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flaming phantom
T.R.I.A.D Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2014.11.11 15:55:20 -
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If I try to explain what I like about eve the most I mostly touch up on the topics of space comabt, a single shard, player run economy, actual loss when you lose your ship, and how there is no overall level and how xp accrues in real time.
There might be a couple other main points, but those are the things I love about EVE. That being said, most people aren't interested in it, so I don't really talk about it very often. I have 1 friend who I managed to convince to play, and he is still subscribed, but he only logs in to change his skills. I think the game os jsut to overwhelming for him, every instance of pvp I try to get him into is over before he even manages to get on grid.
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Jvpiter
Jovelike
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Posted - 2014.11.11 15:56:16 -
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Chribba wrote:One simply doesn't. It needs to be experienced. So perhaps best explained with a Buddy Invite?
/c
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Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
6665
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Posted - 2014.11.11 16:14:27 -
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Jvpiter wrote:Chribba wrote:One simply doesn't. It needs to be experienced. So perhaps best explained with a Buddy Invite?
/c One should never let a PLEX come between friends. if your friend puts a plex where you can take it , he doesn't deserve it.
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Gallowmere Rorschach
Enlightened Industries Goonswarm Federation
804
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Posted - 2014.11.11 16:16:42 -
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Unfortunately, I am too honest, and I know the people asking a bit too well. My usual response is something like, "you shattered your monitor over getting spawn camped in battlegrounds in WoW...you have absolutely no business playing Eve". |
Syn Shi
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
55
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Posted - 2014.11.11 16:26:41 -
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I invite them to go out somewhere and meet me there.
On their way there I have my real friends waiting to beat them up and take their stuff.
When they show up I tell them its their fault for trusting me.
Then I post a video of them getting beat up so other Eve vets can laugh.
Then buy another throw away character to do it again.
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DaReaper
Net 7
1220
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Posted - 2014.11.11 16:35:36 -
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I usually say "You have heard of WoW yes? Well its WoW in space, except of running around and kill things with sticks then level up, you shoot crap with guns. No level system, real time training, and its open world." usually by that point there eyes have glazed over and that ends that.
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Sebastor Cane
The Outlet
180
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Posted - 2014.11.11 17:32:16 -
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I always tell people that EVE online is a game for people who cry themselves to sleep at night.
Im feeling much better thanks :) |
Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
851
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Posted - 2014.11.11 18:11:17 -
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None of my friends play mmos, so no good trying.
I could try and explain it to my mom (82). But she'd want to play and would delight in scamming me out of my stuff, awox me or do whatever one can do in EVE to another. It would be lots of fun but absolutely not casual anymore .
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Trevor Dalech
Adeptus Assassinorum Silent Eviction
58
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Posted - 2014.11.11 18:50:08 -
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Depends on the friend, and their interests, I usually just say i'm a space pirate, and leave it at that. |
Jur Tissant
The TERRA Guardians of Serenity
291
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Posted - 2014.11.11 19:19:07 -
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EVE Online is a massively multiplayer online sociopathy simulator. |
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Lucas Kell
Internet Terrorists SpaceMonkey's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.11.11 19:28:03 -
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I say: It's an addictive game which many claim is dark or hardcore but is actually one of the easiest games there is. It's got space in it. You probably won't like it.
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NIFTYGetAtMe
State Protectorate Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.11.11 20:11:40 -
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It's simple dude: Autism. |
ashley Eoner
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Posted - 2014.11.11 23:45:12 -
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I explain it to friends as an oldschool space based MMORPG with an interface straight out of 2005 and players that think they are special solely because they play the game. The learning curve is easy and the gameplay is more forgivable then the hard MMORPGS out there. |
Rain6639
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.11.12 01:10:45 -
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Graygor wrote: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. the last time I mentioned EVE was this past week. the guy started talking about it in general terms as if he knew all about it, because his girlfriend was there and he's a wannabe hipster film major.
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somedudeinaship
Star Whorz
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Posted - 2014.11.12 01:13:40 -
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Why would you try to explain that you play a game in which skills must sometimes be trained for months or even up to a year before you can do something? I know most would likely look at you like you were all nuts. Who would play such a game? |
Rain6637
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.11.12 02:59:06 -
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we might be autists but at least we don't have ADD.
I do, however, happen to find great enjoyment riding bicycles.
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Omar Alharazaad
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
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Posted - 2014.11.12 04:45:33 -
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It's a space sim for butthurt armchair psychoanalysts who are just waiting for that big break.
