So you have 50M+ SP, and you still play solo because:

sp alone does not a good player make.

Because a bad CEO touched me in my special place.

Show me on the doll where the bad CEO touched you.

You flew sober in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Addresses the question, this does not.

Bad threads on the forum...

Why do so many of you kids get so butthurt about how other kids play? .. puzzled..

Why do so many of you kids get so butthurt about how other kids play? .. puzzled..

Autism.

Welcome to EVE: Internet spaceships and Asperger's syndrome.

As a father, and likely your senior, I was asking a valid question to gain some insight into a topic I hold near and dear.

BTW, it is not all about you.

I'm 42 and a father of 2. Your question is valid, but your arrogant multiple choice answer list reeks of teenage angst, sorry pops..

could be my 14 year old rubbing off on me.

Prolly time, risk aversion, pimple-face CTA aversion, lack of anything interesting aversion, and being forced to fly some crappy fleet fitted BS rather than their bling bling pimped out Tengu.

Then there is the fact you make boatloads of isk in empire doing nothing and local is usually far more entertaining. Then there is shooting haulers and AFK shuttles and snipping orders with 0.01.

0.0 does have the fun filled evenings of gate camping, topped off with POS capping and a dash of station service bashing. All for the benefit of some alliance douche who will never care who you are and what you did for him.

u mad bro?

I just read that really really wrong

Or he has 12 alts and quite literally is the sovereign king of some dead end highsec system, so rich that he's using PLEX as separators in his hanger.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

This is E V E, and you trust respect NO ONE.

Cause I can

As a father, and likely your senior, I was asking a valid question to gain some insight into a topic I hold near and dear.

BTW, it is not all about you.

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

OP
I will be as honest as humanly possible. I'm past 50 mill by a good stretch now. .
I'll start with I'm also a father. 39 with 3 children. My wife works nights however & after the kids are asleep I do have hours to log in.
That being said I've not found a large alliance that fits me. Just a few buddies over the years I fly with sometimes.
Okay all BS aside. The wife hates the game & even the mention of it. If I spend to much time on the computer i'm denied access to the 40ds & the silky smooth magic box, witch she uses to keep me under hee thumb. So i'm not much more than a well trained house boy who cowers in the dark under the hue of monitor light.
Worth it.

OP
I will be as honest as humanly possible. I'm past 50 mill by a good stretch now. .
I'll start with I'm also a father. 39 with 3 children. My wife works nights however & after the kids are asleep I do have hours to log in.
That being said I've not found a large alliance that fits me. Just a few buddies over the years I fly with sometimes.
Okay all BS aside. The wife hates the game & even the mention of it. If I spend to much time on the computer i'm denied access to the 40ds & the silky smooth magic box, witch she uses to keep me under hee thumb. So i'm not much more than a well trained house boy who cowers in the dark under the hue of monitor light.
Worth it.

I will never complain about being a basement dweller again.

Or for the first time.

Even of just a hardcore poser lol

I don't see the point in joining a corp when I have yet to see one with more than 5 people regularly online AND active at the times I usually play.

You're just a normal guy unlike the op.

It depends on whether you have been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like.

Are you on the pot?

Which pot in particular?

As I remember it from my youth the green sticky kind that smells rather pungent & causes an uncontrollable urge to devour Doritos & chug gallons of Pepsi . Maybe laying on the living room floor eating cereal & watching cartoons all day too.

I'd have to show you on my Thorax.

You're just a normal guy unlike the op.

So you have 50M+ SP, and you still play solo because...

Why do so many of you kids get so butthurt about how other kids play? .. puzzled..

Based on your experience with rifle teams, smaller squads and "rules of 2" work better.

You have nothing to say to most people.

You don't want to lose ships on someone elses war for losses they won't replace.

Too many ganktards camping bubbles with nothing better to do.

You flew sober in an CTA OP 1 time, and everybody else was drunk.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you that white kids like complexity way too much.

You are not the boss and others have not earned your respect to boss you around.

