Old guys.....

[AlwaysUp]

I was wondering if there are any "OLD GUYS" out there that successfully compete with these youngsters in gaming. By competeing, I mean "ever win at" it with them. I play Starcraft the Expansion set with my son who thoroughly trounces me but in order to keep me playing lays off untill I can at least defend what pitifully little I have amassed by the time our agreed upon time to begin attacking one another. I also tried to go out and get better on BattleNet, but even the newbie's take one look at my stats and blanch at the thought of having to ally with a old dolt like me. I am very competitive but do not jump out when the going get rough. I do not blame them though....I truely do suck! Does anybody have suggestions to get at least a little better?

[Streams]

Practice makes perfect

[homer15]

well, compared to my little brother i'm old, and i'm sorry to say he whoops on me every time we play any of the half-life family.
but as far as "old guys" go, my dad (40, no that old) successfully competes with my brothers and i in a few games. by "competes," i mean he doesn't lose too terribly. we mostly play first person shooter games. he tried playing age of empires with me, but i don't think it was fast paced enough to keep his interest. sort of makes me wonder where i got my short attention span from.
he never fails to beat me in monopoly, though! he's always the banker, so i'm sort of suspiscious of that.

[wedor]

My kids got me into game years back when they had Nintendo, they couldn't beat Double Dragon so they handed me the controller, took a bit but I was the only one to beat the game. Then my daughter was dying to get the game Ghengis Kahn, she played it for a while and couldn't figure it out, so once again it was "here dad, you do it", that started my long time strategy game addiction. I can't play Mario to save my life but I can easily build and maintain a better D2 character than my son, when he comes over I am always giving him better equipment than he has, I don't think he has ever gotten a character to Patriarch/Matriarch status, I have several.

[Jenni]

My dad whipped my butt every time we played Warcraft 2. He won about 75% of the time, and I suspect he was taking it easy the rest of the time, lol.

I play Counter-Strike, and it's funny because I'm 29 and female, so if I say anything, the kids are always like "how old are you?" or "that's a girl", lol. O well.

[Blakhart]

37 here and I have been booted from servers not for bad lang or behaviour but for using my nugget and setting up D that they didn't like. Most of the players are teens, far as I can tell. Oh well, I run my server my way, far be it from me to tell anyone how to run theirs.

[wolfie]

40+ here. you just have to practice practice practice practice.
but my problem is if i do get stuck on a game for days i never see that game again. i like playing rpg games

wolfie

[Blakhart]

But
Wolfie feels a strong urge to play a very specific FPS game..........
He will soon be staying up till 3 or 4 am......... and not notice.
he he

[Blankman]

Almost 35 and tore up some yungins a little over a month ago and I'm getting ready for another one in a couple weeks

[cobra]

30 and fraggin' anything in my path

[smokealotapotimus]

Ill point you in the direction of a map-hack if you want a 'lil help.

[AndyM]

45 here. But most of the time I'm a little embarassed to admit that I still have that much kid in me. Oh, what the heck, I just did.

[grampedstl]

60+ and never did get into the game thing...Low tolerance level...If I tried I would most likely throw mouse through the monitor screen!

[Blakhart]

Gramps, you need to jump in and tear ass!
I wonder why folks even have computers if they do not game.
Seems to me such a waste.
Oh well

[AlwaysUp]

smokealotapotimus, whew....what a screename! Anyway, that is my problem, when playing my son, I can never accept the cheats he wants to slip in (mostly for me) as I am really old fashioned about "level playing field" and "play by the rules" kind of thinking. Anyway there aren't any cheats out on the BattleNet so I can't see practicing with any hand holding so to speak. Did any of what I just said make any sense?

[Briab Guy]

48 and I lose more often then not to ppl (kids) 20 and younger.
I dont have the luxury of playing a game for 5hrs a day, its not fair I tell ya.
Tell me this " have they ever been in a 327 SS (super sport)
and got tire in 3 gears? huh, yea tell me THAT?
god, I've got to slow down the coffe and gameing all nite! :-)

[homer15]

Originally posted by Briab Guy Tell me this " have they ever been in a 327 SS (super sport) and got tire in 3 gears? huh, yea tell me THAT?

yes i have, and that beats any gaming experience out there. not all of today's youth (like me for example) get to play games for 5 hours a day... or if they do, they are sort of pale. the few like me that are naturally gifted and whoopin on people don't need the long practice hours.

[Prew]

Not sure- don't know how old the people are that I am playing against.

[alan]

At 36, I find games like CS to be completely overwhelming my skills. I cannot react as fast as most of the young punks. The easiest solution I find is to spend more money on my PC and out duel them with technology. I can easily spend $300 on a video card at the drop of a hat that I don't think any of those youngsters can afford. I find that during the brief month or 2 that I am on the cutting edge, I can play evenly. After they catch up it's back to the bottom of the scores.

[TimPoet]

Originally posted by Jenni I play Counter-Strike, and it's funny because I'm 29 and female, so if I say anything, the kids are always like "how old are you?" or "that's a girl", lol. O well.

Jenni, what servers do you usually play on, if you have any regulars. Wanna team up sometimes? I could use some pointers.

Tim