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Proportion of new EVE players vs Old

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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#81 - 2012-11-20 21:55:11 UTC
I agree with many of the points made that older players should help the newer players use their full potential, and help build a strong community.

But then someone has to make a reference to reality and say something like:
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To me a lot of vets are irritating. They see themselves as important in a game so they use their "status to talk down to new players in an effort to make themselves feel more relevant. It's extremely lame to me. It's similar to how old people IRL talk rap about the younger generation to boost themselves because they failed at life, meanwhile they have the new Iphone 5 being delivered in the mail...the times must not be all that bad, eh?


Two points:

1: Explaining something, particularly when you are getting something wrong and being argumentative about it, is not "talking down" to someone.

2: Who do you think invented the technology that makes the new Iphone 5 possible? Hint: It's not the younger generation.

You're welcome. Smile

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Denegrah Togasa
Togasa Iron Ring Industries
#82 - 2012-11-20 23:30:50 UTC
Ranger 1 wrote:


2: Who do you think invented the technology that makes the new Iphone 5 possible? Hint: It's not the younger generation.

You're welcome. Smile


Who do you think will invent the technology that makes all our inventions obsolete? hint its not us.
Sarah Schneider
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#83 - 2012-11-20 23:55:50 UTC
"Newbros best bros."

New players are the lifeline in this game or any MMOs out there and tbh living in an alliance when some old bitvets talk down or being a douche to new players are almost an unacceptable attitude made me smile looking at these arguments of old players being condescending to newbros in this thread.

"I'd rather have other players get shot by other players than not interacting with others" -CCP Soundwave
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#84 - 2012-11-21 00:32:53 UTC
Fixed some offensive posts. Please keep it civil. Thank you.

ISD Dorrim Barstorlode

Senior Lead

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Interstellar Services Department
Nexus Day
Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
#85 - 2012-11-21 00:40:20 UTC
Make new friends but keep the old ones. One is silver and the other is gold.

And CCP doesn't care how long you have played as long as you pay a sub.
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#86 - 2012-11-22 02:57:03 UTC
Denegrah Togasa wrote:
Ranger 1 wrote:


2: Who do you think invented the technology that makes the new Iphone 5 possible? Hint: It's not the younger generation.

You're welcome. Smile


Who do you think will invent the technology that makes all our inventions obsolete? hint its not us.

... by standing on the shoulders of giants.... Smile

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Lugia3
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#87 - 2012-11-22 16:35:35 UTC
I think I started in 2010. If I had known about EVE back in 2003 of course I would have played it, but EVE had more... "limited" advertising.

I also eat newbies for breakfast with a battle procurer.

"CCP Dolan is full of shit." - CCP Bettik
Kiteo Hatto
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#88 - 2012-11-22 16:37:56 UTC
Colonel Xaven wrote:
Kimsemus wrote:
Sometimes I sit and talk about the T2 BPO lottery, mining in cruisers, corps having to pool isk for 1 battleship, the introduction of mining barges, nano nerf, etc, and people listen to me like I'm some kind of sorcerer making stories up.


I started in 2007 and I, too, feel like an old man, sitting on the campfire and telling the kids my stories about old times. Feels weird.

But, EvE is not a casual game and the new players who actually stay in the game for longer are a real benefit to the game. Here we can assume they are open for shifting their mind and adapt, go new ways, think before acting etc. Those who do not survive the first time, wouldn't be of any benefit at all.


Dem deadspace gates in rookie systems that showed up on overview and old shield effects <3 :P
Viscount Hood
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#89 - 2012-11-22 17:03:06 UTC
P me/ waves to all the 2003 players out there

and another thing CCP stop changing stuff: How can I be an expert at everything if you keep changing the rules and boundaries and making me feel like a noob again!
ctx2007
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#90 - 2012-11-22 21:32:02 UTC
i,ve been playing since 2007 and the the only bitter vet i am is the stuff i,m drinking Blink

You only realise you life has been a waste of time, when you wake up dead.
Borascus
#91 - 2012-11-22 21:54:30 UTC
Denegrah Togasa wrote:
Ranger 1 wrote:


2: Who do you think invented the technology that makes the new Iphone 5 possible? Hint: It's not the younger generation.

You're welcome. Smile


Who do you think will invent the technology that makes all our inventions obsolete? hint its not us.



Lol



I started in 2009, moving away from brutal PvP and Tanking endgame with a Dark Templar in Age of Conan. Within a couple of months old gamer-acquaintances that I'd known previously turned up added some ropes / flavour / variation to the mix, then the next flavour of the month happened.

After that I worked around a few systems had a few fights and hit up a few of the activities.

One of the "omg" moments in EVE was not lagging out in a fleet of 146 around Solitude area, whilst being in a corp managing Aeter Sarline etc in the Triangle.


It was pretty cool, after that I bumped into a lot more of the older players and Red Core's CEO Kagutsuchi is that old he still has a player-corp as his first employment record.

Games are a hobby though, Hinch has done a hell of a lot IRL, I'd played games with him for around 7 years. It doesn't change the RL affinity with available time. A game wont be boring if it is only intended to fill dead time.

Saying that it is easy to live and breath EVE, just not the way everyone would agree with if you asked them separately.

If the >100mil sp crowd are feeling the boredom I can't say I really expect anything different in any game, fun-times are the aim of the game, if the crowd is playing with a close the door policy it gets boring all over the place.
Kimsemus
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#92 - 2012-11-28 16:41:32 UTC
I was just thinking on this today... what I really miss from the old days: Triumvurate, FIXX, Mercenary Coalition, and Cry Havoc never leaving PF-346.