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Cpt Gobla
No Bullshit Jokers Wild.
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Posted - 2012.09.19 19:17:00 -
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Hrm...
Already spend my weekends indoors before playing EvE and probably will long after. Don't see what's so great about this outside thingy people keep talking about.
No wife to leave me, then again at my age that'd be quite disturbing.
No job either, student for now and my studies are going well. Can't say they suffer from me playing EvE too much, if anything playing EvE helps as it keeps me thinking in terms of numbers and variables.
But I'm a solitary guy, EvE or no EvE doesn't really change much. If I weren't spending my time on EvE I'd be reading books on my own, watching movies on my own or some other solitary hobby. |
Robert De'Arneth
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Posted - 2012.09.19 19:22:00 -
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I think my wife would leave me if I was not a gaming geek, she likes mmorpg's more then I do!! Anyways, my kids are grown and out of the house, even have kids of their own. So if Eve can ruin my life, let it!! |
Paul Oliver
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
3133
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Posted - 2012.09.19 19:34:00 -
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Robert De'Arneth wrote:I think my wife would leave me if I was not a gaming geek, she likes mmorpg's more then I do!! Aye, always said if ye olde lady be on ya about the playing of MMORPGs get her hooked on the World of Warcraft.
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigues of supporting it." - Thomas Paine |
Nikolai Dostoyevski
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.09.19 20:00:00 -
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Don't have that problem anymore.. When EQ first came out in 1998, I believe it was, I was addicted to that game. Lost my girlfriend over it (although, to be fair, we probably weren't going to work out anyway). Passed up on doing lots of things because I had to go on a raid or whatever.
Once I got free of the EQ addiction, I've been very careful to avoid letting that happen again. I play Eve in my spare time. Probably could be doing more productive things at times, but hey, Eve is my way to relax a bit and shoot people in the face. |
Xpaulusx
Naari LLC
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Posted - 2012.09.19 20:17:00 -
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Ocih wrote:Turn the TV off, OP. That crap will rot your brain.
"According to Nielsen Media Research's latest report, the average American household watches 8 hours and 15 minutes of television in a 24-hour period". I'm pretty sure Europeans Tv viewing habits come close to US stats. Funny people are complaining gamers spend to much time playing. |
Robert De'Arneth
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Posted - 2012.09.19 20:38:00 -
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Xpaulusx wrote:Ocih wrote:Turn the TV off, OP. That crap will rot your brain. "According to Nielsen Media Research's latest report, the average American household watches 8 hours and 15 minutes of television in a 24-hour period". I'm pretty sure Europeans Tv viewing habits come close to US stats. Funny people are complaining gamers spend to much time playing.
Man who has 8 hours and 15 mins to watch tv in a day? Must be nice!! Still, I enjoy having mmorpgs rot my brain, just wish they would hurry with a data jack that plugs into my head, I think that would rot it faster. |
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CCP Sunset
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2012.09.19 20:54:00 -
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From when I first started playing EVE I turned a lot of on-line friends into RL friends through alliance meet ups in the UK and a few FanFests. Had a couple of corpies visit and stay with me a few times and spent a few months travelling around Europe and the US visiting friends I made through EVE Online.
I met my husband at FanFest, moved to Iceland, got a job at CCP and had several friends who I made through EVE at my wedding <3
I would say EVE has had quite a big impact on my life the last few years Presenter: EVE TV, Game Master, tea enthusiast. |
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Jonah Gravenstein
1361
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Posted - 2012.09.19 21:04:00 -
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TV? meh, don't own one, haven't had one for about 10 years now. The internet is a wonderful thing, I can watch what I want, when I want and not have to put up with all the dross that seems to 90% of programming. CCP can't patch stupid. |
Gilbaron
Free-Space-Ranger Ev0ke
329
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Posted - 2012.09.19 21:07:00 -
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CCP Sunset wrote:From when I first started playing EVE I turned a lot of on-line friends into RL friends through alliance meet ups in the UK and a few FanFests. Had a couple of corpies visit and stay with me a few times and spent a few months travelling around Europe and the US visiting friends I made through EVE Online. I met my husband at FanFest, moved to Iceland, got a job at CCP and had several friends who I made through EVE at my wedding <3 I would say EVE has had quite a big impact on my life the last few years
do you, by chance own an Opus luxury yacht ?
