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Captain Falcord Gallente The Python Cartel	Posted - 2008.10.27 12:45:00 - [1] Edited by: Captain Falcord on 27/10/2008 12:49:53 Usually, the impact a MMORPG can have in a human life is regarded as negative, and, no matter how much we get to like these games, every one of us gets a bit worried about how they might be affecting us. I've been gaming since I was 5 years old, and to be honest, I've never felt any of the games I played had any negative repercusion on my social life or studies. I always prefer going out with friends than playing, and while, of course, I prefer playing than studying, I could do them both. Sometimes I went over the limit and I had to cut down, but that didn't happen too much. Anyway, let's get to the topic: I've discovered lately than EVE is the only game that I'm sure to say has affected me in a really positive way. Before I tried it, I really had no clue what I wanted to do with my professional life. Since I always had kind of good marks, I was aiming to be a doctor, but honestly, I wasn't too excited about it. Eve was my inspiration to decide I wanted to study industrial engineering. Designing hi-tech stuff, mastering psychics, maths, etc. never was so appealing until I tried EVE. Being a bit worried about giving so much importance to a video game when choosing the path for my life, I stopped playing for a long while to see if I still liked the idea. I've started the college, and I'm loving it. Every single bit of it, and thanks to EVE. I even have an adventage at technical english, one of our subjects, thanks to the terms I got to understand and learn while playing (nobody in my class knew what "capacitor" means =P, (note that we are spanish)). I feel like eve has somehow helped me to choose the right path, and also helped me in many other aspects I don't have time to comment. This game is wonderful. And this is the reason I came back: I just renewed my subscription to keep on "renewing" the inspiration that got me to where I am, and I hope to stay for a long, long time and have a lot of fun with you all. Thanks community, thanks CCP, keep on doing such a good job!
Malcanis RuffRyders Eradication Alliance	Posted - 2008.10.27 12:48:00 - [2] You're doing industrial engineering at college level and you're not expected to know what a capacitor is?
Winterblink Body Count Inc.	Posted - 2008.10.27 12:48:00 - [3] Nice story, man. And yeah it's one of those rare MMOs that can change the way you look at things in the world.
Captain Falcord Gallente The Python Cartel	Posted - 2008.10.27 12:50:00 - [4] Originally by: Malcanis You're doing industrial engineering at college level and you're not expected to know what a capacitor is? Well, we are expected to, but in spanish ^^. Nobody knew the translation

Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire	Posted - 2008.10.27 13:04:00 - [5] New Eden taught me it's cool to be a miner. I now work 23 hours a day in the Kongo diamond mines for $1 a week! Oh well, lunch is over time to go back to work.

Rhatar Khurin Minmatar Native Freshfood	Posted - 2008.10.27 13:08:00 - [6] EVE taught me at no matter what horrible things you do, throwing money around will fix it.
Undertow Latheus	Posted - 2008.10.27 13:18:00 - [7] Originally by: Rhatar Khurin EVE taught me at no matter what horrible things you do, throwing money around will fix it. george bush must be a huge eve fan
arbiter reformed	Posted - 2008.10.27 13:38:00 - [8] Originally by: Rhatar Khurin EVE taught me at no matter what horrible things you do, throwing money around will fix it. michel jakson much?
IR Scoutar Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2008.10.27 13:45:00 - [9] eve has taught me that it is easyer to be more successfull if you clone yourself and let your clones do all the work! p.s. arbiter shouldnt you be spamming the ship setups forum ?
Rhatar Khurin Minmatar Native Freshfood	Posted - 2008.10.27 13:51:00 - [10] Actually, i tell a lie. I don't actually do any naughty things in EVE.
