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Vagrin
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.06 18:36:00 -
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I'm probably going to regret any answer I get here but what the heck. As long as I've been playing I've never seen a BIO of any real value. Most of what I see is regurgitation of someone elses. I've seen numerous BIOs that state damage types. Who cares! I've seen BIOs that are nothing more than cut & paste from chat. Again, who cares!
So, obviously, my question is, what is the real purpose behind the BIOs? I will admit, I don't have one but its because of all the others I see that are as I stated above. Who cares!
Thanks in advance to anyone that gives a response that is of any real value.
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Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.06 18:39:00 -
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well you actually answered your own question...
Value / Who cares?
Obviously those who write it down cares so thats why they put it in there.
Other than that..
Originally i think it was there to provide some space for "role-players" to write down some persona "credentials" |
Velicitia
Open Designs
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Posted - 2011.11.06 18:41:00 -
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EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
Sure, some (most) people have random quotes or an ASCII picture or something, but that still goes long to show who they are.
See "Industrial Corp Guy #7" who has all kinds of tears or something in his bio? ... hmm, maybe he's not as much of an industry guy as you thought.
See "PvP Dude #18" who has all kinds of industrial sounding things in his bio? ... hmm, maybe he's not much of an PVPer...
See random Gallente pilot with anti-Caldari slurs in his bio? Buy him a drink |
Alpheias
Euphoria Released HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2011.11.06 18:42:00 -
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Velicitia wrote:EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
wat? EVE is an MMO.
EVE is just as much RPG as anyone religious is not batshit insane.
I'd kill kittens and puppies and bunnies I'd maim toddlers and teens and then more |
Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2011.11.06 18:49:00 -
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It's there for the backstory and for you to put a personal touch on your character. I remember seeing quite a few clever and original things in there and had written something for myself too. Then the bios got nerfed and I couldn't be arsed anymore, so I copypasted some useful basic info there, that the game doesn't tell you, but everyone should know. It's a useful thing to have even in it's nerfed state, but if you don't have use for it don't use it. |
XIRUSPHERE
In Bacon We Trust
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Posted - 2011.11.06 18:55:00 -
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So people have something to read or links to possibly click while they get scanned down. The advantage of a bad memory is that one can enjoy the same good things for the first time several times.
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear. |
Daedalus Arcova
Havoc Violence and Chaos BricK sQuAD.
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:00:00 -
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'Bio' is an abbreviation of 'biography', and not an acronym for anything (unless you are actually referring to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Bilbao Airport, the Biotechnology Industry Organization or the British Informatics Olympiad, but I doubt that). Please refrain from capitalising abbreviated words simply because they happen to have three letters.
Also, we are pod pilots, not POD pilots; capital ships are caps, not CAPs; and stasis webifiers are webs, not WEBs.
/rant |
mkint
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:11:00 -
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Bio is a polite way of saying you've gotta go drain the lizard. People have bios because it's preferable they drain the lizard in an appropriate receptacle, not in a half refilled Gatorade bottle. |
Selene D'Celeste
The D'Celeste Trading Company ISK Six
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:19:00 -
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They're also useful for advertising things that you own, or support.
Visit www.eohpoker.com and enjoy EVE's oldest ISK gaming service! |
Velicitia
Open Designs
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:22:00 -
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Alpheias wrote:Velicitia wrote:EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
wat? EVE is an MMO. EVE is just as much RPG as anyone religious is not batshit insane.
Well, we're both apparently half-right... CCP themselves classify it as an MMORPG...
The "Role" we're playing is capsuleers some 20k years in the future.
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:24:00 -
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I wish for it to be allowed more characters so one actually could put something useful in there (or make even more gibberish haha)
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pussnheels
Vintage heavy industries
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:28:00 -
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Chribba wrote:I wish for it to be allowed more characters so one actually could put something useful in there (or make even more gibberish haha)
the amount of veldspar he aquired over the years
I do not agree with what you are saying , but i will defend to the death your right to say it...... Voltaire |
Jita Alt666
460
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:30:00 -
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What is Value? One man's trash is another man's treasure.
I place as much importance on my bio as I do on my avatar - which is none. Personally I think the argument you raise regarding a bio could equally apply to an avatar, corporation description, alliance logo, alliance description, Item description, ship description...
...without all that fluff Eve would have the personality of lobotomised Glue sniffer on prozac.
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Xercodo
Xovoni Directorate Not Usually Killing Everyone.
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:32:00 -
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Try mine =D The Drake is a Lie |
Scerolikk Teromni
Red Galaxy S I L E N T.
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:33:00 -
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Alpheias wrote:Velicitia wrote:EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
wat? EVE is an MMO. EVE is just as much RPG as anyone religious is not batshit insane.
wat? EVE is an MMORPG. |
Alyssa Yotosala
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:33:00 -
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The BIO is a box where you can type in pretty much anything you like that other people can read.
THAT is the point of the bio.
The fact that you dont like what others put in there is completely irrelevant. I think the whole point of your post is for you to voice your displeasure.
OK, duly noted.
Lets end this fail thread.
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Jita Alt666
460
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:44:00 -
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Xercodo wrote:Try mine =D
Public discussion of moderator correspondence is against both the forum rules and the EULA. |
Logan LaMort
Black Rebel Rifter Club
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:49:00 -
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Velicitia wrote:Alpheias wrote:Velicitia wrote:EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
wat? EVE is an MMO. EVE is just as much RPG as anyone religious is not batshit insane. Well, we're both apparently half-right... CCP themselves classify it as an MMORPG... The "Role" we're playing is capsuleers some 20k years in the future.
