Sitzkrieg Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Link Check out the picture at the top of the article. SPW 251 halftrack. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfgardner1 Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Originally posted by sitzkrieg: Link Check out the picture at the top of the article. SPW 251 halftrack. KeithWhat grass mod is he using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 "BRIDGING THE GENERATION GAP One of the few niches that seem specific to older players is World War II simulations. Colburn devotes a lot of time to “Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord,” a WWII war-game. He finds opponents through a Web site, and fights out the battles via e-mail, in a system reminiscent of the way distant chess players used to mail each other the moves. “If I can get my grandson over, and he’s about 15 years, we’ll play. I can’t get anybody else interested in it that’s younger,” he said. The nature of the Internet makes it easy for generations to meet online, but older players often seek out their peers. Ackerman is part of a “The Devil Stomper Battalion,” an online “clan” of older players. The clan trains together and takes on other clans in online matches. Still, games can bridge the generational gap. Lisa got into playing “Counter-Strike” as a way of staying connected with her son. “It’s one of those ages where you have to try to find something to do with them, or you lose them,” she said. She got hooked herself, and now either plays or is active in the clan every day. Most of her friends don’t know how involved she is, she said. As for her son’s friends: “Some of them think it’s cool, and some of them say ‘Your mother plays ‘Counter-Strike?’ That just not right!”’ she chuckles. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
second amendment Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex PFC Wintergreen Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 "He now plays computer games about two hours a day" Poor guy, only two hours a day. Someone should tell him about CMBB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 WOW! What kinda monitor is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benVandal Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Hmmm...wonder if he's got his pre-order yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbs Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 You know, back on September 15, "Peter Svensson" posted a thread on this board and said that he was a reporter writing a story for Associated Press on this very topic. As he is a CMBO player, I wonder if this is the article he was talking about? At the time, he asked for board members to write him about how they became gamers. Did any of you get quoted? Since he used real-life nerd names in his article, I wouldn't recognize any of y'all in the article. I think I'll add a reply to Peter's thread and ask him if this is his story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Has Gary Colburn stood up here yet? Anyone know his handle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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