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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 ś10 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. |
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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 -
[13]
 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  |
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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 -
[29]
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 -
[30]
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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ISHKUR MASTER
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.02.02 09:03:00 -
[31]
SPACE.COM
When it was first released, interested but connection (and finances for better connection) was not good enough to play.
So no sub.... then.
Oh the lost SP
If only I knew about skill training then....
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Kylezanto
Minmatar
The Really Awesome Players
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Posted - 2009.02.02 09:10:00 -
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Edited by: Kylezanto on 02/02/2009 09:10:11
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Jowen Datloran
Caldari
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.02.02 11:04:00 -
[33]
I have never talked with the person or been part of his corporation/guild, but I remember reading about EVE for the first time when Killgorde (Cutting Edge Incorporated) was talking about the game on the DAoC forums.
I joined in a week before the open beta ended. |
NokNok
Amok.
Minor Threat.
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Posted - 2009.02.02 11:05:00 -
[34]
I went through a wormhole |
PantrashMoFo
Caldari
Bruggen Raiders
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Posted - 2009.02.02 11:13:00 -
[35]
For me it was an article in PC Gamer about that guiding hand social club backstabbery and espionage.
decided to give it a go and waited for ever for the client to download whilst drinking large amounts of stella artois at a mates house.
Came back a little worse for wear, which lead to my character looking so darn sexy as he does. i have
been on here without a break for 3 years now and i fully expect to be here when the servers die
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Sanzorz
Amarr
Mark Of Chaos
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Posted - 2009.02.02 11:14:00 -
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I was active and starting to get semi bored of WoW back then, when a gaming friend asked me to join EVE. She was already a month old in the game or something and I downloaded the trial. I remember fully I upgraded it to normal account the next day, as I wanted to train for Industrials :) |
Splash Whale
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Posted - 2009.02.02 11:28:00 -
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A friend of mine told me about a spaceships game that was really hard to play and all.
Me being a sci-fi fan I had to start playing obviously.
My friend didnt outlive the trial, I did
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When in doubt, Ctrl-Q. |
Eran Laude
Gallente
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2009.02.02 11:38:00 -
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I discovered it about three years ago whilst looking for a new MMO to replace Guild Wars [by that point I had realised it was a repetitive piece of rubbish] and stumbled on EVE just through browsing websites and talking to people on the X2/X3 forums at egosoft.com. Didn't give it a try until 2 years ago though, when my server in LOTRO suddenly died within the space of a week.
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Dyingstar
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Posted - 2009.02.02 11:44:00 -
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For me i tried eve a few years ago but didnt get very far in the tutorial so gave up. However i've read alot of good things recently on ign/ mmorpg.com and the likes and decided to give eve another go, besides im getting bored of dragons...
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Pikkuhukka
Caldari
Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United
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Posted - 2009.02.02 12:55:00 -
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i blame kuolematon
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MILK Monk
2nd Blood Raven Assault Squad
R.U.R.
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Posted - 2009.02.02 13:07:00 -
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I was refusing to play any MMORPG for long time because I knew that I am rpg addict... after sometime, when my life is more settled I decided to risk it and I was looking for the most complex / difficult one... I hope I did good choice (so far so good)... but I am addicted already (luckily wife loves me and is willing to switch training of skill during the day...) .. on both accounts...
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I do it myyyy wayyyy... Milky Way. |
Vora Dumem
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.02.02 13:13:00 -
[42]
I was in SWG when the NGE-hammer hit. A lot of people were searching for alternatives which do not include g@y elves. EVE was passed around as the only SciFi alternative but a great number of people did not even consider it for the lack of avatars... if WiS were implemented back then the SWG servers would be totally empty by now.
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Very funny Mr. Scott, now beam down our clothes... |
Atnal
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Posted - 2009.02.02 13:18:00 -
[43]
I watched a buddy at work play the game about 5 years or so ago. I tried it at first but really didn't like it. I then thought about trying it during May of '06 and been playing it ever since. |
RaTTuS
BIG
Libertas Fidelitas
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Posted - 2009.02.02 13:21:00 -
[44]
C.S.I.P.G.Space-Sim |
Irida Mershkov
Gallente
Noir.
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Posted - 2009.02.02 13:22:00 -
[45]
My friend said to me. "Oi, nob head, you pimped up your PC a while ago right?" I replied "Yeah." He said, "join EVE you ***packet." so I did, he since has quit and left for WOW.
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Gneeznow
Minmatar
Goo Spew
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Posted - 2009.02.02 13:24:00 -
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bought the boxed version in my local game shop when it was released for red moon rising, tried it for 2 days and thought it sucked and uninstalled it, came back about 8 months later to try it again as freelancer kept crashing and I wanted to mess about with some spaceships and remembered eve and decided I would give it another shot even tho it felt awkward and boring, that was 3 years ago. |
Aodha Khan
Minmatar
The Paratwa
FOUNDATI0N
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Posted - 2009.02.02 13:29:00 -
[47]
Was still looking for a good MMORPG when my beloved Ultima Online went all Trammel(carebear) on me.
Read about this cool open sandbox style sci-fi MMORPG and managed to get into beta. Had tried a few games in the time I played Eve but nothing compares so I'm stil hooked.
Paratwa Recruitment |
Iron Jaw
The Forsakened Companions
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Posted - 2009.02.02 13:58:00 -
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Read a review in PC Gamer in 2003 and thought it sounded pretty good, but i was into another MMO at the time called Planetside, couple of months after i got bored of that (now into 2004) i was browsing a Games shop and saw Eve on Sale for ś5 or ś10, thought ''what the hell'' and bought it.
initaly i didnt get into EvE but by the end of my trial i was hooked and havent stoped playing since, except with the occational work related diversion  (like atm)
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Ocih
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.02.02 14:01:00 -
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I was on Endor killing Gurreks and suddenly there was this great big muther ****ing worm hole and poof, here I am. |
Glengrant
TOHA Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.02.02 14:09:00 -
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Friend of mine played beta and told me abouit it when I saw shiny spaceships on his computer. I made it in just for Armageddon Day (only to be late for ships - sold out - and getting ganked after a few jumps by some big ship vs my tiny ship).
He flew to London to buy half a dozen EVE boxes on release day (wasn't available in germany right away) for the 2 of us and some friends.
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Naibasak
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Posted - 2009.02.02 14:27:00 -
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I first heard about it on a short random between programs review on the sky sci-fi channelą thought it would be a random mindless first person shooter sort of thing and didnĘt even try it till two years laterą An epic fail on my part |
Dr Fighter
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Posted - 2009.02.02 14:44:00 -
[52]
Bought in PC world on a wym in late 2003.
i only poped in to grab an overpriced netty cable.
5 years on, no regrets. |
5pinDizzy
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:10:00 -
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Edited by: 5pinDizzy on 02/02/2009 15:12:32
I used to play a korean based MMO called Navyfield, an ocean combat based mmo.
I rage quitted that game though as they sold us out.
I'll give you an idea why explained through eve.
Imagine if CCP opened an item mall shop, launched a unique premium battleship that costs $10, that you could use at any level of skillpoints, that had 10 high, med and low slots, and 5 times the hitpoints of any other battleship, respawns at station and when you logged in the nexy day 99/100 people were flying one.
So I went looking for another MMO to play.
Warcraft and Everquest didn't interest me, was sick of final fantasy'ish type themed mmo crap then.
