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I thought the headline was amusing until I realized that I'm only a little more than a decade away from being a sexagenarian who will probably still be playing

I thought the headline was amusing until I realized that I'm only a little more than a decade away from being a sexagenarian who will probably still be playing Street Fighter.

hkmurakami 9y ago
Are you one of those crazy oldschhol ST players?
- slantyyz 9y ago
  Nah. For some reason, I just couldn't get into SFII back in the day. I didn't really start playing SF until Alpha came out. Like a lot of other people, I took a break from video games for a few years, but my interest in SF (and fighting games in general) was revived after seeing EVO Moment #37.
  - hkmurakami 9y ago
    Oh Moment #37 ;) Still my fighting game of choice to this day.
KSS42 9y ago
Me too. I've been playing CS on and off since it came out. But Netrek is still my favourite multi-player team game.
mikestew 9y ago
I didn’t find amusing at all, being less than a decade away myself, and having come off a Call of Duty session last night where I’m sure I was in the top half seventy percent of the time. I might be old, but cunning, patience, and strategy can still frag yer ass. :-) Now at an e-sports level? Frankly I can’t judge as games haven’t been something I put effort into, but I imagine it’s like anything else where there are few outliers, but mostly dominated by younger players. I know I m just not as quick to juggle the multiple things that need tracking, all while trying to line up that headshot. Not crippling by any means, but noticeable. On a “fun on a Friday night” level it doesn’t make much difference, my K/D is about the same as it always was. But once in a while I’ll go up against an organized team and where previously I could help keep it respectable, now we just get run over if the randoms on my team aren’t any good. In summary, I’m still a pretty good casual player, but I’m not the strong player on any arbitrary team anymore.

I thought the headline was amusing until I realized that I'm only a little more than a decade away from being a sexagenarian who will probably still be playing Street Fighter.

hkmurakami 9y ago

Are you one of those crazy oldschhol ST players?

slantyyz 9y ago
Nah. For some reason, I just couldn't get into SFII back in the day. I didn't really start playing SF until Alpha came out. Like a lot of other people, I took a break from video games for a few years, but my interest in SF (and fighting games in general) was revived after seeing EVO Moment #37.
- hkmurakami 9y ago
  Oh Moment #37 ;) Still my fighting game of choice to this day.

KSS42 9y ago

Me too. I've been playing CS on and off since it came out. But Netrek is still my favourite multi-player team game.

mikestew 9y ago

I didn’t find amusing at all, being less than a decade away myself, and having come off a Call of Duty session last night where I’m sure I was in the top half seventy percent of the time. I might be old, but cunning, patience, and strategy can still frag yer ass. :-) Now at an e-sports level? Frankly I can’t judge as games haven’t been something I put effort into, but I imagine it’s like anything else where there are few outliers, but mostly dominated by younger players. I know I m just not as quick to juggle the multiple things that need tracking, all while trying to line up that headshot. Not crippling by any means, but noticeable. On a “fun on a Friday night” level it doesn’t make much difference, my K/D is about the same as it always was. But once in a while I’ll go up against an organized team and where previously I could help keep it respectable, now we just get run over if the randoms on my team aren’t any good. In summary, I’m still a pretty good casual player, but I’m not the strong player on any arbitrary team anymore.