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Akrasjel Lanate
Naquatech Conglomerate
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Posted - 2012.01.24 09:10:00 -
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Wot I Think wrote:
Today I met Frank, we talked about "free time", and I mentioned I play EVE, and his next question was:
"High-Sec or Null-Sec?"
EVE
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Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
172
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Posted - 2012.01.24 09:22:00 -
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Wot I Think wrote:
- I met a person in real life who plays EVE.
- I met a person in real life who pretends to play EVE.
- I met a person in real life who plays EVE, and pretends to fix elevators.
- I met a person in real life who pretends to play EVE, and pretends to fix elevators.
- I did not meet a person in real life, instead I suffered a temporary stroke and imagined the conversation.
- I did not meet a person in real life, instead I suffered a longer term stroke and imagined the conversation, this post.
- I did not meet a person in real life, instead in coma, imagined the conversation, this post, and my entire life.
- I am a "brain in a vat".
The way I see it any of the options are equally plausible.
Amusing common traits, being male and with no hope to ever taste a girl. |
Jonen Case
Clandestine Badgers
0
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Posted - 2012.01.24 09:28:00 -
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I live down south in Texas, haven't met one person yet who knows anything about EVE. Got a few old friends from Washington to try it out but we'll see how long they stick with it.
That 60 Day buddy invite really goes a long way in getting new players interested in the game. |
Mars Theran
EVE Rogues
EVE Rogues Alliance
91
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Posted - 2012.01.24 09:32:00 -
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Oddly, I think there are a few people I've met who actually have tried EVE, but most of them are WoW clones and stick to that. Usually, the guys in the computer service centers, that I happen to chat with when I go browse games to see if anyone has come up with something interesting.
I've mentioned to a few of them that I play EVE, but never really got into detail about what I do in game, once I realized they were addicted to WoW.
Typical response: "Sure.. sure, I know that game. But I mostly play WoW; so I never have time for anything else."
My thought: "Let me get this straight; you're a 45 year old department store computer sales man, and you don't have time for anything but WoW?" "Not only that, but after leveling to 80 more than 400 times in the past 14 years, you're still playing WoW, and don't have time for anything else?" "wtf"
Of course, I never say it. Now when I go into the Computer department, I comment on the new laptops, ask about the Intuos drawing tablets, or discuss briefly the worth of various devices. No way I'm talking about games; they just don't shut up.
I've tried to get one or two people interested in EVE, but found they really didn't have any interest if it wasn't on a console and an FPS.
I can still picture the 42" plasma screen with WoW on it behind that one guy when he was talking about it. It wasn't really there of course, but he was describing it to me in lurid detail, while going on about his clan and latest conquests to 80th level.
Honestly, I can't play a game like that and get much past 20th level without becoming incredibly bored. Ache in the temples, eye strain, strong urges to yawn, and trouble not falling asleep. I did make it over 40 once in AoC, but it took a lot of effort just to keep playing that long, and that was over a period of weeks. I think I managed to even hit 2 gold by level 44, and then I quit because that was the only incentive to keep playing at that stage. I just had to hit 2 gold. |
Baneken
Hyvat Pahat ja Eric
The Polaris Syndicate
74
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Posted - 2012.01.24 09:36:00 -
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That reminds me of 8 years ago when America's Army was hot as far as a free FPS was conserned.
On the first day in my new job I found out that not only one but two of my new co-workers played the same game but that I had actually played with those guys on regular basis.
Talk about shocking revelation.  
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Skrymir Osiris
Sanguine Marauders
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Posted - 2012.01.24 09:36:00 -
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I once met an old friend and found out that he plays Eve too. Then we found out that we are enemies in Eve so we never talked or saw eatchother again.
"So instructed the Queen to her champion,
GÇÿBeware the righteous who seek truth in spirit alone;
The weak of mind are quick to judge with slightest tempt;
Thus fools go forth to spread false word,
Great misery follows those who heed what only the weak have heard.
Heed me champion, for only you shall know;
Within the blue ring of fire lies the final key of revelation.
Find this ring, my champion, and both mind and spirit shall be strong once more.GÇÖ"
- The Scriptures, Book of Trials 2:13 - 2:21 |
Valei Khurelem
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Posted - 2012.01.24 09:38:00 -
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I knew at least one person from a Games Design course I took who played EVE, that was about it.
If they made EVE fun then more people would play it, but even playing it casually I feel like it's a second job until I get my Orca, I actually have to ask myself when I play this game:
1. Do I actually feel like mining or shooting lasers today with no skill or even pretty explosions to look at?
2. Do I have a few hours to spare just to get some bloody minerals into my station?
3. Would I much rather hop in and play 5 minutes of something more fun like Minecraft/Counter-Strike Source/Fallout?
People with jobs and things to do don't play EVE because you need to allow yourself at least an hour in order to do anything because CCP insist on using timesinks instead of actual gameplay content.
