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Darek Castigatus Immortalis Inc. Shadow Cartel 59	Posted - 2012.04.06 10:09:00 - [61] - Quote played a bit of AO in 2006 or so and then a friend who owns the local internet cafe mentioned they had an eve corp and would i like to try it, read an article and thought why the hell not. Im now the longest serving active member of our corp
ElQuirko Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic 505	Posted - 2012.04.06 10:16:00 - [62] - Quote I couldn't really find an MMO that I wanted to stick to, because everyone was better than me and hours of grinding sounded like a bad idea. Saw this on an MMO finder. Ignored it due to pay-to-play. Then, a few months later, I saw that the trial was on Steam. I was like, "why not?" so I joined. Made my character look as stupid as possible, 'cause I thought that I'd only be playing for two weeks. Ragequit on day one because the game was too damn confusing. Came back on day 2 and have played ever since. My first killmail was also my first ingame friend! If we distribute pictures of people, does that mean God can file copyright claims under SOPA?
Neddy Fox FireStar Inc Curatores Veritatis Alliance 10	Posted - 2012.04.06 10:25:00 - [63] - Quote Hmm, no former Face of Mankind players? When I played FOM, a lot of the FDC guys told me about EVE, but I CBA to install it. Then FOM died a terribad death due to bad management and the inability of the DEVs to cope with the numerous hackers / cheaters. Gave EVE a go, never looked back , even when FOM seems to be revived..
DeMichael Crimson Republic University Minmatar Republic 1425	Posted - 2012.04.06 10:28:00 - [64] - Quote I first heard about Eve Online late 2007 while I was playing an MMO called Dark Space. There was a couple of players in chat who were bad mouthing Eve Online and due to their bad description of the game, I never thought about Eve Online again. Then in mid 2008 while watching Battlestar Galactica on the SyFy channel, I saw this ad about Eve. I recognized the name and remembered those guys in Dark Space talking about the game. Basically it peeked my curiosity and I decided to check it out. After spending a couple of weeks searching the internet for Eve related info, videos and pictures, I created an account and have been here ever since.
Caldarius Seeker Science and Trade Institute Caldari State 1	Posted - 2012.04.06 10:32:00 - [65] - Quote Hard to miss since there is no place in entire internet without eve advertisment :P Also I always ask for deep and complex MMO and they always point me here :)
McVain089 TAL SHIAR SEALS Sternenflotten-Kommando 1	Posted - 2012.04.06 10:38:00 - [66] - Quote I was sick for a very long time and I was searching for a mmo that wasn't the same as the rest. So there ya go... Been here ever since :)
Hairtrigger Privateers Privateer Alliance 6	Posted - 2012.04.06 10:44:00 - [67] - Quote was nothin but a console gamer, then a friend got into eve, told me about it and a mth later i went and bought a alienware laptop just to play it on. didnt have a clue how to use the laptop or any pc stuff, but as long as i could get into eve i didnt care not played another game or turned on the console since
quickshot89 No trouble in the midst STR8NGE BREW 11	Posted - 2012.04.06 11:24:00 - [68] - Quote Well 6 years ago while on a 6th form trip i took ill and landed up in hospital, the only mag i had was a PC Gamer that had featured eve that month (this was pre-trinity days) so after reading that article solid for a week as soon as i got home i signed up for the trial, never looked back.
Chopper Rollins Republic Military School Minmatar Republic 109	Posted - 2012.04.06 11:34:00 - [69] - Quote 03 start using the internet regularly at the age of 33 04 searching for info on .gif files, found link to 4chan on a long list of things at the Church of the SubGenius 05 saw documentary on 2nd Life early 09 tried 2nd Life and got rid of it after 4 days amused by terrible graphics and arid environment soon after, saw a thread in 4chan about Eve, fella posted a pic of an Incursus and described himself as an anti-pirate 09 trial Eve, amazed at it's beauty and lightness on bandwidth. Horrified by the freedom and trackless environment. Played nearly everyday since. Goggles. Making me look good. Making you look good.
