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Hi, dear tl, I am a one of thousands member / user / lurker to "exist" on you, thank you for that. There is no cow level and yet more and more I am realizing that being too old for tl might be something I personally need to address properly.
I was wondering if tl ers could / would want to discuss/debate the issue? Am I (are you) feeling too old for tl?
Linking to all the threads that would address such issues (even tangentially), identifying more clearly tl ers that have "maybe/arguably" identified this "purity of essence" that our beloved fictional character quoted/defined and wish only to impart it unto/into others.
Personal reasoning + Show Spoiler +I don't judge people. I am sorry to admit that I think many people judge too often. Pre-judging you before you have even finished exposing them your internally "turmoiling" argument. , Judging what comes out of people (me, you, anyone through their posts (rants/creativity/try hard posts/etc)) quicker than even they are capable of witnessing themselves (so they don't know this mechanic, or have not realized its presence enough to care, or whatever). I don't judge people, but people might think I do judge them (properly or improperly), how without these previous statements can I showcase it? I don't judge people but I never cuddle them (well, there are very few, but these are instances that call for it of course, but it is not a mechanic that I feel should be encouraged). I don't judge but I encourage, push people beyond the distance that their own nose (interests/curiosity) brings/allow them. I feel that time is of the essence, we have none to lose. I always have felt this urge (earlier than 8, which is arguably early) to not lose time, and I wonder if it is a generational thing? "I would not like to debate "x" with my 16 year old "self" .." I remember agreeing to it a while back somewhere on tl, on the topic of politics. But when I think close enough about it, really I would love it, not because it would be great/special but because that is how I am. I don't mind my age, 41 is a great time (for me). I love discussing with every fringe/age of the spectrum, I have no age bias (other than the obvious "I have kids, don't kid yourself it is hard") and I am very interested in this cross generational specificity.
So, I guess I would like other tl ers in the same "disposition" (who would think they might be too old for tl) to humor us all with their "current" view on the matter and devolving or not into the who's who of who feels old (or not) on tl or "tl old".
TLDR: you feel old on tl, you don't feel old on tl, tell us about it why don't you.. we are ready to read that dank s#it!
Pinch of un-ordered link: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/341259-how-old-is-too-old-to-pro-game http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/general/362138-feel-like-youre-getting-too-old-for-videogames http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/223932-any-45-year-old-sc2-players-and-what-league and generaly all around http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/search.php?q=too old&t=ct&f=-1&u=&gb=date&d= ty Smancer for http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/349750-real-life ty obesechicken13 for http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/general/427622-graphs-tl-census-2013
ps: You know you are old when your cat sits on your "work" seat behind your back and you not only let it, but make more room for it <3 If you don't get it, try pets at your own peril:+ Show Spoiler +
Disclaimer: my op or any further posts cannot be construed as an original version of martyring (being "too old for tl") in any way shape or form ((daphreak says if I post this disclaimer we are all good))
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22271 Posts
This fits better in blogs
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22271 Posts
also no i'm never going to be too old
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I don't see why anybody would be too old for TL. Might be too old for some of the garbage threads (which I'm not) but there's plenty of quality content for anyone who's interested in games, or even general discussions on a variety of topics. Granted, there certainly are better forums for discussing politics. Can't avoid the oddball nonsense comments from people who are not too knowledgeable on some of the threads here, but then again that's just part of life. Go have lunch with work mates and someone's going to come up with the stupidest shit you've ever heard. You can't say you're too old for lunch with coworkers. The retarded shit people say is a constant in life.
Summary: Death, taxes, and stupid shit people say.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22271 Posts
maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately
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On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately Suggesting older lonely men can afford affection instead of blogging about not getting any?
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Bisutopia19035 Posts
On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing.
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Well I for one am definitely too old at least to stay up on everything on TL anymore. I've more or less settled into a few niches that I still follow but there's no way I can read all the major threads and be up on all the jokes and insider shit that I used to really enjoy knowing (even if I was never really a participant). Of course, TL is so much larger than it used to be as well. Which is mostly a good thing, I'm glad the site is successful, but I'm not sure how anyone can be up on everything, especially not old, married, employed fathers of young children like me.
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Austria24413 Posts
On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately
You should go ahead and inspire change with your very own girl blog
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I guess I am an older TL person. I've been around a while and check here now and then. I don't interact as much anymore, but I have certainly talked about more adult focused topics, like what has happened in my life. From Divorce, Drug use, work life etc.
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/349750-real-life
I find that even though people here are younger they still can have valuable input and perspective. They just may not put it elegantly.
One quote from a reply really changed my perspective on being too old...
What can I say, highschool drama and teenage stories are also real life, worthy of its own podium. You are just older, your interests have changed and your priorities took a u-turn.
This is natural and it happens. The entire time you live you are getting older, growing, becoming a different person. Embrace that change.
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Are you still playing Starcraft? I'm 28, not much younger than White_Ra, and I just don't see the things I used to see. Personally I'm very competitive, and I feel very competitive, and I don't think age has much to do with it. That is, I don't see things getting better any time soon. Like yea, I was one of the most talented players of my generation, but I didn't receive much acknowledgement. Yea there were players probably who were on my tier, but it's not like people hang on my nuts like I'm Artosis. Most players who weren't Korean pros are largely forgotten, and I'm not different. I actually don't identify with "good" Starcraft at all any more, I don't like what works. The game has evolved to the point where it doesn't make sense. There's no way Nal_rA and Stork can both be good players. There's no way to regard Bisu as anything other than a good player. In a nutshell, I think by the time I'm your age, Starcraft 3 will be released and the only aspect to the game will be Macro. People will still try cutting corners in exactly the way BW pros did, and it'll prove that there are no shortcuts in RTS.
