Player ages

[Lozart]

It must be said that the older I get, the less afraid of getting hit I am.

So if we're pinned down I'll go charging in if the young'uns are scared of getting lit up by 15 enemies.

I dunno, it's like you feel the pain less as you get older..!

Trust me, get old enough and it starts going back the other way!

 

[mintsauce5]

I'm 51 , only started in February last year but absolutely love the sport wish I had started earlier as after playing at some of the hillier sites by me I can only just walk the day after but that's partly to do with having a dodgy knee so I tend to saunter round rather than run , in the eighteen months I've been playing I've spent a small fortune on gear and guns and recently got into recoil guns so spent even more , all in all a sport for all ages and I'll carry on playing a good few years yet

 

[Fumps]

It must be said that the older I get, the less afraid of getting hit I am.

So if we're pinned down I'll go charging in if the young'uns are scared of getting lit up by 15 enemies.

I dunno, it's like you feel the pain less as you get older..!

I noticed the last time I played that the more aggressive I was with my positioning and moving up the less I got hit. I was surprised how many shots miss you when your under fire. I now move in quickly but chose my moment carefully

 

[Lozart]

I noticed the last time I played that the more aggressive I was with my positioning and moving up the less I got hit. I was surprised how many shots miss you when your under fire. I now move in quickly but chose my moment carefully

Seeing as you're more likely to get hit if you stand still, the more dynamic you are the less you should get hit. Doesn't always work of course but still...

 

[Jam_Man]

If move too fast getting hit will be a relief

I know you raise your hand and shout hit, but is it also ok to just have a bit of a lay down?

 

[Lozart]

If move too fast getting hit will be a relief

I know you raise your hand and shout hit, but is it also ok to just have a bit of a lay down?

As long as you've got your hand up!

 

[Fumps]

As long as you've got your hand up!

Hand up what ?

You always turn things the wrong way

 

[NickM]

32, I have found myself at loads of different sites, I would say the average player I come across is 20-35, Male and with a high enough income to justify expensive toys. There tends to be a bit of a cool down when things like kids, mortgages, wives and GF's get in the way, then it picks up again for the older guys who come with their kids. So there are two outlying groups 12-18 coming with dad, and 40-50 ie the dads.

Good on you Beethoven you would be the oldest I have come across, although age doesn't often come up in conversation, the focus tends to be on kit.

Having said that, with all hobbies there are all sorts, I have played alongside and against, the young and old codsofters, cadets (who really should have had better skills), ex forces, serving forces, retirees, students, doctors, lawyers, engineers, stockbrokers, builders, plumbers and brickies. The one thing I think I have found in common with almost all sites is there is always a tree surgeon playing!

Oh and my fitness is shocking!!!! It doesn't help that my ankles are weak from years of rugby and lots of sprains and I had an op to remove some torn cartilage in my knee after a fall at an airsoft site a few years back. I always say I will leave the running to the younger guys but somehow I always end up having to show them how to fire and manoeuvre up the field. It is one of my aims this winter is to sort out a proper exercise routine.

 

[Jason8]

43 & son 16, like others brain is 20 something body is around 60 .

Absolutely mate

And I can give you 5 years also..

My wife and our boy both play too. He's 15, running all day and jumping over bushes like I can remember. Then I think to myself, it's scary how long ago that doesn't seem. Life's for living, go do it, there will come a time when I can't, don't want to be sat there wishing I had.

 

[cunningham85]

Im 30 wanted to do it for years but just started this year

 

[sniperslucky]

Absolutely mate

And I can give you 5 years also..

My wife and our boy both play too. He's 15, running all day and jumping over bushes like I can remember. Then I think to myself, it's scary how long ago that doesn't seem. Life's for living, go do it, there will come a time when I can't, don't want to be sat there wishing I had.

Indeed , there is always the carp to chase from a chair when that happens just need the boy to cast for me. LOL.

 

[Jason8]

Indeed , there is always the carp to chase from a chair when that happens just need the boy to cast for me. LOL.

Hmmm.. do we know each other?

 

[Jam_Man]

Did our first skirmish today, great to see that we werent the oldest and a good spread of ages.

Lack of fitness didnt prove to be a problem as we let the younger guys do the running and we followed up.