| Pages: [1] 2 :: one page |
| Author |
Thread Statistics | Show CCP posts - 0 post(s) |
iskopoly
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
   |
Posted - 2008.09.09 20:38:00 -
[1]
Ok I figured I would make this post as I am exploring new ways of making friends in Eve without being in a corp. Yes I am an "NPC corp" member. "npc corp chat is horrible.
I have contemplated things such as using a chat channel , but I don't just want to invite everyone and their brother there.
I solo a lot but often hunger to have a bit more social interaction than I normally get in EVE.
was wondering if anyone had any ideas that I might not be thinking of in order to build a collection of friends.
thanks.
-iskopoly |
TheStarman
Lost Connection
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 20:40:00 -
[2]
You can always join a corp like mine to get you acclimated to the game. We have a bunch of players that started off like yourself that are now flying battleships.
|
iskopoly
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 20:47:00 -
[3]
no thanks, I am not new to the game, I am a returning player. I prefer to avoid player corps. |
TheStarman
Lost Connection
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 20:52:00 -
[4]
Any reason why? |
Kuar Z'thain
Destructive Influence
Band of Brothers
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 20:54:00 -
[5]
Why are you trying to avoid making your own chat channel? You know you can give people rights to so you don't have to be the one kicking lamers from it?
Private Channels are the best way to keep a circle of friends in EVE. |
iskopoly
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 20:58:00 -
[6]
i guess i should of worded it differently.
I do have my own chat channel and do want to use it.
What I DO NOT think is a good idea is just making a post or mass inviting people to it, as it could just get as bad as NPC corp chat etc, i know i could just kick people but i dont want to appear on a power trip etc.
that is why i was looking for ideas on how to "collect" these friends
-iskopoly |
Ruze
Amarr
No Applicable Corporation
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 20:59:00 -
[7]
I think the developer who wrote my sig said it best ...
 Originally by: CCP Greyscale
consciously deciding not to join a corp is pretty much deciding that you don't want to have fun
|
iskopoly
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:01:00 -
[8]
eventually I might start my own corp. I have no intention in joining anyone elses for many reasons. Hence I am trying to come up with a solution to making friends.
-iskopoly |
Thea Arsoniztik
Red Tides
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:03:00 -
[9]
Have you tried personal ads? 
|
iskopoly
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:05:00 -
[10]
thats a last resort lol
-iskopoly |
Kuar Z'thain
Destructive Influence
Band of Brothers
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:05:00 -
[11]
Ask in your NPC corp chat is anyone wants to fly with you, be it missions, exploration, hauling or 0.0 antics, someone is bound to want to tag along.
Chat with them for a bit, if you hit it off, there: you just made a friend. 
|
Black Scorpio
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:07:00 -
[12]
Shoot people, while being nice, you won't believe how many friends you'll make :)
|
iskopoly
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:10:00 -
[13]
that is a good idea, but I am not necessarily looking to have my hand held or hold other peoples hands. I solo missions pretty well and having someone with me at this point would not serve much purpose.. Perhaps on level 4s.
I guess I'd rather have my friends as a social network. AKA BSing about eve and ideas perhaps doing some trading with eachother, keeping an eye out for certain things etc.
dunno if that makes much sense to you all.
i guess to sum it up , I am an introvert, but I do need a certain level of social interaction.
-iskopoly |
Dark 'Shadow
Mnemonic Enterprises
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:11:00 -
[14]
Originally by: Black Scorpio
Shoot people, while being nice, you won't believe how many friends you'll make :)
That statement is very, very true.
|
Black Scorpio
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:14:00 -
[15]
Originally by: iskopoly
that is a good idea, but I am not necessarily looking to have my hand held or hold other peoples hands. I solo missions pretty well and having someone with me at this point would not serve much purpose.. Perhaps on level 4s.
I guess I'd rather have my friends as a social network. AKA BSing about eve and ideas perhaps doing some trading with eachother, keeping an eye out for certain things etc.
dunno if that makes much sense to you all.
i guess to sum it up , I am an introvert, but I do need a certain level of social interaction.