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isn't there LiquidHearth for Heathstone now? Hearthstone is a card game. Doyle Brunson is/was a world class card player and he is 87 bazillion years old.
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I Been here for 10 years so I definitely know what your saying.. Its mostly just your posting shifts into other more contact related aspects of the community. Posting becomes less compulsion driven and more event or task oriented.
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On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately
It's cause I'm literally the only who posts them
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Where is the vote button?
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On August 27 2015 04:52 Heartland wrote: Where is the vote button? When did he lose his blog vote privileges lol
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On August 26 2015 23:26 lichter wrote: This fits better in blogs Ageism! I call ageism! Help! Help I'm being repressed!
On August 26 2015 23:31 lichter wrote: also no i'm never going to be too old Agreed, just the feeling of it is saddening enough.
On August 26 2015 23:37 Djzapz wrote: I don't see why anybody would be too old for TL. Might be too old for some of the garbage threads (which I'm not) but there's plenty of quality content for anyone who's interested in games, or even general discussions on a variety of topics. Granted, there certainly are better forums for discussing politics. Can't avoid the oddball nonsense comments from people who are not too knowledgeable on some of the threads here, but then again that's just part of life. Go have lunch with work mates and someone's going to come up with the stupidest shit you've ever heard. You can't say you're too old for lunch with coworkers. The retarded shit people say is a constant in life.
Summary: Death, taxes, and stupid shit people say. Agreed but I think age difference should be a boon to increase dialog and not sure it so often the case. plus what about being too old for tl's own good? Like lichter is clearly implying!
On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately Nice prospect indeed if one thinks of
On August 27 2015 00:45 Djzapz wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately Suggesting older lonely men can afford affection instead of blogging about not getting any? and
On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations to you both! Have an awesome party! Knocck her up right away! There is no spoon, no time to lose, it is all worth it trust me! <3
On August 27 2015 01:53 LaughingTulkas wrote:Well I for one am definitely too old at least to stay up on everything on TL anymore. I've more or less settled into a few niches that I still follow but there's no way I can read all the major threads and be up on all the jokes and insider shit that I used to really enjoy knowing (even if I was never really a participant). Of course, TL is so much larger than it used to be as well. Which is mostly a good thing, I'm glad the site is successful, but I'm not sure how anyone can be up on everything, especially not old, married, employed fathers of young children like me. Same, but I like teens and young adults and interacting with them
On August 27 2015 02:11 DarkLordOlli wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately You should go ahead and inspire change with your very own girl blog Hype!
On August 27 2015 02:14 Smancer wrote:I guess I am an older TL person. I've been around a while and check here now and then. I don't interact as much anymore, but I have certainly talked about more adult focused topics, like what has happened in my life. From Divorce, Drug use, work life etc. http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/349750-real-lifeI find that even though people here are younger they still can have valuable input and perspective. They just may not put it elegantly. One quote from a reply really changed my perspective on being too old... Show nested quote +What can I say, highschool drama and teenage stories are also real life, worthy of its own podium. You are just older, your interests have changed and your priorities took a u-turn. This is natural and it happens. The entire time you live you are getting older, growing, becoming a different person. Embrace that change. I try to embrace all ages and that seems to make my angst/pleasure a bit less manageable I admit. Love the link and quote, thank you for sharing. Growth is the term, never enough growth inside a person <3
On August 27 2015 02:20 YokoKano wrote: Are you still playing Starcraft? I'm 28, not much younger than White_Ra, and I just don't see the things I used to see. Personally I'm very competitive, and I feel very competitive, and I don't think age has much to do with it. That is, I don't see things getting better any time soon. Like yea, I was one of the most talented players of my generation, but I didn't receive much acknowledgement. Yea there were players probably who were on my tier, but it's not like people hang on my nuts like I'm Artosis. Most players who weren't Korean pros are largely forgotten, and I'm not different. I actually don't identify with "good" Starcraft at all any more, I don't like what works. The game has evolved to the point where it doesn't make sense. There's no way Nal_rA and Stork can both be good players. There's no way to regard Bisu as anything other than a good player. In a nutshell, I think by the time I'm your age, Starcraft 3 will be released and the only aspect to the game will be Macro. People will still try cutting corners in exactly the way BW pros did, and it'll prove that there are no shortcuts in RTS. I put all my competitive drive outside of sc2 (in photon cycles). I don't think the ladder pool ever shaped up Plus I cheat, I make maps and my son is learning rts and the computer, so I get a lot "for free". In any case, drive versus time: no contest!
On August 27 2015 03:07 JimmyJRaynor wrote: isn't there LiquidHearth for Heathstone now? Hearthstone is a card game. Doyle Brunson is/was a world class card player and he is 87 bazillion years old.
On August 27 2015 04:52 Heartland wrote: Where is the vote button? <3
On August 27 2015 05:58 Skynx wrote:When did he lose his blog vote privileges lol Can you not make one anymore either?
