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Hitman20
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:17:00 -
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How do you guys do it all? I found out about eve early this year and fell hard for the game....really hard lol, but real life is allways getting in the way of even playing for a short time. The only option I have been presented is to quit, or at least take sevral months off before playing again. Any stories like this that had a good outcome? And no, getting rid of the girlfriend is not an option....
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Amerilia
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:19:00 -
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get your girlfriend to play eve
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Hitman20
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:21:00 -
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If only she was a gamer lol :)
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Amerilia
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:22:00 -
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I have succeded so far in turning every friend into a gamer.
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Arthur Frayn
V.O.F.L IRON CORE H E L I C O N
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:23:00 -
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Originally by: Hitman20 If only she was a gamer lol :)
Dump her. You don't share the same interests. -- Eventus stultorum magister. |
Hitman20
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:24:00 -
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Edited by: Hitman20 on 04/09/2009 15:24:20
Originally by: Arthur Frayn
Originally by: Hitman20 If only she was a gamer lol :)
Dump her. You don't share the same interests.
Fail...you didn't even read the last part....
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Denny Haze
Amarr Ministry of War
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:25:00 -
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become an AFK miner.
60D GTC |
Sky Grunthor
Minmatar Conflagration. Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:27:00 -
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sleep less.
reserve eve for only 1 or 2 days a week.
skip class to play eve, you know some of those classes you can pass in your sleep.
sleep less.
did I say sleep less? I mean your in college, if you can't go 2 days without sleep your doing something wrong. ------------------------------------------------- Search: Sky Grunthor |
Hitman20
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:28:00 -
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Originally by: Sky Grunthor sleep less.
reserve eve for only 1 or 2 days a week.
skip class to play eve, you know some of those classes you can pass in your sleep.
sleep less.
did I say sleep less? I mean your in college, if you can't go 2 days without sleep your doing something wrong.
I guess I fail as when I don't sleep for a day I end up sleeping 15 hours the next day lol
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FatFreddy
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:29:00 -
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The obvious answer is that a video game should always have priority over everything else in your life.
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Sky Grunthor
Minmatar Conflagration. Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:31:00 -
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Theres also just taking a break. keep paying, train long skills, keep evemon up and running so you know when to log in to put another skill or 5 in your queue. play during breaks or 3 day weekends or something.
You could also put it on a laptop and play durring class. good enough laptop and play in windows mode so you can switch back and forth with notes, powerpoint, whatever.
oh... and sleep less. ------------------------------------------------- Search: Sky Grunthor |
Hitman20
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:31:00 -
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Originally by: FatFreddy The obvious answer is that a video game should always have priority over everything else in your life.
So true...just wish the rest of the world knew that :(
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azalea anastasia
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:32:00 -
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Try wife-work-KIDS now that's a nice mixture to make sure you allways get a surprise when playing
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Myleena
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:35:00 -
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It's an MMO and you have a life.
By it's very nature the game is a time sink, that's how it works. That's what underpins it's very design and there's no getting around that.
By having a life you can't ever commit enough time to reach the 'high end' of the game that other no-lifers can. You therefore have to resign yourself to the fact you can only dabble in the MMO.
Once you realise this you can start having fun doing what you know you can do and stop stressing about the things you'll never be able to do or have.
CCP offer you the option of buying isk off the guys who can commit all their time to the game and can sell their time to you so they can play for free. This is how CCP's MMO has managed to attract the 'I have a life' player, whereas it used to be just for the hardcore no-lifer.
Have fun doing the things you can.
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Synex
Gallente Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2009.09.04 15:54:00 -
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Be really smart with your ISK... after a bit of market magic, i now make just under 2B a week for about 2 hrs work.
Of course... it's taken me about 6 years of playing to get to the first 20B that allows me to do this.
But honestly, stuff is CHEAP in Eve these days. I imagine very few of you had to spend hours mining in a Thorax, to afford an Armageddon so you could spend even MORE hours mining to save up for CU Vapor Mining Lasers (they used to cost about 10 - 20M each which back then was INSANE.)
Weeeee! Good times!
Synex Oursulaert Industries
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Dorian GrayJPG
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:00:00 -
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Perhaps nobody has pointed this out yet and you haven't realised it. Eve is a video game. A girlfriend and college are serious business real life things that will affect your future. You are an idiot for even having to ask this.
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DCThunder
Agent-Orange
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:01:00 -
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Originally by: Synex Be really smart with your ISK... after a bit of market magic, i now make just under 2B a week for about 2 hrs work.
