How many kids and teenagers are playing?

[Dorito_25]

Um...excuse me?? Gen Z is awesome!! I'm the only one that classifys for Gen Z - 1996 - 2010   Well not the only one, the only one so far...
Sorry to other's born in 1995 - you're just plain ol' Gen Y  

I think they "made" Gen Z for children born/grew up with advanced digital technology (internet, social networking, (AirwaySim  ), mobile phones etc.) Correct me if I'm wrong.

I feel "special" in a "good" way about being in Gen Z for some completely unknown reason. (That is a quote I received from a teacher of mine "...You're just...eh..."special" in a...eh..."good way") That damn ol' teacher!  

But I do have to say that when the other Generations were children, they were in a much larger state of health than the children of today. Better off, in a way.

[coopdogyo]

Lol one of the kids in my 5th grade class used to joke that he was special in a negitive way.

[T8KE0FF]

Yes, but you need a close birthday to join the club.

hahaha, when's you're birthday then? 

[ban2]

T8KE0FF where are you based out of now?

i saw you coming into my base then you dissappeared ??

[RisteMakedonski]

hahaha, when's you're birthday then?  

I already posted it.  

[Gaius Marius]

Hey.  Not to get too political here .... but weren't the Finns learning to reassemble their AK's to defend against the Soviet guys?  Wow things have changed in the last 20 years.  I worked with several former Soviet block people and I must say they were great.

Also, wasn't Arkangelsk (sorry sp.) a high tech city in the USSR?  You still didn't have computers?

BTW, I think it's great kids are playing but I'm not so excited about them kicking the crap out of me in this game.  My generation seems to be learning the virtue of humility a little too often lately.


Gaius Marius

[Jona L.]

16..... already "ol'" generation

well I'm happy to have come to this game, by the way sami: I was noticed to this by one of your banners at this forum:
www.tt-forums.net about OTTD, which some of you might know ??

nice to have some nearly same old/younger guys arround me
hope we can communicate well while playing...

Jona L.
CEO of LLL

[Kontio]

Hey.  Not to get too political here .... but weren't the Finns learning to reassemble their AK's to defend against the Soviet guys?

Officially, of course not as the Soviets were our best friends in the world. In reality, take a look at the map and think about it. 

[Dasha]

Hey.  Not to get too political here .... but weren't the Finns learning to reassemble their AK's to defend against the Soviet guys?  Wow things have changed in the last 20 years.  I worked with several former Soviet block people and I must say they were great.

Also, wasn't Arkangelsk (sorry sp.) a high tech city in the USSR?  You still didn't have computers?

BTW, I think it's great kids are playing but I'm not so excited about them kicking the crap out of me in this game.  My generation seems to be learning the virtue of humility a little too often lately.


Gaius Marius

It WAS a rather important city in the USSR do to it's geographical position. Murmansk had the naval harbor and unlike the USA, Russia did spread out their fleet. Arkangelsk was the fourth naval harbor, after Murmansk, Vladivostok and Simferopol.

There was a lot of technical stuff around and the city has got one of the four Technical Universities of Russia. So yes hightech I think. And my parents weren't very poor so we did have a computer. Just nothing to put on the computer.

Windows was hard to get by and internet wasn't connected to our house.

[sloganair]

i am 11

[Pavlov]

Hmm.. I was under the impression that online games that require creditcard-payment were inhabited by 30+ y/o folks (except WoW perhaps).

But after reading this topic and being 20 y/o I feel like an elderly now.

[samomuransky]

You can use debit card and in most countries, you can get it since you are 15 (in some even sooner)

[Filippo]

It WAS a rather important city in the USSR do to it's geographical position. Murmansk had the naval harbor and unlike the USA, Russia did spread out their fleet. Arkangelsk was the fourth naval harbor, after Murmansk, Vladivostok and Simferopol.

There was a lot of technical stuff around and the city has got one of the four Technical Universities of Russia. So yes hightech I think. And my parents weren't very poor so we did have a computer. Just nothing to put on the computer.

Windows was hard to get by and internet wasn't connected to our house.

I have a bit of questions.

When the USSR was still a state, wasn't information about military things hidden and secret; I mean, did you know about where the fleet was based even at the times?
Also, was the computer you had russian?
And, wouldn't windows be banned since it was American when russia was still USSR?
Also, you said that your family was not poor, but aren't people under communism like the one in the USSR have all the same amount of money?

Thanks in advance for your answers!

[samomuransky]

Also, you said that your family was not poor, but aren't people under communism like the one in the USSR have all the same amount of money?

Well, I'm not from Russia, but Slovakia (as part of Czechoslovakia) had "communism" (see note below) until 1989 and as far as I know (I'm born in 93) it's definetly not true It's absolutely contrary. There are usually very rich and very poor people. Nothing between.

NOTE:
There WASN'T and ISN'T any country which had/have communism. Communism is political theory which isn't particulary bad, but it's unreal. That thing was socialism which was presented as "step before communism" (but I don't believe that polticians wanted communism, it wouldn't be good for them)... At least here they didn't want. But probably also in USSR since we were "very good friends" with Russians, heroes which came and save us before that bad bad capitalism )..

[powi]

When I was that age we didn't even have a computer at home, in good old Arkangelsk.
I learned how to dismantle AK-47's and how not to freeze to dead when you got stuck outside in the middle of the arctic winter.

I'm SO jealous at you spoiled kids

So how do you remove AK-47 bolt from bolt carrier/gas piston?

[Jona L.]

well...... pay pal for exaple requires an age of 18 in minimun, but they didn't identify me beeing only 16 xD xD, because they do not, as they say, ask at you bank for the age.{*}
That would only US administration do, buit without permission sorry that I got political


{*= In Germany where I come from it's even illegal for the bank to tell e.g. Pay Pal about you peronal data, such as age }

nice to talk with you guys

Jona L.
CEO of LLL

[samomuransky]

well...... pay pal for exaple requires an age of 18 in minimun, but they didn't identify me beeing only 16 xD xD, because they do not, as they say, ask at you bank for the age.{*}
That would only US administration do, buit without permission sorry that I got political


{*= In Germany where I come from it's even illegal for the bank to tell e.g. Pay Pal about you peronal data, such as age }

nice to talk with you guys

Jona L.
CEO of LLL

If I'm right also my bank would break a local law by telling my name, age, etc. On other hand, I pay only with debit card so it's not problem

[Filippo]

I use my Dad's credit card

[Jona L.]

I use my Dad's credit card

does he know??
and also, do you have to give him the money??
my parents wouldn't pay for this , even though this is an educational game...(for me both: English and Economics)

Jona L.
CEO of LLL

[Filippo]

does he know??
and also, do you have to give him the money??
my parents wouldn't pay for this , even though this is an educational game...(for me both: English and Economics)

Jona L.
CEO of LLL

He knows, and I give him the money back. My parents too would'nt want to pay for this, but... this is what pocket money is used to.