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Bauglier
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Posted - 2003.08.24 21:33:00 -
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I was hunting today in a 0.6 system when I encountered an Amarrian mining in Minmatar space.
He asked me on local not to touch his cargo containers while he went and got his Indy.
So I opened chat with him and the conversation went like this ...
Me: What's the matter ... Amarrian. Empire not big enough?
Him: I only asked you not to touch my containers.
Me: Why don't you get back to the "Great Slave Empire" you're not welcome here slaver.
Him: Well in that case stuff ya.
Then he leaves the conversation.
It struck me that he didn't know anything about the fantastic Eve background.
How many people are really interested in the background?
** The Slave Empire WILL burn ** |
agrizla
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Posted - 2003.08.24 21:43:00 -
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It is not a RPG  Check your box if you don't believe me.....
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Bauglier
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Posted - 2003.08.24 21:51:00 -
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Of course. I've been such a fool. 
** The Slave Empire WILL burn ** |
Danton Marcellus
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Posted - 2003.08.24 22:12:00 -
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Edited by: Danton Marcellus on 24/08/2003 22:14:19
So what, a fully legitimate reason as to why you stole his ore...
Roleplaying is what adds to these kinds of games, if there were none I'd play FPS.
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Klydor
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Posted - 2003.08.24 22:14:00 -
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CCP Are trying to give this game a good background but most of the players don't care. Which is a shame as the background is quite intresting and things will be more intresting as the story gets into full swing.
But there again a lot of players don't read the news or read these forums and will miss out on a lot of the story as well.
But its there loss, keep trying to RP and you'll eventually find others willing to at least play along even if its only to keep you there long enough to kill you :)
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Erty
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Posted - 2003.08.24 22:24:00 -
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It is not a RPG Check your box if you don't believe me.....
It's a RPG if you want it to be a RPG :)
I'm intrested in the background/story, the POTW's, storys and articles are quite intresting...
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Tomus
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Posted - 2003.08.24 22:32:00 -
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Edited by: Tomus on 24/08/2003 22:33:36
Its all a bit meaningless if you ask me. There needs to be some sort of war or incorporated storyline and then maybe you'll get people role playing.
At the moment there isn't enough inter area rivalries to cause any need for role playing. I took a career initially as an Intaki diplomat hoping there would be some sort of career structure I could fit into I dunno interstellar arbitration etc etc. How stupid do I feel having all these skills I have never used.So I am training up my combat abilities. 
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Ezra Vouland
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Posted - 2003.08.24 23:05:00 -
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EVE should of been a MMORPG...
Like rangarok lol
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Alexia Te'Len
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Posted - 2003.08.24 23:30:00 -
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Yes, I've taken quite a keen interest in the EVE history, background, bloodlines...etc and utilise them in my Roleplay whenever I can (Although, obviously, my character isn't as clued up as myself).
Unfortunately, there will _always_ be people who fail to see what you're going on about. Due to my character's heritage (Gallente Mother, Minmatar Father), she speaks with an accent and her English is _far_ from perfect...needless to say, I've been branded by all sorts of things by the "1337 kiddy krew".
It's brilliant when someone at least _attempts_ to have some sort of understanding, but immensely frustrating when they use it against you in some way ("OMG! You're so f-king stupid, n00b!").
There will always be exceptions, of course, but as it is now...not enough people seem to notice that EVE, like many games, has a rich history.
*Post will be dis-jointed. It is 1am and I've just spent the last three hours in jumpgate attempting to control my farking ship from crashing into farking space stations*
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loci
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Posted - 2003.08.24 23:41:00 -
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It is not a RPG Check your box if you don't believe me.....
erm 'Intergalactic Summit' 
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Cruise
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Posted - 2003.08.24 23:52:00 -
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The game's going to be as interesting as people are willing to make it AND be a part of it.
If someone's idea of EVE is blasting npc pirates all day, then that's EVE to them. If their ultimate goal is to mine 24/7 until they've got a BS and can figure out then what to do with it, then that's going to be EVE to them.
If they're willing and interested in roleplaying the game, that part of it is there as well, provided they find people similarly inclined.
The bottom line here is: it's just a game. It helps to entertain and to pass the time, nothing more. It was developed, put out in the commercial market for people to buy and subscribe to, and - like every game before it - it will diminish in popularity (eventually) and fall by the wayside. In the meantime make of it what you will and don't let anyone tell you how you should play it. You're the one smacking down the money for that.
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Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis ad capul tuum saxum immane mittam.