Eve online however, looked interesting because of the purrty graphics, although I almost didn't bother trying it since everyone I asked about it said it was really boring.
I think I thought the same when I started playing too, but apparently I got hooked in the end.
Despite being griefed by terrible game mechanics and certain people, I'm pretty much wise to everything now so it's only these days the most that I can settle down and enjoy eve.
I think the risk factor was what sold it to me in the end and made me stick around, the fact that everything you carry around with you is gone if you die. As I think it should always be in an MMO.
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Primnproper
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:17:00 -
[54]
My mate played beta and got me into it a few months after release |
Aidyn Avery
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:25:00 -
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i bought it at best buy. interesting that i have never seen it again from best buy(that was over 4 years ago)
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Price McChecker
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:30:00 -
[56]
None of us discovered Eve. The gate was found thousands of years ago. Dn't you read the backstory?
Pfft.
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
Nebula Rasa
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:34:00 -
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I had just about had my fill of my passtime with Earth2025, gotten banned from SWG forums pre-release and was well bored of every map in CS, kept rotating back to Azzzztec every other round anyways...
Then one of the guys at work mentioned EVE, Elite MMO where the titans moved moons. I had just gotten the connection and machine to run MMOs, Asherons Call with me getting stills on the modem had had me wary ever since. Almost 6 years later and still here, bought the original box when it was on shelves.
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Armoured C
Gallente
Federation of Freedom Fighters
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:36:00 -
[58]
Originally by: NokNok
I went through a wormhole
it a sleeper , quick kill him for the loot
This week EvE Life: Wormhole Wars 01/Feb
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Neermark
JotunHeim Hird
X13 Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:47:00 -
[59]
The reason why i started playing Eve was this blog : http://00experiment.blogspot.com/
Also the fact that i love spaceships and sci-fi just made it a total win !
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Marcus Druallis
Quantum Industries
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:51:00 -
[60]
Originally by: Kravick Drasari
I saw an EVE Online advertisement on a webpage that had instructions on how to play Ogame.
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AnonyTerrorNinja
Minmatar
Buggers' Advanced Interstellar Transport
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:54:00 -
[61]
"Eve wore nothing but a fig-leaf, eh?"
*fires up google image search*
"What!? Spaceships?"
*follows images*
"Holy crap this looks awesome!"
partially true story.
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Incognito - Fierce - Deadly - IFD (Intergallactic Federation of Dummies) aka ATN
Ikari Dimji > I mustn't run away... I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY... I MUSTN'T RUN AWA- ooh, skittles! :D
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Ma'kal
Caldari
SUNDERING
Zenith Affinity
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Posted - 2009.02.02 15:56:00 -
[62]
I was looking for a new game to play and I looked on MMORPG.com and found Eve rated the highest. So I gave it a try. That was 3 years ago today, happy creation day to me.
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el caido
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:06:00 -
[63]
The project manager (my boss) for another computer game development company showed me some screenshots and had me try it out. It is - and will most likely remain - the only MMO I have ever played. Since then, I have dumped far too many hours into this game, and my family will rejoice when I emoragequit or when EVE finally dies.
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Jack Jombardo
Amarr
Alternative Realities
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:09:00 -
[64]
Played other MMOGs (DAoC, WoW, HG:L, ...) and searched for a Amiga "Elite" remake with multiplayer. Found X3, played it some time but no multiplayer :(.
Found EvE
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Nick Curso
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:12:00 -
[65]
Edited by: Nick Curso on 02/02/2009 16:12:47
I bought it in game thinking it looked cool. I was not impressed when i found i needed to say monthly!! Seriously It was in the smallest writing ever on the box.
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Jalif
Black Sinisters
Freedom of Elbas
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:13:00 -
[66]
Thats what she ........ 
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Visceroth
Minmatar
The Athiest Syndicate
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:18:00 -
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My uncle plays EVE. At first all he did was mine and I told him "I want a PvP game." He laughed at me and said it was a PVP game. But he never did it unless his corp needed him to.
So I tried it. I had no clue what to do. I got frustrated and quit with the lack of direction.
I came back a year later and a year wiser and actually did research on what people were doing in game. Found a noob corp, got blown up and loved it all the more. Ever since than I've been addicted to the PvP.
Still trying to convince my uncle to give me his character...
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Armoured C
Gallente
Federation of Freedom Fighters
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:20:00 -
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ogame is the wow of the space world... everyone knows s4k was harder and involved more hardcore group :)
This week EvE Life: Wormhole Wars 01/Feb
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Cusi Huaman
Tyrell Corp
INTERDICTION
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:24:00 -
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Iir I found out about eve from the old Homeworld community. Hangin about the eve boards for about 3 years, I got into beta for the last 6 months, give or take some. Been here ever since, on an off playing somthing else, like lotro and war, but always coming back.
Its only, I sometimes miss the big empty constellations from the first glorious year. Although, I don't miss everybody calling me a mining carebear for I chose that shiny apoc over everything else...
Veld roids you had to mine from the inside...
... I want dessert - where is my Overlord?
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Kryss Stevenson
Caldari
GMS Corporation
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:35:00 -
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I was playing EnB and saw the beta sign up for EVE. Tried liked the graphics, but my computer would crash every time I docked at a station. So I for got about it for a while.
EnB closed and I ended up playing some other MMOĘs got bored with the level grinding. Then looked if EVE was still around found it and been playing since.
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mr passie
Minmatar
Purgatorial Janitors Inc.
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:35:00 -
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I discovered eve through a friend,
he stopped playing because he was afraid he'd get an heart attack if he tried to pvp and pve got boring.
Recently we had a discussion about eve and he came to the conclusion that just because I like to blow up other ppl's hard earned virtual money with a lot of risk to my own hard earned virtual money I must be psychologically unstable. Me denying that I'm a psycho cause I play eve only firmed his view as denying it would ofc only be done by a true psycho... (this isn't a troll BTW the guy is seriously weird himself)
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5pinDizzy
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:37:00 -
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Yes, you'll find there's a few of us ex homeworlders around.
God that was a great multiplayer game in its days.
Used to love the games when after we'd exhausted crazy scouts and corvette walls and such that as my mothership still had more hp I'd ram the other guy and win sometimes. xD |
Indus Mono
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:43:00 -
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How did I hear of Eve?
Through forums mostly, strange whispers of a game unlike anything out there.
What brought me into the game?
Istvaan Shogaatsu.
When I read the PC Gamer article about the fall of Miriam and the sheer magnitude of the GHSC's now legendary infiltration, I set down the magazine, got on my laptop, and started playing. I was (and still am) kicking myself for not giving it a try sooner.
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BiggestT
Caldari
Resurrection
Skunk-Works
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:44:00 -
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Edited by: BiggestT on 02/02/2009 16:56:44
Was a link from IGN I think...
Add was simple..
"Try EVE" with a concord battleship being placed into a womens mouth with chop sticks u cld only see one side of the women's face (only mouth + chin visible) with mouth open ready to gobble it up..
Ahh, good add...
Oh dear this is my 3rd year now..WTF where'd all that time go?? |
Lochmar Fiendhiem
Caldari
Quicksilver Industries and Painful Effects Inc.
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Posted - 2009.02.02 16:48:00 -
[75]
Found eve becasue the creator of ctrl+alt+del webcomic picked up a trial and loved the game and proceded to write why the game was epic. I promptly downloaded it and been hooked ever seen. |
quave
Caldari
EPIC INC
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Posted - 2009.02.02 17:00:00 -
[76]
Edited by: quave on 02/02/2009 17:05:42
For me it was an ad on a website, can't remember what one. It had 2 naglfar heading towards a planet by the looks of it. What got my attention was that those ships were
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Clicked on the ad and been playing ever since.
