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Aaron Zebulun
Amarr
Mutations.
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:03:00 -
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I started eve because back in 2006, I picked up a copy of pc gamer in the school library and ready the 5-6 page story about the Guiding Hands heist? The fact in a game you could do something that sneaky and crushing was just intoxicating.
That and the full page picture of a crusader, it looked so evil 
So what drew you into the game?
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:07:00 -
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Elite II: Frontier
Secure 3rd party service | in-game 'Holy Veldspar' Now /w voice |
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:09:00 -
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Edited by: Tippia on 31/05/2011 13:13:29
GHSC and EVE never fades.
Oh, and the release of the OSX client.
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ôIf you're not willing to fight for what you have in ≡v≡à
you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.ö
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J Kunjeh
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:09:00 -
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An article on Gamasutra about the 2007 FanFest (and subsequent readings about the political and social aspects of Eve...I read everything I could get my hands on after that first article).
~Gnosis~ |
Ay Liz
Sacred Templars
RED.OverLord
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:11:00 -
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I forgot.. I was annoyed by all those fantasy MMO grindfests and somehow stumbled upon EVE while looking for interesting games. The fact that skills just take time with no grinding involved was probably what made me try it. That and spaceships.
After a week of desperately trying to understand what this game is about i got addicted to the complexity of it..
So here i am, spinning my ships in station all day long.
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jazzamatazz
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:15:00 -
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Earth and Beyond died and I was not ready to give up my spaceship.
They are so different from each other, but I really enjoy Eve.
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CCP Guard
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:20:00 -
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I started playing when I started working as a GM in early 2003, in the beta.
But I didn't really start PLAYING until I killed someone in PVP. After that first adrenaline rush I first started really thinking about what to put on my ships. I knew I got lucky that first time, and wanted to make sure I would feel that same thing again as soon as possible.
P.s. look forward to reading the rest of this thread!
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Alara IonStorm
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:20:00 -
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Saw a friend playing it at the Dorm I was at. It looked sort of interesting. A few months later I met my Girlfriend who was also playing it and she set me up with a free Trial so I would stop screwing aroung with the Ship Veiwer every 15 minutes(also she wanted a Plex). I then played through the Trial Account and fell in love... With the game  .
I been playing ever since, she went back to WoW.
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Everinsearch
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:26:00 -
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"Ooohhh Shiney!" ~quote from then
"MY PRECIOUS!" ~quote from now
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MaiLina KaTar
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:27:00 -
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I was always a sucka for sci-fi / space / laz0r / pewpewpew type of games. So naturally I stumbled across eveonline.com way back before it launched. *****d the forums, then went into beta.
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Wu Jiaqiu
Minmatar
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:27:00 -
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 Originally by: Alara IonStorm
Saw a friend playing it at the Dorm I was at. It looked sort of interesting. A few months later I met my Girlfriend who was also playing it and she set me up with a free Trial so I would stop screwing aroung with the Ship Veiwer every 15 minutes(also she wanted a Plex). I then played through the Trial Account and fell in love... With the game .
I been playing ever since, she went back to WoW.
She's a keeper.
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Mal Sandarr
Minmatar
InterSun Freelance
The Forsaken.
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:27:00 -
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I played Elite, and loved it (my mate and I would take turns at docking and kept copious trading notes), back in the C64 days and probably a 100 or more single player games since.
I have always been a solo RPG player but felt the need to join something far bigger. So I started my search for a MMO to sink my teeth in to, having never played one before a year or so ago.
EvE just kinda caught my eye. Needless to say, here I am and yes, I've bitten off more than I can chew but I haven't looked back... 
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Zothike
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:28:00 -
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Was avid player of Space Empire IV and was thinking that this game will turn like it and it's going the good way even if very slowly
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JC Anderson
Caldari
Noir.
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:28:00 -
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Edited by: JC Anderson on 31/05/2011 13:28:49
I was playing Earth and Beyond at the time that I was invited to the Eve closed beta.
I only tried it out for a few days and didn't like Eve at all, so I went back to playing E&B.
When Earth and Beyond shut down, I came over to Eve and realized that I hadn't given it enough of a chance during the beta. Mainly because I found that the game was fantastic. ;)
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Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:29:00 -
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Edited by: Ishtanchuk Fazmarai on 31/05/2011 13:31:43
In short, X3 Reunion... online!
In long, Elite II, Wing commander: Privateer, Privateer 2: The Darkening, Master of Orion II, Freelancer, Star Trek Bridge Commander and X3 Reunion... online! Or, how I have been playing starhip-themed video games for 18 years.
Plus the "no grinding for skills" meaning I was in equal footing to a bloody kid who could play 6 hours a day. Once you get the grip, EVE can be very rewarding to the casual player who is too short of time to really get into serious gaming... and I love it.
Just would like to get more solo PvE content & stop being pushed into lowsec/combat PvP by silly decisions like removing Lvl 5 missions from hisec... but I already said that in the annual survey.
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Acac Sunflyier
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:31:00 -
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The opening of Star Wars episode 3
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Illwill Bill
Talu Shaya
Talu Shaya Empire
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:31:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba
Elite II: Frontier
A600 crew checking in.
Originally by: CCP Zymurgist
Revenge is a dish best served with auto-cannons.
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Samuel Miner
Caldari
Perilous Expedition
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:38:00 -
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I started in 2004 after I saw some janky ad that said pirating was a "career choice". To be fair, in those days low sec was filled with helpless npc'ers. Oh teh good ol days...
