General demographic info, please

[TeyaBrosna]

I'm reading the forums last night and I stumble across a thread in which the original poster insulted 40-year-olds. My first reaction was predictable, I suppose - my eyebrows shot skyward and I thought "Wow, probably not a good idea to insult the bulk of the player base." But then I stopped and thought about it...IS that the bulk of the players around here? I'm a thirtysomething who played the pen & paper DnD back in the 80s, and it sounds as though many forum posters are as well, but I occasionally read the general chat and "advice" channels in the Harbor, and it leads me to wonder.

I realise that there is not an efficient way for me to determine the general age range of the entire player base of DDO. Asking the question here on the forums merely gives me approximate information on the respondents to my thread...not even the majority of the forum-goers. I'm still incredibly curious however, so I'm gonna give it a go. Asking specifics about someone's age is generally considered rude, and asking specifics about someone's location is downright unsafe, so we'll work around the first and avoid the second. How about a decade age range and gender? I just thought it might be nice to get the smallest idea of who we're playing this game with.

I'll start with my household:

Player #1: Female, 30s.
Player #2: Female, 20s.

Et toi?

[Elegorne]

Player #1- 40's Male
Player #2- Under 10 Male

[Thornton]

There are at least two old threads about this, ( THIS being player age) with many, many responses, if you are curious.

[Alektronic]

My house:
Male: 24
Female: 23

[wonkey]

Only one player in my household:

Male, 26

[Hellllboy]

Male 37

[TeyaBrosna]

There are at least two old threads about this, ( THIS being player age) with many, many responses, if you are curious.

Ooo Awesome! Thanks, I didn't know. Any idea how old they might be? I'll start looking for them now.

[cdbd3rd]

[re: previous threads on subject]
Last one I recall I think was back before F2P, and certainly before EU ships came into port.
Mayhap be a different ballgame these days.

M-46





Actually, I sit corrected. Here's one that was a few months ago.
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=270770

[Llewndyn]

Player 1: Male, 30
Player 2: Male, 10
Player 3: Male, <10
Player 4: Dog, 6

Sadly the only one with a forum account is the dog. Bark, Bark!

[TrinityTurtle]

In my house in order of amount of playtime:

1) Female 39
2) Male 34

[krissonofpark]

There are at least two old threads about this, ( THIS being player age) with many, many responses, if you are curious.

I would like to say that that is not an answer to the question.

[re: previous threads on subject]
Last one I recall I think was back before F2P, and certainly before EU ships came into port.
Mayhap be a different ballgame these days.

Actually, I sit corrected. Here's one that was a few months ago.
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=270770

See the question can be answered, with added link to help as well.

As for an actual answer, even though I will be somewhere within the linked thread.

One Player: Male, 38

[TeyaBrosna]

I would like to say that that is not an answer to the question.



See the question can be answered, with added link to help as well.

As for an actual answer, even though I will be somewhere within the linked thread.

One Player: Male, 38

Thanks a ton for the info, Kriss...and thanks for answering the question Most other MMOs I've played have had a quickly varying population, but I've never had any idea whether or not this applied to the general demographics of the player base or just the names of the participants at any given time... Still interests me.

[LordMond63]

Two player household-

M, 47

F, 13

[stille_nacht]

M-17
F-12
M-14

[ccoleman]

Two players here:

Male - 42
Female - 41

[Kourier]

Male, 17

[Itachi83]

Male, 17

[Bekki]

As for me....

Player 1: 43

Player 2: 14

[Kelavam]

M-37
F-37
F-12
2 M- under 10.

[Burtle]

This house:
Male: 38
Female: 44
Male: 16