How old are HOI3 players?

[Sprouts]

I'm 48
Lots 'o Paper & pencil Avalon Hill & SPI back in the day. For computers, Sid Meier was a god & Microprose was his church. I tithed religiously. Started Paradox with EU2 and HoI II.

OT: Advanced Squad Leader (ASL, the game from hell) is getting a few mentions here. Now then, my German SPW-251/1 halftrack has a first-line halfsquad with a demo charge. I want to drive through a hex with a Russian T-34 tank and throw the DC at it. OK, where is that table that shows which armor facing I hit? Oh, wait, the T-34 is currently Crew Exposed (wanting the road movement rate). Should I just over-run the thing with small arms fire instead?
Good times, man, good times....

 

[Sprouts]

Why, yes, I do have too much time on my hands. Why do you ask?

TheCheeseMaster 13
cpreston5 14
damnt512 15
Metalist 15
timmyvos 15
nighwolf435 15
Ricox 15
ETTAR 15
DoomBunny 16
peop234 16
King50000 16
RedStarMafiya 16
IndoEsia45 16
dimmer 17
vitcash 17
Emperor Hans 18
Simcon 18
Pj Fallon 18
pretyx 18
Death6 18
xcrissxcrossx 18
Hjgffe 18
nAssailant 18
GoodGuy Number1 18
nimrod123 19
DrakenPL 19
Finnish 20
Lauri 20
Vicksburg 21
Orson 21
Apocripha 23
Phase 23
Cynation 23
Donkey Kong 23
Devildread 24
TZoli 24
IanDury 24
Otacon 24
rudaisvells 25
General_Yan 25
TheBromgrev 25
jelay14 25
Kevinleungcp 26
SuiciSpai 26
Qitbuqa 26
jhanso 26
GUNNM 27
Piktoonis 27
TheGreatRadish 27
-Toni82- 28
Sakkura 28
Danielefc 28
lastmantodie 29
oribiasi 29
timkoningskelp 30
dz_duck 30
SAS 30
Deimosruhk 31
dizzyflores 31
silenced 31
JBT 31
Modo 32
Marcus 32
Ksyr 33
Kayapo 33
ashbery76 34
jackda 34
Niewitch 34
LordGazer 34
panzeroo 35
DazzaLCFC 35
ashandresash 36
anam 36
fiendred 37
Oof 37
Danmark Rising 38
gigi 38
Carlo Curiosus 38
walgaam 39
madprofmike 39
Panncakemouse 39
FireDevlin 40
sbr 40
Corelli 41
axor01 41
Serkanner 42
chargermanz100 42
X_MasterDave_X 42
ESw68 43
Veldmaarschalk 44
RolandRahn 44
Doctor Doom 44
Whiskeyblind 45
WarDog 45
Farmer 45
tommylotto 45
jobylens 46
rype 46
oldsoldier 47
gunboat 47
Baldos 48
Sprouts 48
Pugmak 50
katho 51
DanSez 53
CyberMajestic 53
KLorberau 53
BigAnorak 53
jju_57 53
Garmorn 54
Squier 54
kezardinjnr 55
steveh11 55
Cpt Crash 55
RickR 57
Scythyan 57
Ruthlesssamuria 57
kentcol 60
Ottone 62
KipAllen 63
Rancher 66
wevodaur 70

Average: 33 years, 8 months

(my forum text editor fu is weak - couldn't get the ages into a column)

 

[KipAllen]

I wonder if PI will find this information useful.

 

[borg1980]

I'm 31.

 

[daisy]

I'm 41. Any stats on each country? Also an old map and counter player.

 

[-Toni82-]

@Sprouts
Nice!

 

[X_MasterDave_X]

I wonder if PI will find this information useful.

I bet they already know, that their Games are played from Players any age.
More complex Games always attract older People more then younger ones. But if you love Strategy Games, then HoI is for you, whatever age you are.
In fact, i dont know many people that love WW2 Strategy Games, and dont like the HoI Series also. Especially if you like more the Strategy Part, then the Tactics one.