Slade Trillgon Masuat'aa Matari Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2008.10.27 13:55:00 - [11] That is awesome to hear the EVE has opened these doors up for you. For me it is just that I found a great game that is great. Slade Originally by: Crumplecorn NerfBat is now known as the WaveMachine. ≡v≡
Tiirae The New Era HUZZAH FEDERATION	Posted - 2008.10.27 14:11:00 - [12] Eve has definitely given me a bit more confidence in my ability to run a business and lead people... things like FCing and leading corp projects etc. However, it's also taken from me any time in which I might have run a business. Zero-Sum :(
Bai ZongTong Genos Occidere	Posted - 2008.10.27 14:25:00 - [13] EVE definitely isnt encouraging me to continue my studies in electrical engineering... gl to you in life. at least you chose not to be a doctor. ^^
Kur'Dekaija The Scope	Posted - 2008.10.27 14:27:00 - [14] Eve thought me that **** can happen anywhere anytime. So just relax, enjoy life and have fun
Alekseyev Karrde Noir. Wildly Inappropriate.	Posted - 2008.10.27 14:31:00 - [15] V cool story. I've also noticed skills i've picked up in EVE, particularly those gained from leading corps/alliances, have given me an edge over others in my discipline when working with private firms.
Sheriff Jones Amarr Clinical Experiment	Posted - 2008.10.27 14:36:00 - [16] EVE has taught me not to trust anyone, never drive what i can't afford to lose, to shoot first and ask questions later and that scamming people is a-ok!
MidnightMartyr Gallente Chowabunga Inc. Ascendo-Tuum	Posted - 2008.10.27 14:41:00 - [17] Originally by: Captain Falcord mastering psychics ! Oh my god! you can read peoples thoughts with this class. Sign me up!
Misanth RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE	Posted - 2008.10.27 14:42:00 - [18] I've been a fulltime gamer for 6-7 years now, playing alot of MMO's among other things, EVE is not my only mistress. However, this kind of life (I have) affects the daily routines. There's no need to go up early, and many games require you to stay up late. Everquest and WoW pulled me into raiding, which lock up your evenings, which ultimately of course affects your social life. Dropping raiding and putting EVE in focus for a while changed things. * First off the daily d/t is really awsome. It's a break in the gametime that gives a regular foodbreak. * Secondly , EVE is great for RL. There's nothing locking me up, if there's an OP I bring a cloak, if there's no OP I can dock. Subsequently this means I have gotten daily routines again, like when I had a regular job. I play as much games as I did before EVE but it doesn't affect daily routines nor RL.
Tzar'rim	Posted - 2008.10.27 14:57:00 - [19] It's me, I'm the positive influence on the OP. /cackle
Julius Rigel House Rigel	Posted - 2008.10.27 15:00:00 - [20] EVE has taught me that it's fun to laugh at angry people! Scared of the events forum?
Malcanis RuffRyders Eradication Alliance	Posted - 2008.10.27 15:19:00 - [21] Originally by: Captain Falcord Originally by: Malcanis You're doing industrial engineering at college level and you're not expected to know what a capacitor is? Well, we are expected to, but in spanish ^^. Nobody knew the translation Ahh... that's a relief!
Garia666 Amarr T.H.U.G L.I.F.E White Core	Posted - 2008.10.27 15:29:00 - [22] The positive effect EVE has for me in life is that. You can develope managment skilz, by managing your corp / alliance. (people skilz ) As an FC you learn how to control your adraline and develop insight, take action, and learn how to make quick decisions. Which realy help you in life If you combine eve with some poker. you can give ur self a decent set of RL skilz.
RedSplat Suddenly Ninjas	Posted - 2008.10.27 15:42:00 - [23] Eve stops me from spending money on more socially acceptable addictions like my hard drugs habit. ...wait a minute.
Ehranavaar	Posted - 2008.10.27 16:15:00 - [24] Originally by: Rhatar Khurin EVE taught me at no matter what horrible things you do, throwing money around will fix it. politics is a shorter easier course leading to the same conclusion.
Qordel Caldari School of Applied Knowledge	Posted - 2008.10.27 16:22:00 - [25] Eve inspired me to run drugs, slaves and *****s.
