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What does it mean "oriented to old people"? Old people can play anything, they just have slower reflexes. Silver Snipers are 60-80 years old and play Counter St
by padthai 8y ago
What does it mean "oriented to old people"? Old people can play anything, they just have slower reflexes. Silver Snipers are 60-80 years old and play Counter Strike:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/20/16800924/silver-snipers-senior-counter-strike-team https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/20/16800924/silver-snipers-...
- matte_black 8y agoWhen I was a teenager playing Starcraft, I learned that one of the guys who regularly played with us was in his 50s. At the time it seemed weird anyone that old would be able to keep up in this game, or even know what it's about.
- sweetbacon 8y agoI find lots of players in Overwatch are surprised to find I'm 46 with an above average SR whenever it comes up. Though I typically don't snipe, I seem to still have some twitch reflexes left!
- vanderZwan 8y agoArguably there might be culturally/socially more appealing topics and associated gameplay for different generations.
- wodenokoto 8y agoOne of the things she mentions in the interview with Tim Cook, at the bottom of the article, is that many old people have trouble swiping on their phone, so she wanted the game to be playable through only tapping the phone.
- brianpan 8y agoIt means there's nothing about being woke, backpack kid, or Nirvana. The games do feature songs from Barbra Streisand, mornings walks, and coffee from McDonalds.