Would love to know, how HoI4 will look like in 5-6 Years.

I am also sure, HoI3 will get a much bigger fanbase as it has now. Still many play HoI2, because Hoi3 looked not very polished as it came out. Hope this changes soon, and HoI3 gets the attention it deserves, between us Strategy Lovers.

 

[Simcon]

you started playing pc games since you're 8? and with strategy genre ?

Well, it's just in the last five or six years I've been playing what could be considered heavier strategy games. In the beginning it was mainly RTS such as AOE1 and then AOE2. Then RTT and TBS, for instance Shogun TW and it's been going on since then... And now It's basically anything where I'm able to divide and conquer ;-). I don't know when I started playing a game from PI, but it was a while back, probably the first one was Crusader kings. (Perhaps as early as when it was released).

 

[junglechindit]

31 years old (picked up EU1 in 2002; played around with Vicky as well)

 

[unmerged(162341)]

39

and I hope it will stay that

 

[bizkit]

27 years old here.I bought HoI 1 when i saw it on a game magazine like 8 years ago.Since that year, i' m addicted to paradox games.

 

[unmerged(180617)]

I am 54 like many others started with AH games moved to earlier computer games like Talonsoft, found Hoi3 in a retail store a couple years back.

 

[Atharos]

I was 15 when I started to play HoI3 (the same day I registered my account), now I'm 16.

 

[Skybolt]

I'm now 52. I've played computer strategy games almost exclusively, starting with Civ 2 in 1996 followed by its decendents. Thence to various 4X space games such as Stars!, Space Empires V and Sword of The Stars but now I stick mostly to HOI 2 and 3 and Victoria II

As always, time is the killer.

 

[Balesir]

Well, I'm 50. I first started wargaming with the books from Donald Featherstone, Charles Grant et al in, um, nineteen seventy something I think. Since then I have played figure wargames, board games (wargames and others), roleplaying games (pen & paper mainly, but computer, too) and lots of strategy games on the computer (starting with "pong", I think, which ran slow enough to almost count as "strategy" when I tried it!).

I 'discovered' Europa Universalis in September 2001 when the author of my all-time favourite roleplaying world (Hârn, if you are interested) enthused to me about it when I met him while visiting Vancouver. Since then I have played every Paradox title published (I believe). In 2008 I got involved with the licensed project that became "Arsenal of Democracy", where I helped out with the military history knowledge and game systems/maths knowledge I have acquired over a lifetime of gaming; I knew it would come in handy one day! Now I'm watching HoI3 develop to overshadow AoD, somewhat - which was always going to happen (although there are still some things we came up with that I would love to see in the "big brother" ).

 

[LodovicoAriosto]

26

 

[Hardradi]

I hate to admit it but I am now 39.

Started off with D&D Basic rules many years ago playing with older brothers. Also AD&D, 2nd Edition AD&D, Squad Leader and Operation Barbarossa.

On computers, our first was the Commodore VIC20 (tape drive/cartridge) - Zork and Sargon Chess spring to my clouded mind. Then Commodore 64, lots of games on that one, Bulletin Boards (the precursor to the internet?).

First Paradox game was HOI.

 

[unmerged(314736)]

Im 22.

 

[damnt512]

39

and I hope it will stay that

i hate to break you a badnews, but, you will be 40 sooner or later

 

[jju_57]

OT: Advanced Squad Leader (ASL, the game from hell) is getting a few mentions here. Now then, my German SPW-251/1 halftrack has a first-line halfsquad with a demo charge. I want to drive through a hex with a Russian T-34 tank and throw the DC at it. OK, where is that table that shows which armor facing I hit? Oh, wait, the T-34 is currently Crew Exposed (wanting the road movement rate). Should I just over-run the thing with small arms fire instead?
Good times, man, good times....

Back then you had to be a lawyer in playing those games. The rules were written like laws with sections, subsections, addendum and exceptions. Not to mention many were 100 to 150 pages in length. Ah the good times we had.