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tsascorpio	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:32:00 - [1] I figured that i would start this. I found out about Eve, when i was deployed to Japan. I was walking past the lounge window when I see this guy on his laptop. Then I saw him playing Eve and I walked in and asked him. He showed me the screen and gave me the website address. So a month later, when I had the money to buy a laptop, I joined. Been playing since 2004. Tell me of your start to this addicting game that we all can't seem to stop playing...
Ursula LeGuinn Versus Gloria Omnis	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:35:00 - [2] I've heard about it for years, due to its infamy for huge heists, betrayals, dev scandals and scams (EVE Investment bank, lawl... 700 billion ISK worth of suckers). I decided to start playing because I love space ships and sci-fi, I like EVE's attitude, and I don't really like any of the other MMOs out there. ________________
Selene Le'Cotiere Amarr I-Omniscient-I	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:39:00 - [3] Personally, I found EVE while doing random game searches online. Came upon it a couple of times and thought "Meh" and moved on. Until the day I read about the Guiding Hand heist. I thought... "Oh cool", and started watching the vids on the EVE-O site. Signed up, and been here ever since (beyond the couple of month break, due to finances). *** "Some would call me a Demon. Others, a Vampire. But if the truth be told, I'm a child of the moon and a Goddess among men." Free pint of blood for the Dev who agrees
Sarkkon	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:40:00 - [4] Quit lineage 2 over 2 years ago because it was overrun by ISK selers and bots. Tried 4 or 5 other , mostly horrible online games looking for a replacement. (Horizons..) Settled on EVE for its balanced and unique ships. Now EVE has become a farmer infested hell just like lineage 2 and the recent game nerfs have ruined the uniqueness and balance of game. Looks like i am leaving EVE now.
Mattikus	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:42:00 - [5] Back in the day when I used Gamespy to find matches for AvP2 and such...I saw an ad for EvE. Looked great...online rpg set in space....what more could I want?! I remember paying I think like $10 to dl the full game and play a month for free? It was something pretty cheap I remember that.
Helen Hunts Gallente Red Dragon Mining inc Red Dragon Industries	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:42:00 - [6] For me, it was hearing some of the folks in Team Speak talking while playing EVE. I started a trial of my own and...kissed my spare-time goodbye. _______________________________ Mine da rocks, make more ships. Pop da rats, make more rigs. Sell da gear, make more money. Any Questions?
Dirk Magnum Spearhead Endeavors	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:43:00 - [7] I think I saw an advertising banner for Eve on the website of the now-defunct Aikida webcomic. I was getting sick of DAoC and was ready for a replacement MMO. Following a spaceship around didn't seem at the time like it would be a good replacement for more traditional fantasy-themed MMOs, but I'm sure glad I took a chance on it.
Sandeep Raptus Regaliter Brutally Clever Empire	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:44:00 - [8] Heard about it on internet when they launched... then 3 years later I remembered.. -----
Atomos Darksun The Scope	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:48:00 - [9] Was reading Ctrl-Alt-Delete comics when I saw the ad about 2 years ago...took me 3 trials over 7 months to understand the game..lol. Then I was hooked. ----- They've gone to PLAID!!
DEFIER ORILIS	Posted - 2008.02.01 04:52:00 - [10] Well for me it was PCGAMER USA that got me going with EVE 2 months ago... Now I just need some more coffee! - Defier Orilis.

Valeo Galaem New Eden Advanced Reconnaissance Unit	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:01:00 - [11] I found EVE back in its alpha stages in 2001. I was thinking.. wouldn't it be cool if.. and started googling "space virtual world mmo". Actually that didn't find EVE, but what I did find were the Freelancer forums on Lancer's Reactor (at the time some people thought Freelancer was going to be an MMO) and someone posted a link to EVE. Checked it out, and the rest is history. Thar be Pirates You are not authorised to hack into CONCORD's mainframe Your Wallet has been emptied! CONCORD Encryption Methods
Gus Morgan Genos Occidere	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:02:00 - [12] had an old school friend who was playing it back in 2003, he never convinced me to start playing though. then a summer a couple years later i was bored out of my mind, found this link on vgcats.com and tried the trial. still didnt like the game but i kept playing out of boredom and eventually i was stuck (its like a drug... really).
SilentBladez CupCakE BaNdiTs	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:08:00 - [13] Edited by: SilentBladez on 01/02/2008 05:08:53 My girlfriend slapped me with PC Gamer magazine back in 2003, After she threw it in my face i caught it in mid air, luckily I noticed EvE online Preview and here i am now.
