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Fifi LeFume
No Trademark
Notoriety Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:22:00 -
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I was browsing my local comic shop one day (yes im that kind of person) and i stumbled upon a newly arrived box of eve: the trading card game starter sets.
Since i was a fan of magic the gathering (yes i am also that kind of person) i decided to give it a go. Lo and behold the card game mechanics sucked, but i liked the artsyle of the pictures. When i found out it was an online mmo i gave the trial a shot and voila.
The rest they say is almost 2 years of my life lost  |
Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:29:00 -
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I'm pretty sure it was a banner ad on a webcomic page. Either Aikida or Penny Arcade. I was getting fed up with DAoC's supposed end-game content and Eve's free-for-all approach sounded pretty awesome by comparison. I've stuck with Eve now a great deal longer than I've stuck with any other subscriber game*
* DAoC - eight or ten months
* Aces High 2 - five or six months
* WoW - free trial
* Anarchy Online - free trial |
Kravick Drasari
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:29:00 -
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I saw an EVE Online advertisement on a webpage that had instructions on how to play Ogame. |
Zeba
Minmatar
Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:31:00 -
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From a link in the Earth and Beyond(RIP ) forums. Back then Eve was almost completely word of mouth and was all the better for it. |
Gazur
The Bastards
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:33:00 -
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Same.. The entire corp moved to eve when EA pulled the plug on EnB.
Still wonder sometimes how the EnB storyline would have continued... |
Esge Shala
Amarr
Amarrian Micro Devices
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:38:00 -
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heard a word about it about 2 years ago on some chat or so, ignored it that time because of the paying.
And now i searched for something new to play i decided to try it, and after trial a went right to paying player (now that i'm working and can afford it) :)
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Rhatar Khurin
Minmatar
Free Ammatar Aid Organisation
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:40:00 -
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Saw it for sale for ú10 in electronics boutique
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Xailia
Unsteady Corporation
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:49:00 -
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I first found EVE in 2001 when it was still in alpha.
I had to settle with playing E&B until I got into beta. |
Sheriff Jones
Amarr
Clinical Experiment
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:49:00 -
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Same way i discovered every MMO Pinky, while trying to take over the world.
Seriously though; Walk in store, see "ooh, spaceships!" and buy the game in the following second. |
Selenica Draper
Caldari
State Protectorate
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:50:00 -
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When the exodus began after SWG's New Game Enhancements a friend told me about Eve Online. I've tried it a few times for about a month at a time but I never really got drawn in because of the lack of an avatar/character. |
Lone Gunman
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:51:00 -
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GameSpot had a list of upcoming MMO's and a Space based "Elite" type "Privateer" game was on the list called EvE and they starting a limited Beta. One of the primary questions was my location so I applied 3 times. Told them I was on the East Coast Mid West and West Coast and they were looking for East Coast at that time and I got in. Was either Medusa or Gemini which ever was first. Year and 1/2 before release, been here ever since. |
mcnuggetlol
Amarr
Outlandish Operations
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Posted - 2009.02.02 07:57:00 -
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I'm pretty sure I stumbled upon eve when browsing for something to help me procrastinate exam revision
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Zeba
Minmatar
Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:01:00 -
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 Originally by: mcnuggetlol
I'm pretty sure I stumbled upon eve when browsing for something to help me procrastinate exam revision
Success!
inappropriate signature. ~WeatherMan |
T'Laar Bok
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:02:00 -
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I read an article in Wired Magazine on WoW gold farming. At the end of the article they also mentioned Eve.
First I ever heard of it, checked out the site and it looked interesting so I spent about a month downloading Eve on my 12k dialup to give it a go.
Eve was surprisingly very playable on 12k but there were not many people back then (2004) space was HUGE. |
Vodwyn
Gallente
Federation of Freedom Fighters
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:02:00 -
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I had heard about it while EnB was open, when EnB closed I decided to check it out.
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Alexander Ivanovich
Caldari
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:06:00 -
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I was looking for some Freelancer info on Battleclinic when I saw an EVE ad on the right. |
Maria Kalista
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:08:00 -
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I saw an horizontal banner on an game info site with a Myrmidon (flying by I think), and my 1st thought was, 'now that would be awesome to fly'.
Unfortunately the Myrm flies vertical, how cheated I felt. 
