Larech Frodoth
Caldari
Achura Trade Federation
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Posted - 2007.05.06 11:56:00 -
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I have a quite a few moments in Eve which to me pretty much summons up what this game is all about.
1. My first day in the game, docking out and realizing how huge the solar system really was. I have never been so impressed by a game in my life, apart from when I was told that there were thousands of other solar system that are just as big. I was stunned by it, and was ecstatic for weeks afterwards.
2. When I joined the guys in JuBa in the days when we all were in Solitude. I felt right at home amongst the twisted minds of crazy dutchmen, nasty brits and a bunch of silly americans I can honestly say that being with those guys changed me as a person as much ingame as out of it. Hats off to all of them. When I was going through some rough times in RL just logging on to Eve and spending time in corpchat was able to keep me from doing stupid things. They contributed alot into saving my life (literally). Thanks guys.
3. The short period of time in Racing Corp, not to mention the invitation to that corp. Me and a friend were out ratting in an empty 0.3 system (him in a shield tanked Thorax, myself in a Caracal with a small shield booster) when we saw an old JuBa player (namely Tado) appear in local. We happily kept flying around until he jumped in the same belt as us in a HAC and just stood there. We didn't know what to do so we just waited aswell. A few minutes past, nothing happened until I got an Evemail saying that he was going to attack us but just saw a post I made at a forum and offered me a place in his corp. I almost **** my pants at that moment, realizing that he would have peeled the flesh off my bones before I could scream "zomg!".
Anyway, me and my friend both joined RC with Tado and he dragged us around pretty much all of Eve. We had a great time and learned alot back then, I still get all warm and fuzzy inside when I think about The Big Blue and their "LOCKDOWN!".
4. The olympics ice hockey final. Sweden against Finland. That was the time when the very same friend as above had dragged his comp over to my place and we sat in a room no more than 12 square metres with two comps running painfully hot. We had a TV in another room, so everytime the speakers started to get excited, we came running to check what was happening. In the end we both lost our ships due to being afk in belts, but that didn't matter at all. A small price for a gold in the olympics.
I've taken a break or two from Eve, but always came back thanks to the people and the possibilities. No other MMO, no other game at all has had even remotely the impact on me as Eve had.
Here's to another 4 years, and beyond!
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