Shatter
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1) 36
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3) 1-Aion but have 2 accounts so I guess technically 2. Ive been a dual boxer since EQ1 in 4 MMO's.
4) Paid $15 for years and Im ok with that. I would be willing to pay a higher fee but I better be getting something unique / awesome in return but I dont think I would pay more then $20 regardless. TBH I wouldnt be surprised if an MMO comes out with a fee structure where the more you pay the less grinding you have to do or something. I can see SOE leading that venture.
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Signe
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Wow. You guys are really OLD. You should change the name of this board to Shady Rest.
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This is apparently the place where old internet elephants go to die.
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Rondaror
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1 - 38
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3 - 1 WAR. Playing with longtime friends that are scattered around the world due to job. With house, wife, kids and job it's not possible for me to play 2+ MMO at the same time.
4 - EUR 10-15 but I would pay up to EUR 50,-- if the game could bring MMO to a next-gen level.
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Gutboy Barrelhouse
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Wow. You guys are really OLD. You should change the name of this board to Shady Rest.
Yes, it's true we are old, I am in fact checking to see part of my Social Security check can be direct deposited for my monthly subscription fees. |
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Pennilenko
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1. 30
2. Male
3. 4 Subscriptions currently, with Eve actually having 3 seperate subscriptions so um, 6 Total then.
4. Despite the obvious fishing to find out if you can break the status quo on MMO billing, I individually guage each game i try, to decide its approximate value to me.
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Sobelius
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1) Age
2) Sex (not a yes/no questions)
3) How many MMO's are you actively subscribed to?
4) What is your 'price point' for MMO's?
1. 43 2. M 3. 5 4. $15 max |
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Sobelius
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Wow. You guys are really OLD. You should change the name of this board to Shady Rest.
If we were in our 70s I'd be inclined to agree. My guess is that most of us are still in our 20's mentally/culturally. Not that we share tons of interests with today's 20-year-olds, but that we still live our lives much the same way we did in our 20's, just with more money (and a little less time, and perhaps less sex). |
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Mrbloodworth
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Wow. You guys are really OLD. You should change the name of this board to Shady Rest.
If we were in our 70s I'd be inclined to agree. My guess is that most of us are still in our 20's mentally/culturally. Not that we share tons of interests with today's 20-year-olds, but that we still live our lives much the same way we did in our 20's, just with more money (and a little less time, and perhaps less sex). Why do you depress me so. |
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Gunzwei
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1) 26
2) Male
3) Currently 1 (Aion), if the game is good enough I'm willing to do 2 (CoX/WoW) for dual boxing. Although whatever I play my brother and his wife usually end up playing.
4) I give any new MMO I play 60 days (including the free 30) to demonstrate they can maintain and optimize their game at a 15$ sub. If the MMO can't deliver then I'll cancel and revisit it for review in 3-6 months to see how things are going (assuming the servers are still up). For example AION right now is very much bordering a cancel until I see more issues addressed rather than talked about.
For more than 15$ it best have all the magic of UO, MoO2, and X-Com crammed into one box and the manual considered a holy text in some cultures.
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Stormwaltz
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My guess is that most of us are still in our 20's mentally/culturally. Not that we share tons of interests with today's 20-year-olds, but that we still live our lives much the same way we did in our 20's, just with more money (and a little less time, and perhaps less sex).
Why do you depress me so. Accuracy? I'll have you know that having a family has changed my life significantly! I can no longer watch anime during dinner. Or at least not anything more edgy than Snow Fairy Sugar. |
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« Last Edit: October 07, 2009, 01:36:38 PM by Stormwaltz »
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
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Signe
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I think I might suck at sarcasm.  |
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Lantyssa
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No, they just really suck at picking up on it.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Sobelius
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I think I might suck at sarcasm. Sarcasm requires context. You didn't post your own answer in the thread (at least, not that I've seen) so I took your post at face value. Also...getting old makes me more sensitive to people commenting that I'm getting old  |
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Merusk
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Oh hey, this derail looks like more fun than giving free marketing research to someone else.. My guess is that most of us are still in our 20's mentally/culturally. Not that we share tons of interests with today's 20-year-olds, but that we still live our lives much the same way we did in our 20's, just with more money (and a little less time, and perhaps less sex).
