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  • GTwanderGTwander Member UncommonPosts: 6,035
    Originally posted by korent1991

    Seriously? Mods edited this?

    I'm really wondering what the hell is going on with this forum lately... people who should get mod edits or warnings usually don't, and those who should not - they actually do!  -.-'

    *nudge* *nudge* *whisper*

    Mods can be fanbois too.

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  • AdmiralWolverineAdmiralWolverine Member UncommonPosts: 29

    I honestly dont see why he is complaining...i've got university  and a job to juggle and i always have to play...ANY release date would be fine for me..you should be happy its being released this year instead of next summer? Don't you want to play this game? I've waited since announcement of GW2 when i still played GW1...and im very happy about the Aug release date, it just seems your a little butt hurt cause you cant manage your time..

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  • delete5230delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,081

    Question :  What do you call a Doctor that finishes last in his class ?

    Answer : Doctor !

    So you can skip a lot of classes, play GW2, and still be a Doctor.

     

    Anyway..........Look at it this way.  It's B2P, Anet would not care if you buy it on release or two months down the line, add to the fact that EVERYONE that will buy the game anyway on release !

     

     

  • Lord.BachusLord.Bachus Member RarePosts: 9,686

    As a hardworking man, all i know is that most students have plenty of free time to play games comparing to people with one or more fulltime jobs.  Most people overhere in Holland with full time jobs work 60 hours a week, travel 10 hours a day, have to spend time with their fammily, which leaves them 2 hours of gametime max a day, and several more during weekends, if no fammily things are going on.

     

    Compared to that even during their exam week most students have more time to play then us hard working people.

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  • dllddlld Member UncommonPosts: 615
    Originally posted by Vortigon

    The average age of gamers is 35 years old.

    Therefore 90%+ of customers are not students - therefore the ops concerns are unimportant.

    average doesn't work that way, the majority of people can be in the student age while the average is far above, simple, 10 gamers 9 of them 20 one of them 90 boom average gamer age is 27 and quite misleading.

  • Lord.BachusLord.Bachus Member RarePosts: 9,686
    Originally posted by dlld
    Originally posted by Vortigon

    The average age of gamers is 35 years old.

    Therefore 90%+ of customers are not students - therefore the ops concerns are unimportant.

    average doesn't work that way, the majority of people can be in the student age while the average is far above, simple, 10 gamers 9 of them 20 one of them 90 boom average gamer age is 27 and quite misleading.

    But then the fact that there are barely any MMO gamers above 50 .....

     

    In general MMO gamers tend to be a bit older, as more youthfull players prefer true action games like FPS and such...

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  • RateroRatero Member UncommonPosts: 440
    Originally posted by Nitth

     

    Originally posted by bwinthehouse
    This launch date is horrible. It is right when the bulk of the gaming community is going to college, highschool, graduate school etc... I do not understand games that do not set up their release dates with well know college breaks and vacations. I am just disappointed because I wanted to grind this game out before I went to college, not during my first couple of days at the school were I might not even be set up to play yet. ARGH!!! This whole summer, there has not been one good game....

     

    Do students have money?

    They don't "need" money.   They have Mommy and Daddies credit card and never have to see a bill.  Seetness.


  • nyxiumnyxium Member UncommonPosts: 1,345

    By the Christmas holiday season the GW2 launch bugs should be ironed out. Silver lining. :)

  • dllddlld Member UncommonPosts: 615
    Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
    Originally posted by dlld
    Originally posted by Vortigon

    The average age of gamers is 35 years old.

    Therefore 90%+ of customers are not students - therefore the ops concerns are unimportant.

    average doesn't work that way, the majority of people can be in the student age while the average is far above, simple, 10 gamers 9 of them 20 one of them 90 boom average gamer age is 27 and quite misleading.

    But then the fact that there are barely any MMO gamers above 50 .....

     

    In general MMO gamers tend to be a bit older, as more youthfull players prefer true action games like FPS and such...

    the numbers were pulled out of the air to simply dispell the "factual" 90%+ are not students JUST because the average happens to be 35 (which could be totally wrong, they never asked me).

  • RateroRatero Member UncommonPosts: 440
    Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
    Originally posted by dlld
    Originally posted by Vortigon

    The average age of gamers is 35 years old.

    Therefore 90%+ of customers are not students - therefore the ops concerns are unimportant.

    average doesn't work that way, the majority of people can be in the student age while the average is far above, simple, 10 gamers 9 of them 20 one of them 90 boom average gamer age is 27 and quite misleading.

