Age of Gamers

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Metus Aquinas

I'm talking about the time when we were all 5-12 year old's. All I keep hearing about these days about that particular age group is nothing but complete bullshit.

I've played games with plenty of people and never have I seen the kind of conduct that those screaming buffoons display on the mics. Sure, I could understand situations like Diablo 2 where an immature high level character goes into a game and starts murdering everyone and camp spawning their asses, but come on. There has to be a limit somewhere. It's like the 12 year old's of this generation all have some sort of anger management issues. Of course, there are a few decent 12 year old gamers here and there, but it's pretty rare.

And the adults of our generation said our generation was messed up. Look at this newer generation. stare

I understand where you're coming from. Now I know perfectly well how my elders felt when they would say "Back in my day..."
I catch myself doing that a lot.
Back in my day, we didn't have microphones and online gaming. We had Nintendo Entertainment Systems, Atari 2600s, joysticks, coins and the arcade. I went to friends' houses and we played together that way. We walked to the corner store with pockets bursting with quarters and spent all day trying to beat Space Harrier. We didn't have all this new-fangled technology that you kids have. Now where's my cane! =P  

[fayorii]

I'm 18 and I dont remember when i started playing it just seems like forever. Dad didnt like me running around shooting the sky so he would sit there and help me run through mario levels. mrgreen oh yeah super nerd family Mario=babysitter.

now, *hefts rocket launcher* where are the cookies?  

[Metus Aquinas]

*gives fayorii a cookie*

I can sort of understand your point of view Prince of Nurgle. I have a sister at the same age as you deal with such people. It's one of the reasons why she doesn't like playing games that involve teamwork anymore. "It's literally the same everywhere you go" she says.

I guess alot of younger generation people believe they can do whatever the hell they want online and get away with it, whereas they'd get their a** kicked in reality.

I admit that I share some similar characteristics when I was younger where I would ragequit if I continued to die at a particular stage and so forth, but I eventually grew out of that habit and simply switched games to vent off some steam. Hopefully every other gaming generation after me follows a similar path and simply grows out of the obnoxious habit.  

[Metus Aquinas]

*gives cookie to NeoRhythm*

It's good to know that you've only recently entered the world of gaming. You've got much things left to discover in this world, lol.  

[Metus Aquinas]

Great to see another 19 year old comrade, lol. Though you started gaming about 2-3 years before me. 3nodding  

[Metus Aquinas]

Poeden

Being twenty-two makes me feel really old sometimes on this site...

"I played the PS2 when I was little"... gonk I saw that in the Gaming Discussion a while back. That post made me feel so old.

I would have to agree with you, Poe. But sometimes, it makes me feel proud to have been part of the early generations of gaming history. I'm saving my SNES for the day when I have my very own family and playing it with my children. Hopefully they don't grow up to become one of the douchebag ragequitting fools on the 360/PS3.