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Tho'mas Alpha Strategy The Unthinkables 14	Posted - 2013.08.15 13:30:00 - [1] - Quote Just because I'm curious, I was hoping anyone willing to share would take the time to tell us how they heard about Eve online, and which parts of the game sounded interesting to you/why you decided to try it. I originally heard about it from a guild member of mine I played WoW with. One day he was on ventrilo describing this game, and I happened to hop in, hear him, and it immediately caught my attention. The next day 4 of us made trial accounts and joined our guild member in Eve as brand new capsuleers. The next few weeks were a boasting contest among us 4 brand new guys about what awesome new ship we each had gotten in to, and generally failing at everything we did. I remember when 3 of us decided to go into low sec to pvp. We found an Astarte, and he promptly kicked our butts 3v1.
Annie Moennan Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 0	Posted - 2013.08.15 14:25:00 - [2] - Quote I heard about it when it came out, but it was always spreadsheets in space, plus I will never pay a subscription to play any game (I have a F2P maxed twink on WoW for this very reason) I downloaded and started my trial after hearing about 6VDT-H on reddit and finding out you can pay subscription with ISK ... Great, it's not pay to play it's play to pay and holy **** 4000 people in 1 battle o_0 I did my research and am currently 5 days in. My plan was 100% ninja salvage skills, remap for trade skills and use the salvage money to Hub trade between Dodixie and Jita. and I have 100 mil total assets already so I think with a 21 day trial it should be easy to make a plex or 2 ;) but I think the main reason I always wanted to play it was because I loved elite
Jayor Robb Caldari Provisions Caldari State 5	Posted - 2013.08.15 16:10:00 - [3] - Quote I had heard about it for years, but have always been a little more fantasy rpg focused. After another recent title making claims of most hardcore, punishing, brutal, etc, etc PvP disappointing me, a friend described the community culture of Eve to me so I signed up. And when I learned that a good player can pay for subscription with in-game currency, I was sold. Also, cheers to the person above for the Elite reference. We're old. Really? You've been playing EvE for 6 years and gate camping is the best idea you can come up with? XD
Inignort Err Wolf Star Enterprises 3	Posted - 2013.08.15 16:34:00 - [4] - Quote I had read about it on Massively several years ago but had kept putting off trying it because my MMO rotation was already maxed. Eventually a friend from another MMO told me of his experiences in here and so it got bumped up on the list. I was initially drawn more to the business side of things -- industry, trade, treachery then combat but the longer I play the more I am investing time and energy in PvP alts. I like the many opportunities here. EVE = Formula One -á* -áSWTOR = Indy Car -á* WOW = NASCAR DUCY?
Ned Taggart EVE University Ivy League 31	Posted - 2013.08.15 17:07:00 - [5] - Quote I played MMO's since 09, off and on, AC, DAoC and WoW and knew I enjoyed them. I think I saw a banner ad for Eve '08 or '09 and I tried it, but couldn't really grok it. I tried it again about a year later and I still couldn't really get my head around it, I tried to join several corps at that time, hoping to get some help, but non were accepting new players because they were under wardec. I started dating a new girl around then who detested any MMO's because her Ex was a major Eve junkie. I stayed out of MMO's while we were dating and when it became clear we were going to split up, I started playing WoW again for a few months. As soon as I got into my own apartment, I started playing Eve and it was a totally different experience for me. I am hooked.
Jayor Robb Caldari Provisions Caldari State 5	Posted - 2013.08.15 17:16:00 - [6] - Quote Ned Taggart wrote: I played MMO's since 09, off and on, AC, DAoC and WoW and knew I enjoyed them. I think I saw a banner ad for Eve '08 or '09 and I tried it, but couldn't really grok it. I tried it again about a year later and I still couldn't really get my head around it, I tried to join several corps at that time, hoping to get some help, but non were accepting new players because they were under wardec. I started dating a new girl around then who detested any MMO's because her Ex was a major Eve junkie. I stayed out of MMO's while we were dating and when it became clear we were going to split up, I started playing WoW again for a few months. As soon as I got into my own apartment, I started playing Eve and it was a totally different experience for me. I am hooked. So I suppose a... TL;DR - Man trades girlfriend for Eve and never looks back! Would be accurate? Really? You've been playing EvE for 6 years and gate camping is the best idea you can come up with? XD
Solai Jolly Codgers Get Off My Lawn 90	Posted - 2013.08.15 17:35:00 - [7] - Quote Originally found it in 2006 through MMORPG.com, I think, and was interested because it was hard sci fi space ships. I joined, played a bit, and found it boring, so I quit. Later references to the game seemed to indicate that I was missing something, so I subbed again, and this time joined a nullsec corp. And then my computer exploded shortly thereafter. I didn't go back, as my 'new' computer couldn't run the game. Nowadays I have a sweet laptop that runs it. I joined another Nullsec corp, and armed with some prior research i was able to get into the game and understand it much easier than I originally did. So what attracted me was sci fi. But what kept me was the meta. Player-made conflicts and conflict drivers, player made game concepts, player made good and evil, player made sandcastles. This game would be unworthy of our time without the meta, but the meta is sooo good... I can't comprehend going back to high-sec. I just can't imagine it. Jolly Codgers corp - Bloodthirsty old men of Null-Sec. -á PVP and organizational excellence through maturity, for pilots age 30+.
NightCrawler 85 Phoibe Enterprises 939	Posted - 2013.08.15 18:31:00 - [8] - Quote Reason i started to play.... what memories! Just gotten into a new relationship a couple of months before (this was back in 04) and of course when a friend of his mentioned this new game to him and he asked if he could play it i wanted to be that "perfect gf" ,unlike his x that refused him to play computer games, i gave him the game as an early b day present Personally i had never played an online game, and the only computer game i had played was HMM3. Thus i also was not prepared for how addicted people become to online games! After a few weeks of no attention and comments like "Sorry, not right now, have to do something in EVE" i decided to give it a try and figure out what was the big deal. Again wanting to be that perfect partner i logged on after he went to sleep and would mine for hours for him for his first BS, and logging off as soon as US guys started to log on. Eventually he went to the army and thats when i really started to talk to people and got more involved in the community within the corp, by the help of a friendly danish player and a lot of google translator We broke up about 4 years later (i will admit that EVE was not completely innocent in the breakup) but while he stopped playing i kept going and i will admit that even if i miss that "Everything is so big and new" feeling, in some ways the game is better now then it was back then But in the long run, the community keeps me here, and even tho if i have tried to quit i seem to always be dragged back in by nagging corp members that knows i cant stay away if they ask nicely enough Phoibe Enterprises official recruitment thread The Eve Reader - -áAudio Recordings of Eve Chronicles
Dimaloun Vyreen Venture Corporation 10	Posted - 2013.08.15 19:22:00 - [9] - Quote I saw those really cool trailers and thought, "Wow, this looks soooooo cool!". It turns out the trailers failed to convey this portion of eve: http://i.imgur.com/Nlapyh3.jpg That wasn't even everything. There are three things you say to the police. "Yes, sir", "No, sir" and "I want a lawyer". There is one thing you say to Concord, "Wait, it wasn-"
Jeffrey Asher Gallactic Mining and Production inc 12	Posted - 2013.08.16 03:36:00 - [10] - Quote I'd heard about it a few years ago and wanted to get into EVE, but never seemed to have the time. The combination of getting a decent net connection and then right after, 3 weeks off work after a back operation, sealed the deal. Thankfully the first week and a half of tutorials and finding my way around wasn't too hard to do sitting up in bed for the most part. A life-long fandom of sci-fi and space opera in particular made the game a natural for me to look into when I was looking for an MMO. My biggest regret in playing is that I had not looked at EVE 10 years ago (or any other point in those subsequent 10 years) and started playing before this year. Still, here's hoping for 10 more years of others tears I can enjoy. The power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.

