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Bimjo
Caldari
SKULLDOGS
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Posted - 2007.08.03 22:58:00 -
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I was playing freelancer when someone from my server said "oooh look at this video of a space based game"
never looked back
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hydraSlav
Synergy Evolved
Sparta Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:00:00 -
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Through the article about Guiding Hand Social Club heist
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Above comments are my personal views
Oveur >Local shouldn't be a tactical tool, it's for chat
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Sazkyen
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:01:00 -
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Found it on mmorpg.com
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong
Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:01:00 -
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I...don't... know 
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I'm working my way through college
target CCP
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CCP posted a new dev blog, they are going to bring Nos in line with.....well....logic
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Banana Torres
The Green Banana Corporation
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:01:00 -
[5]
Wrapped in pretty gold paper and nice red ribbons under the Christmas tree one year.
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JamnOne
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:02:00 -
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I worked with my now corp mates. They told me all about it and at break time showed me Eve-Online. After about a month I finally installed it. That was over a year ago.
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Gestation
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:08:00 -
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Ya... actually - I don't...know.. either..
It's a conspiracy! They're injecting advertising into our DREAMS I tells ya!
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smashsmash
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:19:00 -
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i think i found eve through an article about planetarion.
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Eco delSol
Caldari
MonkeyWrench Gang
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:21:00 -
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My nephew showed me the game in 2004. I had never played any video games. I jumped into the game with absolutely no gaming experience (mmorpg, and or home video games). I was fascinated with the graphics. Today, I am still a noob with gobs of SPs.  
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William Walker
Amarr
Interplanetary Stage Mechanics
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:26:00 -
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Some guys in IRC played it, I joined them.
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Mindblank
Cutting Edge Incorporated
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:48:00 -
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I lost my spaceship when EA pulled the plug on Earth and Beyond.
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Asestorian
Minmatar
Domination.
KIA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:49:00 -
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PCGAMER UK ran a three day trial a very long time ago, and I decided to install the game and try it out. Three days later I had a subscription.
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Sgt Blade
An Eye For An Eye
Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:51:00 -
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i think i read about it in PCZone once and got the 14 day trial. it looks cool so i started to play 
Hypnotic Pelvic Thrusting Level 5 |
Aaron
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:51:00 -
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a sales assistant in a shop told me about it, sure glad i met him
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VD ThatsNotRight
Various Disease
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:57:00 -
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Edited by: VD ThatsNotRight on 04/08/2007 00:02:41
i`d read a few bits in magazines about it.
Then i was in a shop buying freelancer, and the guy behind the counter basically said..sod that, try eve, its just gone open beta.
Sooo, a few years later,and im quite settled(i.e i can get broadband) i try it..havnt looked back since
And if you happen to be reading this , sales guy from Game, in Bradford circa 2003...TY
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Hixxy
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Posted - 2007.08.03 23:59:00 -
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Originally by: MotherMoon
I...don't... know
hehe scripts won the war. disc to the head "script activates first aid kit@ 0,0001 millsecs" player survives with 1 hp, ****ers tbh. i can add many more with demos to be honest.
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Intraspace Scraps
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:06:00 -
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"Hey guys lets play this new game, it has a free trial!"
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Hixxy
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:09:00 -
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an email but that's been stopped now.
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Daelin Blackleaf
No Joy Corp
Pride - Honor - Duty
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:13:00 -
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I played in beta... but nobody believes me. 
Then ended up without access to the web for a couple of years...
...thing is I have no idea where I first heard about the beta. 
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Hanse Davion
Gallente
Jane's Clone Emporium
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:14:00 -
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A corpm8 from Earth and Beyond say "hey there are looking for beta testers for this new game" Hmm that was a long, long, long, time ago, on a server with far fewer people and far more fun.
Bring back M0o this game is starting to get DULL
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:19:00 -
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Edited by: The Pointless on 04/08/2007 00:19:26
First heard of the GHSC heist, then there was another scam, both reported in PC GAMER (UK), Then at Christmas last year, after being brought to the point where I wanted to punch someone repeatedly (Guild Wars + Xmas event extension = AAAAAGH!), I frantically searched my collection of magazine coverdiscs and saw an EVE trial on one of them.
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Kilana Omni
State War Academy
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:20:00 -
[22]
I think it was a banner for Eve that drew my curiosity; a few screenshots later and I was sold. But then I was like "*&^@# why hadn't I heard of this game before?"
I wish CCP was more aggressive in their marketing.
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Takayoru
WMFRR Corp
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:20:00 -
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Another ex-Earth and Beyonder. My friend got into Eve beta and dragged me in shortly after it went gold.
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Cherybol
Caldari
Es and Whizz
Hedonistic Imperative
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:28:00 -
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Edited by: Cherybol on 04/08/2007 00:28:52
Saw E&B on store shelves as a little lad, wanted to play it. Lo and Behold I was visiting Canada and I stopped at a game store in some Mega Mall, and saw EVE and thought "Hey, its similar to E&B." and I had the cash on me then. So I bought it. It ended up sitting in my room for a few months until I finally got my first computer. And then I started to play the **** out of it.
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:31:00 -
[25]
Originally by: MotherMoon
I...don't... know
Same here 
I "found" EVE way too long ago to even remember WHEN it was, not how I found it.
Can't remember how I got to the main site nor forums, but I got there.