Duke Val'Doom The Watchers Society	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:09:00 - [14] I had been playing a game called Second life, was to the point where I was really bored with it so I spent most of my time in the forums where I came across a link about the Guiding Hand heist. So I came to the forums here and read about it. After reading differen't articles about the game I thought I'd give it a try and been playing ever since...even though my wife hates it. _____________________________________________ I Survived Bootini and all they gave me was this stupid forum post
Ira Theos	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:17:00 - [15] I was recruited by a friend two years ago.... I just resubscribed for another year... Why? Because as flawed as it is, Eve is still the best out there.
Jeran Tek Real Nice And Laidback Corporation Brutally Clever Empire	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:31:00 - [16] I'm amazed no-one's mentioned X so far. I found EVE really early on through the X:BtF forum. I knew as soon as I started playing that it would suck all life and time away from me so I resisted, played the rest of the X series and nearly escaped from space sims altogether. Then in 2006 some ba****d at work brought the client in on a USB key and got me to load it up. I didn't even get a trial. I paid for a month and upgraded it to a yearly subscription within my first 2 weeks. 2 years later I've visited every 0.0 system in the galaxy but I've still got 4 years worth of training ahead of me to learn every skill and use (however badly) every item and ship. After that I'll have to re-evaluate my goals ...
Misanth The Graduates Brutally Clever Empire	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:37:00 - [17] How: I frequent http://www.mmorpg.com/ When: 2005, had just stopped my work as GM in a (small) game and was looking for a 'filler'. Been in WoW since release when my brother told me he was going to aim for EVE instead of WoW. Followed him here. Have had EVE under consideration for a while but the ads on mmorpg looked incredibly boring, to be honest. I was expecting a low-graphic version of SWG. Why: Got stuck due to the economical and political part of EVE, game has great potential, compared to other mmo's you never 'finish' the game. Still 2.5 year later I am learning new stuff at a frequent basis. EVE has some bad aspects as well but I see myself playing this game 'til it ends. Am looking for a new filler soon tho, I miss the mmo's where your own invested time pays off. Pure grind, no level cap and hero levels appeals to me. And EVE is very forgiving for not spending the whole day in it, which is awsome and one reason it will prevail in my gaming. Easy to 'cheat' on EVE and be active in multiple ones.
Ignition The Devil's Mafia Dark Taboo	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:49:00 - [18] I bought the game years ago at Bestbuy.....the box looked really cool.
Eizana Amarr Scyanis	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:56:00 - [19] my boyfriend started playing this game and i was like "oooo shiney, gimme gimme!" then i got my own account
Eval B'Stard Minmatar Republic Military School	Posted - 2008.02.01 05:59:00 - [20] Sci-Fi channel in the UK did a 15 minute review/feature of the game so I thought I'd try it out... that was in 2005, longest I've ever played an MMO so far. ------------------------------------------- When we gonna see the 40km and 80km tractor beams ?

Gangus Minmatar Matari BackBone	Posted - 2008.02.01 06:06:00 - [21] I was on holidays in Britain, and wanted something to read on the flight home, so picked up a copy of UK Gamer (i think) and there was a 4 page spread on this game that apparently no-one knew about, and everyone should try. at the time i had no internet connection, but i moved house and got a dialup connection, and kissed all my spare time goodbye. since then (Feb 2005) EVE has cost me 3 GF's, a job and countless hours of frustration, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Gangus Matari BackBone [MBB] Never mess with a guy in an ugly ship. He's bitter and has nothing to lose.
Sephra Star	Posted - 2008.02.01 06:10:00 - [22] I played Ultima more years ago than I can count. Then about 3 to 4 years ago I spent a year+ on Lineage 2. Recently found myself in a situation where I had nothing to do with a lot of time on my hands and decided to find a new MMO. Searched the sites and read this here and that there. Decideed to try EVE as it was different than the fantasy Genre. I escaped falling into the WOW trap. I decided to try it because of the free trial and the fact that I did not need to buy it from a store and could just do it all from online. Been intrigued ever since I started a little over a month ago. Have not given PvP a shot yet, and my few ventures into 0.0 with a shuttle taught me I'm not ready, so I have much to experience yet. Creating a nest egg was high on my priorities to begin with and I found the market (buying and selling) profitable enough to make my first 1/2 Billion. Right now I am just a Care Bear Mission Runner learning the ropes and creating enough wealth to lose ships in PvP when I am skilled up. I am somewhat leary of all the complaints regarding LAG though. It is definately different than other MMO's and for that reason I am sticking around for awhile. The real time factor with regards to Leveling/Skilling up is an interesting difference to the average grind of other MMO's. Although it is replaced with the grind of wealth building to economicly afford the PvP aspect and that I find a welcome change to a large extent.
