POLL: Player's Ages, Homebases - Page 11

ryu · 01-08-2002, 07:20 PM

i greet you all;
i am 23yrs old student from lithuania; wiz8 devours all my spare time (hope it doesnt affect on my studies), but it is very nice expierence;
i started playing v games short while ago (mostly because did not have own machine), but for some time played only fps's (shooters), ie quake2 ctf; it attracted me very much b/c smoothed teamwork makes all stars shine :]
then i played diablo, fallout, and !- M&M7, and here it goes - wiz8 ..it was something very different and exciting;
now i look into statistics of this forum and start looking white hair on my head.. am i getting old?
i believe im not, just like most of you; i am glad i like same genre like enthusiastic and devoted to crpg people do;
i am honoured;

Verdant · 01-08-2002, 07:20 PM

I'm Verdant, aged 28 years. Though originally from elsewhere, I am now living in Denver with my significamt other and two cats. I started playing computer RPG's with the Bard's Tale and Might and Magic series for the C-64. They went by the wayside for a looong time.

I became re-acquainted with genre 3 years ago thanks to Black Isle/Bioware Games (PS: Torment is an exceptional game) and was suprised to learn that a sequal to Wizardry 7 was in development. I had forgotten about it until I downloaded the demo immediately fell into the game's thrall. It more than lives up to the legacy of Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. In fact, it reminds me how much I liked stat-driven, old-school style rpg's. What more could you ask for from a game than nostalgia of the old and anstonishment at the new?

v

DraconisRex · 01-08-2002, 08:16 PM

Draconis Rex. Married. Wife is a doctor doeing medical/biologocial researcher doing basic research on WNT pathways. I'm boring, though very well educated as well.

I'd write more, but the youngest want's to play PBS Kids. She otherwise doesn't care for the computer.

Oh yeah, I'm 41.

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: DraconisRex ]

Nix · 01-09-2002, 05:12 AM

Hello everyone, my name is Ed, I'm 44 years, married with 3 kids, a couple of turtles and lovebirds, and a bunch of Japanese Koi. I'm a Filipino living in Manila, which makes me one of the few Asians here.

Loved crpgs since Zork in '81(?) --- one of my biggest regrets in life is not finishing the game after spending so many sleepless nights drawing maps and trying to figure out the puzzles (got stumped by one puzzle). Set aside gaming for a looong time 'til I picked up Heroes of Might & Magic on a whim. Liked it though it was a strategy game, so I thought I'd try the sister product, Might & Magic VI --- and that was like coming home! Since then, I've been constantly on the lookout for that next RPG. Played all the MM series since MMVI, BG1 and 2, IWD, Torment, W&W, Vampire and Anachronox. The last 3 I picked up to pass the time until Wizardry 8 came out. Didn't really expect much out of them, but was surprised that I immensely enjoyed Vampire and Anachronox and was actually a bit disappointed by Wizards & Warriors.

I love Wiz8 and have only one complaint: combat mode is kinda slow, and there's no easy way to disengage except to get out of range. I wish they'd just adopted or improved on the MM system which was way simpler and faster, and was seamlessly integrated into the "explore" mode.

I speak for my son Kevin too, who's 13 yrs. and spends way too much time on MY pc playing MY copy of Wizardry8 (**grumble**). So I guess our average age is 28 years, definitely on the young side

Achmed · 01-09-2002, 09:34 AM

Hi! My name is Reggie and I'm a 46 year old gamer from way back (but not much farther back than most of you, hehe). I got my start back in high school reading Fantasy and Sci-Fi and playing D&D. My first crpg love was a text based program a friend of mine in college wrote way back in the early 80s. I have three children (all teens), two of whom also enjoy crpg, and my lovely wife, who thinks we are all insane and stay up way to late. I sometimes can be found on the Nilgiri MUD as SIKIS, which besides being a palendrome, is the Navaho word for friend.

I am enjoying the Wizardry 8 rpg and if anyone reads this far into this thread i'll be very surprised.

MaraJade · 01-09-2002, 01:21 PM

Thanks Moni for starting this thread. I always thought I was the oldest RPG player ever, so I rarely posted, lol. Well, I'm Marianne (but you can all call me Mara), and I'm 43. I live in Northern Virginia and work as a technical writer for a company that deals with secure computer communication.

