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Reven Cordelle
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2008.08.06 10:54:00 -
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I just had this, someone at work asked -
"Whats that message board you keep tapping away on"
I find EVE hard to explain to someone that doesnt really know what computer games are, let alone what a space combat MMO would be.
So I say;
"Uh, Its a space.. online game.. you fly around and shoot stuff with loads of other people. Good Times!"
How would YOU explain EVE to someone that isn't at all clued in with games?
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Zephyr Rengate
dearg doom
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Posted - 2008.08.06 11:13:00 -
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I say its a more complex game in a similar genre to wow.
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Elliot Reid
Digital Fury Corporation
Digital Renegades
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Posted - 2008.08.06 11:17:00 -
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Well one mate of mine is an old MMO player who, since he met his partner, is no longer "allowed" to waste his life on computer games  . He loves to hear all the details of whats going on in EVE and he understands a lot of what I go on about.
A few people at work are also interested but don't have any computer game experience and this does make explaining things a little difficult. All I do is talk and talk and talk till they wish they were dead and think that they'll never ask me about it again.
Till the next time anyways.
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Zephyr Rengate
dearg doom
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Posted - 2008.08.06 11:19:00 -
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Also laser pewpew may help.
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Remata Lakira
Terran Coalition
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Posted - 2008.08.06 13:12:00 -
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I tell people that EVE is far beyond their comprehension and that they should go back to their pointless clubbing. 
Elitism ftw!
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The TX
Gallente
Earth Inc.
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Posted - 2008.08.06 13:19:00 -
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Online game set in space that you play with tens of thousands of other people all over the world at the same time in a big virtual space-world and fly around in space ships through space.
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Digital Solaris
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Posted - 2008.08.06 13:32:00 -
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"Think WoW in space, but with no elves, orcs or dwarfs where everyone has megalomania, or is just bitter and emo, or whines a lot. So, WoW in space, essentially."
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shaqarava
Amarr
24th Imperial Crusade
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Posted - 2008.08.06 14:13:00 -
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Strangely enough I actually had a dream about explaining EVE to my old high school science class. If I recall I just used WoW as a basis and just compared their features, mostly the levelling system. Then some little ******* interrupted me and accused me to selling timecards for isk in a very derogative tone. I shut him up though. So yeah, I'd attempt to explain by using WoW as a generic mmo and then go into the finer points.
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Kyanzes
Amarr
Utopian Research I.E.L.
The ENTITY.
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Posted - 2008.08.06 14:21:00 -
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Hmmm... don't know. Some kind of a diagram would come handy...
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
Terradyne Networks
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Posted - 2008.08.06 14:24:00 -
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Didn't we just have one of these threads? I swear I posted in one....
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Slanty McGarglefist
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Posted - 2008.08.06 14:43:00 -
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I compare EVE to old Ultima Online. How it used to be a harsh realm but more and more the Dev team caters to people who want little to no risk. Much like Ultima Online. |
Theran Emoner
Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2008.08.06 14:45:00 -
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I have tried that a couple of times, all of them failed.
Once, i had two friends over while i was playing, and they were like "lolwatareyouplaying?" and "that shit looks really boring, what is the point of the game?". I tried to explain the whole sandbox free-to-do-whatever-you-like-thing to them but they kept asking what the goal of the game was. Pretty odd considering one of them plays wow and should know about MMOs not having a universal goal, and the other one plays a lot of RTS and racing games and have a brother who used to play wow.
After i had tried to explain for a while, they just laughed at me, saying that i played a totally worthless game and that i sucked. Then i logged off EVE for the remainder of their visit.. |
Slanty McGarglefist
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Posted - 2008.08.06 14:51:00 -
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Edited by: Slanty McGarglefist on 06/08/2008 14:51:17
 Originally by: Theran Emoner
I have tried that a couple of times, all of them failed.
Once, i had two friends over while i was playing, and they were like "lolwatareyouplaying?" and "that shit looks really boring, what is the point of the game?". I tried to explain the whole sandbox free-to-do-whatever-you-like-thing to them but they kept asking what the goal of the game was. Pretty odd considering one of them plays wow and should know about MMOs not having a universal goal, and the other one plays a lot of RTS and racing games and have a brother who used to play wow.
After i had tried to explain for a while, they just laughed at me, saying that i played a totally worthless game and that i sucked. Then i logged off EVE for the remainder of their visit..
People need other people to tell them what to do. They can't think or make decisions by themselves.
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Pwett
Minmatar
QUANT Corp.
QUANT Hegemony
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Posted - 2008.08.06 15:09:00 -
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I tell them I play internet spaceships. They seem to understand.
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Pwett
CEO, Founder, & Executor
<Q> QUANT Hegemony
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Rostran Targo
Minmatar
Kinda'Shujaa
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Posted - 2008.08.06 15:27:00 -
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I used to explain EVE by beginning with "It's like WoW, but not really...". Now I just say "It's a space mmo with a steep learning curve. You fly around in a big ol' spaceship and shoot people. And before you ask, No it's not like WoW."
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Isiskhan
Gnostic Misanthropy
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Posted - 2008.08.06 15:39:00 -
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Not everything needs to be explained.
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Aiden Bismuth
Gallente
Die Boeremag
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Posted - 2008.08.06 15:57:00 -
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Originally by: Elliot Reid
Well one mate of mine is an old MMO player who, since he met his partner, is no longer "allowed" to waste his life on computer games . He loves to hear all the details of whats going on in EVE and he understands a lot of what I go on about.
Heh, EVE comes with the package in my case....
