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Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
CODE.
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Posted - 2013.11.06 20:49:00 -
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oOReikaOo Michiko wrote:This is why my rule #1 for players isn't 1.Don't fly what you can't afford
My rule #1 has and always will be 1.Everything in Eve is a scam. Everything.
Obviously not everything. |
KnowUsByTheDead
Volition.
520
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Posted - 2013.11.06 20:58:00 -
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Erotica 1 wrote:oOReikaOo Michiko wrote:This is why my rule #1 for players isn't 1.Don't fly what you can't afford
My rule #1 has and always will be 1.Everything in Eve is a scam. Everything. Obviously not everything.
Ironically, I know of A LOT of things that are not a scam, as well.
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Abulurd Boniface
The Scope
Gallente Federation
54
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:02:00 -
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Debora Tsung wrote:[quote=oOReikaOo Michiko] "I'm trying to figure out how you want to scam that guy who gets to the station".
This guy gets it :-).
To OP: the Info on the contract, for the contracted item, if it's a BPC will tell you it's a BPC and it will even say how many runs are on it.
You said you'd done your homework, but you really didn't.
And you have the one-run BPC for a very decent ship that will sell at a decent price.
You need a thick skin and some decent situational awareness to move forward in this place.
I'll give you one thing though: it really isn't all that easy to understand all the subtleties of the various systems if you're not familiar with them. EVE is a place where the cartoon for the learning curve itself is a cultural reference. And with good reason.
1. Build the boat
2. Sell the boat
3. Fit your fleet
4. Go forth and make merry
5. Any business in Jita that looks too good to be true, -is- too good to be true. Saying there are scammers in Jita is like saying rain is wet.
[and read the contract]
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Sarah Wish
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:02:00 -
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oOReikaOo Michiko wrote:This is why my rule #1 for players isn't 1.Don't fly what you can't afford
My rule #1 has and always will be 1.Everything in Eve is a scam. Everything.
Don't fly what you can't scam. *Fixed
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Gogela
Freeport Exploration
Loosely Affiliated Pirates Alliance
2785
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:06:00 -
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All swords in EvE cut both ways.
That rule alone is why a lot of people are here. I almost quit at 2-3 months. I'm glad I didn't. I didn't know thing one about the game in my first year... |
LT NeoxsiT
LDK
Sorry We're In Your Space Eh
4
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:10:00 -
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so sad....Can i have your stuff now please ? |
Chopper Rollins
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
295
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:29:00 -
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OP has been playing MMOs since the age of ten.
I've only ever played EvE, but as an internet tough-guy i'd just like to drop that being homeless for a while in my 20s was real good prep for internet spaceships. You develop intuition, the quality needed for making decisions without data. Still got scammed and jumped as a newb, but also managed to meet some top chaps and ripping sports.
The desire to help the new or poor is everywhere in EvE, but the way the game works any structured effort is ripe for ripoff.
If not a troll, OP really should do all the tutorials, career agents and the soe L1 arc. Keep the will to meet people.
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Princess Bride
Corripe Cervisiam Trade Consortium
588
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:45:00 -
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A little late now but.... maybe you should read my blog.
http://eveprincessbride.wordpress.com
I think perhaps what you failed to understand is that every aspect of Eve is PVP. |
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ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
666
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:48:00 -
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Quote:32. "Quitting" posts are only permitted on the Out of Pod Experience channel.
CCP recognize that during the course of gameplay a lot of friendships are made between players and that sometimes if a player is taking a break or departing from the EVE universe that they would like to say goodbye on the forums. Posts of this nature are only permitted on the Out of Pod Experience forum, and must be civil and well worded.
Thread has been moved to Out of Pod Experience. |
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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
Cosmic Consortium
4265
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:56:00 -
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I'd prefer to see a little more visual distinction between BPOs and BPCs than different shades of blue. Perhaps Blue for BPOs and green for copies. Then newer entrants in the BPO/BPC market would have a better visual clue that what they're buying on contract is not the same as what someone is offering a lot of ISK to buy. |
Luis Alejandro Flores
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.11.06 22:13:00 -
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Most people get scammed at least once early in their career. You learn from your mistake and it won't happen again unless you are stupid. If its too good to be true, it probably is. |
Alice Saki
Estel Arador Corp Services
97286
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Posted - 2013.11.06 22:23:00 -
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There is a Reason Jita in on your Avoid list when you first start... |
Freakdevil
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
74
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Posted - 2013.11.06 22:35:00 -
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Oh come on. Really?
I have spilled more coffee, knocked over more drinks, and ripped more clothes than I have lost ISK in this game.