I've been playing RPGs forever, but this is my first Wizardry game. I am a huge Baldurs Gate fan, loved the idea of PoR (even finished it with all the bugs in it), and got this game for Christmas. My guy went into EB and asked for "a game for someone who likes to be a magic user" .

I had a very hard time getting used to the first player view, but now I really like it. Actually I really am getting addicted to the game, lol. Bad thing, since I also just went back to school for a BS in IT(online, fulltime).

Anyway, this is about enough about me. I hope you can all forgive me the sometimes probably silly questions I'm asking. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Marianne

01-10-2002, 12:55 AM

It's great to see all these new replies!
So many players, so little time away from my game!

SilverFox, Nice to have you here! If I could spell it (OK if I could remember how to even pronounce it, I'd tell you hello in Russian, but that info seems to have gotten shoved aside for, well, probably my name LOL! Welcome to Ironworks! I hope you enjoy the time you spend here.

ratchild, one of our resident Youngins' lol I love your sig!

ryu ...Condition yourself at once to getting away from the game to study! I had to cram hard & fast for my final exams last month LOL!

Nix ,
I agree with you about combat...see, if you were female, you could do like me and do your nails while waiting your turn LOL

Achmed (Reggie) [img]smile.gif[/img]
I read your whole post, so there [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I read them all, so any of you revisiting this thread, please don't feel ignored because I haven't posted a personal reply to you...I've "met" everyone who has posted in this thread but I'm as wrapped up in the game as the rest of you and have neglected my thread duties because most of my time away from the game goes to keeping the house and animals together. [img]smile.gif[/img] Please forgive me!

Mara,
You are very welcome and Welcome to the World of Wizardry! I am glad you are enjoying it! It has always been on the top of my list for RPG fun.

Ask all you need to, this is a great gaming community and you'll no doubt, get a kind and helpful answer.

Glycerine · 01-10-2002, 08:54 AM

My name is Brian, I'm 27, and I live in Indiana. I currently work as a Network Analyst for the local DaimlerChrysler plant. I have a 5 year old daughter named Miranda, as well twin 3 year old daughters named Morgan and Megan.

Pool of Radiance was probably my first CRPG. I've pretty much been hooked ever since. Some of my personal favorite have to include all of the gold box games, Eye I and II, all the Ultima games save IX, Final Fantasy VII and currently playing X, all of the Infinity engine games (BG, BG2, IWD, PS:T), and of course the amazing Wizardry 8.

Glycerine

Jon Smallberries · 01-10-2002, 09:00 AM

Greetings, Jon Smallberries here (also known as Danger Dude on various FPS forums, and Szechuan Llama when fighting for the Inner Sphere in the Mechwarrior series games - cripes, I'm practically schizophrenic....)

33 (34 in 2 weeks!), married, first child on the way (also in 2 weeks!), one big 100+ lbs dog rescued from the Humane Society.

1st CRPG was Hack - if you know what that is, you are definitely old skool! Have played all of the Might and Magic series, Wiz8 is my first in the Wizardry series. Liking it so far, despite the fact that my level 6 party had it collective a** handed to it on the road to Arnika last night. Damn plants, who's got the "Roundup"?

elkston · 01-10-2002, 07:37 PM

Hey John,

Can you tell me where Yaya and BigBoote are? Also, when are we
going to planet 10??

I hope you've checked out the new DVD!!!

quote:
Originally posted by Jon Smallberries:
Greetings, Jon Smallberries here (also known as Danger Dude on various FPS forums, and Szechuan Llama when fighting for the Inner Sphere in the Mechwarrior series games - cripes, I'm practically schizophrenic....)

33 (34 in 2 weeks!), married, first child on the way (also in 2 weeks!), one big 100+ lbs dog rescued from the Humane Society.

1st CRPG was Hack - if you know what that is, you are definitely old skool! Have played all of the Might and Magic series, Wiz8 is my first in the Wizardry series. Liking it so far, despite the fact that my level 6 party had it collective a** handed to it on the road to Arnika last night. Damn plants, who's got the "Roundup"?

