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Levellass
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by Levellass » Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:06
Benvolio wrote: So the majority are 21-30? If you're 21 you were born about five years after Keen. And if you're 30 you were just four when Keen came out. Which means that what predicts membership of the Keen community is clearly not growing up with Keen as a contemporary game. Rather, I would imagine, it is a combination of exposure to legacy equipment and gaming, and even more importantly, growing up with the internet. Perhaps those kids who actually bought Keen in 1990 (say, twelve year olds) were all too old to have endless spare time during the Internet era, so they never googled Keen and got hooked on the Community/fan activities e.g. fan games, levels and mods.
I don;t think it's possible to have 'grown up with Keen'; given that it only lasted a handful of years. I suspect exposure at the right time of life is the trick, evidently early childhood.
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by mortimermcmirestinks » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:39
I'm going on 19.
I played Keen because I have five older siblings, several of which were Keen contemporaries (Keentemporaries?).
...says the most charming guy in the room.
I'm back... kind of? Not really.
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by nanomekia » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:02
*sneaks quietly in amidst all the more established keeners*
29. My face however is perpetually twelve.
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by ScarletFlame » Sun Sep 25, 2016 3:18
I'm currently 18. Keen was more than a decade old when I played it.
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Ceilick
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by Ceilick » Wed Sep 28, 2016 14:51
28
Feels like it's been half as long as it's been since I joined.
XkyRauh
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by XkyRauh » Sun Oct 02, 2016 4:13
I'll be turning 34 in 2017. :) When Keen1 first came out, I was the same age as the titular character! haha
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by keenmaster486 » Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:47
Wow! I didn't know you were a first-generation Keener.
I flermmed the plootash just like you asked.
Levellass
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by Levellass » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:19
Xky's been here since the beginning, he has produced some of the most classic mods.
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by Benvolio » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:59
Not to mention the Ice Factory (1998). By far the most memorable Keen1 level ever made.
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by Commander Spleen » Sun Oct 09, 2016 4:33
Aw, I missed le vote. 32 as of last month. Officially spent my entire 20s not finishing OrbKeen.
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by Keening_Product » Sun Oct 09, 2016 8:59
Commander Spleen wrote: Officially spent my entire 20s not finishing OrbKeen.
Worth it.
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by Roobar » Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:19
Benvolio wrote: Not to mention the Ice Factory (1998). By far the most memorable Keen1 level ever made.
I don't remember it?
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by Nisaba » Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:42
Roobar wrote: Benvolio wrote: Not to mention the Ice Factory (1998). By far the most memorable Keen1 level ever made.
I don't remember it?
shikadi.net/keenwiki/The_Ice_Factory
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by Flaose » Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:33
I've been Keening for longer than I'd like to admit, haha. The game was still fairly new when I first played it somewhere around 8 years old. I joined the Keen community (the old board, 5517) about age 12 and have been here for well over half my life.
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by Levellass » Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:42
Commander Spleen wrote: Aw, I missed le vote. 32 as of last month. Officially spent my entire 20s not finishing OrbKeen.
Wait... it's done?
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