Why Do You Play?

[Azerax]

I play just to troll ya'll.

and I play just to be trolled by you

by you

and no one else but you

[Lefanis]

I was 14.

I am now 21.

BM is 1/3 of my life.

Started playing BM when I was 13. Graduating from college in a month. No pauses or breaks  :D

[Azerax]

I started because of an article on slashdot.  at the time I was working 4 days a week in the US then coming home to Canada.  The reason I like BM is the same reason I like pvp - real players are unpredictable.

BM requires thought and strategy, which is why it is not more popular.

[Vellos]

Started playing BM when I was 13. Graduating from college in a month. No pauses or breaks  :D

That's exactly my story. :P

4 or less digits: 94

everyone has 5 or less digits, the highest ID is 34651

I regularly kick myself about this.

I started an account several months before my current account and played very noncommittally, then deleted. That account had a 4-digit ID. When I re-registered, it was 5 digits. Didn't care at the time.

But now? I'd give a fame point to get back that ID. :P

[Chenier]

Any idea at which dates the three, four, and five digits were reached?

[Indirik]

I'm ID 14094, and started at the beginning of '06.

[Vellos]

I'm ID 14094, and started at the beginning of '06.

I started before you?

Weird– for some reason I think of you as being around longer than me.

[Telrunya]

ID 7788.

Apparently I'm one of the 94, I never realized it was such a small amount (Though it ain't counting remade accounts). Been playing since April 2005, so 8 years now. That was when I was 15, now 23. A third of my life is with Battlemaster. Only time I paused was when on Vacation for a few weeks a year.

As to why I still play, I think many others have already told that. The ability to play characters, the stories, the richness and uniqueness of the game, the team, it is just amazing. I'll never forget my first days in CE. It was a bit confusing at first, but a day or so after I joined I got an apology from the Ruler (The Ruler!! The leaderguy!! The highest authority in the Realm who's way up there while I'm just a new guy with no experience) for his late welcome to the Realm. It was amazing. Never thought about quitting ever since that happened. I believe that was Koradji, but I might be wrong.

[Tom]

Any idea at which dates the three, four, and five digits were reached?

All the 2 and 3 digit accounts are from 2002. 5 digits were reached in 2005.

[Psyche]

If I recall correctly, my first account was created 1/1/2004.  I've had to remake my account a couple of times since then, but have played pretty consistently in some form or another... Started when I was 17, and turn 27 tomorrow.

[Eduardo Almighty]

Playing for almost 7 years. BM is just the best "simulation game" and the most perfect I have ever experienced. I was storytlling Werewolf to a group of thirteen players for four years. When the Forums have become a problem and the fun became a headache I was looking for an option and I found BM.

I never needed to look for another game.

[Vellos]

Listening to these stories...

I wonder how much our demographic changed?

I feel like we may be on average a much older crowd now.

Specifically, I wonder what a graph of "average age of BM players" would look like?

[Zakilevo]

Just like developed countries... BM is probably suffering from aging population!

[Eduardo Almighty]

I began with.. unh... 20/21 and I have 28 now. My English is terrible, so you can imagine how my English was when I started in 2006, learning alone. However I've had a very good formation inside RPG games, playing and storytelling.

I've learned to train my girlfriends to tolerate BM (when I was Judge of Sirion, wake up in the middle of night to banish someone was something usual). And until now I can tell you I want to play until get old, blind and senile.

[Tom]

I've learned to train my girlfriends to tolerate BM

What a quote. :-)