older generations unite!

Welcome to the '60s. I'm a 62 year old Simmer whose been playing since the beginning. The Sims is my Digital Barbie World. Will be playing as long as I am physically able, or until they make it absolutely unplayable. JUST KEEP SIMMIN, SIMMIN, SIMMIN!!! <3 <3

This is an amazing thread! I had no idea there were so many of us. I will be 50 at the end of summer and have been simming since early on in Sims 2. I had been interested since Sims 1, but I was a single mom and didn't have the funds for a PC. When my younger brother wanted an upgrade of his Playstation, he passed down his older version to my daughter. We then went to Game Stop to look for some used, age appropriate games for her, I happened across a used Bustin Out (for me) and that was my actual first Sims experience. I was instantly hooked and have been playing The Sims ever since. As soon as I was able to afford my own PC, I bought Sims 2 and I think Nightlife was my first expansion. When my daughter was old enough to play, she quickly became a fan too and it's one of the many things we share (getting giddy every time a new pack is released). As I am typing this, she is sitting across from me (26, graduated university, about to be married) playing Werewolves on her laptop and I'm gonna wrap this up so I can play on mine. :D

*** Age is of importance only if you are a bottle of TS3 nectar ***

I'm definitely a senior, I have no idea how it is to play any sims game as teenager :) Played since 1 year after TS1 release, young adult already back then.

42 this year's, I've been playing The Sims games since the start. I play a lot of other video games as well.

My motto is growing old is mandatory ,growing up is optional

60's here...Have been playing since Sims 2 came out...

"pendragon1980;c-18133504" wrote:
42 this year's, I've been playing The Sims games since the start. I play a lot of other video games as well.

My motto is growing old is mandatory ,growing up is optional

As a friend of nearly equally ancient vintage says, growing old is not for wimps.

It's both comforting and encouraging to see there are so many of us so thoroughly out of the target age group. We are not alone!

On thinking of play style since TS1 days, unless doing a period game (medieval - TS2, Victorian - TS 2 & 4) it's more like the late 60s/early 70s when was YA, single, and in the navy. Now if only we had the cars of the era to drive...

"Wylderose;c-18128879" wrote:
I'm in my early 50s and have Lupus. Actually started playing the Sims during the Sims 3 days and picked up Sims 2 when it was free on Origins. As one said, Sims was and is not about nostalgia for me. Instead, it became a way of getting away from the crush in life that Lupus brought about. During this Covid hit, well Sims 4 suddenly became and still is my 'proverbial' best friend since I'm confined indoors you know... lacking an immune system does that. :wink:

I have lupus too. Even though I played well before my diagnoses and later when it became too hard to work and I became "homebound" per the Vets Admin, it has become my escape when I am too sore to be active and especially when winter sets in here along Lake Superior. I think that is why I miss the open world and variety of play and depth of Sims 3 so much compared to Sims 4. I would love to travel the world again in real life, but barring that I hope Sims 5 will bring back the open world to explore.

Pushing 60, been playing Sims since the first Sims game came out.

You are a future one of us.

I'm thirty and started late with the sims 3
Although, sometimes I feel much older with the way S4 marketing is.

I also sent a request to the FB group if that's alright