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Phoenix Slayton
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.05.24 16:07:11 -
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Just wanted to give a positive example of why CCP is so unlike other companies. I've been apart of New Eden for some time now, and decided to introduce my fianc+¬ to Eve. Trying to teach her the basics, and hoping she found her hook, she seemed interested, but at the same time understandably overwhelmed like the rest of us early in our journey. Then last night a GM contacted her as she was playing to see how she liked the game, if she had any questions, and gave her a few tips. I'm not sure if all GMs are tasked with contacting new subs, but it made a noticeable difference to her. I think it was her moment of, this isn't like any other games.
Just thought I'd share, what I felt was a pretty cool moment. |
Kiandoshia
Applied Anarchy SpaceMonkey's Alliance
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Posted - 2015.05.24 16:20:48 -
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Yeah they have been doing it for a while ^^ |
Mag's
the united
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Posted - 2015.05.24 16:26:50 -
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Great to hear and that is a good idea of CCP.
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Magnus Roden
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Posted - 2015.05.24 16:35:58 -
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They have been doing that for years and it's indeed a nice welcome and good way to make newbies feel welcome in this harsh environment. Many actually go "someone contacted me and asked me how I'm doing, should I be scared?" and it takes a "if they type in coloured text they're official representatives, no worries" to sort that out.
Given said reactions and the questions newbies ask about ISD's coloured text in the help channels, perhaps it's an idea to somehow incorporate the ISD/GM/DEV info into the tutorial?
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
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Jade Blackwind
Alexylva Paradox Low-Class
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Posted - 2015.05.24 16:50:18 -
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I remember that when I created a cyno alt a couple years ago, I shot at CONCORD at the gate in the starter system with my noobship, purely for the fireworks and out of boredom. Suprpisingly, soon I was convoed by a GM who took interest in how I find myself in the game, do I need any help, if there are any problems, etc.
That was sort of a moment. When my main was a rookie, noone but lowsec pirates (in space) and corp recruiters (in chat) took any interest in my existence. But then again, in had enough brain power not to shoot at CONCORD for teh lulz. |
Ralph King-Griffin
Devils Rejects 666 The Devil's Warrior Alliance
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Posted - 2015.05.24 17:01:04 -
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Oh they've been doing this for years, I had exactly the same story with my partner (though she didn't stick)
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Phoenix Slayton
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.05.24 19:22:51 -
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Magnus Roden wrote:They have been doing that for years and it's indeed a nice welcome and good way to make newbies feel welcome in this harsh environment. Many actually go "someone contacted me and asked me how I'm doing, should I be scared?" and it takes a "if they type in coloured text they're official representatives, no worries" to sort that out.
Given said reactions and the questions newbies ask about ISD's coloured text in the help channels, perhaps it's an idea to somehow incorporate the ISD/GM/DEV info into the tutorial?
Yep, that is pretty much how it went. I made sure to tell her the two golden rules of eve. Don't trust anyone, and never fly what you can't afford to loose. Glad to hear that mods do this in a regular basis, I think it makes a difference. Now if they could get ticket times under control lol :)
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Meryl SinGarda
Star Forge Manufacturing INC New Eden Rainbow Alliance
909
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Posted - 2015.05.24 19:42:20 -
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I wish GMs would contact meeee. You know, idle chatter
I am a spaceship!
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0bama Barack Hussein
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.05.24 19:46:37 -
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Sounds to me she has found better game to play.
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Desert Ice78
Gryphons of the Western Wind
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Posted - 2015.05.24 20:11:03 -
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Awwwwww
I never got my hug from a GM.
*sadface*
I am a pod pilot:
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Solecist Punk
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
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Posted - 2015.05.24 20:47:48 -
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Desert Ice78 wrote:Awwwwww
I never got my hug from a GM.
*sadface*
Create a new character. Cruise around. Shoot CONCORD. ????? Profit.
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Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
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Posted - 2015.05.24 20:56:31 -
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Magnus Roden wrote:They have been doing that for years and it's indeed a nice welcome and good way to make newbies feel welcome in this harsh environment. This. On my second day in I was contacted by a GM with the same question.
