Is Elite Dangerous a Dad's Game Played mainly by "non-gamers"?

[Cmdr Snuffler]

what's a dad rig?
It's either something old, like a Pentium 456dx2 with 4Mb ram...or it's a 6+ core x99 water cooled SLI'd monster.
Can someone clarify?

 

[Arjin]

what's a dad rig?
It's either something old, like a Pentium 456dx2 with 4Mb ram...or it's a 6+ core x99 water cooled SLI'd monster.
Can someone clarify?

Tandy 1000 would qualify as a dad rig...

 

[kilvenny]

what's a dad rig?
It's either something old, like a Pentium 456dx2 with 4Mb ram...or it's a 6+ core x99 water cooled SLI'd monster.
Can someone clarify?

I figure I have a dad rig when my kids tell me I am having a mid life crisis when I want to put better cards in my rig and they say its more than good enough already for what they want.

 

[Arjin]

I'm a dad.
I enjoy dad games.
I enjoy gamer games (Except CoD.. CoD can die in a fire for all I care, MW2 was the only good CoD)
I have a dad rig.

I support this message.
Get off of my lawn.

Not true the original CoD's Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, were pretty kickass, however they had to follow Medal of Honor Allied Assault, which was tough but successful given that MoH was on the decline because they sold it and the expansions began to suck..

 

[Asp Explorer]

what's a dad rig?
It's either something old, like a Pentium 456dx2 with 4Mb ram...or it's a 6+ core x99 water cooled SLI'd monster.
Can someone clarify?

It's a bit of both I suppose. I've got everything from 486's to I7's to SPARC's

 

[DaveB]

It's a bit of both I suppose. I've got everything from 486's to I7's to SPARC's

Can't rep you but virtual +1 Sounds like my collection. Those old 486's booting off a custom highly stripped down liveCD make pretty good dedicated firewalls and IDSs - The only thing on a hdd is /var That way, if they ever do get their ramdisk compromised all I do reboot

 

[CMDR_KWinchester]

I don't think gamers and dadgamers can be separated in the way suggested by the OP. It all boils down to personal preference regardless of age and play habits. I'm a dad and i play different games to meet different needs. I like to have an RPG/MMO to play at different times as well as FPS/SHooter and now in over the passed year i have a space sim to play. All of these games scratch different itches that i have a different times but I always have something to play. I have never been a fan of COD but i will stomp someone in Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat since those were my competitive games. Elite happens to meet a lot of different things all at once which i think is great.

I just don't think lumping people into these particular groups works very well. I am 41 and still stay up late playing games while having a job, a wife and two kids who like gaming as well.

 

[Methesda]

Favourite games of the past: Command & Conquer series, Total War, KOTOR, Civ, Master of Orion, Lords of Magic, Medal of Honor, Skyrim; more recently The Witcher 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, X-COM, Fallout 4...

Forthcoming games I'm looking forward to: X-COM 2, No Man Sky, Far Cry Primal...

I'm female, born in the late '80s, no children.

I don't think Elite is a "dadgame".

Bravo. I'm a Dad and I play this game. Only a moron would come up with the term 'Dadgame'.

 

[Deadspin]

what's a dad rig?
It's either something old, like a Pentium 456dx2 with 4Mb ram...or it's a 6+ core x99 water cooled SLI'd monster.
Can someone clarify?

A collection of rigs. A frankenrig.. I dunno, my rig is older. Some kid called it a dad rig because I run two monitors.
I laughed, told him to go back to his peasant console.

Not true the original CoD's Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, were pretty kickass, however they had to follow Medal of Honor Allied Assault, which was tough but successful given that MoH was on the decline because they sold it and the expansions began to suck..

This is very true, I often forget about the originals when referencing CoD these days because so few who play today played back then.

I am not an old dad.. I was in my twenties when I bought into the Elite beta. My kids are tiny. My biggest accomplishments yet include not getting fired for mouthing off to superiors and getting my 4 year old to a point where she can play Super Mario on the NES without needing help.

 

[Von Roerich]

<< Grandad ( 50's ) In chronological order 'Crash Bandicoot' , 'half-life', 'Oblivian', 'Assasins creed', and finally Elite Dangerous. Which is probably where i will end my days, no doubt with a great big black box strapped to my head when the paramedics come rushing in.

