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<blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 2423947" data-attributes="member: 7240"><p>I have a heartening story for you Psion. The Monday night game in which I am a player has had very high turnover in the past year for a variety of reasons. And many of the players were recruited through a local internet forum or posters in local gaming stores. </p><p></p><p>One the best, possibly the very best player we had (sadly he moved away for work and family reasons) was 18 years of age. When he joined, I was the next youngest person in the game at 33. The rest of the players were in their 40s. Even though he looked absurdly young, none of us could believe it when this fellow told us his actual age -- his maturity, social skills and ability to pick up on subtleties in-game exceeded those of basically any other player we have recruited before or since, with maybe one exception. </p><p></p><p>I had a similar, though less dramatically contrasting experience with another young player, this time, 20 a few years previously. </p><p></p><p>What both of these young men had in common was that they were used to mixed-age social environments. In my view, this is the acid test. The ability to act like an adult is not so much age-dependent as it is a learned set of skills. One can learn, at practically any age, the skills needed to socialize with a particular age group. So, in my view, this high school kid could be fine, provided he's picked up these skills somewhere and you don't have to impart them yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fusangite, post: 2423947, member: 7240"] I have a heartening story for you Psion. The Monday night game in which I am a player has had very high turnover in the past year for a variety of reasons. And many of the players were recruited through a local internet forum or posters in local gaming stores. One the best, possibly the very best player we had (sadly he moved away for work and family reasons) was 18 years of age. When he joined, I was the next youngest person in the game at 33. The rest of the players were in their 40s. Even though he looked absurdly young, none of us could believe it when this fellow told us his actual age -- his maturity, social skills and ability to pick up on subtleties in-game exceeded those of basically any other player we have recruited before or since, with maybe one exception. I had a similar, though less dramatically contrasting experience with another young player, this time, 20 a few years previously. What both of these young men had in common was that they were used to mixed-age social environments. In my view, this is the acid test. The ability to act like an adult is not so much age-dependent as it is a learned set of skills. One can learn, at practically any age, the skills needed to socialize with a particular age group. So, in my view, this high school kid could be fine, provided he's picked up these skills somewhere and you don't have to impart them yourself. [/QUOTE]
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