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Here is an interesting article.

I though so mainly because of the years of reading comments on boards about all the "kids" who play MMO's like "WoW" (the infamous "12 or 13 years olds" who would have to number inthe millions according to some)

Apparently WoW / MMORPG's and virtual worlds are the LEAST popular games they play...

Take it for what its worth, I didn't write it so think what you want.

www.massively.com/2008/09/18/keen-teens-not-on-mmogs-virtual-worlds-study-finds/

 I don't really think people are commenting on physical age more like mental maturity.  Just my two cents.

What does age even mean?

I've met more fun, mature people in WoW than on Xbox Live or PSN.

WoW is not for kids, whoever says that anyways? 

Of course the WoW player base is not made up of kids anymore. The game is four years old - they all grew up into "big kids" or young adults... <.< >.>

Seriously though, I think people are referring to mental age. I have met my fair share of mature and immature players. WoW seems to have a community filled with both, which is expected because of its number of subscriptions.

indeed i've come across many lil 12y-o twats whose faces i just wanted to bash in, lol, but i've found that some of the more immature people i've come across on any mmo were actually not younguns, but instead stubborn old men *chuckles*

I've only confirmed a few people I've played with on WoW was under the age of 16. Also, only 2 of them were immature, the others were very mature and only revealed their age when they knew that they would not be ridiculed because of this idiotic stereotype.

Truthfully, the worst and most immature players that I have personally encountered were over 21 and couldn't stop drinking beer for 2 minutes.

In fact, one guy drank an entire 6 pack over the course of one instance run and thought it was hilarious to break my sheep nearly every pull.

I've played with 15 year olds who have been extremely mature for their age, and conversely people in their 30's who have acted like spoilt brats. Age is irrelevant.

Originally posted by Torak

Here is an interesting article.

I though so mainly because of the years of reading comments on boards about all the "kids" who play MMO's like "WoW" (the infamous "12 or 13 years olds" who would have to number inthe millions according to some)

Apparently WoW / MMORPG's and virtual worlds are the LEAST popular games they play...

Take it for what its worth, I didn't write it so think what you want.

www.massively.com/2008/09/18/keen-teens-not-on-mmogs-virtual-worlds-study-finds/

Dude my 10 year old brother managed to level a char from 1-70 on his own without any help... i think thats what poeple are talking about..
 

It's not so much their physical age that makes people thinkthey're 12, it's the way they act.  I have a few nephews and nieces that are around that age and they don't care much for mmos, most are content with their ps3 or xbox 360 for their gaming and use the pc mostly for their chatting and contact needs.

The way some people act in games they'd never do out in public because they know that if they pulled that same shit in a bar or on the street they'd get the shit kicked out of them.  I've been to a few net cafe places in the last 10 years and I've seen groups of people come and play mmos together and none of them act they way they do in real life.  I've seen them spout nonsence over vent and type complete garbage into the chatbox as well as being completely belligerant online but once removed from that aspect and you sit them down on a patio and have a drink and just sit back none of it is presnet.