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HendriX
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Posted - 2003.08.25 01:16:00 -
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Im interested, read all the stories and articles that were published...but then again, its been so many years and only so many articles and stories...it doesnt fit, need many more to make it into something that can be respected and AFAIK, ccp isn't taking anything published outside their offices as an official statement on the history of eve.
There you have it, 4 stories and 4 articles and thats it, thats all we know...
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2003.08.25 01:20:00 -
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I roleplay in every single interaction with a player.
Honest.
LEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
Capn Blood
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Posted - 2003.08.25 01:50:00 -
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A bit of roleplay makes this game a hell of a lot more fun....
It's not terribly popular with most, as it means they have to take their brains out of neutral and actually think for themselves for once 
Anyway I can't hang round here blatherin'...I have to get those damn roller-blades off my monkey and get him back in his cage in the cargohold before he craps on my main communication console again.
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"Trust no man who says to you that 'The ends justify the means' or who says that 'We will do whatever it takes...'.
These men have no honour, and are fit only to be politicians."
The book of Rab
Chapter 1, Verse 3.
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Endureth
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Posted - 2003.08.25 02:13:00 -
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Seems like he was role-playing to me. You insulted him in role-playing fashion and he told you to 'stuff' yourself, in role-playing fashion. Did you expect him to just sit there and liten to you insult him all night?
I wouldn't. Just because you don't get the response you expect doesn't mean it's not role-playing. I rarely talk in game and I'm role-playing.
-E
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Aten
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Posted - 2003.08.25 02:22:00 -
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CCP should make other races attackable it any security system.
Race war. |
Torin
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Posted - 2003.08.25 02:45:00 -
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Roleplaying does add a greater level of detail to the game. It gives greater purpose to the need to work up to that battleship for weeks.
I would recommend that everyone at least try it.
PIE, watch this space. |
Sedsiss
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Posted - 2003.08.25 03:24:00 -
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I had this sort of thing happen once, the guy called me a roleplaying geek so i went as about 30km from his can, fired a single torpedo at it and ran like hell before it hit
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Vidar Kentoran
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Posted - 2003.08.25 03:33:00 -
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EVE, like many games, has a rich history.
You mean, it has a bunch of funny stories written on the website. The problem is, actually, is that Eve _has_ no history as far as the game is concerned.
Not one single NPC or mechanism in the game acts the way the pretty stories say they do. Minmatar run around flying Amarr battleships, anyone can purchase anything in the game regardless of if its produced by their blood enemies, and faction ratings mean next to nothing.
Sorry, but the main reason there is minimal roleplay by the majority of players in EVE is because the developers have given them _ZERO_ reason to do so.
Stories on a webpage don't make an RPG, a storyline SUPPORTED BY THE GAME is what makes an RPG.
EVE is _NOT_ an RPG.
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Thaddius Engle
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Posted - 2003.08.25 04:01:00 -
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I had this sort of thing happen once, the guy called me a roleplaying geek so i went as about 30km from his can, fired a single torpedo at it and ran like hell before it hit
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Ruulex DeMors
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Posted - 2003.08.25 07:01:00 -
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The problem with the Back Story being forgotten now is the division of ppl into Pirate/Anti-Pirate Corps. My Corp doesn't follow the back story, we have Gallente helping Caldari, Minmatar helping Amarr...CCP blew the chance at this game having a good story when it is now almost 4 months in with only...what 2 in-game events. And one was ruined (IMO) due to it being in claimed space.
The game now boils down to the Battleship race, and Pirates killing ppl and ppl striking back against the pirates. *Shrugs* How long before the game turns into a FFA like at the Jovian event in Stain?
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Alkad Mzu
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Posted - 2003.08.25 07:56:00 -
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Hmmmm.
Isn't everything we do in a game RP'ing? I mean, it's not like i try to implement my RL job, family or social life into my character or it's interactions with other players in EVE. Quite the contrary :p
The thing is, even though we are all in fact RP'ing, the storyline provided by CCP is not being heeded all that much, and by far too few.
CCP have provided us with a fantastic background and history of EVE, and will undoubtfully continue to develop the framwork that - to me - is the very nerve of EVE.
Because:
You can only enjoy that many hours of mining.
You'll eventually wake up screaming from the ghosts of all the NPC's you've chain-killed.
You'll grow weary of the umphteen jumps needed to land your spirits route.
You'll finally realise that indy's don't fight back, and blowing them up will get you bad karma.
You'll eventually have more isk than you could possibly spend.
