| Pages: [1] 2 :: one page |
| Author |
Thread Statistics | Show CCP posts - 0 post(s) |
Axel Korgain
The League of Extraordinarily Wealthy Gentlemen
9
   |
Posted - 2012.01.06 08:51:00 -
[1] - Quote
I recently watched a thread asking about WIS explode out to 110 pages last I looked and as I read I realised that what was being discussed was more like ...
What is EVE?
We all have different answers. We all access EVE for different reasons. We all want it to be developed to keep pace with the expectations of the day. We all want new things to keep our interest piqued.
Most of us haven't played all the play styles available and almost all of us will never know what it's like to lead an Alliance or command an enormous fleet.
So if we have so many things in common why then is it so hard for us to agree as to how EVE should be developed and expanded. We can zoom out further and have more room to move we can zoom in and see what it's like inside Jita 4-4.
For me I love how Eve is science fiction with technology instead of 'magic' explaining why various amazing things happen. I tried Age of Conan and hated the magic. That is why I like how there is no Jedi and force here. Even though I hate losing things I like that Eve is a place where when something is destroyed its gone.
I enjoy corporation building and teamwork. I enjoy having to manage finances and I like how different play styles and personalities can fit together. I love trading up a storm and creating devious plans. I like meeting people and learning from them and hearing stories from across the world.
I like seeing my toon as he configures his science and industry while checking out his fitting and I use the WIS interface to access the options that expand from the holographic projection of my current ship. While ALSO nurturing plans to go blast some poor dude while also knowing that I don't really want to blast anyone and might not fire my weapons at the target when it comes to it because I prefer my fight to have purpose rather than random killing for no reason.
I want purpose like when I first joined and was absorbed into a newbie corp and its struggles against Hi-Sec griefers 'HI NEOXI GAMMA' I want my dreams of grandeur back like when I started a newbie corp.
SO then... what is eve to you?
The thrill of the chase? The sense of achievement as you launch a new capital? Being the highest earning miner of all time? Having so much isk you can hardly think of ways to spend it? Having created the badest gang around? Admiring your killboard?
|
BLACK-STAR
397
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 08:52:00 -
[2] - Quote
EVE is the matrix outside of the movie.
[img]http://www.imgbox.de/users/S7AR/star.png[/img] |
St Mio
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
284
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 08:53:00 -
[3] - Quote
Real? |
Halcyon Ingenium
Prometheus Research LLC
119
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 08:56:00 -
[4] - Quote
What is EVE to me?
An entertainment option that beats out ****** TV and even shittier movie releases. It isn't my only entertainment option, but over the past three or so years, I've averaged 1 hr 57 min per day in game. Well worth my time and money.
That which always was, and is, and will be everlasting fire,
the same for all, the cosmos, made neither by god nor man,
replenishes in measure as it burns away. -Heraclitus |
Aineko Macx
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
92
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 09:10:00 -
[5] - Quote
A space opera. |
Axel Korgain
The League of Extraordinarily Wealthy Gentlemen
9
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 09:29:00 -
[6] - Quote
Halcyon Ingenium wrote:What is EVE to me?
An entertainment option that beats out ****** TV and even shittier movie releases. It isn't my only entertainment option, but over the past three or so years, I've averaged 1 hr 57 min per day in game. Well worth my time and money.
I read you there mate. It is certainly value for money entertainment.
Why is it entertaining? |
Halcyon Ingenium
Prometheus Research LLC
120
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 09:35:00 -
[7] - Quote
Axel Korgain wrote:Halcyon Ingenium wrote:What is EVE to me?
An entertainment option that beats out ****** TV and even shittier movie releases. It isn't my only entertainment option, but over the past three or so years, I've averaged 1 hr 57 min per day in game. Well worth my time and money. I read you there mate. It is certainly value for money entertainment. Why is it entertaining?
A slice of fantasy (all science fiction is fantasy), sublimated aggression toward other humans, the social interaction with said humans. They joy of seeing my power and ability, both my skill with the game and my characters skills, increasing. Despite what many think there appears to be a story arc for the game lore. There are many elements that make it entertaining.
That which always was, and is, and will be everlasting fire,
the same for all, the cosmos, made neither by god nor man,
replenishes in measure as it burns away. -Heraclitus |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Ponies for the Ethical Treatment of Asteroids
805
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 09:38:00 -
[8] - Quote
I was there! |
Dyner
Midgard Protectorate
74
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 10:40:00 -
[9] - Quote
What is EVE to me?
