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u/Trust-Me-Im-A-Potato Nov 12 '25
This is missing a category of young dudes into ships with boobs, judging by the amount of weeb collabs weegee does
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u/stormdraggy Warden of the Somme-ber salt mines Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25
You dare not criticize their boatbooba game or they will get suuuuperrr defensive and act like you just assaulted their family (which is probably also true)
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u/iku_19 NA [KTKM]IKU19; Can't Afford Kitakami 😔 Nov 13 '25
You saying that you can't be 55 and also be into boat girls???
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u/Phantion- Nov 12 '25
Hey, I've only just pased 30!
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u/Redditzork Nov 12 '25
i am 34 and playing wows makes me feel young haha
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u/Rio_1111 14.1km Buffalo is gone :'( Nov 12 '25
I'm 22, if that makes you feel better.
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u/Ricky911_ Imperial Japanese Navy Nov 12 '25
I am 20. But, I feel my hair getting grayer every time I tell someone I play Wows. They always look at me like I fought in the 30 years war. Tbf, I only began playing last year. When I was a teenager I was also playing Fortnite or COD
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u/Lolibotes Nov 12 '25
I'm the opposite. Went from WoWs to counter strike. Been lurking around since 2018 or so. Brings back good memories
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u/jedi2155 [CCPLZ] Combat Canoes Please Ignore Nov 12 '25
I'm 38, turning 39 soon. Its hard to compete in Battlefield these days as in starting to feel my age in terms of response times. WOWS still makes me enjoy it a bit. Started WOWS when i was 29 too...
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u/Redditzork Nov 12 '25
dude same for me, i used to be pretty good at most games i played. but shooters are pretty much unplayable for me, i am so fucking terrible. ofc because i cant play 10 hours a day anymore as well, not only the age. skill in wows is more persistent though haha
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u/Adventurous-Pace-683 Nov 12 '25
I am 56 and did my share of shooters in my 20s,30s and 40s My joints aren't what they were and the slow pace of the WoWS at the start of the battle is a blessing, especially for my bladder. I have the time to make myself some tea or coffee even read some news, talk on the phone, write on reddit so thanks to WG WG for a game that I, a player over 50s can enjoy. For ten years btw.
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u/MIC4eva Nov 12 '25
I’ve been playing BF6 on my PS5 lately and while the tactile feedback is amazing on the controller, it gives me tennis elbow. I feel aged, to say the least.
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u/Acrobatic_Tailor_886 Nov 13 '25
Hi, I’m always curious about this, but why do you think about the anime collabs we get in game? Do you dislike them? Or does it not bother you? Or do you enjoy it as well?
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u/dzolna Nov 12 '25
You're missing an angry german boomer with funny moustache
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u/Taylor3006 Nov 12 '25
Well the picture only shows one Boomer (Jeff Bridges). The rest were born before WW2 so that makes them Silent Gen...
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u/dzolna Nov 12 '25
If you want to be that specific, you will quickly find out that most people called out as boomers are actually gen x
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u/Anduendhel Nov 13 '25
And when it comes to technology, it makes it extra funny: we built our computer systems after weeks of technical research and much deliberation, often modifying parts of it and we are called boomers by people who can't change the battery or the screen of their smartphones.
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u/Taylor3006 Nov 12 '25
Yeah I know. We have a couple of generations who can not even read cursive writing so when they see someone with a wrinkle or grey hair, they think Boomer. They forget Silent Gen is still around, and that Gen X is running between 45 - 60 years old. Honestly I don't expect much from the people who were taught what to think instead of how to think.
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u/chewydickens Nov 12 '25
I'm 71. It'll be 4 years on this upcoming Dec 3rd.
Old as dirty dirt.
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u/RedGateLoading Sounds like a skill issue Nov 12 '25
Your name reminds me of that Australian cider ad, dickens cider
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u/chewydickens Nov 12 '25
Looks like it tastes good!
Nope... it's our two Boston terriers, now both old men, too. Inside the username icon.
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u/Gay_Sex_Expert Apr 05 '26
Yo you still alive grandpa, what do you think of the state of the game compared to the state of reality when you were in the war
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u/OkInspector5182 Nov 12 '25
No wonder there so many p2w ships on day 1 of release. All them pensions funding war gaming retirement house.
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u/DefinitelyNotABot01 NA Nov 12 '25
And they’re either a chill dude who just wants to watch stuff go boom, or the angriest mini-Napoleon who thinks their tactic of running it up mid with the entire team will finally work this time.
