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Posted - 2007.01.30 06:07:00 -
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 Originally by: Pan Crastus
Edited by: Pan Crastus on 30/01/2007 04:21:46
Originally by: Tokyo Rose
Why should you be able to "win" a chess game by being broke-arse, jobless, or otherwise enabled by real life "advantages" that confer upon you the ability to play any MMO 16 plus hours a day or what not?????????
It is neither necessary nor the best way to be successful in EVE to play 16 hours a day, although it helps you get experience. In the same way, you can become a successful chess player by investing a lot of time, or even a football player, scientist, you name it.
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Alot of people who are "successfull" in Eve are only that way because of access to grossly abnormal amounts of playtime.
Like who for example?
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But I am fullsquare in support of GTC for isk sales because it funnels the profit to CCP while allowing people with normal amounts of playtime the ability to have another accountperhaps or enough isk to play the game and have fun without compromising their jobs, family obligations, etc.
You can play the game fine without buying ISK, unless you're a complete idiot, it's designed that way. It's the people who need to buy e-peen who are destroying this game, they should go play "Second Life" or something where they can actually buy an e-peen-enlargement for $$$.
The problem is in peoples minds. Succesfull to many means richer as everyone else, bigger as everyone else, more dangerous as everyone else. We (the gamers in general) are so used to play games where we can be a winner or where we can outrank others that playing Eve takes time to adjust. Sure there will always be those who have so much cash you cant beat them in that, sure there will always be those who played for three years and have a gang of friends who did the same and are hard to beat in a shooting match. But this doesnt mean they won the game, it just means they gotten strong in one very specific department.
For a newbie its hard to see that 3 months into the game you could be able to beat experienced players on lots of things in this game. Nobody can do it all, nobody has all the skills.
This misguided idea there is something to win in Eve is probably the main reason people are willing to buy isk.
While Ebay isnt the only one I do think this is a serious blow to the idiots who sell isk cause of the size of Ebay and the fact that its the most wellknown international trades site.
Tip for newbies that want to advance in the game: Find yourself some likeminded eve friends in the eve ingame chats. If you are short on time find yourself people who dont mind that and start your own corp with them. Strenght in numbers goes a long way in eve for just abuot every career you can think off.
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