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Driven
Qantium Superior Eve Engineering
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Posted - 2013.05.03 18:29:00 -
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With the 10 year anniversary coming up, I thought maybe it might be enjoyable to look back over some of my 10 years of playing EVE.
I signed up in early May 2003 - the first or second day it went live. I've been on ten years straight since. One fanfest. Tons of friends.
Sure, people can complain all they want about this or that, but I've played a lot of games. This is simply the best game there is. I think the heart of it is the multi-dimensional aspect of all parts of the game. You have to think through everything. If you just haul off and do something without planning or thinking it through, you can be sure that there will be someone ready and waiting to take advantage if you give it. It's at once a cold ruthless place, filled with hated enemies and good friends, and the most interesting universe there is to play in.
I remember:
I had been playing some crap game called Earth & Beyond in early 2003 (I think it was made by EA - who else). I had played that game for a few months and severely lost interest. Happened across a review of EVE and thought I would give it a try. I started in Lonetrek. I remember the very first time I undocked in my Ibis, and flew around, system to system, belt to belt, I remember thinking what an amazing universe these guys had created, the beauty, the huge size, and how isolated everything seemed. It was awesome and still is. I sometimes have to remind myself not to take for granted.
I remember in the first days of EVE how much it was the wild wild west. All of null sec up for grabs. Low sec practically empty. Everything was new. Everybody was flying around doing stupid stuff, shooting everybody else up, just basically a huge chaotic fist fight.
I remember how, at first, mining was everything. Then it sucked and ratting was the thing. Then missions. And now mining again.
I remember I when I got my first cruiser and had mined for hours and hours to get the minerals to afford it. And then me and some buddies jumped into null sec after joining a corp out in Venal and promptly got popped in 2 minutes.
I remember in the early days, we had only 4-5k people on the server you could sit and mine and rat in remote systems literally all day long if you wanted to and have the system to yourself.
I remember the day that the first player flew a battleship in EVE. It was a big deal. The old MOO corp - some guy in a Domi and his buddies - camped Nonni - and blew the crap out of everybody coming in and out. Hi Sec was a lot different back then. People whine about it now. Nothing like it was when EVE started.
I remember when POSes were first introduced we spent hours scanning moons and I came across some "worthless" technetium moon in low sec Forge, so I thought I would give moon mining a go. Back then demand was often so low I couldn't make a profit on it and actually shut it down because it cost more to run than I could make.
In null sec, in those early days of null sec sov wars, we spent hours and hours spamming systems with towers to get sov. And then more hours blowing the crap out of other alliance towers who then blew up our towers and back and forth. You would log on early morning and stay on till 2 or 3AM all weekend to keep fighting or hauling stuff from empire to keep the supplies and fuel and towers flowing only to see them all blown up and do it all over again and again.
I remember when Jita was someplace nobody had ever heard of and everybody sold everything in Yulai.
I remember back before warp to zero, what a pain bookmarks were.
I remember when people used warp stabs.
I remember when Miner II's came out and everybody went nuts to get one. My first Miner II cost 5M ISK, back when 5M was a lot.
I remember the days of the Stain & Curse Alliance wars. We used to load up our Kessie's with cruise missiles (you could do that back then) and fly hit and run raids, ambushing haulers and occasional cruisers. The best part was, of course, blowing up some reds mining op. Back before mining barges, people often used Apocs or other Battleships with a bunch of miners in the hi's, and we'd fly in a couple of dozen frigs loaded with cruises and blow them all to pieces. And then they'd do the same to us.
I remember how, when Freighters first came out, everybody wanted a freighter, and how our whole corp chipped in to be able to afford the 4 capital parts BPOs and the Obelisk BPO and we mined and mined so we could build just one freighter. Took weeks. And then after we built it, it was like "now what?" so we sold it because we really didn't have anything to haul around.