Edit: i forgot about this video, it helped alot with me making my mind up about subscribing. |
cpt Mark
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Posted - 2009.02.02 17:07:00 -
[77]
A banner add on gamespot website.
then I quit after 2 months, and returned when i received an E-mail about all the new things in Eve and a free 5 days.
and the cheaper first month.
They caught me on the hook and reeled me in. =O |
Qui Shon
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Posted - 2009.02.02 17:09:00 -
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Edited by: Qui Shon on 02/02/2009 17:15:23
An angry colleague played it. I asked a bit and when I found out you can only control one ship at a time/account, there isn't any kind of simulation of anything in it, that it's basically a one unit/player rts, I thought it sounded ******ed.
But some time later some other geezer told me it was complex and hard, and my dumb ass believed his lies.
Two years later I've got three accounts and won't(can't) leave
Always been a sucker for sci-fi, and I'm really looking forward to the march expansion. Hopefully it will restore some sense of OUTER SPACE into this urban ghetto game.
Oh, also Eve Never Fades from the official video trailer page made it look awesome and complex. Still the best introductory vid I've seen, despite being with the old graphics. Also some Goonie (those evil no good bastards) vids (both instructional and propaganda) helped sway me. |
Traidor Disloyal
Minmatar
Private Nuisance
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Posted - 2009.02.02 17:20:00 -
[79]
Saw the box for the game at a store (I think it was Gamestop) back in 2003. Was not into MMOs at the time but since it had spaceships and explosions I decided to try it. I have played many MMOs since but I have always come back to my first, my Eve. Eve popped my cherry.
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I have three characters. One has Cov Ops V along with all the bells and whistles that goes with it. |
Pestilent Industries
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Posted - 2009.02.02 17:22:00 -
[80]
I had played just about every other MMOG out there and had passed over Eve many times because I was told it was a lame space trading game. Eventually, I quit what I was playing at the time, and since it was free for 2 weeks, gave Eve a try. I so regret not playing since beta and passing over the game time and time again. I would have at least twice as many SP then I do now. =(
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Wreavers
Minmatar
Terran Conflict Corporation
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Posted - 2009.02.02 17:26:00 -
[81]
I got introduced to this wonderful, weird game through my brother back in the beta days (I think late 2003) Have dabbled in one other MMO, got bored or that and have been with Eve ever since. Well done CCP...
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Artimis Scout
Caldari
Wormhole Cartography
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Posted - 2009.02.02 18:40:00 -
[82]
Started in UO, went to EQ then WoW, back to UO. Was reading the Ultima Online boards with some rant about scamming people and someone posted a link to a blog. Some guy ripping off a few dozen people to buy a Battlship BPO. Sounded neat, the way he described the game and I had saw the banner ads (guess they do work) on the site.
Me and friend tried it out. Loved it. Tried to get 4 other friends to play, none of them made 3 days past the 14 day trial. They are now Wo****ers |
Sloth Arnini
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
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Posted - 2009.02.02 18:53:00 -
[83]
I saw an article in an old copy of PC Gamer (not the GHSC article) that I was reading to kill time. Signed up in June 2005 and haven't left since. Tried Guild Wars for a bit but I lost interest.
A pity I didn't train the skill up in time to fly an 8 heavy drone Thorax. O, RMR! How cruel thou wert! |
Doppleganger
Minmatar
Libera Mentem Tuam
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Posted - 2009.02.02 19:01:00 -
[84]
Someone posted a link to the eve beta site on the Jumpgate forums. I was getting bored with Jumpgate so I signed up for the beta. Been here ever since.
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The AEther
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Posted - 2009.02.02 19:01:00 -
[85]
Edited by: The AEther on 02/02/2009 19:05:33
My boyfriend started playing EVE after reading about it from Slashdot. He successfully concealed it from me for 3 weeks but eventually i found out. The interface looked very confusing to me so I started pestering him with questions about it which he answered to his newbie extent. He was meanwhile busy mining jaspet in lowsec in a frigate and watching out for rats. Over a few play sessions I picked up enough on the game that i started backseat driving him while he was playing, telling him what to do, etc. Then he got ganked by a Vexor in his Catalyst which i thought was just like wow with the nos effects and pew pew from hybrids. At this point he suggested I should get a trial then we can form a corporation. And that's how i started playing EVE. Since that time we split and he no longer plays the game. I, however, kept on with it even though i haven't played it actively all the time. I am a very visual person and what initially made me want to try the game out is the beauty of some systems. That nos effect i saw coming from the pirate Vexor definitely added to it as well.
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Cailais
Amarr
0utbreak
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Posted - 2009.02.02 19:02:00 -
[86]
I bought the box set went it went on retail, played for a few hours but thought it was a bit 'meh' at the time. A loooong while later I was playing freelancer, but was getting a bit bored of that - so rummaging about in the attic I came across the old box covered in dust. It wouldnt install of course, but I went to the forums and downloaded the game online just for something to do for a day or so - that was 3 years ago.
C.
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TylerJames
Celtic Anarchy
Force Of Evil
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Posted - 2009.02.02 19:15:00 -
[87]
A guy I played Planetside with had started playing, eventually he drug about 5 of us to eve. I hated it at first to be honest. We were mining in empire, so go figure, but I stayed to chat with friends. Some caldari role players declared war on us and I got my first taste of pvp in eve. I shook for about an hour afterwards from the adrenaline and 5 years later here I am still getting my pvp fix like a good addict. |
Northern Fall
Minmatar
Guild Navy
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Posted - 2009.02.02 19:27:00 -
[88]
Typing in "free online space games" into google, then trawled through some forums and found a mention of eve. didnt think much of it at the time
then i bought a PC gamer with an article on EVE featuring redswarm and BoB.
Downloaded thr next day |
Kirov Reporting
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Posted - 2009.02.02 19:28:00 -
[89]
apoc bpo scam story |
Karrade Krise
Galatic P0RN Starz
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Posted - 2009.02.02 19:53:00 -
[90]
Got an email from a game I played with a bit called Galatic Civilizations. Thought I'd try out the two week trial and I fell for it. Hard.
CCP Atlas - The Short Story - "With Quantum Rise, we kind of messed up the performance of the EVE client."
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BrundleMeth
Caldari
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2009.02.02 20:05:00 -
[91]
Edited by: BrundleMeth on 02/02/2009 20:06:24
A co-worker recently told me about it in like December. I have been gaming 20 years or so playing mostly adventure games in the way past, flight sims for 5 or 6 years and shooters since Doom came out. I'm a hardware and gadget junkie and was looking for something new. I took a look at EVE and signed up for 3 months. Within a few days, I bought a second account, and paid $700.00 for a new NetBook so I can take it into work with me and make sure I always got a training session going.
Woo Hoo, this game rocks and looks awesome on a 30 Inch Monitor at 2560 x 1600 rez...
(Dual Income, No Kids, 51 years old)... (Oh and the lovely wife is a gamer too. I just ordered her Netbook on Saturday)...
Woot !!!
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Commander Shag
No Trademark
Notoriety Alliance
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Posted - 2009.02.02 20:25:00 -
[92]
A bunch of buddies and I played on a sponsored FPS team called "No Trademark". They started playing EVE and convinced me to come try it. Been playing ever since.
