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Jimmy Ronson State Protectorate Caldari State 0	Posted - 2015.01.17 22:36:56 - [1] - Quote I recently got into EVE about a month ago and have been having a whale of a time. Recently I started doing some factional warfare and the more I look around the internet, the more it seems that joining a corp is the best way to get the most out of EVE in general. The problem is, I am only 14 years old and most online gaming communities hate teens. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the vast majority of corps seem to have comms as a requirement. This makes me a bit cautious about joining one so I'm wondering if most corps in EVE are against having an adolescent among their ranks due to the sound of their voice or a bias.
Sylveria Relden Relden Enterprises 57	Posted - 2015.01.17 22:43:59 - [2] - Quote I don't think physical age is relative- it's mainly maturity (or the lack thereof) that people are concerned about.
Solecist Project Weapons of Mass Distraction 19126	Posted - 2015.01.17 22:53:36 - [3] - Quote I always make sure they are old enough. Not gonna get into trouble for a bit of fun, no way! Ralph King-Griffin > ** you sol, years, **ing years since thats happend The Cuppy Cake Song <3 <3 <3 :D :D :D Come along now, come along with me and I'll eeaasee your pain..
Solecist Project Weapons of Mass Distraction 19126	Posted - 2015.01.17 22:54:57 - [4] - Quote Anyhow... OP... your post is written better than many posts of older people. It's not the age, it's how you behave. And please don't look at my portrait! Ralph King-Griffin > ** you sol, years, **ing years since thats happend The Cuppy Cake Song <3 <3 <3 :D :D :D Come along now, come along with me and I'll eeaasee your pain..
Marsha Mallow 1855	Posted - 2015.01.17 22:58:58 - [5] - Quote If you're not an annoying screecher no-one will really notice. If you are, and use your age to justify being annoying, people will remark that you are an annoying screechy teenager. It's as simple as that, really - and for some reason this seems to be the case for female EvE players too. Plenty of the decent folks have kids (some of whom play) and are reasonably tolerant. Avoid the intolerant ones, don't take it too personally etc. You don't have to tell everyone your real age either btw. Maybe your close friends or corp leadership when you join. Otherwise tell them you're a late bloomer and prepare for some teasing. If people go out of their way to torment you over your age, shoot them and say it was an accident. In a really high voice. DON'T BE RIDICULOUS!
Concord Guy's Cousin State War Academy Caldari State 358	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:00:19 - [6] - Quote If you're a mature 14 year old most corps will be pretty accepting, if not you'll get short shrift. The age range that plays Eve is pretty broad; it goes from people your own age to some that are in their 70's or older. Marsha Mallow wrote: If people go out of their way to torment you over your age, shoot them and say it was an accident. In a really high voice. So much this ISD LackOfFaith ~ "Your Catalyst was a hamster, and your Retriever smelt of elderberries" NPC Forum Alt, because reasons.
Dracones Tarsis Inc 37	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:05:45 - [7] - Quote There are some corps that are 18+ only. So check up on that before you look to join. Many corps run open fleets and/or there are open fleet opportunities all over Eve. I know FW had open fleets all the time and the people there would recruit if you were a good pilot. You might consider trying out some open fleets and if you can follow orders and show discipline, you'll get corp invites from people who will vouch for you.
David Therman University of Caille Gallente Federation 58	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:06:10 - [8] - Quote I suppose it just depends on the corp really; during my time looking through the recruitment boards, as well as looking them up IG, I've spotted quite a few that'll list maturity as one of their requirements. Sometimes they'll be quite specific about the age, and sometimes it'll be more general. I wouldn't say most online communities hate teens; rather, it's the people who're crass/immature every time they type into the keyboard, or those who just flame for the hell of it... and that's not a group exclusive to teenagers. As to finding a corp that not only accepts you, but you actually feel comfortable in... well, that can be quite tricky. From experiences elsewhere, I'd imagine those sort of operations would require you to be on comms for the sole purpose of listening to the FC, you probably wouldn't need to talk much, if at all... if they use it to talk/exchange banter then you'll need to see where things lie and whether they're comfortable including you. As Marsha said, you may end up with a couple of rotten apples, but don't let that put you off; every game has those. All I can add to that is good luck!
