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Christopher AET	Posted - 2011.01.27 16:31:00 - [1] Having played in a corporation with a few people I later find out to be of an age group I would not normally stereotype as being gamers (mid fifties) I was curious who the oldest player in EVE is. So shout out and be heard those of you who are bitter vets at life.
Reel Em	Posted - 2011.01.27 16:45:00 - [2] Edited by: Reel Em on 27/01/2011 16:52:43 Well that generation you speak of (guys in their 40s-50s-60s-70s) created video games/computers/Internet/tech and well everything else you geeks like. You know like Star Wars, Star Trek, books, comics, cars etc, etc, etc.. all the endless crap you love. Why would they not be into games and technology now? This aint the 1950's 1960's anymore :) Get with the times Every generation stands on the shoulders of their elders and everything they did which was a hell of alot. We are screwed now days though cause kids/teens are useless, fat and dumb as hell :)
Serge Bastana Gallente GWA Corp	Posted - 2011.01.27 16:50:00 - [3] There was a thread in Out of Pod a year or so back asking older players to introduce themselves. One or two were into their 70's. Scifi has been around for some time, E.E. Doc Smith was writing stories that predated Star Trek and Star Wars by 30 to 40 years and bore some resemblance to both in certain ways. I'm 42 so in the younger range of the 'older player' but people in their 50's+ are playing all kinds of games and highly involved in online communities. Silver surfers are we ------------------------------------------------ Quafe is people!
Inbek Samurai Salvaging Stellar Defense Alliance	Posted - 2011.01.27 18:25:00 - [4] Edited by: Inbek on 27/01/2011 18:36:08 I do believe we have an active member of our alliance who's squarely in his 60's. Late 30's here. I'm still growing my lawn, but when it's done, stay the hell off it. :)
Night Epoch Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive	Posted - 2011.01.27 18:31:00 - [5] Edited by: Night Epoch on 27/01/2011 18:31:58 Edited by: Night Epoch on 27/01/2011 18:31:36 That would be SirMolle. Evidence

Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire	Posted - 2011.01.27 18:38:00 - [6] I'm 78 Secure 3rd party service \| my in-game channel 'Holy Veldspar'

Iceni	Posted - 2011.01.27 18:46:00 - [7] Originally by: Chribba I'm 78 Can you will me your stuff?
Xercodo Amarr INESTO Task Force	Posted - 2011.01.27 18:56:00 - [8] I know a woman in her 60s (65) She has a G15 keyboard a cyborg gaming mouse and is a total stoner XD She's like the grandma I never had ^^ (As my dad's mom passed before I was born) 'cept you can expect her to have a few joints in her purse instead of candies lol One thing though that throws ppl off is that she has a voice like she's 30 years younger hehe -------------------------------------------------- The drake is a lie
Haigat Pusseh Ummid	Posted - 2011.01.27 19:00:00 - [9] Edited by: Haigat Pusseh Ummid on 27/01/2011 19:02:16 Originally by: Xercodo 'cept you can expect her to have a few joints in her purse instead of candies lol One thing though that throws ppl off is that she has a voice like she's 30 years younger hehe The dirtiest thoughts went through my mind when you said that man...gross Also, the most active/effective PVPers in my corp are in fact over 55 yold. Showing the kids how it's done! XD
Serge Bastana Gallente GWA Corp	Posted - 2011.01.27 19:03:00 - [10] Originally by: Haigat Pusseh Ummid Edited by: Haigat Pusseh Ummid on 27/01/2011 19:02:16 Originally by: Xercodo 'cept you can expect her to have a few joints in her purse instead of candies lol One thing though that throws ppl off is that she has a voice like she's 30 years younger hehe The dirtiest thoughts went through my mind when you said that man...gross Also, the most active/effective PVPers in my corp are in fact over 55 yold. Showing the kids how it's done! XD Yes, those aren't candles, trust me :P ------------------------------------------------ Quafe is people!

Xercodo Amarr INESTO Task Force	Posted - 2011.01.27 19:07:00 - [11] Originally by: Haigat Pusseh Ummid Edited by: Haigat Pusseh Ummid on 27/01/2011 19:02:16 Originally by: Xercodo 'cept you can expect her to have a few joints in her purse instead of candies lol One thing though that throws ppl off is that she has a voice like she's 30 years younger hehe The dirtiest thoughts went through my mind when you said that man...gross that's your fault not mine lol I was just using the stereotype of the grandma that visits and always has some candy for the grandkids lol -------------------------------------------------- The drake is a lie
Titus Phook Amarr	Posted - 2011.01.27 19:45:00 - [12] Edited by: Titus Phook on 27/01/2011 19:46:35 I've spoken to people in their late 50's early 60's ingame, I'm a mere whippersnapper @ 39, hell I've got nearly 20 years on my mains CEO. --------------------------------------------- Proudly posting with my Alt since 2009
T'Laar Bok	Posted - 2011.01.27 20:43:00 - [13] Originally by: Reel Em kids/teens are useless, fat and dumb as hell +1
Desya Dak'ann Caldari All Saints Syndicate Resonance Cascade Scenario	Posted - 2011.01.28 00:21:00 - [14] I'll be classed as mother f*cking young in this game, 16 and surprisingly mature, but that changed with 2 weeks in Wildly Innapropriate THIS IS NOW A WIDOT FAILTHREAD!

