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Wot I Think
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:28:00 -
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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?"
STOP!!!... WAIT... MY BRAIN HAS EXPLODED.
One of the following errors has occurred:
- 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. |
Sicex
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:30:00 -
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I actually work with another player! A real human one too!
EVE discussions are a great way to break up a crowd of people, we've found. |
Atticus Fynch
388
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:35:00 -
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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?"
Freaky. 
GÿàGÿàGÿàCargo Pilots Unite!!!GÿàGÿàGÿà
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=668132&#post668132 |
Atticus Fynch
388
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:36:00 -
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Wot I Think wrote: a potentially fictional "picture of wife",
LOL.
I have a "came-with-the-frame" family photo on my desk.
GÿàGÿàGÿàCargo Pilots Unite!!!GÿàGÿàGÿà
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=668132&#post668132 |
Solstice Project
Cult of Personality
1278
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:50:00 -
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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.
*LOL* that's hilariously sad. I'll put that in my bio and my signature tomorrow!
Congratulations, you'll be famous ! :)
Inappropriate signature removed. Spitfire |
B DeLeon
DeLeon Industries
26
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:51:00 -
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How did your date go?
lol just kiddin'
It was a fun story |
Doc Fury
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
285
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:52:00 -
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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.
This explains a lot about you and confirms some of my previous suspicions.
The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the ho's and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' and I'll look down, and whisper 'no.' |
Mr M
Agony Unleashed
78
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:54:00 -
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Wot I Think wrote:One of the following errors has occurred:
- I met a person in real life who plays EVE, and pretends to fix elevators.
Damned Russians. They're tricky like that. Probably former KGB.
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Alundil
The Unnamed.
142
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:57:00 -
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No just bots....
Brought to you by SpamBot|BotSpam v 0.1.2 |
Tiberius Sunstealer
Phantom Soulreavers
69
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:57:00 -
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-STARTING TROLL_POST.EXE-
-RUNNING TROLL_POST.EXE-
No. Real people do not play EVE Online. It is only populated by machines. Skynet will once again prevail! Now back to my previous duties.
-ENDING TROLL_POST.EXE-
-STARTING MINING.EXE-
-RUNNING MINING.EXE-
I have yet to meet someone IRL that plays EVE Online. I have sucked in a few IRL friends, though. |
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fgft Athonille
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2012.01.23 23:59:00 -
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its always been the same 50K bads and their alts and the 100 goods and their alts
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Metal Icarus
xHELLonEARTHx
Rookie Empire
80
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Posted - 2012.01.24 00:00:00 -
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is it really that rare to find someone else that plays this game?
Damn..... |
Plutonian
Intransigent
46
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Posted - 2012.01.24 00:01:00 -
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I'd stop using that elevator. |
Famble
Three's a Crowd
262
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Posted - 2012.01.24 00:11:00 -
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Sounds like a spai. Eve is real I'm told.
If anyone ever looks at you and says, "Hold my beer, watch this,"-á you're probably going to want to pay attention. |
Serge Bastana
GWA Corp
30
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Posted - 2012.01.24 00:39:00 -
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I'm not real |
stoicfaux
676
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Posted - 2012.01.24 00:59:00 -
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Did he pod you, create a wifi hotspot with his phone, and then redirected all the wifi free loaders to a web page describing what you were wearing when he podded you?
Also, did you respond with 'lo-sec'?
You can tell me what is and isn't Truth when you pry the tinfoil from my cold, lifeless head.
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Nephilius
Grey Legionaires
294
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Posted - 2012.01.24 01:02:00 -
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Sicex wrote:I actually work with another player! A real human one too!
EVE discussions are a great way to break up a crowd of people, we've found.
Yeah, people's eyes seem to glaze over when yuo start talking about the game, what you've been doing, secstatus, rats, et al. It's kinda funny actually.
If you bring down a giant, you're a hero. If you kill something weak-even if it has to die-then you will endure contempt. |
Large Collidable Object
morons.
