How Old Are We? II

[Garyius2003]

41-50. My first buy was Mayday in 1979, and as soon as I could save up I went back for the LBBs in the box.

Loved the follow on books, and I was the last fan to figure out Leviathan was completely broken. I didn't know the Tigress was 10% J fuel shy until the net started. I thought Twilight's Peak was the best adventure ever, until I tried to run it and realized it required us to all be on rails.

M(ega)T supporting materials were great, playing the system not so. Same with GURPS. MgT would be great if they had fixed the starship econ slightly and did more material and less filler micro drawings. All FFE game systems post MT have been pretty bad. I didn't even bother to buy the new FFE version, but I am looking forward to MgT's new one.

So CT for gaming system, followed by MgT, and GURPS for background.

 

[Blue Ghost]

Re-asking. Why? Because the previous version was posted 10+ years ago.

10+ years older than when I first read the other thread.

I had seen, flipped through and read portions of Books 1, 2 and 3, but didn't really get into Traveller until my friend bought me Starter Traveller when it was first released (I had bought him Tunnels and Trolls for his birthday).

Lots of fun times.

 

[JimMarn]

In a few years... I'll be in the 71-80 group. Still adding to my web site.

 

[Nathan Brazil]

Had to change my vote today. I crossed the barrier into the next group.

 

[ovka]

Had to change my vote today. I crossed the barrier into the next group.

Happy birthday!

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

 

[ovka]

I notice from this poll that 80+% of us are in the 40-60 range. That means that there will come a point in the (hopefully distant) future, where there won't be many left. We definitely need to attract new blood.

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

 

[aramis]

I notice from this poll that 80+% of us are in the 40-60 range. That means that there will come a point in the (hopefully distant) future, where there won't be many left. We definitely need to attract new blood.

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

I notice that only a tiny percentage of users participate in it. (We get about 500 discrete users reading monthly.

 

[ovka]

I notice that only a tiny percentage of users participate in it. (We get about 500 discrete users reading monthly.

True, but that still means that at a minimum 25% are in that age range (assuming that all others are outside that age range). Statistically speaking, if you extrapolate the values to the full population I'm betting that the number will be closer to 80% than 25%.

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

 

[aramis]

True, but that still means that at a minimum 25% are in that age range (assuming that all others are outside that age range). Statistically speaking, if you extrapolate the values to the full population I'm betting that the number will be closer to 80% than 25%.

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

Having access to hard data that you don't... lots of the lurkers are considerably younger than the routine posters.

Under 30: 20 since 5 Dec 2015
Under 40: 219 since 5 Dec 2015 (199 between 30 and 40)
Under 50: 469 since 5 Dec 2015 (250 between 40 and 50)
Over 50: 464 since 5 Dec 2015

Same timeframe:
Posters over 50: 132
Posters under 50: 46 (38 between 40 and 50)
Posters Under 40: 8 (5 between 30 and 40)
Posters under 30: 3 - two of whom I know to be second generation members!

Half the lurkers are under 50... but about 25% of the posters are.

 

[Ulsyus]

What is disturbing is that the 30 and below category still has no one in it, while the very heavy majority is 40 and older.

Fear not, it does now.

Turned 23 last week, and part of a group of other early-mid 20s types who play Traveller on and off.

You're all a bunch of old farts, by the way.

Be fearful, you will be too!

 

[77topaz]

Ha ha, I always knew that I was younger than most of the users here, but seeing it in graph form like this really emphasises it. In fact, looking at the data, there's a pretty good chance that, when I joined back in 2012, I was the single youngest user on the board. o:

 

[infojunky]

Ha ha, I always knew that I was younger than most of the users here, but seeing it in graph form like this really emphasises it. In fact, looking at the data, there's a pretty good chance that, when I joined back in 2012, I was the single youngest user on the board. o:

"Quick! Guys Hold him Down! I call dibs on his pancreas and one kidney".... :smirk:

 

[kilemall]

Old enough to where the Traveller aging rolls aren't so funny anymore.

 

[Meteoric Assault]

big teal bar

So does this mean that traveller is a more of 80s generation thing?

 

[infojunky]

So does this mean that traveller is a more of 80s generation thing?

Maybe... In my crowd it is a thing of the Literary SF crowd, the Fans of SF literature tend to be the Fans of Traveller.

 

[Timerover51]

Hmm, looks like I am in the oldest 5%.

 

[JimMarn]

Hmm, looks like I am in the oldest 5%.

Eh ? Whats that ya say ?

 

[Timerover51]

Eh ? Whats that ya say ?

According to my kids, I saw the dinosaurs still roaming.

 

[JimMarn]

According to my kids, I saw the dinosaurs still roaming.

When I told some younger relatives that the first television shows were in B&W, no color tv being available, they didn't believe me.

They were shocked that I had only 3 tv channels to watch. And that cartoons were only on Saturday mornings. They asked me what I did then... my reply of 'went outside and played' shocked them more than the lack of tv channels.

 

[Timerover51]

When I told some younger relatives that the first television shows were in B&W, no color tv being available, they didn't believe me.

They were shocked that I had only 3 tv channels to watch. And that cartoons were only on Saturday mornings. They asked me what I did then... my reply of 'went outside and played' shocked them more than the lack of tv channels.

We still had a small black and while portable TV when my kids were growing up, so they, at least have a concept of that. As we never have had cable, they also understood about limited channels to watch.

That does bring back the memories. I can remember watching The Howdy Doody Show, and Gumby and Pokey, and the original Mickey Mouse Club.