J'Poll Green Skull LLC 5555	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:06:47 - [9] - Quote Jimmy Ronson wrote: I recently got into EVE about a month ago and have been having a whale of a time. Recently I started doing some factional warfare and the more I look around the internet, the more it seems that joining a corp is the best way to get the most out of EVE in general. The problem is, I am only 14 years old and most online gaming communities hate teens. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the vast majority of corps seem to have comms as a requirement. This makes me a bit cautious about joining one so I'm wondering if most corps in EVE are against having an adolescent among their ranks due to the sound of their voice or a bias. I have a person in my chat channel for months, only recently I learned he isn't even the legal drinking age here in The Netherlands (which is 18 years now). Before that, I would have estimated him well in his 20s. So, age isn't usually a big thing for other players, it's how mature you are. Any EVE player would rather play with a mature teenage player then with a childish and bitchy person in his early 40s. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded Public roams channels: RvB Ganked / Redemption Road / Spectre Fleet / Bombers bar / The Content Club
J'Poll Green Skull LLC 5555	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:07:32 - [10] - Quote Solecist Project wrote: And please don't look at my portrait! Sol, maybe ask CCP to automatically blur part of your avatar for people who are under a certain age Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded Public roams channels: RvB Ganked / Redemption Road / Spectre Fleet / Bombers bar / The Content Club

J'Poll Green Skull LLC 5555	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:09:52 - [11] - Quote Marsha Mallow wrote: Plenty of the decent folks have kids (some of whom play) and are reasonably tolerant.. I used to be with an alliance which had a member that always let his little girls say hello to everybody when he logged in on Teamspeak. That was always both funny and adorable. Specially, if he didn't saw that we had coalition people also on the teamspeak Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded Public roams channels: RvB Ganked / Redemption Road / Spectre Fleet / Bombers bar / The Content Club
Josef Djugashvilis 2861	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:18:24 - [12] - Quote Jimmy Ronson wrote: I recently got into EVE about a month ago and have been having a whale of a time. Recently I started doing some factional warfare and the more I look around the internet, the more it seems that joining a corp is the best way to get the most out of EVE in general. The problem is, I am only 14 years old and most online gaming communities hate teens. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the vast majority of corps seem to have comms as a requirement. This makes me a bit cautious about joining one so I'm wondering if most corps in EVE are against having an adolescent among their ranks due to the sound of their voice or a bias. Don't worry, first of all you age does not matter, your attitude does. Anyway, being 14 does not last long..I think, but it is so long since I was 14, I can't really remember it. This is not a signature.
Solecist Project Weapons of Mass Distraction 19160	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:35:55 - [13] - Quote Josef Djugashvilis wrote: Jimmy Ronson wrote: I recently got into EVE about a month ago and have been having a whale of a time. Recently I started doing some factional warfare and the more I look around the internet, the more it seems that joining a corp is the best way to get the most out of EVE in general. The problem is, I am only 14 years old and most online gaming communities hate teens. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the vast majority of corps seem to have comms as a requirement. This makes me a bit cautious about joining one so I'm wondering if most corps in EVE are against having an adolescent among their ranks due to the sound of their voice or a bias. Don't worry, first of all you age does not matter, your attitude does. Anyway, being 14 does not last long..I think, but it is so long since I was 14, I can't really remember it. Last I heard it lasts a year, frrom birthday to birthday. Ralph King-Griffin > ** you sol, years, **ing years since thats happend The Cuppy Cake Song <3 <3 <3 :D :D :D Come along now, come along with me and I'll eeaasee your pain..
Josef Djugashvilis 2863	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:38:46 - [14] - Quote Solecist Project wrote: Josef Djugashvilis wrote: Jimmy Ronson wrote: I recently got into EVE about a month ago and have been having a whale of a time. Recently I started doing some factional warfare and the more I look around the internet, the more it seems that joining a corp is the best way to get the most out of EVE in general. The problem is, I am only 14 years old and most online gaming communities hate teens. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the vast majority of corps seem to have comms as a requirement. This makes me a bit cautious about joining one so I'm wondering if most corps in EVE are against having an adolescent among their ranks due to the sound of their voice or a bias. Don't worry, first of all you age does not matter, your attitude does. Anyway, being 14 does not last long..I think, but it is so long since I was 14, I can't really remember it. Last I heard it lasts a year, frrom birthday to birthday. The older one gets the shorter each year seems to be. Unfortunately. This is not a signature.
Noriko Mai 1995	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:39:41 - [15] - Quote TS 1: squek squek TS 2: Get out! TS 1: squek squek TS 2: Kicked from TS server and from corp Bring back Dark Opaque theme I'm The King
Josef Djugashvilis 2863	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:40:16 - [16] - Quote Double post This is not a signature.