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JC Anderson
Caldari
Noir.
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:41:00 -
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Originally by: Samuel Miner
I started in 2004 after I saw some janky ad that said pirating was a "career choice". To be fair, in those days low sec was filled with helpless npc'ers. Oh teh good ol days...
This one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAhxY9oAArA
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Narisa Bithon
Caldari
The Motley Crew Reborn
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:44:00 -
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Edited by: Narisa Bithon on 31/05/2011 13:46:54
Originally by: Chribba
Elite II: Frontier
was it not the smell of veldspar being smelted into tritanium that lured you in?
anyways i played Elite and the Wing Commander Series & Star/Freelancer, and X Series myself. I guess I like virtual spaceships
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Joe Skellington
Minmatar
JOKAS Industries
Matari Legion
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:58:00 -
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Edited by: Joe Skellington on 31/05/2011 13:58:39
I was dismayed at the ****ty MMOs around February 2009 (Ragnarok Online, WoW), I did some searches and found EVE Online and it appealed to me, so I purchased the game for 19 bucks or so? I logged in (was Trinity or something then) and haven't left since.
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adam f
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Posted - 2011.05.31 13:59:00 -
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An article in a pc games magazine (not sure which one) back in 03/04
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Schani Kratnorr
x13
Raiden.
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:03:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba
Elite II: Frontier
For me it was Final Frontiers and a tip from a friend
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Valek Noor
Amarr
Eternal Phoenix Rises
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:05:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba
Elite II: Frontier
Snap
also played Eilte but have been searching for a game like this ever since, david braeburn has promised for years a new one and nvr delivered, and we moan at ccp!!
only regret is didnt find this game till after Beta but joined in feb 2005 and been here since
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Chandaris
Gallente
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:08:00 -
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I was a trade wars 2002 junkie forever .. got into mmo's with world of warcraft and earth and beyond.. I cried for a new spaceship mmo after E&B got turfed then i heard about EVE :)
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Renan Ruivo
Hipernova
Vera Cruz Alliance
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:10:00 -
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Freelancer
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Originally by: CCP Guard
Nobody gets to ruin EVE but us!
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Lev Aeris
United Amarr Templar Legion
Fidelas Constans
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:10:00 -
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I was introduced to eve by a friend who started playing in 2006. The stagnant market in PC games for space sci-fi helped too as there is little to no competition.
What has kept me around is the brutality of this game. Terrible documentation and almost no in-game explanation for just about everything beyond fitting a frigate. The best part of this game to me is the PvP as a loss means something in this game. No silly graveyards. You die, you lose. Only two other games have ever managed to raise my pulse like this one does. Wipeout 3 and the old Alien vs Predator (scary in the dark^^).
Sadly all the people I know in RL that recommended this game to me no longer log in, as the game has been progressively softened to draw in the WoW exodus. Lowsec used to be vibrant, now it is mostly dead. Nullsec is so broken its not even funny. Still about once every 45 days I do actually get a decent fight that doesn't include soul crushing lag, sperging meta gamers, and ECM.
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Miss Chigger
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:11:00 -
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What got me in? Space MMO. What interested me? sandbox. What kept me coming back? Promise of living breathing stations (WiS)
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HyperFaggas
The Official Hyperdallas Fanclub
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:11:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Guard
But I didn't really start PLAYING until I killed someone in PVP. After that first adrenaline rush I first started really thinking about what to put on my ships. I knew I got lucky that first time, and wanted to make sure I would feel that same thing again as soon as possible.
same here back i got this game recommended by a clan member (i was in a multiplay gaming clan). kinda funny how i got my first kills. I setted courier contracts to low sec and waited on the gate 
too bad its kinda dying these days, ships could use more balance
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Mehashi 'Kho
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:12:00 -
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I played X-btf, and every subsequent X game up to TC, but always fancied playing spaceships with other people. I was initially put off trying eve when I found out you couldnt manually fly, and jumped to some fairly lame conclusions about how the game would play. Then my friend told me about the 21 day trial, and the ability to pay with isk, this was enough to make me try the trial.
I immediately realised that my expectations of the navigation system were too pessimistic, and with some frequent clicking I could near enough fly manually anyway. Being a strategy player, the making of the isk was easy enough, and the myriad of fitting options is as great as it is overwhelming to a rookie. I was killed within my first 2 days, and was instantly hooked. The lack of game boundaries is unique to me. I now plex 1 account and sub a second.
Personally the absence of avatars in the game was actually an attractor, I used to make prim models in second life and got so tired of people tarting about in avatars instead of actually doing anything I gave up, same thing for my gf and wow. Spaceships are enough for me, and as long as the new CQ is optional, it won't put me off.
Keep focusing on the spaceships and unless you force me into an avatar, you've got a subber for much time to come!
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Ghoest
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:12:00 -
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Spaceships.
Wherever you went - Here you are.
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Ghengis Tia
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:12:00 -
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Edited by: Ghengis Tia on 31/05/2011 14:13:09
A review in the NYT, didn't even imagine games could have the stunning graphics and realism Eve had once I downloaded the trial. Was a Sci-Fi junkie as a teen, reading everything I could get my hands on to escape the drudgery of my Catholic upbringing.
Not only could I now see the spaceships and adventures of the books, I was in the books!
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Samuel Miner
Caldari
Perilous Expedition
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:22:00 -
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Originally by: JC Anderson
Originally by: Samuel Miner
I started in 2004 after I saw some janky ad that said pirating was a "career choice". To be fair, in those days low sec was filled with helpless npc'ers. Oh teh good ol days...