CCP Spitfire	Posted - 2011.01.28 08:41:00 - [15] Offtopic posts removed. Spitfire Community Representative CCP Hf, EVE Online

Illwill Bill Noxious Intention	Posted - 2011.01.28 08:56:00 - [16] I've played with people in their 50's and 60'. Gamers older than that have a tendency to play flight and train simulators instead of MMO's. Originally by: CCP Navigator Great story but you probably want this in CAOD so feel free to post there with your main.
RaTTuS BIG Majesta Empire	Posted - 2011.01.28 09:04:00 - [17] put it this way, I used to write / program flight sims -- Join BIG
Quemist	Posted - 2011.01.28 09:10:00 - [18] 60? How would that work? "Hm, that would be nice to fly a Titan, wait there's a good chance I'll be dead by then"
Illwill Bill Noxious Intention	Posted - 2011.01.28 09:14:00 - [19] Originally by: RaTTuS put it this way, I used to write / program flight sims Using punched cards? Awesome! Originally by: CCP Navigator Great story but you probably want this in CAOD so feel free to post there with your main.
RaTTuS BIG Majesta Empire	Posted - 2011.01.28 09:30:00 - [20] Originally by: Illwill Bill Using punched cards? Awesome! not quite that old -- Join BIG

My Postman	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:07:00 - [21] Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this?
Rafe Zetter	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:13:00 - [22] Originally by: RaTTuS Originally by: Illwill Bill Using punched cards? Awesome! not quite that old If you were behind Tomahawk on the ZX Spectrum, great! Using Lenslok wasn't so good > DIGGER WITH LASSITUDE <
Sergei Le'Poof	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:16:00 - [23] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? ZX Spectrum
Baraka Saibot	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:16:00 - [24] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? I'm 24, same thing(Think I was about 6 when I inherented it). C64 ain't THAT old.
svetlana Constellation Guard	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:19:00 - [25] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? is that even considered old? my apple IIe came out way before that... but my first programming was done on an APL remote terminal attached to a suction-cup telephone accoustic modem, and the mainframe charged you $ per minute. (and my second programming experience was on punch cards, i guess i slipped back in time lol)
Thom'Beckett Caldari Science and Trade Institute	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:20:00 - [26] Originally by: Illwill Bill Originally by: RaTTuS put it this way, I used to write / program flight sims Using punched cards? Awesome! Been there, done that.
DeMichael Crimson Minmatar Republic University	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:21:00 - [27] My first computer was the Commodore Amiga 500, had 1 full meg of RAM, top notch back in it's heyday. As for my age, well...... Let's just say that I'm with the class of '76'.
Serge Bastana Gallente GWA Corp	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:24:00 - [28] I got my first Difference Engine from a Mr Babbage ------------------------------------------------ Quafe is people!
HeliosGal Caldari	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:26:00 - [29] was an 80 year old i heard of once that only mined
svetlana Constellation Guard	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:27:00 - [30] Originally by: DeMichael Crimson My first computer was the Commodore Amiga 500, had 1 full meg of RAM, top notch back in it's heyday. As for my age, well...... Let's just say that I'm with the class of '76'. ...i seem to recall you needed the expansion module to boost it up to 1MB right? amigas were the best!