Well if missioning is all you want and you're happy by yourself why do you need friends? :D
you contradict yourself.. but but i want friends,, but i actually have no need for friends, but i still want friends.. which is it?
|
Black Scorpio
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:16:00 -
[16]
Originally by: iskopoly
that is a good idea, but I am not necessarily looking to have my hand held or hold other peoples hands. I solo missions pretty well and having someone with me at this point would not serve much purpose.. Perhaps on level 4s.
I guess I'd rather have my friends as a social network. AKA BSing about eve and ideas perhaps doing some trading with eachother, keeping an eye out for certain things etc.
dunno if that makes much sense to you all.
i guess to sum it up , I am an introvert, but I do need a certain level of social interaction.
If I understand actually correctly, you don't want to run missions with people b/c you don't want to share. Ok, that's all and good, but then find something that will require friends, like do lvl 5s, or take small space and protect it or just go pirating for a month, and see what happens, in any case you won't meet tons of ppl in your own system.. move around.. some places you'll make friends some enemies.. but that's how it goes, makes it interesting..
|
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
Ascendo-Tuum
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:19:00 -
[17]
Chat to people in local/npc corp chat,be helpful,join people that needs/wants help or just company...If your a miner,and you see some younger player ninja mining,offer him help,gives you a good idea of his personalety and so on,if you like him,offer him an invite to your chan,or you might get an invite to his/her chan or their corps public chan,which are great ways of getting company even if your not after joining the corperation.
Also if its a good person and you like his attitude say that he can invite other friends of him/her in there if he wants to.After hand as more people join,they will invite more and suddenly you have your own little channel filled with people 23/7 :)
You can also find good people in teh recritment channel..gotten a lot of my friends there when just sitting bored chatting to god and eatch man :)
|
Sicil Fioet
Minmatar
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:28:00 -
[18]
Originally by: iskopoly
that is why i was looking for ideas on how to "collect" these friends
You collect friends by doing things together with other players. But since you are resisting either joining player corp or doing your missions in a group, you are in essence making this impossible for yourself. You can't have much social interaction without making friends, and you cannot make friends if you are resisting to engage in the actual "making" process.
Originally by: iskopoly
that is a good idea, but I am not necessarily looking to have my hand held or hold other peoples hands. I solo missions pretty well and having someone with me at this point would not serve much purpose.. Perhaps on level 4s.
Obviously the purpose would not be to find someone to hold your hand while you are running missions. The purpose of such exercise would be to make friends you find enjoyable to talk to which you can later invite to your private chat to keep in touch with.
I think though that you should give player corps another try, unless of course you already tried out like 20 different player corps and didn't like any of them which would be a clear sign that you just can't find a corp. There are mission running corps where people get together to do exactly what you're describing "bsing about eve and ideas perhaps doing some trading with eachother, keeping an eye out for certain things etc" - why don't you try them out?
|
Farrqua
Minmatar
Turbo Mining Inc.
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:30:00 -
[19]
Edited by: Farrqua on 09/09/2008 21:30:24
Originally by: iskopoly
eventually I might start my own corp. I have no intention in joining anyone elses for many reasons. Hence I am trying to come up with a solution to making friends.
First it takes some effort on your part. You just got to say "Hey, how is it going" the chatty ones will shoot the shit with you. The others are either grumpy or turtles.
Just strike up a converstation. And then see where it goes.
Holy crap, I think that was my talk I gave to one of my sons about meeting girls.
|
Amastat
Caldari
Poseidon Laboratories
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:36:00 -
[20]
Edited by: Amastat on 09/09/2008 21:36:03
To the OP:
I am sort of the same way, however I use a channel. I however do not have 100 idiots in my channel.
Why this is - I put channel rules in place, I moderate it, and I only invite those who are worthy of being in the channel in the first place.
If my own judgement of others for some reason fails me, which is rare, I will without hesitation kick out whomever broke channel rules, or someone I come to find is more of a ******* or idiot then I had originally thought.