Also, most of my friends already know about EVE, and their reactions tend to waver between horror and arousal. I have messed up friends... I should have listened to my DT's. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
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Posted - 2014.11.12 04:53:51 -
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I tell them this:
Eve is a game where your experience may vary depending on your attitude going into it. people with a good sense of HTFU will find it rather pleasant , while those who dont will simply feel as if they are trying to pass a pinecone through their lower GI tract.
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
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Raviel Oxidans
Uranus Intruders Test Alliance Please Ignore
2
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Posted - 2014.11.12 04:54:18 -
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to my friends? those which play candy crush and farm heros and all that ****?
I dont bother in that.
But if i had a friend interested in real videogames, i would explain that Eve is a game of spaceships and have a very intensive atmosphere and of course, is very hard to learn to play. |
Claud Tiberius
Fidelas Constans
79
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Posted - 2014.11.12 04:55:39 -
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An MMO in-the-future space sim in 3rd Person, with boring pve, CoD skins, time walls and pay-to-win or (if you don't pay-to-win) grinding.
Once upon a time the Golem had a Raven hull and it looked good. Then it transformed into a plataduck. The end.
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Josef Djugashvilis
2665
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Posted - 2014.11.12 08:17:23 -
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somedudeinaship wrote:Why would you try to explain that you play a game in which skills must sometimes be trained for months or even up to a year before you can do something? I know most would likely look at you like you were all nuts. Who would play such a game?
Quite a few of us as it happens.
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McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
60
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Posted - 2014.11.12 08:27:51 -
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Whenever I try they react, "so it's WoW in space".
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Luwc
Confederation of Independent Contractors Swamphole
290
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Posted - 2014.11.12 08:59:29 -
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Imagine World of Tanks in space. Less interactive and playing arty all the time.
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Xtreem
Knockaround Guys Inc. Sin City Coalition
216
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Posted - 2014.11.12 10:44:15 -
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A spread sheet with decent graphics |
ggodhsup
Raider corp
6
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Posted - 2014.11.12 12:31:35 -
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really hard....you probably wouldnt like it. |
stoicfaux
5403
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Posted - 2014.11.12 12:49:09 -
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Two words: Venn Diagram
List the qualities of a friend in real life and draw a circle around the set. Now list the qualities of a friend in EVE and draw a circle around that set.
Do the circles overlap? If yes, then the question is moot because you're probably too busy staying alive, avoiding the authorities, and/or are too paranoid in real life to be playing EVE in the first place.
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somedudeinaship
Star Whorz
43
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Posted - 2014.11.12 13:34:08 -
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Rain6637 wrote:we might be autists but at least we don't have ADD.
I do, however, happen to find great enjoyment riding bicycles.
Just wondering if this comment was directed at me? Or was it meant to be directed at the rest of the gaming population in general in the way it was worded? I ask because sometimes people make these kinds of comments towards someone intentionally while not addressing them specifically which usually results in confusion. |
Jenn aSide
Smokin Aces.
8982
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Posted - 2014.11.12 13:45:33 -
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Josef Djugashvilis wrote:somedudeinaship wrote:Why would you try to explain that you play a game in which skills must sometimes be trained for months or even up to a year before you can do something? I know most would likely look at you like you were all nuts. Who would play such a game? Quite a few of us as it happens.
Compared to the 3 billion human beings who have internet access, there aren't that many of us lol.
This is why I don't bother explain anything about EVE to people. The odds of finding someone who fits into the profile of the few thousands of us who play EVE (again compared to 3,000,000,000 people on Earth with internet access) are probably lower than finding someone who loves listening to recorded Tibetan Goat Herder chanting (which is oddly quite funky once you get used to all the grunting).
I live EVE, that's all anyone really needs to know. |
Rain6637
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
24437
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Posted - 2014.11.12 16:10:05 -
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somedude, I was riffing on this comment
NIFTYGetAtMe wrote:It's simple dude: Autism.
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Toshiro Hasegawa
Phoenix Rising Incorporated
107
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Posted - 2014.11.12 16:20:07 -
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I have been trying to explain it to people since 2002 .. and i think have mostly failed miserably. - glazed eyes and quick subject changes.
but over time i have drilled it down to its salient points.
Its an MMORPG set in space - you dont walk around - you fly ships. Its a sanbox and not a "theme park" MMO (explain wth that means) Its heavily PvP orientated but with still alot of PvE (explain PvP v. PvE) Its single shard (explain what what means - compare it to other games) It has conquerable space .. and 10s of thousands of players group together to fight over it. It has a huge almost entirely player driven economy - which is complex enough to be studied by economists. It has a high death penalty. - which makes PvP really exciting unlike all other MMO. Its been going for over a decade.
History is the study of change.
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