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Age of Attendees?

RaymanRayman Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in PAX Archive
Ok, I have a general idea that this will be a typical 18-27 year old male dominated gathering but I was wondering how many people are outside that genre. I am a 38 year old dad/gamer and I am taking my son/gamer (17) and daughter/gamer (12). I was having a REALLY hard time trying to figure out what our summer vacation could be that would be fun for all three of us since we have three different age groups and when I was reminded of PAX(by listeing AGAIN to Wil Wheatons PAX address) it clicked. So just curious if I will be the token old guy(as my kids are so fond of calling me) or if others will be around. August can't get here soon enough.

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  • BigRedBigRed Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    There will be quite a few older people around, so you wont be the token old guy :P

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    25 here (omg ancient!)

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  • MaoChanMaoChan Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    HotSake wrote: »
    25 here (omg ancient!)

    Welcome oh wizened one to the mythical clan of the 25 year olds!

    Me and my 2 friends coming are all 25, really how else can you afford to gallivant across the countryside to PAX unless you got a real job, or very generous parents.

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  • CaptainTapoleCaptainTapole Awesome in the Possum - Yee-Haw! Northern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    23 here
    And the Boyfriend is 26.

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  • Queen BrewerQueen Brewer Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I was 15 at PAX last year and had no problems with my age. I enjoyed the panels and playing all the games of course, and felt fine hanging out in line with people much older who included me in their DS games.

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  • DorkaliciousDorkalicious Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm 25 and my boyfriend is in his 30's.

    As someone said, how else could we afford to go cross country without a real job :)

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  • goob333goob333 Registered User new member
    edited June 2008
    Coming from Colorado to meet a friend from Seattle, we are both in our 30's. Hoping to see a wide range of gamers there!

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  • slacktronslacktron Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'll hit 39 by the time PAX rolls around. Two of my friends are going, too. Aged 38 and 42 respectively.

    Don't worry, you're in good company.

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  • Qs23Qs23 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Dorkalicious wrote: »
    I'm 25 and my boyfriend is in his 30's.

    As someone said, how else could we afford to go cross country without a real job :)

    I work at a public radio station and I'm doing the CCST...

    (24 by the time PAX rolls around btw)

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  • WifflebatWifflebat Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm 28 which I guess puts me out of the specified demo by a bit, but whatever, PAX is hardly exclusionary.

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  • TransparentTransparent Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm 28 too, I didn't feel too old.

    Just don't be that old guy who told us to keep it down in the classic console room when a random group of us started actually having a good time playing this crappy Nintendo game. I guess he didn't want to be bothered while he played Street Fighter 2 by himself.

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  • LigerLiger Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    There are girls at PAX, too. ;) You and your kids should fit in just fine.

    If your daughter was older (read: of the dating age) I would tell you to teach her how to deflect the more flirtatious nerds but you shouldn't have any problem.

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  • TransparentTransparent Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Whether you have issues with a 12 year old at the event depends on what kind of parent you are. Last year's keynote started with "My name's Will Wheaton, and Jack Thompson can suck my balls." Jerry and Mike also like to announce their new favorite explative every year...

    Depending on your standards language is the only area I think people might get out of line.

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  • BrennaCeDriaBrennaCeDria Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm a 25 year old chick, and my husband's 28.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    21 here, but yeah, one of the coolest kids I met last year in line couldn't have been older than 14.

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  • redhaloredhalo Also a Professional Alcoholic Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    slacktron wrote: »
    I'll hit 39 by the time PAX rolls around. Two of my friends are going, too. Aged 38 and 42 respectively.

    Don't worry, you're in good company.

    There is something awesome with the idea that the oldest guy in the thread has a nethack sig/avatar combo. Like you're a historical record keeper to long lost games of yore.

    26 myself.

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  • AtomicFreakAtomicFreak Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    31 here.

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  • Oz K. FodrotskiOz K. Fodrotski Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    22, girlfriend (who oft lurks around here) 20.

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  • The Angry CeltThe Angry Celt Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    this one is 21.

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  • neurosliceneuroslice Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm 23!

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  • BrokenAngelBrokenAngel Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    29 and female both, unless you believe the rumor that Liger, Cyn and the rest of us girls are all the same 47 year old guy from NJ since there are no girls on the internet.

    Which is a TOTAL lie...

    >.>

    <.<

    Really....

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  • The_ReflectionThe_Reflection Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    22 right here

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  • SnickersSnickers Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I be 23. Arrr!

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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm a twenty year old guy, and I'm going to be coming with two other guy friends, one twenty, one twenty-three.