Hi Fifi
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Yesh
Dirty Filthy Perverts
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Posted - 2009.02.02 20:35:00 -
[93]
I was listening to a radio chat show a few years back and the topic was about how a rehab centre had been set up to help people with video game addiction.
People called in about WOW and EVE and when I got home I googled eve and have been here ever since.
Irony or what?
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Fyrewyre
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Posted - 2009.02.02 20:35:00 -
[94]
My supervisor at work (we used to occasionally play online together) came into work one morning and said "I've found a new game but I'm not sure if you will like it"
3 years on
I even remember spending the entire morning browsing the item database on my mobile phone, I go back to the item database every now and again to recreate said morning as it hasn't changed since.
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"Never let anyone stop you having fun"
Mad Snoz, leeds |
wolfbuzz
Gallente
Accurate Learning
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Posted - 2009.02.02 21:36:00 -
[95]
Advert on IGN.com ages ago... |
Gogar Teltaf
tr0pa de elite
G00DFELLAS
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Posted - 2009.02.02 21:38:00 -
[96]
For me it was an article by UK games reviewer Jim Rossignol, published in PC Gamer magazine back in 2004 detailing his story in eve prior to that point. That got me into the idea of playing eve, and I think that in January 2005 PC Gamer put the client on there disk so I decided to check it out. Been playing (almost without breaks) ever since. |
Jenny Spitfire
Caldari
LoneStar Industries
FOUNDATI0N
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Posted - 2009.02.02 21:49:00 -
[97]
I paly WOW and met vewy halpful palyars and tehy give me test key to trie Eve. I trie Eve and I lube it. Eve palyars are vewy niec.
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Technica impendi Caldari generis. Pax Caldaria!
Go vote!
Put voice for silent majority.
LOVE PVP, HATE grief |
Vincent Gaines
Tau Online Explorator Corp
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Posted - 2009.02.02 21:56:00 -
[98]
GHSC article, I believe it was in The Escapist
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RevJim
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.02.02 22:01:00 -
[99]
Goddamn barstard 'friend' of mine got me to download it, dammit!
Wouldn't be so bad, but the missus plays too, can't escape :(
RevJim
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Reyold Bengali
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.02.02 22:24:00 -
[100]
After I left SWG, a friend suggested I give Eve a try. He quit a few months later to play, of all things, WoW. Meanwhile, it'll be three years for me this May. |
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Larg Kellein
Caldari
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
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Posted - 2009.02.02 23:05:00 -
[101]
Read a review on release, thought it looked promising but refused to pay for a subscription to a game I already paid for back then.
A couple of years later, and I've gotten over the subscription thing, and am playing City of Heroes. Then I read the PC Gamer article on the GHSC infiltration job, which rekindles my interest. However, I'm still enjoying city of heroes, and due to being on a student income, can't justify the extra subscription. Some time later, I'm getting bored with City of Heroes, and some people from my group here have drifted to Eve, so I figure I'll give it a shot. Couple of years later, and I have 3 accounts.
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Nyphur
Pillowsoft
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Posted - 2009.02.02 23:34:00 -
[102]
During a game of D&D, a friend was talking to me about this new MMO that was going to be massive and how I should get in on the ground floor. Much to the annoyance of our DM, we spent the entire D&D session chatting about it. I signed up an account in february 2004 and my dad paid for it. Now almost five years later I'm still playing and still love the game. I've done practically everything in EVE over the years, from 0.0 alliance leadership to piracy, marketeering, even selling research lab slots back in 2005. I contributed a lot to the insider's guide section in the early EON magazines and now I write a weekly column on EVE Online at massively.com. So yeah getting into EVE has definitely been a good experience for me.
The friend that got me into EVE (Velsharoon) has quit unfortunately but I'm still going and have brought some RL friends into the game, including my little brother ToG who likes to build all my tritanium into shuttles and spend all my isk on exotic dancers if I leave EVE running and leave the room ¼_¼. |
Kyanzes
Amarr
Utopian Research I.E.L.
Hedonistic Imperative
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Posted - 2009.02.03 00:04:00 -
[103]
On MMORPG.com in 2004, I think. |
Par'Gellen
Gallente
Tres Hombres Psychiatric Hospital
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Posted - 2009.02.03 00:10:00 -
[104]
Read a writeup about it in a magazine just before it was released. Sounded cool so I grabbed a copy the day it hit the shelves. |
Rondo Gunn
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.02.03 00:14:00 -
[105]
Heard about it when it was in beta. From...Gamespot.com....I think. So many years ago, I can't really remember.
I remember reading about the exequror being introduced. I though it looked neat. Lol, how times change. Mining cruiser indeed, hehe. |
Dau Imperius
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.02.03 00:19:00 -
[106]
I was playing Earth and Beyond (E&B) in 2003 and loving it!
Meanwhile I was gearing up for Star Wars Galaxies (SWG). While looking around in my local gaming store to pre-order it, I saw that EVE was going to be released (back in the orginal box we had to pay for lol) at the same time. I had heaps of time so I decided to give it a go.
I wasslike many in the begining who thought the game wouldn't last past a year. But we were oh so wrong. Thing is there were many more players (not alts/multiple accounts) back then; And less PvP-oriented players lowering the IQ of the game. Still here though, till a successor to E&B comes along.
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DubanFP
Caldari
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2009.02.03 00:24:00 -
[107]
I ran across the article about the GHSC event in my issue of PC gamer. I couldn't actually subscribe for another 6 months and only played a series of trials for a while but eventually I got the game. Nearly 3 years later here I am still playing.
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This is EVE. Here you have the right to settle any disagreements with lethal force. |
SkyLordUK
Amarr
Baptism oF Fire
B.L.A.C.K.
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Posted - 2009.02.03 00:27:00 -
[108]
browsing the net for online MMOs EvE popped up on a website i found on google clicked on it found out i had to pay so i left....
....came back 2 days later when my friend told me there was a free trial used 4 free trails then gave up...
year later hallaulah got a job subscribed to EvE with the current Character and here i am 2 1/2 years later and so far killing all alliances i've joined 
Hope BOB take me in soon and put everyones pain at ease
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2009.02.03 00:49:00 -
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Picked up a 14 day trial from the cover disc of PC Powerplay way back in early '04. Thus began my journey!
Always makes me smile to think that the simple act of buying a magazine had such far-reaching effects.
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woodman az
Gallente
United Space Aillance USA
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Posted - 2009.02.03 00:53:00 -
[110]
Frackin EA hut down Earth and Beyond..the Fracking AssHats at EA!!!!!
Otherwise I would of had 2 accounts at Earth and Beyond and one here....maybe 2 accounts here tooo
Promises made > Promises Kept
BRING THE BRIGHT STAR BACK!!!
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IVeige
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Posted - 2009.02.03 01:05:00 -
[111]
was chatting and some folk post the eve online url on the main chat for his buddy. I click on it
oh i feel old now. |
EnslaverOfMinmatar
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Posted - 2009.02.03 01:09:00 -
[112]
read a few exaggerated battle reports on mmorpg.com forums |
Epegi Givo
Amarr
Demon Theory
UNLeashed Legion
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Posted - 2009.02.03 01:15:00 -
[113]
I was playing SWG, After the NGE I still stuck with it because it was the best MMO that I had access to. When reading the forums a bit I read something about a spaceship game called EVE, a game I had never heard of. I then Googled EVE, found a wiki-ish article about it that explained all about the basic game mechanics of EVE.
now at this time me and a friend were imagining a perfect MMO. The perfect MMO's keypoints were:
When you die all of the stuff you were carrying is GONE, unless you go back for it.
