I'm asking this poll because I find it surprizing how many young mudders there are. I was 12 when I started mudding. Now I'm 13, so not much difference. I thought it was only me when I started Mudding. I wouldn't tell anybody how old I was. Then I became an immortal, told everyone, and now all those people at that MUD now have a new respect for younger Mudders. Don't know if it was good or bad, but oh well. I just want to see how old people are out here!

I am twenty-four now, i was eighteen when i started mudding.

The youngest player i've had my mud was ten, and that was only because his mother played.

Grin to all you youngun's out there.

I'm 46. didn't start mudding till I was past 40. (played dice and paper games though)

Bright Blessings all

Hehe, 51 here. Playing MUDs for just the last 2+ years (Nov. '99). I blame some of my students for getting me started. Did D&D back in the late 70's, so that's where my interest/curiosity arose. The *oldest* RL player on the MUD I frequent most often by far (next is a 36yo). And when I'm in a 4-man group, it's a safe bet that I'm older than the other three put together. Just my experience, but most of the MUDders I've encountered are in high school or college. Hence, the average age should be 'low' ... <grin>.

Bah, back in the good old days, before the war, we'd show you youngin's how to MUD! No stinky new-fashioned TCP/IP! We only had one big 2mhz IBM mainframe and we entered our commands on PUNCH CARDS!!!

Spoiled whippersnappers... Bah!

If we only knew what that all meant...

We had hard drives as big as most CRTs these days. And they'd only store a couple of kilobyte. A megabyte seemed like a physical limit to data storage capacity! They didn't even DARE to think about gigabytes back then and now we're already up in TERABYTES!

My laptop is 150 times as powerfull as the gool old mainframe and it's 150th the size! Also 150th the stability, but I don't care!

I once encountered a student (very young) who found a box of old printing paper, and he exclaimed "This is a bunch of cr**. Theres a bunch of holes in it!"

I wouldnt trust the poll, though. According to it, most mudders are 20-something. I highly doubt that...I would think it would be a bit lower, more like 15-something. Like Enzo said, most young kids exaggerate their age online.

It's possible that the overall mudding age is younger than the age of those who come to this forum. That might account for the heavy weighting of the "20-something" groups.

I first found MU*s when I was 26. I'm now 32 and have met a handful of people older than me. I was shocked when I met someone in his early 60's. I have found, tho, that most players seem to be between the ages of 18 and 22, with a small grouping of 15-16 year olds.

22 here...and I generally refuse to ask/tell my age anymore after the first dozen or so people half my age *sob*

I'm 18, but because I'm past my MUDding days, now only serving as a forum adornment and the occasional punching bag for Orion. But I MUDded back at my 16th and 17th...

Well I'm 28 and I have just been playing for almost a year now. It is great fun and it is better than watching T.V. because T.V. sucks most of the time. It is great and my girlfriend actually go me into it.

im 23, beeen paying 11 years now in all sorts of muds,

Xanferious is easily the worst liar ever!

Grammarnazi is easily the most unfunny person ever!

I am Starr Australis, and this is officially my first post. I am 25 years old, and have been mudding since I was 19. My college boyfriend got me into it, and we broke up once my character got better than his and he couldn't handle it.

Well...not much else to say, just wanted to comment on my age bracket.

I'm a few days past 49 and I have a mortal on my world that's 52 so Zhymm isn't alone. I do agree this forum attracts an older crowd since it seems to be so well managed. Grats to Synozeer and his hoarde of moderators.

Iluvatar

I'm 22 here, I started mudding in the summer of 99'

I Myself am 22. I started in November of 2000 and i have loved every minute of it.

VIVA LA MUD!!!

I'm 22, have been mudding for a little over 2 years, but I played Online games (Mostly WW) since I was about 14.

I have a friend who started when he was 12, gained about all the respect you could get from the Administration of a MUD. He was an -excellent- roleplayer. A little naughty at times, but excellent. I felt like I was playing with someone my own age.

I'm only 2 and a half year owld .

My faeorite muds are "Teddy Adventure" and "Defender's of the Diaper throne", although I also enjoy "Lands of Elmo".

Hello,

I've been mudding for almost 3 years now. I'm 16, and find that there are plenty of mudders out there that are in their late teens, around 18 or 19 years old. I've actually encountered less mudders in their 20s then there seem to be out there, and I've never met anyone over 35. I guess my experiences kind of go against what other people see out there. I like roleplay, and currently am working as an Implementor on a RP mud under development.

Just one question, how come no one who applies as staff seems to be as mature as the people that replied to this post? I've seen tons of people apply, but they're all in their early-mid teens. I get maybe they're power-hungry or something, but still, they expect to be hired, and then do nothing and be an immortal. It's just wierd. I suppose the intellectuals out there spend their time on this board, and not the advertising for staff one ^_^

13 here, I started mudding a year and so months ago, started after my brothers got hooked. At first I thought i was the only person this young..heh.

Mahin

This is pretty cool. There's a large number of ages out there. I also find it kinda sad that there aren't very many people my age out there MUDing. I'm 13 right now (for those who don't know). These statistics could be used for a lot of things too. Thanks for the votes and posts.

I started mudding when i was 7 or 8 years old. I am now 14 and running my own mud. When i use to play 'Twilight of the Soul' i was the youngest on there until a kid i know's little brother started who is 1 month younger then me started playing, but that was when i was about 10 or 11. Also he never go very far. Most of the mudders on twilight found it hard to believe how young i was because i ended up being the 2nd biggest on there, well at least before i quit, someone may have rose up higher than me after i quit. The reason i have told you this is to say that young mudders can be very good because they can play for a lot longer than someone who starts at the age of 16 or something, eventually most everyone has to get a life, but at a young age you have a long time util then ;p
                      -Vexen-

I started mudding in 95  when my sons were playing, they started there own mud and they needed an imm for newbie council and they made me it,  that was awhile ago, they have gone and come back but I am still hooked and still the oldest  in the lands, but 46 is not old i still think i am 16.
Isn't the saying go You are only as old as you feel, so feel young, you will live longer and enjoy life and mudding.

3..yepthat's when i discovered the fun of puddles and..erm..Whoops! Thought you meant playing in actual mud..heh just kidding.
Seriously though..I was introed to MUDs back in 95 but have been a dice chucker since around 82. I'm 33 and i've met some damn good Rpers out there that are younger..I've alos met some around my age that you would swear is some pre-teen off their Ritlin. Age does have some bearing sometimes and being older can be somewhat beneficial. i mean take OOC channels for example..let's say you're 17 and you got problems IRL..on your MUD are some 20-30 yos. So via Chat (or tells) these older types might be able to help out because they might've been in the same spot or something similar, but..it is somewhat daunting to find out you are about 15 years older then the Implementor on the MUD you play on, yet makes for some funny moments.