Back then, I had such a slooooow and lousy internet connection, I didn't even dare download the client.
Well, actually, I tried, but for some reason "resuming" was not supported, so I gave up after a few tries.
Kept lurking in the forums, reading the articles and so on.
Eventually, around half year later, got a friend to download the client, tried to install it... surprise, installer verification locked at 93% on all comps. Got another friend to download it, exactly the same thing. I gave up for another half year or so, when I finally got it downloaded and installed.
Surprise, surprise, there was no "free trial" back then, or at least I didn't know about it. Tried talking about payment methods, but billing was quite primitive back then, so I wound up NOT PLAYING again.
Eventually, I came across (yet another half year later) upon free trial offers for EVE. Downloaded and installed the client (got a decent internet connection already back then), but my job at the time was very time consuming, so I eventually ended up not playing... but played a good deal of trial accounts, only for a very short while on each (if I actually played more than 10-12 hours out of the 14 days on any of those trials, I'd be surprised), spread across yet another half year or so.
Eventually, after a job change (including city relocation), soon after "the Bloodlines patch" (only had one other trial under "Blood" except this one), I ended up creating "Akita T", this time with the intent to keep it.
And well, more than 1.5 years later after creation (and more than 3 years since I first tried to play EVE), here I still am...
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Complaint vs whine | Char creation guide | Stacknerfs explained |
Liaya
Vindictive Behavior
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:34:00 -
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A friend of mine has been playing since 2004 or so, mentioned it back there, but didn't listen to him and then I was bored the other month and finally decided to give it a shot.
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Marcus Starr
Chosen Path
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:38:00 -
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I was beta testing EnB and someone in one of the chat channels said Eve beta was better and was going to kill EnB when it's released so I signed up.
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Hixxy
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:42:00 -
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Originally by: Kilana Omni
I think it was a banner for Eve that drew my curiosity; a few screenshots later and I was sold. But then I was like "*&^@# why hadn't I heard of this game before?"
I wish CCP was more aggressive in their marketing.
prolly have thrax in charge:P ...opps, exit stage left.... deja-vu.
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MotoTsume
Gallente
Clan Black Scorpion
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Posted - 2007.08.04 00:46:00 -
[29]
Originally by: hydraSlav
Through the article about Guiding Hand Social Club heist
Same
It's just a game........Or is it?????
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Mr M
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Posted - 2007.08.04 01:01:00 -
[30]
I found out about the Eve around 2002 through a website that what I remember listen games in beta. At the time I where playing Jumpgate (EU) but where annoyed that you only could gain levels through shooting at things.
EVEgeek | EVE Tribune |
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Pooka
Caldari
United Space Aillance USA
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Posted - 2007.08.04 01:04:00 -
[31]
****in EA shut down Earth and Beyond and EVE offered us a home.
So I have been here with my 3 accounts...over 3 years? maybe 3 1/2 now
PROMISES MADE PROMISES KEPT
IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN...TRUST NO ONE
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar
Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.04 01:17:00 -
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Originally by: Mindblank
I lost my spaceship when EA pulled the plug on Earth and Beyond.
me too 
but it took me a long time to find eve after
i found eve in random google searches for "download, free, mmo" the trial showed up, tried it, hated it, tried it again, decided it was better than the alternatives...
now im a rabid fanboi aparently 
Real men fly Pink.
I've been living in your cassette, It's the modern equivalent, singing up to a Capulet, on a balcony in |
GPerson
Gallente
The Scope
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Posted - 2007.08.04 02:11:00 -
[33]
This.
~~~Sig Stuffs Here~~~
I highly recommend drunken posting.
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Belloc Slunv
Amarr
Slacker Industries
Exuro Mortis
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Posted - 2007.08.04 03:54:00 -
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I was talking to my friend on aim about games he was playing. He told me about EVE, sent me a link to the picture with all the ships compared to each other and told me that he was being chased around by an Avatar while he was in an Imparior. I was like WHOA WTF COOL, and joined. Came to find out he was a n00b, and didn't know what he was talking about...There were no titans at that time.
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Sentinel Eeex
Caldari
Lords Of Amber
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Posted - 2007.08.04 04:41:00 -
[35]
BF2 clan, on whose servers I was playing, had a small group of people that had a forum subsection, about something called "EVE".
Then they mentioned word "Homeworld" (and I was addicted to it :).
Went to try it, and... usual story 
Couldn't beleive something like that existed. Hated myself for not finding it sooner |
falcinious
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Posted - 2007.08.04 04:43:00 -
[36]
From a friend from school
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Shurikane
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Posted - 2007.08.04 04:48:00 -
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Someone on another forum kept talking about how great and super EVE was and eventually, I gave up and requested a friend code.
Ironically, one month after I signed up and joined his corp, he deactivated his character because he had grown bored. It's only then that started telling about all the bad parts in the game, which he had mysteriously omitted before my registration.
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Highlord Nicolai
Amarr
ironwood ink
The Sundering
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Posted - 2007.08.04 05:37:00 -
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A faith night 1+ year ago I was reading WoW forums, bored as ever, when stumpling upon a say: EvE blabla, but I'm not gonna go into detail
I googled: EvE and here i am
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ThaMa Gebir
Gallente
Raddick Explorations
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2007.08.04 05:38:00 -
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One of the customers at my work was playing it, he was a friend of mine too.
