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#16 Post by DaFool » Sun May 13, 2007 11:47 am

26, smack in the middle of the otaku target market for most visual novels, which ironically pursues high school girls who are forced to be at least 18 (for the English-translated titles, at least :D )

I've also seen some bishoujo / eroge characters used as decoration for some livejournals... (The best one was one by a 13-year old who was an Asa-sempai fan) I don't think the authors of those are old enough to play the games the images came from.

But hey, we share something in common! You can either choose to think that you are participating in a forum with lots of dirty old men who play games where they romance schoolgirls your age or you can just think that you are participating in a forum that tends to have more mature individuals and rest easy. More than a few of us are married anyway. :wink:

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#17 Post by PrettySammy09 » Sun May 13, 2007 12:25 pm

I'm sixteen! I'm on the younger side of the spectrum, I'm aware of that, but I don't really mind. I'm already odd in the fact that I enjoy Bishojo games which are aimed towards the male audience. :D

School Girl Ren'Ai creators unite! We should start a union or something.

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#18 Post by lordcloudx » Sun May 13, 2007 12:41 pm

this is me (the guy) with my sister. As you can see, I'm just 15
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#19 Post by F.I.A » Sun May 13, 2007 12:54 pm

23 here, but I am one hopeless obsessive uncle. :lol:

Well, the ony I can be proud on this age is that yea...
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#20 Post by chronoluminaire » Sun May 13, 2007 2:27 pm

Yikes! I'm 29, the second-oldest here! :?
But I'm just glad that so many different people are gathered here together :)
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#21 Post by Blue Lemma » Sun May 13, 2007 2:50 pm

I'm 23, too :D

I think it's good we have different ages, although 29 isn't that old (unless you're playing Tales of Legendia, Phantasia, or the Abyss where everything over 25 is ANCIENT :shock: )

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#22 Post by papillon » Sun May 13, 2007 3:31 pm

29 and married and finding a few gray hairs... :)

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#23 Post by Scout » Sun May 13, 2007 4:03 pm

I'm 18, and TOTALLY interested in Pretty Sammy's union. I'm not sure what the purpose would be; but regardless!

Honestly, for once, it's nice to not only not be the youngest, but not even close to the youngest. This may be the only community I've ever been in where I'm near the oh-so-boring middle of the age range.

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#24 Post by Alessio » Sun May 13, 2007 4:22 pm

Going towards 35 here...

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#25 Post by Mr. E » Sun May 13, 2007 7:59 pm

I'm 19.Although my back hurts constantly, I have a load of premature gray hair and have all the cynism of a sixty years old geezer. :shock:

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#26 Post by PrettySammy09 » Sun May 13, 2007 8:19 pm

Mr. E wrote:Although my back hurts constantly, I have a load of premature gray hair and have all the cynism of a sixty years old geezer. :shock:
Don't believe him! XD He's not as cynical as he makes himself out to be!

I don't know what a school girl Ren'Ai Game maker union would do exactly...except...exist. :lol:

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#27 Post by Scout » Sun May 13, 2007 8:41 pm

Well, whatever we do, it better be soon. I'm only a school girl for another month!

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#28 Post by PyTom » Sun May 13, 2007 8:48 pm

Scout wrote:Well, whatever we do, it better be soon. I'm only a school girl for another month!
The dirty old man in me can see a H-game contest in which every game is required to include this line.
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#29 Post by Scout » Sun May 13, 2007 11:05 pm

That's GREAT. :D

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#30 Post by Sethaniel » Sun May 13, 2007 11:21 pm

Hey- 28! I'm pretty average!

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