EVE is a funny fateful place sometimes where just one small thing can make all the difference. I remember once, years ago, on a whim, I blew up some NPC merchant haulers just to see what would drop. One item was 5 BPOs of something called an Auto Targeter. Never had even heard of it. Turns out it was golden. A hi slot item lots of mission runners use. Apparently back then it was a drop item from rats, but the BPOs hadn't been seeded on the market for some reason. And I had five of them. They cost around 20K to make and I could sell them for around 1M because demand was high. So, naturally, I built them as fast as I could for months and months and sold them all over hi sec with a practical monopoly as no one else seemed to be building them. Didn't last forever but was nice while it did.
I remember when I was one of the first players to get my hands on a Covetor BPO. I remember selling 1-run BPCs for 10M a copy and couldn't make copies fast enough.
I still know a lot of the friends I have made. Guys who live all over many European countries, Asia, North America. People I would never have known otherwise. Its funny how you get to know guys in EVE so well and they become good friends. EVE is like that.
I am looking forward to the next 10 years.
Driven
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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
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Posted - 2013.05.03 18:35:00 -
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I remember when I first started reading your post.
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
Jarod Garamonde
Action Bastards
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Posted - 2013.05.03 18:43:00 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:I remember when I first started reading your post.
Don't taunt the bittervets. They are my friends, and I am technically one of them. "you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."-á --áBienator II |
Gilbaron
Free-Space-Ranger Nulli Secunda
866
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Posted - 2013.05.03 18:50:00 -
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i remember that dude i had a history class with, he bought a new laptop and dualboxed mining accounts while in class, loosing them in Hulkageddon II We are recruiting german-speaking PVP players, contact me :)
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The Antiquarian
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.05.03 19:01:00 -
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My biggest regret is that I did not know anything about EVE Online until much later.
All the countless hours of playtime and years wasted in other mundane games.... |
HostageTaker
Band of Freelancers
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Posted - 2013.05.03 19:28:00 -
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I'm a 2003 bittervet too, and I remember everything! I remember every little thing As if it happened only yesterday I was barely seventeen, And I once killed a boy with a Fender guitar I don't remember if it was a telecaster or a stratocaster But I do remember that it had a heart of chrome And a voice like a horny angel I don't remember if it was a telecaster or a stratocaster But I do remember that it wasn't at all easy It required the perfect combination of the right power chords And the precise angle from which to strike The guitar bled for about a week afterward And the blood was so dark and rich, like wild berries The blood of the guitar was Chuck Berry red The guitar bled for about a week afterward, But it rung out beautifully And I was able to play notes That I had never even heard before So I took my guitar, And I smashed it against the wall I smashed it against the floor I smashed it against the body of a varsity cheerleader Smashed it against the hood of a car Smashed it against a 1981 Harley Davidson The Harley howled in pain, The guitar howled in heat And I ran up the stairs to my parents' bedroom Mommy and Daddy were sleeping in the moonlight Slowly I opened the door, creeping in the shadows Right up to the foot of their bed I raised the guitar high above my head And just as I was about to bring the guitar Crashing down upon the center of the bed, My father woke up, screaming "Stop!" "Wait a minute! Stop it boy! What do ya think you're doin'? That's no way to treat an expensive musical instrument!" And I said: "God Dammit Daddy! You know I love you, But you got a hell of a lot to learn about Rock 'n Roll"
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Titans on fire outside "The Alamo" of NOL-M9. I watched massive Super Capital fleets glitter in the dark near the BKG-Q2 gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... -á Time to die. |
Roc Wieler
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
234
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Posted - 2013.05.03 19:33:00 -
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I remember the days when noobs made their insults with ship guns, not empty forum squawking. Never start a fight you can win.
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Niko medes
Sonoran Shadow
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Posted - 2013.05.03 19:42:00 -
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Good to see veterans of this caliber still around |
Felicity Love
STARKRAFT Joint Venture Conglomerate
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Posted - 2013.05.03 19:43:00 -
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Congrats, Driven.