He was playing in late 2004, I looked at it and almost cried when I realised I didn't have a credit card.
So in the beginning of 2005 I finally got my new credit card through the post, been playing ever since...
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Dave White
coracao ardente
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.08.04 06:12:00 -
[40]
Hax, I posted this exact same thread a while ago. But anyway; I got into it through a friend that played STBC.
Originally by: CCP Wrangler
To be completely honest I don't quite understand everything I'm going to say.
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Jichi Hao
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Posted - 2007.08.04 06:14:00 -
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In late 2005 or early 2006 I overheard a conversation at a party, where a married couple were converersing excitedly
about something obscure, with lines like
"they just don't get it", and, "its so funny
that they are missing the whole point".
When I blindly joined the conversation, I got a raving flood of praise on how you can do "this" and "that" and be "just about absolutely anything you want" in this amazing game, and I like asked that "can you like be a bar owner or command huge space fleets" and they were like "oh yeah" and "all that and more".
...so a year or so later, after not having touched
a single computer game in almost 10 years, I had the sudden urge to sign up to a MMORPG and boy was I glad that CCP had kindly arranged a free 14-day trial and you
could just download the game and start playing...
..thats bout it
JH
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Khendrak Tzitson
Legacy State
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Posted - 2007.08.04 06:20:00 -
[42]
Originally by: Mindblank
I lost my spaceship when EA pulled the plug on Earth and Beyond.
Same here. I gave up on the whole thing for a couple of years after that. Then a mate of mine who also used to play E&B but who had jumped straight across into the EVE beta convinced me to get on board with EVE. The rest is history.
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Grapez
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2007.08.04 06:57:00 -
[43]
There was a 30-Day Free Trial banner at the top of a Penny Arcade comic. I clicked it, found out that it didn't require a credit card, and thought, "Aw Hell, I've got an hour or so I can kill..."
Never thought I'd still be playing.
@º¬íí-T«+ºH
for all your political humor needs |
Grapez
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2007.08.04 07:00:00 -
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Originally by: Kilana Omni
I wish CCP was more aggressive in their marketing.
QFT. People usually hear about a good game through word of mouth. I thought it was odd that I had never heard of Eve until I signed up for a free trial, being as geeky as I am.
@º¬íí-T«+ºH
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Zilkin
Amarr
Murder-Death-Kill
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.08.04 07:44:00 -
[45]
Originally by: hydraSlav
Through the article about Guiding Hand Social Club heist
Think it was this that brought EVE to my attention also though I didn¦t stay long when on my first try but luckily all the cool news, lots people recommending it and exciting videos I saw made me try again :)
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DeadRow
Magnificent Beavers
Exquisite Malevolence
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Posted - 2007.08.04 07:48:00 -
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Was sitting in GAME for around ú5 so i thought meh why not... 3 years on I'm still here 
/DeadRow
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implanted
Caldari
THEM.
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Posted - 2007.08.04 07:50:00 -
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Edited by: implanted on 04/08/2007 07:51:36
some 3 and a bit years ago i was browsing the net looking for anything spacey....used to play elite and was looking for something similar....found eve.....called my bro and said "look what ive found man..have you seen this game" he replied "oh yeah played it for a year and gave up"....(i said wtf why didnt u tell me) so i signed up...then kael re-activated his account...weve both been playing since...now my son plays as well as 2 of my 5 brothers....ive been working on the other 3 brothers to get into the game ever since
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Dapanman1
Amarr
Beets' Auxillary Industries
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Posted - 2007.08.04 08:07:00 -
[48]
Originally by: hydraSlav
Through the article about Guiding Hand Social Club heist
Me too.
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Jim McGregor
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Posted - 2007.08.04 08:11:00 -
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PC Gamer review back in 2003.
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Originally by: CCP Wrangler
You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, thats what hello kitty online is for.
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Norwood Franskly
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Posted - 2007.08.04 08:21:00 -
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From reading the comments in the various Slashdot articles about the BOB + T20 thing, comments from people who played made me interested in trying out the game and haven't looked back since, which just goes to show no publicity is bad publicity.
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QwaarJet
Gallente
hirr
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.08.04 08:28:00 -
[51]
My brother had been following EVE since it was announced.
Me and him both signed up for the Beta, but left for a year becuase the game sucked. We got the Beta tester's invite trial back to the game, and never looked back.
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Usagi Tsukino
Caldari
APEX Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.04 08:54:00 -
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E&B refugee as well. Someone in my guild said 'Have you tried 'EVE'? It's like E&B, but more adult.'
I was expecting ****, but this is just as good. :) Haven't been able to watch the same dirty movie for 3 years straight.
(I have an odd feeling this will some how get tied into next months 'why are you playing a chick' thread...)
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Lavinrac Krad
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.08.04 08:58:00 -
[53]
Edited by: Lavinrac Krad on 04/08/2007 08:59:39
SWG got NGE'ed and I was running around from MMORPG to MMORPG looking for a place. I was always interested in Eve, but mmorpg.com people and other third party site people scared me away with the "Eve is for those only wishing to join a guild" nonsense. What I have found in Eve is a game that is a great experience and offers a hell of a lot of freedom and depth.
I have been in Eve for over seven months and have barely explored it, that is what always attracted me to SWG, there was much to explore (if you didn't follow the boring path of the shallow J3D-3Y3 with its hollow promises).