I usually just say "internet spaceships", if they want to know more, I just give them a CD with the EVE client on it, and say "see for yourself". That's pretty much how I got into EVE, a friend started playing it, and virtually never stopped talking about it, so I downloaded the client to see what the fuss was about, and here I am! 
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Zaqar
Pator Tech School
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Posted - 2008.08.06 16:57:00 -
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Originally by: Pwett
I tell them I play internet spaceships. They seem to understand.
This
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Zephyr Rengate
dearg doom
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Posted - 2008.08.06 16:59:00 -
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Originally by: Zaqar
Originally by: Pwett
I tell them I play internet spaceships. They seem to understand.
This
ive dont that once she wasnt impressed 
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Alz Shado
Ever Flow
HUZZAH FEDERATION
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Posted - 2008.08.06 17:13:00 -
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Edited by: Alz Shado on 06/08/2008 17:12:56
It's like Internet Relay Chat, except with more angst.
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Daelorn
Perkone
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Posted - 2008.08.06 17:54:00 -
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Edited by: Daelorn on 06/08/2008 17:56:05
Spaceships, big explosions, drugs, prostitutes (hay! can we have those in ambulation?!), more explosions, extortion, alliances, taking over territory, ect.
Printing up some of the backstories and letting them read them to learn about the dark world of EVE might work too
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Captain Hudson
Caldari
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.08.06 18:08:00 -
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i change the subject
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Dantes Revenge
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.08.06 18:14:00 -
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A game full of eccentric fanatics who like to blow each other up and get perverse pleasure out of seeing naked frozen bodies floating about in space. If you are trying to convince them to play and they are into pron, the naked frozen bodies bit might sway them a bit more.
Otherwise, if they are old enough to remember Elite Frontier and First Encounter you could tell them it's a very intellectual MMO version of Elite but without the newtonian physics.
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Saint Lazarus
Spiorad ag fanaiocht
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Posted - 2008.08.06 18:42:00 -
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I dont, I never bring it up and if someone it comes up I skirt around the subject
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Qanael Radlari
Caldari
Kinetic Vector
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Posted - 2008.08.06 22:28:00 -
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"You know how WoW is basically about hoarding shiny pixels? Well, EVE is more about losing those shiny pixels - or making other people lose theirs." 
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Aaron
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Posted - 2008.08.06 22:38:00 -
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Originally by: Reven Cordelle
I just had this, someone at work asked -
"Whats that message board you keep tapping away on"
I find EVE hard to explain to someone that doesnt really know what computer games are, let alone what a space combat MMO would be.
So I say;
"Uh, Its a space.. online game.. you fly around and shoot stuff with loads of other people. Good Times!"
How would YOU explain EVE to someone that isn't at all clued in with games?
simple, you dont bother to explain.
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Mark Lucius
Kinetic Vector
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Posted - 2008.08.07 08:11:00 -
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Originally by: Pwett
I tell them I play internet spaceships. They seem to understand.
Normally I avoid the subject, but when it does come up: this basically.
My girlfriend now calls me 'space pilot' or 'captain' occassionally.
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Kazuma Saruwatari
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.08.07 08:21:00 -
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Originally by: Aaron
Originally by: Reven Cordelle
I just had this, someone at work asked -
"Whats that message board you keep tapping away on"
I find EVE hard to explain to someone that doesnt really know what computer games are, let alone what a space combat MMO would be.
So I say;
"Uh, Its a space.. online game.. you fly around and shoot stuff with loads of other people. Good Times!"
How would YOU explain EVE to someone that isn't at all clued in with games?
simple, you dont bother to explain.
What if they insist on asking then?
My response is basically:
"Know WoW? (I fill them in on WoW if they didnt, oftentimes I dont have to, lots of localized MMO's down here)"
Which leads to:
"Well think of WoW as Happy Carebear Land. EVE Online's that seedy pub down the street in a bad section of town well known by people because dead blokes end up in the dumpster in the back."
I've successfully led 4 people into EVE with that.
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Delvardious Kaesos
Caldari
Ashen Lion Mining and Production Consortium
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2008.08.07 09:37:00 -
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I tell them that EVE is PvP on steroids compared to their pitiful World of Warcraft.
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Crumplecorn
Gallente
Eve Cluster Explorations
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Posted - 2008.08.07 10:39:00 -
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Virtual sandbox.
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Myrhial Arkenath
Ghost Festival
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Posted - 2008.08.07 10:49:00 -
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"A slowed down version of GTA in space". Of course that doesn't entirely cover it but it sounded fancy enough.
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Slade Trillgon
Siorai Iontach
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Posted - 2008.08.07 11:33:00 -
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Originally by: Remata Lakira
I tell people that EVE is far beyond their comprehension and that they should go back to their pointless clubbing.
Elitism ftw!
This got me laughing!!!
Slade
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Drak Fire
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Posted - 2008.08.07 12:04:00 -
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Like WOW just with spaceships :)
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Cyndre Valryssian
Spartan Fleet Systems
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Posted - 2008.08.07 14:40:00 -
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I showed my work mates a copy of Eon and every month they insist of getting updates on what is happening now and seeing my new mag lol explains it better than I ever could in words.
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Pwett
Minmatar
QUANT Corp.
QUANT Hegemony
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Posted - 2008.08.07 15:03:00 -
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Eon's a good read. I still haven't figured out what game its based off of though.
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Pwett
CEO, Founder, & Executor
<Q> QUANT Hegemony
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Taihira
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Posted - 2008.08.07 16:13:00 -
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"it's just a game version of MSN Messenger, with added explosions and sci-fi settings... Sort of like playing Star Wars, only without the bad acting."
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