pavlovscat on 20/5/2009 at 17:08
I voted in my bracket, but in August I'll make the next bracket. :(
My mom is 60 and still plays FMs several times a week. :thumb:
Thief has a broad appeal to people of all ages, sexes, backgrounds & cultures. I believe that is one of the main reasons we are all still here 10 years later.
infinity on 20/5/2009 at 17:18
I started playing Thief when I was 9, so that bracket is not totally unthinkable, although unreasonable. When I played it, it was a cutting-edge game that my Nana picked up for a bargain at a Flea Market. I can't really imagine any parents hooking their youngins up with Thief nowadays, when there are much better options. Like games that are rated E. Playing M games when I was too young was a bad thing. Thief, Soldier Of Fortune, Half Life: all before I was 13.
qolelis on 20/5/2009 at 17:26
Quote Posted by hikikomori-san
Life certainly doesn't end at 50, but maybe gaming should :p
Nonono, gaming should never end (I'll come back as a zombie to play Thief just to prove my point, so next time I post something incoherent you will know why...).
I am 35, and even though I don't really consider myself a real gamer (I haven't played most of the games out there, but I can still enjoy a good game when I play), I am a "taffer for life" :p I don't think I will ever stop playing Thief (or any derivative).
Quote Posted by pavlovscat
Thief has a broad appeal to people of all ages, sexes, backgrounds & cultures. I believe that is one of the main reasons we are all still here 10 years later.
Yes. I wonder how many other games have lasted that long. I would add the release of DromEd as a main beneficiary factor as well, if not
the main factor.
hikikomori-san on 20/5/2009 at 17:48
Quote Posted by pavlovscat
I voted in my bracket, but in August I'll make the next bracket. :(
You could have (and maybe even should have) rounded it up to the nearest year.
steo on 20/5/2009 at 18:20
Quote Posted by infinity
I started playing Thief when I was 9, so that bracket is not totally unthinkable, although unreasonable. When I played it, it was a cutting-edge game that my Nana picked up for a bargain at a Flea Market. I can't really imagine any parents hooking their youngins up with Thief nowadays, when there are much better options. Like games that are rated E. Playing M games when I was too young was a bad thing. Thief, Soldier Of Fortune, Half Life: all before I was 13.
It's true, but given that Thief is over ten years old, it seems a little unlikely that people under ten would be playing it. The oldest game I can remember playing when I was younger was cabal on my friends amiga, which wasn't made very long before I was. We'd then also have to have those people under ten on TTLG, which also seems unlikely. Plus, thief isn't the most straightforward game like Doom or Commander Keen, so it's appeal would likely be lost on most people under ten. (If in fact, you are under ten and enjoy Thief, I salute you.)
As for computer games corrupting my childish mind, I can't really recall any serious damage from Doom or Quake or Red Alert. Maybe Duke Nukem 3D showed me my first pixellated boobies, and maybe GTA1/2 taught me a few swears, but I didn't really understand most of the sex/drug references at the time. The only thing that I really shouldn't have been allowed, was watching Drop Dead Fred. I called one of my Aunts the Megabitch for a considerable amount of time afterwards, without really realising how offensive it was.
And I also thought about, but didn't round myself up into the next bracket (I'm seven months short of 20).
And thinking about that, I registered here when I was but an innocent 13-year old, though SS2 was game that led me here and I played that when it was first released so would have only been nine.
pavlovscat on 20/5/2009 at 18:21
Hm. I guess I should have. So bump one up to the 40-44 crowd. I'll have to get irving to vote too. He's in the 45-49 group...barely! :ebil:
My dad is 69. He used to play Thief until the nerve damage in his hands got too bad to be able to play. Now he sticks with Empire of Ages and those types of games. But he's always at the computer. Guess it runs in the family.
cemeth on 20/5/2009 at 18:21
Quote Posted by hikikomori-san
Life certainly doesn't end at 50, but maybe gaming should :p
I don't think so.
I think this is a misconception based on the fact that almost all "old people" right now don't play games or don't want to start at all, but the important thing is that they never got into gaming in the first place. But newer generations will grow up with it, and they'll be used to it, because gaming is slowly becoming a commodity with so many diverse games or genres that anyone can find a subset he/she likes.
I can absolutely imagine myself still playing games when I'm
that old.
*evil highlight*Probably much less than nowadays, and maybe not the same genres, but still...
Yandros on 20/5/2009 at 18:31
Quote Posted by pavlovscat
My dad is 69. He used to play Thief until the nerve damage in his hands got too bad to be able to play. Now he sticks with Empire of Ages and those types of games. But he's always at the computer. Guess it runs in the family.
My oldest was playing Thief at the age of 7, but would only play FMs I made for him where he could go around blowing monsters up basically, he never got into the story or played the OMs ("it's too hard!") Then last year at 13 he did play TDS over halfway through, but stopped around the Clocktower and hasn't gone back.
On the other side, my dad turns 70 in September and is an avid gamer, but not a taffer. He mostly plays Diablo II and RPGs, plus online poker. My mom is terrified of computers and can't even do email.
nickie on 20/5/2009 at 18:57
Quote Posted by cemeth
. . . I think this is a misconception based on the fact that almost all "old people" right now don't play games or don't want to start at all, but the important thing is that they never got into gaming in the first place . . .
Yes. There weren't any games, or even computers, when I was growing up, barely any TVs even. PCs didn't exist until after I'd had my first child. So I got into it very late on in comparison to most people. And I've been playing games for probably less than 10 years and haven't played that many. Apart from adventure games which I love for the puzzles, there has been no other game that suits me as well as Thief. And if Thief 4 turns out to not be suited to me, then I'll just carry on playing fms because I don't think DromEd is going to die before me.
At least I hope not. :laff:
Judith on 20/5/2009 at 20:05
Looks like I'm not that young anymore.. But I'm not old either. Hey, that's cool! :cheeky:
