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son wants to play eve......
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Benji Bobbb
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-08-17 11:30:48 UTC
My 10 year old son announced to me last night he wants to play eve. He currently plays minecraft and he picks up games really quick. He is already the encyclopedia of minecraft.
Is 10 too young to get him started or has anyone else got youngish kids playing eve.
It would be nice to play with him as I hate Minecraft with a passion and probable would help his learning.

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Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#2 - 2014-08-17 11:33:30 UTC
Let him play.

He's a ten year old and a product of the instant gratification generation. He'll be bored in a hour and go play something else.

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Chu Ke
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2014-08-17 11:34:52 UTC
Honestly...

Your son should be out playing sports and learning how to pick up girls

Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#4 - 2014-08-17 11:35:17 UTC
There are a couple of well known players that allow their children to play, while they supervise them.

Is 10 too young?

In my opinion yes. This is a game where people will assume he is adult (I don't know why we do that) and will treat him as though he is.

Clearly that isn't the case and if you aren't going to supervise his play by sitting right along side him, then this is not a game he should be playing.
Tweek Etimua
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-08-17 11:40:43 UTC
Chu Ke wrote:
Honestly...

Your son should be out playing sports and learning how to pick up girls


You may want to enlist him in a wieght lifting class before you tell him to go learn to pick up girls......
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#6 - 2014-08-17 11:41:32 UTC
supervise, keep him in the newbie areas and close both local and corp chat (and turn blink off).

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Higgs Foton
Mission And Mining Inc
#7 - 2014-08-17 11:41:44 UTC
Eve is real

And therefor its 18+
Faenir Antollare
For Ever And Ever
#8 - 2014-08-17 11:44:29 UTC
Higgs Foton wrote:
Eve is real

And therefor its 18+



And for that reason alone I am happy for my Son to experience the reality :)

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#9 - 2014-08-17 11:44:41 UTC
Higgs Foton wrote:
Eve is real

And therefor its 18+

the bottom of this page would like a word with you about that.

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Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#10 - 2014-08-17 11:48:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Scipio Artelius
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
the bottom of this page would like a word with you about that.

A lot of chat in local would like a word with the bottom of this page about that too.

PS. I know you recommended already to close local. It defaults everytime though.
Teinyhr
Ourumur
#11 - 2014-08-17 12:12:08 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
This is a game where people will assume he is adult (I don't know why we do that) and will treat him as though he is.

Clearly that isn't the case and if you aren't going to supervise his play by sitting right along side him, then this is not a game he should be playing.


IIRC in the last EVE player census poll the average age of the playerbase was 27 years old. I personally started playing when I was.. 15 or 16.

But yes I concur, this isn't a game for 10 year olds, if only for the reason that we as players assume everyone is an adult or nearly an adult (for good reason IMHO) and use rather adult language and generally don't value other people's feelngs too highly. Like you said unless you're going to supervise the kids playtime 24/7 I wouldn't let him play.
Guttripper
State War Academy
Caldari State
#12 - 2014-08-17 12:15:17 UTC
In this day and age, a ten year old has probably seen more on the Internet than mommy and daddy ever knew existed...
Dave Stark
#13 - 2014-08-17 12:16:35 UTC
Tweek Etimua wrote:
Chu Ke wrote:
Honestly...

Your son should be out playing sports and learning how to pick up girls


You may want to enlist him in a wieght lifting class before you tell him to go learn to pick up girls......


lift with your knees, not your back.
Pix Severus
Empty You
#14 - 2014-08-17 12:28:53 UTC
Chu Ke wrote:
Honestly...

Your son should be out playing sports and learning how to pick up girls



Once you own a titan there is no need to pick up girls, they will come to you.

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#15 - 2014-08-17 12:33:30 UTC
Dave Stark wrote:
Tweek Etimua wrote:
Chu Ke wrote:
Honestly...

Your son should be out playing sports and learning how to pick up girls


You may want to enlist him in a wieght lifting class before you tell him to go learn to pick up girls......


lift with your knees, not your back.
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BuckStrider
Nano-Tech Experiments
#16 - 2014-08-17 12:40:24 UTC
Sure, go ahead and let him play.

He's going to learn a whole bunch of new words and phrases that you'll have to provide the definitions to.

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Miss Masquerade
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2014-08-17 12:40:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Miss Masquerade
I had my 12 year play EvE for a while, gave him his own account.

3 months later he lost interest, game was too slow and he had to bust
his ass off to get ships...that he lost within hours..


Imo, It was a healthy experience for him
Xpaulusx
Naari LLC
#18 - 2014-08-17 12:44:30 UTC
Let him play, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riXacPUAqCk Blink

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#19 - 2014-08-17 13:06:37 UTC
Let him play. He will then quit and proceed to use his EVE knowledge to conquer the world! Make it happen!

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#20 - 2014-08-17 13:09:54 UTC
Xpaulusx wrote:
Let him play, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riXacPUAqCk Blink

2009... inflation adjusted that cargo was a fair bit of isk.

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