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Originally Posted by MD_Titus
but odds on familiarity and experience counteract the loss of reflexes, to a greater or lesser degree.
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Oh yes! There is no substitute for experience.
Face off on a young guy (with a similar ping) in a one on one, surprise encounter in a first person shooter, and the advantage is his. He is probably a couple hundredths of a seconds quicker.
In a vehicle, things are different (real life too lol). There is a whole 'nother level of strategy and tactics. Plus, being able to predict the opposition's actions. That all comes with experience.
In my last gaming clan, the old guys did the strategies. Whenever we got a new map we were usually ahead of the opposing team. Of course, the young guys in our clan had to make up for our lack of skillz when the shooting started
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BTW, for the other old timers, I am convinced that gaming keeps you young in ways. If you don't practice with your reflexes, they fail quicker. And then you are relegated to playing Minesweeper
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I say all of that to say this: my guess is that there is a bit of an age gap as to who wants what in terms of realism (just a guess). The younger people probably want something that focuses more on the combat and shooting and graphics. The older guys probably want more "flight sim" realism. So maybe we all just tend to play to our strengths?
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