Encon Caldari Deep Core Mining Inc.	Posted - 2008.10.27 16:24:00 - [26] hehe I am already an engineer. hrr hrr love my job. but it's stress almost every day. no use for a sig
Lithalnas Amarr Headcrabs	Posted - 2008.10.27 16:39:00 - [27] Extortion, intimidation, information warfare and an understanding of how people react to being threatened. I also learned a lesson that the banking system did not, if something does not make money, even if the system goes to crap, expect losses. ------------- fixed for greater eve content
Larg Kellein Caldari Agony Unleashed Agony Empire	Posted - 2008.10.27 19:25:00 - [28] Originally by: Lithalnas Extortion, intimidation, information warfare and an understanding of how people react to being threatened. I also learned a lesson that the banking system did not, if something does not make money, even if the system goes to crap, expect losses. Ironically, your first paragraph is pretty much what eve has taught me for my job. In banking and insurance.
Lord Evangelian Gallente The White Mantle	Posted - 2008.10.27 19:27:00 - [29] good for you hope it works out ok! The White Mantle
TimMc Gallente The Motley Crew	Posted - 2008.10.27 19:40:00 - [30] Eve teaches me nothing except patience. And **** loads of it.
Gloria Stitz	Posted - 2008.10.27 19:55:00 - [31] As a monoglot english speaker, I am amazed at the ability of everyone from non-english speaking countrys to not only speak english, but to do it well. mmorpgs must be among the best english language courses available. Even the merkins start making sense (at times)
Chaos Incarnate Faceless Logistics	Posted - 2008.10.27 20:00:00 - [32] EVE Online taught me that those who do not adapt, become victims of Evolution (Can I join BoB now plzkthx?)
Captain Falcord Gallente The Python Cartel	Posted - 2008.10.27 20:04:00 - [33] Originally by: Tzar'rim It's me, I'm the positive influence on the OP. /cackle When it comes to in-game morals, you've been nothing but a horrible influence =P. Glad to see you're still around. Talk to you in-game!
Nyphur Pillowsoft	Posted - 2008.10.27 23:04:00 - [34] Edited by: Nyphur on 27/10/2008 23:06:20 Originally by: Winterblink Nice story, man. And yeah it's one of those rare MMOs that can change the way you look at things in the world. I must say that EVE has taught me more than I expected and has had a huge impact on me. I've learned a lot about teamworking and networking skills from EVE that has come in handy over the years, for one thing. The business ideas and strategies that I've observed and used in EVE's industrial side also have a lot of real-world applications and parallels. Also, if it weren't for EVE, I would probably never have developed my writing ability. When I decided not to do English for A-Level despite being good at writing, that could have been the last time I really used that talent. Starting from writing posts on the EVE forum, I worked my way up through EON magazine and writing on my own website to writing a weekly column for massively.com that the EVE website occasionally links to on the front page (cheers :D). I'm very pleased with what I've achieved so far but even more pleased with how my passion for EVE as a game has led me to develop my own personal talents. It's also probably due in part to EVE that I've really gotten into game programming. I used to have something of a fear of maths but playing EVE you can't really avoid it. A few years of playing the game and most of a computer science degree later, I've got a new appreciation for it all. I'm really glad I started getting into game programming in my spare time, I've chosen a topic in that field for my MEng Computer Science final year research project this year and I'm still finding it all very interesting. I definitely think I have my love of EVE to thank for keeping me interested in game design over the years. EVE Online as a product and CCP as a company have proven to me over and over again that not only is the industry standard not the only way to do things but quite often it's just plain crap. The MMO industry has been stagnating for a long time, with every game using the same sharded server model, the same game mechanics and the same business models. I've seen developers of more than one supposedly PvP-oriented MMOs call all PvP that hurts someone else griefing and have seen plenty of people suggest that such PvP would never be popular or mainstream. I've seen companies blindly copy their competitors and show absolutely no innovation whatsoever, then wondering why their game has failed. I've seen games crash and burn because their developers were so out of touch with the game they didn't know they were systematically ruining it with each patch. Compared to the industry standard, I'd take CCP any day. Anyway, I think I'm starting to get into fanboy territory so I'll leave it there
