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Gunrunner1775
Interstellar Engineering and Electronics INC
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Posted - 2014.11.11 08:05:03 -
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like the subject says.....
for me, some of my friends play those "other" mmo games (i used to) they ask me about eve... this is what i say...
EVE is the most dime dropping - back stabbing - buddy ****** - cut throat - PVP you will ever see... its awsome...
then i go along the lines of .... imagine that dungeon your in with your buddies and you die,.. now imagine that all the gear you are wearing is now GONE cause you died and your left nekkid at your bind point... the look of total shock and horror is priceless
trust no one paranoia rules all fly only what you can afford to loose you will loose...many times |
Josef Djugashvilis
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Posted - 2014.11.11 08:07:46 -
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I have tried many, many times.
My friends just tell me to be my age (59) and stop playing a kids game...
This is not a signature.
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Sadario
Appetite 4 Destruction
27
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Posted - 2014.11.11 09:00:53 -
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Disclaimer: I did not come up with the following quote, and I have no idea who did.
"EVE Online is a social experiment to see if people will pay to have a second job, as long as their cubicle is a spaceship." |
baltec1
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
13841
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Posted - 2014.11.11 09:05:25 -
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EVE Online, a rappidly improving game.
Join Bat Country today and defend the Glorious Socialist Dictatorship
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Rain6637
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
24293
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Posted - 2014.11.11 09:44:10 -
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I don't. EVE is high on the list of things not worth trying to make people understand
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Dave Stark
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Posted - 2014.11.11 09:52:15 -
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I simply don't bother. |
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon Cynosural Field Theory.
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Posted - 2014.11.11 10:03:48 -
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Gunrunner1775 wrote:like the subject says.....
for me, some of my friends play those "other" mmo games (i used to) they ask me about eve... this is what i say...
EVE is the most dime dropping - back stabbing - buddy ****** - cut throat - PVP you will ever see... its awsome...
then i go along the lines of .... imagine that dungeon your in with your buddies and you die,.. now imagine that all the gear you are wearing is now GONE cause you died and your left nekkid at your bind point... the look of total shock and horror is priceless
trust no one paranoia rules all fly only what you can afford to loose you will loose...many times you offer him/her a coffee and when he/she takes up the cup to drnk you slap him/her in the face with full power. Then you ask if he/she wants suger and maybe a cookie and repeat the process. Easy.
TunDraGon is recruiting!
"Also, your boobs [:o] " -á
CCP Eterne, 2012
"When in doubt...make a di++k joke."-áRobin Williams - RIP
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Primary This Rifter
4S Corporation Goonswarm Federation
193
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Posted - 2014.11.11 10:06:01 -
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I start by explaining one aspect of the game, then realizing that there's something else I probably should have explained first, then backtrack and keep explaining what I was originally explaining, then realize I was focusing too much on one topic and move to a different one, then realize I needed to explain something else first, then give up and tell them to go read the Wikipedia article.
I just can't summarize this game as much as I try to.
Alt of [redacted on advice from a reputable internet spaceships lawyer]
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Graygor
1kB Realty 1kB Galactic
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Posted - 2014.11.11 10:23:06 -
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Rain6637 wrote:I don't. EVE is high on the list of things not worth trying to make people understand
This pretty much.
Because invariably 'can i get out of my ship and go on the planets' pops up in the first 2 minutes. Every, single, time.
"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
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Nami Kumamato
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
313
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Posted - 2014.11.11 11:05:31 -
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Gunrunner1775 wrote:like the subject says.....
for me, some of my friends play those "other" mmo games (i used to) they ask me about eve... this is what i say...
EVE is the most dime dropping - back stabbing - buddy ****** - cut throat - PVP you will ever see... its awsome...
then i go along the lines of .... imagine that dungeon your in with your buddies and you die,.. now imagine that all the gear you are wearing is now GONE cause you died and your left nekkid at your bind point... the look of total shock and horror is priceless
trust no one paranoia rules all fly only what you can afford to loose you will loose...many times
And that's why we don't get new players! Just tell them they have quasi-infinite mining veins, full access to "epix", and the forests are always teaming with boars! Oh not to mention the skills train themselves!
[i]"And now my ship is oh so cloaked and fit
It never felt so good, I never felt so hid"[/i]
- Ramona McCandless, Untitled
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Seven Koskanaiken
The Cult of Personality DARKNESS.
1363
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Posted - 2014.11.11 11:06:55 -
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baltec1 wrote:EVE Online, a rappidly improving game.
It's almost out of beta. |
Square PI
Hedion University Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.11.11 11:09:26 -
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Easy. Tell them if they like it hard and frustrating, prefer to get spanked and hit they have two choices. One is eve and the second is .... But EVE is the cheaper way.
Somehow EVE is mainly for masochists |
Gully Alex Foyle
Black Fox Marauders Spaceship Bebop
2030
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Posted - 2014.11.11 11:14:00 -
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On the odd (about 1%) chance they're actually interested, I can go on for hours about anything, from suicide ganking to fleet PVP, the potential $ value of losses and the incredibly deep 'economy simulation'.
But otherwise I've learned not to bother.
Make space glamorous!
Is EVE dying or not? Ask the EVE-O Death-o-meter!
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Princess Honneamise
20
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Posted - 2014.11.11 11:21:02 -
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i just tell to my friends :
"You will not be able to survive the tutorial "
and then i link them the famous "learning curve" pic :
http://i.imgur.com/jj16ThL.jpg
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Hicksimus
Volatile Instability Resonance.
408
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Posted - 2014.11.11 11:27:31 -
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I don't tell anybody that I play EvE but my coworkers know I game and they were able to determine that I'm an EvE player from my general disposition and inability to correctly handle the party fund.