This one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAhxY9oAArA
Lol, thats epic, but no. It was actually some mock box art image or something.
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Nooto
Caldari
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:25:00 -
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found a link in an x beyond the frontier forum and regged immediately
BEWARE!!!
All text above this sig represents my personal opinion. This in no way reflects the views of my corporation or alliance |
China Black
Minmatar
Native Freshfood
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:28:00 -
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What drew me to the game was the racing heart, sweaty palms and nervous twitch I get whenever I enter low-sec.
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Anddeh McNab
Cadre Assault Force
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:29:00 -
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Beware, long nostalgic post.
Originally by: Aaron Zebulun
I started eve because back in 2006, I picked up a copy of pc gamer in the school library and ready the 5-6 page story about the Guiding Hands heist?
I remember reading that, I may even still have it lying around as a keepsake. Can't find it at the moment but I do have the PC Gamer with the "All About EVE" article (Oct 2004) and the EVE Investment Bank scam (Nov 2006).
And back then I was a huge Freelancer fan, EVE seemed just like Freelancer but on a vastly more epic scale. I also had a vested interest in Games Workshop's Battlefleet Gothic and greatly enjoyed reading any article about it in White Dwarf.
But alas, I was only a wee teenager. Not old enough for a debit card, there was no way I'd be able to pay the subscription for EVE. As I grow the memories of EVE faded and it's deathblow came when I started playing WoW shortly after starting college.
During 2007 I'd played the EVE trial, it was everything I thought it would be and more. I remember saving up alot of ISK and buying myself a Rifter. Unfortunately, one module was in Amamake... I undocked right as a fight was taking place outside and the rest is history. I effectively ragequit after that.
WoW kept me entertained for a number years till at university I met some people on my course that also played WoW and more importantly EVE as well. I'd always wanted to give EVE another go and now with some friends to guide me I took the plunge once again on 14th of June 2008.
I haven't looked back since and Anddeh here will be celebrating his third anniversary of obtaining his Pilot's License in a few weeks.
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Amitious Turkey
Gallente
TarNec
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:29:00 -
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I saw the very first boxed version in 2003 at a Circuit City. I was twelve at the time, and I wanted spaceships very badly.
Been playing (off and on) ever since. Grew up with it :)
Haunting the forums since '03
Originally by: CCP Navigator
We love you all as well <3
Originally by: CCP Navigator
We have just updated Dodixie. We care a lot for Gallente.
NAVIGATOR <3 |
Rico Minali
Gallente
Sons Of 0din
Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:32:00 -
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I was playing freelancer and loved it. Then My brother showed me Eve Never Fades video and we both were hooked, we started up had no one to teach us how to do anything and stumbled around just loving the environment, made friends and joined some corps then ended up making and running Sons Of 0din, we've been running it for over 2 years now and it is a successful pvp corp, though my bro is on a long break from Eve at the moment.
Im looking forward to deeper immersion and a more 'whole' scifi experience with incarna and beyond.
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Abominare
The Hatchery
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:32:00 -
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The Tyrranis and Domination Trailers, give those people their raises.
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Gangster101 PureLove
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:32:00 -
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Slot Machines
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Raid'En
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:33:00 -
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the PC magazine i read is full of eve fanboys.
after a few articles talking about how the players can really change the game on the political and industrial level, i tried the trial.
the 1st day was horrible, i didn't understood anything, and got killed less than 1hour after undocking (yellow wreck bait)
but i continued.
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Capricorn 0ne
Caldari
Broski Federation
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:37:00 -
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I was browsing ****ography and instead of the usual graphic adult rated pop up's that normally come up, it was filled with space ships and told me a "New adventure awaited! Make new friends!" And while I normally don't click the ****o pop ups something with eve just fascinated me... I don't think it was the adventure...Oh yea the prospect of having friends ;_;
But just like a frat it costs a monthly fee and you soon learn that the drama is more entertaining than the actual frat.
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Elfaen Ethenwe
Invicta.
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:40:00 -
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In early 2004 I moved in with a friend who played, he showed me a little bit of gameplay and most importantly, the Thorax. Within a month i was in one and enjoying drone fury in low sec. I had to quit for a spell when i moved in with the then girlfriend, but she turned out to be considerably less interesting and was promptly ditched.
Been playing now on and off since 2005, its not just the game that brings me back after each rage quit its the chat on coms and the absolute joy i receive from wiping out fleets i had no right engaging. Here's to the next 7 years!
(current girlfriend is more interesting than eve, but accepting of its ways)
<><><>Together we gank, devided we pop<><><><>
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Long John Silver
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:42:00 -
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My son. He bought the game two days after it was relased in 2003. I bought a copy two weeks later and have been playing without a break ever since.
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Dasola
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:43:00 -
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I started playing when my wife watched some document about virtual worlds in television. She sayd: hey check this out, you might like it...
So i got myself 14 day trial at time.. 2 days later i have registered and have been playing ever since...
All this was in 2008, so i have been witness to few expansions since then. Some good, some ugly.
Now days running only 4 accounts, have limited my addiction from 8 accounts 
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Gremoxx
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:46:00 -
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I got intrested in EvE when I read about the down-fall of BoB in one of the Game magazines.. I thought it was epic that in-game drama had made it on to the pages of magazines. Although I did not start playing til much later the next year.