Aghira Systech Astromantics Shipyard Inc. Smacked Alliance 10	Posted - 2012.04.06 11:43:00 - [70] - Quote I saw an advert on a WoW site, watched the trinity trailer and instantly quittet WoW! That trailer really hooked me.
Bucky O'Hair Minmatar Ship Construction Services Ushra'Khan 46	Posted - 2012.04.06 11:58:00 - [71] - Quote Jeopardy We Are Ushra'Khan! We are coming for our people.
Josef Djugashvilis The Scope Gallente Federation 74	Posted - 2012.04.06 12:02:00 - [72] - Quote Read about Eve before it started. Played Eve for a week or so in the very early days. Stopped for work, family committments etc. If I could remember my character name or the email address I had at that time, I would resub him. Came back in '07 You want fries with that?
Sanya Intaki Security and Intelligence Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive 9	Posted - 2012.04.06 12:43:00 - [73] - Quote They were announcing their release, I think on mmorpg.com, and as I had only played Dark Age of Camelot and other fantasy games, I thought trying a sci fi spaceship game could be interesting. And here I am today. Director-General of Security Intaki Security and Intelligence www.kisec.net
2D34DLY4U Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic 2	Posted - 2012.04.06 12:51:00 - [74] - Quote Got invited to the Pirates of the Burning Sea beta, people called it "EVE lite" so I came to check the real thing... Ended up not spending a dime on PotBS, subbing to EVE since then and often on more than one account
Eternus8lux8lucis Whack-A-Mole 83	Posted - 2012.04.06 13:36:00 - [75] - Quote Used to hang out out at Frugalsworld before it shut down and Mark, the guy that ran the site, put in a call for people to join his corp in the forums. Was a bunch of us forum addicts at first. Still remember the nerve wracking trip from Ryddinjorn up to Ylandoki thinking every jump I was going to get killed mercilessly as I had just subbed and it was my first day. That was mid 03 and Ive basically been in Eve since. Took a bit of a break for a while but now Im almost constantly logged in with one account or another. First MMO, tried two other FTP types that just bored me to tears during the "Eve breaks" you need from time to time but nothings ever compared. Strength isnt measured in numbers but in force of will. For if one motived willful individual stands many will fall around him that are weak. http://tinyurl.com/YarrFace
Roime Shiva Furnace 423	Posted - 2012.04.06 13:43:00 - [76] - Quote I briefly considered posting this on an alt, but wth- I found EVE via Apple's website. Was browsing the games available for Mac, and EVE looked p boss. I don't have a gaming life, never really played computer games after Space Quests, Star Controls, Dooms and Wolfensteins way back then. Also not even considering any other games, EVE is amazing. (EDIT: I played EVE for a year on my fantastic MacBook Pro, but now I have succumbed and got a dedicated, huge ugly box with a terrible, ****** OS just to run EVE)
Sgt AngelWisper Mortis Shadow Angels Of Requiem 7	Posted - 2012.04.06 13:47:00 - [77] - Quote Cyprus Black wrote: In your gaming life, what led you to find and play EVE Online? Was it a friend? An advertisement? Mentioned by a stranger? What was it? How did you get here? Ive been a gamer for some time now, but it wasn't until i stumbled upon a review in a PC magazine that i took interest in EvE online. watched a few video clips visited the website and so on.. Figured ill give it a go and.....you guessed it, im hooked....its true it s a way of life Once you have grown to a new level (so to speak) there's always something new to aim for.
Iosue 0verload. IMPERIAL LEGI0N 86	Posted - 2012.04.06 13:51:00 - [78] - Quote was reading this article in the New York Times and was amazed there was a sci-fi game with so much to offer. checked it out that evening and have been playing ever since. four accounts and four year later, i'm still here.