We all get scammed. Just forget it and have fun. Good luck in whatever game you play. |
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
4403
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Posted - 2013.11.06 22:36:00 -
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I didn't read the whole thread...so forgive me if this was brought up already...but what's a week old noob doing with more than 370 million isk to get scammed out of? did you buy a plex? is that what the reference to "$15" was ,,,because I assumed you mean subscription cost since you plan on leaving and all. |
Alice Saki
Estel Arador Corp Services
97291
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Posted - 2013.11.06 22:40:00 -
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Yes paid for a Plex |
Shederov Blood
Wrecketeers
553
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Posted - 2013.11.06 22:40:00 -
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It's difficult to determine from the OP whether this was actually a scam or not, so I checked his contract history.
Yes, he was in fact scammed. The contract was an auction for a Raven BPC, but the info by issuer, and almost certainly what was linked in local, was "Raven Navy Issue BPC !" |
Sul Glass
Iron Crown
15
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Posted - 2013.11.06 22:49:00 -
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As a noob with 524m isk in my wallet I once paid 480m for a Sigil.
I hated you all (and still do).
Solo FTW.
I win at Eve every day, cos its a game i love and enjoy.
Sul |
Kasper Kowalczyk
State Protectorate
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.11.07 02:09:00 -
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Almost the same exact thing happened to me a couple of months ago. Someone was selling 20-30 blueprints for 100m isk. I bought them expecting to sell them at market. And turns out I could not. I ended up using one of the blueprints to build like 3000 EC-900 and made back ~50m. I burned the rest of the blueprints and put a $50m bounty on the scammer. Lesson learned. Never buy blueprints unless you intend to manufacture and completely ignore Jita's local chat. As for quitting, good luck with that. If you succeed, you are a better man than me. In 2-4 weeks, you will see another eve trailer and be right back. |
Ryhss
137
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Posted - 2013.11.07 02:28:00 -
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I've bought many BPC's off market to build the ship I want/need. Never bought one to resell, so I can't offer advice there. I think BPC sales are not a scam at all. Hell, I've sold Merlin BPC's I've made from my BPO. |
Eli Green
The Arrow Project
759
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Posted - 2013.11.07 02:59:00 -
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Alice Saki wrote:There is a Reason Jita in on your Avoid list when you first start...
For the same reason that Rancer isn't.  |
Sarah Flynt
Everyshore Research
7
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Posted - 2013.11.07 03:00:00 -
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Alice Saki wrote:There is a Reason Jita in on your Avoid list when you first start...
There is and it doesn't have anything to do with scammers or protecting newbies. |
Shalua Rui
Rui Freelance Mining
22212
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Posted - 2013.11.07 11:47:00 -
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Zaryn Nyruc wrote:The thing that would really make me stay though, is if it were a hell of a lot easier to find like minded players. As in, players who aren't narcissistic or sociopathic or outright lying douches.
Agreed... problem is, those players are far and inbetween and CCP doesn't do anything to make the game more attractive to them... they are happy with their player base of sociopaths and lying douches, it seams. 
Don't worry, other games will come... |
Alice Saki
Mind Games.
Suddenly Spaceships.
97320
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Posted - 2013.11.07 12:06:00 -
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Sarah Flynt wrote:Alice Saki wrote:There is a Reason Jita in on your Avoid list when you first start... There is and it doesn't have anything to do with scammers or protecting newbies.
Why the **** else? |
Random McNally
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
38032
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Posted - 2013.11.07 12:19:00 -
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If you are not happy with the corp you are in, there are a billion others out there. Flying with decent people in a decent corp will change the game for you.
If you are just into the pvp side, look to corps like Brave Newbies and RVB. There is continuous pvp in RVB and they have programs to help improve your pvp skills. I've never been in Brave Newbies but I've heard they are active and are meant to support the newer players. (Hence the name)
Jita is a lie. Only the fearsome and brave of heart buy things in Jita, and thats after reading, re-reading, double checking.
We all get scammed at sometime. Count it as a learning experience and move on making sure not to do that again.
It's a tough game. Gotta be tough to play. |
Harry Forever
SpaceJunkys
862
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Posted - 2013.11.07 18:39:00 -
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Liam Li wrote:Harry Forever wrote:I had the same feeling when i started, I never disliked people so much like in this game, it was impressive how much i hated all of them because they just liked to punsh down on the new, its an insane amount of douchebags who just are unable to achive anything in life and endup in eve beeing smartass douchebags
after I realized this, I just set course to VFK, the center of this plague ... and since then I gank their ****** ships and miners, make them pay until they quit "An Eye for an Eye Will Make the Whole World Blind." It's just finding the right people to be around. When I started playing two years ago as a noob, I used to go to Motsu and ask in local for salvage and most of the time, they brought me into their mission fleets and before you know it I was making 50-100 mil a day and was offered to join a corp and grind missions with them as my skills improved. They were really nice people. I mostly learn this game on my own through trial and error learning through my mistakes, not being bitter, not complaing, not asking too many questions and it worked well for me.
those few who are ok are overshadowed by a dump mob of unlikable personalities, I'm not bitter, I'm calm I see this like a job that needs to be done |
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ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
2477
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Posted - 2013.11.10 05:10:00 -
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Thread closed at OP's request. |
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