Happy Birthday Deuce and omgfloofy!

[Justus]

Congratulations, you're 33 and 28 respectively and have lived to see it!  Having somehow managed to survive to 27 myself with my sanity intact, I'd say that's quite noteworthy.

But I didn't make this thread just to be a useless birthday thread.  I was looking through the calendar, and it suddenly struck me how most of the members here are older than your typical internet denizens.  The average age seem solidly around the later 20s, with plenty of members in their early 30s as well.  Gillian Seed and I were even born on the exact same day (Dec. 21, 1979).

Maybe I'm off my rocker, but isn't it a bit rare for teenagers to be in the definite minority on an internet forum, particularly one about video games?

I suppose the people who grew up with Turbo Grafx/PC Engine explain some of it, but not necessarily the Falcom crowd, which is made up of more than just the Turbo crowd.  I think of myself as being more of the latter.  I own and adore a Duo-R, but it was something I discovered later in life personally.

[NightWolve]

Damn, Psycho DeuceBag is an old man, aka, old foggie. He has my sympathies.

As for tweens being in the minority here, it might be explained by the fact that I have a way with my, you know, charming personality in shall we say, hinting at the exit? Outright uninviting them when they don't take the hint?

I don't think I'd be able stand my forum if they began to populate it in large numbers. No, in fact, I know so and given that I'm not desparate for members as I was in my RIGG days, it's no loss. Better to shut the place down. The usual detection of their presence is with the use of Internet lingo, i.e., "can u help me? omg, im stuck. this sux0rs." Immediately what goes into my mind at the sight of that is MUST KILL.

It was actually a Canadian that helped me come to my senses a few years ago and why I quit using most of that nonsense myself. Nowadays I see people deliberately getting into the habit of stripping out apostrophes. I really just can't deal with it. The novelty of compressed Internet lingo has worn off (aside from some useful abbreviations at times like LOL and whatnot) and it must be defeated at all costs to prevent further degeneration of the English language is my view. Heh.

[SkyeWelse]

Happy Birthday indeed. I had no idea Psycho DeuceBag was 33.  : )

I guess I fall into the category of a higher age group as well as I'll be 27 in December. I'm glad that you manage a control over "stripped English/Internet lingo" at this forum Nightwolve. You can completely feel a difference between this community, which does seem to be comprised of mature members for the most part over the "other" internet communities. I personally find this place to be a relaxing safehaven from forums that seem more and more rapant with spammers and english/engrish shortcuts.

-SkyeWelse