You have a problem with authority because RL with the NDAA, checkpoints, PATRIOT act, and police state have enough authority as it is, without neckbeards trying to feel just as powerful in a game.

You bothered to interact with the guy in Jita and the game felt like an episode of the Jerry Springer Show.

All the minerals you mine are belong to you, not to be turned into something a corp thief will just take later on.

Opportunity Cost means that even if you liked losing ships, you could not keep doing it forever.

You want to play with others, but until people stop trying to be the final authority on what your skills should be, you will have to train all of them up so nobody will complain.

There are too many people sitting around being ass hats and using "this is EvE" as their excuse, therefore nobody can be trusted. .

Ha. If not for highschool biology I'd be clueless.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

... because I want nothing to do with people like the op.

Oh, and have nowhere near 50m sp.

You didnt ask any questions, you made clear statements.... why dont you just go play your game and let others play theirs...

Your a presumptuous little kid, just because someone likes to ride alone on the sunset makes it unsocial?
Your comment is totally unsocial, you're unable to accept other people think differently from you because has unsocial has you are you think your point of view is the only one valid.



He doesn't give a f++ck about your little person you love that much? -you know, it's hard to me to bring you to reality but you're really not the center of the world, even if your mom told you that she lied to you.



What do you know people have or have not, what do you know about someone's personal goals and wtf you think you are to make assumptions about someone totally anonymous to you? -you presumptuous kid



My goodness you're really disturbed...

Did you try lately to find a job irl and have your own family ?? -I gess not, you live in your imaginary world where you think you know everything about everyone because you think you exist and are better than others. Internet nerds can be weird....

Well let me give you a piece of advice, go out buy newspapers try to meet people and maybe you'll meet some girls stupid enough to make you happy 5min and I hope not cause humanity would be loosing all around, but who knows she might has well give you kids.
Find a job and try rl what social experience means, try to become a little more human and dam I think it's a lost bet already.

See you after life in what I'm concerned

Many reasons

1. Erratic schedule makes anything group-related difficult.

2. I support and occasionally code software for several hundred companies. By 17:00, I am "peopled out".

3. A prior experience as a guild master which amounted to playing den mother/scout master/guidance councilor to dozens of boys being ravaged by puberty

4. Chat channels filled with "MOAR TEARS!", "HTFU!", etc annoy me. I thought this might be a consequence of age but I realized that BBS-era "warez kiddie speak" annoyed me too.

5. Gate camping and roaming to protect what amounts to a few database tables on an Icelandic server doesn't strike me as a good time. Sneaking into them alone, on the other hand, has its' moments.

I just want to do what I want in game with no guilt, no schedule, and nobody to babysit.

I just want to do what I want in game with no guilt, no schedule, and nobody to babysit.

What the **** does solo play have to do with hisec?

This is a pretty dumb question tbh.

I PVP solo because I can just log in and go for it and it's more challenging, therefore more rewarding.

I don't really get how you can be so opposed to the possibility, which is suggested by the snarky nature of most of your suggestions in the OP.

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

Have you met these players of Eve?

About 90% of them just suck at being human beings in general.

Why would I want to be in a corp with the lot of them?

Have you met these players of Eve?

About 90% of them just suck at being human beings in general.

Why would I want to be in a corp with the lot of them?

Because that's where the risk-free isk is.

You have never been to a Veto meet.

Someone who sits there noob-harvesting and smack talking all day in a garbage filled room or house, death posters all over the wall, sees Klebold and Harris (Columbine HS shooters) as heroes for all the tears they invoked, and other such characteristics, are highly unlikely to ever come out of their holes, physically as well as mentally. Such blackened little souls existed before, it's just that the internet gives them a portal beyond their private hell.

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

So you have 50M+ SP, and you still play solo because

Do you really think people like that play Internet Spaceships?

Because that's where the risk-free isk is.

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

Do you really think people like that play Internet Spaceships?

I hate having people tell me when i should log on and if i dont im a bad person.

