"I told you I'm not coming out! Just go away or I'll call the police!"
Hehe, you make me laugh, CCP Guard

As for going above and beyond, I don't know about that. I think it's more about the little things that everyone contributes. Me personally I wrote a how-to guide on starting your own corporation, my car has an EVE lettering bumper sticker, and I'll wear my red Minmatar t-shirt out in public from time to time (depending on laundry cycle). Looks great with my red Reebox shoes.

I'll freely admit however that ive been bored with the game as of late and have been playing TSW. All this emphasis on sov, nullsec and faction warfare just isn't interesting or compelling. I don't hate it (though I do hate nullsec alliance internal policies and politics), it's just not gripping. I'm in a state of non grippness.

So yeah, just my two cents.
Btw if World of Darkness is anything like TSW, its going to be freaking amazing.

And then I rolled another 2 sixes

Dear space tribe,

I'm curious to hear from those of you who have gone above and beyond and contributed something to the community outside of just playing EVE. It could be that you run a blog, make songs, report on events, host player gatherings, make tutorials, create videos, run a fan site or create programs and apps to help your fellow pilots enjoy EVE. This is by no means a definitive list of community contributions, only some examples.

What I'm interested to know is how making those contributions has affected you as an EVE player and/or how it's affected your life beyond the game and the community. What have you learned, what skills have you discovered that you didn't know you had, what doors have been opened etc etc.

Reply here and don't be shy (but in case you are, feel free to send me a private message instead)

Not much, beyond learning that the character limit and the lack of embedding options make these forums really inefficient.

Outside of EVE, the only effect is that I have to update my CMS software every now and thenGǪ oh, and coming to the odd realisation that I have fans at fanfest.

Trying to help the forums. CCP ain't likin' it.

I know at least one person in the leadership is reading this, if not Guard. You gonna give the community closure, or just keep ignoring us?

We seriously need to get you, Liang, and Akita together at Fanfest one year. Just to see what would happen.

I know at least one person in the leadership is reading this, if not Guard. You gonna give the community closure, or just keep ignoring us?

Care to fill those of us who don't know what you're talking about in?

I read it! Not sure what I am reading though.

As an ISD I have volunteered some of my EVE time to help make the community a better place instead of trolling the forums!

My Kung Fu is STRONG.

I have become extremely well-known and highly respected by nearly all the EVE players I encounter. But what's really rewarding is the feeling of making a positive difference in other people's lives. That's why I do it.

Does screaming random-but-well-timed obscenities in Jita local, and generating lols thereby count?

Could you keep a straight face while spewing that garbage you just said?

He probably had as good a laugh as I did watching you take him seriously.

Only James 315 takes James 315 seriously...no one else.

Only James 315 takes James 315 seriously...no one else.

I take him seriously. I think he provides a vital service to the people of New Eden... like I do on the forums

though the ingrates that live here get pretty tedious after a while

Whining constantly is not a vital service to anyone.

Serious answer time...

About eight months after I started my blog for EVE Online my father's small business began to struggle. Downturns in the economy, you know the story. He lost a major client, as in the original reason he had formed a company in the first place, and it threatened the entire future of his business. He knew he needed to get his company's name out there, knew he needed to expand his client list, but with the local economy still in major recession mode, finding people that were willing to spend more money on his services was proving to be a hard sell. I knew I wanted to do something to help, but thought I didn't know anything about the areas of business that he needed help in. That's when EVE proved me wrong.

My father and I ended up having a conversation one day discussing advertising strategies on a shoe-string budget. That's when I suggested the idea that he start aggressively building a social media brand for the company. Of course, he knew nothing about any of it, and I thought I knew nothing about it. All I knew was that I ran a blog and that for some reason Google seemed to really enjoy sending traffic to me for the things I'd write there. So the first thing I did was start my dad a new page for a blog on his company website. It turns out, I had been taking a crash course in search engine optimization over the last eight months and just never knew it.

So from the ground up, I designed a second blog for my father's business, started a twitter account and facebook page in the company name, and just started putting the name out there as much as I could constantly pimping the blog anytime there was a new article. The articles that were written, usually as some collaborative effort between my writing skills and my father's knowledge on the topic, were always written with an eye on what the news of the day was. Eventually, that timely writing paid off.

Over a period of the next six months we had accumulated followers on a new twitter account, some of whom were reporters in the local media. My dad got a call asking if he'd be interested in appearing in an interview to provide a voice as an expert on a topic that was in the national news at the time. That piece aired on a local news channel that broadcasts to millions and was easily the single biggest break the company has ever had.

Calls started coming in overnight. The business was saved, my dad was able to keep his dream alive, everyone lived happily ever after, cue the music, etc, etc. Well, maybe not quite that far, but it was definitely a turning point. My father's business would have definitely closed its doors had everything kept going the way it was, and I for one will always credit the experience I had gained through writing a blog in the EVE Blog Pack for making sure that didn't happen.

I'm an attention *****. I love being a proud member of the blog pack (even if I feel like a barnacle clinging to the hull.) It's endlessly entertaining to see the random comments, mails, convos, and waves in local I get from friend and foe alike. I also get a huge kick out of the fact that possibly the most consistently enjoyable part of my EvE experience is related almost entirely to a blog that isn't even in the game.

not sure if serious..

My sarcasm sense is tingling.