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The Silver Snipers are a CS:GO team in Sweden where the youngest member is 62 and the oldest 81. They say playing CS has helped to give them a confidence boost and serve as a sort of mental gymnastics
The Silver Snipers are a CS GO team in Sweden where the youngest member is 62 and the oldest 81! The team was formed by former NiP(Ninjas in Pyjamas) player Tommy Ingemarsson who is a ten-time CS world champion and now retired to coach other teams. He has been training them with the goal to compete at Dreamhack Winter, the worlds largest LAN party event.
Except helping to show that gaming is not only for the younger crowd, they say playing CS has helped to give them a confidence boost and the serve as a sort of mental gymnastics.
Look at those nicknames, Monica “Teen Slayer” Idenfors and Wanja “Knitting Knight” Godänge!
Sorry for the low-res photo. This is them at Dreamhack Winter last week. Sadly they didn't win any games but they were very satisfied with their visit. They said in an interview that not only did they feel appreciated but also like they were really wanted there. The gaming community has shown them a lot of love. They hope to be able to come back again and that more seniors will be inspired to start gaming.
#gaming #CSGO #Seniors #SilverSnipers
PuddingIsAmazing
teen slayer and knitting knight. god bless them
Fizzledrizzle69
This is awesome! Go Silver Snipers!
Blze001
"Live. Laugh. Love. And kill terrorists." I like the cut of Oivind's jib.
JoggingWithForks
Abbe Drakborg has the most metal sir name ever, the literal translation is Dragons Castle.
SparklDriver
shadowex3
There used to be a group called the Old bastards in the HL1 days. You needed to send proof you were on social security to try out.
acumen143
38 y/o here, I can't wait until my generation retires, SO many LAN parties at the retirement centers!
Magnasplit
Same age. Attended first lan at 14. Organized my first at 17. Online gaming is nice, but miss the feel of lans
HalTheMisinterpretivePornStar
They probably did fuck your mum
TheshipwreckoftheMinotaur
"Knitting knight" best nickname
thelaud
By far the best one!
4sambucas
Still better K/D than most CoD players
retired1
Who cares what their K/D ratio is. They're having fun. That's what counts!
Terminology
I agree, but people care because the goal of this is for them to participate in a major LAN tournament.
souprtroop
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Those circle sections around the K/D in #3 make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
ayytothelmao
What doesn't make sense about it? For every death, that's how many kills they have.
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
I'm talking about the yellow part of each circle. You'd think it relates to their K/D, with 1 being a full circle. But it's just random.
FelonyFerret
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/47/11/d1/4711d1d126414bde77a3e890cd16dc45.gif
thislooksfun
r/unexpectedfactorial
Spocky730
Waiting for one of them to go: Wait, I remember this map from my old Army days (or such) lol. Epicness and much respect for them!
dedpaen
When players ask me how old I am, I tell them I have pantyhose older than they are.
KittyLeader
lysani
FortressCraft
85 hours? They've only been playing 2 weeks? *confused*
Demo7
Shows why they didn't win.
Mirwaisratata
This is great! I hope to see some health statistics like home this affects if person has a starting Alzheimers syndrome or what not.
Lindead
Research shows that people who read lot of books delay Alzheimer, but not sure if it's due to just brain stimulation or memory stretching
Lindead
due to book themselves. Only time will tell I guess.
Nobody7713
It very well might help, if stuff like Luminosity that works the brain helps, I don't see why this couldn't.
sendMeToLordDevNull
Drakborg, man that is a surname straight from Game of Thrones!
BangForTheBuck
Wanja no scoped me and then fucked my mom.
idontenglishsorry
What would be more believable, that one of these folks fucked your mom or that the 12 y/o did?
BangForTheBuck
Well the 12 year old was pretty convincing
idontenglishsorry
Fair enough
z3lfmoord
Trying my hardest, I’d still lose to them. I’m terrible at games.
TommyWa
.54 k/d :(
lollercycle
rip
Elroydb
At 100 hours played of her first FPS. It's a good start
Hyokkuda
Yeah but did you see her kills? o_O She's like 100+ above everyone else.
ralphwiggles
100 kills above her own team, lol
mashimaro
BirDie's real last name literally means "Dragon Fortress"
Fleaturtle
I didn't understand most of that, but seems great.
demosthenes89
Yeah, I don't know a single one of those acronyms, but I gather it's old men in a gaming tournament.
Euronyme
The only acronyms in the entire post is 'csgo' which is counter-strike - a computer game, LAN for local area network and KD for kills/deaths
Fleaturtle
Yah, but without those... It becomes rather confusing
DontReadMyBioPlsItsPrivate
those "badass" pro gamer team pictures like #2 always look so silly
Demo7
"Don't mess with us or we'll fuck you up.......at video games."
DontReadMyBioPlsItsPrivate
1v1 me, no items, final destination, fox only
SuperSplashAsh
"My grandma plays better than you" bitch I FUCKED your grandma
positivespace
Bitch I AM your grandma
IStabYouEgg
SatoriEnlightenment
Blurry?
IStabYouEgg
Yup
SFMGifs
“In my day, we were lucky to have such high resolution, you Pixel pumping buckos!”
HelloMax
Those k/d ratios aren’t very impressive if we’re being honest here..
mitharas
Are these the stats for dreamhack? If yes: please, get at their level. Show us your cs skills against some of the best players worldwide.
Behomie
those aren't dreamhack numbers, while yes it's fun to see seniors having fun. A W/L ratio of <20% is abysmal.
NinjaCongo
BhawbTheMagnificent
It isn't Dreamhack numbers, notice that playtime and win% are different, which wouldn't be true at a tournament. Still, its for fun.