Marcus TheMartin Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2008.02.01 06:12:00 - [23] I discovered eve from some Mmo players on the valcyn server Being the avid gamer that I am I gave it a shot. It Ended up with me IN a Gallente HQ, Eleven people were in my "Lemming" corp talking about Drones and such wHen I met up with sOme people in from the nohup forumS That got me stArted with GallentE ships ways to train ways to play I joined a corp stayed there killed a merlin and a vexor had to leave the corp etc and here I am in the mouthwash corp.
Micia Minmatar Thrace Inc Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2008.02.01 06:21:00 - [24] After burning out on EQ1 (and then getting throughly disgusted with EQ2, & SOE in general), I needed a game to fill in a bit of time 'til Vanguard would finally come out. There was no way I was ever going to stick with a game that had zomg PVP in it. Three years later... _______ We are Ushra'Khan. We come for our people.
Sandeep Raptus Regaliter Brutally Clever Empire	Posted - 2008.02.01 06:34:00 - [25] Originally by: Marcus TheMartin You are trying to send a hidden message. CONCORD has been notified. -----
Dirk Magnum Spearhead Endeavors	Posted - 2008.02.01 06:44:00 - [26] Originally by: Sandeep Originally by: Marcus TheMartin You are trying to send a hidden message. CONCORD has been notified. I see no hidden message
Velveteen Rabbit	Posted - 2008.02.01 06:48:00 - [27] Guiding Hand Social Club. And, specifically, this line: I stand in the cool shadows of giants
Lemonade Girl	Posted - 2008.02.01 06:48:00 - [28] Wait...I thought this was the WoW bulletin board. checks URL click
Wotlankor In terrorem	Posted - 2008.02.01 07:17:00 - [29] I worked at IBM and interested in gaming wanted to see what the comany had to offer in that direction. My, my, IBM have build a server in da UK... Game called EvE...wtf Counter Strike is da ****...But lets see... undock... hmmm... Where did that year go ? Just found that I still have CS on the computer when the talk started on "steam powered"
Jenny Spitfire Caldari SIVAKASI	Posted - 2008.02.01 07:36:00 - [30] Originally by: Ursula LeGuinn I've heard about it for years, due to its infamy for huge heists, betrayals, dev scandals and scams (EVE Investment bank, lawl... 700 billion ISK worth of suckers). This and mmorpg.com helped me to find and subscribe to this fine gaem. --------- Technica impendi Caldari generis. Pax Caldaria! Recruitment -KB-

Miniturret Amarr Rum Runners Inc	Posted - 2008.02.01 08:04:00 - [31] I initially heard about it back in 01 when they first released it on the EnB forums. At the time I could only afford one game so I stuck with EnB until sunset and forgot about EvE. Than about 2 years ago my buddy showed me some in game stuff and blowing up rats, and some pvp, showed me the articles about the heists and scams and pretty much everything you could think of was allowed. I signed up two weeks later after my paycheck cleared. Tired of looking for shops and services see here: Compiled List of Shops, Manufacturers, and Services
Gealbhan Caldari The SAS The Kano Organisation	Posted - 2008.02.01 08:08:00 - [32] Back when I was a DJ for a 'net radio station my fellow DJ's were going on about this game called "Eve Online" so I asked about it and they sent me the link for the 14 day trial. Just over a year later and I'm still here & not likely to be going anywhere for a very long time "Concentrate all your fire on one target, when it is destroyed, move on to the next. That is how you secure victory". - Tactica Imperium.
The Djego Minmatar FORTES FORTUNA ADIUVAT CORP. The Dawn of Darkness	Posted - 2008.02.01 08:17:00 - [33] I played the free trail because I was allways a big fan on Space SF games. I droped it for some time after Trail(about 3 Month) and watched a few EvE Vids. Then Reckless by Farjung hit my HD, about 2 Hours later I was back in Eve it was yust that amazing kind of Vid that I wanted to something like this on my own. I also crosstrained Galente and started to focus fully on maxing out the Megathron(still one of the coolest Ships in the Game by my opinion). ---- Nerf Tank - Boost Gank! Originally by: Jonny JoJo 425 II In PVE? Surely hybrid users use Blaster in PvE.