And at this point, ladies and gentlemen, you'll start looking for the meaning of life, the universe and everything. (forgive me for that shameless clichÞ). But fear not! There'll be titanic clashes of empires! Magnificent wars! Suspense! Intrigue! Events that will blow your mind (and maybe your ship)! Provided, ofcourse, that you as a player is willing to interact, to take part, to contribute to the fantastic fairytale that is EVE :-)
I can hardly wait :-)
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HendriX
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Posted - 2003.08.25 07:59:00 -
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Edited by: HendriX on 25/08/2003 08:00:15
Vidar, I completely sympatize with you.
Minmatar should only be able to fly minmatar ships and Caldari should only be able to fly caldari ships and so on. No corp should have people from different races in it, as it makes NO F'in Sense.
Any time an Amarr sees a Minmatar in space, the threat box should come up for the Amarr, same goes for gallente and Caldari.
Right now, there is no point in having races or any of that. Pointless and such a waste of time on CCP's part for giving names to races.
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Zezman
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Posted - 2003.08.25 08:19:00 -
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To be honest, I couldn't give a damn about the background storylines of the races in Eve. In fact, I feel they get in the way. I prefer to hold to my own storyline and create my own background to my own character.
There seems to be a major lack in this game in the form of content. So far, it is basically a glorified space sim, with alot of missing elements. The only thing going for it is the shear scope and size of the universe. The fact that said universe doesn't seem to contain much is its major flaw.
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Stratego
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Posted - 2003.08.25 08:39:00 -
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Would be fun if for you were Minmatarr and got higher rating with the Minmatarr for attacking Ammarr players/npc's :) Dunno, would just make sence and add a little spice to the game. :)
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Sariana
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Posted - 2003.08.25 09:06:00 -
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It would be great if people could write a description of themselves to replace their race info, that way you could filter out the players who don't fit your idea of how EVE should be played. I think it's sad when people don't make an effort to contribute to the atmosphere, but it's their choice. I should be able to go somewhere where people make an affort though...)
Personally I love the background stories and the pictures that go with them, please let us have some of them in-game as well! (Example: a station lets you enter famous a bar, where the station background is substituted with an image of the bar, and a bar channel is opened.)
And btw, we're all geeks playing here, wether you roleplay or not hardly makes any difference eh? |
Thallia
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Posted - 2003.08.25 09:16:00 -
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Actually it's pirates vs non-pirates because they are a threat.
If ever pirates will be no threat anymore, than the RP side of the races (eg. amarr vs minmatar) will show up again in the players mind.
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Diaego
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Posted - 2003.08.25 10:34:00 -
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Quote:
I was hunting today in a 0.6 system when I encountered an Amarrian mining in Minmatar space.
He asked me on local not to touch his cargo containers while he went and got his Indy.
So I opened chat with him and the conversation went like this ...
Me: What's the matter ... Amarrian. Empire not big enough?
Him: I only asked you not to touch my containers.
Me: Why don't you get back to the "Great Slave Empire" you're not welcome here slaver.
Him: Well in that case stuff ya.
Then he leaves the conversation.
It struck me that he didn't know anything about the fantastic Eve background.
How many people are really interested in the background?
hehe :)
Nice RP, it's a shame more people don't do this kind of thing - it makes things more interesting for everyone :)
Diaego
Assistant Team Leader
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Danton Marcellus
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Posted - 2003.08.25 11:26:00 -
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It may not make any sense to you having corporations with different races in it but the Nebula Rasa is a cult and to us it's all about the mindset, the wishes of the individual, the furthering of our cause and not about race.
Granted we prosper under the protection of the Gallente Federation but in no way does that make us a fighting force for them to draft into service.
You're of course free to create your own fraction of pure bred fanatics if that makes sense to you.
Perhaps a corporate related faction rating would be of some help here, which in times of unrest flag some corporations as being integral to a certain factions war effort and therefor a legit target for those actively siding on the other side of the fence. This would need some major thinking through...
I'm not in favor of people being limited to flying what your race produce, what facist notion is that, you don't operate that way out there do you, with all your belongings being made where you live!??
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Bauglier
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Posted - 2003.08.25 11:38:00 -
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So what, a fully legitimate reason as to why you stole his ore...
Roleplaying is what adds to these kinds of games, if there were none I'd play FPS.
I didn't steal any ore or have any intention of stealing it. I he'de been interested in RPing I might have blown a couple of cans up but I wouldn't have ruined his day.
** The Slave Empire WILL burn ** |
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