So what is the average age of today's WoW'er - like 53 or something?

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49 :slight_smile: here

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Iā€™m 48. WoW was my first MMO. I was 34 when my son told me I had to try this new game he got for Xmas 2004. I had been a huge fan of Biowareā€™s D&D games up to that point. and he thought Iā€™d really like it.

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18 when I started playing and I turn 31 this year

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52 here. Started playing in 07

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The game used to cater to teens. Now it caters to busy moms and dads who donā€™t have time to play the game.

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I was about 30 when WoW first came out. I started gaming when I was around 25.

Almost 45 now (November).

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People need to get off our lawns.

/gnomestamp

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My age is this |______| much. How many is that in panda?

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26 here!!!

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52 here. Started during Cataclysm and left after Mists of Pandaria. Still like to play casually, but the game has changed quite a bit.

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I started playing when i was 37, then i died for awhile so i had to take a break. Back now at 42 years old but sad how the game has changed over the last 5 years.

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Well, of course the player base is older. The game isnā€™t the only thing that ages. The game holding the attention of as many as it has over the years is the biggest accomplishment honestly. Most of us have had families and major real life events since we started playing. Main reason why a game like WoW should support those that have stuck it out so long, just saying.

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OMG I LOVED Star Frontiers! I bought the game but my friends didnt like it so never really played it. So many good old time pen and paper RGBs. Most unique one I really loved was Villians and Vigilantes - You are your character. Its a superhero RPG and you get your powers by choice (or sometimes random die rolls) so much fun. City of Heroes reminded me of it a lot.

I am almost 50. MMORPGs I have Played:
EveryQuest
Star Wars Galaxies
City of Heroes
Dark Age of Camelot
Lord of the Rings Online
Dungeon and Dragons Online
Everquest 2
World of Warcraft
Star Wars The Old Republic.

As you can see, I have really only play 1 game since I found WoW. I have gone back to EQ & SWTOR a bit.

I hate to say it but these games have changed a lot since they started and so has the playerbase.

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I started playing at 13, Iā€™m 26 now.

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I started playing the day after the game came out in 2004, I wouldā€™ve been 24 or 25, Iā€™m still playing, Iā€™m 39 now

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Started playing in elementary school before wrath came out. I was 11ā€¦ almost 22 now.

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50 Plus for me, and another gnome mentioned the eq etc list of gamesā€¦ ac eq and some sort of scifi game around that time of a name I do not rememberā€¦ see the 50+, have we met before?

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Agreed. I was born at the perfect time to come of age during the golden years of gaming. I graduated high school in 2005 and started playing WoW the year before. So I was 17 or so. Now Iā€™m 32. It would make sense that many other players were close to that age.

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Iā€™m 41 for a couple more months. Been playing since the beginning. Not as much anymore, just finding other games, but I always come back to wow.

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Started in vanilla at 25. Still remember walking into Stormwind for the first time. Now Iā€™m 39 indefinitely.

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