Raekone	Posted - 2008.02.01 08:29:00 - [34] I read about EVE in PC Gamer before it was released and remember thinking OMG that looks cool, too bad I don't have time for things like that. Two months later I lost my job, guess what game I bought to keep me busy
Zothike Deep Core Mining Inc.	Posted - 2008.02.01 09:36:00 - [35] Edited by: Zothike on 01/02/2008 09:39:57 saw an article about the game that globally said 'incredibly deep but can be incredibly boring too, like when you do mining' And as i was a big fan of 'Space Empire IV' i saw that this game was the only one which will eventually develop like it, and i was correct as planetary interaction is coming (prolly not in 2008, but certainly in 2009) Then i started more than 4 year ago, and i remenber still my first money making : 512 isk by selling a full load of velspard i mined in my Ibis ^^
Vabjekf	Posted - 2008.02.01 11:18:00 - [36] back in 05 some guy i used to know who had a thing for intys tried to get people to make characters and join his corp=p I made a character, and didn't join his corp. Ive quit and started again 3 times since then 0_o. My life as a perma-newbie ;_;
Cailais Amarr VITOC	Posted - 2008.02.01 11:32:00 - [37] I bought EVE when it came out on retail (I still have the box ). At the time I just didn't get it, and it disappeared into the attic. A while later I was splatting some orc or something in WOW pretty bored with the relentless grind. I wandered off and rummaged through the attic for something else to play - and found the Eve box. Of course it wouldnt load up from the CD but I found the forums and d'loaded. I figure there's a bunch of orcs still stood around waiting for the guy to come back.. C. Improved Low Sec Idea!!
Blackend Sky Phoenix Tribe	Posted - 2008.02.01 11:36:00 - [38] Back in 2003 i was playing a Sci-Fi game called X-Beyound the frontier from Egosoft.They talked about making the X series online X-OU , so many ppl could fly their big ships^^ We had even lots of clans,and ppl founding miningcorps,indycorps and even pirate had their own clubs. Immagine 324k ppl have signed in to the Egooftforum Well ,i was tired of waiting and hearing about EVE in 2004... Pirates and kills and gates was all i had to know.Than i joined EVE
Dravius Luxor	Posted - 2008.02.01 11:58:00 - [39] I googled "spaceship online game", sure there must be an online version of EV Nova out there... The wiki I found led me to many games, but Eve was the one I had been looking for since the original release of Escape Velocity. Pity I hadn't looked harder...
Kaaii Caldari PixelJuice Design Executive Outcomes	Posted - 2008.02.01 12:13:00 - [40] Ive been here since phase 2 or 3 beta.... "If you could see what ive seen" According to Oveur, existing LSAA's already anchored will stay there. kieron Director of Community Relations,

Ygar Curele Minmatar Ascent of Ages Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2008.02.01 12:20:00 - [41] I worked at the swedish publisher back when it was released here, took home a copy, installed and gave it a go! Still have 2-3 boxes somewhere :)
woodman az Gallente United Space Aillance USA	Posted - 2008.02.01 13:44:00 - [42] Same old story. Played Earth and Beyond until the asshatsa at EA shut it down. So I loaded up the kids and jumped through gate to EVE just before the gate collapsed. Penniless with just my mining skills I learned in E&B. That was 4 earth years ago. Look at me now.!!! Promises made > Promises Kept IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN...TRUST NO ONE
Stogee Gods of War	Posted - 2008.02.01 13:47:00 - [43] While browsing for other MMOs when I was closely following Neocron when Eve it was first announced, even beta tested Eve. I remember when people used to threaten to get THE tristan if you didnt leave their system in beta. I didnt play for launch though because neocron really left a bad taste in my mouth with mmos.
Anhammerad	Posted - 2008.02.01 13:48:00 - [44] When I was at college 4 years ago someone I had just met showed me a fan vid and a few weeks later with nothing to do I downloaded it and started the free trial with a buddy key he sent me. Subscribed the 2nd day into my 2 week trial and spent a year and have been playing on various characters since Jan 2005 now. I've tried to stop playing many many times and have been unable to. Always end up coming back. I've come to the conclusion that it is impossible to stop playing EVE.
Vyger The first genesis Veritas Immortalis	Posted - 2008.02.01 13:49:00 - [45] It was 5 years ago while playing EnB. An EnB corp member persuaded a few of us to sign-up to Eve as soon as it was released, back in May 2003. So my Jenquai Explorer headed off for the Eve universe and I haven't got out of my starship since.