Proud Beta Tester for "Bumping Uglies for Dummies" |
Isonda
suspended animations DOT None Of The Above
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Posted - 2013.05.03 19:55:00 -
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I remember when all prices wee Integers... Not float or real like now I remember EvE from before smugler gates I remember when curse had the closest station to 'the man' regions...
And I remember Cyvok' s charter
When missiles did not go through astroids..
Goood times. |
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Jarod Garamonde
Action Bastards
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Posted - 2013.05.03 20:44:00 -
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I can't believe I didn't realize how much fun PvP was, until I started over with this toon, in 07. Should never have scrapped my old account.
But I do remember what it was like before shipwrecks and alliances. Before supercaps and TechII. Wormholes and Sleepers weren't even thought of. CCP and GM's had Jovian characters... and nobody could afford a battleship, yet.
Those were the days. "you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."-á --áBienator II |
The Antiquarian
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.05.03 20:58:00 -
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Jarod Garamonde wrote:I can't believe I didn't realize how much fun PvP was, until I started over with this toon, in 07. Should never have scrapped my old account.
But I do remember what it was like before shipwrecks and alliances.
Yup. 2003 toons with "2003 employment history" carries a fortune in Character Bazaar even if it has 10SP. |
Angus Thermopollye
Omni Galactic Resource Excavation Inc. Tri-Star Galactic Industries
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Posted - 2013.05.03 21:02:00 -
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That m0o guy, if I'm not mistaken, was L0rd Zap. I say this because my first character lost his first pod on that fateful day in high sec while they tanked and murdered Concord. TRI-G Alliance OGREI OGREI Recrutment Ad
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Hamatitio
Aperture Harmonics K162
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Posted - 2013.05.03 21:13:00 -
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~I Was there~
10 years for me comes up in july, I started shortly after my 15th birthday, lucky for me I had nothing to do after school but play eve for 8-10 hours.
I was lucky enough to be a part of a lot of the early history in EVE. |
Jarod Garamonde
Action Bastards
98
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Posted - 2013.05.03 21:29:00 -
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Angus Thermopollye wrote:That m0o guy, if I'm not mistaken, was L0rd Zap. I say this because my first character lost his first pod on that fateful day in high sec while they tanked and murdered Concord.
Man..... m0o Corp made a real name for themselves, early on. Tank CEO..... EVE's original "villain", was a member. m0o got the first BShip killmail, AND killed the only Gold Magnate. It took GM help to break their gate camps.
Not to mention a m0o member (Tank, of course) was the only player to ever slip into Jovian space without exploiting the Alliance Tournament. "you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."-á --áBienator II |
Majin Buu
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
1
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Posted - 2013.05.03 22:57:00 -
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I remember logging into beta 7 and not being able to lock ANYTHING I remember the only way to pvp was to have all your low slots filled with dmg mods I remember having loads and loads of BM's all 15km behind the gate I remember going on a "road trip" from catch to venal and it was about 130 jumps slow boat in a pvp fit apoc I remember a certain corp fitting their BS's with smartbombs and going afk in a belt killing rats as they spawn I remember paying MORE isk for a set of heavy beam lasers than i did for the maller they went on I remember when m0o killed a imperial apoc by using bumping mechanics |
hellcane
Never Back Down
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Posted - 2013.05.03 23:22:00 -
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Maybe it is just fond memories, but I miss those days. Except the bookmarks. Those were always annoying. |
bassie12bf1
Militaris Industries Northern Coalition.
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Posted - 2013.05.03 23:31:00 -
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I think it would be cool if CCP put up a 2003 EVE on one of the test servers for a week or 2.
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Viceran Phaedra
Instar Heavy Industries
36
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Posted - 2013.05.03 23:46:00 -
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Haha fantastic! Thanks for sharing your stories. Amazing to see how far EVE has come, and hopefully how far it's going to go. Can't wait to hit my 10 years and pull up a seat at that shiny 10-year club station CCP is going to build you guys. __________________ Chief Executive Officer Instar Heavy Industries |
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