Quote:EVE...EVE is a chance to show that even amidst the horrors transpiring in reality there is still hope. That there are still those willing to take up the banner of freedom and liberty. That there are still those standing against the coming Darkness. That the sword and shield is, and always will be, there to protect the innocent.
...we will not falter
....we will not fall
For we are the Protectorate, and we will hold the line.
Aside from that? ship-spinning....ya, I can't stay serious with all the crap going on in the world; to depressing. |
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
2672
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 10:48:00 -
[10] - Quote
It's a big waste of space
badumtish
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí
you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
GÇö Karath Piki |
J3ssica Alba
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
67
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 10:54:00 -
[11] - Quote
Eve would be a better place without the "if I don't like it, you won't have it" anti-WIS (or anti-anything-that's-not-pvp) crowd. |
Comy 1
Ore Mongers
91
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 10:55:00 -
[12] - Quote
To me, EVE is a wonderful way to mess with people and make them angry, without causing them any real life troubles.
With that said, I take no responsibility for people getting TOO angry IRL over internet spaceship pixles and beat someone up. |
Dbars Grinding
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
327
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 11:40:00 -
[13] - Quote
Bumblefck wrote:It's a big waste of space
badumtish
your rapist mustache turns me on.
Also EVE to me is a chat room i pay for. |
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
2672
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 11:41:00 -
[14] - Quote
Dbars Grinding wrote:Bumblefck wrote:It's a big waste of space
badumtish your rapist mustache turns me on. Also EVE to me is a chat room i pay for.
pedobearcandytrap.jpg
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí
you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
GÇö Karath Piki |
Asuka Solo
Stark Fujikawa
Stark Enterprises
1043
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 12:13:00 -
[15] - Quote
To me, Eve is the new Freelancer.
Right now, its mostly just space freelancer with sexy ships and pretty lights.
But I hope that someday, I could land on some city with my big ass capital ships and go for a walkabout around that city, leaving my ship(s) in some star port until I feel like using it again, meet new people and find interesting ways to kill them or rip them off.
And after a long days work, I could head on over to the nearest gentlemen establishment and put my feet up while watching scantly clad ladies dance my troubles away on bar counters and poles over a nice cold brewskie. |
Arcathra
Technodyne Ltd.
105
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 12:17:00 -
[16] - Quote
For me EVE is first and foremost a virtual world. There are only very few games out there that qualify for that.
So what is a virtual world for me? It is a world where I play a character and can immerse myself into. The world is dominated by players and player interaction that give you the sense of actually interacting with people inside that world. Some kind of "second life" (please note that I don't mean the game with the same name here). It is my second reality where I can do things that I can't do in real life. A place that is exciting and where many adventures await. Where I have the freedom to play as I like in a big sandbox environment.
Yea, I know. That sounds a little bit like trying to escape reality. And yes, it is! Let's face it, for many of us the world outside is just boring and dull. A game like EVE brings some excitement to our lifes. Am I addicted? No, not really. It's more the same excitement everyone has with having some kind of hobby. In the end I don't take EVE too serious. No one should. |
1-Up Mushroom
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
1823
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 13:23:00 -
[17] - Quote
EVE is EVErything!
Nah, to me it's just a game, but that doesn't seem to be the case for some other people
5 Senses In A Person... 4 Seasons In A Year... 3 Colors In A Stoplight... 2 Poles On The Earth... ONLY 1-UP MUSHROOM!!!-á If You Like My Sig, Like Me!-áRemember EVE is EVErything! |
Prince Kobol
155
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 13:33:00 -
[18] - Quote
a game |
Keno Skir
77
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 13:34:00 -
[19] - Quote
Asuka Solo wrote:And after a long days work, I could head on over to the nearest gentlemen establishment and put my feet up while watching scantly clad ladies dance my troubles away on bar counters and poles over a nice cold brewskie.
Agreed, meet you there for brewskies somewhere around 2014.
The Apostle : I want a kangeroo
Captain Kirk : Silly Austrians
Sarmatiko : Let me guess: you're from US?
Captain Kirk : Yeah Riverside IA - why? |
Professor Alphane
Alphane Research Co-operative
198
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 13:41:00 -
[20] - Quote
*discalimer don't take this too seriously now will you*
EVE is both Heaven and hell.
It's gamer heaven where you can enjoy the most detailed and advanced virtual world in excistance (AFAIK)
It's also nerd hell, where nerds go to take there nerd rage at the world for bullying and disrepecting them all these years, by bullying and disrespecting other nerds.
