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Zimmy Zeta
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
31771
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Posted - 2013.09.24 20:36:00 -
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Amitious Turkey wrote:Since I played Eve since I was 12 years old (10 years), I can't point to one specific thing the game has not influenced. I can say however that the biggest two things were these: 1. Dedication. I never would have gone to college or authored and self-published my first book without Eve's influence in this. I had to learn how to pick myself up after losing shiny ships :( 2. Guts. Closely related to 1, but this means I can stand up to things I find wrong. I used to be a wimpy weakling who begged for his life over local chat, or bigger kids would intimidate in the schoolyard. Now, coupled with some martial arts training, I am a confident human being in both body and mind. Still no girlfriend though.
This is for you, good Sir.
Just think of how bad an average post by me is, and then realize half of them are even worse |
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
1023
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Posted - 2013.09.24 20:44:00 -
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EVE has caused a few changes in my life..
1) I had to learn how to speak/read English 2) Encouraged me to travel and leave the country (going from Norway to Denmark does not really count ) 3) Met my better half in EVE, and got married. 4) Moved from Norway to America due to marriage Phoibe Enterprises official recruitment thread The Eve Reader - -áAudio Recordings of Eve Chronicles
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CCP Shiny
C C P C C P Alliance
185
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Posted - 2013.09.24 21:33:00 -
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Long nights of pew pew (or waiting for pew pew to happen) mean I am still astonished I managed to graduate from uni in the end.
Taught myself some excel to do industry, put excel on CV. Went to an interview for first job after uni and was asked to elaborate on my claimed excel skills. I said "I do industry in EVE online", the interviewer said "ahhhh, I see" and I got the job (note that this was a games company. Would probably not have pulled that one at a different type of job)
Made a few friends I am still close with, many many years later.
And of course moved to Iceland. No tales of love and babies here but I doubt I would have had this experience without EVE. -- CCP Shiny --
Producer NES Localization Services |
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CCP Guard
C C P C C P Alliance
4200
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Posted - 2013.09.24 22:14:00 -
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I saw an ad in the paper. Now I work in an office.
CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer |-á@ccp_guard |
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KuroVolt
The Legion of Spoon Curatores Veritatis Alliance
762
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Posted - 2013.09.24 22:20:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:I saw an ad in the paper. Now I work in an office.
I had that once!
I never imagined being someones mouse mat would end up feeling so fullfilling! |
Rico Minali
The Straw Men
1329
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Posted - 2013.09.24 22:23:00 -
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If I hadn't played Eve quite so much I would probably have had alot more sex with my wife, which in turn may have resulted in more children and more expense. Sadly I got bored of Eve a while ago, baby number 3 arrived shortly after I stopped playing and baby number 4 is now on the way so i think my logic is correct. I still am not playing Eve as it doesn't seem to have anything in it right now to draw me back... I occasionally reply to inane threads about blah blah blah such as this one, other than that Im playing skill queue online and waiting to see if Eve evolves into a game I want to be actually involved in again anytime... Luckily I have vast reserves of easily made isk to keep plexing for now, god knows I wouldnt pay actual cash to play... Trust me, I almost know what I'm doing. |
Loed Kane
Viziam Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.09.25 02:59:00 -
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it has given me the ability to be social with random strangers. when i first started EVE i was shy. now ill talk to anyone. it also made me want to learn more about peoples cultures. some of my best friends in life are eve players too. Im looking for a corp! click here to see what im looking for!https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&find=unread&t=279841Follow me on Twitter @loedkanex |
Forseti Valkyrie
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.09.25 03:40:00 -
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I only approach traffic lights that are green. If i see a red light ahead I immediately pull a U-turn. I've become more and more dishonest with my friends and family. I begged a friend for $20 and promised him I'd give him $40 in return... He gave it to me and to this day we haven't talked since and I've avoided his hateful, vulgar but kind of hilarious texts...
I've had 14 jobs in the last 3 months... only because after a while nobody would show up. They promised me it would be fun and active.. but when I was the only one to clock in for 2 weeks I walked out.