Larg Kellein Caldari Agony Unleashed Agony Empire	Posted - 2008.02.01 13:50:00 - [46] I'd heard little things about it in random places on the interwebs, especially when I was considering picking up Anarchy Online (ended up not getting it and going with City of Heroes as my first mmo instead). Then the Guiding Hand Social Club heist article in PC Gamer refreshed my interest, but at the time I was still heavily into City of Heroes. About a year later, a few of the CoH people I played with went to Eve, persuaded me to get a trial and the rest is history. Finally cancelled my CoH accounts last month after 3+ years, the last year+ having been largely inactive due to Eve addiction.
Jaketh Ivanes Amarr Do Or Die And Live Or Try The Kano Organisation	Posted - 2008.02.01 13:55:00 - [47] Saw it on a shelf in a store. Looked cool, it is space afterall, but I was hoping for an offline version to. I'm still looking, convinced it is out there in some corner of space . Taken me almost 5 years now..
defiler Mad Hermit	Posted - 2008.02.01 13:55:00 - [48] I don't recall. Maybe a friend mentioned it, maybe I stumbled across a link somewhere. I'm pretty sure it was in December 2002 though. Checked the site, figured out what the game was about, got intrigued. Checked some screens/artwork, listened to the music. "Yep, this is it. My first MMO". Pre-ordered it as soon as I could. Mad Hermit corporation Minding our own business since 2004
Gaven Blands	Posted - 2008.02.01 13:58:00 - [49] Oh the irony. I'd been playing Guild Wars, interruption free for a whole year. Then one evening the servers were down for an hour.... oh the irony.... -- Death of an insidious dictator Birth of a new one
Aeran Hermas Caldari Free Collective The OSS	Posted - 2008.02.01 15:06:00 - [50] One of the forums I frequent has a fair few members that play Eve, and after listening to them talk about it for ages, I finally decided to give it a try. A year later, here I am, finally starting to figure it out -- Aeran Hermas The above post reflects my opinions, and mine alone, not the opinions or attitudes of my corporation or alli

Stakhanov Metafarmers	Posted - 2008.02.01 15:48:00 - [51] Originally by: Velveteen Rabbit Guiding Hand Social Club. And, specifically, this line: I stand in the cool shadows of giants Yep. Originally by: ivan draco we didnt want your post anyway
Menkaure Amarr Vanitas Corp.	Posted - 2008.02.01 15:54:00 - [52] I got it in January 2004 when PCGamer (UK) put it on the coverdisk. Must of only had about 6000 players per night average - fairly sure that that coverdisk dramatically increased the number of subs cus we broke 10k very soon after. (if my hazy memory serves me well - cba to check facts) Long time ago now.
J nx Glowing Goat	Posted - 2008.02.01 16:03:00 - [53] A while ago i caught some guys on irc talking about eve. Then i did some searching and people where comparing it to Elite.. That was the point i started EvE because i loved the Elite games. Had a few breaks in the beginning but since some time i'm hooked also. Regards -> Recruiting <-
Serin Shadowstalker	Posted - 2008.02.01 16:40:00 - [54] Edited by: Serin Shadowstalker on 01/02/2008 16:41:51 I found this article on digg about 7 months ago now. I had quit WoW about two weeks before and was still raiding with my EverQuest guild. I was also playing Planetside and beta testing Tabula Rasa but was very bored with all of it. Epic fleet battles sounded sweet and I was looking for something PvP based that wasn't another fps. I paid for the first month on day 10 of the two week trial and found a nice empire griefer corp in my time zone to learn to pvp with. While I haven't seen any fleet battles yet I'm totaly addicted.
Connner	Posted - 2008.02.01 16:50:00 - [55] A friend of mine plays (ZimStyle) plays and talked it up pretty good. So I tried the 14 day trial and I was hooked. I'm still a n00b but I'm well on the way to un-n00bdom.
Elison Muerte The Halibuts	Posted - 2008.02.01 16:56:00 - [56] I tried the beta hoping it'd be something like Elite, was utterly confused and went back to CS, then many years later got coaxed into trying it and have been playing on and off since then :)
Buxaroo Reikoku Band of Brothers	Posted - 2008.02.01 17:25:00 - [57] Edited by: Buxaroo on 01/02/2008 17:26:24 After SOE sodomized me when the NGE hit Star Wars Galaxies, I quit the game like a bad habit. And I am a die-hard SW fan so it goes to show you how ****ed off a lot of people were whne it happened. So I went looking for another MMO. Tried Everquest 2...so god damn boring it hurt. Elves. Trolls. Dragons. Meh. I wanted something sci-fi so I went a lookin' and happened upon EVE after finding they had a trial. I had tried it around the beginning of the game but at the time I was new to MMO's and SWG swayed me. Been playing it ever sense I got my first taste of PVP and how awesome it is to anything in the MMO market to date.