Calli Toomp	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:31:00 - [31] Yeah my first comp was the good old Amiga 500 at the age of 23. It had half meg ram as standard. i treat myself to the ram upgrade for my birthday, oh and an extra floppy drive. It was awesome! Now at 44 I've had an upgrade or new pc every couple of years since. :)
Illwill Bill Noxious Intention	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:34:00 - [32] Commodores and Amigas were fairly modern. Even a youngster like me grew up with the A500 (and the A600, and the A1200, and...). Originally by: CCP Navigator Great story but you probably want this in CAOD so feel free to post there with your main.
Ryoko Zelin	Posted - 2011.01.28 10:43:00 - [33] Originally by: Chribba I'm 78 Chribba its so hard to recognize you now :(
RaTTuS BIG Majesta Empire	Posted - 2011.01.28 11:00:00 - [34] my 1st computer was a trash-80 but I worked with Atari-ST 1Mb & and -Amiga as my 1st programming jobs. though having Amiga 68030 with 12MB RAM was excellent - huge ram cards - .... and to the OP - in BIG we've had 60+ YO's -- Join BIG
Barbelo Valentinian Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2011.01.28 11:19:00 - [35] I remember my year being the first year in our school to have anything to do with computers at all. We went on a day trip to Dundee (I think it was) on a bus, to the university there, where we gawped at the room-sized computer, on which we learned to do basic arithmetic operations in Fortran with punch cards So 52. Funnily enough, though, I didn't get into videogames until Doom. I guess my imagination wasn't good enough to get any fun out of game graphics before that! ***** "To wake up is to wake the world up" - D.E. Harding
Karma Vortex Incorporated	Posted - 2011.01.28 11:30:00 - [36] Being in my early 30s ... I just realized I'm pretty run of the mill in EVE, age-wise. While I was called old by my guildmates in WoW (when I played it). so while it is amazing that a 70 year old person plays EVE... wouldn't it be more significant to find a 12-16 year old succeeding at EVE?
BuzzBuz Caldari Spacecombers United	Posted - 2011.01.28 11:48:00 - [37] I am 69 in March but in no way see myself as old. Eve is one of the ways that helps to keep my brain ticking over. I also have the PS3, Xbox 360 and psp for gaming as well as my PC. They would drag me away from them kicking and screaming (yes - I can still give a good kick:) ). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ...One mans rubbish is another mans treasure...
Blue Harrier Gallente	Posted - 2011.01.28 12:10:00 - [38] Well IÆm an OAP and my first æcomputerÆ ran on transistors, my next used AND, OR, NOT and NAND gates and was designed with a slide rule lol. I then ægraduatedÆ via a UK101, Various Sinclair models, Atari ST, an Amstrad PC (running GEM) an Amstrad running CP/M and finally my first PC. I started programming/playing simple games on the UK101 and many, many years later having spent around 35 years designing, building and repairing computers I am still hooked on PC games. IÆm an avid Lara Croft fan having bought my son a Playstation 1 and the game just so I could play the first version and bought every game since.
Sidus Isaacs Gallente	Posted - 2011.01.28 12:16:00 - [39] Originally by: Reel Em Edited by: Reel Em on 27/01/2011 16:52:43 Well that generation you speak of (guys in their 40s-50s-60s-70s) created video games/computers/Internet/tech and well everything else you geeks like. You know like Star Wars, Star Trek, books, comics, cars etc, etc, etc.. all the endless crap you love. Why would they not be into games and technology now? This aint the 1950's 1960's anymore :) Get with the times Every generation stands on the shoulders of their elders and everything they did which was a hell of alot. We are screwed now days though cause kids/teens are useless, fat and dumb as hell :) This. ;) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://desusig.crumplecorn.com/sigs.html
Zuper Zpy	Posted - 2011.01.28 12:40:00 - [40] I am so happy to have found this thread. I thought that I was alone in my "Peter Pan" syndrome. Guys like me in their late 50's seem to have more restrained interests, like mowing the grass, walking the dog or just playing lawn bowls. Commodore 128D with some of the first floppy discs were a God send for us. After waiting half an hour on the C64 for the tape to load and then finding it had an error was frustrating to say the least.

Watak Hunt	Posted - 2011.01.28 13:08:00 - [41] First "computer"? ZX81 (c/w 1k RAM) First "upgrade" 16k Ram pack (held on by factory provided velcro ~ I kid you not) Seriously it was awesome.
Ashlar Maidstone Amarr ASAD Spaces Insdustries The Chamber of Commerce	Posted - 2011.01.28 13:22:00 - [42] Late 50s and damn proud of it!!! I started on the internet back in 2006 on a Dell laptop and since then progress a little bit. I rather be back in the 19th Century and live the simpler life.
Ydyp Ieva Caldari Amarrian Retribution	Posted - 2011.01.28 13:25:00 - [43] Perhaps something CCP could put in their statistics. The number of subscriptions per agegroup, the only problem is however is the number of subscriptions. I don't see many 12 to 18 years old having multiple accounts as the parents probably don't want to pay for a second one. And it is pretty hard for CCP to discover multiple accounts for one user if they use plex to pay and have a different email on the account. But I guess I'm around the avg of the eve-player: early 30. ---------------------------------- None of yet!
kleinstaff	Posted - 2011.01.28 14:11:00 - [44] Edited by: kleinstaff on 28/01/2011 14:11:49 Originally by: Illwill Bill I've played with people in their 50's and 60'. Gamers older than that have a tendency to play flight and train simulators instead of MMO's. Partly true, besides eve, there are flight and subsims but mostly pbem wargames for me Edit 45 nearly 46
Whitehound The Whitehound Corporation Hounds of Anarchy	Posted - 2011.01.28 14:19:00 - [45] 40 years young and certainly not a bitter vet at life. It just gets better and better. --
Zmynx Mi Shewma	Posted - 2011.01.28 14:34:00 - [46] My dad, Shewman Pryme, is 64.
JVLP	Posted - 2011.01.28 14:41:00 - [47] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? Atari 800XL followed by a Commodore 128.
Kinta Huron Exotic Matter	Posted - 2011.01.28 16:01:00 - [48] 40 here.
Ira Theos	Posted - 2011.01.28 17:02:00 - [49] Confirming... My first boardgaming began in 1965. I not only know what a punch card was, but used them to write my first program in COBOL. My first micro-computer was a TRS-80 that used an audiocassette to store data. but I am not as old as Chribba... Way to go Chrib!
Ulric Drone Amarr Glass House	Posted - 2011.01.28 17:16:00 - [50] My first pc was a zx81 zx81,Then i bought a spectrum . When i was 10 my parents bought this ping pong machine ping pong machine. Thats all i want to type .:P

