I am 47 (soon to be 48). My first MMORPG was also Ultima Online, but I did not stay with it very long. I was lured away by the flashy 3D graphics of Everquest and then on to Dark Age of Camelot, which still remains my first great love of MMORPGs.
My first PC (if you could call it that) was an old Commodore 64 I got back in 1982 as a teen-ager and I have been working in IT and playing on computers ever since.
Thanks.
It’s as I have always said,
“You can get more results with a kind word and a big stick,
than you can with merely a kind word.”
Nice to see people enjoying a game with this type of combat/pvp into their 60’s. I hope I am lucky enough to be able to do that for the next ~40 years. Keep on keeping on fellas!
I am 62, and first played MMOs with Ultima online in 1997. I’ve been writing software since 1981.
I play sPvP exclusively. I enjoy it. Keeps the reflexes and muscle memory in better shape. And the brain connections.
Who is older?
26, Ultima Online 1997 – 2001, DAoC 2001-2003, Shadowbane 2003 – 2004, WoW 2004/City of Heroes/Lineage 2… GW1… The list continues.
Ultima Online was one of the best games ever… Until they started adding all the Eastern Influences to it. Once they turned to Trammel, added the Pet Bonding system, the insurance system, etc, it ruined it. Good times… Baja was my home server until Trammel, then Siege Perilous (pvp only server, 1 character per account). I repeat, Good times…
I’ll be turning 32 soon, which probably makes me the oldest of the upper tier players, or near it. Don’t have quite the same lightning reflexes or sharp awareness as I had 10 years ago, but still keeping up!
I am 62, and first played MMOs with Ultima online in 1997. I’ve been writing software since 1981.
I play sPvP exclusively. I enjoy it. Keeps the reflexes and muscle memory in better shape. And the brain connections.
Who is older?
26, Ultima Online 1997 – 2001, DAoC 2001-2003, Shadowbane 2003 – 2004, WoW 2004/City of Heroes/Lineage 2… GW1… The list continues.
Ultima Online was one of the best games ever… Until they started adding all the Eastern Influences to it. Once they turned to Trammel, added the Pet Bonding system, the insurance system, etc, it ruined it. Good times… Baja was my home server until Trammel, then Siege Perilous (pvp only server, 1 character per account). I repeat, Good times…
You started playing Ultima Online when you were only 9 years old?
It’s as I have always said,
“You can get more results with a kind word and a big stick,
than you can with merely a kind word.”
I’m 36. I’d be interested in how many of the 40+ crowd played on MUD’s and BBS games back in the 80’s and 90’s. Those were the first online games that I can think of.
I am 62, and first played MMOs with Ultima online in 1997. I’ve been writing software since 1981.
I play sPvP exclusively. I enjoy it. Keeps the reflexes and muscle memory in better shape. And the brain connections.
Who is older?
i’m born in 1981 !!!
er that makes me 33 this year.
my first real mmo would be guild wars 1 back in year 2005 since back then all others require a monthly fee. at that time, those free to play ones are not really good enough unlike nowadays various free to play games.
i enjoy gw2 sPvP but nowadays i only play warrior casually in hotjoin. usually 3 games per day to settle the dallies then i wait for the next day while i figure out what other games to play while looking forward to the next day, and the next living story episode.
I’m 36. I’d be interested in how many of the 40+ crowd played on MUD’s and BBS games back in the 80’s and 90’s. Those were the first online games that I can think of.
Yes, my Commodore 64 came with links for AoL (then called Quantum Link) and CompuServe and they had some MuDs available. The only one I really messed around with was Neverwinter Nights on AoL though as it was a graphical MuD. Time-sharing online at the time was a bit expensive and as a student I really only thought it worthwhile due to the fact that Neverwinter Nights had graphics to it.
I did play a lot of single-player text-based RPG games prior though. I always wanted to mess around with some of the MuDs and links that came with my Commodore 64, but back in the eighties it was pricey as you had to pay for your access by the hour.
Thanks.
It’s as I have always said,
“You can get more results with a kind word and a big stick,
than you can with merely a kind word.”
I’ll turn 31 in two months. My first computer-y game was Castle Adventure (released in 1984) and it is confirmed, I’ve always been terribad at them! I’m not too shabby at console games and would often beat my brothers and step dad at F-Zero. Guild Wars 2 is my first MMO, which I’ve played for a bit over a year now. I started out exploring the maps and discovering waypoints to level up. I liked the challenge of trying to escape death as a super-under-level character. I got into WvW after beating Liadri last year. She helped me learn that it was important that actually pay attention to stats/gear! And she opened my eyes to another fun aspect of this game – not trying to best NPC’s, but actual people. I did WvW for a bit and focused on solo roaming and duels. I got into PvP (and streaming) about four months ago. It almost requires you to give up being a clicker. I stopped clicking (and keyboard turning) about two months ago. The combat in this game is fun, but I dislike the ascended armor (crafting, ugh) in WvW and certain bugs here and there, but streaming got me into other games. So, I can jump to a different game for a change. Pretty cool to hear from the elder players.