 

[nexxo]

what's a dad rig?
It's either something old, like a Pentium 456dx2 with 4Mb ram...or it's a 6+ core x99 water cooled SLI'd monster.
Can someone clarify?

Well, my previous rig was a dual AMD Opteron 250 liquid cooled system (not water cooled, but PF-5080 Fluorinert --a totally inert, non-conductive liquid used also to cool Cray supercomputers. At £140,-- a litre, not cheap... and very hard to obtain).

Currently I'm building a new rig, out of CNC'd aluminium and milled brass:

Turns out us oldies have some l33t computer building skilz.

 

[CMDR Kantos Kan]

Well, my previous rig was a dual AMD Opteron 250 liquid cooled system (not water cooled, but PF-5080 Fluorinert --a totally inert, non-conductive liquid used also to cool Cray supercomputers. At £140,-- a litre, not cheap... and very hard to obtain).

[snip!]

Currently I'm building a new rig, out of CNC'd aluminium and milled brass:

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Turns out us oldies have some l33t computer building skilz.

I've never built any system (and don't intend to, that's not my hobby), so, pardon my crude question and no offense intended, but is all this stuff really necessary or more like to show off?

 

[Heavenly-Hammer]

I've never built any system (and don't intend to, that's not my hobby), so, pardon my crude question and no offense intended, but is all this stuff really necessary or more like to show off?

I'm pretty sure you can answer that question yourself.

 

[Asp Explorer]

It's a work of art, as well as facilitating technical necessity. It's also a show of engineering and construction skill, design choice, and a unique aesthetic.

My next gaming build might be a wall PC, been considering one for a while.

 

[nexxo]

I've never built any system (and don't intend to, that's not my hobby), so, pardon my crude question and no offense intended, but is all this stuff really necessary or more like to show off?

My God man! Are you a red-blooded computer geek or what?!?

Well, the liquid cooling is necessary if you want to overclock your system without being deafened by screaming fans. Most people use distilled water but Fluorinert has the advantage of not causing corrosion, developing bacterial growth in the tubes or ruining your hardware if you sprang a leak (which is rather unlikely in well-built systems). The system stats screen is useful for keeping track of what is happening in your PC. The rest... well, there is an aesthetic to engineering; just ask the Victorians.

 

[Jet Fusion]

Yes, this game is full with dad's and mom's.

 

[Von Roerich]

Well, my previous rig was a dual AMD Opteron 250 liquid cooled system (not water cooled, but PF-5080 Fluorinert --a totally inert, non-conductive liquid used also to cool Cray supercomputers. At £140,-- a litre, not cheap... and very hard to obtain).


Currently I'm building a new rig, out of CNC'd aluminium and milled brass:


Turns out us oldies have some l33t computer building skilz.

What................. no flux capacitor ?

 

[nexxo]

Naah, Eighties tech.

It's a work of art, as well as facilitating technical necessity. It's also a show of engineering and construction skill, design choice, and a unique aesthetic.

My next gaming build might be a wall PC, been considering one for a while.

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You know you want to.

 

[Cmdr Snuffler]

It's a work of art, as well as facilitating technical necessity. It's also a show of engineering and construction skill, design choice, and a unique aesthetic.

My next gaming build might be a wall PC, been considering one for a while.

Exactly.
I've thought about a wall PC, then thought the cabling might annoy me.
Currently building a 5030k x99 water cooled system in a glass InWin case, running 3 monitors and the rift. Would have had it built if CCL hadn't repeatedly shipped me a MB with 0 protective packaging!
Judging by peoples comments this would be glassed as a dad rig...although it sounds like it's anything that isn't a console.
(This is also my primary development work machine, so it's not just a gaming rig)

 

[Asp Explorer]

You know you want to.

Indeed I do!

The only downside is my need to constantly tinker with things That's the reason my production machines mostly live safely locked up Also, a wall PC has to be fairly minimal and light - the only wall I could really use has joists that would split with a stern look

Hmm, a light, minimal wall build would mean all-new construction though - and my existing rig can always stay where it is....... might treat myself during Frozen February