Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?
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At 68, I wonder if I'm the oldest person playing this game. Yes, retired. Used to love to play the Strat O Matic board game. For me this game is Strat O Matic brought to life. Offline only for me.
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I'm 62 and since MLB the show 21 came out on xbox I dropped Madden and went to the show. I'm enjoying it! I've learned a lot and improved quite a bit this summer. Looking forward to MLB 22 as I kinda know what to expect as far as saving cards and things but it is sure nice not having to pay money for a good team!
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Pre-video game, who remembers Strat-O-Matic?
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@arvcpa_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
Pre-video game, who remembers Strat-O-Matic?
I am on the young side compared to some of you gents. I’m 35 with a ton of years left in the work force.
That being said I love Strat-O-Matic. As a kid my grandpa was a baseball nut. I was raised by my grandparents. So we played a lot of board games and card games. Strat-O-Matic was one of those games that sometimes got intense. My grandpa started getting older and banned newer versions and cards to enter the game.
As a kid we’d have active debates at dinner over ratings and card attributes. Great memories with the game. I never got into the online version of the game.
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Me! I’m retired and play daily. I do all of the offline missions and try to play online, but my eyes and reaction time isn’t quite so good.
I love the game and content tho!
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@quinnymcquinn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
As a kid my grandpa was a baseball nut.
I spent my summers with my grandparents. My grandfather had a 1960’s version of Strat-O-Matic. I distinctly remember how good Harmon Killebrew’s card was.
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@mwolve87_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
@tonythetiger2k16 said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
I'm not retired. But I am up there in age & easily older then probably 80% of MLBTS players. I'm hitting 51yo this year. Been playing video games going back to the Quarter Arcades & the Atari 2600. Played on every system since then (with exception of PS5 & Xbox Series X ... still waiting for the price to drop down much more). I am 1 of those that never outgrew playing video games. I am a true gamer.
So do NOT feel weird or alone. There are more like us out there. However within the minority. LOL
I am in your camp, turned 56 this year. Still remember playing Atari 2600 baseball, so crude yet exciting to play at the time. The first real baseball game I owned was on the C64, then I was hooked..
Star League Baseball?
Hardball?
Earl Weaver?Which one?
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I retired at the age of 38 and have been continuing to play since then.
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@blind_bleeder said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
@surfinsantacruz_xbl said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
Not retired yet but not a young chicken.
There's an older guy on twitch - not yet retired - but probably late 50s that streams and he's one of the few guys I follow.
I'm going to have to follow him. I just started streaming...not on a regular basis yet, though.
cool ill check it out, what's the link to your stream?
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My great pops lived to be 93 just watching the A’s game and cowboy movies all day. Seems like the life to me. Hope I can be an old man some day
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@rocketfish5151 said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
At 68, I wonder if I'm the oldest person playing this game. Yes, retired. Used to love to play the Strat O Matic board game. For me this game is Strat O Matic brought to life. Offline only for me.
Do you play SOM 365?
I've been playing for over 15 years and actually did beta work with The Sporting News back when they kicked it off. I took about 7 years off, but have been playing again the last few years and enjoying it
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@arvcpa_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
Pre-video game, who remembers Strat-O-Matic?
Played my first game in 1986.
You should check out SOM 365. I'm in a bunch of theme leagues there.
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@dolenz_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
Star League Baseball?
Hardball?
Earl Weaver?
Which one?For me, the best one overall was SNES/SNK Baseball Stars. MLBTS could learn a thing or two about how to "climb a wall, rob a HR" from that game...
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52 here and playing video games since the arcades and the Atari 2600 back in the late 70’s. I love it and don’t plan to stop anytime soon.
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@arvcpa_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
@dolenz_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
Star League Baseball?
Hardball?
Earl Weaver?
Which one?For me, the best one overall was SNES/SNK Baseball Stars. MLBTS could learn a thing or two about how to "climb a wall, rob a HR" from that game...
Wasn’t Baseball Stars the game where you could charge the mound and fight if the pitcher hit you? I definitely recall a NES game like that as my buddies would play that all the time and fights were awesome!
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@rosborn27_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
@arvcpa_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
@dolenz_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
Star League Baseball?
Hardball?
Earl Weaver?
Which one?For me, the best one overall was SNES/SNK Baseball Stars. MLBTS could learn a thing or two about how to "climb a wall, rob a HR" from that game...
Wasn’t Baseball Stars the game where you could charge the mound and fight if the pitcher hit you? I definitely recall a NES game like that as my buddies would play that all the time and fights were awesome!
I don't remember the fights. I remember that if you mistimed a jump at the wall, you'd fall into the stands. If you made the catch, there was a cool little animation where he'd swipe his glove.
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@rosborn27_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
@arvcpa_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
@dolenz_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
Star League Baseball?
Hardball?
Earl Weaver?
Which one?For me, the best one overall was SNES/SNK Baseball Stars. MLBTS could learn a thing or two about how to "climb a wall, rob a HR" from that game...
Wasn’t Baseball Stars the game where you could charge the mound and fight if the pitcher hit you? I definitely recall a NES game like that as my buddies would play that all the time and fights were awesome!
I think it might have been Bases Loaded?
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Retired at 49. 53 (and a grandfather) now…
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I am 46 I do not think I will ever retire. Grew up playing video games from Atari and Intellevision, My mom played those systems. I played pretty much every console after that. I will never stop playing. I have 3 sons with that we have 4 PS4 and an XBOX1 in the house, I sill have the PS, PS2 and PS3 once in awhile my oldest will play games on the PS3, I have two Nintendo but can not get them to work. We have the WII that still gets played. Two of my sons have the Nintendo Switch.
Intellevision Baseball
Nintendo Baseball (Original)
MLB Baseball on Nintendo
Baseball Star was a favorite
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@blind_bleeder said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
Just curious because I've been retired since 2016 and play the show quite a bit. I know of a couple "old guys" that play and was wondering how many are really out there.
Not retired although I am 54 and play often maybe too much lol
