Been playing Sims since about the time Unleashed was released and I hit secondary school. Around 11 years old. So I am 29 plus a few extra. I did not happily hit that next milestone so forever refuse to say it!
Edit to say I am loving seeing the age demographics are so broad! I mention playing Sims to some friends and they are shocked I still play. Although my closest friend is an avid player too!
Been playing Sims since about the time Unleashed was released and I hit secondary school. Around 11 years old. So I am 29 plus a few extra. I did not happily hit that next milestone so forever refuse to say it!
Edit to say I am loving seeing the age demographics are so broad! I mention playing Sims to some friends and they are shocked I still play. Although my closest friend is an avid player too!
Remember age is two things. 1.) It's just a number and 2.) You only feel as old as you perceive yourself to be. I'm 68 but feel like a kid for the most part. Only my body reminds me from time to time, I'm not a kid.
Wow 81 years young.
Happy Birthday @Simburian.
It’s nice to see simmers that are my Mom’s Generation. My poor Mom doesn’t even know how to turn on & a computer & she’s only 79 years young. However she does have a tablet that she plays her Solitaire, offline only, no internet. 😉
I bought my first computer, a Spectrum at an Ideal Home show in the 1980's. It was £99 for under 20 Kilobytes! I upgraded it myself later on to double the power! An Apple PC was being sold there as well but was much more expensive. It was such fun in those days to be one of the first users. I got my sister (85) her first laptop 30 years ago and managed, only just, to get my brother (83) to use his tablet. Like your mum he's a bit scared of it and never listens to my advice. It's got to be the shop, down the road!
Being a 54 year old player & hearing about simmers older than me & even older than my Mom; I don’t feel silly still liking & enjoying my Sims 4.😛😉
My mom is 52 and still plays. She is who introduced me to it when she bought Sims 1 and let me play on her computer. She also plays xbox and all those typical games lol. She loves her games.
I enjoy stopping back by this thread every so often. I'll turn 40 this year, so I'm about to "age up" into the next category in the poll. All of us in my household play various games. My daughter and I have been Simming buddies since the spring of '21, when we added TS3 (and then TS4) to our list of pandemic pastimes. She only plays The Sims as my "copilot," but she loves filling our Gallery with the Sims she creates.
I’ve gotten over my Empty Nest over 5 years ago. It took me almost 3 years to get over it when my daughter moved out @ the age of 20. She’s now 28 & a Fur Momma to 2 kitties. I now like having my own space & forgotten what that was like.
I feel like the reason that these forums are so much less...ahem. "Hectic." Than some other places online, I think it's because the majority of us are adults. I spoke with others I know about this, they agreed.
All my daily trances, and all my nightly dreams, are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams.
I dance to the beat of my own drum, no matter how measured or far away.
I do love a road. You can always be wondering what is at the end of it.
Am moving to a senior residence to join my sister who lives there. Place is so much smaller than where I live now so I'm purging, but had to make sure there was room for my desktop computer and printer.
I’ve gotten over my Empty Nest over 5 years ago. It took me almost 3 years to get over it when my daughter moved out @ the age of 20. She’s now 28 & a Fur Momma to 2 kitties. I now like having my own space & forgotten what that was like.
My daughter got married at 18. I never really suffered from the Empty Nest thing. At least not consciously, but I did cry like a baby when my Sims2 Sims' daughter moved out. LOL Go figure. I did go through a period of two and a half years, wherein random people in my personal sphere died, starting with my Dad. I buried myself in my game.
I’ve gotten over my Empty Nest over 5 years ago. It took me almost 3 years to get over it when my daughter moved out @ the age of 20. She’s now 28 & a Fur Momma to 2 kitties. I now like having my own space & forgotten what that was like.
My daughter got married at 18. I never really suffered from the Empty Nest thing. At least not consciously, but I did cry like a baby when my Sims2 Sims' daughter moved out. LOL Go figure. I did go through a period of two and a half years, wherein random people in my personal sphere died, starting with my Dad. I buried myself in my game.
Probably the worse thing about getting up there in age is that the older I get, the more funerals I have to attend. All the parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are gone now so hopefully it will be a few years before I have to attend a cousin's funeral.
I feel like the reason that these forums are so much less...ahem. "Hectic." Than some other places online, I think it's because the majority of us are adults. I spoke with others I know about this, they agreed.
That could well be in the long run, but if you weren't around when the switch from Sims2 to Sims3 occurred, you wouldn't realize the mess it used to be. Yikes. I'm grateful that nonsense didn't happen so much with the switch over to Sims4. Phew!
Those days were pretty wild eh @GalacticGal I think they need to add a *70+ option to poll. Yup I hit that mark last November. So looking forward to next EP though so plan on playing for more years to come. Happy Trails.
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I’ve gotten over my Empty Nest over 5 years ago. It took me almost 3 years to get over it when my daughter moved out @ the age of 20. She’s now 28 & a Fur Momma to 2 kitties. I now like having my own space & forgotten what that was like.