Great little game we got here, lots o senseless murder and mayhem.
Why donÆt you show us on the dolly where the bad miner touched you. -Thesas
THE NERF BAT COMETH! REPENT SINNER! |
R3dSh1ft
Dark Knights of Deneb
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.08.04 09:02:00 -
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i literally was bored of all other games - even battlefield 1942/desert combat. I googled for something like "space game, massive" as i had thought of installing freelancer again but it was a little too soon for that. i was reading about some other games and had never considered a subscription game, then saw an ad for a free trial and thought, yeah why not.
so however abused the free trial system is currently, it does bring players to the game.
DKOD - an awesome synchronised killing machine |
annoing
Amarr
MisFunk Inc.
Frontline.
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Posted - 2007.08.04 09:14:00 -
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I was helping to play betas for a company that ccp advertised with. Even though the initial stages were bugged to hell and back (usual scenario) it was beautiful to look at. Obviously ships, space scenes gates et al all changed to a lesser/greater degree but its retained its beauty throughout. When the game went gold I continued and I rushed out to buy the disc on its day of release. Even though i've left and rejoined, ccp still seem unable to stabilise its server issues (the same since stage 2 testing), players still use macros/exploits/scams to get by, fleet warfare is impossible and mostly boring and the storyline aspects have fallen by the wayside its still the most beautiful of all the games ive played and worth every penny.
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perhaps you confused me with someone who actually gives a funk?
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Karanth
Gallente
Cirrius Technologies
O X I D E
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Posted - 2007.08.04 09:16:00 -
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Kept hearing about it from my D&D buddies, and since they wouldn't STFU about it, figured I should at least know WTF they were talking about. Over a year and a half later, Dominix's still cry when I fit them with hull-tanks.
Free beer for those who mod my sig!
There is only one sig hijack that matters, the orginal and only member of the hijack squad. me. -Eris. ps Black russians are better then beer.
I'll see your beer, and raise you a goat kebab -Tirg
I'll take that pint and raise you two -Timmeh
I bet 2 goats, 1 pint and a bag of slugs -Lordharold
I grab it all, cook it/eat and drink it all and say thank you. -Pirlouit
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*pushes the other mods out of the way* Mmmm, bree - Karass
Bree & goat kebabs!!! I'm in!! - Yips
IT WAS ME, MUHAHAHA. -Hango
How did I miss free BREE!!? -Kaemonn
always fashionably late  - Deckard
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Araviel
Gallente
Epic.
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Posted - 2007.08.04 09:22:00 -
[57]
window shopping
just walked by the game store and saw the box,
has always been into space games so thought cool and bought it, didnt know it was a mmo at the time
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Lord Zoran
Caldari
House of Tempers
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Posted - 2007.08.04 09:36:00 -
[58]
i heard about it from a couple of mates......
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Nagasarete Daphne
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Posted - 2007.08.04 09:44:00 -
[59]
Edited by: Nagasarete Daphne on 04/08/2007 09:44:11
I read the article about EVE in PC Press magazine. Its mostly a serious magazine and they cover only one game in each issue so EVE had a pretty nice coverage, two full pages with a few screenshots...
Took me some time to overcome the fact that this was a pay-to-play game, but now Im training my second account :)
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Morwagorion
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Posted - 2007.08.04 10:05:00 -
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First, there was a EVE banner in Stratics that cought my attention while i was playing Ultima Online.
Then i read about Guiding Hand Social Club in the top national newspaper and activated a trial account.
the rest is history ...
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Acinonyx Jubatus
International Multi-Player Consortium
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.04 10:15:00 -
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Noticed an ad of the two Naglfar's on the orange background towards a planet.
Had memories of wanting to play a certain space game, it was either eve the boxed version, or possibly earth and beyond... but I believe it was one of the elusive boxed versions.
So, I followed the ad out of curiousity and lead to a Gamespot offer of a free trial for 14 days. That looked nice but I feared the game required a super computer to even get going due tot eh spectacular visuals...
I was wrong, so after reading sections about the game and how it worked, I gave the trial a run and after being scared to so much as leave my newb system for fear of getting lost, I got the hang of it and I was hooked.
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Asael
Caldari
Caldari Independent Navy Reserve
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Posted - 2007.08.04 10:17:00 -
[62]
When i grew bored of waiting hours on end before i can go into a dungeon with a small group, an old friend from WoW pointed me towards a Interesting space Mmo that she has played before.
Did the trail, and 2 years later, i am still here.
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R0ot
Got R0ot
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Posted - 2007.08.04 10:50:00 -
[63]
Found a link on I think Ctrl-Alt-Del Comic website
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Terra Alnilam
Umbra Congregatio
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.04 11:05:00 -
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Long ago, in a galaxy far far away...
I was playing WoW. Yes, I admitted it.
My guild was dying. We had a major drama bomb explode right on top of our heads and our egomaniacs destroyed us.
The loyal originals that remained behind, myself included, ran and maintained a website run by some kind of adserver that offered hosting services for guilds/clans/corps/cults/whathaveyou.
Every now and then when I posted on our forums to boost morale or provide a laugh or chuckle, I'd see this peculiar banner with a starship featured in some kind of spatial background, highlighted with the phrase "TRY EVE FOR FREE". Basically, it was an earlier version of the same 14-day trial banners you see every now and then on targetted websites which mmorpg players typicall visit.