The ever evolving nature of EvE keeps it fresh (although I don't agree with all the "fixes" by CCP)
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Val'Dore
Word Bearers of Chaos
Word of Chaos Undivided
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:47:00 -
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Well back in April 2004, I had been playing PlanetSide for almost a year and wanted to see about other games with a sci fi theme. Lo an behold... EvE Online since April 8th, 2004.
~No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.~
Tiericide |
Sephira Galamore
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:48:00 -
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Actually?
Steam.
I had heard of Eve before but never really noticed it. Then I went through the Demos etc. in the Steam store and stumbled upon the 14 days Trial for Eve. On the next day I read up on the game, watched some YouTube vids.. and was amazed.
And still I can't understand why I never tried Eve before.. I guess when I heard from it first I was still at school/Uni and didnt have the ISK uhm.. EUR for that, as the other MMO I played then and still do is only about EUR 6 per month.
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Robot Robot
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:48:00 -
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I stumbled upon this image.
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Carcosa Hali
True Slave Foundations
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Posted - 2011.05.31 14:59:00 -
[50]
I was working for a Lovecraft based MUSH when one of the other volunteers mentioned 'this odd spaceship game'.. then when I hit burnout I came by and read the forums for a few weeks before subbing up.. That was a well spent two weeks, lemme tell ya. 
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Scarlet des Loupes
Gallente
University of Caille
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:13:00 -
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Something sucked me in when i was weak and bored and now I'm stuck with it.
Must have been a momentary lapse of reason ..
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Naburi NasNaburi
Rens Nursing Home
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:17:00 -
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Husband got me addicted. |
Isebella Ahih
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:19:00 -
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I first heard about it from a friend, But wasn't terribly interested at the time.
Then a few months later i read an article about the GHSC heist and decided to give it a go. |
Esna Pitoojee
Amarr
Knighthood of the Merciful Crown
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:28:00 -
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RL friend and his pirating stunts for me. Solo ransoming faction battleships in his Vaga? Yeah, that looked cool. Dropping in on unsuspecting targets and reducing them to a pile of scrap? Doubly so.
Been hooked since.
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Say "Amarr ships suk, lol." I dare you.
My statments do not represent the opinions, views, or actions of my corp. |
ITTigerClawIK
Amarr
Galactic Rangers
Galactic-Rangers
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:30:00 -
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What really got my attention to EVE was the whole prospect of everything is in one universe/server and when you lose something its gone, later after discoverign everything is made and produced byt heplayers it draged me in even more, but what really got me in was the impact that one person could have in the world of EVE, where every action had impact , and this was way back in early 05 for me, and the game has grown ever since then and continues to evolve, granted not always in the best way but CCP have always gone for something brand new and not just recycling the same old gimmiks that have been tryed over and over again by every other MMO out there, keep up the good work CCP.
Sig space reclaimed in the name of me -courtesy of Tiggy ([email protected]) |
mkint
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:32:00 -
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internet spaceships
this is all.
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Myfanwy Heimdal
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:35:00 -
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Years ago, back in the seventies I was playing Traveller. Played a bit with Traveller II and other role playing games but the idea of heading out amongst the stars grabbed me. Hardly surprising as I remember the moon landing as a kid at junior school.
Then in later life I played a few science fiction play by mail games, particularly Supernova II and then, one day, I picked up a copy of Flagship and read an article on the game and, well, it may as well have said in big coloured letters, "Myfanwy, this is your game."
My only complaint is that I didn't find this game sooner.
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Phantom Slave
Universal Pest Exterminators
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:36:00 -
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I began back in 2007. A good buddy of mine, who also happened to be roommates with me at the time, was playing this weird spaceship game. To me it looked like a space background with little red +'s he was shooting balls of light at in something called a "mission". It looked boring as all get out, but he began to explain to me how practically anything is possible in the game. Piracy, huge hundred man fleet fights, hauling, mission running, owning space (Sov). And then he mentioned the one thing that actually piqued my interest. Mercenaries.
I inquired a bit about it, and instead of trying to explain to me what a mercenary was in this game he showed me some videos.
History of the MC (1 of 3)
History of the MC (2 of 3)
History of the MC (3 of 3)
The possibilities of this game really sunk in, I installed the client. Character creation was cool, I chose my character for the "RP" aspect even though I never planned on RPing. My frigate was awesome, this "noob" ship looked pretty cool! Then I undocked, camera all zoomed in on my ship. I begin to zoom out when something starts covering my screen and I see this Apocalypse battleship right next to my ship. The scale was absolutely amazing. My heart pounded with how awesomely huge that ship was and I knew I was hooked.
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suki cox
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:39:00 -
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Edited by: suki cox on 31/05/2011 15:39:40
This thread should be proof enough ccp should just increase the subscription by $5 usd rather than vanity(that many dont want anyway).
You'll get your cash, we're addicted.. check and mate. |
Maverick2011
Caldari
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:40:00 -
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Edited by: Maverick2011 on 31/05/2011 15:41:27
Edited by: Maverick2011 on 31/05/2011 15:41:01
I started in 2009 and thought the game was too complex for me.Also i couldnt accept being a ship.
Then in 2011 after almost giving up the MMORPG genre due to WOWziness effect, i decided to try this again when i read about the 21day trial and game costing 19 bucks.
To my surprise the graphics were much better, the tutorial was very good and all that complexity became a pleasure to start learning. |
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Millie Clode
Amarr
Insert Cool Name Here
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Posted - 2011.05.31 15:46:00 -
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It was 2005 and this guy I knew on an NWN server told me about this spaceships game he'd started playing.
