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Buck Marui
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.10.28 17:08:00 -
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For me EVE is about making ISK and then spending that ISK to better my character and progress through the game...
It's about finding that 15 million module in a high sec exploration site, its about seeing that oppurtunity on the market nobody else has seen, feeling the consequences of losing assets and the joy of depriving others of theres.
What you do when you buy ISK through out of game means is rob yourself of the emotion and enjoyement of playing a video game, you are essentially poorer in game and definately so out of game, of course there is still fun and enjoyement to be had with your new found imaginary money but its but a shadow of what It could have been.
I could burn money in real life and enjoy the warmth it provides and then I could tell myself it was worth it, but I would be lying, at the end of the day this is a video game, if you spend real life money for something that doesnt really exist or has a very short lifespan (In-game ISK) then you only punish yourself, even if you can stand back and say it was worth it, it's not what you have that is important in EVE but what you can or may have.
And so you may say these 500k trade runs are boring, mining this Veldspar is tedious, but they are not the goal of EVE they are a means to an end, they offer oppurtunity and they make that old ship that turns into a new ship all the more magnificent when it first loads onto your screen.
To the OP, they will always be pixels, to me they are much more, I can't help but be saddened to think he robbed himself of that. |
Buck Marui
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.10.28 17:33:00 -
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 Originally by: WMunny
Originally by: Buck Marui
...at the end of the day this is a video game, if you spend real life money for something that doesnt really exist or has a very short lifespan then you only punish yourself
We all pay to play. How are you different to me?
You pay more for less is the obvious answer to that. |
Buck Marui
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.10.28 17:44:00 -
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Originally by: WMunny
Why do I want to experience "growing pains"?
Because its a necessaty to growing, again an obvious answer. |
Buck Marui
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.10.28 18:01:00 -
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Originally by: WMunny
I think you are saying that I'm missing out because I'm not playing the game like you do. You have a very narrow view of the world.
This is partly true, but I am in fact saying you are missing out because you robbed yourself of the purpose of the game.
I am not however saying that my way of playing the game is the only way to play the game as your statement suggests. |
Buck Marui
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.10.28 18:15:00 -
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And with the above, possibly overly poetic statement I am bowing out of this thread, EVE awaits and I'm so poor.
as they say "A fool and his money are soon parted"
I do genuinly hope you enjoy the game OP, youve certainly paid for it. |
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