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ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
484
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Posted - 2012.09.19 21:09:00 -
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I flew overseas to stay with one of my alliance mates for awhile. Was good times. ISD Dorrim Barstorlode Lieutenant Community Communication Liasions (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department |
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Denidil
Evocations of Shadow Eternal Evocations
523
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Posted - 2012.09.19 21:34:00 -
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Akirei Scytale wrote:EVE has a near-zero minimum time commitment. If this game is "******* up your life", the problem lies in you 100%.
This isn't WoW, custom built to suck every possible hour away once it grips you with raids and dailies.
not everyone makes isk as efficiently as others to fund their pvp Tedium and difficulty are not the same thing, if you don't realize this then STFU about game design. |
Fearless M0F0
Incursion PWNAGE Asc
43
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Posted - 2012.09.19 21:42:00 -
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Eve fixed my RL finances... seriously
Before eve I would go out a lot to restaurants, bars, concerts, strip clubs, etc. Had all my credit cards maxed out, then Eve came by and for $10/month it consumed all my free time to the point every month I found myself with enough spare cash to pay big chunks of my debts
I'm still paying off 10+ years of drunken sailor expenses but now I got a great credit score |
Xen Solarus
Inner 5phere
152
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Posted - 2012.09.19 22:42:00 -
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My wife absolutely hates EvE. I think there's been too many occations when i "had" to stay up defending that POS, or i couldn't possibly do that thing i said i'd do, because something very important is happening in EvE which i just "have" to deal with. We've had a fair few massive rows over things like that.
But she knows its one of my loves, and understand that i will be playing till my dying day so i think we've reached an understanding of sorts. I just gotta be careful not to overdo it. |
Soundwave Plays Diablo
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
131
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Posted - 2012.09.19 22:55:00 -
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Fearless M0F0 wrote:Eve fixed my RL finances... seriously Before eve I would go out a lot to restaurants, bars, concerts, strip clubs, etc. Had all my credit cards maxed out, then Eve came by and for $10/month it consumed all my free time to the point every month I found myself with enough spare cash to pay big chunks of my debts I'm still paying off 10+ years of drunken sailor expenses but now I got a great credit score
^ This guy ^ is awesome.
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Methesda
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
33
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Posted - 2012.09.19 23:01:00 -
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Karn Dulake wrote: Plus it is a haven for disaffected damaged people.
WTF?
In my experience, this is the most mature, intelligent community of people I've ever come across in gaming.
How the hell are you playing with? Your friends?
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Methesda
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
33
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Posted - 2012.09.19 23:03:00 -
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Denidil wrote:Akirei Scytale wrote:EVE has a near-zero minimum time commitment. If this game is "******* up your life", the problem lies in you 100%.
This isn't WoW, custom built to suck every possible hour away once it grips you with raids and dailies. not everyone makes isk as efficiently as others to fund their pvp
That may be true, but you can fit a faction warfare suitable rifter with about one hours work using one of those same rifters, so I don't think your implication is accurate at all.
Not only that, but you can make the money you need with only a few hours of skill training, and some market involvement that might amount to 10 minutes a day? |
adopt
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
427
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Posted - 2012.09.20 02:32:00 -
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EVE is doing great things to my social life; I log in once in a blue moon to change my skills. Shadoo > Always remember to fit Cynosural Field Generator I, have 450 Liquid Ozone in your cargo and convo a friendly Pandemic Legion member if you have a capital or super capital ship tackled.
