ha, what a bunch of old farts! :O: I'll have survived 18 years in May... Crikey, I'll be old enough to enlist without permission :o

[Task Force]

19.

20 on Hitlers Birthday. =/

wow, I was born on the day he killed himself (apr 30.)

any who... 16 years & 9 1/2 months...

Lol, its funny...
at school friends ask if I have a Xbox/PS3... and I look at them and say no, and look like WTF when I say, I have a pc... lol

[Torvald Von Mansee]

*mumbles something about RFK's assassination being the only thing on the T.V. the day he was born*

[Sailor Steve]

I have never seen this posted. I believe I have a worthy question. I found this game a few months ago and really got into it.
It's been done before, but it never gets stickied, so how could you know?

I'll be 60 in April.

That number doesn't bother me at all, but seeing how many names I know well are younger than both my daughters? Well, that makes me think about it a lot more.

[Spike88]

21. :yeah:

[Platapus]

Almost 350 in dog years.

If I had known I would live so long, I would have taken much better care of myself. :shucks:

[VonHesse]

Nobody's gonna like this (nobody ever likes statistics) but I can't help myself :O:

40 posts with accurate ages (though some of you were obfuscating profusely):rotfl2:

Ages from 16 to 69.

Average age so far: 37 years :woot:

[frau kaleun]

Average age so far: 37 years :woot:

Wooooo! I'm finally above average!

Oh, wait...

:wah:

[ETR3(SS)]

It's been done before, but it never gets stickied, so how could you know?

I'll be 60 in April.

That number doesn't bother me at all, but seeing how many names I know well are younger than both my daughters? Well, that makes me think about it a lot more.I watched one of your bands videos and I gotta say you look good for 60 .:yeah: You been rubbin elbows with Dick Clark?:haha:

[FIREWALL]

I FORGET !!! :doh:

[Takeda Shingen]

33 years old.

[G2B]

But we knew everything when we were 19! Didn't we? Lol.


We were invincible too :D

[frau kaleun]

33 years old.

*rolls eyes*

Dude, seriously. Wikipedia says you're at least 488. And also dead.

[August]

*rolls eyes*

Dude, seriously. Wikipedia says you're at least 488. And also dead.


:haha: :har:

[frau kaleun]

We were invincible too :D

My knees have been telling me this is not so for at least 15 years. I'm not buying it.

[frau kaleun]

:haha: :har:

Go ahead and laugh, but I for one welcome our new zombie daimyo overlords, and would like to subscribe to their newsletter.

[Takeda Shingen]

*rolls eyes*

Dude, seriously. Wikipedia says you're at least 488. And also dead.

I looked up frau kaleun on Wikipedia. It said funny. I disagreed.

[frau kaleun]

I looked up frau kaleun on Wikipedia. It said funny. I disagreed.

But I can still get the newsletter, right?

[Takeda Shingen]

But I can still get the newsletter, right?

You are free to obtain whatever publication you like, so long as it does not come from me. I was not aware that I had a newsletter. I learned something today.

[G2B]

My knees have been telling me this is not so for at least 15 years. I'm not buying it.


Not the age but the mileage, :D

[frau kaleun]

You are free to obtain whatever publication you like, so long as it does not come from me. I was not aware that I had a newsletter.

Bummer. Oda's doesn't even have a crossword, but I guess I'm stuck with it.

Seriously, though, I'm just teasing, sorry if I offended. Just thought the choice of username was interesting and went with it. :DL

[frau kaleun]

Not the age but the mileage, :D

<insert crude joke here about presumed mileage on frau kaleun's knees>

:rotfl2:

Let's just consider that subject closed, shall we? Lol.

[Ships-R-Us]

VonHesse in his post of 5:48pm calculates the average from those that posted to be "37 yrs of age".

Thanks to all that responded.

Would be intersted to know how old is our oldest member that is still playing, as well as our youngest member..........Shipsrus

[Onkel Neal]

OMG. sounds like a contest! Oldest Subsim member to post here wins a Battle Mug. And I have to see ID when it's all done, convincing ID ;)

Who's oldest so far?

[conus00]

36 going on 60... :D

But deep inside me I'm still (sweet) 17....

[G2B]

OMG. sounds like a contest! Oldest Subsim member to post here wins a Battle Mug. And I have to see ID when it's all done, convincing ID ;)

Who's oldest so far?


Will you accept forged ID written on papyrus, if so I knew when dirt was invented :D It was the next best thing to water.

[VonHesse]

OMG. sounds like a contest! Oldest Subsim member to post here wins a Battle Mug. And I have to see ID when it's all done, convincing ID ;)

Who's oldest so far?

That would be Mr. Fish at 69.

Youngest is a tie between Morts and Task Force at 16. Wow 16 sure is young for an Admiral and a Navy SEAL. Oh well, *salutes*
,
Actually, I'm kinda surprised with the diversity here. I figured it would trend older than your typical "video game" forum, but 16 to 69 is a truly impressive spread.

Go Subsim!:rock:

[Sailor Steve]

But we knew everything when we were 19! Didn't we? Lol.
"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
-Mark Twain

[Sailor Steve]

That would be Mr. Fish at 69.
Several members are in their seventies who haven't posted in this thread yet.

