TOG - The Older Gamers

Markus Erronius · 27th June 2007, 09:06 AM

Hello TOGgers! Or is it TOGites? Maybe TOGlodytes?

I found TOG in the guild of the week list on the Guild Wars site. It appears to be a great group so I'm applying for membership.

You are 25 years of age or older.
Passed that milestone in 1980-sumpin'. I'm old enough to say where I was when Kennedy was shot, and if anybody says, "Ted Kennedy was shot?", I'll laugh and quote some other lines from When Harry Met Sally -- one of my favorites movies.

You have read our AUP and FAQ and agree to it's terms and conditions.
I read the AUP and passed it on to my law firm, Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe, and received their approval. I also read the FAQ and the opening section convinced me I'm in the right place.

Where am you?
As you can probably tell from the Kennedy reference above, I'm an American and currently live near Seattle in the Pacific Northwest. My gaming time is limited, but when playing it will usually be late at night after the kids are in bed. Since I'm in the Pacific time zone, it means the east coast US will be in bed, the Europeans will be waking up, and the Australians will be out drinking beer -- a safe assumption no matter what time of day it is.

Why are you interested in TOG?
I recently won a copy of Guild Wars Nightfall -- free game, woohoo! Though my old PC meets the minimum specs my video card isn't up to snuff so I haven't been able to play yet. I found a decent used video card on EBay so while waiting for it to arrive I've been reading all about Guild Wars. It appears you can play it solo using heroes and henchmen, but it's pretty apparent that it was designed to be played as a team. The only game I've ever played online other than board games is CounterStrike, and it's been several years since I last picked up a virtual gun. I remember playing with the unwashed masses -- rude, swearing, cheating, no teamwork. Fortunately I found CoFR (Crusty Old Fossil Rockers), a group quite similar to TOG in philosophy, and played exclusively on their servers. It made all the difference in the world to play with a mature group of folks who were there to have fun, celebrate when you win, congratulate your opponents when you lose, and always have a laugh. The prospects of playing Guild Wars with the general public wasn't appealing so I began looking through the lists of Guilds and found TOG on the Guild of the Week list. At first glance I liked what I saw, so I'm applying for membership.

What games do you play?
As it did for many of you, my electronic gaming started with Pong, but if I were to list all the games over all the years I'd probably exceed the message size limit for the forum. As I mentioned above, the only game from the TOG list that I play (or soon will) is Guild Wars. With a wife and kids, I don't have the time or finances to get into new games when they come out so I'm always a couple years (or decades) behind. I love digging through the bargain bin to find awesome games that have been pushed off the shelves to make room for newer ones. There's nothing like getting 60 hours of entertainment for a couple bucks. I recently finished Might and Magic VI which came out in 1998. It's the third time I played and I still love it. I replayed Myst around Christmas, and I'm currently in the middle of Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist, a Sierra classic from 1993. With DOSBox installed, you can play lots of great old games. The remainder of my online gaming time goes towards Brettspielwelt which is German for "board game world". It's a free site that has about 70 games available from classics like Go and Backgammon, to family games like Transamerica and Carcassonne, to advanced games like Princes of Florence, Power Grid, and Settlers of Cataan. It was created by some friends in Germany who wanted to play their favorite board games even when they couldn't be together. The language barrier was significant at first if you didn't know German, but thousands of players from around the world now play so their web site and all the games are available in several languages. Players can join together to form cities which you build and landscape using income you earn from playing games. I've made a lot of great friends, many in Europe, by playing there.

That about wraps it up. I look forward to hanging out with you folks and getting some Guild Wars action in once I can play.

Bor@c · 27th June 2007, 09:12 AM

Your app seems to be in order. Please wait for one of our moderators to review and approve. Welcome!

Major Conspiracy · 27th June 2007, 09:53 AM

welcome to TOG, wow, what an intro. hope you like it here

Sir Fitz · 27th June 2007, 10:16 AM

Nice intro.

Welcome to TOG, your application has been reviewed and approved.

You will now have full access to all parts of the tog website including:

All tog member only forums
All member only areas of the website

Your membership also includes access to various tog only servers, get-together, events, and other exclusives for this 25 and over only organization.

Undoubtedly you want to get started and the best place to start is to visit the main forum for the game in which you are interested, have a read of the sticky posts and other threads that catch your attention.

Make sure you introduce yourself and ask any further questions you may have. tog members are very helpful so don't be shy....ask away

The social heart of tog can be found in "the lounge room". there are lively discussions on many subjects as well as information on real life get togethers. If you want to know the other tog members across the whole of tog visit the lounge room.

Got a technical problem?

Visit tog's very own laboratory forum & see the cage full of helpful geeks. Not only can they assist in your troubleshooting, but they also like to help with upgrade & new computer advice.
DISCLAIMER: use the geeks' advice at your own risk. they are just tog members like you & may not be fully qualified computer technicians

OH NO! I've signed up with the lamest nick name on the internet!

No worries. Our fully trained forum administrators can help. Simply post your request for a name change in 'the desk' forum & the admins will leap into action & change it for you.

There's also plenty of other cool stuff on TOG, so browse around & check it all out.

Currently tog consists of over 25 game divisions and has over 16,000 registered members.

We sincerely hope that you enjoy tog for as long as you choose too. Feel free to spread the message to your friends and family who enjoy gaming and don't forget to have fun yourself!

All the best!

The Older Gamers!

Markus Erronius · 27th June 2007, 06:08 PM

Awesome! Thanks for admitting me. I guess the background checks you do aren't too thorough.

I've already been perusing the Hall of Heroes and found the division web page. Lots of great info there so I'm really looking forward to playing Guild Wars and adventuring with some TOGgers!

Monty · 28th June 2007, 05:47 PM

Hi and welcome to TOG from the Guild Wars Division. Now you have TOGged you please click on the link. This will take you straight to the New Players part of our forum. Here you're free to joint any of our 5 guilds that we've got going. Hope you enjoy you time with TOG and we'll see you soon.
http://www.theoldergamers.com/forum/...tart-here.html