Anyway, I kept going back to that site to view the add from time to time and dream away, only hoping 1 day I could play it on my Mac. |
Pesky LaRue
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:19:00 -
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Edited by: Pesky LaRue on 02/02/2009 08:19:34
i got a beta invite which, i'm ashamed to say, i never even tried as i was enjoying SWG so much at the time and was in a very active guild - between that and my family/job, i didn't have enough time for a second MMOG. when it got released i bought a copy and intended to play it and, short version, two or so years later i found the box again and, having pretty much stopped playing SWG, i gave this a go.
with the exception of a few breaks here and there, i've been here for the last 4 years and while I might take a few more breaks, i'm pretty sure i'll be with EVE till the end. |
Taradis
Amarr
The Imperial Assassins
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:23:00 -
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A friend of mine got me into it and 3yrs later I'm still playing |
Alex V0X2
Minmatar
Exiled.
Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:27:00 -
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Saw a review in a game magazine and made myself a trial. Went mining and after 4 days i quit.
Later on i had an injury that meant for me 2 weeks of staying indoors, so i gave eve another try. Went mining again but found some good guys who adopted me and the rest, as they all say, is RL failure  |
Tippia
Raddick Explorations
BlackWater.
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:29:00 -
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Originally by: mcnuggetlol
I'm pretty sure I stumbled upon eve when browsing for something to help me procrastinate exam revision
This. Except I'm not "pretty sure", I'm entirely certain. Also, the thing I was browsing was The Escapist. |
DeadDuck
Amarr
Amarr Border Defense Consortium
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:30:00 -
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Browsing IGN in search for something new. It was almost 4 years ago...
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Navtiqes
Englebarna
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:36:00 -
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It was when it won the GameSpy best graphics 03 award.
Ref
It wasn't love at first sight though so I had to go through a few trials  |
bff Jill
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:42:00 -
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Someone who used to be in my guild in daoc mentioned it, i checked it out
I cant quite remember when since i keep deleting my characters. But it was just before a christmas event, it was before the new bloodlines came out, and i made my first million selling my snowball launcher on escrow. Also there were no stacking penalties then.
I thought i was pretty badass in my kestrel rookie chat was helpful back then
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Fifi LeFume
No Trademark
Notoriety Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:46:00 -
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Originally by: Navtiqes
It wasn't love at first sight though
You obviously need glasses
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Tzar'rim
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:50:00 -
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I played the last part of the beta but it was so bad that when they announced going live, with all the problems it still had, I just quit and forgot all about it and went back to DaoC.
When I quit DaoC and had tried some other stuff in 2005 I went "hmm, MMO... hmm... oh wait a minute, what happened to that space MMO?".
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Armoured C
Gallente
Federation of Freedom Fighters
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:53:00 -
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played space4k for about 2 years and the alliance i was in eventually borke into tiny pieces and moved to eve , as we sore it as the 3d version of S4k,
we made up a alliance here , got slaughtered a bit made a proper alliance , and there stands entity ,NTT. alliance , i then wanted mroe PVP and NTT is a industrial alliance so i moved to 0.0 IRC picked me up as my first 0.0 alliance... there pew pew was pretty poor so went and discovered FOFF
now here i am :)
that is pretty much my eve story
This week EvE Life: Wormhole Wars 01/Feb
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bff Jill
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:57:00 -
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Originally by: Armoured C
played space4k for about 2 years and the alliance i was in eventually borke into tiny pieces and moved to eve , as we sore it as the 3d version of S4k,
we made up a alliance here , got slaughtered a bit made a proper alliance , and there stands entity ,NTT. alliance , i then wanted mroe PVP and NTT is a industrial alliance so i moved to 0.0 IRC picked me up as my first 0.0 alliance... there pew pew was pretty poor so went and discovered FOFF
now here i am :)
that is pretty much my eve story
You actually play the game??!  |
jam6549
Paladines
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:58:00 -
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I played Anarchy Online for free as I loved the idea of MMOs but didn't have a bank account as I was too young. But as soon as I got one, I looked on MMORPG.com, and saw EVE. I had played it a year before and loved it but my mum wouldn't pay monthly for me to play |
Armoured C
Gallente
Federation of Freedom Fighters
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2009.02.02 08:59:00 -
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Originally by: bff Jill
Originally by: Armoured C
played space4k for about 2 years and the alliance i was in eventually borke into tiny pieces and moved to eve , as we sore it as the 3d version of S4k,
we made up a alliance here , got slaughtered a bit made a proper alliance , and there stands entity ,NTT. alliance , i then wanted mroe PVP and NTT is a industrial alliance so i moved to 0.0 IRC picked me up as my first 0.0 alliance... there pew pew was pretty poor so went and discovered FOFF
now here i am :)
that is pretty much my eve story
You actually play the game??!
what s4k yeah. not very popular on it now as when i kinda left i destroyed the alliance i was in just a tiny bit |
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