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Commander TEK	Posted - 2011.08.15 05:11:00 - [1] Edited by: Commander TEK on 15/08/2011 05:11:44 Doing a college survey about why people play MMO's. Please stay on topic. Why do you play eve? Short and sweet, just a sentence or two. Ex. I play eve to get away from my wife and kids. All replies are greatly appreciated. At least semi-serious answers please.
Asuka Smith Gallente Royal Black Watch Highlanders	Posted - 2011.08.15 05:20:00 - [2] It's better than an AIM chat room.
Sir Substance Minmatar Suddenly Ninjas Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service	Posted - 2011.08.15 05:30:00 - [3] If I drop below 5 million isk/h this bus will explode.
mkint	Posted - 2011.08.15 05:42:00 - [4] To waste time that would otherwise be filled up with Real Life.
Franny Mentis Seorsum	Posted - 2011.08.15 05:45:00 - [5] I needed to waste large portions of that time between work and sleep and whoring facebook ain't the same ---------------------------------------------------------- WTB Sig must include NOS Domi KILLING Ponies other details to be discussed, EVEmail me for details
Gratianus Augustus	Posted - 2011.08.15 06:55:00 - [6] Edited by: Gratianus Augustus on 15/08/2011 06:55:43 We don't. Everyones just trolling CCP until their subscriptions run out, leaving a few new kids and the CCP/Landsbanki bot army to do their thing.
Dub Step Minmatar Death To Everyone But Us	Posted - 2011.08.15 07:00:00 - [7] Because despite CCP's best efforts of late, it's still great fun to jump in a ship and go roaming and see what happens.
Dirk Magnum Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic	Posted - 2011.08.15 07:01:00 - [8] Space battal and quantum trollin.
Florestan Bronstein 24th Imperial Crusade	Posted - 2011.08.15 07:53:00 - [9] I don't play EVE. I just post on the forums (and I will probably stop doing that in 1d 4h, too).
Eve Angeline	Posted - 2011.08.15 07:58:00 - [10] I played EVE because I didn't know Rift is such a great game.

Thornat	Posted - 2011.08.15 11:05:00 - [11] Edited by: Thornat on 15/08/2011 11:05:31 Originally by: Eve Angeline I played EVE because I didn't know Rift is such a great game. Ouch, it actually hurt to read that. eh.. see you back in Eve in a couple of weeks. I play Eve because its the only game I know that has a direct connection between my real life and my in game life. I train when I'm offline. I build while I'm offline. I research while I'm offline. I invent while I'm offline. My corp and alliances continues to be at war while I'm offline. I buy and sell stuff when I'm offline. My character essentially lives in the game even when I'm not their to take command over him. Eve allows me as a player to influence the game through markets, combat and simply through my presence. No other game I have ever played offers that. In every MMO I have ever played when you log off, you have stopped playing.
luZk Amarr Jaegerkorpset	Posted - 2011.08.15 11:57:00 - [12] Because its the only REAL sandbox 1 server MMO on the market. _____________ luZk
Alissa Solette	Posted - 2011.08.15 11:58:00 - [13] I play EVE because: - I have not found any better alternatives (yet) - I need some kind of entertainment for the times I'm not out drinking with friends (or working) - I like to be a prick to other people and laugh at their unhappiness but don't like physical pain so being the Internet Tough Guy is the obvious choice.
Velicitia Gallente Open Designs	Posted - 2011.08.15 12:20:00 - [14] Originally by: Thornat Edited by: Thornat on 15/08/2011 11:05:31 Originally by: Eve Angeline I played EVE because I didn't know Rift is such a great game. Ouch, it actually hurt to read that. eh.. see you back in Eve in a couple of weeks. I play Eve because its the only game I know that has a direct connection between my real life and my in game life. I train when I'm offline. I build while I'm offline. I research while I'm offline. I invent while I'm offline. My corp and alliances continues to be at war while I'm offline. I buy and sell stuff when I'm offline. My character essentially lives in the game even when I'm not their to take command over him. Eve allows me as a player to influence the game through markets, combat and simply through my presence. No other game I have ever played offers that. In every MMO I have ever played when you log off, you have stopped playing. ^This, except for most of the "at war" stuff ========================= Originally by: CCP Games, 2010 Creation is so precious; and greed, so destructive. Your choices can make a diference
Xantax Minmatar Brutor Tribe	Posted - 2011.08.15 12:22:00 - [15] bump
Captain Tavius Picon Fleet New Eden Research.	Posted - 2011.08.15 12:28:00 - [16] Originally by: Asuka Smith It's better than an AIM chat room. Same here. It's a chat room with a spaceship minigame, for me at least.
Norian Lonark Gallente Black Thorne Corporation Black Thorne Alliance	Posted - 2011.08.15 12:35:00 - [17] I have never been one for watching TV so when I am at home not doing anything else EVE is good value entertainment.
Eyup Mi'duck	Posted - 2011.08.15 12:53:00 - [18] Originally by: mkint To waste time that would otherwise be filled up with Real Life. Or in my case: To fill up the time that would otherwise be wasted in Real Life.  Get over it!  Learn from your mistake and move on. 
Misunderstood Genius	Posted - 2011.08.15 13:58:00 - [19] The question for me should be: "Why can't you stop playing EVE?"
Cedille Mureau Gallente Institute of Archaeology	Posted - 2011.08.15 14:01:00 - [20] A very good question and I wish I knew a definitive answer so I'll take a guess. Inertia, having played for over 5 years, still trying to make my first billion, finally get to see what happens when I crack this "Scanning" thing. Some or all of the above, I suppose.

Pok Nibin Amarr	Posted - 2011.08.15 14:18:00 - [21] Edited by: Pok Nibin on 15/08/2011 14:21:22 I did have the choice of doing this or pounding my toes with a ball peen hammer, but the hammer was somehow mislaid so I'm forced to do this being denied that alternative. Actually, I am what is called a "disabled" person. I was exposed to chemicals in the workplace at a time when there was no OSHA, chemicals now EPA only handles while wearing HAZMAT suits. At the time they were modern living's answer to industrial tasks...solvents, insulators and the like. They have now been pulled out of use because they do things to people like...what they did to me. SO, I'm faced with my day in which I am physically restricted in a very frustrating way. I don't have many choices in how to occupy my time, since I can't stand on my feet for more than five minutes at a time. Rather than developing my thumb to gargantuan size cycling through 152 channels of crap on the Telly looking for something intelligent, I put on some classical music and fire-up EVE. Now, I don't want no pity party. I'm trusting in the sincerity of your inquiry and thought people in my position should be heard now and then. That's all. Thanks for asking.
Dorian Wylde	Posted - 2011.08.15 14:30:00 - [22] Because it's fun. Because it's gorgeous. Because, with other MMO's, you have to play all the time to get your moneys worth. With EVE, as long as I have a skill training, I'm getting the best deal.
Very Strange Person Amarr Imperial Academy	Posted - 2011.08.15 14:44:00 - [23] I play EVE because I am forced to by my two wicked step-sisters. They make me mine all night after school.
Damiez Amarr Eye of God Intergalactic Exports Group	Posted - 2011.08.15 15:00:00 - [24] Draws my atention away from my roomates at this shiity college ________________ Recruitment Closed Station Door Closed Legs Crossed Cheque Please
Jayem See Caldari Doing The Business	Posted - 2011.08.15 15:02:00 - [25] Why do I play? Because, truly, I am an anti-social little bugger who just enjoys it. Am not a freak. Am not a nerd. I just found something that entertains me. People find it so hard to get a grip of. I work full time, I have a normal life but instead of football and television, I like chatting to new people. That aint so bad is it?! The guilt complex attached to Eve enjoyment is strong in this one. Bugger. Whatever - Not Interested TBH
Oosel The Riot Formation KRYSIS.	Posted - 2011.08.15 15:29:00 - [26] because it bugs the mrs so much that i spend a lot of my spare time playing something she cannot understand. she even bought lego pirates of the caribean on the wii the other day thinking that i would honestly enjoy playing playing that with her rather than going on eve
Jayem See Caldari Doing The Business	Posted - 2011.08.15 15:30:00 - [27] Originally by: Oosel because it bugs the mrs so much that i spend a lot of my spare time playing something she cannot understand. she even bought lego pirates of the caribean on the wii the other day thinking that i would honestly enjoy playing playing that with her rather than going on eve This genuinely made me laugh out loud. Whatever - Not Interested TBH
Cyniac Gallente Twilight Star Rangers	Posted - 2011.08.15 15:42:00 - [28] Because I enjoy it (really simple isn't it?) and because for all its agonizing flaws it remains best in class as far as available options go. Still working on a master plan to get the missus to play as well. I almost had her nabbed when the new character creator came out but the fact you can only walk around in a single room and a corridor was a definite problem which I've as of yet been unable to resolve. Oh well ...
Oosel The Riot Formation KRYSIS.	Posted - 2011.08.15 16:30:00 - [29] Originally by: Cyniac Because I enjoy it (really simple isn't it?) and because for all its agonizing flaws it remains best in class as far as available options go. Still working on a master plan to get the missus to play as well. I almost had her nabbed when the new character creator came out but the fact you can only walk around in a single room and a corridor was a definite problem which I've as of yet been unable to resolve. Oh well ... let me know how your plan goes i foolishly got the mrs onto wow thinking i could play eve while she happily played wow next to me......it was a fatal error on my part and i ended up losing out on 4 years of eve time as i had to play wow with her instead lol
Aldan Romar Amarr	Posted - 2011.08.15 16:43:00 - [30] Originally by: Commander TEK Why do you play eve? I like scifi. I like the setting. I like that it allows me to put in exactly as much time as I can afford.

Tomazoak Shiva Morsus Mihi	Posted - 2011.08.15 16:56:00 - [31] I playED EvE because I liked the Sci-Fi universe that was persistent, and was a sandbox game in one of the truest senses of the word. I cancelled EvE( 10 days till GTC runs out, just happened to stop by today to send a petition about cancelling) because CCP refuses to acknowledge or fix the RMT/Botting plague that has ruined 0.0 IMO. The above post represents the views of me, myself, and I, and should not in anyway be considered the public voice of MM. . . Orree does a WAY better job of that then I ever could anyways!
Bethor Invictus	Posted - 2011.08.16 08:50:00 - [32] Originally by: Tomazoak I playED EvE because I liked the Sci-Fi universe that was persistent, and was a sandbox game in one of the truest senses of the word. I cancelled EvE( 10 days till GTC runs out, just happened to stop by today to send a petition about cancelling) because CCP refuses to acknowledge or fix the RMT/Botting plague that has ruined 0.0 IMO. Can i haz your stuff OT: Because there is no other decent sandbox mmo out there, although Perpetuum does start to appeal more and more.
Thorn Galen Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2011.08.16 10:01:00 - [33] Originally by: luZk Because its the only REAL sandbox 1 server MMO on the market. Ditto, +1 Plus a few hours spent away from the harsh reality of real life relaxes me. If I was not playing Eve, I would be playing some other MMO of similar attraction. It's the sandbox that attracts me, much like Fallout(s) did for me on the PS3 Scanning down a wormhole, discovering ancient sites, finding "treasures", getting my azz handed to me by Sleepers, this all makes me play this game. Not PvP, Not Corps. Just plain sandbox enjoyment the way I want to play a game. I don't need a killboard to measure my epeen. Cheers.
Gratianus Augustus	Posted - 2011.08.16 10:49:00 - [34] Wish I knew who said it.... "If Eve is a sandbox, then it's 2 inches deep and full of ****"
Thorn Galen Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2011.08.16 10:52:00 - [35] Originally by: Gratianus Augustus Wish I knew who said it.... "If Eve is a sandbox, then it's 2 inches deep and full of pizz" Probably someone who lost a ship in high-sec in a suicide gank.
Gratianus Augustus	Posted - 2011.08.16 11:30:00 - [36] Originally by: Thorn Galen Originally by: Gratianus Augustus Wish I knew who said it.... "If Eve is a sandbox, then it's 2 inches deep and full of pizz" Probably someone who lost a ship in high-sec in a suicide gank. No was someone who probably ganked you in hisec. Someone who had seen the full gambit of what the game has to offer and seen it was all shallow garbage. You just keep grinding those missions, pull the poker machine lever a few more times, you might just get a big reward.
Iceni	Posted - 2011.08.16 11:45:00 - [37] Originally by: Tomazoak I playED EvE because I liked the Sci-Fi universe that was persistent, and was a sandbox game in one of the truest senses of the word. I cancelled EvE( 10 days till GTC runs out, just happened to stop by today to send a petition about cancelling) because CCP refuses to acknowledge or fix the RMT/Botting plague that has ruined 0.0 IMO. As a Hi/lo-sec player I find this interesting. Funny how the null-seccers are currently spamming the forums about nerfing hi-sec to try and get more people to go to null. Hell yeah, let's trash everywhere for everyone...
Thorn Galen Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2011.08.16 12:11:00 - [38] @ Gratianus Augustus who wrote - "No was someone who probably ganked you in hisec. Someone who had seen the full gambit of what the game has to offer and seen it was all shallow garbage. You just keep grinding those missions, pull the poker machine lever a few more times, you might just get a big reward." You sound dissapointed with everything Eve in general. Someone who ganked me in hisec? I love it when people make crappy assumptions just to make themselves feel better about what they feel and write, just so they can somehow offer an insult. You couldn't be further off the mark. Yes, I will keep grinding level 4 missions in nothing more than a stock-standard T2 fit Catalyst. Yes, I will keep scanning down Wormholes in my stock-standard T2 fit Incursus and try and find all the lovely treasures it may have to offer, or have my azz handed to me by the inhabitants. Get over it and get over yourself. Just because you're not having fun, you think no-one else is ? 'Nuff said.
Dane El	Posted - 2011.08.16 12:27:00 - [39] I enjoy the concept of a persistent world filled with thousands of players who affect the course of events. Eve wins out over all the other MMOs for several reasons. 1. Eve is the only game I've found that actually lets the players affect the world in a meaningful way. 2. Eve does not require ludicrous amount of grinding to advance your character. True, isk does have to be earned but we have a vast amount of methods to earn that isk compared to other MMOs. 3. Eve's the only game that doesn't segment their population into separate servers. More variables in the sandbox makes for more interesting game play. 4. The absurd level of variety and complexity built into the game. There are aspects of Eve I haven't even experimented with. It's unlikely I'll ever hit a point where I've done it all. 5. Spaceships are way cooler than elves and gnomes.
Issaries Valran Caldari	Posted - 2011.08.16 12:35:00 - [40] Originally by: Tomazoak I playED EvE because I liked the Sci-Fi universe that was persistent, and was a sandbox game in one of the truest senses of the word. I cancelled EvE( 10 days till GTC runs out, just happened to stop by today to send a petition about cancelling) because CCP refuses to acknowledge or fix the RMT/Botting plague that has ruined 0.0 IMO. I guess you have not read the new Dev Blog. the eve security taskforce & report a bot

Akita T Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force	Posted - 2011.08.16 12:37:00 - [41] Why do I play EVE ? Because everything else I tried appeals to me far, FAR less than EVE. Also, because I essentially play at no RL-cash charge, and I'm likely to be able to keep playing at no charge for decades to come. _ Akita T USEFUL EVE LINKS collection
Justified Cause	Posted - 2011.08.16 13:12:00 - [42] - To make peoples lives a misery. - To make absurd amount if isk. - Troll Jita local like a boss.
Timeto Die	Posted - 2011.08.16 13:16:00 - [43] I play Eve to see my SP's counting up day after day. Occasionally log in to change a skill. Sometimes even fly a ship. There's only space for one MMOG in my life, so I'm just really waiting it out until another MMOG comes along like DAoC. I would go to WoW if it looked like Oblivion but I hate the cartoony graphics. ----------------------------------------------- You want soft toilet paper? Go play WoW. Eve is Hotel Bastardo. -----------------------------------------------
Ana Vyr Caldari	Posted - 2011.08.16 15:02:00 - [44] I love the complexity of industry and the marketplace in EvE.
Trainwreck McGee	Posted - 2011.08.16 15:44:00 - [45] I play EVE online for the chicks
Gigante Toralen	Posted - 2011.08.16 16:22:00 - [46] First thing, surveys are useless. You cannot gain any usuable, authentic information from a survey. Because the information in a survey comes from opinions, and cannot be verified as 'truth' in any manner, the very nature of a survey makes it unscientific at it's very basic level. But you are a college student studying this sort of thing, so you already know that! But I'll bite anyway - Been a computer gamer since the mid '80s, and have found that the gaming experience provided by the single-player games cannot match the player driven, open ended play offered by MMO's. So why EVE? The community here has a vastly smaller ratio of emo-rage kids to adults, and that is attractive to me. Every MMO that I have played, I have eventually been driven away from due to the lack of maturity and intelligence within the community. It's a game breaker for me. EVE has its share of kids and morons, but it is far less than most of the other games out there.
Phugoid	Posted - 2011.08.16 16:30:00 - [47] Because I love the "spacey" feeling of it and the graphics..... oh, and one day i was mining and my 10 yr old nephew ask me; "what's the point of doing that?" which inspired me to continue looking for the answer
Urgg Boolean	Posted - 2011.08.16 16:41:00 - [48] Game mechanics allow semi-AFK play, i.e., mining. I do homework and mine simultaneously while the training queue chugs away.
Talon Calais Defilers Of The Cross	Posted - 2011.08.16 18:21:00 - [49] Completely out of habbit at this point rather than because it's fun. Not enough good changes and way too many bad ones.
Geana Tem Gallente The Order of Symbolic Measures	Posted - 2011.08.16 18:21:00 - [50] To answer your question in the strictest sense, I play EVE because each of its multiple sandbox activities; boring, benign or frantic suit my erratic mood swings during the time slot I have available to play. To answer the question I want to answer. I was attracted to EVE because I was faithful to my childhood fantasies of what Braben and Bells ELITE could have been. May EVE never forget it's origins.



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