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Mohr Cowbell
Old Crows
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Posted - 2011.07.02 04:53:00 -
[91]
 Originally by: Azzma
I like how the amarr are racist.
I'm on to you
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Sgt Maru
Shadowed Command
Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2011.07.02 04:55:00 -
[92]
Edited by: Sgt Maru on 02/07/2011 04:56:26
I picked Caldari cause I liked the colors, some of the ships, shield primary, and missiles seemed alternative. Achur was a clear choice, best stats minus Charisma...
ECM is fun, but I guess missiles just don't cut it for PvP, shields are a plus, and I've been thinking of training for Minmatar...
What I really wish I could have done Be Gallente > Fly Caldari Ship > Do Minmatar DPS.
The Gallente have the best government/society IMO (the ships, drone dependency, armor tanking didn't appeal to me), Caldari are just technical cool guys (I don't agree with the anti-Gallente fascist society thing), Minmatar are cool cause of their history and style (and their ships have kinda grown on me, but their avatars back in 07 weren't all that great looking to me).
The real scourge of the game though is Amarr...those enslaving, religious, elitist, racist, armor tanking, laser pewing, bigots...clearly the other 3 races should come together and smite ze ebil Amarrians...just my opinion though...
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Aggressive Nutmeg
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Posted - 2011.07.02 05:28:00 -
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Caldari seemed to be the most realistic political system and the only race that didn't repulse me.
Minmatar: Angry slaves - don't identify with that.
Ammar: Religious nuts - I'm an atheist.
Gallente: French, touchy-feely tossers.
Oh, and I really like the challenge of missiles.
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Ahjeebus
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Posted - 2011.07.02 06:10:00 -
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I picked Minnie-Brute because they didn't seem to be as flanderized as the other three races. That, and I figured Gallente were the Night Elves of this game.
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Deus Vex
Amarr
Hole Spectors
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Posted - 2011.07.02 06:16:00 -
[95]
Edited by: Deus Vex on 02/07/2011 06:17:24
Originally by: Sgt Maru
Edited by: Sgt Maru on 02/07/2011 04:56:26
The real scourge of the game though is Amarr...those enslaving, religious, elitist, racist, armor tanking, laser pewing, bigots...clearly the other 3 races should come together and smite ze ebil Amarrians...just my opinion though...
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I chose Amarr (Khanid) Cyberknights because:
1) They have spaceships that look like spaceships (symmetrical and aerodynamic in appearance)
2) Khanid girls were/are easy on the eyes
3) Cyber Knights were originally a race of combat pilots before stats across blood lines and races were normalised. I felt proud to roll one.
4) There was soothing singing in Amarr stations. I miss that.
I originally rolled Minmitar, but flying around in a ship that looked like a 20th century satellite that had been steam-rolled, and was blaring Machine Gun sound effects at me, sadly broke the immersion I sought of being in a sci-fi universe.
IÆve not regretted chosing Khanid/Amarr for a second.
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El'Niaga
Minmatar
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2011.07.02 06:16:00 -
[96]
Norse theology of the Minmatar :)
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AkJon Ferguson
JC Ferguson and Son Ltd
Ferguson Alliance
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Posted - 2011.07.02 06:22:00 -
[97]
I am gallente because God is gallente. (look it up ingame)
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Victor Carthage
Minmatar
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2011.07.02 06:44:00 -
[98]
Because the insignia of the Mimnatar looks like an armadillo pretending to be Sonic the Hedgehog. Or maybe the national sport is armadillo bowling. Rollin', rollin', rollin', space-a-dillos rollin'...
Pretty much randomly, in other words.
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Kern Hotha
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Posted - 2011.07.02 06:44:00 -
[99]
I chose Caldari because they're the empire with the characteristic that I can most closely identify with: capitalism. I chose Deteis because they were and are the most attractive male bloodline, and I'm vain.
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Arn Vel
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Posted - 2011.07.02 07:11:00 -
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As a new player, I started and deleted several characters in an attempt to get a feel for the ships and races due to my own indecision. They all felt blemished in background so the ships were dictating my choice. I know race selection doesnÆt mean a lot in the long term and that EVE is a game for the patient. But, I found that race really did make a difference in doing what I want to do in game starting out with one character and one account.
I loved long range combat and shield tanking with the Caldari but missile ships felt gimped when trying to outfit them for exploration right on up the line. I ended up Gallente as their drone boats are versatile in that they can outfit various job tools and still fight with drones.
I wish they would make SanshaÆs Nation into a playable faction. Shield tank, lasers, and drones along a ship line up through battleships would make me a happy guy.