So one day, after... um... some nevermind on that tangent... anyway, being burned out with WoW and the current drama that was going on, I decided to have a fresh experience with something I was intrigued by via that banner advert.
Lo and behold, I was hooked.
I was impressed immediately by the space based environment. Being a fan of spatial exploration, EVE was a + on my book for its platform immedaitely.
I was further impressed by the rookie chat. Players helping other players?! Coming from WoW, my experience with such behavior was rare at best.
What hooked me, however, was the freedom. So I feel like being bold and stupid and risking it all? I can fly into Syndicate without worrying about what the hell might be waiting for me there only to later realize, after spawning inside a station, that maybe I should worry more about EVE PvP than I do about WoW PvP.
Originally by: Gus Preston
my boner just broke my zipper
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Duraeli
Slacker Incorporated
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Posted - 2007.08.04 11:11:00 -
[65]
To be honest, I'm not sure. Played in the last few days of the beta (was in college at the time)...scrounged up some money the first day it was out and have more or less been here, though with quite a few breaks in between, ever since.
Think I had heard about it from a friend...but at this point after all these years I don't really remember.
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Death Kill
Caldari
direkte
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Posted - 2007.08.04 11:13:00 -
[66]
I saw it at my local games store in 2003. I was a big fan of colony wars and looking at the pictures on the cover it looked similar so I decided to give it a go.
My first mmorpg ever, and not played anything else. (well I've tried but all the others mmo's suck)
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Alan Bell
Gallente
Shiva
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.08.04 11:31:00 -
[67]
bought the game at game stop :p
long time ago...
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Dred 'Morte
Winds of Dawn
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Posted - 2007.08.04 11:34:00 -
[68]
Originally by: Bimjo
I was playing freelancer when someone from my server said "oooh look at this video of a space based game"
never looked back
I was playing freelancer when someone mentioned EVE. I think I was the Freeport # station, the one near the Corsair homeworld. I wonder if you were there?
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Mifter Hogdido
Amarr
The 0ri
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Posted - 2007.08.04 11:53:00 -
[69]
Edited by: Mifter Hogdido on 04/08/2007 11:53:36
I stumbled accross a ad online. Had never hard even then word of "EvE" mentioned ever before. Figured I'd try out the trial and I was sold.
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Shep88
Gallente
Subach-Tech
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.04 11:53:00 -
[70]
started eve couse of my brother, he wanted someone to boss about and mine for him, nealy 4 years later im bossing him about
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Red Gabba
JuBa Corp
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Posted - 2007.08.04 12:22:00 -
[71]
Edited by: Red Gabba on 04/08/2007 12:23:34
i used to play Freelancer on the colours elite uk server, I was on there TS and Jack said, "hey try this game" so i downloaded the trail and started playing, after that i never went back to freelancer.
Edit: I think I played on the same server as op
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cal nereus
Bounty Hunter - Dark Legion
Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.04 12:26:00 -
[72]
A Goon I know IRL showed it to me over a year ago. I wasn't all that keen on it back then, though, and I put off joining until a few months ago.
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Tregaron
Minmatar
Firing Squad
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.04 12:59:00 -
[73]
Originally by: Asestorian
PCGAMER UK ran a three day trial a very long time ago, and I decided to install the game and try it out. Three days later I had a subscription.
i had the 30 day free trail.
i get in the game and find my old mans already playing the game :S
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Tregaron
Minmatar
Firing Squad
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.04 13:02:00 -
[74]
Edited by: Tregaron on 04/08/2007 13:03:54
Originally by: Nagasarete Daphne
Edited by: Nagasarete Daphne on 04/08/2007 09:44:11
I read the article about EVE in PC Press magazine. Its mostly a serious magazine and they cover only one game in each issue so EVE had a pretty nice coverage, two full pages with a few screenshots...
Took me some time to overcome the fact that this was a pay-to-play game, but now Im training my second account :)
i wern't keen on the paying to play either but then found my m8 was paying using isk's he makes in-game :P
Used to play freelancer loved the story then it got boring so moved to x beyond the frontier then xtension. soon after that they changed the game to much so i found eve
oh thanks esk esme
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Splyne
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Posted - 2007.08.04 13:08:00 -
[75]
I heard about the game a long time ago, but didn't have a good enough computer to play it. Then I forgot all about it. But one day, about a month and a half ago I saw an ad for it on some website, with a free 14 day trial. As I have a better computer now I decided to try it out, and it rocks
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Nick Curso
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.08.04 15:17:00 -
[76]
I bought eve by mistake fron GAME thought it was a sp space pew pew game i had no idea it was a mmorpg
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Vodun
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2007.08.04 15:31:00 -
[77]
Friend on IRC informed me about a free trial. He quit playing, but I continued.
I think I have an addictive personality.
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Xeron Silverblade
Esthar Industries
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Posted - 2007.08.04 15:32:00 -
[78]
found it on the wine emulation app database although it didn't work on linux at that time 8-) this is now a year ago...
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Posted - 2007.08.04 16:22:00 -
[79]
Originally by: Jezala
"The Great Scam"
Not the one done by GHSC, but the one written by Nightfreeze. Great reading material there. Don't know if you can find it online anymore.
Me too, can't find it. Amazing story, sucked me into this game before I knew what it was all about.