ClimberDave	Posted - 2011.01.28 17:30:00 - [51] Quote: I've played with people in their 50's and 60'. Gamers older than that have a tendency to play flight and train simulators instead of MMO's. Don't forget silent hunter or some **** like that.
Licius Sulla Amarr Broken Blade Enterprises	Posted - 2011.01.28 17:32:00 - [52] I feel better after reading this thread, I hit the big five-0 this year and I thought I was freaking ancient. Now IÆm feeling kind of young. My first real world experience with computers took place probably somewhere around 86. My first work computer was with a 386 that I used to run DOS based heat load analysis programs on. Eventually I moved up to a Commodore 486 with a turbo-button and was able to actually run AutoCad version 11 or 12 if I remember correctly. That was a real treat back then, lol.
EffBee Primus Caldari DCS Ltd	Posted - 2011.01.28 18:15:00 - [53] I'm fast approaching 54. When I grow up I will stop playing computer games. Proud to be a CareBear
Spurty Caldari V0LTA	Posted - 2011.01.28 18:26:00 - [54] Wrong side of 30 reporting for duty. Be damned if I'm spending a second of my EVE Life taking anything serious. Got enough 'serious business' with kids, house, cats and something else .. I forget ... the thing I warm my toes on when I climb into bed @ 2am ... oh yah, the Mrs. Hoppit!
Nionn Achren Caldari Lazy Old Logistics Associates	Posted - 2011.01.28 18:31:00 - [55] Almost 52 here, first xperiences in computers, Univac 1108 at uni about 1976... fortran with punched cards After IBM s370, s/34-36 in RPG II (Awesome language ftw) Sinclair sprectrum... First Pc 386.. 1Mb RAM was more expensive then than 1Gb now Favourite old game...Dark side (spectrum) Objects in mirror are closer than they appear...
Rannz Minmatar Scordite Excavating Xenaphobe	Posted - 2011.01.28 18:39:00 - [56] I'm a total throw-back geek. I'm 45 and a grandpa, I work in the gaming industry as a 3d artist (for a company that shall remain nameless). I own a PC, Xbox, PS3 and I like comics. So probably not the oldest, but maybe one of the nerdiest.
Jno Aubrey Vanishing Point. The Initiative.	Posted - 2011.01.28 18:40:00 - [57] I'll be 57 next month. First programming was on an old Honeywell minicomputer using keypunch and teletype console. I still have a stack of pristine punch cards that I use for bookmarks . ________________________________________ Always choose the lesser of two weevils!
Eyup Mi'duck	Posted - 2011.01.28 19:57:00 - [58] Fifty-five... and not feeling so old and lonely any more! First pooter was a ZX80, then a Dragon 32... wish I'd kept them both now.
Apollo Gabriel Brotherhood Of Fallen Angels Etherium Cartel	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:09:00 - [59] I said tldr to my niece and you would think I told her I was an alien ... I was on bbs before she was born. Best regards, Apollo Gabriel
Elrica bloodbane	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:15:00 - [60] ZX81,with deltronics keyboard and micro drive, then spectrum 128 +2and+3. amiga 600 and 1200. All sitting in the attic with 7 pc's I,m 55

