EVE Search - Cant they just start the war already!

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Nariko Tenrai	Posted - 2003.12.01 19:46:00 - [1] Quote: This is a roleplay game. Wars don't just happen when you want them to, they're slowly built up over months and years of tensions. That would be a solid point if this were real life. EVE is, however, a game - a form of entertainment. If you subscribed to a cable package that advertised basic channels with a premium movie channel, would you wait six months for the premium channel to show a movie? I'm fairly patient, but I think this has been extended far too long. Maybe I would be more forgiving if the "buildup" consisted of actual events rather than a bunch of news articles and GM skits that have little or no actual effect on the game. Noninteractive content != fun. The writerly maxim of "show, don't tell" applies to game content as well. Oh, and insert obligitory, "it's not a roleplaying game if no one roleplays" comment. - - - - I have measured and described the stars, their great and countless multitude. What man has seen their revolutions and entrances? Not even the angels see their number, yet I have recorded all their names. - The Book of the Secrets of Enoch, Jewish Pseudepigrapha We won't talk about how many cruisers I lost this weekend, nor how many nice railguns, or T2 enhancers. We're going to skip right over that. We're going to talk about my new Raven. It is like flying a small city, and the city's only export is missiles. - Azeraphel
Nariko Tenrai Minmatar Hayashikani Dynamics	Posted - 2003.12.01 19:46:00 - [2] Quote: This is a roleplay game. Wars don't just happen when you want them to, they're slowly built up over months and years of tensions. That would be a solid point if this were real life. EVE is, however, a game - a form of entertainment. If you subscribed to a cable package that advertised basic channels with a premium movie channel, would you wait six months for the premium channel to show a movie? I'm fairly patient, but I think this has been extended far too long. Maybe I would be more forgiving if the "buildup" consisted of actual events rather than a bunch of news articles and GM skits that have little or no actual effect on the game. Noninteractive content != fun. The writerly maxim of "show, don't tell" applies to game content as well. Oh, and insert obligitory, "it's not a roleplaying game if no one roleplays" comment. - - - - I have measured and described the stars, their great and countless multitude. What man has seen their revolutions and entrances? Not even the angels see their number, yet I have recorded all their names. - The Book of the Secrets of Enoch, Jewish Pseudepigrapha We won't talk about how many cruisers I lost this weekend, nor how many nice railguns, or T2 enhancers. We're going to skip right over that. We're going to talk about my new Raven. It is like flying a small city, and the city's only export is missiles. - Azeraphel

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