1006
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Posted - 2012.01.24 01:14:00 -
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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.
[...]
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.
morons- sting like a butterfly and-ápost like a bee. |
Alara IonStorm
1474
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Posted - 2012.01.24 01:35:00 -
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Had a friend who played EVE. Downloaded trial account and started playing. Met a new friend and started dating her. Hanging out in her room, she opens EVE Trial Account.
/Head Explodes.
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Lyron-Baktos
Selective Pressure
Rote Kapelle
27
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Posted - 2012.01.24 01:38:00 -
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Nephilius wrote:Sicex wrote:I actually work with another player! A real human one too!
EVE discussions are a great way to break up a crowd of people, we've found. Yeah, people's eyes seem to glaze over when yuo start talking about the game, what you've been doing, secstatus, rats, et al. It's kinda funny actually.
my wife use to make fun of me talking about killing snipers (in my fps days) Now when I talk about Eve, she doesn't' even pretend to listen
On holiday. -áIn some other world.
Where the music of the radio was a labyrinth of sonorous colours.
To a bright centre of absolute convicton. -áWhere the dripping patchouli was more than scent. -á
It was a sun |
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W1rlW1nd
The Scope
Gallente Federation
19
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Posted - 2012.01.24 04:13:00 -
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In over 8 years, I have only met 2 people in the 'real' world who even knew what EVE was. . . and neither of them played it lol.
By real world I mean just randomly meeting strangers on the street, in stores shopping, etc. And not co-workers already working inside a gaming company which would be cheating.
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MacrossGalaxy
Thunder Mercenary Army
Stainwagon.
0
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Posted - 2012.01.24 04:50:00 -
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I am a "brain in a vat".
THIS, most possible explaination
btw, u made my day lolz |
Sisohiv
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
18
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Posted - 2012.01.24 06:37:00 -
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I've met plenty of people who know what EVE is. Its the same story "I really want to try that but.." Insert excuse here, they all condense down to the reasons people avoid MMO's in general. They are seen as addictive and life sucking. They are. |
Atticus Lowa
Lowa Corp Industries and Security
10
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Posted - 2012.01.24 06:47:00 -
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i have a few family and friends im planning on inviting...
but im not one to ask others if they play MMOs... kinda akward really
so yes i raise you another skynet and worship our new bot masters! |
Vyl Vit
Cambio Enterprises
264
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Posted - 2012.01.24 07:24:00 -
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I don't make it to Greenland very often, but when I do I ask everyone I meet, "Do you play EVE?" Invariably their response is, "Do I play what?" Then, they start looking around for a cop.
Elect me to the CSM. I'm totally untrustworthy, only worry about myself and
vaguely have a notion what you're dealing with as a player.
Anyone with any sense has already left town. |
Gantz Tleilax
Tleilax Foundation
23
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Posted - 2012.01.24 07:50:00 -
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Whenever I hear someone talking about Eve, which is rare, I get the heck away, because that person is probably a fricken weirdo.
Outside of that, one person I knew who played Eve for years had to biomass his characters in front of his therapist due to his fianc+¬ leaving him. Another's person I had a conversation about MMOs with mentioned being trolled constantly playing the trial of some space game. I acted like I didn't know what he was talking about, started talking about the weather. |
Gogela
Freeport Exploration
Loosely Affiliated Pirates Alliance
294
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Posted - 2012.01.24 07:51:00 -
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I am not real.
I met people who play eve. When I hear them talking about it, I do not introduce myself. They are stupid and putting a lot of effort into meaningless things. I don't want them to know me in eve because they just might know me in real life... and I don't want beggars around. Vermin that they are...
Gantz Tleilax wrote:Whenever I hear someone talking about Eve, which is rare, I get the heck away, because that person is probably a fricken weirdo.
Outside of that, one person I knew who played Eve for years had to biomass his characters in front of his therapist due to his fianc+¬ leaving him. Another's person I had a conversation about MMOs with mentioned being trolled constantly playing the trial of some space game. I acted like I didn't know what he was talking about, started talking about the weather.
btw love this ^
frickin' weirdos... probably steal my TV if you got a chance... or my sweet hacked TiVo.