I love the implication that my OP "being too old for tl" would call for a poll to vote if I am "too old for tl".
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Wow man, you are really 41? I really would like to sometims hear your life story. You come across as a pretty weird person, I always somehow assumed that's some foolishness of the youth.
I am "only" 33 (so a youngster), married for 7 years and I don't feel too old for TL On the contrary, I started enjoying the place more in the last two or so years after I discovered the LR threads and the ability to (sometimes) share the enjoyment of games there with other people (with the exception of when they become a private IRC channel of always same like five people and nobody knows what they are talking around). I do sometimes became angry or annoyed with something, but that is no different than real life.
Honestly, one of the few things I feel a little bit old for are your antics. Maybe you could try to write more coherently and reduce your random self-centered posts in various unrelated threads? What do you think about making someone else feel less old?
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I'm certainly posting less frequently than I used to, but that's more because of real-life distractions (like a job), than just me feeling too old or too mature. I guess more responsibilities is related to getting older though.
On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing.
Congratulations I'm getting married 2 Junes from now; I shall eventually join you in making those!
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On August 27 2015 10:03 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:I'm certainly posting less frequently than I used to, but that's more because of real-life distractions (like a job), than just me feeling too old or too mature. I guess more responsibilities is related to getting older though. Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations I'm getting married 2 Junes from now; I shall eventually join you in making those!
Congrats to you both! I am turning 30 on Labor day, freshly engaged, No date as of yet but we have family all over the US. So a long engagement is in order. I will join in this new series! bewildered married man blogs
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On August 27 2015 10:14 evaunit01 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 10:03 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:I'm certainly posting less frequently than I used to, but that's more because of real-life distractions (like a job), than just me feeling too old or too mature. I guess more responsibilities is related to getting older though. On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations I'm getting married 2 Junes from now; I shall eventually join you in making those! Congrats to you both! I am turning 30 on Labor day, freshly engaged, No date as of yet but we have family all over the US. So a long engagement is in order. I will join in this new series! bewildered married man blogs
Congratulations to you too! We must label our blogs as [BMMB]
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i hope there's space to falsify the age/marriage correlation. i am always telling ninazerg she's not my daughter and it keeps up the tension.
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Bisutopia19035 Posts
On August 27 2015 10:22 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 10:14 evaunit01 wrote:On August 27 2015 10:03 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:I'm certainly posting less frequently than I used to, but that's more because of real-life distractions (like a job), than just me feeling too old or too mature. I guess more responsibilities is related to getting older though. On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations I'm getting married 2 Junes from now; I shall eventually join you in making those! Congrats to you both! I am turning 30 on Labor day, freshly engaged, No date as of yet but we have family all over the US. So a long engagement is in order. I will join in this new series! bewildered married man blogs Congratulations to you too! We must label our blogs as [BMMB] Agreed on the tag. Congrats to both of you! But two Junes from now is sooo long. GL being patient xD
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On August 27 2015 12:49 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 10:22 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On August 27 2015 10:14 evaunit01 wrote:On August 27 2015 10:03 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:I'm certainly posting less frequently than I used to, but that's more because of real-life distractions (like a job), than just me feeling too old or too mature. I guess more responsibilities is related to getting older though. On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations I'm getting married 2 Junes from now; I shall eventually join you in making those! Congrats to you both! I am turning 30 on Labor day, freshly engaged, No date as of yet but we have family all over the US. So a long engagement is in order. I will join in this new series! bewildered married man blogs Congratulations to you too! We must label our blogs as [BMMB] Agreed on the tag. Congrats to both of you! But two Junes from now is sooo long. GL being patient xD
We've been together for 9 years already and I'm a teacher... I have patience down to a science XD
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Bearded Elder29876 Posts
On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratz and high five. I got married month ago ^_^ So maybe we should create a Married Guys Club on TL -_-;
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On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately They're all in the dating thread.
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I heard that spoilers effectively increase ur mental age on tl by acting as filters, preventing full immersion in the community
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On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately Yoshi still needs to write his.
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On August 27 2015 12:55 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 12:49 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 10:22 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On August 27 2015 10:14 evaunit01 wrote:On August 27 2015 10:03 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:I'm certainly posting less frequently than I used to, but that's more because of real-life distractions (like a job), than just me feeling too old or too mature. I guess more responsibilities is related to getting older though. On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations I'm getting married 2 Junes from now; I shall eventually join you in making those! Congrats to you both! I am turning 30 on Labor day, freshly engaged, No date as of yet but we have family all over the US. So a long engagement is in order. I will join in this new series! bewildered married man blogs Congratulations to you too! We must label our blogs as [BMMB] Agreed on the tag. Congrats to both of you! But two Junes from now is sooo long. GL being patient xD We've been together for 9 years already and I'm a teacher... I have patience down to a science XD
That would explain my missus, we've been together nine years and she's a teacher too. Thus far I've managed to get away without any serious marriage discussions!
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I'm 27, and I don't think I'm too old for TL. I'm too old for parts of TL (all those design/balance threads regarding HotS or LotV where everyone turns OFF their brain and goes full bias/whine/passive aggressive), but there are other parts of TL I still enjoy.
Edit: also congrats to all the married/future married people in the thread. And Lichter is right, TL has been severely lacking girl blogs lately.