Many reasons

1. Erratic schedule makes anything group-related difficult.

2. I support and occasionally code software for several hundred companies. By 17:00, I am "peopled out".

3. A prior experience as a guild master which amounted to playing den mother/scout master/guidance councilor to dozens of boys being ravaged by puberty

4. Chat channels filled with "MOAR TEARS!", "HTFU!", etc annoy me. I thought this might be a consequence of age but I realized that BBS-era "warez kiddie speak" annoyed me too.

5. Gate camping and roaming to protect what amounts to a few database tables on an Icelandic server doesn't strike me as a good time. Sneaking into them alone, on the other hand, has its' moments.

You say you're old but this reeks of errr... I'll be nice... "youthful" opinion. Either that, or you're very good at imitating the psyche of a "I'm awsum coz it's me" guy.

So I have 50M+ SP, and I still can't fathom why people don't like the same things I like because

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

stuff....

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

When I play, I play solo because hiding my Icelandic IP all the time is too much hassle, and outing my player characters isn't an option. :sadface:

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

When I play, I play solo because hiding my Icelandic IP all the time is too much hassle, and outing my player characters isn't an option. :sadface:

So you have 50M+ SP, and you still play solo because:

When I play, I play solo because hiding my Icelandic IP all the time is too much hassle, and outing my player characters isn't an option. :sadface:

Well, 40mil sp is the beginning of eve.
So I guess 50mil is because they wasted 10mil sp on the wrong skills ^^

So you have 50M+ SP, and you still play solo because:

Because that's where the risk-free isk is.

Autism.

Welcome to EVE: Internet spaceships and Asperger's syndrome.

When I play, I play solo because hiding my Icelandic IP all the time is too much hassle, and outing my player characters isn't an option. :sadface:

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

Close enough. Ventrilo mumblers drive me into fits of homicidal rage. Speak the gently caress up, you morons!


This. Or close enough. I only play with people when I know their home address in RL and it's close to my home, so I can go and break their legs when they steal from me. And note I said "when", not "if"

You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

Meh I have asperger's and don't care how other's play (and enjoy playing with others, though small is better for me).

Then again, I was part of a case study on it from age four till ten, receiving a large amount of psychotherapy. Learned how to identify my oddities and all that.

Sometimes I can even pass as normal.
Still lacking in general communication skills though. I prefer the organized communication of a forum to the chaos that is speaking.



Oh and to OP: don't play solo (or have 50M+ SP), but if I did, the answer would be - because I haven't found anyone worthy of me.

I wish that open (or even by invitation) PVP roams were far more common, as I tend to enjoy them.

I've been solo for the last year of 3 years of play. For many of the reasons posted here. Sick of the drama and abusive idiots. This is off topic but applies also:

Never share fittings with anyone in any chat anywhere.

If you share a fitting, some loud mouth, jerk off, asswad who never spoke to you in the past will suddenly crawl out from under their rock and respond with "LOL FAIL" or "NOOB" and of course "Go back to WOW you Carebear", simply because you don't play EVE the way they play so you aren't playing properly.

To hell with them...

Close enough. Ventrilo mumblers drive me into fits of homicidal rage. Speak the gently caress up, you morons!

I wish EVE was a single player game.

That's funny, I never get comments like that when I share my fits.

Why is that, do you think?

I am MinMatar,that alone is enough reason to go solo.

I remember when Winmatar were the laughing stock of this game...

I still say my reason is FREEDOM.

I've been solo for the last year of 3 years of play. For many of the reasons posted here. Sick of the drama and abusive idiots. This is off topic but applies also:

Never share fittings with anyone in any chat anywhere.

If you share a fitting, some loud mouth, jerk off, asswad who never spoke to you in the past will suddenly crawl out from under their rock and respond with "LOL FAIL" or "NOOB" and of course "Go back to WOW you Carebear", simply because you don't play EVE the way they play so you aren't playing properly.

To hell with them...

There is a single player version of EVE. It's called X. Check out X3 : Terran Conflict. I've sunk many a day into that game...and the learning curve is every bit as brutal if not more so. If you're a masochist like that. (Modding community rocks.)