Recruitment Officer: What type of a pilot are you?
Me: I've been described as a Ray Charles with Parkinsons and a drinking problem.
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Prince Kobol
2354
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Posted - 2014.11.11 11:51:08 -
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I dont have to. All of them have already tried Eve and didn't like it |
Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
6663
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:03:15 -
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Gunrunner1775 wrote: friends ^^what is this?
"I'm also quite confident that you are laughing
and it's the kind of laugh that gives normal people shivers."
=]I[=
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Jvpiter
Jovelike
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:04:04 -
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I've tried explaining EVE to my friends before, but their idea of a game is on Facebook or their phone and lasts about 5 minutes tops.
Unfortunately, now that I've mentioned it to them, EVE Online has become the reason why I'm hopelessly single.
Could they be right? |
Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
6663
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:07:19 -
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Jvpiter wrote: I've tried explaining EVE to my friends before, but their idea of a game is on Facebook or their phone and lasts about 5 minutes tops.
Unfortunately, now that I've mentioned it to them, EVE Online has become the reason why I'm hopelessly single.
Could they be right?
Eve can be your mistress, and a harsh unforgiving one at that.
"I'm also quite confident that you are laughing
and it's the kind of laugh that gives normal people shivers."
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Infrequent
Coreli Corporation Ineluctable.
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:17:08 -
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Eugene Kerner wrote:Gunrunner1775 wrote:like the subject says.....
for me, some of my friends play those "other" mmo games (i used to) they ask me about eve... this is what i say...
EVE is the most dime dropping - back stabbing - buddy ****** - cut throat - PVP you will ever see... its awsome...
then i go along the lines of .... imagine that dungeon your in with your buddies and you die,.. now imagine that all the gear you are wearing is now GONE cause you died and your left nekkid at your bind point... the look of total shock and horror is priceless
trust no one paranoia rules all fly only what you can afford to loose you will loose...many times you offer him/her a coffee and when he/she takes up the cup to drink you slap him/her in the face with full power. Then you ask if he/she wants sugar and maybe a cookie and repeat the process. Easy.
This, I really want to do this.
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Snagletooth Johnson
Snagle Material Services CAStabouts
188
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:20:22 -
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Punch em right in the face...if they don't get up and try to hit you back, then explaining Eve is a waste of time. |
Big Lynx
Chaotic Tranquility Warp to Cyno.
732
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:28:24 -
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Once upon a time I used to go to sleep, until I discovered Eve Online. |
Jvpiter
Jovelike
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:29:35 -
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Ralph King-Griffin wrote:Eve can be your mistress, and a harsh unforgiving one at that.
At times I feel like Joaquin Phoenix in [i]Her[/]. EVE is intelligent, compelling, and often rather personal. But there is no way in real life to explain this relationship to someone without looking like you're a bit of a loon. |
Steve Wingyip
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:33:05 -
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Gunrunner1775 wrote:like the subject says.....
for me, some of my friends play those "other" mmo games (i used to) they ask me about eve... this is what i say...
EVE is the most dime dropping - back stabbing - buddy ****** - cut throat - PVP you will ever see... its awsome...
then i go along the lines of .... imagine that dungeon your in with your buddies and you die,.. now imagine that all the gear you are wearing is now GONE cause you died and your left nekkid at your bind point... the look of total shock and horror is priceless
trust no one paranoia rules all fly only what you can afford to loose you will loose...many times
I just link the "Butterfly effect and Casualty" videos to my friends. |
Prince Kobol
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Posted - 2014.11.11 12:45:23 -
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Steve Wingyip wrote:Gunrunner1775 wrote:like the subject says.....
for me, some of my friends play those "other" mmo games (i used to) they ask me about eve... this is what i say...
EVE is the most dime dropping - back stabbing - buddy ****** - cut throat - PVP you will ever see... its awsome...
then i go along the lines of .... imagine that dungeon your in with your buddies and you die,.. now imagine that all the gear you are wearing is now GONE cause you died and your left nekkid at your bind point... the look of total shock and horror is priceless
trust no one paranoia rules all fly only what you can afford to loose you will loose...many times I just link the "Butterfly effect and Casualty" videos to my friends.
Do then turn around and say that the game is nothing like those videos? |
WhyYouHeffToBeMad IsOnlyGame
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Posted - 2014.11.11 13:26:13 -
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"Imagine flying a spaceship with no rules"
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Lloyd Roses
Blue-Fire
739
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Posted - 2014.11.11 14:33:30 -
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A psychopath simulator with the general goal of inflicting more financial damage than you receive.
"I honestly thought I was in lowsec"
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Gully Alex Foyle
Black Fox Marauders Spaceship Bebop
2031
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Posted - 2014.11.11 15:06:54 -
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Jvpiter wrote:Ralph King-Griffin wrote:Eve can be your mistress, and a harsh unforgiving one at that. At times I feel like Joaquin Phoenix in Her. EVE is intelligent, compelling, and often rather personal. But there is no way in real life to explain this relationship to someone without looking like you're a bit of a loon. That's probably because we actually are a bit looney.
Make space glamorous!
Is EVE dying or not? Ask the EVE-O Death-o-meter!
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Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
1331
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Posted - 2014.11.11 15:49:02 -
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D+¬j+á-vu...
Wasn't this thread already a few years old when I first posted in the forums?
Stupidity should be a bannable offense.
Also This --> https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=216699
Please stop making "afk cloak" threads, thanks in advance.
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
13195
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Posted - 2014.11.11 15:50:58 -
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One simply doesn't. It needs to be experienced. So perhaps best explained with a Buddy Invite?
/c
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