Why do you depress me so. Accuracy? I'll have you know that having a family has changed my life significantly! I can no longer watch anime during dinner. Or at least not anything more edgy than Snow Fairy Sugar. You just replace the eastern cartoons with something more western. Spongebob and Phineas and Ferb get watched a lot in the house these days. I'm not old, I just act like it. In part to counter all the co-workers who tell me I'm too young to have kids as old as mine. I'm 35 damnit, that's plenty old enough to have an 11 year old! I'd like to see my grandkids and not be retired by the time they're born. Having kids late in life ups the chances of bad things by too much, too. Damn people. |
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Hoth
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1) 30 yrs 2) male 3) 1 - World of Warcraft 4) I would pay up to 20€ for a subscription based game monthly if I feel entertained enough. And I haven't payed a single € in a cashshop. Doing this triggers my "you have cheated"-sense.  |
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schild
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Having kids late in life ups the chances of bad things by too much, too. Damn people. Having kids early in life makes you an unfun schlub to all your friends who are too smart to have kids and are more interested in doing things to further themselves as people (travel, hobbies, etc). Also it contributes to the possibility of a Baby Boomers Part Deux. Which no one wants. Just saying. |
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I know a fair number of people that had kids early enough that they can now have much more fun that I can because I had a kid later in life. It's really pick-your-poison on the timing.
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UnSub
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I know a fair number of people that had kids early enough that they can now have much more fun that I can because I had a kid later in life. It's really pick-your-poison on the timing.
This. Some of my friends are travelling the world. I've got a house. It's a trade-off. |
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Evildrider
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I know a fair number of people that had kids early enough that they can now have much more fun that I can because I had a kid later in life. It's really pick-your-poison on the timing.
This. Some of my friends are travelling the world. I've got a house. It's a trade-off. I refuse to have kids... but I came from a big family, so I have the neices and nephews that I can corrupt. |
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Musashi
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Fuck kids.
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AKA Gyoza
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rattran
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Draegan
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Now that's an appropriate use of that emoticon.
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Musashi
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Merusk
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I know a fair number of people that had kids early enough that they can now have much more fun that I can because I had a kid later in life. It's really pick-your-poison on the timing.
This. Some of my friends are travelling the world. I've got a house. It's a trade-off. Nah, see I'll be doing the traveling the world thing in my 40's rather than my 50's. Those 10 years make a hell of a difference. Having kids late in life ups the chances of bad things by too much, too. Damn people. Having kids early in life makes you an unfun schlub to all your friends who are too smart to have kids and are more interested in doing things to further themselves as people (travel, hobbies, etc). Also it contributes to the possibility of a Baby Boomers Part Deux. Which no one wants. Just saying. I don't have friends like that. You and I would get along about as well as oil and water IRL, we have completely different friend types and life values. As for furthering yourselves as people, you can still do all that stuff but instead - gasp- you involve your kids rather than being a self-centered egoist. Wow, what a concept. |
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Sobelius
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As for furthering yourselves as people, you can still do all that stuff but instead - gasp- you involve your kids rather than being a self-centered egoist.
Being a self-centered egoist has nothing to do with whether you have kids or not, IMHO. There are plenty of people, unfortunately, who have kids and essentially neglect them. There are also plenty of people who don't have kids but who involve others in what they do. |
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Schild, world traveller! IF ONLY IT WASN'T FOR THOSE MEDDLING KIDS.
o wait
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Nebu
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I bet this is the same discussion that this survey prompted over at FoH.  |
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Engels
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you involve your kids rather than being a self-centered egoist.
And there are those that argue that with the world's population problem, the act of having kids is pure narcissism. :P |
I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
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Brogarn
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you involve your kids rather than being a self-centered egoist.
And there are those that argue that with the world's population problem, the act of having kids is pure narcissism. :P You're half a step away from making this thread poof into Politics. |
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Mrbloodworth
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I bet this is the same discussion that this survey prompted over at FoH. I read the thread over there. it seems the average , of what was posted mind you, is younger than here. |
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Lantyssa
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Shocking!
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Merusk
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you involve your kids rather than being a self-centered egoist.
And there are those that argue that with the world's population problem, the act of having kids is pure narcissism. :P You're half a step away from making this thread poof into Politics. Pointing out the nefarious plot is a mean thing to do. |
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Venkman
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* fuck it, I don't have time for idiots *
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you involve your kids rather than being a self-centered egoist.
And there are those that argue that with the world's population problem, the act of having kids is pure narcissism. :P No kids for me. Ever. They'll break my toys and they'd get in the way of my self-centred narcissistic lifestyle. I plan to live a barren-of-children, but otherwise happy life, and if my wife goes before I do, I'll top myself. I'm too busy trying to occasionally be a role model to other people's kids. Many of the parents of which are unfortunately concentrating on living a self-centred narcissistic lifestyle, and their kids unfortunately aren't always necessarily high on their lists of priorities. The last thing I want to see when I get home is more kids.  The above is written in a sarcastic way, but the actual content is pretty accurate.  |
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