"don't get us wrong, we don't want to screw new players, on the contrary. The core problem here is that tech 1 frigates and cruisers should be appealing enough to be viable platforms in both PvE and PvP." -á - CCP Ytterbium |
Long John Silver
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
37
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Posted - 2012.01.24 09:53:00 -
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I have never met another EVE player in RL, so here goes:
42 year old male, GSOH, WLTM sexy female pod pilot for regular ganking sessions. Thames Valley, UK.
Long John Silver | Pirate Alt-áand Forum Troll. |
Professor Alphane
Alphane Research Co-operative
228
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Posted - 2012.01.24 10:36:00 -
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I call shenanigans real people don't play EVE only bots do 
YOU MUST THINK FIRST.... |
DaDudeinDump
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
5
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Posted - 2012.01.24 10:40:00 -
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I never talk about Eve IRL. Well, only to the gus I play minecraft with, they didn't really care. If anyone cared to ask about MMOs i'd tell them no problem.
EvE is what I do when I'm bored at home cause all my 'friends' don't want to hang with me. The Friend-zone's a lonely place..
This has lead to a lot of lonely nights with my buds in corp chat.
And to that guy who mentioned 'timesinks' I agree so much. I can't play a lot on weekdays, and I barely have enough time to run one mission in about an hour, not even counting the missed salvage. |
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Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
2655
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Posted - 2012.01.24 10:54:00 -
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Large Collidable Object wrote:1st RULE: You do not talk about EVE.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about EVE.
3rd RULE: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out, ransom him then kill anyway.
4th RULE: Only 1000 guys to a fight.
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As a matter of fact, I never talked about Eve IRL - I once found out that some guy i flew with for quite some time lived ~30 km from where i live - I went totally paranoid for weeks...
Concerning your options, I think you must be something vat-related - not quite sure if there's a brain in it.
Approximately 10 million people live within 30Km of where I live (also the TQ server). Statistically speaking, there must be at least 5000 EVE players in that area.
I have met one of them and introduced 2 more (1 of whom now has 3 accounts)
EDIT: Also last year I met up with Kugutsume n (the owner of the eponymous forum) and Endie (the head of the Goon Intelligence Agency), lovely fellows they are, great to have a beer with. Snappy dressers too, not like me. Interesting stories to tell, both in EVE and out of it.
Malcanis' Law: Any proposal justified on the basis that "it will benefit new players" is invariably to the greater advantage of older, richer players.
Things to do in EVE:-áhttp://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/ |
R3dSh1ft
Moon In Scorpio
RED.OverLord
1
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Posted - 2012.01.24 13:01:00 -
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I also work in tech and know at least 10 people who play. |
Holy One
SniggWaffe
EVE Corporation 123566322353
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Posted - 2012.01.24 13:23:00 -
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If there's 40k online, half of them are alts and bots.
Thats not a lot of people.
I think more people probably read the football results on bbc.co.uk than that.
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Wot I Think
State War Academy
Caldari State
248
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Posted - 2012.01.24 14:51:00 -
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Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:
Amusing common traits, being male and with no hope to ever taste a girl.
If only there were a public education system that produced new legally available girls with financial difficulties every spring. A young man with a disposable income could benefit from a system like that. |
Thorn Galen
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
Sanctuary Pact
368
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Posted - 2012.01.24 15:15:00 -
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Wot I Think wrote:
"High-Sec or Null-Sec?"
That question he asked you, that is the EvE version of the Turin test. You failed and have been declared a failing AI construct.
Had a good chuckle at your post, thanks
The universe is an ancient desert, a vast wasteland with only occasional habitable planets as oases. We Fremen, comfortable with deserts, shall now venture into another. - STILGAR, From the Sietch to the Stars. |
Niko Takahashi
United Starbase Systems
27
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Posted - 2012.01.24 15:18:00 -
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Metal Icarus wrote:is it really that rare to find someone else that plays this game?
Damn.....
Yes this game is like the game that other gamer point to and laugh he plays EVE. |
Minta Contha
Emergent Entity
KONZERN
40
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Posted - 2012.01.24 16:07:00 -
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I know 2 others in RL - one who used to play it years ago but was forced to give up by being constantly harassed by a griefer (probably because she was one of the 4 women who played it). The other is a friend who I persuaded to start with the buddy programme, which got me a free plex, but he stopped playing rather rapidly. Don't know why, he probably has a life or something.
My cooking is like my lovemaking - fast, greasy, and unsatisfying. |
SabotNoob
Sabot Industries
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Posted - 2012.01.24 16:36:00 -
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One of the guys that helped me with getting into Astrophotography, someone that I had known for about 3 months at the time, mentioned wanting to make a new gaming rig.
"Oh, so what do you play?"
"Oh, just Battlefield, and EVE..."