01-08-2002, 07:20 PM	#101
ryu Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 6, 2002 Location: Lithuania Posts: 39	i greet you all; i am 23yrs old student from lithuania; wiz8 devours all my spare time (hope it doesnt affect on my studies), but it is very nice expierence; i started playing v games short while ago (mostly because did not have own machine), but for some time played only fps's (shooters), ie quake2 ctf; it attracted me very much b/c smoothed teamwork makes all stars shine :] then i played diablo, fallout, and !- M&M7, and here it goes - wiz8 ..it was something very different and exciting; now i look into statistics of this forum and start looking white hair on my head.. am i getting old? i believe im not, just like most of you; i am glad i like same genre like enthusiastic and devoted to crpg people do; i am honoured; __________________ SACRIFICIA NOS MVRAS CONCENTRAT

01-08-2002, 07:20 PM	#102
Verdant Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 8, 2002 Location: North America Posts: 18	I'm Verdant, aged 28 years. Though originally from elsewhere, I am now living in Denver with my significamt other and two cats. I started playing computer RPG's with the Bard's Tale and Might and Magic series for the C-64. They went by the wayside for a looong time. I became re-acquainted with genre 3 years ago thanks to Black Isle/Bioware Games (PS: Torment is an exceptional game) and was suprised to learn that a sequal to Wizardry 7 was in development. I had forgotten about it until I downloaded the demo immediately fell into the game's thrall. It more than lives up to the legacy of Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. In fact, it reminds me how much I liked stat-driven, old-school style rpg's. What more could you ask for from a game than nostalgia of the old and anstonishment at the new? v __________________ We had quiters in the American Revolution. We called them Kentuckians.

01-08-2002, 08:16 PM	#103
DraconisRex Avatar Join Date: January 4, 2002 Location: On my rear-end. Posts: 563	Draconis Rex. Married. Wife is a doctor doeing medical/biologocial researcher doing basic research on WNT pathways. I'm boring, though very well educated as well. I'd write more, but the youngest want's to play PBS Kids. She otherwise doesn't care for the computer. Oh yeah, I'm 41. [ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: DraconisRex ] __________________ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?<br /><br />Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.<br /><br />Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!

01-09-2002, 09:34 AM	#105
Achmed Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: December 11, 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 17	Hi! My name is Reggie and I'm a 46 year old gamer from way back (but not much farther back than most of you, hehe). I got my start back in high school reading Fantasy and Sci-Fi and playing D&D. My first crpg love was a text based program a friend of mine in college wrote way back in the early 80s. I have three children (all teens), two of whom also enjoy crpg, and my lovely wife, who thinks we are all insane and stay up way to late. I sometimes can be found on the Nilgiri MUD as SIKIS, which besides being a palendrome, is the Navaho word for friend. I am enjoying the Wizardry 8 rpg and if anyone reads this far into this thread i'll be very surprised. __________________ It\'s 106 miles to Chicago. We\'ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it\'s dark, and we\'re wearing sunglasses....

01-10-2002, 07:37 PM	#110
elkston Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: December 11, 2001 Location: North Carolina Posts: 28	Hey John, Can you tell me where Yaya and BigBoote are? Also, when are we going to planet 10?? I hope you've checked out the new DVD!!! quote: Originally posted by Jon Smallberries: Greetings, Jon Smallberries here (also known as Danger Dude on various FPS forums, and Szechuan Llama when fighting for the Inner Sphere in the Mechwarrior series games - cripes, I'm practically schizophrenic....) 33 (34 in 2 weeks!), married, first child on the way (also in 2 weeks!), one big 100+ lbs dog rescued from the Humane Society. 1st CRPG was Hack - if you know what that is, you are definitely old skool! Have played all of the Might and Magic series, Wiz8 is my first in the Wizardry series. Liking it so far, despite the fact that my level 6 party had it collective a** handed to it on the road to Arnika last night. Damn plants, who's got the "Roundup"? __________________ \"If you understood everything that I said, you\'d be me.\" - Miles Davis

01-09-2002, 05:12 AM	#104
Nix The Magister Join Date: October 23, 2001 Location: Philippines Posts: 104	Hello everyone, my name is Ed, I'm 44 years, married with 3 kids, a couple of turtles and lovebirds, and a bunch of Japanese Koi. I'm a Filipino living in Manila, which makes me one of the few Asians here. Loved crpgs since Zork in '81(?) --- one of my biggest regrets in life is not finishing the game after spending so many sleepless nights drawing maps and trying to figure out the puzzles (got stumped by one puzzle). Set aside gaming for a looong time 'til I picked up Heroes of Might & Magic on a whim. Liked it though it was a strategy game, so I thought I'd try the sister product, Might & Magic VI --- and that was like coming home! Since then, I've been constantly on the lookout for that next RPG. Played all the MM series since MMVI, BG1 and 2, IWD, Torment, W&W, Vampire and Anachronox. The last 3 I picked up to pass the time until Wizardry 8 came out. Didn't really expect much out of them, but was surprised that I immensely enjoyed Vampire and Anachronox and was actually a bit disappointed by Wizards & Warriors. I love Wiz8 and have only one complaint: combat mode is kinda slow, and there's no easy way to disengage except to get out of range. I wish they'd just adopted or improved on the MM system which was way simpler and faster, and was seamlessly integrated into the "explore" mode. I speak for my son Kevin too, who's 13 yrs. and spends way too much time on MY pc playing MY copy of Wizardry8 (grumble). So I guess our average age is 28 years, definitely on the young side