It's straightforward and effective - I enjoy the people I spend time with, and I also join them in activity, however, I am not involved or bound bound by political bullshit, but I am not hermit without any friends at the same time. I love it 
____________________
"All warfare is based on deception... we must seem unable...seem inactive...and crush him " - Sun Tzu |
murder one
Gallente
Invincible Reason
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:38:00 -
[21]
Originally by: iskopoly
Ok I figured I would make this post as I am exploring new ways of making friends in Eve without being in a corp. Yes I am an "NPC corp" member. "npc corp chat is horrible.
I have contemplated things such as using a chat channel , but I don't just want to invite everyone and their brother there.
I solo a lot but often hunger to have a bit more social interaction than I normally get in EVE.
was wondering if anyone had any ideas that I might not be thinking of in order to build a collection of friends.
thanks.
The best way to make friends is to kill people. Sure, you'll literally have to kill thousands of players, but every once in a while you strike up an interesting conversation with someone you've just killed and make a really good friend. True story.
[07:13:55] doctorstupid2 > what do i train now?
[07:14:05] Trista Rotnor > little boys to 2
Fleet Combat Ships |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 21:44:00 -
[22]
Nothing says "hi guys, what's going on, want me to be your friend... or else" than a web, scram, painter and a volley of point-blank fired torpedoes 
You know... like, "wanna' pay some paintball ? tag, you're it..."
_
SHOPS || Mission rewards revamp || better nanofix
|
Vaal Erit
Science and Trade Institute
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 22:12:00 -
[23]
This is what happens when you run too many missions, you forget basic social skills like how to make friends. Don't do missions, kids, stay in PvP school. Also, do drugs, what the hell.
--
http://desusig.crumplecorn.com/sigs.html
|
Terianna Eri
Amarr
Scrutari
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 22:42:00 -
[24]
Originally by: Vaal Erit
This is what happens when you run too many missions, you forget basic social skills like how to make friends. Don't do missions, kids, stay in PvP school. Also, do drugs, what the hell.
That reminds me, I need to train for boosters.
__________________________________
Originally by: Arthur Frayn
How much to ruin all your holes, luv?
|
Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 22:49:00 -
[25]
Killing people softly... with your voice in local.
These forums are FUBAR, upgrade this decade! |
Grarr Dexx
Amarr
The Cosa Nostra
La Cosa Nostra Alliance
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 23:09:00 -
[26]
"how do I make friends"
Are you like this in real life?
|
Synapse Archae
Amarr
Demonic Retribution
Un-Natural Selection
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 23:51:00 -
[27]
Edited by: Synapse Archae on 09/09/2008 23:53:18
Consider finding newbies, taking them back to your mission hub and paying them 1m per mission to salvage for you. Strike up a conversation while you do so.
Invite the best ones to your channel.
EDIT: I wrote the above and realized thats a dumb idea. Being unable to open up and find friends WILL hurt you for the rest of your life if you don't get over it now. Eve taught me to me more aggressive, it can be a great time for you to learn to open up. Being introverted can significantly cut your chances of being involved in cool things, getting good jobs, and being well liked in general. Take this time to just travel outside your system and chat with one person at random per day until you feel more confident about it.
Originally by: CCP Garthagk
While these forums may not give you everything that you want, they will usually let you post.
|
Jimer Lins
Gallente
Noir.
Trinity Nova Alliance
|
Posted - 2008.09.09 23:57:00 -
[28]
Originally by: Black Scorpio
Shoot people, while being nice, you won't believe how many friends you'll make :)
This. I find it interesting that after a couple years of carebearing, when I got into PVP, people are far more likely to talk with you/become your friend, or at least be nice back. Even if you just blew up their ship/had yours blown up.
Hell, my first night ever in a pvp gang one of the guys we blew up was flying with us later that night. I still talk with him. :D
Protip: Don't smack, win or lose. A little good-natured ribbing is one thing, but don't be a nimrod. ;)
|
Orchidia
Caldari
R.E.C.O.N.
|
Posted - 2008.09.10 00:31:00 -
[29]
There are quite a few player channels to join, and my one back up channel I have is the eve radio network.
-
|
SoftRevolution
|
Posted - 2008.09.10 00:41:00 -
[30]
Is your NPC corp chat really that bad? Nobody who doesn't do your brain in to chat to?
|
| |
|
| Pages: [1] 2 :: one page |
| First page | Previous page | Next page | Last page |