All one gigantic server, where almost all of the stuff is player-dependant
ability to shoot anyone anywhere, just sometimes with some pretty bad consequences.
Player Guilds that did more than just give you a symbol over your head, as in they would actually get to own areas of space, and become nations on their own.
No lag whatsoever.
And guess how many of the above things are in EVE? all but one, and that one is on its way to being fixed too.
After reading the article, I got a trial, joined a corp, and immediately fell in love with EVE. |
Captain Pompous
Is Right Even When He's Wrong So Deal With It
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Posted - 2009.02.03 01:27:00 -
[114]
Softly, tenderly and with great consideration and thoughtfulness. It was a hot summer night. It was great.
I haven't looked back. |
Komen
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.02.03 01:31:00 -
[115]
Hmm, let's see...
Saw the Angelice Prime trailer, back in...'01?
I began to follow the development of the game from that point on.
Tried the open beta, I found it interesting but lacking at that time, and when the May '03 launch was announced, I was very much of the opinion that Eve was not, then, a game ready to ship. I still blame Simon and Schuster for much of Eve's early hardships. Ebil money grubbin' publishers are bad, m'kay.
Played Planetside for..oh, 10 months or so. How I so wanted that game to not suck.
A year later, April '04, I signed up for the free trial. 3 days into that, the CEO of my first corp flew through the system where I was mining (Duripant, or nearby), spammed a corp recruitment in local. I being noobish, I was all like 'wait, wot's dis den?' (also, I was apparently speaking in Orkish).
So I convo'ed him up, and got recruitmented.
Then I went to 0.0 sometime later, first fighting against CFS (and fired on blues at the beginning of that war), later that corp joined Fountain Alliance. War came, I lost shipses, went to empire to join logistical support corp adjunct to my first corp, but that was never really well run and participation was poor.
Stayed in that corp, but effectively not doing anything corp-constructive, for a while.
Joined EDF during their stay in ASCN. Fought a few fleet fights, defended turf against roaming gangs, shot some BoB during the early days of that war. Stayed on until I felt that the war had been lost, left EDF.
Joined industrial corp in empire. Got my first real taste of small-gang and solo PvP there, and found that I liked it
Left that corp, put up recruitment thread looking to join Merc Corp. Got pointed to Trinity Nova, with whom I learned a lot, such as that flying PvP while naked is even more exciting.
Trinity Nova closed up shop, and now I'm back to culling the NPC herds, as directed by my agent.
Where will I go next in this game? That's the beauty of it...even I don't know.
Thank you CCP, for these five years I've enjoyed. |
Ard UnjiiGo
The Bastards
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2009.02.03 01:39:00 -
[116]
Had been playing UO but was just getting pretty sick of what was passing for PvP there.
Read reviews about a bunch of games. Was looking for something heavily PvP focused. So, it probably comes as no surprise that I decided to give the EVE Trial a go.
I've never looked back or played any other MMO since.
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OffBeaT
Caldari
KaMiKaZes
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Posted - 2009.02.03 01:48:00 -
[117]
i walked though a video store 6yrs ago and saw it..
dont ever wont to see a game like it again.. NEVER! |
AshenShugar01
Wrath of Fenris
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Posted - 2009.02.03 03:18:00 -
[118]
A buddy of mine was playing one of my fav games of all time Baldur's Gate, I'd catch up with him and he'd tell me where in the story he was up to etc. The one day he said 'Oh i'm not playing BG anymore' WHAT THE??? why? I asked, EVE he said.... and the rest is history, meaningless pixel history to boot :) |
Light Pillar
The Wailing Doom
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Posted - 2009.02.03 03:19:00 -
[119]
I played EQ, didn't like it. Played Diablo II online, didn't like it. The one day at a Barrack's party (Typhoon slamming into Okinawa; locked on Base for 3 days), a friend showed me Planetside. I became a God in the flesh draining 3 years into it. Then SOE did what they do to all their games; milk it for every damn penny they can get their greedy hands on and then move on.
When it died I asked one of my buds; are there any other MMO's where I can be truly evil?
Started Eve, never looked back. |
Cyprus Black
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2009.02.03 03:26:00 -
[120]
I was seriously into WoW and played it 8 hours a day every day. Then Blizzard released that damn awful BC expansion and I hated the game. Yes, it really was that bad.
Since then I've been jumping from MMO to MMO looking to settle down in one. Eventually I chose EvE.
Recently I went back to WoW to see if this latest expansion redeemed Blizzard for their terrible content. It didn't and if anything, it made the game worse. |
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Jack Light
legion syndicate
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Posted - 2009.02.03 03:35:00 -
[121]
Edited by: Jack Light on 03/02/2009 03:35:04
RL friend got my brother to play. He got me to play.
And first on a new page! |
soldieroffortune 258
Gallente
Horsemen of Apocalypse
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Posted - 2009.02.03 03:44:00 -
[122]
was browsing wikipedia (yes wikipedia)
i had heard of MMO's but never really took any thought into them, then, while browsing through wikipedia saw EVE online, i clicked the link, saw the pictures, saw how the game worked, saw things like piracy and non consensual pvp, ect. and got hooked |
Majin82
Caldari
The.Trust
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Posted - 2009.02.03 05:04:00 -
[123]
Was reading Penny-Arcade and an Ad flashed on a banner.
I had alwaysed wanted to play a MMO but didn't want to start with WOW.
Eve had space ships and it looksed awesome!
I joined back in the good old days of Bloodlines (Red Moon Rising) back when EVE was more fun and only had 8,000 people on a Sunday.
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The difference between a Pirate and an Anti-Pirate is that an Anti-Pirate fights ships fitted with guns!
Passive Drake For The Win |
Smog890
Minmatar
Knights Of the Black Sun
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Posted - 2009.02.03 05:15:00 -
[124]
oh oh oh I like questioners:
I was making my own trailer in class and got a hold of eve trailers to splice in and then i was like this game looks cool and then I was like try demo then after an hour of demo I was like i'm paying monthly for it and then i've been playing for 3 years and making people cry ever since  |
Letri Bimmet
Gallente
Estrale Frontiers
BlackWater.
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Posted - 2009.02.03 06:03:00 -
[125]
Was searching through some freelancer info and found a eve-o ad.
After a trial I didn't get the hang of it all.
A year later for some reason I rememberd eve-o again wile checking some sites and downloaded it to have another go, been hooked ever since. |
Box Kicker
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Posted - 2009.02.03 06:17:00 -
[126]
I was browsing the shelves at Best Buy and saw it. I started reading the box and it struck my fancy so I bought it.
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Callas Torval
Caldari
Tactical Initiative
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Posted - 2009.02.03 06:21:00 -
[127]
I found a link to it at deviantart.com, that was over a year ago, Ive been hooked ever since.