You ask how has EvE shaped my life? I ask... How has it not? |
Graygor
1kB Realty 1kB Galactic
62254
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Posted - 2013.09.25 03:59:00 -
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I started eve as a university student when a friend brought me into it. At the time i was planning on going into an anthropological / archaeological route into academic oblivion.
I decided early in my eve life that the most satisfying thing for me was industry. For as a numerical exercise i enjoyed the market pvp and seeing the angles. Through this it led me to knowing enough about markets to blag a job at ABN AMRO working investment and my knowledge i learnt cutting my teeth on eves market came into its own.
Getting out before the financial crash (i worked in risk and was the only person in the department who saw it coming) my life fluttered for a few years. And somehow i found myself as an army officer. But eve was still a staple and was still learning more and more about markets and started developing my analytical abilities to refine predictions and speculations.
In early 2010 a friend who'd worked for a local investment bank had the idea of launching her own financial services company and wanted me to join in as she knew of my analytical and investment skills. I said what the hell and joined in. 3 and a bit years later we've gone from 7 people working pro bono in a tiny office to nearly 450 with offices around the world.
So thank you CCP for bringing out my inner talents.
Man that took a while to type on my phone. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commisar Kate |
Nick Starkey
Exiled Kings Enlightened Violence
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Posted - 2013.09.25 11:32:00 -
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I can't get myself to play most other mmos because of this now... |
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Antihrist Pripravnik
Paravan Korporacija
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Posted - 2013.09.25 13:11:00 -
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I was a corp CEO a couple of years back. One of my corp mates asked if anyone would like to do some web development. We started and worked for a year, then merged with regional industry leader. The merge lasted for about two years. I just quit that job (after some "creative differences") to try and start my own business.
During my work for the last two years I had to move to another city in which I had never lived before. When I moved in, the only 3 people I knew in that city were from EVE.
So, if it wasn't for EVE, the last 3 years of my life would look immensely different.
Oh, and one more thing. Alliance forum discussions and TS/Vent comms helped me with my English. I was (in)famous in my last company for writing lengthy, detailed project documentation and status reports. It turns out CCP's devblogs have a perfect format for progress reports CCP Ytterbium: Yarrblblbgrlblbgrlblblblbblbgrlblblbgrblblyarrrrdrooooooolonthekeyboardlikealunatic |
Robyn Minahi
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.09.25 14:08:00 -
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EVE told me about real prosperity. I learned in age of 23, what friends are for. I also want to podkill my ex-girlfriend. |
Cody Bradford
42 LVL's of Infinity SQUEE.
0
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Posted - 2013.09.25 19:03:00 -
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Guttripper wrote:While heading to work at night and driving through some seedier areas on the south side of Chi-town, I mentally note what the security standings for the area would be and how often I see Concord (police).
Stay away from Cicero - that street is null-sec! |
Isis Dea
Combat Cruise Control
109
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Posted - 2013.09.25 19:35:00 -
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9 Years so far, officially being an outlet while in the military and deploying, also a vent for when creativity struck. EVE taught me how unkind people can be, how there are some things you just don't 'wing it' on, that people will shape you how they desire over what you desire in a heartbeat. When I arrived in the ranks of the meat grinder, it was a little easier than most.
In a lot of ways, I had nothing for a life then, Uncle Sam kinda takes that away in the active duty army infantry, unless you're the get wasted type and quite the *****, lol.
EVE was hope in a world where there hasn't been a lot of.
For those who know me for my RP style, it mimics a dark and edgy approach with a cold sense of justice, mirrored within lore that doesn't boast sugar-coated lore. It just... feels a lot more real than most other games out there that don't take darker side of story seriously.
In a way, the darker blade-runner aura that is EVE is the closest thing out there I can relate to for an escape.
Now, I've survived the Army, the Infantry, a combat deployment, a national guard contract after, and am finally allowed to be myself despite all the heartache and crushed creativity. What has survived dwells in amongst the stars where no man can reach.
Now, I'm in Full Sail Univ. -studying Game Art and soon Game Design, working with a color palette typically a little grimmer than most but seriously going places.
Who knows, one day, I might be able to come work for CCP and return the favor...