All GëíGêçGëí Ships | GëíGêçGëí - sñÜpüÅpü«sÑçsªÖpü¬péópéñpâåpâá | <-- Links to ShowInfo in-game
FX7 - No Tax... No Rules... No Problem |
Plutonian
Intransigent
51
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Posted - 2012.01.24 08:24:00 -
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I met a guy about two weeks ago who had played Eve (though I don't know when). He was talking about being addicted to Skyrim, and I mentioned I played a game called Eve Online.
He said he'd tried it for about two weeks but it was: ' just grind, grind, grind, and then, when he tried to sell his stuff the designers had made it so the autopilot runs new players through dangerous areas and gets them killed by other players." I nodded noncommittally and mentioned "Eve can be a pretty harsh game."
He then asked me what I do in Eve.
"I'm a pirate", I replied. 
* Technically, I'm not really a pirate, I just enjoy frigate combat in lowsec. But it was simply too good an opportunity to miss. |
ariana ailith
Aribar Conglomerate
41
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Posted - 2012.01.24 08:35:00 -
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humans are overrated |
Ciar Meara
Virtus Vindice
501
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Posted - 2012.01.24 08:38:00 -
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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.
Thats no good jim. Thats no good at all...
But it does make sense.
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[img]http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/janus/ceosig.jpg[/img]
[yellow]English only please. Zymurgist[/yellow] |
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Akrasjel Lanate
Naquatech Conglomerate
525
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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
2
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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
207
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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 -
[39] - Quote
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.
[...]
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
160
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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 -
[46] - Quote
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
39
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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 -
[49] - Quote
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 -
[50] - Quote
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 -
[51] - Quote
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 -
[52] - Quote
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 -
[54] - Quote
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 -
[55] - Quote
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
25
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Posted - 2012.01.25 08:10:00 -
[56] - Quote
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 -
[57] - Quote
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 -
[58] - Quote
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 -
[59] - Quote
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 -
[60] - Quote
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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Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
329
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Posted - 2012.03.06 01:17:00 -
[61] - Quote
Odd, the closest I have gotten interacting with other eve human players was something like this:
Me"Yeah I like MMO's, specially EVE Online" in a party
Random stranger at party: "Eve Online, how many SP's you have?"
Me: "over 80mill (was a while ago)"
RSP: " ..."
Never saw him again 
I also met once a guy in RL that told me he played EVE Online, I told him I played EVE too ... never saw him again either ...
Meh, NO ONE PLAYS EVE ONLINE ... it's all an Illusion!!!!!
Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco:
http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco |
Aggressive Nutmeg
123
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Posted - 2012.03.06 01:21:00 -
[62] - Quote
My wife laughs every time she enters the computer room to see me dual boxing while studying dozens of laminated Eve maps lying all over the floor.
I am a real person who plays Eve. My wife is abnormal.
Never make eye contact with someone while eating a banana. |
Anya Ohaya
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
93
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Posted - 2012.03.06 03:23:00 -
[63] - Quote
IRL I don't play EVE. Never heard of it.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. |
Corina Jarr
Spazzoid Enterprises
Purpose Built
594
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Posted - 2012.03.06 03:26:00 -
[64] - Quote
Only person I can think of who I talk to about EVE is my boyfriend.
He tried it, and hated it because he had no idea what to do (and whatever you want was not the right answer). So now, when I'm angry with him, I only talk about whats the latest with EVE. |
Raiz Nhell
DEEP CORPS
27
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Posted - 2012.03.06 03:37:00 -
[65] - Quote
I am a real person who plays EVE...
I think, therefore I am, not a bot...
And I have a fiance who understands that I play EVE when she talks about the wedding... and then feigns sympathy when I go AFK to talk to her and come back to a floating pod or a strange station...
I must admit its hilarious when I go flying in to the computer room on hearing my 75% shield warning, dropping whatever I'm doing...