Ocih Amarr The Program Controlled Chaos	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:22:00 - [61] Originally by: Chribba I'm 78 Early 40's here so that makes you granpa.
Ikarus Gaul Gallente Eiffel Initiatives	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:22:00 - [62] Edited by: Ikarus Gaul on 28/01/2011 20:24:28 Edited by: Ikarus Gaul on 28/01/2011 20:23:25 Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? My first family computer was a TRS-80 Model 1, Level 2. Silver and black case, B+W monitor, and a whopping 16kb memory. Graphics resolution of 128 x 64, just B+W, no greyscale, no sound card. Just in-case you youngins don't know what that is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 [EDIT: URL fail correction] á How many humans will CONCORD allow Master Kuvakei and his True Slaves to abduct? How many is too many? Too many have already been lost! 40M citizens on countless planets!
Gorenaire	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:29:00 - [63] I'm 44 and i ve been playing PC games for the last 20 years, early 90 a"big" game was holding on 8 1.44 floppy disks, there was not CD rom yet, remember also the first game on CD rom support , i think it was Alone in the dark.
svetlana Constellation Guard	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:31:00 - [64] heh, it just occurred to me that all our old computers were RAM only, hard drives weren't invented yet. with all the fairly recent technological advances we take a lot of this stuff for granted now:)
Elrica bloodbane	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:33:00 - [65] Originally by: Ikarus Gaul Edited by: Ikarus Gaul on 28/01/2011 20:24:28 Edited by: Ikarus Gaul on 28/01/2011 20:23:25 Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? My first family computer was a TRS-80 Model 1, Level 2. Silver and black case, B+W monitor, and a whopping 16kb memory. Graphics resolution of 128 x 64, just B+W, no greyscale, no sound card. Just in-case you youngins don't know what that is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 [EDIT: URL fail correction] Yeah but how old are you ?
Nergart Gallente GWA Corp	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:37:00 - [66] well 24 going on 25 feeling alot better after reading some of this thread though first computer was a c64 (which i still have, yes it still works) and like most ppl here, dont realy take the game too seriously, ive got real life for that
Ascuris Wurm	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:39:00 - [67] My parents were cheap, so instead of the C64, I ended up with the Vic20. 5K of RAM and until I got a cassette drive, I had to leave it on so I wouldn't lose the program I spent all day typing in from a computer magazine... good times? um... no. I'm definitely thankful for the new stuff. I keep wondering how fast and small things will get before I die. Faster! Smaller! Let's go! Let's go! Hurry up!!
Spinejuicer	Posted - 2011.01.28 20:52:00 - [68] I was president of the computer club in 1st grade... then took the next 20 or so years off. Now I'm 35 and just barely know how to turn the damn thing on.
Titus Phook Amarr	Posted - 2011.01.29 01:13:00 - [69] Edited by: Titus Phook on 29/01/2011 01:14:22 Now I feel good about turning 40, was the oldest in a previous corp, by a good 5 years anyone would think I was Methuselah :) First comp Spectrum 16k rubber beermat, first one I upgraded as well with the 48k chip kit. Worked through a C64, BBC 'b' wahey for BBC Basic, Amiga, Acorn Archimedes before I discovered the 'joys' of window 3.1 Memorable games, Jet Set Willy on speccy, spyhunter on C64 and Elite on the Beeb which was omgwtf at the time. --------------------------------------------- Proudly posting with my Alt since 2009
Rhyla Phoenix Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2011.01.29 07:05:00 - [70] Edited by: Rhyla Phoenix on 29/01/2011 07:07:17 I'm 56. My first computer was an Apple II and I also played on an Intellivision and on Compuserve. First computer game I played was Zork and all time fave was Ultima.

Zelkova Serra	Posted - 2011.01.29 07:10:00 - [71] EVE seems to attract older players. I feel young at 32 sometimes.
Manji Lee Gallente Woopatang	Posted - 2011.01.29 07:55:00 - [72] I maybe 22 but I was raised on M.U.L.E. for c64. Does that count, anyone? - Got any tinfoil?
Plutonian Intransigent	Posted - 2011.01.29 08:03:00 - [73] Originally by: Ascuris Wurm My parents were cheap, so instead of the C64, I ended up with the Vic20. [...] I would have loved that. I asked for a computer. I got a Timex Sinclair. Did you know it could store almost three whole phone numbers? I'm 43. And only occasionally miss the old days. Anyone up for a game of Lunar Lander or Asteroids?
Thelodas Gallente Aliastra	Posted - 2011.01.29 11:48:00 - [74] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? TRS 80
Hacra Minmatar Cosmodynamics Joint Venture Conglomerate	Posted - 2011.01.29 11:49:00 - [75] Got few people in corporation who are over 60.
Tirannia	Posted - 2011.01.29 11:56:00 - [76] Me is 55 more or less ;-)
Neddy Fox Gallente FireStar Inc Majesta Empire	Posted - 2011.01.29 12:03:00 - [77] Extasy computer was my first, at school. Command line interpreter.. Our first computer at home was a VIC20, soon replaced by the C64 when it came out. Played Wingcommander series on my very own PC (Armstrad with a amazing 10Mbyte hardcard on it), then online Descent. When DeltaForce2 came out I started a clan ('99) which still exists and have 2 meetings a year in the UK. (I'm 46). Our CEO is 58.
James Paladin Taggert Caldari	Posted - 2011.01.29 12:08:00 - [78] I miss the ole wing commander series, just watched the movie again last night. Im going on 46. Any other ol timers out there that played Air Warriers before the internet? my first pc was a Zenith 8088 with dual 5 1/4 floppies and ran WWIV BBS linked up nationwide just before the net.
Dior Rellik	Posted - 2011.01.29 12:11:00 - [79] Welcome to Pensioners Online, where the aged buy pilots licenses rather than bus passes. Next expansion to be released later this year is here by named "Incontinence"
Davich MacGregor Minmatar Stellar Products and Quality Resources	Posted - 2011.01.29 12:55:00 - [80] The personal computer began hitting it's stride in 1980. That was 31 years ago. Someone in their 60s now would have been one of the 'pioneers'. So how is it strange that someone who is 'old' would be playing an MMO? BTW, this is the 1 billionth time this thread has been done.