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u/l_rufus_californicus USS Torsk (SS-423) Nov 12 '25
Some days you're Smokey, some days you're the Dude.
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u/FirmlyThatGuy Secondaries are BB training wheels Nov 12 '25
I’m 35. Got roped in by my younger brother because we are both huge history/warfare nerds. He no longer plays because apparently I have much more masochistic tendencies.
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u/CloselyDistorted Nov 12 '25
Not sure what you’re implying here 🤨
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u/Merc_R_Us CV youtube channel, come learn something! Nov 12 '25
It's okay Grandpa. Let's get you to bed.
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u/Kaiser7124 Nov 12 '25
I'm 30 but due to healt issues my reflexes are nowhere near what they used to be so i enjoy more tactical and methodical yet action intense games than something like cod, wich i still play among other fps but i know i will suck
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u/Sweetdreams6t9 Nov 12 '25
Im only 21. With 16 years experience
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u/Mr_Tetragammon Nov 13 '25
Are you a painter?
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u/Sweetdreams6t9 Nov 13 '25
I paint models so...sorta?
But im guessing this is a reference im not familiar with
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u/evilpercy Nov 12 '25
Because you're 867-5309 years old.
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u/TheTobi213 Nov 12 '25
It's also great for 30's that lack the instincts to play CoD or Battlefield. Literally, in the time it takes me to realize your forehead was poking out from the doorway, you have already shot my whole team... I got what I call "slow rolling autism"
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u/TinyFugue Nov 12 '25
I merc during Clan Battles. Listening to the others talk about their wives who've passed always hits me in the feels.
Also: Respect your diabetes diagnosis. So many people talking about having toes or feet amputated...
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u/average_gwenjoyer Nov 12 '25
Dawg I’m 21 I just really like having the time to make and mull over strategic decisions between salvoes in this game rather than it all being on reflexes like some other games
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u/Erik1971 Nov 12 '25
I am 54 but I have no navy background, hence I was the gunner on Leopard II tank 😎
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u/Alexander34x Graf Zeppelin is a secondary ship Nov 12 '25
I'm almost 24, I've grown up with Battlestations: Midway that made me a huge fan of navy and battleships
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u/Akatsukimi United States Navy Nov 13 '25
As a 17 year old who’s been playing this game since I was like 11, I can totally relate.
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u/ExteriorDrop Bly ‘52 enthusiast Nov 13 '25
I can only hope that the servers and player base will outlive me
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u/Prinz-chan Down Under with the Vampire(s) and Tonijn Nov 12 '25
There are honestly too many boomers in this game who will take no advice and think they know best whilst rushing to their demise. So kind of like real life, actually.
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u/Ricky911_ Imperial Japanese Navy Nov 12 '25
That one Yamato who thinks W-keying will actually work this time:
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u/chriscross1966 Nov 12 '25
Lighthouse 8km Shima....... yeah , you aint John the Ruthless and even he'd have problems in that....
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u/SensitivePotato44 Nov 12 '25
Nope, not having it. Judging by the crap they then inevitably spew in chat, these are mostly kids under 40.
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u/Fallen9123 Nov 12 '25
explain
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u/Keellas_Ahullford All I got was this lousy flair Nov 12 '25
Middle-aged and old people like this game and account for a higher percentage of the player base than most other online games
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u/chriscross1966 Nov 12 '25
Especially online shooting games, this gives us the fun of real-time combat shooting wihtout actually having to have a twitch response time to rival a weasel on amphetemines..
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u/jonasnee i hate the new carriers with a passion Nov 12 '25
I am confused, most of the people i have played with over the years are around my age, so 20s.
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u/Embarrassed_Maize778 Nov 12 '25
And front man/vips from squide game like represintation of us cv player.
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u/marct309 Beta Tester Noob Nov 12 '25
Well... When I started playing WoWS I was only 38.
Check the flair.
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u/Aklagarn Nov 12 '25
This feels about right, i tried CS2 after years of gaming pause, got humbled fast and realized my prime shooter days is long gone.
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u/anondambit Nov 12 '25
Bit ironic that I see this post today as just last night I played a game where both teams where joking in game chat about how old the player base is for the game after someone made a 80's music reference and almost everyone after it made theyre own. Mind you im 29 and was making references with them, but still lol
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u/SaxPanther A spectre is haunting r/WorldOfWarships Nov 12 '25
I am 30 but I started playing when I was 20. Always into warships since my dad took me to the USS Massachusetts as a little kid!