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Northern Ireland22201 Posts
i see a spoiler
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also, given your age and your moderation history, how do you feel being constantly schooled by a bunch of kids with made up internet power?
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So happy if this thread becomes the "engagement thread" (someone should do such a thread! so I can make this link color text a real link). <3
I candidly think it is weird that no one but me would bring up / want to theorize about "too old to be on tl". Since tl's axiom is to be "liquid", its members/content meant / bound to fluctuate ; furthermore those might need to fluctuate for tl to better thrive / survive? What if us "oldies" are holding tl back?
'ppsk, I like everyone by default, besides the pbu s#it that will still come out of me (I hope less and less), I try to be friendly and yet useful in my posts. I hoped it showed and that I am actually better understood. Thing is, as you must agree, typing conveys only so much (it often allows for subjective interpretation and moreover misunderstandings). So I went through several typing ways to "exist" on tl. My most recent incarnation seems to survive, I take that as progress (?)!
To be clear, the spoiler era started from me loving the ability to hide extra content that would disallow any misconception / misunderstanding to take place from reading my s#it (trying to be as precise as possible while leaving the "original sentence" as I wanted it ; meaning people would read without opening them, then go see what I meant more precisely by this "x" word or that "y" expression). Then it went overboard and no I could care less about not being "allowed" to do any further ones. I think I helped see how this coding function is awesome and should not be restricted to "game results" "plot spoilers" etc. not to mention but I had no idea at the time that it would drive mobile users crazy, sorry my bad!
My life story would bore you in typing form, but the diva barely hidden in me thanks you for asking. I was 8 when the little frog I was then taught himself 'murican english in a maryland public high school. My genius of a mum saved my older brother by taking us there, he had been fighting the french educational system from day 1. He had never been catered to (slightly dyslexic, colorblind and over passionate / bored with the classes etc). Just to give you an idea, my idol (my bro) cut classes when he was 16 to go follow classes in uni making huge amount of "absence notes" himself for school reps unbeknownst to my parents. At 18 he got auto and moto licenses in two weeks (both!!!), he built half a dozen guitars himself <3, he got the boat license he could get (again colorblind / f-uck rules) and he would deserve to be able to fly planes alone but he can't. , he is the awesomest dude in the universe but the 1990ies world could not really attune to him! Not to worry, now he is in computers and he can be the one to tell them how "s#it is supposed to happen / be.
I am a dreamer, have written and drawn stories since I could (5 for the painting, never stopped will never stop! ; 8 for the stories because I had just engrossed myself in comic books when I "discovered" them in the u s of a (in france at the time (still now somewhat) comic books were looked down upon), my earlier experience with them having been constant fighting with my father "why you waste your time with that s#it" kinda rhetoric. So you could say my F U attitude stems from somewhere there So yes! I am one of these guys who always is looking to "go further", go "too far" "scratch that itch" "be that guy".
I went to sell my paintings and got the "come back in 10 years". I got close to being an actor (rapped on baudelaire on tape, f ck! I hope that one never gets online ahahahahaha).. but I got sick of the audition process. not to mention I felt most people in there are shallow as can be and I admit I can't relate nor survive with those people.
I got jobs in video editing and set dressing (tv mostly and a little movies), two arguably different fields (with both universes not understanding / rejecting me for my attachments to both) that I loved.
When I got old enough I made my short movie (have been watching movies, collecting them, studying them for 25 years +). As you can imagine I botched it ahahahahahaha, but I did teach myself all that this curtails / entails which was my goal. It is online if you want :tease:
I had always made games and sc editors were great, mostly because they are but also because there were people playing your maps that were unknown to you and that felt so hip that I couldn't resist / will never resist, I started another map for my kid yesterday
To get money, I did do the steady employee bit when my first kid was born (f_ck employers who think you doing your best for their company in spite of the lack of support you get from them is "normal"), which f cked up my eyesight somewhat. It made them loads of money / quality media outlets and now I'm too expensive or vocal for my own f cken good so I had to leave instead of continuing to get them results while I lost 200 hours+ a month on their useless app. :pjsalt:
Now I do animations for kids, I re transcript videos for subtitling / video editing etc
To get to dream, I am in the process (10 year process) of launching my own comic book magazine and filming the pilot of my tv series ...
Not to mention it but I wouldn't have survived all this without my wonderful life partner (gf for 15 years now 10 year wife) who, among other things has blessed me with two kids and I am now peter pan for them instead of for myself. An experience which I find transcendentally awesome as well as always and forever new and surprising and of course challenging.
ps: Sorry for making you feel old ppsk.
Edit: sorry for edits .. I humbly suppose waiting a dozen of minutes after my posting before reading would help but .. I'd be wrong
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On August 27 2015 18:53 opisska wrote: also, given your age and your moderation history, how do you feel being constantly schooled by a bunch of kids with made up internet power? I get by.
On August 27 2015 18:50 ahswtini wrote:i see a spoiler So do I! I also edit a lot 'pssk
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On August 27 2015 18:53 opisska wrote: also, given your age and your moderation history, how do you feel being constantly schooled by a bunch of kids with made up internet power? I do think that the alexander knot unraveling is that I am here.
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Could we have a staff "stat" on how old posters do post? Not "how" but whatever stat are indeed "available"
how: no details available: one would have to have done coding for it available: one could want to not divulge such info 4% hype!
