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I entirely disagree. I guarantee your groups are being carried by the youth. All of the best players I know, attentiveness or otherwise, are younger than I am. Across every single game I've played. That's just the way of the world, my dude. Everquest is a unique exception where game KNOWLEDGE provides a degree of functionality in a group or raid setting. But beyond that, we lose in reaction time and attentiveness, on average.

But yes, I do think there are difference between the older generations and the younger. Older gamers are far more casual, and every younger gamer wants to be Shroud. That lends to the opposite conclusion of yours.