Lord Battlestar CALIMA COLLABORATIVE Atrox Urbanis Respublique Abundatia 67	Posted - 2013.08.16 04:18:00 - [11] - Quote I started playing back in 2008, a good friend of mine were in university together and he found it out of the blue. He played a trial and then rage quit because he lost his ship, but a few months later he was drawn back in. By this time i had started watching him play and learned remotely how to play, so by the time i started my own trial i had a good handle on the ui. He has since stopped playing due to rl, but I have met other good people on here. Now over 5 years later I still play routinely. I am a huge sci fi fan so the whole spaceship idea of it really drew me. Especially once I got hooked on pvp. I once podded myself by blowing a huge fart.
Robbin Sund 1	Posted - 2013.08.16 05:11:00 - [12] - Quote Hearing about it early it peaked my interest about the type/style of the game. Dying ment losing everything you currently had on. This kind of games always peaked my interest, Adding space, huge and ships to that mix I was sold. Sadly I could not get any friends to tag along with me so we all went to wow and many other games. I started mmos to play with friends I had, instead of getting new friends. I kept on reading eve stories and dramas even thou I did not have an account, it was interesting, compared to wow/ragnarok online and so on, this game had news you could follow with interest, not the classic patchnotes/guilds firstkills. Those classic stories about thefts, alliance-backstabs and so many other smaller stories only eve-community shared within itself. After on and off when everyone eventually started playing different games I gave EVE a shot. "9/25/201" was my trial date, I regret it not being sooner, I regret so hard I did not take it up solo back then. I got myself a 90 day Special (no signup fee), played on and off, maby tops 30 days, was much going on in private life and shortly after that I moved to a new country to work. Everyday when I was thinking about what games to play I always looked at the EVE icon at the desktop. A few days ago I resubbed and still cant figure out why I did not play it earlier. One way trip! Why dont you drive?
Sabriz Adoudel Oppan Ganknam Style 644	Posted - 2013.08.16 05:57:00 - [13] - Quote Heard about Guiding Hand Social Club in another MMO, thought 'I have to see a game where that can happen for myself'. An enemy is just a friend that you stab in the front.