01-09-2002, 01:21 PM	#106
MaraJade Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 3, 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 9	Thanks Moni for starting this thread. I always thought I was the oldest RPG player ever, so I rarely posted, lol. Well, I'm Marianne (but you can all call me Mara), and I'm 43. I live in Northern Virginia and work as a technical writer for a company that deals with secure computer communication. I've been playing RPGs forever, but this is my first Wizardry game. I am a huge Baldurs Gate fan, loved the idea of PoR (even finished it with all the bugs in it), and got this game for Christmas. My guy went into EB and asked for "a game for someone who likes to be a magic user" . I had a very hard time getting used to the first player view, but now I really like it. Actually I really am getting addicted to the game, lol. Bad thing, since I also just went back to school for a BS in IT(online, fulltime). Anyway, this is about enough about me. I hope you can all forgive me the sometimes probably silly questions I'm asking. [img]smile.gif[/img] Marianne

01-10-2002, 12:55 AM	#107
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	It's great to see all these new replies! So many players, so little time away from my game! SilverFox, Nice to have you here! If I could spell it (OK if I could remember how to even pronounce it, I'd tell you hello in Russian, but that info seems to have gotten shoved aside for, well, probably my name LOL! Welcome to Ironworks! I hope you enjoy the time you spend here. ratchild, one of our resident Youngins' lol I love your sig! ryu ...Condition yourself at once to getting away from the game to study! I had to cram hard & fast for my final exams last month LOL! Nix , I agree with you about combat...see, if you were female, you could do like me and do your nails while waiting your turn LOL Achmed (Reggie) [img]smile.gif[/img] I read your whole post, so there [img]tongue.gif[/img] I read them all, so any of you revisiting this thread, please don't feel ignored because I haven't posted a personal reply to you...I've "met" everyone who has posted in this thread but I'm as wrapped up in the game as the rest of you and have neglected my thread duties because most of my time away from the game goes to keeping the house and animals together. [img]smile.gif[/img] Please forgive me! Mara, You are very welcome and Welcome to the World of Wizardry! I am glad you are enjoying it! It has always been on the top of my list for RPG fun. Ask all you need to, this is a great gaming community and you'll no doubt, get a kind and helpful answer.

01-10-2002, 08:54 AM	#108
Glycerine Manshoon Join Date: April 4, 2001 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Posts: 150	My name is Brian, I'm 27, and I live in Indiana. I currently work as a Network Analyst for the local DaimlerChrysler plant. I have a 5 year old daughter named Miranda, as well twin 3 year old daughters named Morgan and Megan. Pool of Radiance was probably my first CRPG. I've pretty much been hooked ever since. Some of my personal favorite have to include all of the gold box games, Eye I and II, all the Ultima games save IX, Final Fantasy VII and currently playing X, all of the Infinity engine games (BG, BG2, IWD, PS:T), and of course the amazing Wizardry 8. Glycerine

01-10-2002, 09:00 AM	#109
Jon Smallberries Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 9, 2002 Location: Yo-Yo Dyne Industries Posts: 42	Greetings, Jon Smallberries here (also known as Danger Dude on various FPS forums, and Szechuan Llama when fighting for the Inner Sphere in the Mechwarrior series games - cripes, I'm practically schizophrenic....) 33 (34 in 2 weeks!), married, first child on the way (also in 2 weeks!), one big 100+ lbs dog rescued from the Humane Society. 1st CRPG was Hack - if you know what that is, you are definitely old skool! Have played all of the Might and Magic series, Wiz8 is my first in the Wizardry series. Liking it so far, despite the fact that my level 6 party had it collective a** handed to it on the road to Arnika last night. Damn plants, who's got the "Roundup"?

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