Doc Mort	Posted - 2011.01.29 19:25:00 - [81] I'm 40 and i've been gaming since pong. My first actual comp was the zx-81 which had a massive 1k of memory,I think my kettle prob has more than that these days.
Selinate Amarr Red Water Syndicate	Posted - 2011.01.29 19:28:00 - [82] back when I played EQ, I played with someone who was well into her 80's. I don't really think it's that strange, personally...
Iceni	Posted - 2011.01.29 20:02:00 - [83] Originally by: Dior Rellik Welcome to Pensioners Online, where the aged buy pilots licenses rather than bus passes. Next expansion to be released later this year is here by named "Incontinence" ...and the next free ship is the Zimmer
Maximillian Dragonard	Posted - 2011.01.29 20:42:00 - [84] Edited by: Maximillian Dragonard on 29/01/2011 20:44:48 Edited by: Maximillian Dragonard on 29/01/2011 20:42:37 48 here.... My first experience with a computer game was Star Trek.... on a Burroughs Mainframe... 1 Meg floppy in a hatbox for those of you old enough to remember those! (basically a 12" floppy in a large plastic case) Just looked up the company...... they later became known as Unisys
Illectroculus Defined Chooch Inc. Twilight Federation	Posted - 2011.01.29 21:29:00 - [85] Not sure about the oldest, but my kids can make a claim to be some of the youngest - they're 4 & 6 and quite capable of flying around killing NPC's, or even heading into lowsec and ratting. Vote Illectro for CSM6! Supporting the New Generation of Eve Players
Hauling Hal	Posted - 2011.01.29 22:42:00 - [86] Edited by: Hauling Hal on 29/01/2011 22:43:23 Originally by: Ikarus Gaul My first family computer was a TRS-80 Model 1, Level 2. Silver and black case, B+W monitor, and a whopping 16kb memory. Graphics resolution of 128 x 64, just B+W, no greyscale, no sound card. Just in-case you youngins don't know what that is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 POKE 16405,0 Boy, did that command upset the Physics teacher. :-p Typing in games by hand from C&VG and then editing the code to make it do something different, none of the 'rubbish on a CD' you got later.
lachrymus Gallente Tie Rodarro Corp Hail Of God Society	Posted - 2011.01.31 21:57:00 - [87] Edited by: lachrymus on 31/01/2011 21:57:50 Late 50s here - been playing games since I got a BBC Micro in 1982. Elite and Level 9's Snowball anyone?
Christopher AET	Posted - 2011.01.31 22:08:00 - [88] Wow I started something of a threadnaught here. I am only 23 myself but I have had as many as three players over fifty in my corp. Keep the replies rolling in guys I wonder who the oldest player in New Eden is.
Istvaan Shogaatsu Caldari Guiding Hand Social Club	Posted - 2011.01.31 22:15:00 - [89] Originally by: Illectroculus Defined Not sure about the oldest, but my kids can make a claim to be some of the youngest - they're 4 & 6 and quite capable of flying around killing NPC's, or even heading into lowsec and ratting. You laugh now, but this violent video game is warping their minds. You'll get a call one day, from the teachers at your kids' school... "Hello, Mr. Defined, I'd like you to come pick up your kids. Yes, they ganked a couple of the other kids. No, no ransom. No, it wasn't a suicide gank. They just pwned them near the bathroom gate. I'm afraid we'll have to set them as outlaws, you'll have to come get them."
San Severina Minmatar One Point 0	Posted - 2011.01.31 22:22:00 - [90] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? Had one in 1979, it was the ***! I'm 44 Years young. Is Cribba really 78? I don't believe that one. __________________________________________________ No sympathy for the Devil! Always remember that....*