CCP Sunset C C P C C P Alliance 158	Posted - 2013.08.16 13:46:00 - [14] - Quote I heard about EVE when the Alliance Tournament caused a date to be cut short. Naturally I wanted to know what this was all about so had a look around and fell in love (with EVE ). I know it sounds like a very stereotypical "girl" answer, but the first thing that really caught my attention was how beautiful New Eden is. I planned my training progression to get into the best looking Gallente ships and was constantly impressed with the detail around me in space, beautiful nebulae, intricate stations and shiney shiney ships. After that I joined the public channel of a corp that was recommended to me and the community really drew me in. After a while I joined this same corp and couldn't keep away. I went to various Alliance meet ups along with FanFest and the now regular London meet. I'm still good friends with many of those first guys I met through EVE and love catching up with them both in Iceland and the UK whenever I am able to visit. Edit: oh, and now I live in Iceland and get to work on the Alliance Tournament and at FanFest, I'm pretty lucky European Associate Sales Specialist, Presenter: EVE TV, tea enthusiast.

Daniel Plain Science and Trade Institute Caldari State 1342	Posted - 2013.08.16 14:04:00 - [15] - Quote CCP Sunset wrote: I heard about EVE when the Alliance Tournament caused a date to be cut short. Naturally I wanted to know what this was all about so had a look around and fell in love (with EVE ). I know it sounds like a very stereotypical "girl" answer, but the first thing that really caught my attention was how beautiful New Eden is. I planned my training progression to get into the best looking Gallente ships and was constantly impressed with the detail around me in space, beautiful nebulae, intricate stations and shiney shiney ships. After that I joined the public channel of a corp that was recommended to me and the community really drew me in. After a while I joined this same corp and couldn't keep away. I went to various Alliance meet ups along with FanFest and the now regular London meet. I'm still good friends with many of those first guys I met through EVE and love catching up with them both in Iceland and the UK whenever I am able to visit. Edit: oh, and now I live in Iceland and get to work on the Alliance Tournament and at FanFest, I'm pretty lucky what happened to the nerd... eeh... guy you were dating? "I don't troll, I just give overly blunt responses that annoy people who are wrong but don't want to admit it. It's not my fault that people have sensitive feelings" -MXZF

CCP Sunset C C P C C P Alliance 163	Posted - 2013.08.16 14:08:00 - [16] - Quote Daniel Plain wrote: CCP Sunset wrote: I heard about EVE when the Alliance Tournament caused a date to be cut short. Naturally I wanted to know what this was all about so had a look around and fell in love (with EVE ). I know it sounds like a very stereotypical "girl" answer, but the first thing that really caught my attention was how beautiful New Eden is. I planned my training progression to get into the best looking Gallente ships and was constantly impressed with the detail around me in space, beautiful nebulae, intricate stations and shiney shiney ships. After that I joined the public channel of a corp that was recommended to me and the community really drew me in. After a while I joined this same corp and couldn't keep away. I went to various Alliance meet ups along with FanFest and the now regular London meet. I'm still good friends with many of those first guys I met through EVE and love catching up with them both in Iceland and the UK whenever I am able to visit. Edit: oh, and now I live in Iceland and get to work on the Alliance Tournament and at FanFest, I'm pretty lucky what happened to the nerd... eeh... guy you were dating? We were together for a while, turned into a long distance relationship with a lot of hanging out in EVE which was a nice way to keep up with each other during the week. Didn't work out in the end, but I found something even better.... at FanFest one year <3 European Associate Sales Specialist, Presenter: EVE TV, tea enthusiast.