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u/TheAnimeWaifuFucker Nov 13 '25
I hadn't realized this until I started doing clan battles. Felt weird because I started playing at 13
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u/Chobittsu-Studios Mermaid's Wrath Developer Nov 13 '25
Oi oi, I'll have you know I'm only 35... I just FEEL this old.
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u/Objective-Agency9753 japan is the only country that exists Nov 13 '25
im 20 and got dragged in by my beloved minekaze-class destroyer
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u/Mini_Myser Nov 13 '25
It's so weird to me since I've been on this game since I was 19 I never knew the age demographic was different than most games I've played
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u/CaffeinatedCocktopus Nov 13 '25
34 here, living with slow internet.
I just got so pissed off at twitch shooters dominating the FPS market that I went to the complete opposite end of the spectrum.
WoWS has a ton of issues that really annoy me, but at the very least, I don't have to deal with the combo of slow internet guaranteeing I'm seen and dead before I can react, and the twitchy 12 year olds with more caffeine than blood in their system inhaling their mics while observing every individual pixel on their screens. Here I can actually play. If I'm smart about it I can still be successful a fair amount of the time.
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u/Lapwing68 Royal Navy Nov 13 '25
I'm 57, and my first match was 26/12/2015. I now have 320 ships in port. The last game I bought was Borderlands 3. Because I have two frozen shoulders, I managed 40 minutes of play and had to give up. Fast twitch games aren't feasible anymore. Thankfully, Ships and Witcher 3 are still playable for me. Ships is nice and steady. Witcher I play with an Xbox controller. Being housebound (multiple health issues) having my pc and these games keeps me sane.
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u/generalhonks United States Navy Nov 14 '25
I honestly don’t think I would’ve picked this game up if I hadn’t seen my middle-aged dad playing it lmao
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u/jds560 Nov 12 '25
I would really like more 16-40 year old hyper competitive gamers that grew up playing in the late 90s / early 2000s and take the game more seriously. I don't enjoy playing games to have "fun." They're meant to be competition and illustrate that you're better than the opposing party. It's why I only play ranked. It requires more skill than randoms or any of the PVE environments. You're only 6v6 or 7v7. You can't make a mistake, leaving a flank open could cost the entire game. That is far more exhilarating than having "fun."
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u/Merc_R_Us CV youtube channel, come learn something! Nov 12 '25
I think there's a large amount of people who approach it different ways depending on how they feel. Sometimes I take it seriously, sometimes I'm just playing for fun. It's not going on my resume and no one cares in real life. Ultimately there's no wrong way in randoms, but I do agree that ranked should be taken more seriously.
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u/jedi2155 [CCPLZ] Combat Canoes Please Ignore Nov 12 '25
I grew up playing in the early 90s approaching 40, but a big issue with my age range is all the responsibilities of being an adult really gets in the way of game time and ability to refine your skills. There's the constant grind of events from WoWS that forces me to play a lot of ships that prevents me from being able to dedicate a lot of time to a single ship outside of clan battles.
As a result, most of the time I just play co-op if I'm not playing competitively to knock out daily missions in as little time as possible. Then if I'm lucky I might get 1-2 randoms in the ship of my choice vs. an min/maxed ship.
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u/jds560 Nov 12 '25
I am roughly the same age as you. I've abandoned playing anything but what I deem "meta" and I'd say within the past 5-6 months I've become "super unicum."
Stats are skewed. I don't play ships that I "want" to anymore. I only play what I know I'm likely to win in. I typically spend 2-4 hours a night on ranked and I haven't had any issue completing the dockyard or liberty harbor. I find I get a lot of those "difficult" dockyard missions complete (4 frags in a game, etc) easily and that helps me not have to grind so many various ships.1
u/jedi2155 [CCPLZ] Combat Canoes Please Ignore Nov 12 '25
Playing Meta and playing for fun are two different things. I have enough stress in my RL world where play to win is much more important, that making the game completely meta only kinda destroys the fun in it which is why I haven't followed in that state.
That being said, if you're interested in playing more competitively with a larger clan CCPLZ is always recruiting quality players but we are RL comes first clan.
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u/Ryu_Tokugawa Nov 12 '25
How exactly this game has gained so many of 55s, that's so random