So I gave it a go and I got hooked :)
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Who, me? |
Podfather
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:08:00 -
[62]
Elite - back in good old days.
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Jonak
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:11:00 -
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I was searching for a fan made Star Wars movie called: Revelation. I found pictures of a Nyx from a game called Eve: Revelation and here I am 4 years later.
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Lederstrumpf
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:13:00 -
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Edited by: Lederstrumpf on 31/05/2011 16:18:09
Originally by: Chribba
Elite II: Frontier
Docking without blackscreen! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JwmZygqa_0
BTW: There's more flight control in 1983 Gyrus than in EVE ... lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2m7EW9_lM
I still prefer Atari 2600 Phoenix over EVE sometimes due to higher frames per second count:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8krR374kM
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Wen Jaibao
Aperture Harmonics
K162
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:15:00 -
[65]
Here's how I joined EVE Online
*Me, happily enjoying SWG*
SOE: WUT DIS? *Uses NGE*
*NGE hits for 90% of the subscriber base! It's super effective!*
*Wen Jaibao has ragequit SWG!*
Me: Google tiem. *Google search Space MMO*
EVE ONLINE?
*Plugs in Joystick, is dissapoint*
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Rykuss
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:21:00 -
[66]
I'm really terrible at internet spaceships but I love it anyway.
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Gakusei Gekido
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:24:00 -
[67]
Always been a huge sci-fi fan, and I loved games like Star Flight. Sandbox space games that allow you to customize your ship and wreck havoc on the galaxy. The options in Eve sucked me right in, mining to manufacturing, being a good little pilot to being the feared pirate null space, the options seemed perfect for me. Being able to grab space and turn it into your own sovereign territory is also a massive selling point. So I've been playing off an on (would be constantly on if not for time constraints of life) for nearly two years now.
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JaseNZ
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:25:00 -
[68]
A friend of mine had been telling me for months about World Of Warcraft...I installed a trial CD on my computer, but before I started playing it I was browsing Gameplanet Forums and saw a thread for EVE Online, and thought I would take a peek. Read a few posts and thought "this game sounds pretty good."
Googled some screenshots and went to the EO website and downloaded the client. Floated around Cistuvaert for 20 minutes getting to know how the overview and controls worked, and got hooked :D
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J Kunjeh
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:27:00 -
[69]
Originally by: Chandaris
I was a trade wars 2002 junkie forever ..
I should have mentioned this in my earlier response...but a big part of the reason I got so intrigued when I first caught whiff of Eve is because of my days on the BBS' playing TradeWars. When I first read about Eve my instant thought was "TW, all grown up!".
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Bruce Kemp
Minmatar
Interstellar Brotherhood of Gravediggers
The 0rphanage
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:29:00 -
[70]
Originally by: Chribba
Elite II: Frontier
Same, played elite II for most of the 90's.
Originally by: Lady Spank
Minmatar born,
Minmatar bred,
Strong in the arm,
Thick in the head.
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Plasmatiq
Caldari
Malicious Destruction
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:34:00 -
[71]
Was doing earth and beyond beta and some of the guys on the E&B beta forum were talking about this new game called "Eve Online" that was going into beta.
I got into the Eve beta test group 6 I think? Eve was one of the very few games I beta tested and continued to play after going live. That long couple of weeks between end of beta and live release seemed like the longest two weeks ever.
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Nexius
Southern Cross Empire
Flying Dangerous
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:40:00 -
[72]
Downtime between night-shifts working in my gap year
Not much to do when 6 miles from nearest town & no car so found eve |
Andreus Ixiris
Gallente
Mixed Metaphor
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:41:00 -
[73]
PC Gamer UK's expose in 2005 about Istvaan Shogatsu destroying Ubiqua Seraph from within.
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Andreus Ixiris
CEO, Mixed Metaphor
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Cannibal Kane
Four Little Ponies Of the Apocalypse
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:43:00 -
[74]
Was bored one evening, Backing up the latest episode of my fav show from the internet in case it went down, and saw the flashy goodness of an EvE advertise in my browser. Thought, "ah WTH" I tried WOW and StarTrek online for a full 2 hours before I uninstalled. Playing for 6 month so far and it seems I joined at just the right time. I'll be here for the long haul for sure.
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Selene Bork
Caldari
Celtic industries
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:45:00 -
[75]
A friend at a local RPG club got me into the game. Arhh the good old days :)
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Snoon
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:50:00 -
[76]
Elite > Frontier:Elite 2 > Frontie: First Encounters > Eve Online - its been a natural progression for me, especially now that Elite IV is vapourware
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Nishachara
Special Operations Corp
Mortal Destruction
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:51:00 -
[77]
I played sci-fi space games whole my gaming life...
So i ended up in X3...losing nights to it
One day i read about Eve on X3 forum and it seemed interesting.
But i didnt tried it right away...
I finally decided to try it out after reading about GHSC heist somewhere and than watching this video...
..after watching it for 2/3 times in a row i signed up for a trial account right away...
So you might say that these three things were what got me to eve
It seems to me by the posts here that quite a few people have come to eve because of X games and GHSC heist ...
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Echo Vector
Gallente
Odyssey SEC
Phoenix Virtue
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:56:00 -
[78]
A heart attack.
Seriously.
Late Nov of '07.