MainDrain 7th Deepari Defence Armada Apocalypse Now. 216	Posted - 2013.08.16 15:54:00 - [17] - Quote I was a Sub-editor at a Newspaper in Aberdeen. One of my duties was to prepare the pages for the games reviews, and occasionally if the title was of interest I would pull together the review myself. A random advert for Apochrya launch caught my eye on a game press site. Decided to sign up for the 14 day trial at the time and didn't look back. Been playing on and off (during exam times when I went back to uni) and i'm still here. Now a digital producer at the same newspaper, but no longer responsible for game reviews ... but soon!

ISD LackOfFaith ISD Community Communications Liaisons 591	Posted - 2013.08.16 20:10:00 - [18] - Quote My boss kept playing this thing called Eve in the background at work. It had sweet graphics and spaceships. If I remember correctly, he was a space trucker. But the idea of it being a sandbox universe seemed interesting, but I wasn't super keen on paying a subscription at that point. I did eventually find other people I knew who played, which convinced me to take the dive. The idea of completely unscripted, complex and meaningful PvP always attracted me (as you might be albe to tell by some posts of mine). Little did I know that after several years of ongoing PvP I'd still have stuff to learn -- and even, stuff I've never tried! In addition to all that, life occasionally put me in situations in which social interaction was fairly scarce, and the social aspect of Eve kept me from being too much of a hermit. I have tried out other MMOs after playing Eve, but they just feel so linear and scripted. I think Eve ruined MMOs for me. ISD LackOfFaith Lieutenant Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department

Liam Inkuras Justified Chaos 394	Posted - 2013.08.16 20:24:00 - [19] - Quote Jayor Robb wrote: Ned Taggart wrote: I played MMO's since 09, off and on, AC, DAoC and WoW and knew I enjoyed them. I think I saw a banner ad for Eve '08 or '09 and I tried it, but couldn't really grok it. I tried it again about a year later and I still couldn't really get my head around it, I tried to join several corps at that time, hoping to get some help, but non were accepting new players because they were under wardec. I started dating a new girl around then who detested any MMO's because her Ex was a major Eve junkie. I stayed out of MMO's while we were dating and when it became clear we were going to split up, I started playing WoW again for a few months. As soon as I got into my own apartment, I started playing Eve and it was a totally different experience for me. I am hooked. So I suppose a... TL;DR - Man trades girlfriend for Eve and never looks back! Would be accurate? There are many girlfriends in the world, but only one EvE I wear my goggles at night. Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone
Ichi Takiwa Night Raven Task Force 8	Posted - 2013.08.16 20:32:00 - [20] - Quote I'm a huge fan of space flight sims, having played all the Wing Commander and Freespace games. Also a fan of MMOs, and Eve's the only one that fits the bill. When I saw the Caldari Explorer pack on sale for 5 bucks I dove in. Can't say I'm wild about the controls though. I'll be leaving for Star Citizen once it comes out.

