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How do you share EvE with others?
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T-B0NE
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-04-13 23:02:52 UTC  |  Edited by: T-B0NE
So I'm reading the topic "Do you hide your EVE addiction" and I'm noticing a lot of people seem to have trouble talking with others about EvE, and I gotta admit whenever I've tried to explain this game to someone I'm usually at a lose of what to say and end up saying something that wouldn't interest me if I heard it. So for those of you who do talk about this game a lot with others how do you explain it?

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Dbars Grinding
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-04-13 23:09:12 UTC
im too scared to talk to strangers.

I have more space likes than you. 
Aranakas
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-04-13 23:09:55 UTC
>other people

What's that supposed to be?

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Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-04-13 23:24:14 UTC
I don't have an EVE game addiction but I do spend more time than I should with the EVE Universe.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#5 - 2012-04-13 23:30:43 UTC
Hide it? The hell, just embrace it! That's what I do bc I know I'm a lost case either way Lol

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Alrione
Black Lagoon Inc.
#6 - 2012-04-13 23:31:06 UTC
Wouldn't call it an addiction, I enjoy quite a few things and out of gaming eve isn't even the largest time consumer.

But in general it goes like: Yeah its like spreadsheets with space as a background, so pretty normal.
D3F4ULT
#7 - 2012-04-13 23:39:14 UTC
I have a harder time talking to people about my real life than EVE.

That's when **** gets scary.

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T-B0NE
Doomheim
#8 - 2012-04-13 23:39:34 UTC
Maybe I shouldn't have used the word addiction, I used it because the topic that inspired this one did. What I was asking was about how to properly explain this game to others who don't know about it.

“Death and destruction are necessary to the health of the world, and therefore as natural, and lovable, as birth and life. Only priests and born cowards moan and weep over dying. Brave men face it with approving nonchalance." - Ragnar Redbeard
Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#9 - 2012-04-14 00:13:30 UTC
I never have trouble talking about it. But then again, i'm not ashamed of anything i do in it.

Usually stress the economic and industry side of it to people, because the average person is probably more interested in that sort of thing than they are in 'pwning nubs 4 tears', or just being another ship in a blob.

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Masikari
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-04-14 00:26:58 UTC
I gave up a long time ago trying to explain this game to people. The only nutshell term I can think of is using the phrase 'sandbox game', but even that returns blank stares. So I just keep it to myself.

I did find one guy at work who played Eve, but he only played occasionally in blob-fest fleets so we still didn't have much to talk about. Prob a good thing tho, cos if I found someone with a similar interest-level to me I'd probably talk them to death - I have that much Eve conversation bottled up!
Radelix Cisko
JUMP DRIVE ACTIVE
#11 - 2012-04-14 00:29:32 UTC
I just say its a sandbox with spaceships thrown in.

Despite my posting prowess I really am terrible at this game
Masikari
State War Academy
Caldari State
#12 - 2012-04-14 00:32:50 UTC
Radelix Cisko wrote:
I just say its a sandbox with spaceships thrown in.


I tried. They still get lost at 'sandbox'. Ruddy no-techs!
T-B0NE
Doomheim
#13 - 2012-04-14 00:37:04 UTC
Bane Necran wrote:
I never have trouble talking about it. But then again, i'm not ashamed of anything i do in it.

Usually stress the economic and industry side of it to people, because the average person is probably more interested in that sort of thing than they are in 'pwning nubs 4 tears', or just being another ship in a blob.
I don't like you...

“Death and destruction are necessary to the health of the world, and therefore as natural, and lovable, as birth and life. Only priests and born cowards moan and weep over dying. Brave men face it with approving nonchalance." - Ragnar Redbeard
T-B0NE
Doomheim
#14 - 2012-04-14 00:37:56 UTC
I usually try to stress the whole global sandbox element but something about EVE's scale gets lost in translation.

“Death and destruction are necessary to the health of the world, and therefore as natural, and lovable, as birth and life. Only priests and born cowards moan and weep over dying. Brave men face it with approving nonchalance." - Ragnar Redbeard
Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#15 - 2012-04-14 00:41:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Bane Necran
T-B0NE wrote:
I don't like you...


When i said that in your other thread i figured you wouldn't like me for it.

But I don't hold anything against you, for what it's worth. We're just ideologically opposed

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Masikari
State War Academy
Caldari State
#16 - 2012-04-14 00:42:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Masikari
T-B0NE wrote:
I usually try to stress the whole global sandbox element but something about EVE's scale gets lost in translation.


Agreed. Scale is the other issue I have explaining.
Ender Karazaki
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-04-14 00:48:00 UTC
I just say it's a screensaver. If they insist on knowing, I tell them them it's a very competitive mulitplayer spaceship game that involves trading, industry, war and politics.
Ghoest
#18 - 2012-04-14 00:48:32 UTC
I invite my RL friends and family to play EVE the I rob their hangers and scam them.
But its cool because its just a game.

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Tiberius Amzadee
The Night Stalker Syndicate
#19 - 2012-04-14 00:56:03 UTC
I don't really need to share since i'm always nowhere to be found other then at work or gym,everyone who knows me thinks I'm in a business relationship with someone named EVE.Lol
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2012-04-14 00:56:08 UTC
I lead them into a dark room where I punch them in the gut and steal their wallet Pirate

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