Was stuck in bed and then housebound for a bit longer than sanity would allow, and while surfing in general I ran across an advert for the game.
Downloaded it, gave it a go on the 14 day trial, subbed on day 3 and never looked back.
Been doin' it wrong every day ever since.
Honestly, I've never had so much fun failing so miserably at a game.
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Maxpie
Security Impaired Resource Providers
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:59:00 -
[79]
In around 2005, somehow I came across an epic, really well-written story about an Eve scam. I think the author was Nightfreeze or something like that. After reading it, I had to check out the game. I had never played an mmo before and was really blown away. Having played numerous mmo's since, none could really stack up. To me, Eve is the only true mmo I've played, the rest hold your hand so much they feel like giant multi-player versions of single player games (if that makes any sense).
He put... creatures... in our bodies... to control our minds. He made us... say lies... do things. |
Gavriel Black
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Posted - 2011.05.31 16:59:00 -
[80]
Originally by: Aaron Zebulun
I started eve because back in 2006, I picked up a copy of pc gamer in the school library and ready the 5-6 page story about the Guiding Hands heist? The fact in a game you could do something that sneaky and crushing was just intoxicating.
That and the full page picture of a crusader, it looked so evil
So what drew you into the game?
This is exactly what got me in to EVE.
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Ira Theos
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Posted - 2011.05.31 17:05:00 -
[81]
A friend was playing in 2005... he soon realized he needed help, so he recruited me in 2006...
After many adventures from Jita to Deep Zero and back and many other Pod Pilots coming and going,
he quit in 2009, but I have stayed. Why? I'm not sure...
Call it curiosity.
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Magicblue
Amarr
Hunters of capsuleers
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Posted - 2011.05.31 17:06:00 -
[82]
Surfing the net, finding this game. Then forgetting it. A year later i surfed the net again and found it then with a huge spider drone. I began to dream of using tons of spider drones to rip into a ship and use them to kill the crew and take it over with drones.
Then i read some story about drones doing just that and i was overjoyed. I pondered about it then finally decided to give it a try. Then i opened the game and within minutes my dream of combat spiders was crushed. So instead i turned to mining and found a nice corp then for 14 days i played like an obsessed. (i was very much younger) i couldnt afford it for some time because of the problem for an underage to pay for it online when there were no game cards.
So i did like all my friends and turned to wow. There were at least game cards at the local store for it. Then i returned for a month or two. Was accused by my new corp for espionage which wasnt true got depressed and quit Then i played around at wow again but i became insanely bored. So i came back for a month now and then and finally i came back for a while. Joined the rvb and later on another force i dont remember the name but those were good times. I was left behind in the second corp tough since they all went to low sec leaving me behind as the worst member skillwise. Then i quit and now i began again this time with a bunch of my friends and my brother. And thats how i came to play eve for the 5th or 6th time
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Soul Blaze
Minmatar
Brutor Tribe
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Posted - 2011.05.31 17:09:00 -
[83]
I joined EVE when I seen an advert with the Naglfar on it, went straight for all the skills to fly it and when I got to the point of saving for it, I got told its quite possibly the ****test ship in EVE. 
Your signature exceeds the maximum allowed dimensions of 400x120 pixels and filesize of 24000 bytes -Rauth Kivaro ([email protected])
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Sleeper 1173
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Posted - 2011.05.31 17:11:00 -
[84]
I was playing Sword Of The Stars on-line and heard someone mention that they had just dropped in during an Eve Online upgrade.
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Thrash Back
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Posted - 2011.05.31 17:15:00 -
[85]
I love training for ships for over a year and having no idea what I'm doing, and taking my day off to play games when they patch and the penny dropped
SHUKS. EVE IS TOTALLY FOR ME
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Miss Doggy
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Posted - 2011.05.31 17:51:00 -
[86]
After playing Siege Perilous on UO for about 11 years I just got tired of it and left mainly because they'd made the game way too Care Bear friendly, all the fun stuff you could do during the first couple of years was gone. I started Earth and Beyond in Beta, and ended up running the 2nd largest group on the Andromeda server. A bunch of online friends I knew from Earth and Beyond were in the Eve Beta. Earth and Beyond ended so I brought my entire "guild" over to Eve the first week after Beta, almost everyone came, about 30 people. We were all in Endless Corp. Within two weeks it was down to three of the original group, most everyone said the game was "too hard to understand" or "there are too many bugs".
Well, there were a few bugs back then but they weren't fatal. It was still a lot of fun. It was confusing to me not being able to "steer" my ship though. I missed doing the "booty dance" from Earth and Beyond in station, and I missed decorating my ship, all of which was very minor BS and unimportant. Game play in Eve had a much greater depth to it. The first ship I lost was my first cruiser when a missile I shot didn't hit the rat but instead hit the gate in Iro and Concord killed me. I remember when the game got to 5000 subscribers, we all celebrated.
For reasons I cannot go into here, I left around the time of the great missile nerf. I really missed having cruise missiles on my Caracal. Then I came back in 2006 after trying some other online games and being very disappointed with that daily level grind. I left again in 2008. After playing online from 2008 to 2011, I came back again now as there just isn't anything else out there with the playability of Eve mainly because of the complexity of Eve, the depth of Eve, and the fact you can be as good or as bad as you want to be in Eve. I hate games where they regulate every single little thing you do, and if you scam someone you're insta-banned. I do not pull scams myself but I'd fight for people's right to do so. The day they make the "8,000,000 isk shuttle" illegal in game, I guess I'll leave again. Long live people like the GHSC and players like Ashley Sky. |
Chevalleis
The Legendary Conquest
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:01:00 -
[87]
I first time found out about eve back in 2009 (I think it was Empyrean age) At first I was mainly interested in popping ships but then I discovered all the weird and wonderful things that eve had to offer. After 3 trials I were hooked. Reading the stories of massive scams, market manipulations, everse-shakening wars and the eve influence map. But what really got me into eve was seeing a titan DoomsDay.