FREE XOLVE ~ THE HERO TEST NEEDS |
Cyprus Black
Perkone Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.09.20 02:44:00 -
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loyalanon wrote:So I ask this question more so out of curiosity then anything.
Have any of you been affected by events in real life from your eve addiction?
Such as wife leaving you etc, losing your job from taking to much time off work to play eve?
Weekends are now spent indoors playing eve etc.
Admittedly when I played WoW back in the day (pre expansions) I was obsessed. I played day and night, sometimes all day. I neglected a social life, the state of my home, hygiene and even my job performance suffered. Muster all the classic stereotypes you like about WoW players, it's all true. For a time I was THAT guy.
The expansions destroyed all love I had for that game and I quickly latched onto another MMO, any MMO. I found EvE and I didn't go back to that obsessive behavior again.
There were no raids. No sleepless nights trying to down the last boss that everyone in the group expects me to. No quota on potions to craft for the raid party. No schedule to call in sick for.
This game allows for character progression to continue regardless if I'm at the keyboard or not. A fact that I greatly appreciate. I can still earn money and train skills offline and living a normal life. Thanks to PLEX sales ingame, I can also fund my ingame activities and focus on earning RL money Hijinks of a highsec pirate http://cyprusblack.blogspot.com/ |
Herr Hammer Draken
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
107
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Posted - 2012.09.20 07:01:00 -
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ArmyOfMe wrote:Well my gf really used to hate eve, and after 8 years or so of playing, im starting to understand why she's been this pissed (what can i say, im a slow learner). At least these days i dont log in a lot, wich leads to the question really. Why the heck do i have a active sub still
Wait you have a girl friend for 8 years and she is still with you? I am not understanding? Herr Hammer Draken "The Amarr Prophet" |
Herr Hammer Draken
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
107
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Posted - 2012.09.20 07:04:00 -
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CCP Sunset wrote:From when I first started playing EVE I turned a lot of on-line friends into RL friends through alliance meet ups in the UK and a few FanFests. Had a couple of corpies visit and stay with me a few times and spent a few months travelling around Europe and the US visiting friends I made through EVE Online. I met my husband at FanFest, moved to Iceland, got a job at CCP and had several friends who I made through EVE at my wedding <3 I would say EVE has had quite a big impact on my life the last few years
A fairy tale eve life! Herr Hammer Draken "The Amarr Prophet" |
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Piugattuk
CLOROFLORFILAPLANKTONPLATES
51
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Posted - 2012.09.20 07:36:00 -
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No real life effects notice but if you count the fact that eve has reinforced my belief to not trust people then yes I guess this is the effect I've only met a handful of folks here that judging from their post and actions over time they seem well rounded whilst most seem eradic in their behavior and have a need for chaos. |
Titus Black
BREAKING-POINT Primal Force
3
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Posted - 2012.09.20 07:45:00 -
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I spend my free time on street corners telling people I will double their money.
I would not say this game has adversely affected me. |
Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
178
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Posted - 2012.09.20 08:24:00 -
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Actually I play less EVE than I would like, often I just don't log in because I'm too tired after work and EVE, after all, is hard. Generally I sometimes play every available minute for a week, probably 30 hours or more, other times I don't play at all for a whole week.