Solecist Project Weapons of Mass Distraction 19160	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:41:18 - [17] - Quote Josef Djugashvilis wrote: Solecist Project wrote: Josef Djugashvilis wrote: Jimmy Ronson wrote: I recently got into EVE about a month ago and have been having a whale of a time. Recently I started doing some factional warfare and the more I look around the internet, the more it seems that joining a corp is the best way to get the most out of EVE in general. The problem is, I am only 14 years old and most online gaming communities hate teens. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the vast majority of corps seem to have comms as a requirement. This makes me a bit cautious about joining one so I'm wondering if most corps in EVE are against having an adolescent among their ranks due to the sound of their voice or a bias. Don't worry, first of all you age does not matter, your attitude does. Anyway, being 14 does not last long..I think, but it is so long since I was 14, I can't really remember it. Last I heard it lasts a year, frrom birthday to birthday. The older one gets the shorter each year seems to be. Unfortunately. That's a really interesting thing ... ... that not only has been studied quite a bit ... ... it's actually changeable too! Ralph King-Griffin > ** you sol, years, **ing years since thats happend The Cuppy Cake Song <3 <3 <3 :D :D :D Come along now, come along with me and I'll eeaasee your pain..
Mara Rinn Cosmic Goo Convertor Cosmic Consortium 5693	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:46:26 - [18] - Quote Solecist Project wrote: Josef Djugashvilis wrote: Anyway, being 14 does not last long..I think, but it is so long since I was 14, I can't really remember it. Last I heard it lasts a year, frrom birthday to birthday. 14 lasts about 1/14th of your life, 50 only lasts 1/50th. So proportionally speaking, 14 is much longer than 50. As for the OP's question: there are corps who refuse to take minors (anyone under "age of majority" or whatever) simply because they don't want to go to gaol for talking about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, and thus being accused of "grooming" a minor. An infection can be cured, Child Sex Offenders Register is for life. \m/ Day 0 Advice for New Players
Serene Repose 2102	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:50:50 - [19] - Quote ...doesn't last long. IF you're two, a year is half your life. So. Two year olds can play Half Life? Treason never prospers. What is the reason? Why, if it prospers, none dare call it "treason."
Marsha Mallow 1857	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:57:10 - [20] - Quote David Therman wrote: I've spotted quite a few that'll list maturity as one of their requirements. Sometimes they'll be quite specific about the age, and sometimes it'll be more general. I've done recruitment for a few corps and I can honestly say some of the best players I've ever recruited were teenagers who explicitly broke our 18+ or 25+ label. We let them in because we liked them, as people (and despite a fair bit of teasing, they gave as good as they got). An awful lot of 'vets' are suspiciously young too IRL especially when they've played the character continuously. We just put that age minimum into our recruitment to reassure people we were mature (which was a complete lie, old people are disgraceful at times). There is perhaps a justifiable concern about longevity in this game along with personality, but otherwise it's just intolerance. Whenever I see a corp description announcing "no drama" I take it as a "no women, aiiii" sign. After a bit of study it appears that they have enough drama queens already, and can't cope with the competition. @ Jimmy anyway, good luck with the search, and as previously mentioned - take it in stride. Sometimes it takes a while to find the right corp, but the friends you make along the way are worth it. Use ingame channels and the forums to get in touch (and stay in touch) with likeminded people. There are some mouthy teen players who have been fairly high profile, and trolled to hell over it, but persisted. So stick with it, even if you mess up. One of the richest people ingame informed me of his age a while back, and when I worked out his starting age was close to yours, I was really impressed tbh. Mainly because he's so much more likeable and mature than virtually everyone else ingame. But his corpies have to have known his age along the way, and it doesn't seem to have done any harm. Josef Djugashvilis wrote: Anyway, being 14 does not last long..I think Speak for yourself... DON'T BE RIDICULOUS!

Solecist Project Weapons of Mass Distraction 19180	Posted - 2015.01.17 23:59:37 - [21] - Quote Mara Rinn wrote: Solecist Project wrote: Josef Djugashvilis wrote: Anyway, being 14 does not last long..I think, but it is so long since I was 14, I can't really remember it. Last I heard it lasts a year, frrom birthday to birthday. 14 lasts about 1/14th of your life, 50 only lasts 1/50th. So proportionally speaking, 14 is much longer than 50. NEEEEERRRRD!!!!! XD Ralph King-Griffin > ** you sol, years, **ing years since thats happend The Cuppy Cake Song <3 <3 <3 :D :D :D Come along now, come along with me and I'll eeaasee your pain..