YOU MUST THINK FIRST.... |
Sisohiv
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
9
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 14:14:00 -
[21] - Quote
EVE in her prime
EVE over time
Translation: Old  |
Stonecold Steve
I N E X T R E M I S
49
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 14:19:00 -
[22] - Quote
Eve for me is an hobby, an outlet to blow off steam which i cannot do elsewhere. Notable positive points next to that are; i get to know new people, i get to reinvent myself, i get to gain skills which i could actually use in RL to (to so degree), im having a blast when doing fleets with my corpies/alliance mates and stuff.
Eve is a virtual ball of whatever you find in the real world all rolled up in 1 and smoked, i have played many games but non of the games is as complex as detailed and player driven as Eve Online. If there would be an utopia game that governs all other games, this one comes closes.
GÇ£Quod licet Iovi non licet boviGÇ¥- Gods may do what cattle may not."-á--á"We are all slaves of the economy." - "Information in eve is the black gold back in the industrial age". |
White Tree
Broski Enterprises
Elite Space Guild
721
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 14:23:00 -
[23] - Quote
A hive of pseudo-intellectuals. |
Karn Dulake
Souls Must Be Trampled
The.Alliance
223
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 14:44:00 -
[24] - Quote
Its an extended Suicide note to myself
Something Awful. A beacon for tearful, lonely neckbeards. |
Professor Alphane
Alphane Research Co-operative
198
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 14:51:00 -
[25] - Quote
Karn Dulake wrote:Suicide note to myself
*fails to comprehend suicide note to SELF*
'Dear Alphane,
If your reading this we will you will be dead.....'
YOU MUST THINK FIRST.... |
DEFIER ORILIS
DEFIANCE FRENETIC REGIMENT
3
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 15:09:00 -
[26] - Quote
EVE Online - A great past time.
A World away from my World.
A smart game made for smart people.
A long term goal of achievements.
ADAM & EVE... I am Adam.
Thx EVE for a good time. |
leavwiz
Firestorm Tactical Research and Development
35
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 15:49:00 -
[27] - Quote
Eve was a gathering place for a few friends to chat while mining or running missions. the overbearing PVP crowd and updates that added nothing to a casual playstyle other than more ways to push players into being fodder for gankers has turned EVE into an occasional pursuit until the plex runs, out. No , you cant have my stuff. |
Alain Kinsella
89
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 19:35:00 -
[28] - Quote
At its core, I've always considered Eve to be a good (though not completely realistic) economic simulator. It's close enough for my needs, where I can see all the various external influences that can affect markets (remember folks, PvP *does* occur in stations). An excellent eye-opener and trainer when I'm ready for 'hardcore' mode (RL Markets).
Quote:. . . virtual world . . .
I have a hard time thinking of Eve like that, but I was involved in Second Life around 2004-2008 and There.com (on and off) from 2005 to current day. Plus the original Uru Live (1/1/04, through two revivals, to approx April 2008). So my own judgement is obviously a bit weighted.
While I understand that CCP has considerations to branch outside the FiS model, I don't think they've understood (until recently) the magnitude of the problem. My knowledge of how the SL-style 'superclusters' work make me very pessimistic about the WiS model.
@ leavwiz - I am also a casual player, but continue to persevere through this game as a (mostly) non-combatant. One of the best things I did was get involved in a couple different PvP training programs, such as Agony Uni. Even if I don't PvP regularly (or barely at all), the skills I've learned - both character *and* player - are powerful weapons in their own right. And having a dedicated character with combat-related skills/tactics has been useful too.
The old adage of 'I only have to outrun you to stay alive' is very real here, and should not be taken lightly.
I may have come here from Myst Online, but that does not make me any less bloodthirsty than the average Eve player.
Just more subtle.
|
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
146
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 20:14:00 -
[29] - Quote
For me EvE is a game, and the only point of any game is having fun.
So for me, EvE is fun.
|
Ira Theos
Viziam
Amarr Empire
27
|
Posted - 2012.01.06 20:15:00 -
[30] - Quote
Eve is an amazing concept with potentially great entertainment value which is unfortunately destroyed, once you understand the fatally flawed mechanics.
Too bad , really. It could be a fine game, but as it is now, there is no "game" in it.
(This is not to say that there are no niches in it to keep you amused for some time.) |
| |
|
| Pages: [1] 2 :: one page |
| First page | Previous page | Next page | Last page |