I am pleased to see that many people in the same range as me! That's the cool thing with American gamers: they play as long as they are alive it seems. Here in France, I only know American gamers to be as old as I am (two of them). At my age I tend to keep a secret that I am a geek. Here being a geek is an unknown concept, so you may guess I better keep that interest for myself (and my fellow American players).
I'm 18 myself. I remember back in the day when I was amongst the few 13 and 14 year olds on the board. There was me, my friend Tarius, and (supposedly) Tiefling. The three T's. Heh, yup... those were the days...