Of course... it's taken me about 6 years of playing to get to the first 20B that allows me to do this.
But honestly, stuff is CHEAP in Eve these days. I imagine very few of you had to spend hours mining in a Thorax, to afford an Armageddon so you could spend even MORE hours mining to save up for CU Vapor Mining Lasers (they used to cost about 10 - 20M each which back then was INSANE.)
Weeeee! Good times!
Gee whiz, Gramps. Can you tell us some more about what life was like back in the olden days of EVE... The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack |
JitaBum
Gallente Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:04:00 -
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Originally by: Dorian GrayJPG Perhaps nobody has pointed this out yet and you haven't realised it. Eve is a video game. A girlfriend and college are serious business real life things that will affect your future. You are an idiot for even having to ask this.
This tbqfh
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Dane Eham
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:06:00 -
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Answer the questions:
Will I regret not being the best eve player I could be in 20 years?
Or will I regret doing poorly or failing college and/or losing that girlfriend in 20 years?
Allocate time accordingly.
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Agent Known
Apotheosis of Virtue
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:24:00 -
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Edited by: Agent Known on 04/09/2009 16:24:20
Originally by: Dane Eham Answer the questions:
Will I regret not being the best eve player I could be in 20 years?
Or will I regret doing poorly or failing college and/or losing that girlfriend in 20 years?
Allocate time accordingly.
1) There is no best. There's always someone better skilled at something than you.
2) Yes, you will regret it.
I'm also in college, but I find time to play. It's not difficult if you can manage your time wisely.
Edit: Appears I answered those questions directed at the OP
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Obsidian Hawk
RONA Corporation
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:27:00 -
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The secret is to learn to mine and ice mine.
While ice mining you can.
have fun with your gf do hw write a symphony read war and peace have fun with your gf study for a test have fun with you gf.
seriously with cycle times on the lasers of up to 10 mins, you wont need to be all that attentive to eve. Yes i know ice mining sucks but....... you can still play eve, have fun with the girl, and do school. plus you will be doing the eve community a favor by providing us capital pilots with lots of valuable isotopes. --------------------------
WTB a sig, or moderation of my sig by all the hot CCP girls. |
Ninja Troll
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:29:00 -
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Originally by: Hitman20 How do you guys do it all? I found out about eve early this year and fell hard for the game....really hard lol, but real life is allways getting in the way of even playing for a short time. The only option I have been presented is to quit, or at least take sevral months off before playing again. Any stories like this that had a good outcome? And no, getting rid of the girlfriend is not an option....
Errrr, what's a girlfriend?
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rValdez5987
Amarr Imperial Guard. Soldiers of Solitude
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:37:00 -
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I personally just do industry stuff a couple hours a week. Sometimes I login for pvp, but really I don't play a whole bunch anymore. RL things > EVE |
Lance Fighter
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:41:00 -
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pick either work or gf, and then quit eve and forum ***** >.>
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Ana Vyr
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Posted - 2009.09.04 16:53:00 -
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Moderation is the key to happiness. I have a wife, two kids, a dog, career, other hobbies etc etc. You just have to learn to moderate your activities a bit better. It's a key life skill. Adults can't afford to become obsessed over video games without losing all those other things, ultimately. Just prioritize and go with it.
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Aurora Nyx
Caldari ButterWouldntMelt
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Posted - 2009.09.04 17:05:00 -
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Originally by: Dorian GrayJPG Perhaps nobody has pointed this out yet and you haven't realised it. Eve is a video game. A girlfriend and college are serious business real life things that will affect your future. You are an idiot for even having to ask this.
3/10 for the response, but 10/10 for the character name. Very clever.
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Saint VII
Minmatar Murientor Tribe
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Posted - 2009.09.04 17:07:00 -
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Get rid of the girl.
No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting. |
bitters much
Nekkid Inc.
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Posted - 2009.09.04 17:09:00 -
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My girl feeling comfort under my game desk, so what you talking about ?
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Hitman20
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Posted - 2009.09.04 17:31:00 -
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Forgot forums where not a place to ask question...as you always have someone who makes it's there own quest to make the forum better for them....Anyways thank you for those who cared enough to tell me how they do it and still have fun. To all others, I already know that real life is more important, and I'm so sorry that asking a question on forums is a crime...please arrest me...
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Gavriel Black
Amarr The League of Retarded Squirrel Monkies
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Posted - 2009.09.04 17:39:00 -
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I turned gay and found a rich eve player to keep me. simples.
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