My daughter got married at 18. I never really suffered from the Empty Nest thing. At least not consciously, but I did cry like a baby when my Sims2 Sims' daughter moved out. LOL Go figure. I did go through a period of two and a half years, wherein random people in my personal sphere died, starting with my Dad. I buried myself in my game.
Probably the worse thing about getting up there in age is that the older I get, the more funerals I have to attend. All the parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are gone now so hopefully it will be a few years before I have to attend a cousin's funeral.
Yes, my parents are both gone, now, and their family is also, for the most part. I am a Genealogist by hobby and have managed to connect with family from my father's line, so we're talking extended family. It goes a long way toward helping me feel less alone. In fact, after five years, this family is back to their Family Reunion, interrupted, twice, due to Covid. Bi-annual, normally the only one I've been to, was in 2018. Learned a lot about my 6th (six times great) grandfather.
Am moving to a senior residence to join my sister who lives there. Place is so much smaller than where I live now so I'm purging, but had to make sure there was room for my desktop computer and printer.
I'm thinking about doing the same thing as after a health scare earlier this year so I'm meeting a lot of young people doing a quick house call to see if I'm ok every day. They've steered me through getting rid of a sofa, table and oven so far! So much to get rid of isn't there!
I hope you manage to Keep your bandwidth and internet going and keep playing the Sims.
I love this post. I feel less weird being a 44-year-old who still plays. I've been playing since the beginning and I still own all the Sims 1 and 2 games for the PlayStation 2, minus The Urbz (I think it got lost back in the day when it came out). I switched to PC with the Sims 3 and 4. I also have the Sims 3 Medieval and Pirates, which I still play from time to time. I wish they would create a Sims 4 version, but sadly I know that will never happen :(
I love this post. I feel less weird being a 44-year-old who still plays. I've been playing since the beginning and I still own all the Sims 1 and 2 games for the PlayStation 2, minus The Urbz (I think it got lost back in the day when it came out). I switched to PC with the Sims 3 and 4. I also have the Sims 3 Medieval and Pirates, which I still play from time to time. I wish they would create a Sims 4 version, but sadly I know that will never happen
I was a late bloomer, I didn't start playing the Sims until I was 50. Bought Sims 2 University with money from my MIlestone birthday. Hadn't had birthday money in decades. It was fun.
My mom is 63 and my dad is 71 and they both play video games!
I'm 37. Forgot to vote. I'll go back and do that now.
Age, when it comes to this game to me has never been ‘the’ or a problem as it can be with some games, like I keep my addiction to playing Pokémon games hush hush due to my age…
But with Sims, I choose to keep it hush hush cause I am a guy… It feels as embarrassing for anyone to know as if I was wearing women’s lingerie in secrete 🫤 (An “as if” cause I ain’t like that..)
Cause it’s a fun and addictive game but… Often *feels* like it’s one of those things not meant for guys…
I have tried to give up sims like 3 or 4 times now but… Lol it’s an addiction that seems like it requires it’s own group for, a ‘Simmers Anonymous’ 🤭
Have gone about a year, maybe a lil more without the itch to play again coming back 😳 😅
Highly addictive…
For me, I think more than anything it’s BECAUSE it’s a game that plays itself… You can leave the game going without a pause button push and go to the rest room, do laundry, answer the door or whatever and no threat of a ‘need to reload’ death/ game over and things can and will progress on their own— or can, less we take “free Will off active/selected sim”.
Unfortunately there are times where I feel like an outsider here because I didn't start with the earlier Sims game and have roots only in the SimCity series, and I was I think maybe 11 when I first played SimCity 2000. Sims 4 was introduced me some 4 yrs ago.
@Ersa_Middleton don't be ashamed of having roots in SimCity. Some of the most awesome simmers ever started out with SimCity 2000. Some even have it installed on their EA app . . .
-No, my almost-elderly mother, I don't think it's a good time for you to try for a baby.
-Yes, person I barely know, you have my blessing to hang out with Johnny Zest.
-No person with the mean, hot-headed and self-absorbed traits, I don't think you should get married.
@Kilov17 and @Ersa_Middleton, please never feel embarrassed or ashamed for enjoying something. Being in the 60+ age bracket, I am often mocked for playing games. Quite often, the people who mock me for still playing the Sims or SimCity have never even tried playing these or other games and as such are merely showing their own insecurities. I have been playing the SimCity and sims since they first came out (huge clunky computers and massive boxy monitors). As a family, my children and I bond over these games and still all play a version of the original Sim 1 save we all shared initially. Even my son will happily admit to being a sims player and still plays SimCity as well (as I do still sometimes when I need a change). I am now starting to bond with my grandchildren with both sims and SimCity. The next generation of sales is assured. 🤣
Unfortunately there are times where I feel like an outsider here because I didn't start with the earlier Sims game and have roots only in the SimCity series, and I was I think maybe 11 when I first played SimCity 2000. Sims 4 was introduced me some 4 yrs ago.