Skarsnik DarkArch Corp 2	Posted - 2012.04.06 15:10:00 - [79] - Quote I found EvE through a friend playing the beta, I never managed to get an invite so joined on release. Been here since and wont leaveuntil they switch servers off
SnoopyStardust The Nizari Finis Terrae 0	Posted - 2012.04.06 15:35:00 - [80] - Quote Found Eve in 2007, while looking for the Frontier:Elite 2 for Amiga. Never heard about Eve before that.
Cipher Jones The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars 448	Posted - 2012.04.06 15:40:00 - [81] - Quote Cyprus Black wrote: In your gaming life, what led you to find and play EVE Online? Was it a friend? An advertisement? Mentioned by a stranger? What was it? How did you get here? Me personally, I got sick of WoW after their first expansion, Burning Crusade, and was shopping around for a better MMO. I saw a bunch of people on the WoW forums crapping on other MMOs, most especially EVE. I tried the trial and thought it was terrible, then left. A few months later I gave it another try and I stayed for about two months. I was wisked away into a 0.0 alliance of which I was totally not ready for. Left EVE again. Finally came back a third time and it stuck. Now I have two active accounts and will most likely stay until the EVE servers shut down for good. Saw many many advertisements for it when I played Freelancer. "we don't own this station, but we have an arrangement with those who do" I AM ***** PISSED OFF THAT EVE WILL NOT RUN ON MY COMMODORE 64. THAT ** I QUIT. take all my isk for 1 trit.
Natassia Krasnoo R3D SHIFT 0	Posted - 2012.04.06 16:54:00 - [82] - Quote Mid to late 90's- played a lot of the wing commander series on a freinds computer. Late 90's to early 2000's I played a lot of X-Wing and Tie Fighter with a good measure of the Decent/Freespace series thrown in there. 2003-I got into the FPS scene with UT 2003, SW:Jedi Outcast, and picked up what would be the almost last decent space combat game for some time.....Freelancer. Did the EVE trial at the suggestion of a friend, and only played it for a few hours before quitting and uninstalling it, as I was looking for something along the lines of traditional cockpit style space combat. Bought Planetside on a whim and didn't play much else for a few years other than a couple months of SW:Galaxies. 2004-Picked up X3: Reunion and loved the depth and sandboxy feel. People kept comparing it to EVE but like a single player version. 2006-Tried out EVE again for a few days this time.....quit in frustration as I had no direction or clue what I was doing. 2007-The lack of decent space based games drove me back to EVE....this time I researched more about how to play. Rolled a trial account and started paying when it ended. Some guy from the NPC corp invited me to a private chat channel with about 15 other people ( I think it was called ANDARS PUB been a long time though). Some of us started missioning and exploring together. Our ship fits were something from an FC's worst noob nightmare but we learned fast. My main EVE buddy got recruited to a 0.0 corp and I found a highsec corp just starting. A few months later. after my first wardec and susequently my first PVP experience, my buddy gets me into the 0.0 corp. I was hooked. I now have 6 accounts. Only one is active for now until the monetary and time situation improves. But I'm here until the servers shut down or CCP really screws up.
Lorichai The Night Wardens Viro Mors Non Est 0	Posted - 2012.04.06 16:55:00 - [83] - Quote I've played dozens and dozens of games in the last dozen years. Mostly beta/alpha, only one has ever lasted more than six months and that was DDO . After about four years, i needed a break. Having a second game to play, i figured, would break up the boring spells. I tried all the usual rpg suspects and none of them came close to ddo, which is what i enjoyed, not even close enough...so i figured i'd try something that was completely opposite of ddo. I'd seen a veritable tonnage of ads, everywhere, for this game so i fired up the you tube vids and spent a day on the forums. I almost didn't try it, due to the forums, i'm just that way, but the videos are what got me to try it. Crisp, clean, sandbox. Naturally i mined for my trial period and left after a week, bored as hell...a few months later i came back and tried again, without the mining and stayed. The skills are just as addictive as the gameplay, and even though i absolutely despise ship pvp, there's enough other stuff i can do, that makes up for it. So yeah, that's my story. R
Lyron-Baktos Selective Pressure Rote Kapelle 79	Posted - 2012.04.06 17:20:00 - [84] - Quote First time trying the game was years ago, I got a free offer with my new video card. Tried it out and quit during the middle of the tutorial as it looked and played like ****. Then a few months ago, someone started a thread about Eve on my MMA message board I visited and someone else linked the story about the Guiding Hand Social Club heist. I came back to try it again and found Eve to be a much better game http://www.mmocrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/eveheist3.jpg 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
Galadriel Vasquez Corp 54 Curatores Veritatis Alliance 31	Posted - 2012.04.06 17:29:00 - [85] - Quote Was playing X3 and then saw EVE advertised - got trial and subbed after 2 hours I have tin foil hat trained to 5.