Captain Falcord Gallente The Python Cartel	Posted - 2008.10.28 11:51:00 - [35] Originally by: Nyphur Edited by: Nyphur on 27/10/2008 23:29:52 Originally by: Winterblink Nice story, man. And yeah it's one of those rare MMOs that can change the way you look at things in the world. EVE has taught me more than I expected and in some ways has had a huge impact on me. I've learned a lot about teamworking and networking skills from EVE that has come in handy over the years, for one thing. The business ideas and strategies that I've observed and used in EVE's industrial side also have a lot of real-world applications and parallels. Also, if it weren't for EVE, I would probably never have developed my writing ability. When I decided not to do English for A-Level despite being good at writing, that could have been the last time I really used that talent. Starting from writing posts on the EVE forum, I worked my way up through EON magazine and writing on my own website to writing a weekly column for massively.com that the EVE website occasionally links to on the front page (cheers :D). I'm very pleased with what I've achieved so far but even more pleased with how my passion for EVE as a game has led me to develop my own personal talents. It's also probably due in part to EVE that I've really gotten into game programming. I used to have something of a fear of maths but playing EVE you can't really avoid it. A few years of playing the game and most of a computer science degree later, I've got a new appreciation for it all. I'm really glad I started getting into game programming in my spare time, I've chosen a topic in that field for my MEng Computer Science final year research project this year and I'm still finding it all very interesting. I definitely think I have my love of EVE to thank for keeping me interested in game design over the years. EVE Online as a product and CCP as a company have proven to me over and over again that not only is the industry standard not the only way to do things but quite often it's just plain crap. The MMO industry has been stagnating for a long time, with every game using the same sharded server model, the same game mechanics and the same business models. I've seen developers of more than one supposedly PvP-oriented MMOs call all PvP that hurts someone else griefing and have seen plenty of people suggest that such PvP would never be popular or mainstream. I've seen companies blindly copy their competitors and show absolutely no innovation whatsoever, then wondering why their game has failed. I've seen games crash and burn because their developers were so out of touch with the game they didn't know they were systematically ruining it with each patch. Compared to the industry standard, I'd take CCP any day. Anyway, I think I'm starting to get into fanboy territory so I'll leave it there Nice to see someone with a similar story to tell. Eve is able to wake up parts of ourselves that we thought never existed, yes, ^^.
Market Checkerr	Posted - 2008.10.28 12:15:00 - [36] My dabbles in the Eve market have made me become very interested in economics/marketting and have now switched my major from chemistry to economics and have never looked back.
Gaia Thorn Villains	Posted - 2008.10.28 12:17:00 - [37] Well eve has tought me two things there is true love and patience. Found my woman no eve.
Rakshasa Taisab Caldari Sane Industries Inc. Ursa Stellar Initiative	Posted - 2008.10.28 12:44:00 - [38] EVE thought me to trust people again. In a world where anyone and everyone can **** you over (and it will have a profound effect), yet you meet people who don't, is one of the things that helped me work on my paranoia and distrust of people.
Aeco Feife	Posted - 2008.10.28 17:01:00 - [39] Edited by: Aeco Feife on 28/10/2008 17:25:29 Enjoyed your story OP. Note: There is an interesting study on the relationship between MMO's and leadership in corporations that was put out by one of IBM's research groups a year or two back. Its mostly about WOW, but its pretty cool. Google "IBM Leadership in a distributed world" to find it, never could figure out how to make a link. Edit: Oops, that one is not so great....look for "Virtual Worlds, Real Leaders"

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