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Average Age of EVE Player Base

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Ginseng Jita
PAN-EVE TRADING COMPANY
#41 - 2012-06-12 17:57:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Ginseng Jita
War Kitten wrote:
Ginseng Jita wrote:
OK, after spending some time on this forum I have to wonder what the average age of the player base is that plays this game. I know the forum is but a tiny sample of the overall number of people that play EVE, but I think maybe it'll get us within a range that we can determine the average age of the EVE player base.

Not going to ask for an age out right. If you are under 30 years of age, type: Under 30 If you are over 30 years of age, type: Over 30. As people respond I'll keep track and when we have 200 responses I'll post the results.

I'll start.

Over 30


How exactly do you propose to calculate an average player age with such vague data?

(Over 30)


Simple...

X number of players are under 30 and X number are above, that means the average is somewhere in the middle. Don't make this more difficult than it has to be. By my estimations all ready the average age is about - 30. Cool Give or take a few beers.
Meryl SinGarda
Belligerent Underpaid Tactical Team
#42 - 2012-06-12 17:58:14 UTC
27. 2015 couldn't come any faster.
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#43 - 2012-06-12 18:00:33 UTC
Darius Brinn wrote:
33 here.

One of the youngest in my corp (I only know two people younger than me).

I swear we have:

-University teacher, 54 years old.
-Highschool headmaster, 53 years old. His 25 year old son hates EvE.
-Undisclosed professional, over 60 years old.
-Webmaster to a world leader *snip* website, well over 30.

The average playerbase age being over 35 does not surprise me at all.

I feel like a kid over corp comms...and you can usually hear OUR KIDS over corp comms.


That explains why your corp's website is so cool. :)

"This is the Ninja. He will scan you down; he will salvage your wrecks and there shall be no aggro"
Diablo Ex
Nocturne Holdings
#44 - 2012-06-12 18:04:50 UTC
Way over 30....

Hint: I've been playing Space Genre games since GDW published a small 5 booklet black cover dice game named "Traveller".
Also played Palladium's "Mechanoid Invasion" and "Battletech" with pewter miniatures on a tabletop years before the first playable computer games.

Diablo Ex Machina - "I'm not here to fix your problem"
Cpt Arareb
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#45 - 2012-06-12 18:08:12 UTC
under
Random Majere
Rogue Fleet
#46 - 2012-06-12 18:10:48 UTC
There shall be only one. MACLEOD!!!
Diablo Ex
Nocturne Holdings
#47 - 2012-06-12 18:16:01 UTC
Random Majere wrote:
There shall be only one. MACLEOD!!!


Bahhh... your a young puppy.

I've been playin Eve since she married that loser Adam.
We met under a fig tree if I remember ...

Diablo Ex Machina - "I'm not here to fix your problem"
Johnson Johnson
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#48 - 2012-06-12 18:16:10 UTC
only the collective, crushing realisation that your life has seen its best years can bring such solidarity to general discussion

(under btw)


(lol)
No More Heroes
Boomer Humor
Snuffed Out
#49 - 2012-06-12 18:19:22 UTC
35

.
Emiko P'eng
#50 - 2012-06-12 18:25:40 UTC
Also Way over 30 ( Actually 52+)

Started on 'Chainmail' (D&D's Father) & 'Tunnels & Trolls', migrated to 'Space Opera' then Traveller.

Followed all of Traveller up until TSR's spat with GDW over Gary Gygax that killed GDW and made TSR so weak it was taken over by Wizards of the Coast for a Pittance.

Played Elite on the BBC Micro, then migrated to MUDs online, then moved to EverQuest and finally re-found EVE a couple of years back

(I did have a dalliance with EVE in the mid 2000's thanks to a free trial on a computer magazine. Unfortunately my PC at the time was rubbish & EVE showed it up With no money to build a new PC, EVE was scrapped along with my pilot of the time. Really wish I built a better PC back then!
Spy 21
Doomheim
#51 - 2012-06-12 18:27:10 UTC
According to this Dev Blog, the average age of those that voted in the last CSM election is 32 years.

Probably pretty close to average age for the player base I would imagine.

Over 30
Over 40
etc
etc

S

Obfuscation for the WIN on page 3...
Alaekessa
Matari Combat Research and Manufacture Inc.
#52 - 2012-06-12 18:41:51 UTC
over
Random Majere
Rogue Fleet
#53 - 2012-06-12 18:42:03 UTC
Diablo Ex wrote:
Random Majere wrote:
There shall be only one. MACLEOD!!!


Bahhh... your a young puppy.

I've been playin Eve since she married that loser Adam.
We met under a fig tree if I remember ...



Possible. She is still alive you know. She told me I give her more pleasure then you. Old man!!
Hung TuLo
Running with Dogs
Out of the Blue.
#54 - 2012-06-12 18:43:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Hung TuLo
48

Whats sad, I cant even use a xbox controller. :)


I played a table top game Star Fleet Battles.

"In space all warriors are cold warriors" ---  General Chang  Star Trek VI
Tarryn Nightstorm
Hellstar Towing and Recovery
#55 - 2012-06-12 18:45:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Tarryn Nightstorm
Over 30 (closer to 40, actually.).

E:

Of course, average maturity of the player-base is something else entirely, but that's a whole 'nother thread/rant :)

Star Wars: the Old Republic may not be EVE. But I'll take the sound of dual blaster-pistols over "NURVV CLAOKING NAOW!!!11oneone!!" any day of the week.
Tarryn Nightstorm
Hellstar Towing and Recovery
#56 - 2012-06-12 18:49:45 UTC
SetrakDark wrote:
eve players are freaking old, which is why I generally have no qualms about tearing into someone when they're being an idiot

there's no excuse for getting through three decades of modern living and still being a numpty


^^That.^^

Reason #2,385,765,888,991 why EVE matters, and other MMOs don't.

Star Wars: the Old Republic may not be EVE. But I'll take the sound of dual blaster-pistols over "NURVV CLAOKING NAOW!!!11oneone!!" any day of the week.
highonpop
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#57 - 2012-06-12 18:54:44 UTC
24.

25 in september

FC, what do?
MeBiatch
GRR GOONS
#58 - 2012-06-12 18:59:39 UTC
26 27 in september

There are no stupid Questions... just stupid people... CCP Goliath wrote:

Ugh ti-di pooping makes me sad.
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#59 - 2012-06-12 19:01:38 UTC
38, like the (someone outdated) hand gun caliber. I'll be much more powrful when I'm .40 :) .
Commander Lurch
One Horse Trading
#60 - 2012-06-12 19:02:10 UTC
well over 30, 48 in fact.
this character first appeared in elite in 1985 and I have a back story to tie the two games together - so He's nearly over 30 himself.Ugh