Exactly. One thing that Sean's story makes really clear is that EVE is only about playing a video game on the surface. Rather, it's about power and politics on a grand scale, if you want to play that way. Vile Rat often played, according to the article, just by chatting with other players. You don't need in-game training or money or skills to do that.
On a similar vein, almost everything in EVE is about money. If you have enough, you can fly wherever you want, and the only thing at risk is your time (which you might not value always) and the ship -- which you have insured, and which you already expect to use and therefore have a replacement ready. Gevlon at the Greedy Goblin did a series of posts on playing EVE, and how one can amass quite a bit of resources in-game simply by playing markets intelligently.
If playing PvP-style things is your bag (it's not mine), then EVE can be very rewarding (I hear) even if you've only been playing a couple of weeks. Just as in real life, there's always someone with more experience or skill than you, but you shouldn't let that be the excuse you use to prevent you from trying.
On a similar vein, almost everything in EVE is about money. If you have enough, you can fly wherever you want, and the only thing at risk is your time (which you might not value always) and the ship -- which you have insured, and which you already expect to use and therefore have a replacement ready. Gevlon at the Greedy Goblin did a series of posts on playing EVE, and how one can amass quite a bit of resources in-game simply by playing markets intelligently.
If playing PvP-style things is your bag (it's not mine), then EVE can be very rewarding (I hear) even if you've only been playing a couple of weeks. Just as in real life, there's always someone with more experience or skill than you, but you shouldn't let that be the excuse you use to prevent you from trying.