Shevar Minmatar A.W.M Ka-Tet	Posted - 2008.02.01 17:30:00 - [58] Back in 2003 i was looking for an mmorpg since I didn't really enjoy Asherons Call itself. Sticked around took a few long breaks though. --- -The only real drug problem is scoring real good drugs
Alz Shado Ever Flow	Posted - 2008.02.01 17:33:00 - [59] The article in The Escapist Magazine regarding the Great Scam and the GHSC heist.
Salliene Gallente RennTech SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2008.02.01 17:51:00 - [60] Played EVE a few times in the past, but on dialup and a slow computer it wasn't so fun, so I dropped it each time after a month or so. Last year read the article about the GHSC heist and came back for a look around, was still on dialup so it took a day to patch, then I accidentally restored my HD to a save point. Faced with having to spend a whole day downloading again I quit again. Got EVDO broadband and a new computer. For some reason WoW will not run properly on it, so I quit MMORPGs for a while, then signed back up for EVE after seeing the Trinity ads and found that it worked great on my new PC and EVDO. I intend to stay this time. After reading this thread it looks like the Guiding Hand Social Club Heist was a great marketing tool.

Jolin Ires Gallente Federation Fleet Chaos Incarnate.	Posted - 2008.02.01 18:25:00 - [61] I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, considering the number of players who came here from SWG. After SWG went through the whole Combat Upgrade/NGE fiasco, i wanted something Sci-Fi, and EVE was on top of MMORPG lists. So gave it a try and loving it since.
Doppleganger Minmatar Band of Builders Inc. Firmus Ixion	Posted - 2008.02.01 18:39:00 - [62] I was playing Jumpgate back when the EVE beta 1st came out.. I don't remember if I heard about it from a forum or found it on my own. I signed up for the early beta but it was already filled.. I didn't get let in until like middle to late beta. Enough time to spend a few weeks playing it and got hooked. I seemed to have lots of bug probs in beta so I gave it a month after release see how ppl said it played. They told me it played like 10x better then the beta so I signed up and thats the rest of the story... been here ever since.
Pisi Mopsu NET Profit Trading	Posted - 2008.02.01 20:39:00 - [63] My former husband and son both started playing about a year before I signed up. After a year of participating in nonstop convo's about the game with them, and even joining on TS with my former husband's corpies, I just had to create myself and become part of the insanity.
SaintSIN	Posted - 2008.02.01 20:58:00 - [64] Beta trials 2003. I was bored of playing Masters of Orion 3 so I went on google and typed something like sci fi rpg, and EVE poped. Registered for the beta and gained access. Played on it and was part of the final day, was it called "armaggeddon"? where all skills were set to level 5 and we had billions in our wallets to buy everything we wanted.
Laura Baretta Minmatar Cult of the Skulls	Posted - 2008.02.01 21:07:00 - [65] I stumbled over the EvE website in I think 2001, back when it was still all very vague. It sounded cool, but I only followed it for a few months and then forgot about it again. I played EQ1 all the while EvE was developed and released. I remember once seeing the EvE retail box in a store and holding it in my hand thinking i'd like to play it, but I put it back because I was heavily involved in EQ1 still back then. So another 2 years after EvEs release I surfed around the web looking for Privateer Nostalgia, I downloaded the Privateer 1 3D project, played it and it sucked. Then I remembered about EvE again and that it must be alot like Privateer abck then, just cooler. Also, my bonds in EQ1 had been less strong by then and I was looking for alternatives. So FINALLY I downloaded the trial... well and the rest is history. Allthough I took another year absence in between for a last EQ1 visit I am now fulltime EvE citizen.
adriaans Amarr Advanced Capital Ship Designs Hephaestus Rising	Posted - 2008.02.01 21:50:00 - [66] i honestly don't know...lol i just came across it by chance i think... -sig- Support the introduction of Blaze M crystals for Amarr! (Or make Amarr the only race able to deal EM damage from turrets).
Sphit Kar	Posted - 2008.02.01 23:36:00 - [67] I got tricked by an ad. I saw a spaceship, mind you, obviously I had to click on it. The intro movie got me well planted on my chair. The music on the character creation page got me inspired. Then the first time I heard 'Warp Drive Active' the impressive tunnel effect got me hooked.
Val Vympel	Posted - 2008.02.01 23:50:00 - [68] I discovered EVE in June 2006. I discovered EVE on a Christian game review website.