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wickedpheonix
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Posted - 2009.02.03 07:02:00 -
[128]
Knew a few people in my FPS clan who played EVE on the side and a few people in RL as well, I set a date for me to start since I'm pretty busy in RL and then I got a trial - stuck with since this past summer and recently started a second account too |
Fal Dara
Gallente
Obsidian Asylum
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Posted - 2009.02.03 08:18:00 -
[129]
had heard about it when it was in beta, and had a few guild mates from EnB tell me i shoudl try eve--i didnt, because i was MASSIVLY addicted to EnB (several 150's).. then, about a year later, when EnB announced its death (which i adamantly denied for months was coming)... i clsed the account, never to even see my 2 years of work (12 hours a day)..
went to the store lookin for a new game... saw eve on the shelf (had seen it before, it was sitting there for ages.. had even been marked down, AND i used a 15% off cupon as well)... got eve.. re-named my new character after the one i had in ENB..
and the rest... is history.
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Thynar
Gallente
Melita Foundation
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Posted - 2009.02.03 09:11:00 -
[130]
Spent nearly 3 years raid leading in WoW getting more frustrated at Blizzard nerfing the effort/reward ratio and the non-instanced "PvP". Started reminiscing on the old Elite game when a hunter told me about EvE and his days fighting the Stain/Curse wars.
The rest is history I suppose. I deleted my WoW toons 2 days in my trial and subscribed. I meet quite a few WoW vets that, like me, would have never started playing WoW, if we knew about EvE. Pity I don't have as much time to dedicate to this game. |
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ollobrains2
Gallente
New Eve Order Holdings
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Posted - 2009.02.03 09:38:00 -
[131]
trialed just after it started, then came back later on
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Axel Vindislaga
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Posted - 2009.02.03 11:17:00 -
[132]
I saw an article in a PC Powerplay mag about the development and anticipated launch of Eve Online and wanted to play as soon as I saw it. I have played this genre through from wire frame models on an Amstrad Sooo many years ago.
Was never able to bank roll a PC, connection and house till a couple years ago and still had trouble with moving and work.. Now I am finally able to play... after what more than 7-8 years or something crazy of wanting to play it.
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Zora Xen
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Posted - 2009.02.03 11:51:00 -
[133]
It was a dark alley and I was chilled to the bone.
The man had a nice smile and invited me inside, if only to warm my hands by the fire.
My family can't afford CCP's ransom so I've been trapped here ever since |
Lt Shard
Shoot To Thrill
Un-Natural Selection
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Posted - 2009.02.03 12:47:00 -
[134]
I was playing gmod, the head server admin kept talking about it with another admin, curiously i asked what it was. He gave me a link.i signed up and dl'ed played for 12 days and subscribed and he helped me along the way. He eventually quit (both admins did). But The head admin came back and now is always on and ironically i can kick his ass now. |
Kyle Cataclysm
Blue.
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Posted - 2009.02.03 12:51:00 -
[135]
Edited by: Kyle Cataclysm on 03/02/2009 12:51:36
Many Jumpgate players left JG for EvE. I decided to stay, but when the servers were closed, I tried out EvE. At first, I failed at the steep learning cliff, but 6 months later I gave it another try. Still playing today :] |
Lost Hamster
Serenity and Hungarian Operational Team
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Posted - 2009.02.03 13:14:00 -
[136]
At the time, I was playing my first MMO = Guild Wars. But after a year, it was boring.
I was talking with one of my co-worker, about games, and I told him, that I was looking for some space game, and he mentioned EvE. He said, this is one of the games, where he is truly enjoying the music
The first week nothing happened, I still played GW. But then asked him, what was the game again? And he give me an URL to the Hungarian EvE site. At first I just read the forums, found a really inspiring Wikipedia entry.
Then I signed up. Made my first character, I had some basic knowledge, but I just clicked through the character creation fast.
3 years later I still play that old character. I haven't regretted the attributes what I used that time. :)
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Corwain
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Posted - 2009.02.03 13:40:00 -
[137]
I joined after reading about this. |
Noiashui
Amarr
Master Miners
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Posted - 2009.02.03 13:41:00 -
[138]
Was introduced to it when discovering EVE radio, but never joined 'cause like.. how can playing with space ships be any fun?
I then later on got so fed up with not having a clue what my boyfriend was on about when rambling away about it, I eventually joined, left, rejoined and suddenly YAY! Awesome game ^^ |
Mordekai Bloodwake
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.02.03 13:45:00 -
[139]
from Earth and Beyond (i still miss that game) |
James Holcomb
Caldari
Davy Jones Locker
Enforcers of Serenity
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Posted - 2009.02.03 14:24:00 -
[140]
I discovered Eve because my closest friend told me to check it out, "it seemed really cool."
I tried it; tutorial took forever. Left. Tried it again, skipped the tutorial and went back to playing WoW. Tried it again and got addicted and now I can't get my closest friend to give the game a fair shake. |
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Wacktopia
Infinity Miners Union
Eych Four Eks Zero Ahr
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Posted - 2009.02.03 15:08:00 -
[141]
I was reading a list of MMOs on Wikipedia based on
- User base
- Type
- PvPness
I was looking for a MMO that was more open and flexible than the one I was currently playing. I particularly liked the PvP anywhere/sandbox style of eve. |
Hugh Ruka
Exploratio et Industria Morispatia
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Posted - 2009.02.03 15:44:00 -
[142]
Edited by: Hugh Ruka on 03/02/2009 15:44:19
From a coworker. I was looking for a new MMO to try after various free shard UO and RO tries. Tried Anarchy Online, was not for me. Went through all the free to play MMOs on MMORPG.com list. Did not like any of them.
Then a coworker in the same situation found EVE and the 14day trial, instant love affair with the game.
almost 4 years later I am writing this post ...
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CSM: your support is needed ! |
AleRiperKilt
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Posted - 2009.02.03 17:15:00 -
[143]
Slashdot
They probably had articles about this game that I skipped since it required Windows and I had excised Microsoft from my home.
I read about it again when Linux client gets released, ignored it again since I thought I had to pay for cedega to run it (as a good ./ reader didn't RTFA)
Then the first days of 2008 ./ posts another EVE scam, I decide to RTFA and expend almost the whole day in the office scouring the intertubes for more info about this game. That night I downloaded the linux client, created this char and ...
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Skornik
Infusion.
PROBABLE CAUSE
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Posted - 2009.02.03 17:35:00 -
[144]
I was playing Anarchy Online at the time, having been introduced to it by a colleague. I knew of MMOs already but Ultima Online and EQ didn't really appeal.
I read an article in Edge magazine in the UK about Eve Online and the massively multi-Elite theme was very appealing. The article went into great depth about how the nebula graphics were being created by dropping inks and oils into fish tanks if I recall correctly :). The images were really stunning to other games around at the time.
Finally got into the beta at one point, but was way too mining focussed then, so it slipped to the back of my mind. Found a copy for ś5 in the bargain bin in Game in mid 2004 pre Shiva expansion - as it was then - and stuck with it for a few months before work commitments took over for a while.
Ended up reading the GHSC article in PC Gamer and realised it had developed into what I always thought it had the potential to be - that was early 2006, been playing since then.
Sometimes I wish I'd stuck it out each time, could be sitting on 100mil sp char
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Dreamwalker
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Posted - 2009.02.03 17:41:00 -
[145]
From playing UO with friends who were *****ing that UO has turned into a hello kitty online. Then one of them said he was trying this game called Eve.
PS comic book shops are lame.
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Ana Vyr
DB - LJ Industries
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Posted - 2009.02.03 17:43:00 -
[146]
I've known about EVE since it released, but I had other priorities. I was playing WWII Online at the time, which was a neat game. Then I ran a NWN campaign for three years which sucked up all my gaming time. Got into WoW after that for a couple years, and when I tired of the simple game mechanics, I decided, finally, to try EVE. EVE impresses me quite a bit. Reminds me a little of UO for its sandbox type gameplay.