ChainmailleAddict
Professional gamers retire in their late 20's because reflexes start to go to shit by then
thelaud
no k/d over 1 though
officialcaptainkirk
sp1cychick3n
Yeah, but they're probably having more fun though. I'll take that over statistics.
Sharangir
Less than 100 hours played and already doing promo shoots. They're gonna have to do way more practicing if they want to compete at DH Winter
RememberTheC4nt
8% headshot is also pretty shitty... but I think that's not the point
Scheiterhaufen
honestly, you'd have to be trying really hard to get below 10% headshot. Dunno how they did it :D
iSoulend
who care about the kda, it's a 159 higher winrate here, I'm happy for them to enjoy it but dreamhack is impossible
iSoulend
19%*
monochrony
seriously, gramps. you gotta pump those numbers up. those are rookie numbers.
Elroydb
Also only about 100 hours of gametime. Once they get closer to 1000 it might be interesting to see how they do
Maitrify
I don't understand what could possibly be fun about getting your asses beat repeatedly. More power to 'em tho!
IceColdGangsta420
Old people have much slower reflexes. They can improve their reflexes with exercise, but they are never going to be as good as teenagers.
ayytothelmao
Reflexes are important, but not as much as game sense. With practice they could become pretty good.
vvvaughnnn
It's CS:GO. You can hold spots as best as you can, plan as best as you can but if you can't win a gunfight you already lost
BeRad117
Is it bad to say, that was the first thing I noticed?
thisisprocrastination
There's no way to compete with young people in twitch games, reaction times get way slower as you get old. Slower games or strategy.
inspiringandfunnyusernamecoolheh
World of Tanks is a good one f.e, 10 sec reload, we had a 65 yo on our team, slower training, but good on their tanks after a while
JayEnfield
I ran a clan family of 500 people at one point. Probably 1/4 of them were old retired dudes. Game works well for them.
freezingpilot
I've never liked twitch games. I've always preferred using my mind to win.
auscaliber
they're not mutually exclusive.
Luthlet
Not with that attitude
auscaliber
I...I'll t-try harder senpai!
Coltaine
I hope one of their battle-cries is: "get off my server, damn kids!"
Solbion
Do they complain about lag even when away from their PC's?
SuddenRandomFinnishGuy
Also "I fucked your grandmother" would strike fear in public servers.
Apercu
You punk kids and your pacman video games
kevincow
"When I was your age, we didn't have video games! We just had to shoot at each other with real guns!"
xiaocorgi
Gotta fight russians again?!
MoldyCrapBatman
Hope for me yet. Cake day, turned 59 today.
Swedishhighlander
That’s where I see myself in 40 years!
IIIHalezIII
likewise..
commanderpanic
Already there buddy... Already there :-)
Solbion
I bet the woman spends her lunch breaks deleting any suspicious emails.
Solbion
The one with the blonde hair. Didn't realise there are two women.
XeonWolf
Get off my LAN!
HateClub
Dude ! You are good !
registeredtoproveimawesome
Perfection. Someone send this to them, cuz that is absolutely fantastic.
WaterDragonHaku
We need a best comment ov the year award. This would be a contender. Bravo.
Xyzair
"This was my LAN before your time."
CanadianFurr
I actually saw that as a wifi name once...couldn't stop laughing
worgenboy
Take your +1 you brilliant ass
VitaminJay
FruitsmakemeToots
-old guy from monster house
Grudgebearingmidget
"We used to shoot little fucks you like you in Korea, stack you 6 feet high like sandbags"
MrMineHeads
Honestly, that was such a great movie.
VitaminJay
A very funny, very sad, very good movie.
Grudgebearingmidget
It really was, Gran Torino for those trying to remember.
klean9
63 year old gamer here. I’m a pretty good seal clubber on World of Tanks so watch out!
DreadJr
Warthunder > WoT
ConTonkTen
Way to go!! 45 year old gamer here and will still be running strong at your age ????
klean9
Sure you will!
AvatarTommyBee
Hope, when my ti e has come, senior residents have good gaming infrastructure.
ayytothelmao
That game is almost as old as you are. Jokes aside you should try war thunder some time. It has much more going for it.
Chalybos
Eh, WT air combat is top notch, but I don’t care for the tank driving aspect so much. They slide far too much, even at low speeds, IMO
XIzayaX
I played with some of the older community on WOT before. Nice folks, for the most part. :)
therealijw
Test out warthunder sometime!
klean9
I did but my PC had problems handling it but I did a bug upgrade this year so I should try it again
BobTheSwede
I think we all hope to still be gaming when we retire. That's when you have lots of time to play.
Dreamdayer
I played a fair share of WoT, prefer ships now though.
AlexDuos
Knock 'em dead you old bastard!
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodWizard
I was playing with this old guy who was a master with the artillery tanks, he could predict movement very very well.
eraser1
Yeah, we have a few of those geezer pro Arty players in RELIC. Funny how most of them tent to be old :p
SCM7
What about World of Warships?
klean9
That too...and W O Warplanes
stren
A lot of seniors prefer slower games like WOT.
klean9
Its a thinkin’ game
stren
Yes it is
SCM7
>says the probable KV-2/O-I tanker... or arty...
klean9
I play for free so I haven’t gotten the KV2 or OI yet but yes, I do like arty!
Chalybos
Yeah, nothing more entertaining than derping some medium or light who mistimed the reload. That never gets old.
fleXbad
Jingles?
nikos13ole
nahhh Jingles is younger despite looking older :P
fake40nedeso
same thought here!
CapsShield
+1
stren
Well he said he was a seal clubber, so clearly not Jingles ????
eraser1
Jingles seal clubs a lot though :p
stren
I've seen him play, he's pretty bad
eraser1
He's not the worst player to watch as a brand new player, but yeah. As a super unicum, I'd watch him for entertainment at most :p