How old do you need to be to be considered an SL old timer?

How long does someone have to be in game to be considered an SL old timer? I've been here since February- and have seen lots of changes. But someone who's been here twice as long (or into beta days) has seen way more. I guess the question is kinda subjective, but when you think of a longtime player, how long have they been playing?

I think of any player that started before me as an old-timer.

At least as old as me.

Good question Olympia.
I started in Feb also and feel the same as Camille, that anyone who started before me would be in the "old timer" catagory. I guess it's all a matter of perspective, and that makes Camille an Old Timer to you and I. I have had a few very respected long time players tell me that they catagorize me as an SL Senior. To anyone that has started in the last couple of months, you and I would be considered old timers. I don't feel comfortable with that though, I wouldn't put myself into a catagory with the people that have been here longer than me. They are the ones that have really shaped SL, and I have a great deal of respect for them. The term "Old Timer" is something they should be very proud of.

Well, hehe after a year and 1/2 Catherine Omega still calls me a n00b



--but then I act like a n00b sometimes

I use old timer here partially because Ive been here since beta (and still there are older people than me here!) and partially because I have said things that make me sound like an "old timer"

(waves cane around) "Back when I started all we had to work with were black wire meshes. You had to upload one design 50 times just to get it right"

I tend to agree with Misnomer. Anyone that started in Beta. I might even stretch it to pre 1.2, including everyone that experienced taxes and the prim hog era.

You are only as young as the woman you feel.

haha, yay im old!
so i can brag
"I remember when we paid for teleports!... we walked there if we were poor!"
and
"I remember when we HAD to use prim skirts"

and i agree with Loki, who agrees with Misnomer - anyone pre 1.2 is an old timer, and the Beta people are in class of their own.

Beta is afterall - the Oldest of the Old!

My leather pants are from beta.

I can count on my hands and feet how many time's I've taken them off.



These pants survived the "pixelated crotch smudge" fiasco.

These pants survived the prim whore wars.

These pants survived taxation without representation.

Someone said they were dusty the other day. I just said the pants were filled with history.

When I grow up, I want to be a historian.

"From 1.0", and I remember many of these things - paying for teleports, paying to rez prims, taxes that were random and didn't work...

...But I don't think anyone considers me an 'old timer'. I remember 1.1 gave me huge distorto-arms and put the GUI on my face...

Seems like if you're pre-1.2, but not Beta, you're kinda stuck in limbo.

Though I guess that may not be the case say, five years from now, if the place is still around.

Why do i have the feeling Devlin will be saying something about this?


LoL

I think those of us who deal with SL old timers regularly age at twice the rate.

And vacuum daily for dust.

*sighs*

See, this is the difference between men and women.

Men see dust and *whoom* out comes the vacuum. It may not be the right tool for those pesky dust balls -- but it'll do the job.

Women, on the other hand, find the feather duster, and just...

...move the mess around a little.

*cough(s up dust balls and feathers)....

Just thank the lord we don't have Furry's over every night. Then you'd be telling me that you have a hair in your throat.

The hairs I've picked out of my throat lately are wild, gray, Beta...and dusty.

Amazing that your girlfriend/boyfriend hasn't found Lady Clairol or Grecian Formula yet.

OMG I cannot believe that I am actually older than you in SL- I just noticed that.

Funny you should mention that. She said exactly the same thing last night.

I think of pre-1.2 people as the old-timers, because so much seemed to change with 1.2.

I, myself, started just a few days after 1.2, after lurking around the forums for months. Mostly, I decided to start then because I could pay my 9.95, and try it out as long as I liked. Of course, I bought land 4 days later, so that was *real* useful.

Of course, I've now been around for 10 months, and I'm still a newbie... so you never know.

--Carolyn
(Newbie Auntie)

Oh for god's sake, get a room!

I started in Oct 2003 also, but I think it must have been in 1.1.
I remember being able to teleport anywhere but having to pay for it.

I also remember my wonder and amazement at being able to be something other than what I am in real life. I still love that feeling.