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm 15, and both parents are insisting on coming. They don't think it's fair for one of them to have to stay home. :P

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  • AstayonixAstayonix Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hell, when my kid is 15, I'm going to come with her to PAX! I'm 26 right now, so ...I'll be old..er.. *damn kids and their rock music*

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    Don't be calling that shit those kids listen to rock music. If those kids knew what rock music was, we wouldn't be having all these problems.

    I'm 25, physically, 55 mentally.

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  • SnickersSnickers Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    Don't be calling that shit those kids listen to rock music. If those kids knew what rock music was, we wouldn't be having all these problems.

    And here I thought I was the only one who thought so!

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  • RaymanRayman Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You know what? My kids and I are reading these forums because we are soooo geeked to be able to hang and do something together in a city we have never visited. After seeing these responses we are going to have a 'totally rad time'..sorry, old guy saying. Our 'first' experience of PAX was listening to Wil doing last years keynote and since then we have bought his books and had him sign them in person in L.A. So basically I am saying my kids are well adjusted(cool) and they know what is going on(hip) and I look forward to seeing you all there because my sense of humor suffers from mere texting(though my kids will say it is an old man looking for attention....ha!)
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  • MaoChanMaoChan Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Yea after looking through this thread, it is nice to see I am in the meaty middle part such that I can expect to see lots of you out at the bars.

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  • MR.TMR.T Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm 27 but most of the people in my group are in their mid to late 30's. I think PAX is fun for kids of all ages! ;)

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  • slacktronslacktron Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    redhalo wrote: »
    slacktron wrote: »
    I'll hit 39 by the time PAX rolls around. Two of my friends are going, too. Aged 38 and 42 respectively.

    Don't worry, you're in good company.

    There is something awesome with the idea that the oldest guy in the thread has a nethack sig/avatar combo. Like you're a historical record keeper to long lost games of yore.

    [old man voice]
    ...back in my day we didn't have anything you could "waggle" or any of these newfangled "colors" you got there on your fancy-schmancy viewscreens. We had two types of monitors: amber and green, and that's how we liked it. Why, all this 720p and 1080i claptrap is just there to spread confusion! If it ain't vt100, it's the work of the devil. Now pardon me while I rest my bones on this here davenport. Zzzzzzzzzzz
    [/old man voice]

    It really says something about games and how they can appeal to so many generations. My Dad was a pinball wizard and used to take me out to what passed as arcades in the mid-70's. The first game I ever played was Biplane, and I was crazy for it in all its monochrome glory.

    I'm as stunned by awesome graphics as anyone else, but the games I love the most are ones that would still be fun if realized by crude blocks. Nethack is the perfect representation of this. It really says something about the design of a game as a game when you can recoil in horror from a purple capital L appearing on your screen.

    I get "totally stoked" (I used that phrase correctly, right?) for PAX every year. It's so much fun to see the universal appeal of gaming together in one place. Everyone has a story to tell about why they love it.

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  • MR.TMR.T Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You know, I think game designers of today could learn a thing or two from older games. Back then they couldn't rely on fancy graphics or marketing campaigns. They just had to make the games fun to play. I know that's a pretty novel idea but I sometimes get the feeling that some in the gaming industry have forgotten that. Some designers think all you need is pretty graphics and good trailers. But true gamers know quality when they play it.

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  • MaoChanMaoChan Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    MR.T wrote: »
    You know, I think game designers of today could learn a thing or two from older games. Back then they couldn't rely on fancy graphics or marketing campaigns. They just had to make the games fun to play. I know that's a pretty novel idea but I sometimes get the feeling that some in the gaming industry have forgotten that. Some designers think all you need is pretty graphics and good trailers. But true gamers know quality when they play it.

    It's because all these young whippersnappers have no imaginations, ruined by the tv and the hip hop music, with their hipping and a hopping and a bipping and a bopping.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    and the jello pudding pops

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  • MR.TMR.T Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Damn those hippity hoppity pudding pops! Damn them to hell!

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  • geekgrrlgeekgrrl Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    28 and female here. Half of me is preparing to fight guys off with a stick, the other half is poo-pooing me for even thinking that's a possibility. :P

    I can't bring myself to listen to Wil Wheaton's keynote. It will serve to remind me that I wasn't there to witness the awesomeness.

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  • RaymanRayman Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    From Wils blog "A little bit of good news, everyone: I'm still on for PAX, where I'll perform from Happiest Days, and rock your world on MarioKartDS. Also, Rock Band. Oh yes, there will be emm effing Rock Band, emm effers." so at least we have that to look forward to.

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  • Eric_ResEric_Res Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    17 here, along with a few other friends (also in the 17-18 range.)

    I look forward to being socially awkward before, during, and directly after PAX.

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  • TransparentTransparent Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Join the club Eric. But hopefully you'll be able to let your guard down a little at the event, you'll be surrounded by people who can relate.

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