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Urdano
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:04:00 -
[88]
Me and my brother got fed up with WoW sometime in WotLK, and then a few months after he finds out about EVE somewhere and here I am.
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Deadloch
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:06:00 -
[89]
Buddy of mine told me of EVE... Tried it as my first MMO ever... NEVER LOOKED BACK!!! Nothing says loving like legalized corporate theft!!!
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Deep Navigation
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:11:00 -
[90]
Originally by: Chribba
Elite II: Frontier
This, although Elite 1 and Wingcommander deserve an honourable mention.
Eve's a real headscratcher, most games with any shart inducing action aren't.
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Malken
Celestial Apocalypse
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:16:00 -
[91]
started in the beta.....played some.....left to make babies and such....now a few years later back again
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Elanor Gaiser
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:17:00 -
[92]
Originally by: Snoon
Elite > Frontier:Elite 2 > Frontie: First Encounters > Eve Online - its been a natural progression for me
me too, shame that the eve physics aren't as nice as the Elite physics, but it's certainly the best MMO space game... in fact the best MMO I've encountered
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Enkidu Uruksen
Wakizashi Renaissance
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:19:00 -
[93]
In Fall 2005 I was waiting breathlessly for LotRO to come out, theoretically the next Spring, and I got a laptop that was hot for its day. I asked my son if there was anything graphics-intensive that I could try it out on to make sure the NVIDIA card was working, and he pointed me to the free trial of EVE. It was gorgeous! LotRO actually started up in early 2007, and here I am.
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Craven Aleros
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:29:00 -
[94]
Back in 2002 (I think) Planetarion started charging and I thought "I'm not paying for a game with no graphics and little in the way of depth" so looked for something more immersive with graphics. Stumbled on to Eve Online Beta and got in
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Macmuelli
Gallente
Meltd0wn
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:44:00 -
[95]
2003
I bought a morning newspaper, and there was little article about eve online.
I ve start being courious , if its comparable to Elite or Freelancer.
With both i still had a lot of fun in the past.
With the first hour of playing Eve, the interest grows endless what could be possible.
My creativity, and Imagination grows , same as i ve start reading the first books of Isaac Asimov or Stanislav Lem 16 years before.
It pushed the interest in sci-fi. |
Uriel Laskaris
Minmatar
Scattered Suns
A Number One
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:46:00 -
[96]
Took two tries for me to get stuck with eve. First time was right before dreads was released. Second time was early 2006 I think. And it was because eve was different and I was looking for something to get me away from wow. Didn't really expect to stick around this long but damn, I aint seeing myself unsubbing(permanently) anytime soon. |
Baaldor
Igneus Auctorita
Gentlemen's Agreement
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:48:00 -
[97]
Early 2005 in the break room....
Buddy: "Hey man, you ever play any on line games, like EvE?"
Me: "Nope, never have played any on-line games."
Buddy: " Well you want to give it a try? I need some help, I need someone to shoot the rats while I mine."
Me: "Wait, how big are these f'ing rats?"
Buddy: "They can get huge!! and the bounties can be great"
Me: "Bounties on rats? WTF kind of game is this?"
At this point I am realizing that he needs help in some video game, to shoot hairy rats as he digs for pixels. So in my mind I am in a dark cave shooting hairy rats, while my buddy digs. I thought, meh, sure I like to shoot ****.
Buddy: "The game?!, Yeah it kind of complicated. But it is really cool, there is corporations, pirates, massive wars and bunch of other cool stuff."
Me: "Wait, how does rats and massive wars connect?"
Buddy: "Just give it a try, what is the worst thing that can actually happen?"
Hey Buddy! **** YOU!
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Andreus Ixiris
Gallente
Mixed Metaphor
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:49:00 -
[98]
Also, I'd like to point out that I got into EVE because I really liked the X games - X: Beyond the Frontier, X2: The Threat, X3: Reunion and X3: Terran Conflict. |
Myfanwy Heimdal
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:50:00 -
[99]
Originally by: Echo Vector
A heart attack.
Seriously.
Late Nov of '07.
Was stuck in bed and then housebound for a bit longer than sanity would allow, and while surfing in general I ran across an advert for the game.
Downloaded it, gave it a go on the 14 day trial, subbed on day 3 and never looked back.
Been doin' it wrong every day ever since.
Honestly, I've never had so much fun failing so miserably at a game.
I do hope that you have made a full and permanent recovery and I do like your comments on your in-game performance. Sort of matches mine really... |
Aeronwen Carys
Empire of Dust
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:50:00 -
[100]
Originally by: Aaron Zebulun
I started eve because back in 2006, I picked up a copy of pc gamer in the school library and ready the 5-6 page story about the Guiding Hands heist? The fact in a game you could do something that sneaky and crushing was just intoxicating.
That and the full page picture of a crusader, it looked so evil
So what drew you into the game?