Youngest is a tie between Morts and Task Force at 16. Wow 16 sure is young for an Admiral and a Navy SEAL. Oh well, *salutes*
The youngest member I ever saw post was 12. Of course he might be over 16 now, but I bet you'll find younger than that easily.

[Ships-R-Us]

Thanks for the input SailorSteve.........Ships...

[TDK1044]

52. 53 in April. :DL

[sharkbit]

45. Lungs of a 69 y.o.
My doctor had some tests run a couple of weeks ago after a visit to the ER for chest pain, shortness of breath, etc. Said my heart was good but I have some sort of viral infection in my lungs.
My breathing test said I had the lungs of a 69 y.o. :o

:)

[frau kaleun]

45. Lungs of a 69 y.o.
My doctor had some tests run a couple of weeks ago after a visit to the ER for chest pain, shortness of breath, etc. Said my heart was good but I have some sort of viral infection in my lungs.
My breathing test said I had the lungs of a 69 y.o. :o

:)

Yikes. Hope you're getting it seen to!

[sharkbit]

Yikes. Hope you're getting it seen to!

Yep. I'm on Symbicort, an inhaler. I feel much better now. Got a follow up in another two weeks and a repeat of the breathing test. Hopefully my lungs will be that of the 45 year old I am.

:)

[frau kaleun]

Good to hear, hope it works for you. :up:

[Blood_splat]

I'm 29 and will be 30 next month. :88)

[breadcatcher101]

I first felt old when years back I went into the record store and found out to my horror that they had put all my favorite groups into the oldies section. Talk about making your day!

[Jimbuna]

Just reached 21

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6305/liaranimatedanimationli.gif

[Weiss Pinguin]

That makes 4-5 times now doesn't it? ;)

[Task Force]

for the youngest in the thread, im guessing it lines up.

Morts
Me
Raptor...:hmmm:

[August]

for the youngest in the thread, im guessing it lines up.

Morts
Me
Raptor...:hmmm:

You're like the neglected middle child? :D

[Carotio]

Officially, I'm a wise 140 years old, in Mercury years, but in attractive female company I suddenly turn into a cute 2-year-old, in Jupiter years, to allow them to play with me...:03:

[kiwi_2005]

46. But! My sons tell me i look in my early 30's tis the only time i wanna believe them :haha:

My grand mother use to wash her face & arms with goats milk every day, in her 80's her skin was still very young looking she didn't even have wringles like a babies bottom. she use to say its an old croatian womans recipe for looking young. For her it worked. Forget about these Hollywood celebrities anti wringle creams just splash goats milks on your face every day! :yeah: :D

[Neptunus Rex]

48!

[Ships-R-Us]

OMG. sounds like a contest! Oldest Subsim member to post here wins a Battle Mug. And I have to see ID when it's all done, convincing ID ;)

Who's oldest so far?

C'mon guys, dig 'em up, dust 'em off, and have one of them claim Neils prize, Even if it means doing a "WEEKEND at BERNIES" gig..........Ships...

[les green01]

35 here

[Onkel Neal]

C'mon guys, dig 'em up, dust 'em off, and have one of them claim Neils prize, Even if it means doing a "WEEKEND at BERNIES" gig..........Ships...


Yeah, come one, where are all the old salts?


BTW, :cool:
http://www.subsim.com/aces1b.gif

[Catfish]

Hehe Neal,

i still remember when you posted this for the first time lol
B.t.w. i was not always "Catfish", but at some time you changed the forum (software?), or provider, and some nice guy (no, i really mean it!) from the Netherlands got my old name "Fish" from the very first forum years.
And i still remember how i once found a package from the US in my mailbox, from a Neal Stevens - i was indeed dumbfounded.
I always thought how nice it would be to once meet all or at least some of the Subsim people at a meeting, but i never had time at the date, even when it was close to where i lived. Well, maybe one day in the US, or Europe ..
From all the forums i am always returning to Subsim sooner or later.
Oops this reads as i was old ... i am old ?? well ..

Greetings,
Catfish

[Jimbuna]

That makes 4-5 times now doesn't it? ;)


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[Onkel Neal]

Hehe Neal,

i still remember when you posted this for the first time lol
B.t.w. i was not always "Catfish", but at some time you changed the forum (software?), or provider, and some nice guy (no, i really mean it!) from the Netherlands got my old name "Fish" from the very first forum years.
And i still remember how i once found a package from the US in my mailbox, from a Neal Stevens - i was indeed dumbfounded.
I always thought how nice it would be to once meet all or at least some of the Subsim people at a meeting, but i never had time at the date, even when it was close to where i lived. Well, maybe one day in the US, or Europe ..
From all the forums i am always returning to Subsim sooner or later.
Oops this reads as i was old ... i am old ?? well ..

Greetings,
Catfish

Nice post, thanks :salute:

[nikimcbee]

6 in dog years
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9427/footballparty005.jpg

[Stealth Hunter]

53, 54 come August 16th.

[G2B]

C'mon guys, dig 'em up, dust 'em off, and have one of them claim Neils prize, Even if it means doing a "WEEKEND at BERNIES" gig..........Ships...


:har: