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Thomas Hurt
Vasilkovsky Interstellar Goonswarm Federation
105
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Posted - 2013.03.12 17:54:00 -
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I find it worrying that in E.v.e. you can pop a pill and suddenly be able to better perform complex motor functions like flying a ship; this is totally unrealistic, and opposite to any drugs in real life. In real life if you take weed and try to drive, you weave all over the road and end up spending the night in a jail cell with a big black guy named Bubba. Does the presence of these "Boosters" ingame subtly encourage drug use in impressionable young players? Discuss... |

Whitehound
1183
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Posted - 2013.03.12 17:55:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:Discuss... No, go away. Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling. |

Ingkala
Mind Games. Suddenly Spaceships.
4
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:03:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:Does the presence of these "Boosters" ingame subtly encourage drug use in impressionable young players? Discuss...
Yes. Yes it does. |

Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
1139
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:04:00 -
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You are a bad, bad, poster and you should feel bad
The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the ho's and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' and I'll look down, and whisper 'no.' |

Lady Ayeipsia
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
578
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:08:00 -
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I think you are confusing weed with alcohol. If you drink, you tend to weave when driving. Smoking pot usually just leads to you going 5-10mph below the speed limit.
That said, you are confusing boosters with drugs, and choosing poorly with the drug metaphors at that. Think of boosters more like steroids except for the mind.
Additionally, you don't seem to grasp how a pod works. Capsulers do not fly their ships using motor skills. You don't have a throttle and flight stick. Those metal disks in your capsuler's back... That is where the ship and pilot connect. It's all mental. Obviously a capsuler needs stamina, but they do not need to be a ballet dancer or master of fine motor skills. In fact, it may be possible to be a parapalegic and fly a capsuler ship (though you would probably just reclone to fix whatever paralized you if possible)
So really, there isn't much to discuss except either your poor attempt at trolling or you lack of understanding about the eve universe. |

Alara IonStorm
4545
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:11:00 -
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This just in, performance enhancing drugs enhance your performance...
Baseball players were reported to be unsurprised by this revelation. |

T'Laar Bok
70
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:12:00 -
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ummm...... just ignore my sig and 23hr mining ops  Amphetimines are your friend.
http://eveboard.com/pilot/T'Laar_Bok |

Jonah Gravenstein
Khalkotauroi Defence Labs
6315
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:13:00 -
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Lady Ayeipsia wrote:I think you are confusing weed with alcohol. If you drink, you tend to weave when driving. Smoking pot usually just leads to you going 5-10mph below the speed limit,[i] to the nearest shop that's open 24 hours and sells munchies
FTFY
Eve in a nutshell, it's you vs the universe, and every machiavellian space bastard in it. |

Eresphere
TransArcadian Dynamics
0
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:14:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:I find it worrying that in E.v.e. you can pop a pill and suddenly be able to better perform complex motor functions like flying a ship; this is totally unrealistic
I agree! Totally unrealistic until we have access to amphetamine analogues like Adderall or Ritalin. Purchasable with LP from NPC school corporations, these "legal" boosters would increase the rate of skill training. |

BadAssMcKill
Love Squad Confederation of xXPIZZAXx
169
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:14:00 -
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Drugs in game do have side effects though Starships were meant to fly~ |
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Haulie Berry
254
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:16:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:I find it worrying that in E.v.e. you can pop a pill and suddenly be able to better perform complex motor functions like flying a ship; this is totally unrealistic, and opposite to any drugs in real life.
Giving you the benefit of the doubt that this isn't a troll and is just poorly thought out, you seem to be comparing Eve's performance-enhancing drugs to RL's recreational drugs, completely ignoring the fact that RL has tons of performance enhancing drugs.
ADD drugs, Viagra (BLUE PILL!), steroids... what do you think these things are? |

Nariya Kentaya
Always Negative.
426
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:28:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:I find it worrying that in E.v.e. you can pop a pill and suddenly be able to better perform complex motor functions like flying a ship; this is totally unrealistic, and opposite to any drugs in real life. In real life if you take weed and try to drive, you weave all over the road and end up spending the night in a jail cell with a big black guy named Bubba. Does the presence of these "Boosters" ingame subtly encourage drug use in impressionable young players? Discuss... In real life there ARE performance enhancing drigs, though with side effects.
i can only assume several thousand years in the future, drug-overlords have figured out they can make alot more money in the long term if they sell drugs refined adn treated in a way that doesnt kill their customers, and actually give a positive effect in thr consumer promotes buying.
but seriously, you were confusing weed and alcohol, i know alot of alcoholics that have driven and gotten in crashes, of the several ive known to reglarly drive while high, theyve only been pulled over for going to slow or not going at all after a red light, then being driven home by whatever cop plled them over that day (yeah, i live in that kinda town, local cops are pro-weed, just not with driving) |

Guttripper
State War Academy Caldari State
229
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:30:00 -
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*remembers when you had to download Eve from CCP's site after stating you are over 17 years old while there were no warning labels or online ratings, much less an online game geared towards the "younger" crowd as it is today... |

Praetor Meles
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:31:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:...unrealistic, and opposite to any drugs in real life. In real life...
Confirming: Eve should be more like real life.
[insert random rubbish that irritates you personally] is further evidence that Eve is dying/thriving*
* delete as required to make your point |

Beekeeper Bob
Beekeepers Anonymous
482
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:52:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:I find it worrying that in E.v.e. you can pop a pill and suddenly be able to better perform complex motor functions like flying a ship; this is totally unrealistic, and opposite to any drugs in real life. In real life if you take weed and try to drive, you weave all over the road and end up spending the night in a jail cell with a big black guy named Bubba. Does the presence of these "Boosters" ingame subtly encourage drug use in impressionable young players? Discuss...
Clearly you've never smoked weed......
Try googling Oregon driving tests, they drove fine stoned.....
The single biggest danger to EVE is the proliferation of ALTS! Kill an alt today!
Petition for a Minimum bounty of 10 mil. Prevent useless bounties!
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Metal Icarus
Dirt Nap Squad Dirt Nap Squad.
508
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:55:00 -
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Eve should have UI effects when on drugs depending on the current description of it.
As for smoking weed during piloting an eve ship, this usually has the draw back of forgetting to recall drones.... |

silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
998
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:56:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:I find it worrying that in E.v.e. you can pop a pill and suddenly be able to better perform complex motor functions like flying a ship; this is totally unrealistic, and opposite to any drugs in real life. In real life if you take weed and try to drive, you weave all over the road and end up spending the night in a jail cell with a big black guy named Bubba. Does the presence of these "Boosters" ingame subtly encourage drug use in impressionable young players? Discuss... Slippery slope! Gateway drugs! Think of the children!
Wow. Three big fallacies in one fairly short post. Impressive.
Metal Icarus wrote:Eve should have UI effects when on drugs depending on the current description of it.
What, and be like Guild Wars (has a 'drunk' UI effect)..?!
NEVER!
 Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
Malcanis for CSM8 |

Dalmont Delantee
Dropbears with Kebabs SpaceMonkey's Alliance
115
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Posted - 2013.03.12 18:59:00 -
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This is a game not real life, stop confusing the two. Its M for mature and not for kids, if your a kid, please tell mummy and she's panic and throw your computer out of the window.
If you are against drugs in RL I will point you to the above.
Do you complain about popping healing potions etc etc in other games because they are drugs too. I bet you really don't like skyrim where you can make your own. |

Savnire Jacitu
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
99
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:04:00 -
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Drugs the improve your body-
Beta Blockers Steriods Viagra Others I'm too lazy to actualy look up and are much better examples. <corrupt> |

Alara IonStorm
4547
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:05:00 -
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Dalmont Delantee wrote:Its M for mature and not for kids. Rated T for Teen. |
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T'Laar Bok
70
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:07:00 -
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Dalmont Delantee wrote:This is a game not real life,.
BLASPHEMER! Amphetimines are your friend.
http://eveboard.com/pilot/T'Laar_Bok |

Notorious Fellon
Republic University Minmatar Republic
19
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:10:00 -
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And here I was hoping for a revamp to the booster mechanics so I could become a trafficker (sounds fun!). In comes the OP to bring up the moral aspects of how certain pixels are bad for you.
Yeah, OK.
If your real life is in any way impacted by pixels, you need to be banned from the internet, banned from using video games and banned from planet Earth. You simply are not worthy of the air you breathe. |

Random Majere
Epsilon Lyr Nulli Secunda
64
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:17:00 -
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OP is right in a sense...but this is a game and...he can use them to....
Also, EvE is not real!!  |

Radamant Nemess
Caribbean Coke Enterprises
10
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:19:00 -
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Panzerschokolade anyone? you live like a snake, but you die like a worm! |

Whitehound
1186
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:29:00 -
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Notorious Fellon wrote:If your real life is in any way impacted by pixels, you need to be banned from the internet, banned from using video games and banned from planet Earth. You simply are not worthy of the air you breathe. Do not make this so simple. Escaping into a game world does not mean you have escaped the real world. Messing with pixels still can get you banned and worse.
I agree with you on mixing game drugs and real drugs on a topic. OP is just silly and trolling/baiting. It is a typical Goon noob thread, which we get to see every 2-3 days here in GD. It is probably some introduction ceremony by them to show off their shitposting skills. Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling. |

Cypherous
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
1
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:33:00 -
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Lady Ayeipsia wrote:I think you are confusing weed with alcohol. If you drink, you tend to weave when driving. Smoking pot usually just leads to you going 5-10mph below the speed limit.
That said, you are confusing boosters with drugs, and choosing poorly with the drug metaphors at that. Think of boosters more like steroids except for the mind.
Additionally, you don't seem to grasp how a pod works. Capsulers do not fly their ships using motor skills. You don't have a throttle and flight stick. Those metal disks in your capsuler's back... That is where the ship and pilot connect. It's all mental. Obviously a capsuler needs stamina, but they do not need to be a ballet dancer or master of fine motor skills. In fact, it may be possible to be a parapalegic and fly a capsuler ship (though you would probably just reclone to fix whatever paralized you if possible)
So really, there isn't much to discuss except either your poor attempt at trolling or you lack of understanding about the eve universe.
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Thomas Hurt
Vasilkovsky Interstellar Goonswarm Federation
105
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:37:00 -
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I realize that the in-game lore method for ship piloting is some sort of mental hookup, but turning your brain into Woodstock or your stepdad's camper van would still have a serious effect on your ability to pilot, regardless of whether your E.v.e. avatar were using his/her/hyr/zyr hands... |

Vincent R'lyeh
Black Rebel Rifter Club The Devil's Tattoo
157
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:46:00 -
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I think we are missing the most important point here....
WTF is E.v.e?
Excessive Ventricular Efficiency?
Elmo's Very Exasperated?
Elementary Vogon Economics?
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Thomas Hurt
Vasilkovsky Interstellar Goonswarm Federation
105
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:56:00 -
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Vincent R'lyeh wrote:I think we are missing the most important point here....
WTF is E.v.e?
Excessive Ventricular Efficiency?
Elmo's Very Exasperated?
Elementary Vogon Economics?
E.v.e. Online, it's an acronym for the game that these forums were set up to discuss. |

Whitehound
1187
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Posted - 2013.03.12 19:56:00 -
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Thomas Hurt wrote:I realize that the in-game lore method for ship piloting is some sort of mental hookup, but turning your brain into Woodstock or your stepdad's camper van would still have a serious effect on your ability to pilot, regardless of whether your E.v.e. avatar were using his/her/hyr/zyr hands... You think way too much in terms of recreational and illegal drugs and plain poison, which is what most of these are.
Instead, you need to think of engineered drugs of the future. Think about where we currently are in biochemistry and neurology - we are basically only beginning to explore the possibilities of engineered, molecular structures and still can only describe the brain functions in terms of large areas. Now imagine where we could be in the future. This is what EVE's drugs are about.
If our current understanding of drugs was this then EVE's drugs would be this. You get that? Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling. |
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