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Lieutenant Zaraki
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Posted - 2007.08.04 18:33:00 -
[80]
MMO radio *sniff* RiP.
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Krezeb
Caldari
Ginnungagaps Rymdfarargille
Tre Kroner
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Posted - 2007.08.04 19:04:00 -
[81]
I was LANing at a friends house bemouning the fact that I hadn't found a really good space sim since Elite. He just said.. "Your gonna love this.." and sent me to Eve-Online.com. He even put me up for the first couple of months so I could get a credit card in order.
And as they say "I never looked back."
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Nasuno
Phoenix Star-Tech.
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Posted - 2007.08.04 19:28:00 -
[82]
In game chat while playing E&B
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Jonny Magellan
Amarr
Edyta Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.08.04 21:25:00 -
[83]
Edited by: Jonny Magellan on 04/08/2007 21:25:44
PvP community on various sites always mention EVE as the only worthy thing on the market atm (that isnt dieing such as AC) so I gave it a shot.
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Xtreem
Gallente
Scientific Creative Underworld Mafia
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Posted - 2007.08.04 21:28:00 -
[84]
it was posted about on a warez forum when it was still in alpha
i came to the forums and people already had corps setup, and i though damn how sad, then i happened apon it a few months after release and started from there :)
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Bimjo
Caldari
SKULLDOGS
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Posted - 2007.08.04 21:54:00 -
[85]
Edited by: Bimjo on 04/08/2007 21:54:25
Originally by: Red Gabba
Edited by: Red Gabba on 04/08/2007 12:23:34
i used to play Freelancer on the colours elite uk server, I was on there TS and Jack said, "hey try this game" so i downloaded the trail and started playing, after that i never went back to freelancer.
Edit: I think I played on the same server as op
hey gabba, you missed colourselite BBQ today(and go carting)
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SXyWhile
Gallente
NYIT Gangstaz
SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.04 21:58:00 -
[86]
I was made aware of EVE Online thanks to a friend of mine from work.
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Beetle Boy
Minmatar
Obsidian Inc.
KIA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.04 23:19:00 -
[87]
Shopping At Game at the local high street. Was buying a game for a cousin. He wanted dare i say some Golf game. Anyways while waiting in the queue a 16 behind me had eve and he was talking to his father. He then say the is a annual subscription. So his father put it down and walked away. I picked it looked at it. Look alright though might give it ago. Payed ú4.99 for it. And well that was 3 and a bit years ago
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Beetle Boy
Minmatar
Obsidian Inc.
KIA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.04 23:19:00 -
[88]
Shopping At Game at the local high street. Was buying a game for a cousin. He wanted dare i say some Golf game. Anyways while waiting in the queue a 16 behind me had eve and he was talking to his father. He then say the is a annual subscription. So his father put it down and walked away. I picked it looked at it. Look alright though might give it ago. Payed ú4.99 for it. And well that was 3 and a bit years ago
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Red Gabba
JuBa Corp
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Posted - 2007.08.04 23:35:00 -
[89]
Originally by: Bimjo
Edited by: Bimjo on 04/08/2007 21:54:25
Originally by: Red Gabba
Edited by: Red Gabba on 04/08/2007 12:23:34
i used to play Freelancer on the colours elite uk server, I was on there TS and Jack said, "hey try this game" so i downloaded the trail and started playing, after that i never went back to freelancer.
Edit: I think I played on the same server as op
hey gabba, you missed colourselite BBQ today(and go carting)
One year ill make it, you know i will :)
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Jiggs Casey
Minmatar
Asguard Security Service
Angels Of Discord
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Posted - 2007.08.05 02:18:00 -
[90]
Saw an add on fileplanet.
Anybody else remember 'Gamma World'?
Dating myself here...
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Nyphur
Pillowsoft
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Posted - 2007.08.05 03:00:00 -
[91]
I love this story. It was during a game of D&D, one of my friends in the group started talking about this newish game called Eve-Online and how I should get in on the ground floor because it's going to be big.
My only question was "Is there mining?". "Yes," he said, "but there's also amazing pvp combat and wars and--". I butted in at that point with "So there's mining?", to which he replied "Yeah, but you don't have to mine, there's also loads of industrial stuff and the entire market is player-driven, everything is run by players.". I replied "Mining, sweeeet" and signed up. I initially thought it was a free 30 day trial but didn't realise the original signup cost 20 quid.
Christ, that was... was that over three years ago? How old is my character?
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Amarr
Ordo Ministorum
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Posted - 2007.08.05 06:55:00 -
[92]
You know, i can't remember exactly how i got into playing EVE . I'd seen it in games stores on and off since its release but i was really adverse to playing MMO's for a long while (crap PC and crap dial up). Once the PC and net access sorted themselves out, i was idly browsing over Christmas last year (bored and nothing on the telly) and i came across the free 14 day trial. DL'ed it and have not looked back since, and i've gotten a few RL mates and collegues in to playing EVE.
One Empire, One Emperor, One People, Forever under Heaven. Amarr Aeternus.
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Kirex
Gallente
Vale Heavy Industries
Molotov Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.05 07:01:00 -
[93]
I found it in the bargain bin at some store. I bought it, but my comp was broken, so I spent a few weeks just looking at the manual and reading about the ships in the back. IIRC, I wanted to be caldari because they had well rounded ships according to their descriptions. :P
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UndergrounD
Caldari
Grumpy Old Farts
Gruntfuttocks
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Posted - 2007.08.05 07:21:00 -
[94]
Was playing jumpgate and I saw a very preview.