Phoebus Athenian Gallente KIA Corp KIA Alliance	Posted - 2008.02.02 00:09:00 - [69] How: I frequent http://www.mmorpg.com/ (as per previous poster) When, and Why: 2005, I was GMing and deving for a shard, actually 2, Ultima Online based shards. Etheria: www.etheria.org and Sunder: http://www.sundershard.com . I needed a break from Ultima Online... and at the time I was playing GuildWars mostly PvPing. What got me really excited about GW is that for the time invested you could have a lot of fun, and you could PvP in 5 mins. Often very demanding pvp, with 20vs20 fights etc... great stuff. (Eve is a lot better imho, but then there's the subscription.) Eve is the only subscription game I've played after Ultima Online, which I started in 1997 and stopped paying the subscription on 1998. Then started playing on a player run roleplaying shard called Mytharria, what a great place, actually more content. Allowed for building your own house, block by block, or hiring someone to do it for you-- I could go on and on.. mytharria one day crashed and the devs decided to let it kick the bucket. So I came across eve online on mmorpg.com, and liked the fact that you could use the trial without having to get your CC charged. Yes trials are supposed to be free, lol. I got hooked on Eve online for a few reasons. Massively online gaming universe, I love the idea of having everybody on one server. Every previous mmorpg has based their story on "magic" and fantasy... I was getting tired of all the fantasy ****-- just doesn't make sense to me. Eve online is at least believable, a lot of the mods used, and ships could be reality in 651646846514 years :P So that pretty much sums my story. ---
Twin blade Minmatar The Triangle Exa Nation	Posted - 2008.02.02 00:54:00 - [70] I don't rember how i found eve but i know that i found it early in the beta since i was in the closed beta. I miss the days of old npc guard ships failing badly to stop any type of pvp in high sec and the last day of the beta where i took 10 mate's to rens in geddons/apoc's to pwn all. Death is great rember where all dying to get there.

hellsknights RennTech SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2008.02.02 01:28:00 - [71] Originally by: Marcus TheMartin I discovered eve from some Mmo players on the valcyn server Being the avid gamer that I am I gave it a shot. It Ended up with me IN a Gallente HQ, Eleven people were in my "Lemming" corp talking about Drones and such wHen I met up with sOme people in from the nohup forumS That got me stArted with GallentE ships ways to train ways to play I joined a corp stayed there killed a merlin and a vexor had to leave the corp etc and here I am in the mouthwash corp. IM BEING HELD HOSTAGE. To i win something?
Cilvius Sanctus Gallente The Order of Chivalry Nex Eternus	Posted - 2008.02.02 02:43:00 - [72] I read about it back in 2005, and it really intrigued me. I played Everquest for three years, taking minimal breaks, and eventually left that for SWG (which only lasted a couple of months). I needed something new, and this spaceship game with an anything goes attitude really caught my eye. I made an account in May of 2005 and started playing. After a month or so I think I was feeling really overwhelmed, so I stopped playing and checked out some other MMOs. I bounced around to other MMOs, FFXI, EQ1 (brief return), Vanguaurd, WOW, etc. I would usually get bored after a while and end up looking at EVE again. In May of 2007 (oddly, two days before my character's 2nd birthday) I rejoined and have been playing since. I honestly can't see myself stopping for any real reason, and I'm really upset that I played more off than on since May of 2005, as I could have so much more SP .
McAltyalty	Posted - 2008.02.02 02:49:00 - [73] Back in 2005 when CAD posted it on their frontpage raving about how good it was, I also remember hearing about it in 2001 on tech tv but it was when CAD posted that I first had an opportunity to try it.
Arito Ka Gallente Pelennor Swarm	Posted - 2008.02.02 05:51:00 - [74] Originally by: Valeo Galaem I found EVE back in its alpha stages in 2001. I was thinking.. wouldn't it be cool if.. and started googling "space virtual world mmo". Actually that didn't find EVE, but what I did find were the Freelancer forums on Lancer's Reactor (at the time some people thought Freelancer was going to be an MMO) and someone posted a link to EVE. Checked it out, and the rest is history. I actually found EVE while searching the internet for a site that would let me buy a downloadable copy of Freelancer, since I had fond memories of it. No luck, but I guess finding EVE made up for it, since I'm still playing 1.5 years later
Liliane Woodhead Intergalactic Charwomen	Posted - 2008.02.02 06:13:00 - [75] my husband did it to me as a gift ... ha long time ago. we are both smarter now ! .o( sure ? ;) )
Marcus TheMartin Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2008.02.02 06:28:00 - [76] Originally by: Jenny Spitfire Originally by: Ursula LeGuinn I've heard about it for years, due to its infamy for huge heists, betrayals, dev scandals and scams (EVE Investment bank, lawl... 700 billion ISK worth of suckers). This and ebay.com helped me to find and subscribe to this fine game. fixed
Izix Civire Caldari The Taipan Legion Free Trade Coalition	Posted - 2008.02.02 06:28:00 - [77] A few years back one of my friends gave me a game magazine to read, and he told me about this story about how a guy infiltrated a corp and managed to steal a huge amount of money and destroy a very valuable ship. I think it was the Guiding Hand thing, but he was interested in it and after reading that so was I.
