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Average Age Of people using SL
Taylor Bayliss
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Join date: 17 May 2006
Posts: 144
12-02-2007 16:59
From: Conan Godwin
From the waist up or waist down?


Hmmm - I'm gonna have to think about that !!
Jocgart Larsen
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Join date: 26 Sep 2007
Posts: 195
12-02-2007 17:35
LMAO!!

I think we all have to wish that... never know!!
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Samantha Bainbridge
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Join date: 15 Aug 2006
Posts: 51
12-02-2007 17:56
From: VooDoo Bamboo
30+. It's why you hear so much 80s and classic rock in SL. ;-) I LOVE IT! Damn it... Showing my age now.


I couldn't have said it better ... lol
Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
Posts: 12,032
12-03-2007 04:51
It may be a difficult transition for the 18 year olds too... We may not make it any easier - I have been guilty myself. The other day I was dancing with a nice guy, we talked a little- usual SL stuff -what are some you r favorite places? What do you enjoy here the most? Any favorites to recommend ad such- then he says, I should tell you, I just crossed into the adult grid- I am 18. OK- so this previously completely innocent conversation stopped dead in its tracks- excused myself, wished him a good SL...and hightailed it out of there - it just felt - wrong- to even be dancing with the kid. After, I felt like such a jerk - cause I could have even helped him out in getting started... /me ... guilt...

Oh - 44, here going on 30 and sometimes 900- depending on how much sleep I got the night before :)
HoneyBear Lilliehook
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Join date: 18 Jun 2007
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12-03-2007 07:02
From: Amaranthim Talon
After, I felt like such a jerk - cause I could have even helped him out in getting started... /me ... guilt...

Oh - 44, here going on 30 and sometimes 900- depending on how much sleep I got the night before :)


LOL...it's not like you were going to partner with him...it was just a dance!

I've been spending massive amounts of time lately helping "new residents", and they are usually very grateful. I can't imagine that the crossover teens would be any less grateful for assistance from us older residents. Try not to flee next time ;)
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Amaranthim Talon
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Join date: 14 Nov 2006
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12-03-2007 07:05
I understand that- that's why I felt so stupid later - but it was just the first reaction, u know - like dancing with your kids' friends or something - and no- my kid is is not 18 - but still.

And actually I help out newbies all the time, it's fun to do and it gets them going in the right direction. Great- add to my guilt..
Claire Silverspar
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Join date: 31 Oct 2007
Posts: 5,375
12-03-2007 07:40
Do you know, I don't think it is that the teens don't 'care' about SL. They probably just haven't heard a lot about it.
Think about it, unless you were actually in SL already or friends referred you, where would you have heard of it? Most of the things about SL changing the virtual world, the currency, the social impact... it's all in adult magazines/newspapers or on websites which most teens probably have never even heard of.
I only read about SL on the off chance on a website I clicked onto accidentally. I've told my friends about it but none of them have ever heard of SL. I have not met one person in RL who knew about SL.
This is all in the UK though, I don't know how big SL is in the US, but I imagine it is pretty much the same.

I am 18 by the way :)
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Vespa Indigo
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Join date: 1 Aug 2007
Posts: 17
12-03-2007 07:45
22 here.

I love SL. I get to run around, shop, and dance. :-p

I started using SL as a way to meet up with/hang out with my fiance when he travels for work though.
Raudf Fox
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Join date: 25 Feb 2005
Posts: 5,119
12-03-2007 07:47
I'm a very happy 32 and love playing with my virtual dress up dolls! Not to mention, creating things for my virtual dress up dolls. And shopping for them.. No, I never really grew up and maturity has nothing to do with age as I can prove!
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Michael Bigwig
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Join date: 5 Dec 2005
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12-03-2007 08:00
From: Ciaran Laval
42 ... Oh hold on that's the meaning of life!


It's not the 'meaning of life'--that's Python...it's 'the answer to life, the universe, and everything.'

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Michael Bigwig
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12-03-2007 08:02
I'd say the average age is 30.
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Chris Norse
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Join date: 1 Oct 2006
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12-03-2007 08:16
According to this July poll of Forum posters, 60% were in their 30's and 40's.

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bilbo99 Emu
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Join date: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 3,468
12-03-2007 08:24
From: Isabeau Imako
... I guess the fact I have teen nieces gives away my age bracket.
I became an uncle at the age of 10. The miscreant who gave me that title grew up to take out an Iraqi runway .. but they didn't get on.
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Chris Norse
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12-03-2007 08:31
From: bilbo99 Emu
I became an uncle at the age of 10. The miscreant who gave me that title grew up to take out an Iraqi runway .. but they didn't get on.


My dad has a niece older than him and he graduated with two in his high school class. :)
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bilbo99 Emu
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Join date: 27 Oct 2006
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12-03-2007 08:32
From: Conan Godwin
From the waist up or waist down?
nicely put ... I may have to quote that :D
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Hiro Queso
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Join date: 23 Feb 2005
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12-03-2007 08:34
From: Michael Bigwig
I'd say the average age is 30.


I'd guess it's a little higher, perhaps mid 30s.
bilbo99 Emu
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12-03-2007 08:39
From: Chris Norse
My dad has a niece older than him and he graduated with two in his high school class. :)
I love it!! .... shades of; "I got an auntie on the teen grid" :D
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bilbo99 Emu
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12-03-2007 08:45
From: Raudf Fox
I'm a very happy 32 and love playing with my virtual dress up dolls! Not to mention, creating things for my virtual dress up dolls. And shopping for them.. No, I never really grew up and maturity has nothing to do with age as I can prove!
Regulars may remember this but I'm going to post again:

James Bolam, as characters in two different TV series said the same line. I like to think he asked to do it as some personal statement;

"I tried growing up once ... I found it very over-rated."
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Graphicguru Gustav
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Join date: 5 Oct 2007
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12-03-2007 08:54
RL (49) SL (somewhere between 19-29) and not a moment older!
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Okiphia Rayna
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Join date: 22 Sep 2007
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12-03-2007 09:13
18 Rl, 137 Sl
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JulieAnne Rau
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Join date: 21 Jun 2007
Posts: 201
12-03-2007 09:21
I thought it didn't matter? However, I'm 18 in RL and created my avatar to sort of look like me. And I guess when your 18 you sort of act like it too. Anyways, I was in a modeling compeition and was basically told I look to young.

They suggested that I make my avatar look more "refined". Does that mean old?

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Brenda Connolly
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12-03-2007 09:22
From: bilbo99 Emu
I became an uncle at the age of 10. The miscreant who gave me that title grew up to take out an Iraqi runway .. but they didn't get on.

I hope he was aiming for the runway.
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bilbo99 Emu
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12-03-2007 09:32
From: Brenda Connolly
I hope he was aiming for the runway.
He's strangely very quiet about it ;)
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Czari Zenovka
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Join date: 3 May 2007
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12-03-2007 09:33
From: JulieAnne Rau
They suggested that I make my avatar look more "refined". Does that mean old? JulieAnne


Refinement involves the way one dresses, speaks, carries themselves, etc. rather than age. Although a person *may* become more refined as they age, it doesn't necessarily follow.
Sunni Jewell
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Join date: 22 Mar 2007
Posts: 748
12-03-2007 09:40
I'm 41 in RL....25 in SL. (which is what makes SL so great!) :)
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