Mara Rinn Cosmic Goo Convertor Cosmic Consortium 5694	Posted - 2015.01.18 00:01:22 - [22] - Quote I'm thankful you chose to pick on the nerdy part of the post Day 0 Advice for New Players
Aladar Dangerface Absolutely Certain 102	Posted - 2015.01.18 00:09:12 - [23] - Quote I fly with a guy who was about your age when he started playing.(maybe slightly older) Iv known him since he was 16-17 and he is waaaaaayyyyy more mature than me (he is about 20 now and I'm 30). He and I ended up as directors in a semi-professional c5 pvp corp and basically ended up running it for a good while. So like everyone else has said age shouldn't matter as long as u act mature and behave, then no one will really mind. Ps. Blod if you read this then your a ** and I hate you (told you about my maturity ) I don't need twitter. I'm already following you.**
Zimmer Jones Aliastra Gallente Federation 53	Posted - 2015.01.18 00:13:58 - [24] - Quote Eve welcomes you with open palms, no matter what your age. As long as you show for ops, and do the assigned chores I don't think many people would care. And 14 was an awesome year, but i haven't be ID'd, ever, so i'm totally biased. Not that you should do anything i did. Then again, if you're really into playing eve, you won't have much time for that other stuff. +1 for asking
Mr Epeen It's All About Me 7571	Posted - 2015.01.18 00:16:38 - [25] - Quote Jimmy Ronson wrote: I recently got into EVE about a month ago and have been having a whale of a time. Recently I started doing some factional warfare and the more I look around the internet, the more it seems that joining a corp is the best way to get the most out of EVE in general. The problem is, I am only 14 years old and most online gaming communities hate teens. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the vast majority of corps seem to have comms as a requirement. This makes me a bit cautious about joining one so I'm wondering if most corps in EVE are against having an adolescent among their ranks due to the sound of their voice or a bias. You wrote that whole thing in proper English. Capitalized in the correct places, decent grammar, solid spelling, and paragraphs. I already like you better than the majority of people who post in here. Welcome to the game, young man! Mr Epeen There are 86,400 seconds in a day. You just saved one of them by typing 'u' instead of 'you'.-á Congratulations, dumbass!
Solecist Project Weapons of Mass Distraction 19182	Posted - 2015.01.18 00:21:58 - [26] - Quote Mr Epeen wrote: Jimmy Ronson wrote: I recently got into EVE about a month ago and have been having a whale of a time. Recently I started doing some factional warfare and the more I look around the internet, the more it seems that joining a corp is the best way to get the most out of EVE in general. The problem is, I am only 14 years old and most online gaming communities hate teens. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but the vast majority of corps seem to have comms as a requirement. This makes me a bit cautious about joining one so I'm wondering if most corps in EVE are against having an adolescent among their ranks due to the sound of their voice or a bias. You wrote that whole thing in proper English. Capitalized in the correct places, decent grammar, solid spelling, and paragraphs. I already like you better than the majority of people who post in here. Welcome to the game, young man! Mr Epeen lol no u Ralph King-Griffin > ** you sol, years, **ing years since thats happend The Cuppy Cake Song <3 <3 <3 :D :D :D Come along now, come along with me and I'll eeaasee your pain..
Vector Symian 0 Fear 29	Posted - 2015.01.18 00:44:16 - [27] - Quote Ill admit I am reluctant to bring Teens into my corp and this unfortunately due to my experience with them a players basically they were reckless and far too keen to burn everything and they have...ill stop now However we have 3 in the project so far and as long as I manage their pub pubescent rage they can very capable pilots, far better then me at any rate there is bias towards the young but it has been in some cases warranted
ISD Ezwal ISD Community Communications Liaisons 3626	Posted - 2015.01.18 00:54:17 - [28] - Quote I removed some double posts (Yes, the forum is acting up again sadly) and an off-topic one. And OP, you're younger than my oldest kid ), but don't let that stop you. That also goes for posting on the forum, as you wrote a pretty decent post. So welcome to EvE! ) I feel old now..... ISD Ezwal Vice Admiral Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department
Paul AtreidesMuad Coreli Corporation The Kadeshi 114	Posted - 2015.01.18 01:06:42 - [29] - Quote Damn I wish I was 14 again...
om rootingking Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective 42	Posted - 2015.01.18 01:21:22 - [30] - Quote J'Poll wrote: Any EVE player would rather play with a mature teenage player then with a childish and bitchy person in his early 40s. As a childish and bitchy person in his 40s i can vouch for this. All i would add is that having an under-18 player on comms would modify the comms. Some corps have the 18+ requirement not because of your immaturity, but their desire to relax into immaturity, appalling language, manners.



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