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On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing.
Congratulations !
Does your wife know that if the occasion present itself, you will cheat on her with some Korean guy with beatifull hair ?
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On August 27 2015 21:07 FFW_Rude wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations ! Does your wife know that if the occasion present itself, you will cheat on her with some Korean guy with beatifull hair ? Who wouldn't?
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I dont know If I am too old, but I get tired reading threads when before I loved them. I also laught at rage posts and before I would join in the drama... I dont know... need to take a nap.
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you're 41? hi there old man!
Everyone who plays BW knows that they are getting old
I still remember 1998
but old for TL? Not me. All the BW guys are relatively "old"
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I remember when I was younger, I told myself that I would never be too old for video games.
But you know, these days, I just can't get into video games anymore. They always sound like a lot of fun, like a great idea, until I start playing. Then after a couple hours, I just stop enjoying it. I only occasionally come to check TL still, for a little SC news, the general forum, and sometimes the blogs.
In my opinion, yes, there probably should come a day when you are too old for certain things. And I would say when you start FEELING too old, that's probably when you are. Sometimes, I think people persist in old habits because they remember how good things used to feel, rather than how those things actually affect them in the present.
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damn fluidrone is actually pretty fucking awesome
thanks for sharing!
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On August 27 2015 23:24 iloveav wrote: I dont know If I am too old, but I get tired reading threads when before I loved them. I also laught at rage posts and before I would join in the drama... I dont know... need to take a nap. Hope all is well, .. see you on the other side it will all be alright trust me.
On August 28 2015 00:11 JieXian wrote:you're 41? hi there old man! Everyone who plays BW knows that they are getting old I still remember 1998but old for TL? Not me. All the BW guys are relatively "old" Loved it, would jump back in the time machine without hesitation.. mmm can I bring my kids? <3 No? So no then I won't go, but that was very close! mmm and if i admit it, I should have put my kid on brood war, he liked sc2bw and I miss my favorite square/pixels, but that was a political decision, I sadly admit it. in all cases sc forever!
On August 28 2015 00:38 Fighter wrote: I remember when I was younger, I told myself that I would never be too old for video games. But you know, these days, I just can't get into video games anymore. They always sound like a lot of fun, like a great idea, until I start playing. Then after a couple hours, I just stop enjoying it. I only occasionally come to check TL still, for a little SC news, the general forum, and sometimes the blogs. In my opinion, yes, there probably should come a day when you are too old for certain things. And I would say when you start FEELING too old, that's probably when you are. Sometimes, I think people persist in old habits because they remember how good things used to feel, rather than how those things actually affect them in the present.
Yes! got one! Now I need to convince you that you are not too old for tl. Joke aside, I agree that if I ask the question, I should follow it with the diva good bye. Just be here and only post once a week because I like to join conversations but not have this "need" to do it might make it a little "purer". Hope you still think somewhere in there that video games are chill cool stuff and that this hasn't been broken in you and that it will never be broken. Thank you for sharing, meant a lot to do it I think, wasn't easy for me to play the age card on tl, and I feel all naked and stuff now
On August 28 2015 03:55 catplanetcatplanet wrote: damn fluidrone is actually pretty fucking awesome, thanks for sharing! Hounds be they of baskerville still blush, thank you.. I'm just an enthousias tic.
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You know you are old when your cat sits on your "work" seat behind your back and you not only let it, but make more room for it <3
I do this all the time. Also, I'm 37, married, with children. So your definition of 'old' is correct!
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TL hasn't released their 2014 census yet as far as I can tell; I couldn't find it on google. But here's 2013 www.teamliquid.net.
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On August 28 2015 06:33 _fool wrote:Show nested quote +You know you are old when your cat sits on your "work" seat behind your back and you not only let it, but make more room for it <3 I do this all the time. Also, I'm 37, married, with children. So your definition of 'old' is correct!
On August 28 2015 07:21 obesechicken13 wrote:TL hasn't released their 2014 census yet as far as I can tell; I couldn't find it on google. But here's 2013 www.teamliquid.net. I love how I am 25 if I took that poll. See? I told you, they didn't see or felt closeted and voted 25! <3 thank you for link, will add to the op.
Any slowpokes left? Bring it on! Engagement soon? bun in the fridge / oven? <3
More! I need more, I need chill to come in and say it is all forgiven and he's going to tell my kid to broodwar on a weapon of his choice! Gimme hot bid gets old! Gimme NonY was born auld and we are all in awe! Gimme rekrul! Hyped hype!
Thank you tl.
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On August 28 2015 08:13 fluidrone wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2015 06:33 _fool wrote:You know you are old when your cat sits on your "work" seat behind your back and you not only let it, but make more room for it <3 I do this all the time. Also, I'm 37, married, with children. So your definition of 'old' is correct! Show nested quote +On August 28 2015 07:21 obesechicken13 wrote:TL hasn't released their 2014 census yet as far as I can tell; I couldn't find it on google. But here's 2013 www.teamliquid.net. I love how I am 25 if I took that poll. See? I told you, they didn't see or felt closeted and voted 25! <3 thank you for link, will add to the op. Any slowpokes left? Bring it on! Engagement soon? bun in the fridge / oven? <3More! I need more, I need chill to come in and say it is all forgiven and he's going to tell my kid to broodwar on a weapon of his choice! Gimme hot bid gets old! Gimme NonY was born auld and we are all in awe! Gimme rekrul! Hyped hype! Thank you tl. I've got one in the oven!!! (hopefully finding out the gender on Monday!!)
