In my experience many of the top alliance leaders and fleet commanders do tend to be younger. With exceptions of course. I have been in an alliance (Intrepid Crossing) with an older leadership and they were unreceptive to changes and ultimately failed as a result.

The fleet commanders at IRC near the end were pushing things in the right direction

In my experience many of the top alliance leaders and fleet commanders do tend to be younger. With exceptions of course. I have been in an alliance (Intrepid Crossing) with an older leadership and they were unreceptive to changes and ultimately failed as a result.

Wasn't the average age of EVE players around 30?

For the older people here do you think that you would be a better, more successful, person today if you had been exposed to Eve as a teenager?

Has Eve helped you become more confident? Learn speaking skills and how to think under preasure?

sorry - DP

I am 40 years old, my goals have always been about seeing and doing as much as possible while here.

You can meet a lot of people in Eve and have no idea who they are like physically. They could be very fat, or very skinny, or old or young, or deaf, or rich or poor. They could speak with a lisp or have a cleft pallet or perhaps be physically hideous but have a wonderful voice.

Just today I met two men who are much younger than I would have guessed. I have fleeted with them before and spoken with them on the forums. Both are FC's and wear the mask of command well. They each have some rough edges and breaks that will no doubt smooth out over time as such things do. But the experience got me to thinking.

How is Eve different from the RW? We interact with others and learn from our mistakes and apply that knowledge to future pursuits. The way to be successful in Eve, as in RL, is to organize people and to motivate others. In this way Eve is a great training ground and a terrific experience.

Has Eve helped you become more confident? Learn speaking skills and how to think under preasure? Do you consider Eve as something that could go on a resume'? Or is just a game, a harmless pass time with no value beyond entertainment. For the older people here do you think that you would be a better, more successful, person today if you had been exposed to Eve as a teenager?

Thanks for your time, and as always, thanks to everyone who makes the game what it is.

IMHO no - personal behaviour in Eve will mostly reflect someones personality regardless of age and unless someone played extensively during his teen years, I think its influence will be more detrimental than helpful because it lets people indulge into their characters and delusions of grandeur, whilst neglecting RL social skills.

No, Eve is not strictly a young man's game, but it's not strictly a male's game, either, contrary to what you seem to assume in your post title and post.

Try not to keel over from the shock.

Younger generations don't have the required patience for this game.

I am 40 years old.

I am 40 years old, my goals have always been about seeing and doing as much as possible while here.

You can meet a lot of people in Eve and have no idea who they are like physically. They could be very fat, or very skinny, or old or young, or deaf, or rich or poor. They could speak with a lisp or have a cleft pallet or perhaps be physically hideous but have a wonderful voice.

Just today I met two men who are much younger than I would have guessed. I have fleeted with them before and spoken with them on the forums. Both are FC's and wear the mask of command well. They each have some rough edges and breaks that will no doubt smooth out over time as such things do. But the experience got me to thinking.

How is Eve different from the RW? We interact with others and learn from our mistakes and apply that knowledge to future pursuits. The way to be successful in Eve, as in RL, is to organize people and to motivate others. In this way Eve is a great training ground and a terrific experience.

Has Eve helped you become more confident? Learn speaking skills and how to think under preasure? Do you consider Eve as something that could go on a resume'? Or is just a game, a harmless pass time with no value beyond entertainment. For the older people here do you think that you would be a better, more successful, person today if you had been exposed to Eve as a teenager?

Thanks for your time, and as always, thanks to everyone who makes the game what it is.

Oh jessus Corey I can't even remember 40.

At nearly twice the average player age, Eve is keeping me young.