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Post by Admin Pete on Aug 10, 2022 23:10:21 GMT -5
Surrounded by some really old far...er I mean seasoned fellow adventurers here ;-) I'll be 55 this Sept by-the-way. This forum skews a lot older than other forums by a wide margin.
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Post by simrion on Aug 11, 2022 5:17:14 GMT -5
Surrounded by some really old far...er I mean seasoned fellow adventurers here ;-) I'll be 55 this Sept by-the-way. This forum skews a lot older than other forums by a wide margin. Like others I really appreciate the access and camaraderie with the members here that were gaming at the beginning of our wonderful hobby. Thank you all for sharing your impressions and insights on the original rules and their development!
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Kujik
Traveler
Posts: 208
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Post by Kujik on Aug 15, 2022 19:30:04 GMT -5
71 will be 72 this year
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Post by The Man From Coventry on Aug 17, 2022 16:44:59 GMT -5
71
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Post by The Master on Aug 17, 2022 17:27:38 GMT -5
I re-voted since I am two years older now.
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Post by Warrior Twin One on Sept 14, 2022 17:52:58 GMT -5
Almost up to 100 votes.
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Post by borewin on Oct 7, 2022 14:51:20 GMT -5
I am 72 and following the link, I see that both forums now have 97 votes on this poll.
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The Legend
Wanderer
The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Posts: 46
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Post by The Legend on Oct 8, 2022 1:49:15 GMT -5
61
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Post by nobody on Oct 11, 2022 0:06:47 GMT -5
62
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Post by Snuffy Smith on Oct 12, 2022 18:41:00 GMT -5
61 years young
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Post by Vladimir, The Dark Prince on Oct 12, 2022 23:02:49 GMT -5
66 all day long
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Post by boarspear on Oct 12, 2022 23:31:25 GMT -5
I am also 66.
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Post by mao on Oct 13, 2022 14:19:24 GMT -5
I am 62 but I dress like a teen. I have 4 Black Panther Ts(BEFORE the movie)
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Post by mao on Oct 13, 2022 14:20:33 GMT -5
I am 19 and I just lurk and listen. Go ahead, we would love to hear from a teen(honest) POST
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Post by The Myth The Mystery on Oct 17, 2022 18:12:39 GMT -5
73 and my bones are tired.
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Post by Survivor Girl on Oct 17, 2022 18:45:28 GMT -5
Under 20
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Post by Bad to the Bone on Oct 23, 2022 22:46:59 GMT -5
69
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Post by shooter on Oct 29, 2022 11:59:16 GMT -5
62
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Becq
Wanderer
Posts: 33
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Post by Becq on Oct 29, 2022 12:46:56 GMT -5
I'm 74.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Nov 2, 2022 22:55:03 GMT -5
Based on the first 107 votes, we are:
42 members or 39.3% 60 or under.
30 members or 28.0% between 61-70
28 members or 26.2% between 71-80
7 members or 6.54% 81 or older
65 members or 60.7% 61 or older
This makes us the oldest forum demographically of any of the old school forums. That also means that over the next 10 to 20 years we are likely to lose 35 members or 32.7% of the membership to old age. And possibly a good chunk of the 30 members or 28% between 61-70.
As a group we are considerably older than the other forums in our niche of the hobby.
The similar poll by odd74 had 97 votes and as a contrast they had 1 person between 71-80 and 2 between 61-70, so that means that all but three of their members (at least among those in the poll) were 12 or younger when OD&D was published.
61 and older is 3.1% of their membership and 60.7% of our membership. We out number them by 65 to 3.
And we have more under 20 than they do by 7 to 1 and more in the 21-30 group by 5-4.
They outnumber us in the 31-40 range by 19-7 and in the 41-50 range by 33-9 and in the 51-60 range by 37-14.
In my opinion if the entire membership of both forums were polled our average age would still be quite a bit higher than theirs and that effects the culture and outlook of the forums by how the age groups are skewed.
Our forum is dominated by those who played OD&D between 1974-1976 and their forum is dominated by those who played later versions of D&D and discovered OD&D after playing a newer version first (mostly post 1980 - AD&D or Holmes, B/X, BECMI, RC, 2nd Ed AD&D and 3E).
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