I've played many a "kid".

Adults have more money for uber figures, but less time to study the pieces and practice playing them (often causes stress in relationships) whereas teenagers have less disposable income, but more time to devote to the game.

I BM/play at a venue where one kid can literally look at any figure, tell you the stats, and tell you how many clicks it can take to really put the hurt on it. He keeps track, in his head, of all the clicks any figure has taken so he can act accordingly.

Needless to say, he almost always wins. Money often looses to skill.

i give everyone a fair treatment and respect...i fight as hard as i can and always shake hands and say good game, no matter how brilliant or stupid, kind or rude, elder or youth the opponent. i've seen others who aren't so kind, and that's just the way things are...it's sad.

as for who's better? well, that's a matter of the individual, not the individual's age ;)

Well that would put the 17-21 age group at a huge advantage. We have the time and money.

And another thing to mention is level-headedness. I have seen many children blowup in your face when they get horrible roles or a ruling doesn't go in their favor. But many "adults" do this as well, just in a different manor. They sit back a sulk and talk about the game is unbalanced and WizKids are idiots and such.

The thing is, many older adults invest all their time and money into one hobbey and it really ticks them off when they lose, especially to somebody a 1/4th their age.

So the 17-21 group seems to not get too emotionally involved in either way, allowing them to keep their calm.

I am 14 but I played tourneys before.

It depends on the army that the person uses,and also,luck[dice-roll].

Sorry it's-->I am 14 and I haven't played tourneys before.

Well, if you really do live in Singapore that's probably why you never play in tournaments.

Yes,I really do live in Singapore.Uh huh... -_- O.O 0_0

There were tourneys here I think,maybe one,but I don't bother going as I have school and a lot of school activities...

I beat my friends dad like no one business and guess what, he has money and time, so its not always a matter of time and money, its the skill of the players and their dice rolls.

I'm 18, guess I'm still a kid. Depends on the opponent really, though. I know adults who complain about playing me, but thats because I'm unpredictable and have some crazy good luck :D

I'm presuming your mechwarrior skills are better than your grammar. If so I'm sure you could beat most adults.

Well, this is coming from a "kid."

I think it all has to do with the person. There are some kids who are better than adults, while some adults better than kids. Theres no test to see which group is better. Most of them have the same amount of experience. 1-3 years? Plus the game is simple enough for kids to pick up on. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you can infiltrate on the first turn and fire into your opponents deployment zone making sure you have the upper hand. However, as far as kids better than adults...I only saw about 3 "kids" under the age of 15. One looked like he was about 3 years old. He might not ahve been playing ;).

I think this thread was kinda useless. Why do kids have to single out themselves in this thread? NEARLY EVERY adult I have played has not been rude, and was happy to help me with rules when i first started. I realize there are adults out there that may be rude, but there are kids out there that are rude too. But i have never seen an adult post how a kid was rude to them and started a big discussion on it.

Basically what Im saying, 15 yr old to 12-18 yr olds...Grow up...

I'm glad someone said it.

But I thought us old gamers we're suppose to be moral opposed against playing MWDA?

Well, I initially was opposed to this game. . . it wasn't CBT and it was collectible to boot! I always told myself that I would never fall into the habit of playing a collectible game. Now look where I am! ;)

This game demonstrates quite adiquatly that age and maturity are not neccesarily related to each other at all.