Here's to another 9 years. |
Gettz Squall
Veritas Theory WHY so Seri0Us
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Posted - 2013.09.26 13:05:00 -
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Haven't touch my xbox 360 since i got hooked with eve....maybe ps4 will revive my consolegasm |
Misunderstood Genius
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
71
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Posted - 2013.09.26 15:11:00 -
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It depends how intense you play and what your RL looks like in general.
From my pov I never played such a deep game. Since EVE I dropped all other games. I am now nearly 8 years ingame and it takes a huge amount of RL time you'll might spend better on more important things. Because finally there's not a real value your can use for RL. It's like living in a sub-culture at night. It might become a second (parallel) life.
I improved my english and met a lot of interesting voices on TS. But these guys are not really friends. Overall I am pretty sure that this game is for the most players very unhealthy. I know so many people playing EVE till 2-4am EVERY day. So did I for many years. I feel actually the results of sleep deprivation and other side effects.
I met some guys who are very lonely in RL and therefore taking this game extremely serious. They are trapped ingame looking for something they can't have in their RL.
Face the reality. When you are young and you have the luxury of a lot of sparetime without caring too much about money it's not a desaster to waste some fun years in EVE. If you have a RL profession, wife and kids you just might have a schedule at EVEning. When you play everyday after work till late night it will end bad because you should ask yourself if this is a good life for your family. When you start to play after family went to bed you end up in less sleep what will affect work and family life. When you play just time by time you can't really get into PvP very well (if you are new in EVE). Playing EVE just one time a week or for one hour a day makes no sense. Then you better switch to PS3 Arcade style for some distraction and fun.
I just will say: overall the game has no benefit for your life. That's my pov. |
Kira Hhallas
Very Drunken Eve Flying Instructors Brotherhood Of Silent Space
200
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Posted - 2013.09.28 09:46:00 -
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Okay... I write FanFiction stuff in German for EVE and I try to make Drawings for the Fan Fiction. I try to make a regular table in Austria every month. And I do some stuff for the Austrian EVE Community (AUTEVE.COM)
EVE was one the Points why ma last girl friend went away..... she never understand why I play Computer games. And well my girlfriend now also say I play to much EVE so, I try only to play 15 -20 hours per Week :-P EVE get realy a big Part of my life, only I the fact other games are to boring. And yes I played many games in the last years.
So well yes, I am interested to work for CCP, to bring in my madness and my ideas. But Island is far away ... I think I need a new GF from Island :-P... and I think they need more new DNA :-D
Greatings From Austria
Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare -
Irren ist menschlich, doch im Irrtum zu verharren ist ein Zeichen von Dummheit. |
Mildew Wolf
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Posted - 2013.09.28 16:20:00 -
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now i try to pop all the rats i see in the subway. they keep respawning but i think something is wrong with the bounty payments... |
Hong WeiLoh
Hong's Harriers
13
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Posted - 2013.09.28 17:48:00 -
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CCP Falcon wrote:It's an eleven year long story that involves a Rattlesnake, a few trillion ISK, a rabbit-eared skull, 200 crazy pirates, corp theft, 1100 pages of player fiction, a couple of thousand roleplayers, two girlfriends, two boyfriends, two masters degrees, a 120mph car crash with a triple end over end flip, Cards against Humanity, drunkenly breaking into my apartment after forgetting my keys, seven Fanfests, five Alliance Tournaments, three Fanfest Tournaments, a drunken Dev Quiz, Russian Roulette with a nerf gun, being set on fire three times, six vacations in Iceland, three Icelandic new year's celebrations, a locksmith, Wonderwall, sleeping in a hedgerow, a campsite in northern Denmark, sleeping in the same bed as 6 of my corpmates (at the same time), a snowy hot tub after a five course lobster dinner and over 40 player gatherings across the world. ...and that's just the tip of the iceberg when I was (relatively) sober. Catch me at a player gathering sometime and ask me all about it, I'll buy you a beer and tell you the whole story.
This man is my new fave Last Action Hero. Sneak on the plane to Vegas, por favor?? |
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors Late Night Alliance
3308
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Posted - 2013.09.28 18:45:00 -
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I started working as an accountant. And I'm a damn good one too. Change isn't bad, but it isn't always good. Sometimes, the oldest and most simple of things can be the most elegant and effective. |
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