Definitely never too old for TL! :D :D
I think it would be cool to have a thread/topic/discussion for us that are at different stages of life (married, kids, etc)
Serious question: anyone else feel cheated that there's generally lot's of attention given to the period of time when you first start getting hair in new places but nobody warns you about it happening a second time?
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On August 28 2015 00:11 JieXian wrote:you're 41? hi there old man! Everyone who plays BW knows that they are getting old I still remember 1998 but old for TL? Not me. All the BW guys are relatively "old"
Basically this. I played BW to no end for a few years, I was even in a clan. I assume there are a lot of people of the 80/90 gamer generation here, and these must all be around 35 to 45 by now.
We're just seeing the Brood War generation getting old. Most of us still love video games, and as long as that doesn't change, you're never too old for TL.
I'm 36 myself, married for 7 years, and I have a daughter and a son.
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On August 27 2015 22:05 fluidrone wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 21:07 FFW_Rude wrote:On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations ! Does your wife know that if the occasion present itself, you will cheat on her with some Korean guy with beatifull hair ? Who wouldn't?
Me of course.
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On August 28 2015 16:07 phagga wrote: [...]Most of us still love video games, and as long as that doesn't change, you're never too old for TL.
I'm 36 myself, married for 7 years, and I have a daughter and a son.
Seconding this, 37 here, with the same woman for 15 years and 3 sons.
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On August 28 2015 15:30 y0su wrote: I've got one in the oven!!! (hopefully finding out the gender on Monday!!)
Definitely never too old for TL! :D :D
I think it would be cool to have a thread/topic/discussion for us that are at different stages of life (married, kids, etc)
Serious question: anyone else feel cheated that there's generally lot's of attention given to the period of time when you first start getting hair in new places but nobody warns you about it happening a second time?
Congratulations! to you and the missus (she be doing all the work) Best thing ever, bet you are doing the naming as we speak. My advice? Choose a name that you can both say 50 times in a row (now) and still love it both, because that is a word you are going to say 100000000 times <3
Yes I agree with you, but if you start pulling hair growth into the "too old" you scare off the kids from posting There are reasons why no one tells you about it, and I cannot be the one to start this list (here). Mmmm, maybe just one: hair is different for everyone, some people complain about having too much, some losing too much, some "never in the right places".
On August 28 2015 16:07 phagga wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2015 00:11 JieXian wrote:you're 41? hi there old man! Everyone who plays BW knows that they are getting old I still remember 1998, but old for TL? Not me. All the BW guys are relatively "old" Basically this. I played BW to no end for a few years, I was even in a clan. I assume there are a lot of people of the 80/90 gamer generation here, and these must all be around 35 to 45 by now. We're just seeing the Brood War generation getting old. Most of us still love video games, and as long as that doesn't change, you're never too old for TL. I'm 36 myself, married for 7 years, and I have a daughter and a son. "We're just seeing the Brood War generation getting old" We are totally on the same page there, this is maybe why I wanted to showcase that tl is "that way" and that in the decade to come it will have more 30 year olds than 40 year olds and possibly as much as 20 year olds, for instance.. I will be 50 by then
As a whole I can't get into brood war because I was never Iccup and that is my main inferiority complex in sc (my parents were quite fine/free but had a tooth against video games nonetheless. As a fanatic I think the kids will never go for bw unless it is repackaged unto a more recent platform (so as I said earlier, a political decision rather than an emotional calling taking over, and that is precisely the sort of f_cked up adult s#it I hate doing / having to do / realizing that I do it...)
On August 28 2015 18:23 Kerm wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2015 16:07 phagga wrote: [...]Most of us still love video games, and as long as that doesn't change, you're never too old for TL.
I'm 36 myself, married for 7 years, and I have a daughter and a son. Seconding this, 37 here, with the same woman for 15 years and 3 sons. I do find that nostalgia makes things weird, not to mention your own kids getting into gaming.
Thank you all for sharing your non olditude and for to and for tl.
On August 28 2015 17:14 FFW_Rude wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2015 22:05 fluidrone wrote:On August 27 2015 21:07 FFW_Rude wrote:On August 27 2015 01:20 BisuDagger wrote:On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I'm getting married in October. Maybe a rise in bewildered married man blogs will become a thing. Congratulations ! Does your wife know that if the occasion present itself, you will cheat on her with some Korean guy with beatifull hair ? Who wouldn't? Me of course. You not french enough to try a man's wedding gift? I doubt it! I imagine your perfect wife is already right now picking your tie, for the honeymoon s_x! Think about it! It'll be great, I mean GrEAte! <--(scottish accent implied)
ps: When I wrote "bun in oven / fridge" it was not only meant as a joke (the fridge bit: for me "a bun in the freezer" is you and your lifepartner are discussing it or have been discussing it for a while (or worse // sorry / have been unsuccessful yet (while trying))
sc forever hype! edit: still no girl blog? Will I have to do one?
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Sorry i didn't get that. I already have the perfect wife.
She knows all KT players. She knows that Bisu is some paper you stick on a bucket. She doesn't need to know more.
