What is old online?

smiles

We all know that Dusty is over the hill and that Monty is just about pushing it but....

Well what is the definition of old online, just saw something on IRC refering to "young geeks", what is actually young for someone online and what is old and when do you hit that middle aged streak ?

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Tellox

Young would be me, at 15.

El Marco

Old online in my books would be anything over 30. The middle age would be around 25 I suppose.

My question is, does Old Online hold any similarity to Old Skool?
And what age is too old for the online life :eek:

phreak

i'd say Old Online is probably over the 30 mark at the moment.

This figure will keep increasing as the years go on as my generation(late teens, early 20's) get older so i will never reach "Old Online" age.

Damian

Perhaps, or as the internet gets more and more prevalent and becomes widely available in primary schools, younger and younger kids will be online each year.

So relatively speeking you'll hit old age must sooner than us current oldies!

Doodee

me being drunk and online, omg, at my age, ffs, i know better, gah., dusty and bard are old, and dev, and amp is laugh, err something wh00t!

thedrowner

wtf

doodee....didnt i just meet u at some nightcvlub in town???

or did i meet another doodee?

ive been online for 6 years. i wont ask what that says about me coz i think i already know.

oeNeo

If you're 30 or so it's not so bad, but if you're 80 then it's kinda weird.

Mercury_Tilt

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Nemici

Originally posted by Neo-
If you're 30 or so it's not so bad, but if you're 80 then it's kinda weird.

why is it weird ? is it not cool that we can all surf regardless of age or whatever.

I am sure there has to be a 65 year old on boards somewhere ?

But of there is, he/she is certainly not going to reply to this thread, (they'd be freaked out)

Sarky

I'm 21.

I'm considered a young upstart whippersnapper by some.

I'm considered an old crusty by others.

It's all relative.

But there are more people calling me old than young.

solice

im thinking that as the 25-30 generation gets older, the first real generation to use the internet, gets older the upper age on "old on the web" will go up. of course the lower age on the web will go down aswell. im 19 and have been surfing for 4 years, there are 15 year olds who have been doing the same

Cake Fiend

Are we talking physical age here or wha?

I'm 21, which would be younger than a lot of boardsters, but I've spent about 11 years of those 21 online in one way or another (dial-up BBS etc).

When I reach 30 I'll consider myself oldskool rather than old

Emboss

Feck it when i'm 65 I don't want no free bus pass
I want the goverment to install a nice T3
so I can piss myself in some new group
err i mean piss my last away in some newsgroup

Emboss

Doodee

yes indeed u did, i am frunk|doodee

Dustaz

well im 30 and ive been using teh intraweb since i was about 21 i suppose. I dont intend stopping using it because i hit a certain age.

On another note theres a lot of people older than me using boards (our glorious leader devore for one Jesus, i think he is anyway) I know of at least 2 who are over 40 and 1 who is over 60.

Bah, yer all whippersnappers.

TacT

It's funny, because it kinda breaks the age barrier, god knows I've pld ut2k3 with some 60yr olds who kicked serious arse and I don't intend "going offline" at any stage...

Neo - Let us know when you plan your "internet retirement" :rolleyes:
that's one of the funniest things I've ever heard - If your 80 it's weird, why? Because your not 80 and haven't seen an 80yr old use the net before? Geez, some people lead sheltered lives or don't see much further than their own nose...

Samson

Originally posted by Dustaz
well im 30...

Snap.
I used to feel the way Phreak does.
Every generation thinks it's going to be young forever.

Originally posted by Dustaz
...our glorious leader devore for one Jesus, i think he is anyway...

I know he does not look it, but he's actually a crusty 42.

Cake Fiend

Originally posted by Samson

I know he does not look it, but he's actually a crusty 42.

Ok, someone's getting 12-clicked...

TacT

ROFL! Cheeky monkey samson

Gordon

Samson, I think you are mixing up DeVore with DeVore's hair.

Damian

12-clicked... ????

Samson

smiles

Originally posted by Damian
12-clicked... ????

This is why you're still a Cool Newbie....

In the old days it used to take 12 clicks to ban someone.... and so if you got baned you were "12-clicked"



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Samson

Originally posted by smiles
This is why you're still a Cool Newbie....

Elitism is alive and well on boards.ie

I was never a newbie.

DeadBankClerk

the first game i played `online' was duke3d (over a phone like 14kbs).
i remember when quakeworld was released.

Damian

Duke 3D ! That takes me back.

thedrowner

is that duke nukem????

phreak

Originally posted by Samson

I used to feel the way Phreak does.
Every generation thinks it's going to be young forever.

The thing is though when i turn 30 there will be alot more 30 year olds using the internet and there will still be alot of people older than me using it like you samson which means the average age will go up and 30 won't seem so "old" to be on the net.

Maybe i'm wrong...i'm still young and naive...just over 10 years to go before i hit so called old age

Slutmonkey57b

Old or new?

You are old if:
You took a stand on the frames/no frames issue.

You are very old if:
You used mosaic as browser of choice.

You are ancient if:
You had a use for a BBS.

You are young if:
You don't know why you shouldn't use hotmail.

DMT

Originally posted by smiles
In the old days it used to take 12 clicks to ban someone.... and so if you got baned you were "12-clicked"

How many clicks is it now?

Goodshape

Originally posted by Slutmonkey57b
You are ancient if:
You had a use for a BBS.

Well I'm ancient then. And at 19 too. Funny, I don't feel ancient.

To be fair though, I was using the internet before most people in ireland knew what it was. It's not what you know, it who you know

smiles

Originally posted by thedrowner
is that duke nukem????

Yes.

You see there was an "original" duke nukem, essentially Commander Keene style.... I've got the disk somewhere...

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kano476

so what i want to know is who is the youngest on boards????

im 15 so im probably down there somewhere by the sounds of it but there have 2 b people younger than me........???

you can never be too old to use the net. power to the oap's!!!

fisty

I'm old.
A crusty old 56:)

thedrowner

Originally posted by smiles
Yes.

You see there was an "original" duke nukem, essentially Commander Keene style.... I've got the disk somewhere...

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he he. i used to play duke nukem in invincible mode.
i can still hear the noises in the game to this day. and all the revolting 'victorious' moves. (such as kicking the dead guys head through golaposts and the liek)

DeadBankClerk

it was his eye you kicked.

Goodshape

Heh, I remember looking down my nose at this new fangled 'duke nukem' multyplayer... with all yer lukin up n' down and whathave you. Pah.

Doom4ever.

logic1

Originally posted by kano476
so what i want to know is who is the youngest on boards????

im 15 so im probably down there somewhere by the sounds of it but there have 2 b people younger than me........???

you can never be too old to use the net. power to the oap's!!!

My brothers 12 been using boards since he was 10.

.logic.