This video kinda made up my mind.
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Mallikan
Gallente
Subach-Tech
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.05 07:29:00 -
[95]
Picked up an issue of PC Gamer. Read one of the most amazing gaming stories I'd ever read. The fact that there was an MMO out there that allowed infiltration of "corporations." Not just any corp, player run corps. I looked it up online and found it. Played for a month or two and the combination of hard learning curve and RL money issues I quit. I played WoW for forever too long, then quit. On a whim I cranked the eve account back up and I actually understood a bit more. I started during the RMR expansion and came back in time for Revelations. It's a little different now. ;)
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Nachshon
Caldari
Gradient
Electus Matari
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Posted - 2007.08.05 07:34:00 -
[96]
I played Freelancer, and used battleclinic.com as a resource. There was a sidebar ad for EVE, which I definitely noticed because it sometimes would cover up part of what I was reading.
Anyway, after I had reached my Freelancer apotheosis, I clicked on the ad, read about EVE, decided to try it out.
This marks a change from my two previos MMOs (E&B and FFXI), which I was introduced to by a close friend of mine. I repaid him by introducing him to EVE.
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Dark Knights of Deneb
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.08.05 07:36:00 -
[97]
I was looking for information about the next ELITE game, and accidently fell over a video. In this video where a crazy icelander told about a game him and his buddies were making. He said the hole team was old school Elite fans, and wanted to make the ultimate space game.
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Tenerhaddi
Dark Skyes
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Posted - 2007.08.05 07:40:00 -
[98]
well I broken my Leg in 2004 so i was on sick from the army and stayed at home. I went to Game and looked around and seen EVe looked at the back and i thought cool looks ok. So i bought it and installed it. Then i relised its a mulitplayer game you have to pay for. *I didnt read the details on the game*
So i thought crap but i tryed it and i never looked back since. I have 3 account 2 inactive because RL a ***** atm. I miss EVE so much so i trying to keep in touch with friends online much as i can.
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Morwagorion
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Posted - 2007.08.05 11:11:00 -
[99]
Originally by: Tamirr U'tath
Originally by: Jezala
"The Great Scam"
Not the one done by GHSC, but the one written by Nightfreeze. Great reading material there. Don't know if you can find it online anymore.
Me too, can't find it. Amazing story, sucked me into this game before I knew what it was all about.
"The Grat Scam" from Nightfreeze 
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/0708/EVE_The_Great_Scam.zip
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Laah T'Sin
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Posted - 2007.08.05 11:15:00 -
[100]
After finally loosing interest in UO after some 5+ years I needed a new game so I tried all of them on MMORPG that had a free trial.. and here I am, still going strong.
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Cornucopian
Gallente
Dutch Omega
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Posted - 2007.08.05 11:25:00 -
[101]
Originally by: Kilana Omni
I think it was a banner for Eve that drew my curiosity; a few screenshots later and I was sold. But then I was like "*&^@# why hadn't I heard of this game before?"
I wish CCP was more aggressive in their marketing.
this post wins. CCP is not doing enough BY FAR with their marketing.
EVE has barely any coverage on IGN, GameSpot or GameSpy, let alone gametrailers. I mean: who buys magazines anyway??? (a lot less peaople then a few years ago)
I decided I wanted to start playing an mmo, and scoured the net, wikipedia etc. It took me quite a while to find this. EVE is somewhat 'buried' on teh internetz as far as I'm concerned. also you guys need to pay google for a sponsored link on the words mmo and mmorpg : what I want to see in google, is that I type those words, and EVE is on top.
WORK ON YOUR MARKETING CCP, A PAY PER VIEW TV SHOW IS NOT MARKETING, IT'S SALES!
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Lanu
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.08.05 11:53:00 -
[102]
Saw it in a game shop and bought it 4+ years ago
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Hasak Rain
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.08.05 11:57:00 -
[103]
I was viewing some **** on my computer. See I have all of the girls site's bookmarked in alphabetical order and meant to hit "Molly" but instead, clicked on MMORPG.com by mistake and there was something on the front page about EvE's free trial there.
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Setora
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Posted - 2007.08.06 00:29:00 -
[104]
Read the big scam piece a while back in PC gamer I believe it was.
Didn't join just then but it was the only reason i knew that EVE existed. I just went on playing my UO.
Finally got bored of UO, there was nothing new to do and PvP is more or less dead for the most part, so I went looking for a new MMO just a few months ago.
First on the list is the game i had been watching and waiting for, Vanguard. Ummmm, enough said. That game could have been so good, but it was just managed so poorly we all later found out and was let out way before it was ready. Its pretty much bleed out now and good luck turning that car crash into a success with a relaunch. So needed a new game.
So I remembered EVE, got the demo, and signed up soon as I finished up my 14 days.
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Reven Darklight
256 FREELANCERS
Black Scope Project
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Posted - 2007.08.06 00:47:00 -
[105]
A mate of mine back in 2003/2004 said he played it and at the time DAoC was starting to really die so i got it and played it.
Now i have 2 unactive accts floating around and my main active acct.