I'm so carebear my Pod bleeds rainbow...
Beers + nullsec + dodgy fit = Loss mail |
Ender Black
Lone Star Exploration
Lone Star Partners
77
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Posted - 2012.03.06 03:50:00 -
[66] - Quote
My wife is very supportive of my EVE habits but her eyes will glaze like a stoner in .3 seconds when I start talking about it. The second were around people I might be interested in talking to, she brings up my EVE podcast. Seriously?!? She uses EVE to shame me in public.
The Pod Goo Podcast
http://www.podgoo.com
Pod Goo also publishes editorials, guest blogs, and guides for free. -áJust email [email protected] your material. |
BIGTEX123
Screaming War Eagles Incorporated
4
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Posted - 2012.03.06 03:54:00 -
[67] - Quote
I've met two people in my life who have played EvE, one is my brother, and the other a friend of mine who tried it out once before. My friend moved away a few days after I found out he played EvE. |
Jeyson Vicious
The Scope
Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2012.03.06 04:19:00 -
[68] - Quote
Aggressive Nutmeg wrote:My wife laughs every time she enters the computer room to see me dual boxing while studying dozens of laminated Eve maps lying all over the floor.
I am a real person who plays Eve. My wife is abnormal.
Laminated Eve maps? Map of what? What does that even mean? :) |
Acac Sunflyier
Burning Star L.L.C.
87
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Posted - 2012.03.06 05:33:00 -
[69] - Quote
Wot I Think wrote:One of the following errors has occurred:
- 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".
You forgot to add that you met somebody in eve who pretends to play real life. |
Gantz Tleilax
Tleilax Foundation
46
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Posted - 2012.03.06 07:34:00 -
[70] - Quote
Ender Black wrote:My wife is very supportive of my EVE habits but her eyes will glaze like a stoner in .3 seconds when I start talking about it. The second were around people I might be interested in talking to, she brings up my EVE podcast. Seriously?!? She uses EVE to shame me in public.
Oh man, I know the feeling, that's why I don't talk to anyone in my business about Eve, so it can never be used against me. |
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OfBalance
Caldari State
114
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Posted - 2012.03.06 07:52:00 -
[71] - Quote
Elevators you say? |
Opertone
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
114
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Posted - 2012.03.06 08:10:00 -
[72] - Quote
If Frak drank beer,
"Would you be like OMG wtf, you're only elevator maintenance. How could you?"
Isn't eve like 20 USD per month, or 6-10 beeer bottles?
Omg, Frank, you smoke! You, you gas station fill up guy! You're nothing compared to me, you supposedly don't have 5 bucks for a smoke. |
Rico Minali
Sons Of 0din
Fatal Ascension
334
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Posted - 2012.03.06 08:15:00 -
[73] - Quote
I am the only person who even plays Eve since as a Solipsist all of you are just figments of my imagination.
Trust me, I almost know what I'm doing. |
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Industrial Complex
Cosmic Consortium
1009
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Posted - 2012.03.06 08:30:00 -
[74] - Quote
Raiz Nhell wrote:I must admit its hilarious when I go flying in to the computer room on hearing my 75% shield warning, dropping whatever I'm doing...
For me, it's the dash into the computer room when I hear the shield low alarm.
Then the dash into the kitchen when I hear the smoke alarm.
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Taresh Quickfingers
Radiant Technologies
Sanctuary Pact
0
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Posted - 2012.03.06 08:37:00 -
[75] - Quote
There's a club of people who play or have played EVE at my school.
My father is also playing this game, but as of typing this I am suffering a huge amount of deja vu so it's not real. |
Jimbobway Taranogas
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.03.06 09:38:00 -
[76] - Quote
I've found that there's a large amount of people who discuss their adventures in games like WoW more so than in a game like EvE. I know a few people in real life who play EvE, but what will really shock me is if I find a Planetside player one day . |
Ann133566
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
98
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Posted - 2012.03.06 10:03:00 -
[77] - Quote
I wouldn't openly admit that I play MMO's. I'm already regarded as a geek because I read Sci-Fi and fix/build computers for living. If I added something else into the mix, my family will disown me and my friends will abandon me. My GF doesn't mind, but she's an accountant...... |
Ptraci
StoneWall Metals Productions
Bloodbound.