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Mathilde Sunniva
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Posted - 2011.07.02 07:12:00 -
[101]
Edited by: Mathilde Sunniva on 02/07/2011 07:13:01
I chose my blood line and race for the look and clothes I could get... I had the upmost difficulties making a new avatar with such different caracteristics as the previous one and if giving the choice, I am not sure I would keep this race. (this is also true for some of my other account were I find myself with asian named swedish looking girl....)
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Murtal Liven
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Posted - 2011.07.02 07:14:00 -
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Choose my race? I did no such thing. The Caldari State chose me, as a Tube Child I grew up to be fiercely loyal to the State and to join the Caldari Navy as part of the Corporate Drake Fleet.
Also I liked their intro video music better.
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ilammy
Red Alliance
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Posted - 2011.07.02 07:22:00 -
[103]
Edited by: ilammy on 02/07/2011 07:22:27
Khanid/Amarr because they were cute. And for the lazors, slavership and religious fanaticizm.
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Draahk Chimera
Interstellar eXodus
BricK sQuAD.
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Posted - 2011.07.02 07:31:00 -
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When I started playing it was because I read a small ad in a swedish game magazine. An ad I kinda misunderstood. It said "Play as a pirate or a bounty hunter" witch I took to mean I could be a bounty hunter by hunting down player pirates (and make a living of it). So when I started playing the racial decription about caldari said "fierce combat pilots" and civire "makes excellent bounty hunters". Easy choice compared to gallante "best tradesmen in the galaxy" or amarr "religius fanatics". Of course once I got into a 0.0 corp and learned how pvp works I had to retrain :)
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Burhtun
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Posted - 2011.07.03 03:41:00 -
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Even though I don't roleplay, I still pick races and whatnot based on lore and what my character is like in my mind. Stats and min/maxing be damned. Even with my earlier characters, before the changes to character creation, I would choose the race that I agree with most and not worry if I ended up with more charisma points. I would also always give my characters high intelligence even if I wanted to train lots of ships and guns, because I don't want my character to be stupid. 
Anyway...
Amarr are religious. I can't identify with that to begin with... But they also take it to fanaticism, and they are also racist and elitist. Pretty disgusting people, don't know why anyone would chose to be Amarr.
Caldari are corporate douches, militaristic fascists, and look like meatheads. Pretty much the race of "tools". Companies already have too much power in reality. Caldari State would be a nightmare.
Gallente seem alright. When I first tried the game, in 2004 I think, they seemed very popular. I loved the way the Vexor looked. My first trial character was Gallente, because I liked the ship designs, I could be a long haired dude, and lore-wise they seemed decent. Intelligent, freethinking, moderate, and fond of art. They seem maybe a bit too government-heavy for me though. After that first trial character, all my other characters ended up being...
Minmatar. The race for people who just want to be left alone and do their own thing. The most free people of New Eden, despite their past. They are also the underdogs, which is attractive. I like the tribal feel, and the viking influence. Its like the Christianization of the world never happened, pagan Europe and the rest of the world got to keep their original cultures, and grew up to become space-faring buddies. Pretty awesome. They also have the best music in the new intro videos, and they have some of the coolest looking ships. The coolest looking industrials and capitals by far. Possibly the coolest dreadnaught (Amarr's looks great too). The Hurricane looks awesome too, and the Rifter is a great T1 frigate. I like their logo also. Maybe the worst looking T3 though, too stick-like. 
I always chose Sebiestor, because I liked their description about how they were 'innovative thinkers' and 'tinkerers'. I could also make them all pale and bald and corpse-like with long drawn out faces and pointy chins... basically like Scorpius from Farscape or like Nosferatu. Unfortunately I couldn't replicate that look with the new character creator, but I found a new look I'm happy with.
old "Nosferatu" portraits compared to new:
http://www.burhtun.com/bs/EVEportraitsOldVSNew.jpg
There are really only two respectable choices when it comes to race in EVE, Gallente and Minmatar. Minmatar suits me better.
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Atreus Venom
Gallente
New Eden Hitmen
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Posted - 2011.07.03 03:42:00 -
[106]
i didn't choose my race.. i was born this way
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Selinate
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.07.03 03:59:00 -
[107]
Because I wanted to fly amarr ships and khanid had cyber knights, whatever that is. It just sounded cool.
I just got lucky that khanid looked especially good in the new character creator.
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Valei Khurelem
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Posted - 2011.07.03 04:03:00 -
[108]
Mmmm... Minmatar slaves :D
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Nedes Betternaem
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Posted - 2011.07.03 04:34:00 -
[109]
Caldari all the way, however I fly mostly Amarr ships (pew pew lasers and whatnot.... also I am eventually going to get an an Avatar and name it "Golden Shower")
But I chose Caldari first due to the fact that they are militaristic corporations. And lets face it, in real life militaristic corporations would be unstoppable.