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Raia Mortius
Yin Bao
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Posted - 2009.02.03 17:44:00 -
[147]
i was unemployed and wanted to see what all those MMOs were about.
did some investigating and as eve was the only sci fi mmo out there i got my hands on a trial and started playing.
i think that was in 04 or 05..
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Katsuro Michio
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.02.03 17:44:00 -
[148]
My journey through the MMOs has led me hereą
I started with World of Warcraft, and played that for about 3-4 months, levelling two characters to 60. Got bored of the repetitious raids and constant immaturity, and went over to City of Heroes and City of Villains. I had a blast over there for almost a year, had multiple accounts and my own Superhero Group. But eventually it became very repetitious, and the graphics started to get old for me. The lack of end game things to do when both your accounts are almost maxed out with high level toons, eventually had me go toą
ąEverquest 2! I played that for about 2 months, and it reminded me too much of WoW, so I left that forą Lord of the Rings online. I played that for a month, and started to get bored of the whole Fantasy genre, so I tried my first Sci Fi gameą
Tabula Rasa. I played that for a solid month and a half right from launch. The bugs in that game made it unplayable. Whole zones were so buggy, you couldnĘt play in them. The missions were bugged and couldnĘt be finished, or whole zones were so laggy that no one could do anything in them. Otherwise I liked the game. But I went back to Lord of the Rings Online, because Tabula Rasa was too buggy to play. I played Lord of the Rings Online for a solid 6 months before my account filled up with all level 50 characters, and multiple characters had full Rift gearą Then the boredom hit. I still have that lifetime account!!!
So then I stopped playing MMOs altogether for about 6 months, got tired of feeding MicrosoftĘs extremely poor operating systems and I bought an iMac. The iMac is amazing by the way. I was a PC owner for the last 20 years, and I have no regrets with the change.
But shortly after my purchase, the itch started happening againą I looked for an MMO for the iMac a few weeks ago (a program I didnĘt have to run buggy windows on with BootCamp or Parallels). My choices were WoW or Eve. I already knew what WoW was all about, and wasnĘt about to go back there, so I am currently trying Eve.
IĘve been disappointed with the Mac client to date, and though I am still new, IĘve really debated on quitting this game a few times because of the memory leaks, and mouse disappearing randomly while playingą
ąbut I am going to give it another month or so to see if the Premium client runs any better before I jump ship to something elseą I still have a PS3 aching to be played!
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Oxylan
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Posted - 2009.02.03 18:13:00 -
[149]
I discovered eve in Google.True story,google rox! |
Promu
The Lost and The Damned
Damnation of Souls
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Posted - 2009.02.03 18:23:00 -
[150]
Edited by: Promu on 03/02/2009 18:24:17
i was at bestbuy and saw the box looked at it and bought it :) Back in 03
Or maybe it was another store dont remember. But i still got the cd case and box etc!
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Kweel Nakashyn
Minmatar
Kernel of War
Tau Ceti Federation
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Posted - 2009.02.03 18:28:00 -
[151]
Edited by: Kweel Nakashyn on 03/02/2009 18:35:46
I was eagerly waiting for the release soon after finnishing X2 the Threat, since I was in a "scifi" mood.
But I was student so rice packs, beers and internet connection were coming first on my budget. So I sticked with dice'n paper roleplaying games which were sort of free to play. Was trying to make money writing for them, btw (after 5 years of just playing Vampire the mascarade, the game I writted for was a halfdark baroque fantasy game : Agone from Multisim for those who knows it - it was translated in english and was quite well aclaimed by critics and it's still a great game).
I forgot Eve. Two years 1/2 ago, I had a job and a mmo hardcore fan said in my job "hey, I started playing Eve blablabla TCF blablabla huge fights blablabla deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep blablabla".
Here I came :)
Fetchez la vache !
moar(tm) > soon(tm) \o/
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eliminator2
Gallente
Annihilate.
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Posted - 2009.02.03 18:31:00 -
[152]
i was in skool and one of people in my class (we both ended up going to wrong room) started talking to me at first i though wtf is this guy thinking then after a few mins we was talking about games like BF2 start trek (yes i like that :D ) and then he mentioned id like a game called EVE online and instead of doing work we went on the site and he showed me what to do.
ever since we have been mates EVE brought a friend to me and the friend brought me EVE :)
but yea iv been playin eve for nearly 2-3 years i think i no its 2 years but not sure if its third :D
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Leilani Solaris
Gallente
Atomic Battle Penguins
The Darwin Award Foundation
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Posted - 2009.02.03 18:34:00 -
[153]
I started playing with a group of rl friends who have all since quit.
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Kiyirari
All Star Shipyards
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Posted - 2009.02.03 18:40:00 -
[154]
I was in some pc game shop in canterbury in sept 2004 and found this game called EVE, it looked interesting and only cost ś19.99 also iirc it came with months free prescription. Sounded good at the time and been here ever since. |
Random Womble
Minmatar
Master Miners
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Posted - 2009.02.03 19:32:00 -
[155]
First read reveiws back in 2003 in PC Gamer (uk) if i remember correctly and thought that looks great i would love to try it but at the time we had the worst dial-up connection every (plus i was 14 or 15 at the time) and to be honest was not completely sure on what an MMO entailed.
Then late 2004 there was a new reveiw and it got me thinking about it again and over the christmas holidays i spent alot of time over at a mates whose brother had just started playing and doing a load of RP stuff as a minmatar and i have to admit i was fairly facinated. Finally early 2005 there was a 14 day free trial on the PC Gamer cover disc and we got broadband \o/ so i signed up, got hooked in a few hours and have been playing ever since (give or take some time out for a gap year).
Got a second account within 6 months and now even have the girlfriend playing too
*points back to post 138 on previous page* |
Dul Aaklyr
Occam's Razor Combine
Arx Insania
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Posted - 2009.02.03 19:48:00 -
[156]
I was in a guild or whatever it was in E&B, moving around its few dozen systems looking for uncamped spawn points and grinding trade missions for xp.
Half the guild (or whatever) got into the Eve beta so I kept hearing about the vast expanses of space and the no-grind skills.
I ordered the box from Amazon (if I remember correctly) and IĘve been here since pretty much.
IĘm ashamed to say I let my subscription lapse for a while in Ę04 while I was playing SWG. To this day I think about the missed skill points I could have hadą
Been adding an account a year ever since to make up for lost time
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Disteeler
Segunda Fundacion
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2009.02.03 20:02:00 -
[157]
I've fiorst played Anarchy Online, then tried two times in a year the EvE trial, but didn't get the point of it all. Then I started playing Star Wars Galaxies for a year and understood what are sandbox games/worlds, and the NGE hit. Then I tried EvE again and here I am ^^ |
Galk
Gallente
Autumn Tactics
All the things she said
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Posted - 2009.02.03 20:31:00 -
[158]
Some site, gamespy i think posted some screens of the eve ship classes (frigate/cruiser) ect...from the different races, back around christmas 99.