evilrabit	Posted - 2011.01.31 22:24:00 - [91] 40 next week
andeira	Posted - 2011.01.31 23:08:00 - [92] I'm 19 now I feel like a little kid ------------- Originally by: Stitcher For frak's sake, it took millions of years of evolution for that brain to get inside your skull, would it kill you to actually USE the damned thing?
Dobri M	Posted - 2011.01.31 23:28:00 - [93] Edited by: Dobri M on 31/01/2011 23:32:23 49 here. I stay abreast of tech tho...owning a computer repair shop kinda does that. We all need to get together and start an "Old-Timer's" corp. Originally by: Rhyla Phoenix First computer game I played was Zork and all time fave was Ultima. I STILL play IF. Best of all worlds, lol.
Kaidu Kahn	Posted - 2011.02.01 00:32:00 - [94] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? imsai :) http://www.imsai.net/
Danifae Kemp	Posted - 2011.02.01 01:46:00 - [95] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? Radio Shack TRS 80 and a commodore vic 20, My age just happens to be 43.
Captain Kyon Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Black Star Alliance	Posted - 2011.02.01 03:56:00 - [96] i'm 27 now and i plan to play games with my great great grand kids... by then you would need a helmet and you literally "enter" the game...
Ai Shun Caldari	Posted - 2011.02.01 04:06:00 - [97] Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Sharp PC1211, followed by a Commodore VIC-20, Apple II and then a 4.77 mhz XT. I remember with my first HDD when I had to reformat the drive, excluding system files, to be able to install and play Wing Commander II. Good days. Good days. @echo off.
Diomedes Calypso	Posted - 2011.02.01 05:50:00 - [98] Originally by: Danifae Kemp Originally by: My Postman Does it help when i say that my first computer was a C 64 console? Can aybody top this? Radio Shack TRS 80 and a commodore vic 20, My age just happens to be 43. those cassete tape drives playing paravia were great (yes, the same cassets people used to put in their car radios) ... and yes pong was a major leap forward from bash'em smashem robots.
Ocih Amarr The Program Controlled Chaos	Posted - 2011.02.01 06:01:00 - [99] So when you do Ambulation, make the promenades wheelchair accessible, CCP.
Licinius CrassusFilius Space Construction and Research	Posted - 2011.02.01 06:43:00 - [100] Originally by: Hauling Hal Edited by: Hauling Hal on 29/01/2011 22:43:23 Typing in games by hand from C&VG and then editing the code to make it do something different, none of the 'rubbish on a CD' you got later. God damn I remember doing that. Taught you solid typing skills!! 40 here.

Copine Callmeknau Kangaroos With Frickin Lazerbeams The KWFL Republic	Posted - 2011.02.01 06:44:00 - [101] haha, Amiga/C64 really aren't old at all, I'm 21 and I grew up playing C64, Amiga 1000, Amiga 500+ (gogo RAM, also had the HDD that went into the expansion slot. Gave me a whole 12mb of space), and the behemoth Amiga 4000. I guess I did start with comps pretty early, been using em since before I can remember, those puppies lasted me until I was 12 years old and got my first PC :p Stunning EVE Online Theme for PS3
Aurastone	Posted - 2011.02.01 13:33:00 - [102] TI-99/4A ftw (loss?) This was my very first computer Age: 43
Serge Bastana Gallente GWA Corp	Posted - 2011.02.01 13:35:00 - [103] I learned to type at the age of 20 using a proper typewriter, we even had speed tests, I managed to crack a whole room of people up getting ready to take a speed test one day by saying 'last one smells'. They had to delay the test by about 5 minutes. ------------------------------------------------ Quafe is people!
Obmud Amarr Sock Robbers Inc. Syndicate.	Posted - 2011.02.01 13:40:00 - [104] This thread is full of win and love. ----------------------- omfgWtfPwnzord!
EffBee Primus Caldari DCS Ltd	Posted - 2011.02.01 14:46:00 - [105] Originally by: Eyup Mi'duck Fifty-five... and not feeling so old and lonely any more! First pooter was a ZX80, then a Dragon 32... wish I'd kept them both now. I had a Dragon 32 at one point. More interesting though I also bought a Dragon 64 with floppy drive (Maybe twin - can't remember). I bought the 6809 processor based "OS9" MULTI-USER, MULTI-TASKING operating system that could run on it. I spent over ú70 (Way back then!!) on a Lucidata pascal compiler. Those were the days <Sigh> Eventually got rid of the lot to some lucky "bar steward" for about ú40. Proud to be a CareBear
Daedalus II Helios Research	Posted - 2011.02.01 14:55:00 - [106] You old guys should check out The Older Gamers (TOG): http://www.theoldergamers.com/ TOG is a community for gamers over 25. There are divisions for all kinds of games from EVE to Minecraft. We have some pretty old people in TOG, but I myself am only 29 so I feel comparably young ___________ Interested in incursions? Join Helios Research!
Ingvar Angst	Posted - 2011.02.01 16:02:00 - [107] Edited by: Ingvar Angst on 01/02/2011 16:04:12 45 here, and I subscribe to the logic that you don't stop playing because you get old... you get old because you stop playing. It always pained be growing up that my stepdad had the imagination of, well, a rock. Anything at all with a hint of sci-fi, fantasy, you name it was disregarded. Would look, watch, nothing. Now he's a grumpy old bastard who looks like he never really enjoyed life. I take pride that my kids see me as someone to play with instead of someone to avoid when they want to have fun. Ah, old computers... I remember my old C64, but what really stands out was my old 8088 with it's massive 20Meg hard drive. No, the 20Meg isn't massive, but the hard drive was. Thing weighed like 10 pounds and practically needed a deisel engine to get it spinning. Sounded like it at least...
Kristoph Syn	Posted - 2011.02.01 16:59:00 - [108] Edited by: Kristoph Syn on 01/02/2011 16:59:41 62. Really. Retired. EVE, Model Railroading, Chess. Yeah, this is an alt. edit: Oldest I know of is 73.
Lord Zarcam Amarr Royal Amarr Institute	Posted - 2011.02.02 03:10:00 - [109] 48 and still playing! Started with an IBM 286-AT with a 20 MB hard drive, 1024K ram and a 5.25" floppy drive. MSDOS 3.0, and then upgraded to 6.0 win MS WIN3.11. Had an Atari as a kid, Pong was my favorite. ;-) In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream!
xVALERIAx Caldari	Posted - 2011.02.02 11:16:00 - [110] Originally by: Eyup Mi'duck Fifty-five... and not feeling so old and lonely any more! First pooter was a ZX80, then a Dragon 32... wish I'd kept them both now. 36 and i had a dragon 32 o7. then got a BBC model B and Elite. back when being 'Elite' mean't something