"WTF WTF!!! Why didn't you say anything in the last 3 months!!!!!!????????"
Not his fault, he didn't know I was an EVE pilot either, lol.
Also know three other co-workers who play EVE. We met at a local EVE get-together, and coincidentally worked at the same place, LOL. We have lunches together, once in a while.
Met a local corp-member in person for lunch, who happens to work a few blocks away. Met another local EVE player in person along with the aforementioned local corp-member.
One of my former co-workers has heard a lot about EVE but has yet to give it a try.
So, I know 6 that play, and 1 that has heard a lot and may take the plunge at some point. I think I just won this thread?
EDIT: Didn't win.  Someone beat me to it. |
Borun Tal
Cubicle Warriors from 'merica
32
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Posted - 2012.01.24 16:38:00 -
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Plutonian wrote:I'd stop using that elevator.
This. Quickly. |
G Baldanders
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2012.01.24 16:46:00 -
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This kid in my grade used to play, but he's really busy with cub scouts now so doesn't play as much anymore. |
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Wreckless Eric
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.01.24 17:07:00 -
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I met a bloke in a pub once who told me he'd got annoyed playing a game and broken his keyboard. Trouble was, he said, he needed the keyboard to exit the game.
Not EvE was it? I asked.
I'll never get that hour of my life back. Great game but by 'eck it can be a dull topic of conversation. |
Krystal Flores
Missions Mining and Mayhem
Northern Coalition.
3
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Posted - 2012.01.24 17:45:00 -
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Real people playing eve? I don't think they do. I have met a few people in eve that play Real Life though. People don't care much to talk about it in RL ive found, kinda kills what ever class you had before. |
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
660
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Posted - 2012.01.24 17:53:00 -
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Wot I Think wrote:I am 29 years old, white, male, with disposable income, no personal relationships, and a job in the technology field.
What are the odds I would end up playing EVE?
Frank is 37 years old, white, male, with a disposable income, a potentially fictional "picture of wife", and a job fixing elevators.
Today I met Frank, we talked about "free time", and I mentioned I play EVE, and his next question was:
"High-Sec or Null-Sec?"
What a strange coincidence.
My name is Frank and today I met this guy and the topic of free time came up . He mentioned he played EVE and I answered with...
HOLD ON...
NO FREAKIN' WAY...
What a small world.
Mr Epeen 
Me too!-á I ate one sour, too! |
Adonis Lee Ongrard
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
8
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Posted - 2012.01.24 18:19:00 -
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I work at a home improvement store and two of my co-workers also play EVE. One's main is in a null-sec alliance and spends all of his time there, and the other's main is in a carebear corp in high-sec. I'm the bridge between the two, as I've done the null-sec living thing and the high-sec carebear thing as well as the low-sec pirate thing, on various characters. We only talk every once in a while, as our schedules rarely sync up ... but when we do, there are funny stories all around. |
Cyniac
Twilight Star Rangers
Black Thorne Alliance
109
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Posted - 2012.01.24 18:27:00 -
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You need to adjust the vat chemistry again, it sounds like the potassium concentration is off again and you are starting to hallucinate.
Don't worry, any damage is probably reversible. Maybe. |
Gantz Tleilax
Tleilax Foundation
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Posted - 2012.01.25 08:10:00 -
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I knew this guy who would run up and down the street in fishnet stockings pulling out his *****, near where a worked
. . . He played Eve. |
Holy One
SniggWaffe
EVE Corporation 123566322353
172
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Posted - 2012.03.06 00:04:00 -
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Gantz Tleilax wrote:I knew this guy who would run up and down the street in fishnet stockings pulling out his *****, near where a worked
. . . He played Eve.
Troub doesn't play Eve anymore. |
Cyprus Black
Cowboy Diplomacy
151
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Posted - 2012.03.06 00:07:00 -
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Most of my shipmates play EvE. Most that is, except one who plays That Other Game.
We laugh at him and we make sure he knows why.
Follow my EvE blog at:
http://cyprusblack.blogspot.com/ |
Micheal Dietrich
Standards and Practices
120
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Posted - 2012.03.06 00:18:00 -
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Atticus Fynch wrote:Wot I Think wrote: a potentially fictional "picture of wife", LOL. I have a "came-with-the-frame" family photo on my desk. 
When my real life fellow eve friend got married, he and his wife got one of those picture frames and left the hallmark couple picture in it for months. After a while I yanked it out and signed it "Best wishes from Frank and June". They kept it that way for years. |
Skydell
Space Mermaids
Somethin Awfull Forums
169
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Posted - 2012.03.06 00:38:00 -
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I usually start out by talking about MMO's in general, see if people even play those. Most don't but when I find the occasional person who does, the exchange of 'What do you play' comes up. I tell them EVE Online and they give me this wierd look like I said I run over my kids with a push mower.
Actual EVE players? never. |
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