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'Older' (Physically) Players?

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Armtoe
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#81 - 2013-04-24 16:43:02 UTC
Well old is relative - I certainly dont feel all that old. On the other hand, I remember when pong was the hot game. The way I see it, everyone is entitled to their hobbies. Some folk play golf, others fish. I play eve (and fish in the season). No matter what your hobby there are folk who become obsessive, letting it take over their lives to the exclusion of other things, which of course does not make for a healthy well rounded individual. As long as your hobby doesnt take over your life to the exclusion of your family and work obligations then there is nothing wrong with having a little down time and fun.
GreenSeed
#82 - 2013-04-24 16:53:33 UTC
eve is not a game, its a hobby.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#83 - 2013-04-24 21:28:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Manny Moons wrote:
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
... I got my first computer at the age of 11 ...

See, you're not all that old. At 11, I was still breathing the outdoor air, riding my bike, playing baseball. There was only one company in town big enough to even have a computer, and it was in a big glass room next to a soundproof room full of keypunch girls.

When I was 21 and in the Navy, I traded a 10-speed Schwinn (back when both terms meant something) for an almost-new TRS-80 Model I Level I 4k with cassette player. My favorite program was the T-Bug debugger. I went through all the upgrades - to Level II 16k, expansion interface 48k, disk drive, RS-232 and modem, Orchestra-80 synthesizer. Then I made the switch to Heathkit and CP/M. H-8, H-89, a combination 8" floppy, 8" 5MB (yes megabyte) hard drive. That phase lasted until the IBM clones came out.

I miss the days when you could actually understand the parts in a computer, and the programs that run on it. Software that was often written by just one guy. Writing code that seemed useful at the time. I miss the ability to concentrate on a problem all night long on pizza and caffeine, and still function the next day. I miss being the guy doing the work instead of the guy managing the guys doing the work. But I don't think I'd want to trade places with an 11 year old today.

Damn you old P I wasn't far behind you though, TRS-80 was around about '77. Got my first in '82, a ZX-81 , used my birthday money and Xmas money to pay for it, I was still outside, sucking at football (soccer for you furriners), excelling at rugby, wrecking my bikes on jumps and forest track, thinking girls were icky etc.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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#84 - 2013-04-24 22:26:08 UTC
No - you are not.

I am in a nearly identical situation as you plus I just started having an affair.

It's hard to find time to play, and when you do play, you need to accomplish as much as you can as soon as possible.

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