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41, been here since July of 2001.

My guess would be that the average age is late 30's, early 40's overall with a handful on both ends of the table.

MegaNESMan is probably the oldest active user. I know I've seen him post recently.

im 29 turning 30 this year so im the inbetween probably

I'm one of the older users at 47 and a half I guess.

Turned 40 in May. Had no idea signing up to trade some games almost 15 years ago would last this long.

50.

Feels weird, man.

I'm 50

John wrote:

I bet. 40 was hard for me. 50 scares me.

It's cute that you all think 50 is old. I'm 68. The younger you are, the older I look.

The first computer system I bought was a 286 12 Ghz with a 20 Meg hard drive and VGA color graphics. $2,000 in about 1990 dollars - so there weren't too many people that had home computers. I used it for Word Perfect, Quattro Four, and started a few years of adventure games. My daughter and I worked our way through the King's Quest series and most of the Space Quest series while I did a few others like the Star Trek 25th Anniversary game and the first Myst. I collected almost every Star Wars game, but never played them.

I was ripped off on my first Game TZ trade. I made an agreement with another user who didn't have any trades. I sent him Buzz Aldrin's Race to Space, and he disappeared from the site.

49, March 2000

Damn, 68 gotta be the upper tier. I doubt many others around that here.

A lot in their 40s or 50s.

I think 68 is cake topper.

Wow, alot of older folks!

I'm 37. Been here since...I was 13-14

I'm 38. Surprised by the overall ages so far!

34, here. I joined when I was twelve.

Going on 37. I joined GTZ almost 12 years ago.

No telling what the future may hold - but I really hope it doesn't involve something crappy.

43, turn 44 in December. Been here since 1999.

38. I think I’ve been here almost 6 years?

Current average of the above 16 contributions = 42.5

MrBean wrote:

This is witchcraft

47 years old

The 90's was the best decade ever

I don't remember when I started or how I got here...

If I use the birthday data from bios, the average age is 39.5.

But, take that with a grain of salt since the oldest birthday is: 1900-01-01 and the youngest is 2021-07-02.

I remember I used to be scared of turning 40 then 50. But, at some point in my 50s, I lost that concern. Now, 60 doesn't seem bad at all and 70 can't be that bad either. 80 is still pretty bad, especially since I may never get there.

I am still a little obsessed with death. For example, if I look someone up in Wikipedia, the first section I read is "Death".

35 here. No clue I was one of the youngest.

41

bill wrote:


The way crap is going nowadays, I'd be stoked to reach 70. I made the 40's, hoping I can survive my kids to college (60's).

I'll be 45 in a couple weeks. I'm looking forward to hitting retirement age so I can play more video games!

citizen_zane wrote:

I don't think our generation is gonna be able to retire!

MrBean wrote:

Yeah...I already don't plan on it. Just want it to the point that it's fun. My neighbor has retired 3 times now and I can tell he's had enough when he sits outside and is moping like crazy. Then within a month: he's going to take on another job, but 'just part time'. And then he takes on more and more and gets burned out.

I’m 50. Been here since 19-Oct-1998. 24 years.

I'm 43 but my body says 83 years old.

34, turning 35 next week. Been active on here since 2009 while I was in college. Since then I've graduated, gotten married, bought a house, had a kid, now 10+ years into a career. Crazy to think GTZ is one of the few constant parts of my life over the past 15 years.

I've met a few users in person in passing through local trades. Nothing but love and respect for the community on here.

28, I think I was 13 when I joined the site. First trade was to get a VMU for my Dreamcast, it was a good year, lots of Code Veronica and Crazy Taxi. It's been a fun ride

Happy 28th bday!

Looks at the date

Uh, yeah, happy birthday

John wrote:

People used to complain about 30 being old. My 30s were the best years of my life. At 40 I started feeling it. On my 50th birthday it took me days to even wrap my brain around it. Lol it never stops being weird. You just get used to it.

We are just older kids with the ability to buy our own games and systems and not have to wait for birthdays and Xmas! Lol

Once you pass 21, birthdays don't come with any exterior acknowledgement until you reach the milestones for senior perks at restaurants (and other establishments) and the option to take Social Security payments. Otherwise, you are just one day older than you were yesterday. One day a year everyone congratulates you for surviving this long, and the next day they don't really care.

Youch, feeling old for sure at 58. Been here for 20 years. Thank goodness for @lordkaosu or I would definitely be the oldest.

So far, if I caught everything…

68 = oldest
29 = youngest

That’s quite the age gap. I don’t know if I’m surprised the youngest is 29. It is very telling when pondering site longevity.

For those over 40, have your gaming habits changed? I don’t mean less time to commit, more so the games you like to play? I use to play alot of MW2 with my son online “back in the day”. I don’t even attempt any competitive online game these days. I mostly play on easy and prefer a slower paced adventure game or platformer. I’m about 4hrs into starfield and I’m not wowed. Newer games with all the bells and whistles really doesn’t do anything for me anymore.