    But then the fact that there are barely any MMO gamers above 50 .....

     

    In general MMO gamers tend to be a bit older, as more youthfull players prefer true action games like FPS and such...

    Acutally... my 84 year old Mother plays MMORPG's. :)  She may be in the Minority but there ya go.


  • austriacusaustriacus Member UncommonPosts: 618
    Originally posted by Unshra
    Originally posted by bwinthehouse

    Wow, I forgot that my audience here was bitter unemployed college grads who can player this game any time of the year because they do not have a job. I speak for the majority and younger part of the community when I say that this release date is horrible. How did they chose this one in the board room? Did they not consider that a majority of their buyers would be extremely stressed out with starting school again? Such a bad business move, they should have considered the happiness of the majority. 

    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

     

    To clear a few things up, the game releases world wide and the students in the US do not equal the majority of gamers and most likely never will. It's nice that you think you're special but one of the first things you will learn when you graduate is that you are not and the honest truth is that if everyone was then no one is... here's a nice commencement speech to put it in perspective.

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfxYhtf8o4

     

    With that said the numbers tend to show that most online gamers are 25-40 years of age (google it), I doubt many of them are still in high-school though some might be furthering their education via other means. So no you are not part of the majority and there is a good possiblity that Arena Net thought of that when it come to their release date because the simple fact is the majority that you claim will still buy the game even if it doesn't release when they want it to.

    How bout you fancy adults read this http://phoenixandolivebranch.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/open-letter-from-a-millennial-quit-telling-us-were-not-special/

    food for thought

  • SlampigSlampig Member UncommonPosts: 2,342
    Originally posted by bwinthehouse

    This launch date is horrible. It is right when the bulk of the gaming community is going to college, highschool, graduate school etc... I do not understand games that do not set up their release dates with well know college breaks and vacations. I am just disappointed because I wanted to grind this game out before I went to college, not during my first couple of days at the school were I might not even be set up to play yet. ARGH!!! This whole summer, there has not been one good game....

    Ah, priorities...

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  • maxy1214maxy1214 Member UncommonPosts: 44

    OP is too scared to reply to his own thread. 

  • vmopedvmoped Member Posts: 1,708
    Originally posted by austriacus

    Originally posted by Unshra
    Originally posted by bwinthehouse
     Wow, I forgot that my audience here was bitter unemployed college grads who can player this game any time of the year because they do not have a job. I speak for the majority and younger part of the community when I say that this release date is horrible. How did they chose this one in the board room? Did they not consider that a majority of their buyers would be extremely stressed out with starting school again? Such a bad business move, they should have considered the happiness of the majority. 

    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

     

    To clear a few things up, the game releases world wide and the students in the US do not equal the majority of gamers and most likely never will. It's nice that you think you're special but one of the first things you will learn when you graduate is that you are not and the honest truth is that if everyone was then no one is... here's a nice commencement speech to put it in perspective.

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfxYhtf8o4

     

    With that said the numbers tend to show that most online gamers are 25-40 years of age (google it), I doubt many of them are still in high-school though some might be furthering their education via other means. So no you are not part of the majority and there is a good possiblity that Arena Net thought of that when it come to their release date because the simple fact is the majority that you claim will still buy the game even if it doesn't release when they want it to.

    How bout you fancy adults read this http://phoenixandolivebranch.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/open-letter-from-a-millennial-quit-telling-us-were-not-special/

    food for thought

     

    Doesn't apply to the X and Y generation because we are not the majority parents of the millenials. 25-40 is mainly X and Y. All I read in that letter is placing the blame on everyone else for their problems. I have no kids, paid my own way, crafted my own professional image, and have no complaints. We live in a meritocracy, go out and prove yourself.

    Cheers!

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  • The_KorriganThe_Korrigan Member RarePosts: 3,460
    Originally posted by bwinthehouse

    This launch date is horrible. It is right when the bulk of the gaming community is going to college, highschool, graduate school etc... I do not understand games that do not set up their release dates with well know college breaks and vacations. I am just disappointed because I wanted to grind this game out before I went to college, not during my first couple of days at the school were I might not even be set up to play yet. ARGH!!! This whole summer, there has not been one good game....

    Out of curiosity... did you make a "mistake" on your age in your profile, or are you really a 32 year old person still going to college... ? No offense meant, but I'm just wondering, I was kinda surprised :)

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