It really is a nice welcome and one of the many things that set EVE apart from other games.
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Zealous Miner
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Posted - 2015.05.24 21:48:46 -
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The first day I logged in on my trial I went AFK in the newbie station for about a half hour and came back to my chat box tab flashing and had a message from GM Creator. They welcomed me to the game and had stuck around for a few minutes and realized I wasn't there, but still sent me an EVE Mail with a bunch of information for new players.
Had a profound impact on me and the way I view CCP and I still cherish the memory to this day. I even still have the chat log saved.
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Kaely Tanniss
Black Hydra Consortium
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Posted - 2015.05.24 23:12:44 -
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I never was contacted by a GM in my early days. I've been paying almost 2 1/2 years now so idk if they even did that back then. The funny thing is, It was my husband who used to play Eve and got me to try it. Needless to say, I liked it..and now I'm still here and he's long since quit playing.
If I had a nickel for every time someone said women don't play eve, I'd have a bag of nickels to whack the next person who said it..
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Church Lady
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2015.05.25 04:24:29 -
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Well isn't that special |
Dradis Aulmais
RW Vindicator Connection Phoebe Freeport Republic
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Posted - 2015.05.25 04:54:47 -
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When the GM contacted me my first thoughts was "Is this a Scam?" I literately thought it was a botter trying to get my password.
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Jeremiah Saken
The Fall of Leviathan
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Posted - 2015.05.25 06:10:31 -
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OP how much time your girlfriend spent at creating character? My is still at that part I don't think she'll ever decide what haircut she prefer
"-What are you doing?"
"-Docking."(...)
-"It's not possible"
-"No, it's necessary."
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Sibyyl
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
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Posted - 2015.05.25 06:18:48 -
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My first day in EVE this fellow was handing out 10M ISK to any rookies who would duel each other to the death. There was no consequence since we'd just started the game, and 10M was a big amount.
In the fight right before mine, the rookie victor grabbed 10M and then immediately the winner and the loser of the fight said the exact same thing. Yep, somebody rolled two alts just to scam this person out of 10M ISK. Welcome to EVE!
So when a GM contacted me on my first day just moments later, I was already deep into this "trust no one" mindset (this warning was pasted all over the reddit sticky that inspired me to start a trial). I looked at the GM and thought.. are you for real? Are you another player trying to scam me? What do you really want?? And I don't want to give you my 10M ISK I just won fair and square!! And so on..
So I just said.. aah, um. Thanks for your help! I'm just fine! And then I jumped 9-10 systems running away from this invisible GM scam menace.
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
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Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.05.25 06:23:40 -
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Yeah, damn paranoia, thought the same when somebody contacted me on my first day ... How do you do? Can I help? Well, good, thanks, I'm busy ... I'm still feeling sorry to whoever GM was so nice to convo me.
I'm my own NPC alt.
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Mathias Lee
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.05.25 11:21:36 -
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Yeah it was similar for me too, I had been playing all different types of mmo and was just disappointed with how selfish and solo they were, everyone just wanted to focus on levelling up and grinding that's it.
I was never into spaceships or anything like that but after exhausting all my options I thought I'd give Eve a go. I got contacted by a gm which was a nice touch and then a day or two later I had a player private message me just because I was new telling me he wants more players to stick around and added me to a mini chat room he made which kept me going for a long time.
Don't get me wrong I've kept my subscription going and have gone through some massive binge sessions to not playing for a week or 2 but I know I don't want to stop playing.
Currently I have no corp so thinking of trying to join brave or someone big, this is more information than anyone cares about but it's my first forum post haha |
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Jenshae Chiroptera
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Posted - 2015.05.25 13:57:56 -
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I thought I had done something that was being investigated for a ban.
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids
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Fozzie is treating a symptom.