Pog Mahon Minmatar Invictus Australis BricK sQuAD.	Posted - 2011.02.02 11:27:00 - [111] I know that Crotador, ex-CEO of TOG, former officer of Dfunk and now member of Brick, is pushing 80years of age. He doesn't like talking about it but if you see him in local say g'day (but say it very loudly!) He's a lovely old duffer but he does provide fairly easy kills, he can't hear people shouting on mumble to warp out.
Gillaboo	Posted - 2011.02.02 11:28:00 - [112] My first computer was a PDP-8, followed closely by a PDP-11. Still remember booting the damn thing by toggle switchs, and the mighty 2 MEG of memory came on a disk the size of a large pizza. "Adventure" was the first computer game I played... all text. "XYZZY" ! ! ! ! -------------------------------------------------------- This space For Rent.
Ur235 Aliastra	Posted - 2011.02.02 13:07:00 - [113] Im 110 tis true
Not T'amber	Posted - 2011.02.02 14:34:00 - [114] I knew two players (brothers infact) who play eve to communicate with eachother. They're were both in their early 80s. ------- TeaDaze > Good plan DV, we need somebody to take over bad poasting from T'Amber ;) Not T'amber > /me raises hand
Ollie Cromwell Caldari Seniors Clan DEM0N HUNTERS	Posted - 2011.02.02 14:45:00 - [115] Originally by: Dobri M 49 here. I stay abreast of tech tho...owning a computer repair shop kinda does that. We all need to get together and start an "Old-Timer's" corp. This has already been taken care off .... Look up Seniors Corp in game ... :) ----------
Christopher AET	Posted - 2011.02.02 14:52:00 - [116] Originally by: Pog Mahon He's a lovely old duffer but he does provide fairly easy kills. I must remember that next time we attack brick space Keep 'em coming guys got some good love going here.
Pater Deus Gallente Fornax Chemica	Posted - 2011.02.02 15:23:00 - [117] Began selling PC¦s in 1980, first program we installed was Space Invaders and well... ever since. Will finish skilling up 62 in 32 days. Manufacturer & Miner
Miss Connolly Public Relations Corp	Posted - 2011.02.02 15:57:00 - [118] I'm 26 and one of the youngest members of our corp. Most of our guys are between 30 and 50. I guess EVE is just more appealing to people that are no longer interested in the classic "action loaded" games that are released currently and so they attract other players of the same age group. ___________________ "It was mentioned by CCP that the data does not seem to support that polished quality sells better than new features." These are the people you are giving your money to.
Wurzel Gummidge	Posted - 2011.02.02 16:07:00 - [119] Eve appeal to those with an attention span longer than....oh wait, shiny things I can't read and I can't write, but that doesn't really matter, Cos I come from Trowbridge and I can drive a tractor
Viola Wolf	Posted - 2011.02.02 16:13:00 - [120] 47 here... Cut my teeth in gaming on the Intellivision console. Spent hours playing sports games with stick figures. At the time it was really cool.

TuHellen Back	Posted - 2011.02.02 16:27:00 - [121] I'm in my late 50's and what I find so great about eve is that every morning when I log on I have already forgotten how boring mining is.
stoicfaux Gallente	Posted - 2011.02.02 16:30:00 - [122] Ugh, I remember playing pong on a black and white set. And our family bought an IBM PCjr, the least compatible, IBM compatible computer ever made. At least the BASICA cartridge worked. Tip for the young people: Think about everything you've seen and done and learned in all the years you've been alive. Now, take that old person's age and divide it by your own. Now realize that's how many of your lifetimes that that old person has been around. Moral of the story: Never turn your back on an old person. ----- "Are you a sociopathic paranoid schizophrenic with accounting skills? We have the game for you! -- Eve, the game of Alts, Economics, Machiavelli, and PvP"


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