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Nagi Katsumi
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Posted - 2007.08.06 00:59:00 -
[106]
Originally by: hydraSlav
Through the article about Guiding Hand Social Club heist
Same thing.
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Alex Under
0utbreak
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Posted - 2007.08.10 15:58:00 -
[107]
Edited by: Alex Under on 10/08/2007 15:59:04
Originally by: Tamirr U'tath
Originally by: Jezala
"The Great Scam"
Not the one done by GHSC, but the one written by Nightfreeze. Great reading material there. Don't know if you can find it online anymore.
Me too, can't find it. Amazing story, sucked me into this game before I knew what it was all about.
Here you go!
http://www.wirm.net/nightfreeze/part1.html
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Nicho Void
Gallente
Hyper-Nova
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Posted - 2007.08.10 16:02:00 -
[108]
I saw an advert for the free trial on Ctrl + Alt + Del.
Promptly bought a new computer, and here I am.
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Maxpie
Cross Roads
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Posted - 2007.08.10 16:07:00 -
[109]
Edited by: Maxpie on 10/08/2007 16:09:07
Originally by: Jezala
"The Great Scam"
Not the one done by GHSC, but the one written by Nightfreeze. Great reading material there. Don't know if you can find it online anymore.
I came across that story too and had to try Eve - been addicted ever since. It truly is a great and entertaining read.
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Fehz
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Posted - 2007.08.10 16:27:00 -
[110]
it found me....
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Kazuki Fuse
Nubs.
D-L
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Posted - 2007.08.10 16:30:00 -
[111]
Saw an ad on Penny Arcade for it - good marketing plan by CCP seeing as how popular that site has become. I then researched it and found an article in The Escapist talking about how ISS was born and how they created a business in the game. Thought I'd try it and now I'm still playing over a year later and I have three accounts LOL!
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mortitia sith
The Adamite Inheritance
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Posted - 2007.08.10 17:08:00 -
[112]
in cybercafe ,
they always have folks testing new games or doing beta s .
so we started with 52 when game came in store (well in 4 shifts , we had to wait for more boxes to arrive)
but it s fun discovering the game directly in 0.0 with 24 pc s running eve and about 30 folks on second row discussing
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Rilder
Caldari
THC LTD
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Posted - 2007.08.10 17:19:00 -
[113]
Was browsing a Star Trek Online Fan forum saw a video of this and said, wow cool, and signed up. Was my first Pay-per-month MMORPG, (not counting the year of members in runescape I pay'd for) but that was like 3 years ago.
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Leilani Solaris
Gallente
0utbreak
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Posted - 2007.08.10 17:20:00 -
[114]
I had a group of friends who played it before me and they got me in to it. They've mostly quit now though.
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Lord Dynastron
Mystical Knights
Legionnaire Services Ltd.
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Posted - 2007.08.10 17:52:00 -
[115]
I saw it in the box at Best Buy (I think) and thought to myself.. "that looks good". Went back to buy it a couple weeks later and it was gone! Forever! So, I 'googled' it, downloaded it,,, and now three years have passed.
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Afrika 18
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Posted - 2007.08.10 17:54:00 -
[116]
I'm frequently online at work and I check out game ratings and such, and I typed in google "top ten mmorpgs" and Eve was number 2 so I started reading up on it and found it appealing. I've since quit WoW and started playing Eve...WoW seems silly in comparison.
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Jimer Lins
Gallente
Sanctuary
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Posted - 2007.08.10 17:57:00 -
[117]
I first heard about EVE when it made /., I think, for one of the major heists, probably the GHSC one. I was heavily into SWG at the time, before it was destroyed by SOE, so I didn't look into it; also people said it was a really hardcore game and it kind of scared me off at the time.
Fast forward a while, and my amazingly talented armorsmith (there was a time when I made the best Ubese armor ever seen on the server) is now a "Trader" or some such crap, most of what I enjoyed doing was useless, and I wasn't sure what to do next. I was reading Penny Arcade and there were some EVE banner ads, which tickled my brain, so I followed them, got a 14-day trial and started this very character.
I left for a while but came back and picked up where I left off, and been having great fun. ;)
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Felzius
Gallente
Phoenix Wing
Acheron Federation
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Posted - 2007.08.10 18:22:00 -
[118]
I was playing City of Heroes, when I heard some chat about a space mmorgp called "Eve Online". Tried it out a day, and was hooked.
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Eriah Redson
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Posted - 2007.08.10 20:03:00 -
[119]
Picked it up off the self in Best Buy late April of 2003
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Major Stallion
Four Rings
D-L
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Posted - 2007.08.10 20:32:00 -
[120]
Found Eve while searching for a new game to play as I was getting sick of SWG. Started playing, got ganked in jita in my first day and left.
Came back when my friends told me last year about Eve and how great it was. I was reluctant to join, but I finally did join, and quit SWG for good.
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Doppleganger
Minmatar
Band of Builders Inc.
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.08.10 21:36:00 -
[121]
Found out about in back when I was playing Jumpgate (US). That game was kind of on its death bed anyway and someone posted it on the JG forums that this game called EvE was in beta. I joined beta and still here.
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Empyre
Domestic Reform
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Posted - 2007.08.10 23:49:00 -
[122]
i was playing wow pretty much when my friend forwarded me an article about the guiding hand social club thing. the article had me intrigued by the game. my friend never thought it would stick with me. i've loved it ever since.
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