Games@lemmy.worldbyAnissem@lemmy.ml
4 hours

A chill gaming community for the 30+ crowd

English

First off, huge thanks again to the mods for approving another post about this. The response to my first one honestly blew me away — a bunch of people reached out, joined up, or just said they’d been looking for something exactly like this. Figured it was worth sharing again for anyone who missed it.

If you’re a gamer over 30 and tired of random matchmaking, toxic comms, or feeling like everyone online is half your age, check out Over 30 Clan.

They’ve been around since 2010 and have grown into a massive multi-platform community with 1,500+ members across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. It’s not tied to one game either — people are constantly grouping up for Battlefield 6, Arc Raiders, Overwatch 2, Call of Duty, Destiny, Apex, PUBG, sim racing, and whatever else the community gets hooked on next.

What really makes it different is the vibe. It’s adults with jobs, families, responsibilities, etc. who still love gaming and just want solid teammates, good comms, and a drama-free place to hang out.

There are weekly events, organized game nights, podcasts, giveaways, and a really active sim racing crew that’s wrapping up another iRacing season right now. You’ll pretty much always find people online doing something.

I’ve been there over 6 years now, and it genuinely became my online home. Finding an active gaming community that’s this welcoming and low-stress is way harder than it should be.

If it sounds like your kind of thing, applications are on the website:

👉 Over 30 Clan

Hope some more of you find a good gaming crew like I did. 🍻

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 hours

      chill community.
      Mascot is the world’s most aggressive hyena

      🤔

      • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlEnglish
        22 minutes

        Fits in with the age verification thing… I’m not a big fan of excluding and discriminating people based on age (if its gaming related), but I understand why it’s being done here. Requiring Discord is a bit unfortunate to me. We can’t even search the web and get the results like in Reddit. Not a fan of closed systems.

      • Anissem@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3 hours

        Yeah, it was built entirely around discord long ago. It’s all I use discord for, the community is definitely worth it

        • muhyb@programming.devEnglish
          2 hours

          Well, I deleted Discord years ago so not going back there. Just wanted to add a little warning if someone else don’t want to use Discord but was excited about this.

          • Anissem@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1 hour

            Thanks, I’ll add the discord requirement if I post this again. Have a good one!

            • muhyb@programming.devEnglish
              1 hour

              No problem. It’s just you’ll find people who don’t want to use Discord a lot more on Fediverse comparing to other platforms. And thank you too!