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Getting older is hard, but my love for SC2 matures by the day.
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On August 27 2015 00:14 lichter wrote: maybe TL is getting too old. i've noticed an alarming lack of girlblogs lately I don't write those yet, but if I get a girlfriend this year, I'll do some of those just for you. :/
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I do ask myself that question sometimes. I'm 32, been reading TL since Nazgul created it. In fact, I have been reading SC strategy sites for even longer. Amazing how the time flies!
It wasn't until my late twenties that I really started figuring out what I like and don't like. I really wish I hadn't wasted so much time on things that no longer matter to me, but I do feel those experiences were necessary in order to teach me what's important and what isn't.
Does anyone else here share my desire to shut yourself off from other people? Not everyone but most? I deactivated Facebook about a year ago and haven't looked back. I just.........don't want anything to do with most of it anymore.
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too old for sc - yes. for tl - nah
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On August 28 2015 22:22 fluidrone wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2015 15:30 y0su wrote: I've got one in the oven!!! (hopefully finding out the gender on Monday!!)
Definitely never too old for TL! :D :D
I think it would be cool to have a thread/topic/discussion for us that are at different stages of life (married, kids, etc)
Serious question: anyone else feel cheated that there's generally lot's of attention given to the period of time when you first start getting hair in new places but nobody warns you about it happening a second time? Congratulations! to you and the missus (she be doing all the work) Best thing ever, bet you are doing the naming as we speak. My advice? Choose a name that you can both say 50 times in a row (now) and still love it both, because that is a word you are going to say 100000000 times <3 Yes I agree with you, but if you start pulling hair growth into the "too old" you scare off the kids from posting There are reasons why no one tells you about it, and I cannot be the one to start this list (here). Mmmm, maybe just one: hair is different for everyone, some people complain about having too much, some losing too much, some "never in the right places". Thanks! We're also working with the name needing to be relatively easy to pronounce in English and Finnish! (No J, G, sh, ch, Y - how my parent's gave me a name with J and SH I never understand...) At least we've got one part narrowed down - ultrasound yesterday: a boy! :D :D
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Thank you <3. for sharing your heartwarming gem, thank you!
You the Sitting on top of the world and off of this world! "Luminous beings we are, .. not this crude matter"
A boy! I have two, I hope you yearn for it, making kids is the real truman show movie. And there you might think I am kidding, that I meant it lightly. And there you could be thinking:" "what?" Yes, as soon as the little being is "here", as in "in the womb", it changes everything. The word new soon is replaced by an odd taxing old world. Also, the word new becomes the world "I know".
Right now, you see all the pathways all the headings all the directions all the lies all the hope all the faith. Like truman you had led one life. Like truman, you will fall off the set (a projector falls down in the movie) and soon you will use 5 word sentences and see nothing but ..your boy. All realities previous to that will be weighed and measured against their worth to you, to your grill, to your social surrounding, to your bank account... it is endless. Not to worry, we fall so we can learn to pick ourselves up, we make new living beings for the purpose of magnifying something other than us, heavy stuff that has cost and rewards beyond what your mind can conceive while you are bringing them in this world, "the delivering" is an integral part of it.. And then... when it is all said and done, after a few months, a few years for some.. you will discover a new audience, a new truman moment .; you will have gone beyond the map, and you will watch him see you, as the kids always do to their parents, a self sustained and sustainable fearless cruel and loving audience. Enjoy every second and do sleep while he sleeps! at least just to get in the rhythm of it.
Welcome to this world little "............," we where waiting for you, come and join in! Do talk to the fetus (communicate is a more appropriate word, but anything from a hug while digesting chocolate to baths with secured music is a must! The grill's womb is a temple, doesn't mean it doesn't sound like a party in there #never too early to communicate. Stimuli = response
If you don't mind me I'll thank you again, I was in a rutty mood and had no prospect about how to get a smile on "on the inside" as well, so thank you y0su. *Tips fedora with a soothing 50ies smile.
Edit: I am a worthless scoundrel for not saying earlier: Congratulations to the missus, she be doing all the work, so just take care of her!
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On August 29 2015 11:25 BruceLee6783 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +I do ask myself that question sometimes. I'm 32, been reading TL since Nazgul created it. In fact, I have been reading SC strategy sites for even longer. Amazing how the time flies!
It wasn't until my late twenties that I really started figuring out what I like and don't like. I really wish I hadn't wasted so much time on things that no longer matter to me, but I do feel those experiences were necessary in order to teach me what's important and what isn't. Does anyone else here share my desire to shut yourself off from other people? Not everyone but most? I deactivated Facebook about a year ago and haven't looked back. I just.........don't want anything to do with most of it anymore. That is "getting old", narrowing the field of unknown. I highly dislike fa ceb ook.
Life is an adventure.