Ilkahn DisturbedGamers. 109	Posted - 2013.08.16 21:12:00 - [21] - Quote CCP Sunset wrote: I heard about EVE when the Alliance Tournament caused a date to be cut short. Naturally I wanted to know what this was all about so had a look around and fell in love (with EVE ). I know it sounds like a very stereotypical "girl" answer, but the first thing that really caught my attention was how beautiful New Eden is. I planned my training progression to get into the best looking Gallente ships and was constantly impressed with the detail around me in space, beautiful nebulae, intricate stations and shiney shiney ships. After that I joined the public channel of a corp that was recommended to me and the community really drew me in. After a while I joined this same corp and couldn't keep away. I went to various Alliance meet ups along with FanFest and the now regular London meet. I'm still good friends with many of those first guys I met through EVE and love catching up with them both in Iceland and the UK whenever I am able to visit. Edit: oh, and now I live in Iceland and get to work on the Alliance Tournament and at FanFest, I'm pretty lucky Gallente women are the best looking, and i should know being a chisled hunk of gallente man. Come sit by Ilkahn baby, i'll keep you safe from those nasty amarr. Might i pour you some spiced wine? :) What drew me was players from another game who told me this was like Dark Orbit where 4 races were at war and you could expand on your game experience with role play from time to time. I tried it, cancelled the other game and haven't left new eden since.
Ivy greene Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State 38	Posted - 2013.08.16 21:33:00 - [22] - Quote I joined for ambulation but stayed for the rat hunting
Andrew Articuli Astra Corva Explorations The Empire of Byzantium 9	Posted - 2013.08.17 03:05:00 - [23] - Quote A friend of mine messages me on steam and said "hey *****, do this buddy program and I can get free ". So I tried the demo and liked it and subbed and he got his free **.
Jonah Gravenstein Sweet Sensations Radical Industries 12047	Posted - 2013.08.17 03:21:00 - [24] - Quote I'd never even considered playing an MMO before I discovered Eve. I'd played Elite in the 80's, and played Freelancer, Wing Commander, Sins of a Solar Empire over the years, as well as a trial for Eve in around '06. I was bored, laid up with a busted leg and an Apocrypha ad caught my Eye, got a trial and had subbed within a week, never looked back. The meta game is out of this world, and the community, while a little harsh on those who deserve it, is genuinely friendly and helpful; even to those that they're shooting at. Bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are ~ Harry G. Frankfurt
Asayanami Dei Adhocracy Incorporated Adhocracy 287	Posted - 2013.08.17 05:50:00 - [25] - Quote I was trying to get away from the immature communities of other MMO's, always been on the geeky side so spaceships sounded awesome, and then I saw a video... nearly 5 years playing now, never looked back :) www.wormholefundamentals.com www.youtube.com/user/asayanami www.twitter.com/Asayanami www.facebook.com/Asayanami.Dei
Crimson Nirnroots Science and Trade Institute Caldari State 0	Posted - 2013.08.17 07:28:00 - [26] - Quote I have begun playing this great game only very recently, after having a co-working tell me about all the fun and exciting things he experiences in-game. So far I am having an absolute blast. Also: Spaceships. Seriously awesome.
Alaric Faelen Sabotage Incorporated Executive Outcomes 148	Posted - 2013.08.17 08:22:00 - [27] - Quote Been playing Eve since just before Incarna was released. When I started, I couldn't imagine anyone playing one game for several years like the old guys I met back then. I spent about 10 minutes on an avatar since they simply didn't matter back then. I am still terrible at Eve Online. I always avoided multiplayer in games specifically because as a middle age guy, I have little use for being pwned by some racist 12 year old over and over. The few times I tried, like CoD and a very (very) brief trial of WoW- only reinforced that paradigm. But I kept hearing about Eve Online, mostly things that the WoW people consider bad, like non-consensual PvP, real loss, and a true sandbox world where even scamming is okay. If WoW players don't like it, it must be good! When I finally went ahead and started playing, I didn't bother with a trial acct, just paid for 3 months up front. I was fully expecting the slow grind and steep learning curve. I understood that I would be terrible for some time, and came in with patience beyond what I would have put into any other game. Still here, so I must like Eve.
Shokal Shikkoken School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State 0	Posted - 2013.08.18 01:28:00 - [28] - Quote The same way most people did, an article about some dude losing a pricey ship and going, 'didn't want that $5,000 ship anyway". Everything in this game seems to revolve around real-world currency and PLEX, or at least that's all that seems to make headlines. EVE is apparently a pissing contest where everyone measures their ***** by how much money they throw away each month losing flying penises.
Demica Diaz The Scope Gallente Federation 42	Posted - 2013.08.18 15:03:00 - [29] - Quote Ex World of Warcraft player who grew up and got job. Since I travel a lot and am away sometimes month or even two, I felt behind in WoW and didnt wanted to hold back my friends who were raiding heroic modes. So I quit that game and at that time I knew about EVE but never had time to try. So I read about EVE and hear all cool "future visions" devs had and subbed for one year to try out. Game felt good. It was challenge and I liked that. Once I ran into my first 35 days skill training, I was happy as I could use my absence when traveling to train long skills. Joined E-Uni to learn more and had blast in it, but when I had to go on four month trip so I got kicked for inactivity. Joined RvB to learn PvP but in few days got call to leave again so I left RvB. Now I prefer just sit in NPC corp, dont want to bother other corps because any time I might be away for long time. What interests me in EVE is that even if world in that game runs around and stuff happens. When I get back, I dont feel like I have fallen behind. I come back, continue to do what I like or try new stuff and all happens at my own pace. Besides I quite like CCP folks, they seem to be quite jolly type and despite branding themselves as "bad boys" of mmo, the community is quite good and lively.
Robby Altair 7	Posted - 2013.08.18 19:22:00 - [30] - Quote Learned about EVE on a internet search. Being a fan of Science Fiction, I was looking for a Sci-Fi based MMO to play around with. The elements that interested me in EVE was SCI-FI, robotic drones, and jump clones. Many of EVE players are Sci-fi fans, and so am I. Interest in drones because of experience in robotics and industrial control( RL robots are more fun.). Jump clones because of enjoying the Eight Worlds novels and short stories by John Varley.



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