ShuPac the3rd Amarr Obsidian Inc. KIA Alliance	Posted - 2008.02.02 08:03:00 - [78] I was talking to big blue whale (it turned out later that whale was one of Grimpaks forms) and whale told me about EVE online. I told him its too far away for me to fly there, but he explained me I just need to download some program and I'll be ok. I did that and I curse every day I listened Grimpak.
Ilea Celentay Veiled Justice	Posted - 2008.02.02 09:06:00 - [79] Originally by: Marcus TheMartin I discovered eve from some Mmo players on the valcyn server Being the avid gamer that I am I gave it a shot. It Ended up with me IN a Gallente HQ, Eleven people were in my "Lemming" corp talking about Drones and such wHen I met up with sOme people in from the nohup forumS That got me stArted with GallentE ships ways to train ways to play I joined a corp stayed there killed a merlin and a vexor had to leave the corp etc and here I am in the mouthwash corp. We all are. Yet only some of us know! I saw Eve a number of times on the shelf in Game. I didn't like the idea of a subscription, despite the boxed game being only about ú10. So I held back. Until around August 2004; when I decided I had to try it. Except for my first year of Uni which started that September where I was unable to play (thought I so longed to!) I have played, and paid ever since. Not sure anything will stop me now! Faction Ship Info \|\| Rig Factory
Miksta Caldari NunyaBizzness	Posted - 2008.02.02 09:36:00 - [80] i saw my sisters Boyfriend play this game when it first came out, I was playing Anarchy Online at the time. Whenever i saw him play he was sitting there looking at roids with a laser hitting it, i though "wow how boring" and carried on playing Anarchy Then 7 months ago alot of my friends moved over to here, and i tried it, and got hooked instantly, i only wish i started back when i saw it :)Only thing is the people who moved over hardly play, where im playing all the time hehe. Your signature is too large. Please resize it to a maximum of 400 x 120 with the file size not exceeding 24000 bytes. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] - Mitnal

Knacker Lover Celestial Apocalypse Insurgency	Posted - 2008.02.03 00:25:00 - [81] Edge Magazine ran a great article about Eve about three years ago and that's how I heard about Eve and introduced others.
Sakura Nihil Stimulus	Posted - 2008.02.03 01:13:00 - [82] First and only MMO so far, found it around April 2005 when I was looking for an MMO to play. Before then, games I'd played had no real long-term impact, it was mindless but fun shooters or RTS's. I found out my friends were doing so at the exact same time, and decided to go to EVE as well. I outlasted them big time.
sinqlaison	Posted - 2008.02.03 12:20:00 - [83] Played Elite in 1985 three times on computer of a friend and was hooked. 20 years later my sons told me there was a game like that, called Eve, which the 3 of us then started playing. No disappointment...
Star Dagger Ominous Corp Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2008.02.03 14:16:00 - [84] Was looking for a complex and interesting game in 2006. I spent a good deal of time on the Star Trek Legacy forums, waiting for that game to come out, hoping for starship combat and instead getting an xbox port. Maddoc software is forever in my Hall of Shame for developers. I got into EVE and only left for a few months to command ground forces in Supreme Commander. I brought some people with me, most of whom are still playing. Yours in EVE Plasma, Star*Dagger
Saraith Narr Amarr PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris	Posted - 2008.02.03 14:21:00 - [85] Edited by: Saraith Narr on 03/02/2008 14:22:15 Edited by: Saraith Narr on 03/02/2008 14:21:16 I was made aware of EvE from a post on www.warseer.com Alas, I took onboard too much of the information given too me, and made a super efficient Caldari character that bored me to death, so I never renewed my trial account. About a month later, I decided to have another shot at it, but this time I would go for what I found fun, rather than what was most efficient. And here I am.
Thorion Mortisfilius	Posted - 2008.02.04 06:46:00 - [86] I came over with the big influx of EnB players when it shut down.


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