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Azahni Vah'nos
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.07.03 04:54:00 -
[110]
Originally by: Sgt Maru
The real scourge of the game though is Amarr...those enslaving, religious, elitist, racist, armor tanking, laser pewing, bigots...clearly the other 3 races should come together and smite ze ebil Amarrians...just my opinion though...
Why do you say such things, we Amarr are a very caring, giving and loving race. Take for example how we treat our Slaver Hounds, we feed them, give them shelter, even play fetch with them ... just the same way we do with our Minmatar slaves.
The first hook for me was the Amarr ship designs, second was the old character designs (CCP, please bring back each races unique clothing and accessories, not this generic crap). And they have lasers, not those other crude weapons  . I also like the whole dynamic with the lore for the Amarr, blindly following their percieved righteous path for the most part. It's all a nice change of pace to the types of races I would normally play.
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CptConorado
Amarr
Blue Republic
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Posted - 2011.07.03 06:19:00 -
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I went Amarr-->Khanid(Cyberknight) because not only could I pretend to be a religious slave-holding zealot, I could shoot lasers. I could also act as a Khanid patriot similar to the Minmitar guys, except that I have spaceships that aren't made with duct tape and shoot lasers 
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Some say the universe is almost full of honest people, well I say the universe is full of almost honest people. -Unknown |
Dark Reignz
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Posted - 2011.07.03 06:27:00 -
[112]
I chose Achura because they sounded like the ninja warriors of eve in the description and also becuase they started off with more skills in long rage & missile engagements.
Then the caldari/ missile nerfs came and totally fcked up the race I chose. Firing Torpedos & other missiles at 100+ km was awesome-sauce and so much fun *sigh*
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Terminal Insanity
Minmatar
Convex Enterprises
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Posted - 2011.07.03 06:43:00 -
[113]
Edited by: Terminal Insanity on 03/07/2011 06:45:36
I picked minmatar because they reminded me a lot of the Narn from Babylon5 =P
G'kar was one of the most interesting characters i've seen in any tv show, i always loved his quotes and episodes
Andreas Katsulas was awesome, RIP dude.
Originally by: Aggressive Nutmeg
Oh, and I really like the challenge of missiles.
i lol'd.
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Chopper Rollins
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.07.03 07:25:00 -
[114]
Trial account was gallente, their diversity and relative fairness was appealing.
Then i saw this thing fly past that looked like a nasty deep sea fish, hmmm, Thrasher huh?
Norse flavour of minmatar seemed a bit fail, since that was an empire of empty barbarity, but the complex idea of them having once been the height of civilisation, then being enslaved, then breaking away seemed deeper than the other backstories.
Also the hardmode aspect, i can fly gall and min to BS now and live in gallente hisec often. Ugly at first, the minmatar have really grown on me.
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cljjlc
Lost Soul Society
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Posted - 2011.07.03 10:31:00 -
[115]
Started out caldari becuase the begining made it sound like missles was the bestest and they were hard core soldiers. After about 2 months swapped to gallente becuase they rocked.... that worked well as they got nerfed shortly there after. Now i just fly every d*^n thing
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Eyup Mi'duck
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Posted - 2011.07.03 11:29:00 -
[116]
Reading the race definitions I was left with the followng impression:
Minmatar, fighting for freedom against the ebil Amarr!
Caldari, toy soldiers, Action Man (yawn).
Amarr, pompous posh religious nutters.
Gallente, French, nuff said, Waterloo, Trafalgar, WW1, WW2... not very good at pew-pew!
So it was a no-brainer really.
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Kerrisone
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Posted - 2011.07.03 11:38:00 -
[117]
Looks, starting area, racial ship frigate trained.
This was all before the new character creator so the #1 reason I chose my race/bloodline was taken from me.
Originally by: Ghoest
Ill watch what you do not what you say.
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Mina Sebiestar
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Posted - 2011.07.03 11:42:00 -
[118]
Edited by: Mina Sebiestar on 03/07/2011 11:43:42
minmatar for teh win.
i like every single minmatar ship shape but hate every single minmatar textures rez. and abundance of 2d fail sticking from teh ships.
retro/solar wings look can be awesome as long as pentium III isn't in use to create the same.
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Comy 1
Ore Mongers
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Posted - 2011.07.03 11:48:00 -
[119]
I heard that Amarr had lasers, that was pretty much all I had to know.
The first week of EVE I screamed "IMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER!1!" in my head each time I clicked F1
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar
The Python Cartel.
The Defenders of Pen Island
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Posted - 2011.07.03 11:49:00 -
[120]
Well, back in 2006 the Minmatar had the only hot goth chicks 
Then Incarna happened and everyone looks the same 
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