The original EVE concept was a mix between Elite and Ultima Online.
The combat mechanics themselves are pretty much based on the turn based dice role mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons, just like most other mmorpgs, mechanics which are affected by leveling up your character and having items equipped which boosts your stats. Very much an rpg. |
Velicitia
Open Designs
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Posted - 2011.11.06 19:50:00 -
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pussnheels wrote:Chribba wrote:I wish for it to be allowed more characters so one actually could put something useful in there (or make even more gibberish haha) the amount of veldspar he aquired over the years
trouble is Chribba will need at least two fields in the DB for that many zeroes |
Raven Ether
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.06 20:01:00 -
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Alpheias wrote:Velicitia wrote:EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
wat? EVE is an MMO. EVE is just as much RPG as anyone religious is not batshit insane.
and you're batshit ignorant on terms. |
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Alpheias
Euphoria Released HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2011.11.06 20:25:00 -
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Raven Ether wrote:Alpheias wrote:Velicitia wrote:EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
wat? EVE is an MMO. EVE is just as much RPG as anyone religious is not batshit insane. and you're batshit ignorant on terms.
Oh, did I offend your beliefs? I'd kill kittens and puppies and bunnies I'd maim toddlers and teens and then more |
Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.06 20:27:00 -
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Alpheias wrote:Raven Ether wrote:Alpheias wrote:Velicitia wrote:EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
wat? EVE is an MMO. EVE is just as much RPG as anyone religious is not batshit insane. and you're batshit ignorant on terms. Oh, did I offend your beliefs?
well i am not inclined to any known or unknown religion and i am offended, because i am probably non-believer as well as you are.
The simple fact that i belong to same sort of people "on this particular subject" is very offending.
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Akrasjel Lanate
Naquatech Conglomerate
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Posted - 2011.11.06 20:28:00 -
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Vagrin wrote:I'm probably going to regret any answer I get here but what the heck. As long as I've been playing I've never seen a BIO of any real value. Most of what I see is regurgitation of someone elses. I've seen numerous BIOs that state damage types. Who cares! I've seen BIOs that are nothing more than cut & paste from chat. Again, who cares!
So, obviously, my question is, what is the real purpose behind the BIOs? I will admit, I don't have one but its because of all the others I see that are as I stated above. Who cares!
Thanks in advance to anyone that gives a response that is of any real value.
If people want they can write stuff, and if not they don't. NUFF SAID
Stop crying |
Alpheias
Euphoria Released HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2011.11.06 21:10:00 -
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Jaroslav Unwanted wrote:Alpheias wrote:Raven Ether wrote:Alpheias wrote:Velicitia wrote:EVE is an RPG. So why not have the ability to give yourself a backstory?
wat? EVE is an MMO. EVE is just as much RPG as anyone religious is not batshit insane. and you're batshit ignorant on terms. Oh, did I offend your beliefs? well i am not inclined to any known or unknown religion and i am offended, because i am probably non-believer as well as you are. The simple fact that i belong to same sort of people "on this particular subject" is very offending.
English. Do you speak it? I'd kill kittens and puppies and bunnies I'd maim toddlers and teens and then more |
Shian Yang
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Posted - 2011.11.06 22:11:00 -
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Greetings capsuleer,
There is value in providing some useful information to other capsuleers; especially as this is one of the first informative pieces they'll see about any pilot they encounter. Alas most capsuleers are not articulate enough to put anything beyond pictures of archaic, old-earth weaponry; puerile insults or a textual approximation of their male sexual organs.
It is what you make of it; like everything else in New Eden. |
luZk
Jaegerkorpset
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Posted - 2011.11.07 01:39:00 -
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He does have a point, some DO take their bios a little to serious, often when your sitting in fleet shooting posses or camping gates the fleet warps to a safe/station/POS as the FC calls for a 5 mins "bio break", Just because a few guys need to rewrite their bios. I mean can't they write those bios on their own time? |
Serene Repose
Perkone Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.11.07 01:41:00 -
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Vagrin wrote:I'm probably going to regret any answer I get here but what the heck. As long as I've been playing I've never seen a BIO of any real value. Most of what I see is regurgitation of someone elses. I've seen numerous BIOs that state damage types. Who cares! I've seen BIOs that are nothing more than cut & paste from chat. Again, who cares!
So, obviously, my question is, what is the real purpose behind the BIOs? I will admit, I don't have one but its because of all the others I see that are as I stated above. Who cares!
Thanks in advance to anyone that gives a response that is of any real value.
They're there to annoy you. Works, don't it?
Smokestack lightnin' shinin' just like gold. |
1-Up Mushroom
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2011.11.07 01:50:00 -
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My bio is the best 5 Senses In A Person... 4 Seasons In A Year... 3 Colors In A Stoplight... 2 Poles On The Earth... ONLY 1-UP MUSHROOM!!!-á If You Like My Sig, Like Me! |
Aggressive Nutmeg
25
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Posted - 2011.11.07 02:59:00 -
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Some people just love talking about themselves. Some people really believe they are the most unique/intelligent/interesting human being on the planet.
It's the Facebook syndrome.
And that's why I love 'bios'. They help me decide how much of a loser another player is. |
Ladie Harlot
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
678
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Posted - 2011.11.07 03:09:00 -
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CCP should remove the Bio tab so it doesn't look like they are catering to roleplayers. The artist formerly known as Ladie Scarlet. |
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