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My dad just died in his sleep .. and i have never felt as old as i do now glhf tl:
So is this a forum? is this not rather a wall to type on until the fingers bleed? yes that sounds about right! so here i go:
Life has milestones/pitfalls .. places and times that are pretty much always the same for everyone, the orders are initially mixed by the waiter but while no one notices it at first, it becomes crystal clear when you have had more than half of your count before you check out yourself...
i've seen my life since i was very young..+ Show Spoiler + i could also call it fast forwarding my life , as some people know how to + Show Spoiler + and others that don't know how to or maybe others that are not even fully aware of just how much they are in the dark about all of it !? . It all came from my desire to think of every potential outcome when thinking about anything, anyone. My dad had a double life and it made me into what the "Lie to me" tv series refers to as a natural. What is a natural: + Show Spoiler +well to put it quite simply it is first someone who's had to deal with lies and trust issues from a very young age and second has developed a "locked on people lying" method/incarnation against/for people around that someone, in a nutshell someone who has lived and possibly will always live filtering everything that happens in his/her life through "lies", what is genuine word/action or fake feeling or fake laughter etc, what to do in case people lie and you see it etc etc. In short i'm a natural, i see lies from people i know when they do them and i also lie really well.. in my case i try never to lie, but that doesn't help being good at it! helps not one bit! Was i like this because my dad triggered it in me? Was i always going to be like this and i just "got" him first? Don't we all live separate lives simultaneously? i care not about unanswered fantasies/queries i have left since he left.. there are degrees of interests in life and i'm not that interested... When you know what you need to know from 4 years old to 42.. you know it will be worse the second time around, when the reality will knock you out a second time around, because the first time you had theorized it with facts (lies caught, evidence uncovered etc) and it hurt! ..and the second time you get a validation of your prediction, more sordid or less depending on the original state of mind that was then while this is now and it hurts again.
i've never seen other people and simultaneously passed a definite judgement on them, because i always reject stuff to cure this affliction i have (to overthink stuff) on the basis that i don't want to have these "first impressions last" because things are never under our hold, things are elusive and without focus you could read wrong and ruin whatever etc..., i don't do this with anyone.. don't do this with this forum, with my deceased dad.. with everyone. You always want to counter your affliction if it is going to serve ulterior motives you believe in (like the right to privacy and kinkiness as opposed to having to deal with outright illegal/amoral stuff that you have to invade privacy for).
Right now i keep going back to thinking of myself when i started watching the 6 feet under tv series and how much i had to actively stop myself from imagining by that time almost crystallizing what my read of my life and others around me would be.. validation after validation.. read after read being right and often (since i had a hand in it i'll just say that i helped my ulcer possibly but nothing life affirming enough to justify me being proud of ..) going on as a a robot .. a f cken bot going through motions like i knew i would.. small variability, comedy humor or extra blade in the heart to add to all the future remembrance of the present ... It all started when i was too old for the potty. The idea is simple and has always served me right, you think the worst of people and the best. You have to imagine the most horrible on one end and the best ever impossible good in people and paint them as a an artist tries to work while you experience their presence (through talk sure, but it could be more or less, an eye bat, a symphony .. whatever communication ensues is a valid communication "line" that you from then on add to. Conversations is the term hyped these days. Applying this method, you experience people's guts and emotion and they hate or love you for it. So i quickly fell in love with people and out of love forever. Not that i ever knew i was doing it at the time mind you. At the time my dad had given me all a kid ever needs, presence. The trust thing was never going to be part of my vocabulary ..ever, for anyone or anything (for f ck's sake i don't even trust gravity!) but the ideas, the thoughts that came from early realizations are just as valid as a heritage or a lesson taught.. no? i happen to think so.
i am more in tune with myself now than i was 38 years ago, of course! But does that not mean little when you are checking the data stored and archived that goes with it, those amounts of data change the things stored themselves empirically and furthermore you go through the re re-validation process once more even though what was thought out initially (or imagined initially) seems so distant in the past that i have to start treating it as "theory"?
When i was less young, i repressed stuff from my childhood and i made a fun life for myself.. i used the natural toolset as little as i could but always suffering worse and worse blows from the always coming validations. You know you were right then (which does nothing to insure that what you think now is any good) and you did this or that .. you did damage control here and super over there.. u do your bid in other people's lives. you want those people in your life and hate them for the mistakes or decisions etc all in one flow going forward... Now i can choose.. to play the detective or play the buddha .. but can i really? Did i not choose this all those years ago? Again, was it a choice or just genetics/fate.
i have the answers within me.. but after 35+ years i'm not sure i want those answers to come from me. i admit candidly i want it to come from my kids, my wife, friends.. i want their voices to validate or invalidate stuff that i have known would happen for decades much more than i ever did before, and furthermore i want them to bring it up .. to initiate the data feed.. and when i see myself thinking this .. typing it: i know that what i am thinking means i am old, that this is a clear sign that my journey is on its vantage point.. i will never again have a better view of my life from within and from without, returning to my past to projecting myself into my future... All downhill from here was my motto when i realized that i was what i am.. of course that is when i repressed and went on an hermit trail to see if i would survive i guess? .. i stopped wanting to know or understand, i quit my job as an agent of order and peace through love and understanding.. not unlike my dad i went to town trying to destroy myself through adventures.. most of which i was thankful that he made me fear it before i lived it "for real" myself. Your brain only allows you to know what you want to know is what "specialists" explain/agree on. That is very little compared to what is to be said about how we broadly understand concepts such as repression or denial.. life or brains are like a house made of many different types of materials, some are core things that shape our lives and some people spend their whole life identifying pillars that shape them, others do the memento bit and know the ending before it starts.. and all the people in between get all the available expansion sets that may allow them to jump from one to the next.. or run away from it all etc
Choice is to be examined, done .. and then ignored or else! Such is the nature of my grief?
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