@Ersa_Middleton don't be ashamed of having roots in SimCity. Some of the most awesome simmers ever started out with SimCity 2000. Some even have it installed on their EA app . . .
I was hoping, when Sims 4 came out that it would combine SimCity4 worlds with it as you could make worlds in SimCity and put them in Sims2 (I think or was it The Sims?). They should have gone down that path rather than the way they did. SimCity5 was a bit of a disaster.
I still love SimCity4 but do cheat with a money adding park!
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Edit to say I am loving seeing the age demographics are so broad! I mention playing Sims to some friends and they are shocked I still play. Although my closest friend is an avid player too!
Remember age is two things. 1.) It's just a number and 2.) You only feel as old as you perceive yourself to be.
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I bought my first computer, a Spectrum at an Ideal Home show in the 1980's. It was £99 for under 20 Kilobytes! I upgraded it myself later on to double the power! An Apple PC was being sold there as well but was much more expensive. It was such fun in those days to be one of the first users. I got my sister (85) her first laptop 30 years ago and managed, only just, to get my brother (83) to use his tablet. Like your mum he's a bit scared of it and never listens to my advice. It's got to be the shop, down the road!
My mom is 52 and still plays. She is who introduced me to it when she bought Sims 1 and let me play on her computer. She also plays xbox and all those typical games lol. She loves her games.
I'm 37. Forgot to vote. I'll go back and do that now.
I dance to the beat of my own drum, no matter how measured or far away.
I do love a road. You can always be wondering what is at the end of it.Exie hay, cavero, mabza meeah vendarzo.
Yevsas mairzeemo!
It's a great deterrent to Empty Nest Syndrome.
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I dance to the beat of my own drum, no matter how measured or far away.
I do love a road. You can always be wondering what is at the end of it.My daughter got married at 18. I never really suffered from the Empty Nest thing. At least not consciously, but I did cry like a baby when my Sims2 Sims' daughter moved out. LOL Go figure. I did go through a period of two and a half years, wherein random people in my personal sphere died, starting with my Dad. I buried myself in my game.
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/
Probably the worse thing about getting up there in age is that the older I get, the more funerals I have to attend. All the parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are gone now so hopefully it will be a few years before I have to attend a cousin's funeral.
That could well be in the long run, but if you weren't around when the switch from Sims2 to Sims3 occurred, you wouldn't realize the mess it used to be. Yikes. I'm grateful that nonsense didn't happen so much with the switch over to Sims4. Phew!
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/
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Yes, my parents are both gone, now, and their family is also, for the most part. I am a Genealogist by hobby and have managed to connect with family from my father's line, so we're talking extended family. It goes a long way toward helping me feel less alone. In fact, after five years, this family is back to their Family Reunion, interrupted, twice, due to Covid. Bi-annual, normally the only one I've been to, was in 2018. Learned a lot about my 6th (six times great) grandfather.
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/
I'm thinking about doing the same thing as after a health scare earlier this year so I'm meeting a lot of young people doing a quick house call to see if I'm ok every day. They've steered me through getting rid of a sofa, table and oven so far! So much to get rid of isn't there!
I hope you manage to Keep your bandwidth and internet going and keep playing the Sims.
I was a late bloomer, I didn't start playing the Sims until I was 50. Bought Sims 2 University with money from my MIlestone birthday.
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/
Age, when it comes to this game to me has never been ‘the’ or a problem as it can be with some games, like I keep my addiction to playing Pokémon games hush hush due to my age…
But with Sims, I choose to keep it hush hush cause I am a guy… It feels as embarrassing for anyone to know as if I was wearing women’s lingerie in secrete 🫤 (An “as if” cause I ain’t like that..)
Cause it’s a fun and addictive game but… Often *feels* like it’s one of those things not meant for guys…
I have tried to give up sims like 3 or 4 times now but… Lol it’s an addiction that seems like it requires it’s own group for, a ‘Simmers Anonymous’ 🤭
Have gone about a year, maybe a lil more without the itch to play again coming back 😳 😅
Highly addictive…
For me, I think more than anything it’s BECAUSE it’s a game that plays itself… You can leave the game going without a pause button push and go to the rest room, do laundry, answer the door or whatever and no threat of a ‘need to reload’ death/ game over and things can and will progress on their own— or can, less we take “free Will off active/selected sim”.
-Yes, person I barely know, you have my blessing to hang out with Johnny Zest.
-No person with the mean, hot-headed and self-absorbed traits, I don't think you should get married.
I was hoping, when Sims 4 came out that it would combine SimCity4 worlds with it as you could make worlds in SimCity and put them in Sims2 (I think or was it The Sims?). They should have gone down that path rather than the way they did. SimCity5 was a bit of a disaster.
I still love SimCity4 but do cheat with a money adding park!