Umm looks like, sounds like elite...
kept half an eye on the game for the next couple of years. Leading up to the release followed the beta reports posted over at blues, mixed opinions on the game made me unsure on buying/playing or not, nice sunny day a couple of weeks after release (feeling good day.. just do it) ... nearly 6 years later
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Xiese
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Posted - 2009.02.03 21:24:00 -
[159]
http://www.penny-arcade.com/
and that was over 2 years ago |
Kur'Dekaija
Atomic Heroes
Chain of Chaos
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Posted - 2009.02.03 21:39:00 -
[160]
Over 4 years ago me and a friend were talking about Freelancer and the conversation went over to EVE Online, he was bragging about owning 6 battleships and 600 mill isk at the time. Cuz of his awesome richness he offered me ISK if I tried out the trial. |
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Cybele Lanier
Amarr
The Graduates
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2009.02.03 22:00:00 -
[161]
Edited by: Cybele Lanier on 03/02/2009 22:01:01
I was randomly drifting through links on Wikipedia, and started reading about nanomachines. The "grey goo scenario" entry had a link to "Doomsday Device". From there, there was a link to the EVE page, which I followed. As a fan of both Homeworld and Elite, an MMO is that style caught my interest. Then I accessed that picture of all the ships, with the HUGE Titans, and I was sold. |
Maxpie
Cross Roads
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Posted - 2009.02.03 22:54:00 -
[162]
I don't remember how I came across it, but I read that incredibly well-written story, I think it was by "Nightfreeze" or a similar name, about how he was a trader in early eve and ended up making a highly elaborate scam. It was such a great story that I just had to try this game where such things are actually possible. Well it will be 4 years in March, so CCP owes that guy about $720 by my estimation. |
Tamsin Rhylis
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Posted - 2009.02.03 23:02:00 -
[163]
Can't really remember completely how I stumbled upon EVE Online, I remember joining with a friend back in 2003 he stopped playing 5 months into it and I became totally hooked. I think it was my friend that found the game, glad he did. ^_^ |
Bo'Tox
Amarr
Arkor Inc
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Posted - 2009.02.03 23:16:00 -
[164]
Saw a friend playing it at his house and thought, Gotta get me a PC to run this!
Two months later, I started.
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Mal Lokrano
Gallente
Faulcon de Lazy
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Posted - 2009.02.04 00:11:00 -
[165]
I was brought to the game buy a friend who had played a trial or two and was playing it for fun. I got a trial, then bought my first GTC.
That was 1 year ago on the 14th, Valentines day! |
Typhado3
Minmatar
Ashen Lion Mining and Production Consortium
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2009.02.04 00:47:00 -
[166]
Teacher at school told me about it a couple months before I finished high school... 3 years later and I've managed to drag both my brother and his wife into it =)...... I still have to hunt down that teacher and pod him at least once.
ccp fix mining agent missions % pls |
Aricaan
Gallente
Playboy Enterprises
Dark Taboo
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Posted - 2009.02.04 01:38:00 -
[167]
Edited by: Aricaan on 04/02/2009 01:41:29
I saw a Goonswarm Video.
This one to be exact.
I cringe at admitting that, mainly cause I dont really care much for the swarm :P |
Allan Yorke
Minmatar
Dark-Rising
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Posted - 2009.02.04 01:43:00 -
[168]
I don't know anymore how I got hold of the link, but I read the article about the GHSC heist. A game where stuff like that was possible sounded immensly more interesting than the shallow endgame of DaoC or WoW.
I subscribed immediately after reading the forums a bit; chose minmatar because I wanted to be underdog ^-^ I have played quite a few games in the meantime, but I always come back to EvE. |
Jinx Barker
Caldari
GFB Scientific
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Posted - 2009.02.04 03:50:00 -
[169]
Click Me To Find Out....
People were talking about it in the waning days of above, so I tried EVE out sometime in June or July 2003. Been hooked ever since. |
Scifi
Caldari
REUNI0N
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2009.02.04 04:01:00 -
[170]
Originally by: Gazur
Same.. The entire corp moved to eve when EA pulled the plug on EnB.
Still wonder sometimes how the EnB storyline would have continued...
This. I fell out of contact with my crew shortly therafter as most of them didn't find it entertaining enough to stay in game. |
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pardux
The Collective
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2009.02.04 04:17:00 -
[171]
trial key from an icelandic site(hugi.is) in 2004 :o
played for a couple of hours and decided to pay for it :)
(+i had a couple of friends that played it)
btw ccp you should do that again or on some other icelandic site :| |
Mara Rinn
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Posted - 2009.02.04 04:33:00 -
[172]
I'd heard about EVE before WoW came out. WoW ran on the Mac, EVE didn't, so I played WoW for 5 years. Then EVE came out on the Mac, I quit WoW and here I am.
I might have to check the chronology, but I'm pretty sure I first heard about EVE on Slashdot, due to the T20 scandal. I figured that if one item in a game can matter that much, it must be a pretty cool universe to be playing in.
For some reason I originally thought that EVE was a base+fleet building type game similar to (for lack of a better example) StarCraft. Never realised it was more like Escape Velocity or Elite.
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Bohoba
Caldari
HolyKnights
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Posted - 2009.02.04 04:51:00 -
[173]
march 2004 after EnB anounce closing my CEO of Holy Knights, Gee Man. told use about Eve online and he had been beta testing for 6 months. we all followed like lost puppies :) most are gone now But I and my RL bro's still play and as my sig say's 10.5 hours a day :)
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Armoured Gamer
Gallente
Globaltech Industries
The ENTITY.
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Posted - 2009.02.04 07:23:00 -
[174]
this thread is much better than i thought i would be i see alot of intresting places where you guys have come from |
Lei Merdeau
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.02.04 08:17:00 -
[175]
I've read the threads on QT3 for years, and then came across some blogs - www.Ironfleet.com tipped me into the trial and now I'm paying. |
Marlakh
Minmatar
Ammatar Free Corps
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Posted - 2009.02.05 04:58:00 -
[176]
Edited by: Marlakh on 05/02/2009 05:01:11
I've always been into sci-fi themed games, books, etc. really enjoyed Elite, Privateer, Sundog (great classic), etc
I first saw the original boxed version at a computer shop in 2004. Didnt think much about it then (been paying for that mistake ever since). Played Earth and Beyond for a short while but didnt really get much out of it (strange looking stations and space graphics I thought).
Then, chanced upon the side advert while surfing the PC Gamer site. Downloaded the Eve Never Fades video, and that was what got me hooked . Never looked back since. |
Jinx Barker
Caldari
GFB Scientific
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Posted - 2009.02.05 05:28:00 -
[177]
Originally by: Bohoba
march 2004 after EnB anounce closing my CEO of Holy Knights, Gee Man. told use about Eve online and he had been beta testing for 6 months. we all followed like lost puppies :) most are gone now But I and my RL bro's still play and as my sig say's 10.5 hours a day :)
Are you employed? Or just independently wealthy, and dislike travel to exotic destinations to spend the cash? Hence 10.5 Hours/Day EVE.
Just thinking about it, if I could have an extra 10 Hours/week of work I would be making extra 34k a year! Sure as hell would be better than EVE. |
JaseNZ
Gallente
DRAGONFLEET
GARDIAN ALLIANCE
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Posted - 2009.02.05 05:30:00 -
[178]
EVE Online has a dedicated forum on a national gaming board I use...I had a look at a few pages and thought I would have a look.
In their downloads section the Clear Skies movie was listed, so I downloaded and watched it.
After that I downloaded the EVE client, and haven't looked back since :D |
Skarned
Diplomatic Disruption
Chain of Chaos
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Posted - 2009.02.05 05:47:00 -
[179]
Like so many others, I was bored killing people on their respawn points when Istvaan Shogaatsu pointed me toward EVE. |
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