Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?
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@styxx22_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
45 here and I thought I was too old for video games
Never too old for something you enjoy (well, as long as it's legal).
At 57, I will be leaving in a few minutes to go play a couple hours of volleyball with my friends and then later, at 11:00 pm, I will sit down for an hour or two with the new Guardians of the Galaxy game.
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@arvcpa_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
@styxx22_psn said in Are there many retirees that play MLBTS?:
45 here and I thought I was too old for video games
I WILL PLAY UNTIL I DIE!!!
They will have to pry the controller from my cold dead hands.
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@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..
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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..
Bases Loaded 3 on Nintendo for me.
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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.
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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..
Ya i remembered baseball on atari 2600. Also RBI Baseball on NES.
But the first statistic like baseball game I remember was Earl Weaver baseball on the Apple 2 something.
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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..
I had the 128 with dual drives and a 1mb expansion...but I didn't play games...I wrote databases using dbase (I think that's what it was called).
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@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.
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Just turned 50 this year, so I'm right there with you all.
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I retired when I was 39 , 44 now....
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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
