Am I Too Old To Be A Pirate?

[Sven Osymthe]

Originally Posted by Lisa Heartbreaker

I started playing POTCO last September. I needed to temporarily escape Toontown drama. I did not, consistently play POTCO in the past few months, because I was trying to max bossbot on my toon. Since my toon is getting very close to maxing boss, I started playing more POTCO. Yesterday, one of my pirate friends assumed I was a teen, and asked for my age. I told him, I am a Mom, and I have a pre-teen daughter. With this conversation, he told me, he was a teen. But, he was very surprised, that at my age, I still play POTCO. He could not believe it! I can only imagine, how he will react, if he finds out, I play Toontown too, LOL! So now, I am curious, are the majority of players in the pre-teen, or teen years? Are there a lot of grown ups out there, who loves the Caribbean as much as I do? Is there any adult clan that I can join? Should I sail to the End of The World, and never return to the pirate realm?

'ave a great day!

Majority of the player in the game are a little bit of both, young and old. But, as the others have said, there are slightly more adults than teens.

Plenty of POF's members are grown ups, and they're all playing the game... so yes

Theres quite a few guilds that are just full of a lot of grown ups. Dueces Wild and a few other guilds that are here are like that, and those guilds are doing well.

Quitting pirates is entirely up to you, but I wouldn't recommend it. Even if you were the only grown up player out there, as long as your having fun doing what you want to do, keep at it.

[Stephen O'Malley]

What I find hilarious is that I meet so many mothers and fathers on POTCO and TT who are embarrassed to admit they play, so they say they play only because "its to help bond with their child", which is a completely reasonable explanation, but then you see that they play 6 hours a day longer than their children.........

At this point, POTCO is fun, and its whatever makes someone happy. If you're 80 years old and love video games, why NOT play?

[MacIronhawk]

I don't think anyone can say that there are more adult players on POTCO than teens.

If you say you've met an adult or a teen then I have to say, "I think you're a weirdo". Why would anyone ask someone else what type of age group they are in a game? I certainly wouldn't respond. I'd even report them for asking me that. I think most of us are smart enough to realize that answering that age group question is "against the rules".

I still don't think we'll know for sure if more adults play POTCO than teens unless POTCO passes out a survey. I just don't want to get on a side that ends up being wrong.

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

I don't think anyone can say that there are more adult players on POTCO than teens.

If you say you've met an adult or a teen then I have to say, "I think you're a weirdo". Why would anyone ask someone else what type of age group they are in a game? I certainly wouldn't respond. I'd even report them for asking me that. I think most of us are smart enough to realize that answering that age group question is "against the rules".

I still don't think we'll know for sure if more adults play POTCO than teens unless POTCO passes out a survey. I just don't want to get on a side that ends up being wrong.

The one and only time I was suspended, I was suspended for giving PI, and my friend who received it all, even asked for it, remained playing. This is when I had very indepth dicussion on the matter with their customer service manager on the subject. Their explanation was... they were protecting me. Then to show you how much they believe in what they do... the manager told me to create another account and go play (to circumvent the ban). Moral of the story, they suspend those that give the PI, not those that ask for it.

POTCO is a family environment, and caters to all ages. Friends and players in the game share their age groups regularly and are not at all "wierdos".

[jason davy]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

I still don't think we'll know for sure if more adults play POTCO than teens unless POTCO passes out a survey. I just don't want to get on a side that ends up being wrong.

There was in fact a survey at one point - I don't remember if it was on here or on the Disney site, but it did exist, and there were far more people answering that POTCO is played more by adults.

Is this accurate? Who knows. It would be nearly impossible to get a realistic idea of player ages from an internet survey.

Even if Disney revealed an adult/kid ratio based on their information, it probably wouldn't be accurate - there's no telling how many people entered incorrect information when registering.

Adults are generally drawn to play with adults. Kids are generally drawn to play with kids. Adults think there are more adults, kids think there are more kids - I think, judging by the posts here, it's pretty safe to say that whoever someone associates with most in the game, that's who they believe makes up the majority of players.

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by jason davy

Adults are generally drawn to play with adults. Kids are generally drawn to play with kids. Adults think there are more adults, kids think there are more kids - I think, judging by the posts here, it's pretty safe to say that whoever someone associates with most in the game, that's who they believe makes up the majority of players.

That could be true. I find that adults tend to offer conversation more in the game which could be why I meet far more adults in the game than the younger set. Not people I play with mind you, just those that I meet .. just passers by. The few young players I know/play with you have to pry information out of.. because they dont want to type!
By information I mean.... what quest are you on, what items do you need? etc.