Geriatric gamers?

Go. Go. Go.

The family's semi-dysfunctional, and I have since learnt the mechanics of the normal societal family unit. I now know better than to make calls on something based on what my family does.

One of the things common in families are the historical accolades. Grandfathers, believe it or not, were once as young as you and I. And they did things. Some hardly worth the mention, like the setting of a snail aside into the bush to prevent trampling. Others have an impact on the entire extended family.

My condolences to the ones with the last name "Gates". The "any relation" questions they must have to field...

But, yes. Nintendo's replaced the novel. The Gaming Brethren step back in awe as the legendary AWP sniper smoothly swipes his Barracuda pad off the table and strides off into the sunset.

So just how would they go down in the family history sixty years down the road?


At school:
First kid: "Hey I just found out my grandad was the star player in his school team! I'm gonna be just like him!"

Next kid: "Yeah? Well -my- grandad was '50|iDX5|\|4k3', of the pwNz0r clan. Perhaps you've heard of him?"

First kid: "WHOA. m4d ski||z!"


Two old men having coffee in the morning:
Old man 1: "What a lovely morning eh, Ed?"

Old man 2:"Ahh, yes. I remember it was a morning just like this when my Assassin in Ragnarok Online hit 99. Of course I didn't get to actually see much of the morning. Hadn't slept for a week by then. Knocked out clean for the next three days."

Old man 1: "Heh heh. Good times, those were. Oh remember that time we went after Golden Thief Bug..."


...it's gonna be lost on non-Ragnarok players, but you get me.

Gaming penetration on this sort of scale is relatively new, ainnit? And the crack-addiction type MMOs are even newer. We'll just wait and see what happens, I suppose.

Fire up my nose! Uh, I mean...

Never was that good at Counter-Strike, no.