394
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Posted - 2012.03.06 10:46:00 -
[78] - Quote
Mr M wrote:Wot I Think wrote:One of the following errors has occurred:
- I met a person in real life who plays EVE, and pretends to fix elevators.
Damned Russians. They're tricky like that. Probably former KGB.
Also, take the stairs. |
Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
1357
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Posted - 2012.03.06 13:35:00 -
[79] - Quote
No, there is not such thing as real person.
You all are just projection/imagination of what i see, i decide who you are, what you are, and in some cases how you look/ depend on drug used. I alone see what you are, and create an reality i perceive.
So no there are no real people in EVE. You are all just imaginations. |
Bootleg Jack
Potters Field
21
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Posted - 2012.03.06 15:17:00 -
[80] - Quote
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?" STOP!!!... WAIT... MY BRAIN HAS EXPLODED.One of the following errors has occurred:
- 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.
Nice, have not seen a Power of 2 alt introduced this well in ages |
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Drew Solaert
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
70
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Posted - 2012.03.06 15:32:00 -
[81] - Quote
I've owned a Gallente t-shirt for the last year. You would not believe the amount of EvE conversations I've had at bars with complete strangers because of it. |
Hippie en Thielles
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.03.06 15:40:00 -
[82] - Quote
Hell, I thought I was the only one in the state of Minnesota who played Eve until I met one a few days ago in Eve who said they were from MN.
I am doubting this though...because it was a female toon who insisted she was female IRL. That's male bovine manure and I know it.
I still think I am only Minnesotan. |
Ganjjabeard
Good Vs. Neutral
Stop Exploding You Cowards
5
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Posted - 2012.03.06 18:02:00 -
[83] - Quote
<----- 24 yr old network technician. I'm fairly positive I'm real, unless of course my fears of terminator and the matrix come true and we all turn up being slaves to machine masters who had become thinking entities capable of making decisions on their own and using our military technology against us... |
MadMuppet
Kerguelen Station
163
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Posted - 2012.03.06 18:21:00 -
[84] - Quote
Hippie en Thielles wrote:Hell, I thought I was the only one in the state of Minnesota who played Eve until I met one a few days ago in Eve who said they were from MN. I am doubting this though...because it was a female toon who insisted she was female IRL. That's male bovine manure and I know it. I still think I am only Minnesotan.
Nope. Minneapolis here.
I don't always finish my commentary, but when I do |
Cebraio
Starfire Oasis
51
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Posted - 2012.03.06 18:38:00 -
[85] - Quote
Usually, I go to lunch here at the university next to my work-place. One fine day in the summer, something completely incredible happened while I walked on the campus:
I met a GIRL (!) who was probably playing EVE, because she was wearing a black t-shirt with the EVE logo on it !
So this has proven that not only other people are playing EVE, but even one girl does!
Needless to say that she was walking there with her lesbian girlfriend.
Btw, all of my colleagues know what EVE is, but they don't really count since they are geeks like me. They play other MMOs. |
Anderron Shi
1st MC
16
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Posted - 2012.03.06 19:00:00 -
[86] - Quote
Best OP/thread in a while.
Get some! |
kopacz swiata
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.03.06 19:46:00 -
[87] - Quote
Washington D.C Metro area (Northern Virginia)..26 year old male...I like long walks in space and staring at the oncoming Gamma Ray bursts from nearby supernovas.
I do know some MMO friends in real life. All of the people I know who play MMOs though play all the other ones and are more into the Star Wars/Star Trek/ fantasy kinda ones. A rare few admit to having played EVE in the past or having given it a go. I think I might have to buy a EVE t shirt and start wearing it to bars around town to see what happens.... |
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