Istvaan Shogaatsu Guiding Hand Social Club 236	Posted - 2012.04.06 17:38:00 - [86] - Quote Back in 2002 (oh god it's been a decade) I was playing around in the beta of Darkspace. My clan, [el33t], was talking about a new spaceship game with 3! not just 2 dimensions going into alpha - this turned out to be Eve. Been here ever since, on and off (mostly on.) I snuck into Eve's alpha 6 stage on a buddy's account, and got banned until beta 4. I believe I'm one of the only non-dev players to fly an Eidolon.
Maxpie Metaphysical Utopian Society Explorations 61	Posted - 2012.04.06 17:48:00 - [87] - Quote Came across the awesomely well-written story about a major scam. I think the guys's name was Nightfreeze or something like that. After reading it, i just had to try a game where that can happen. Have been playing ever since. If you have some time, it's a great read. It's also an interesting glimpse of Eve as it was in those days. The Great Scam
Testerxnot Sheepherder DeadHeads - Question Authority Crew 42	Posted - 2012.04.06 17:50:00 - [88] - Quote I followed the river of tears.
Radelix Cisko The Adjustment Team 61	Posted - 2012.04.06 18:03:00 - [89] - Quote I was derping at work reading cracked.com and read this article. Read the wikipedia entry later that day and started a trial that night. And here I am.
Cearain Imperial Outlaws 317	Posted - 2012.04.06 18:05:00 - [90] - Quote Heres my story bro: Growing up it was the introduction of the atari that blew me away. I would have been about 9 or 10. I mean the very notion that I could change what appeared on the television belw me away. (back then there were only a few major networks so being "on tv" was huge it had a certain mystique) After talking with my 2 year older, and much wiser, brother I was advised that someday they will not only have graphics of photographic quality but that the world we enteracted with wouldn't be governed by computer scripts but by other actual people making decisions in that world. I was skeptical it sounded amazing but my 9 year old brain thought surely that would be too techinologically difficult. I mean we could barely play in group mode with space invaders but having hundreds or thousands playing together - I didn't really believe it then. But that didn't stop us from designing our own game so that when the technology caught up we would already have the game ready! We wrote several scripts based on decisions players would make (for the time before it was truly player driven) - like the atari game with the dragons. We also drew up a huge map of the world it would take place on. Several pieces of graphics paper taped together (of course on graphics paper because that is how all computer games are designed) with our drawings of forests and hills etc. (it wasn't a space game) It was called "z world." We would say it with a french accent. Over the years I would only intermittantly game though. But then when it seemed clear that some mmos were actually accomplishing our childhood dream I checked them out including eve. I installed it at my brothers house looked at the races and determined that with my first child on the way and a wife in a pregnancy that wasn't particularly smooth I may want to hold off. So I did hold off for about 4 or five years. Then my wife took a weekend trip so I figured I would download some mmos and check them out. EVE was the only one that properly downloaded and installed without a hicupp. So it was the only one I played. It was basically everything I had dreamed of as a 9 year old and more. That whole idea that you are interacting in an unscripted world, with real people making decisions, with consequences was the real crux of it. I still think its awesome for a game to have that. Make faction war occupancy pvp instead of pve https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=53815&#post53815

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