The main effect on my real life is that EVE competes with sports. During the week I usually try to go to the gym after work. When I go to the gym, there remains little or no time for EVE. If I want to play EVE, I cannot go to the gym. Sometimes the gym wins, sometimes EVE. On weekends I have two opportunities to play badminton at my club, and since both training sessions are in EVE prime time, this also competes with EVE -.-
EVE may also prevent me from chasing after women. Most weekends I'm too lazy to go out, except to a pub with male friends, because I can play EVE instead. In this regard I sometimes regret that I picked EVE... online communities are a great way to meet a partner, but EVE is really bad for this unless you're gay It's a pity that so few women play real games. . |
Zloco Crendraven
BALKAN EXPRESS
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Posted - 2012.09.20 12:08:00 -
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My life was a mess before i started playing EVE. Well i was into WoW for like 5 years. My university was not going well, as my love affairs too. Didnt have job and because all of that the atmosphere within my family was not OK at all. When i started playing EVE suddenly i had huge amount of spare time. No more must raids, no more must farm consumables, dailies, reputations and all other things in order to be competitive and have a fixed raid spot. Also EVE had my brain involved lot, lot more and i think i might have been exercising substantially. Since than i moved to another university. I am one exam away to finish it, have a job and a wonderful girlfriend.
Dunno if it was because of EVE but fact is that i have lot more of spare time, not scheduled events, and a game that actually puts my brain to work. |
Khergit Deserters
Gallente Federation
129
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Posted - 2012.09.20 14:25:00 -
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Fearless M0F0 wrote:Eve fixed my RL finances... seriously Before eve I would go out a lot to restaurants, bars, concerts, strip clubs, etc. Had all my credit cards maxed out, then Eve came by and for $10/month it consumed all my free time to the point every month I found myself with enough spare cash to pay big chunks of my debts I'm still paying off 10+ years of drunken sailor expenses but now I got a great credit score Yep. 50 cents per day, for as many hours of play time as you want or can manage. Hard to beat that for quality entertainment. |
Tao Dolcino
OJHG
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Posted - 2012.09.20 16:38:00 -
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For my part i have quite a different point of view on the topic :
Why a successfull life should always be to have a boyfriend/girlfriend, to get married, have a family, a very busy social life, an important job and a huge credit on the car and the house ? We all are different and we all have different ways to be happy. If someone is happy playing EVE all the time, living alone and having no job, in what is it badder than another source of happyness ? I hate normality, it's the worst dictature. |
Sugar Kyle
The humbleless Crew Capital Punishment.
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Posted - 2012.09.20 16:40:00 -
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Eve is a hobby. I still go to work, pay the bills, make dinner for the husband and go on trips. Then its great to combine trips and eve (eve Vegas). It's what I do with my free time. My coworkers are calling out of work because of football games and raging over their fantasy teams but I'm the weird one who people would suspect has no life because I play a video game.
It's just life op. People will find another way to ruin it if that is their thing. Tilde soaked words from something kinda like a pirate. |
Spurty
V0LTA Verge of Collapse
452
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Posted - 2012.09.20 16:42:00 -
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I used to have to set alarm clocks to get me up @ 3am so I could switch skills.
Now, if I forget to train a skill, I barely bat an eyelid at the lost time.
Kudos training queue btw ---- CONCORD arrested two n00bs yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off. |
Paul Oliver
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
3286
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Posted - 2012.09.20 16:51:00 -
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Tao Dolcino wrote:Why a successfull life should always be to have a boyfriend/girlfriend, to get married, have a family, a very busy social life, an important job and a huge credit on the car and the house? Short answer, a sense of security and social fulfillment derived from the persuit and maintaining of such endeavors. Normally I try to avoid this subject though because usually materialistic breeders tend to play the hater card if one calls them on their superficial and affluent lifestyles (or attempts to maintain the outward illusion of one despite the lifetime of resulting debt). "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigues of supporting it." - Thomas Paine |
Kult Altol
Republican Industries Epsilon Fleet
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Posted - 2012.09.20 19:20:00 -
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Sugar Kyle wrote:Eve is a hobby. I still go to work, pay the bills, make dinner for the husband and go on trips. Then its great to combine trips and eve (eve Vegas). It's what I do with my free time. My coworkers are calling out of work because of football games and raging over their fantasy teams but I'm the weird one who people would suspect has no life because I play a video game.
It's just life op. People will find another way to ruin it if that is their thing.
lol girls on the internet. stop kidding around.
A narrow mind is a focused mind. |
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