Am the oldest person to achieve Triple Elite

I have just gained Elite combat today to add to my Elite V trading and Elite Explorer.
I will be 79 in October and just wondered if anyone older than me has achieved Triple Elite
Congratulations!

I'm getting closer, but I probably won't make it before I turn 60 at the end of the year...

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I was also one of the first to achieve Elite on the original BBC Micro version of Elite.
How do you know? Was there a contest?

Not sure what to do next but might try to leave my mark on a system as I have a Fleet carrier
and have just got a Panther Clipper.
BGS, PowerPlay, System Colonisation? The PClipper would be good for that last one, lots of hauling depending on what you build...
 
Congratulations!

I'm getting closer, but I probably won't make it before I turn 60 at the end of the year...

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How do you know? Was there a contest?


BGS, PowerPlay, System Colonisation? The PClipper would be good for that last one, lots of hauling depending on what you build...
I was one of the first to get my hands on the BBC micro when it first came out and Elite was one of my first games. Played it often and achieved elite so cant claim to be the first to get elite but must have been among the early ones
 
I'm 76, I got triple Elite about 5 years ago, and was Elite in 1984.
You beat me by 2 years on Triple Elite - but I also have exobiology Elite.
only ecologist but may go back to it after I have developed a system to try what it is like. Have filled my fleet carrier so part way to building a coriolis staion when I find a good system which is my next task
 
If you havent got one, get yourself a Quest 3 so much more enjoyable and eaier to fight combined with voice attack and hotas joysticks
I have a 34" ultra wide monitor and use Track IR which works pretty well for me. I've been using Thrustmaster sticks since the early 90s. Had the Cougar(?) hotas for years. Got the Warthog hotas right when it came out in 2010 IIRC. My throttle quadrant is finally wearing out after approx. 15 years of abuse. If I buy a new Warthog throttle it might just outlast me. :ROFLMAO:
 
I have just gained Elite combat today to add to my Elite V trading and Elite Explorer.
I will be 79 in October and just wondered if anyone older than me has achieved Triple Elite
I was also one of the first to achieve Elite on the original BBC Micro version of Elite.
Not sure what to do next but might try to leave my mark on a system as I have a Fleet carrier
and have just got a Panther Clipper.

Cmdr Spectra7045

Well done!
Do you have one of the badges?
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Right on, Commander!

I'm still only 38 so I feel like a fetus by comparison. It's funny to think that I did not even exist yet when the first Elite came out. I started playing Elite Dangerous in 2022 and I'm currently only missing Combat rank for the classic "Triple Elite". I'm currently ranked at Deadly. Maybe I'll make it to Combat Elite before turning 40?
 
I have just gained Elite combat today to add to my Elite V trading and Elite Explorer.
I will be 79 in October and just wondered if anyone older than me has achieved Triple Elite
I was also one of the first to achieve Elite on the original BBC Micro version of Elite.
Not sure what to do next but might try to leave my mark on a system as I have a Fleet carrier
and have just got a Panther Clipper.

Cmdr Spectra7045
You beat me. I was 66 I think when I got it.
 
I have a 34" ultra wide monitor and use Track IR which works pretty well for me. I've been using Thrustmaster sticks since the early 90s. Had the Cougar(?) hotas for years. Got the Warthog hotas right when it came out in 2010 IIRC. My throttle quadrant is finally wearing out after approx. 15 years of abuse. If I buy a new Warthog throttle it might just outlast me. :ROFLMAO:
My Warthog has survived me....
 
I have a 34" ultra wide monitor and use Track IR which works pretty well for me. I've been using Thrustmaster sticks since the early 90s. Had the Cougar(?) hotas for years. Got the Warthog hotas right when it came out in 2010 IIRC. My throttle quadrant is finally wearing out after approx. 15 years of abuse. If I buy a new Warthog throttle it might just outlast me. :ROFLMAO:
If you ever get the opportunity to try VR, do it. It's very transformational for the game - you go from playing a spaceship game in 2D to the closest most of us will ever come to actually flying one. It is absolutely awesome.
 
I have just gained Elite combat today to add to my Elite V trading and Elite Explorer.
I will be 79 in October and just wondered if anyone older than me has achieved Triple Elite
I was also one of the first to achieve Elite on the original BBC Micro version of Elite.
Not sure what to do next but might try to leave my mark on a system as I have a Fleet carrier
and have just got a Panther Clipper.

Cmdr Spectra7045
Right On, Commander! o7
 
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