A very enthusiastic ex-housemate of mine played EVE and first got me interested in EVE waaay back in 2004 on a trial, but it wasn't until the middle of 2005 that I acquired a PC of my own on which to play. I didn't even bother with the 2 week trial, I just signed up straight away and haven't looked back since. |
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J3ssica Alba
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:51:00 -
[101]
A tall german guy brought me to eve o_o And I liked because i had played all the Elite and Wing Commander, Privateer series back on the Amiga |
Calm Breeze
Gallente
Infinite Improbability Inc
-Mostly Harmless-
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:54:00 -
[102]
Back in 2006, I was a regular on the Battlefront forums, and one day someone mentioned Eve. I asked what that was, and they said, you don't really want to know, you'll be hooked for life...........and I was! |
Brethull
Minmatar
DSM Inc. Outpost Evegate
DSM FOUNDATION
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:54:00 -
[103]
I dont know what exactly got me into EVE but I know what keeps me coming back. I can literally do what ever in $%&* I want when ever I want, it just takes a few hours of training and poof now I do it. Granted im a hodge podge character but I love it. |
Fantome
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2011.05.31 18:56:00 -
[104]
Back in 2003 i played Jumpgate when there was 2 servers : european under Mightygames license and the US one under Netdevil license. Then, european got closed and the way to play in US one didn't please to me. So homeless space game player i went to Beta eve, then retail .. and since that time i've never left the game ! |
Sealiah
Minmatar
Coffee Lovers Brewing Club
ROMANIAN-LEGION
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Posted - 2011.05.31 19:15:00 -
[105]
I started with my main back in 2008, in May, I had a holiday and wanted to play some new mmo. My first subscription mmo ever. I chose EVE. And haven't stopped since :) Out of all the competition, only eve seemed to have a complex economy, everything-player made was the final touch to make me wanna subscribe :)
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Eklesiastico
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Posted - 2011.05.31 19:16:00 -
[106]
I was an avid EVE forum reader way before playing EVE. I was hooked by all the drama, politics, market playing and theorycraft I found here. I made several Trial accounts over 3 or 4 years but the learning skills felt just wrong. When they announced the removal of the learning skills I decided to give EVE a serious try, until now.
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calamityMame
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Posted - 2011.05.31 19:18:00 -
[107]
Jumpgate (US) OEC/AQM/The Dark Path - fun game with a good player base. Guys in my squad all signed up to fly Amarr under the OEC banner back before the beta even launched. When I got in on the Medusa beta I knew I would be hooked!!!
Now 8+ years later - 3 active accounts and I'm still playing.
And with Dust on the horizon my social life is totaly ****ed...
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Gillaboo
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Posted - 2011.05.31 19:19:00 -
[108]
Started in Beta... many toons and several accounts ago... needed something to do between military deployments when I was at home and the family was driving me bonkers.
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Hermann Fegelein
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.05.31 19:33:00 -
[109]
Saw some stuff about it in the gamer edition of the 2008 world record book. There some cool stuff on EVE and I was facinated. I decided to check it out and now here I am.
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Brigen sie mich Fegelein! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN FEGELEIN! |
Iella Wesirri
Caldari
Dead Rats Tell No Tales
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Posted - 2011.05.31 19:41:00 -
[110]
Way back around 2000 I played a space MMO few have probably heard of called Mankind. It was crap, but as a scifi junkie I had to try it. I didn't have money to subscribe to it, so after the 30 day trial it was over for me. I got my MMO fix with Ultima Online free shards for a while, then moved into WoW. I still missed the scifi genre though. I was looking for something else to play other then wow and a friend of mine told me about this weird scifi game called EVE. He told me him and his business partner ran a space station in eve making money, which they used to fund their pvp activities. He wanted me to join his corp and help them run the station. Not really being big on PvP, and not really wanting to spend money for yet another game, I decided not to join him. Eventually I decided to give it a go, though he had quit a few weeks earlier and could no longer get me into the corp he was in. Perhaps that was for the best though, as he was a goonie. The shame!
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Soden Rah
Gallente
EVE University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2011.05.31 19:52:00 -
[111]
I saw an article about virtual worlds in New scientist, then saw a google ad on the internets and took the 14 day trial... Wont happen again though, I have all those adds blocked now.
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Originally by: CCP Tuxford
bugger, I need to have a closer look at this menu function
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Rafael Tonka
Telsa inc
Waterboard
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Posted - 2011.05.31 20:07:00 -
[112]
I bought my 1st computer in 1984 (a BBC B) just to play Elite, still the big daddy of all space games! Saw Eve for the 1st time in beta but didn't have time to play much then tried it again in 2007 and have been totally hooked since then.
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Drahcir Nasom
Independent Manufacturers
Independent Manufacturers Alliance
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Posted - 2011.05.31 20:13:00 -
[113]
My best friend who had played the beta bought me a copy of Eve for my 35th birthday which was 2 days before it went live. I logged in for the first time on the 2nd day the game was live, and seem to have been permanently logged in since. My friend created his character about 2h after I made mine, and he's still playing as well, and a member of my corp.
Drahcir
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Opertone
Caldari
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2011.05.31 20:17:00 -
[114]
I was aware of the game in 2005. In 2006 I got my first credit card, so this was what really got me into EvE. The credit card. I could not get a trial for some reason unknown.
A space MMO site inspired me as I was a fan X-series. X-tension, X-2, etc... The single player environment was boring, and I looked for real human pirates and PvP.
I learnt that in EVE pvp favours numbers over tactics. Making it less likely to win in 1 vs more fight. I also learnt that missiles sucked.
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