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Hengle Teron
Just Another Corp XIV
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Posted - 2015.05.25 14:06:55 -
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Jeremiah Saken wrote:OP how much time your girlfriend spent at creating character? My is still at that part I don't think she'll ever decide what haircut she prefer Just tell her, she can still change it later... |
Jeremiah Saken
The Fall of Leviathan
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Posted - 2015.05.26 06:23:38 -
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Hengle Teron wrote:Just tell her, she can still change it later... When I told her avatar is useless in this game she lost interest... but I'm keeping free slot on my account, from time to time she like to made some wicked avatars.
"-What are you doing?"
"-Docking."(...)
-"It's not possible"
-"No, it's necessary."
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Iroquoiss Pliskin
Hedion University Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2015.05.26 11:58:53 -
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Tear to me eye, everytiem.
Jeremiah Saken wrote:Hengle Teron wrote:Just tell her, she can still change it later... When I told her avatar is useless in this game she lost interest... but I'm keeping free slot on my account, from time to time she like to made some wicked avatars.
Oh.
CCP, are you listening?
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Yarda Black
Militaris Industries Northern Coalition.
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Posted - 2015.05.26 12:22:32 -
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In my early day players did the "helping":
Friendly Vet: Hello N00b! Yarda: Hi! Friendly Vet: You like EVE? Yarda: Think so yeah Friendly Vet: You're mining for ISK right? Yarda: Yes. This is my second day :) Friendly Vet: you can have some of mine Friendly Vet: We've been mining for new guys all day Friendly Vet: Not much yet, cos we already gave stuff away Friendly Vet: lotta ISK for you tho. Not for me :) Yarda: I can have your ore? Friendly Vet: Yep. In the can Yarda: Are you sure? It says I can't Friendly Vet: Don't be paranoid. Just click away Yarda: ok. Friendly Vet: GOTCHA!!!!!! Friendly Vet: you're so stupid lol Yarda: Did you just kill me? Friendly Vet: No free ore lol Yarda: Dude... Yarda: Why Friendly Vet: Welcome to EVE!
For honesty: The Yarda character didn't exist back then and the "Vet" was only a few months older. The experience was so special I kept the logs. Taught me a valuable lesson after all :)
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Elenahina
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
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Posted - 2015.05.26 13:15:31 -
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When I first started playing, they weren't doing this (or if they were, I don't remember it), but I have had convos from GM's on more recent accounts that I created for alts.
I'll admit, it's a nice touch.
Agony Unleashed is Recruiting - Small Gang PvP in Null Sec
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Ashlar Maidstone
Moonfyre Science and Research Inc.
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Posted - 2015.05.26 22:34:30 -
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I agree wholeheartedly, I had a GM contact on my other account asking how I was doing. We both chatted a bit and they also gave me a list of sites to refer to for the future.
Very nice of the GM to say hi and a return salute is in order, 07 07. |
Solstice Punk
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2015.05.28 19:55:37 -
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Jeremiah Saken wrote:Hengle Teron wrote:Just tell her, she can still change it later... When I told her avatar is useless in this game she lost interest... but I'm keeping free slot on my account, from time to time she like to made some wicked avatars. Go to her, apologise and tell her you were wrong. Avatars can be a huge part of gameplay.
I'll give you the simplest of ALL examples:
Good looking female characters get ISK much easier than male ones. They reach others more easily, they have a huge group of victims target audience to choose from and it's much easier to
manipulate engineer others into liking you and giving you crap just for being you.
Avatars provide ways to create content. Lots of it.
Source: http://solecist.imgur.com It wasn't just fun making all of these, you know ?
It works ! Now get your girl back into the game ! |
Remiel Pollard
Shock Treatment Ministries
6602
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Posted - 2015.05.29 03:11:21 -
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This was something I also noticed when I was new. CCP aren't like other developers. Not to say that they can do no wrong, but compared to EA, Ubisoft, BioWare, Blizzard, Bungie, and many many others, CCP have set the bar when it comes to community interaction.
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Jam those ones first, and kill them last.GÇ¥
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Sequester Risalo
Significant Others
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Posted - 2015.05.29 05:48:39 -
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I was merely spooked that the GM spoke my language. He must have known where I was logging in or something. |
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