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The times are a-changin'
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Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#1 - 2012-09-18 23:11:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Touval Lysander
Do you remeber when a 60b titan loss was a major event?

Do you remember when a 20b scap going down was earth-shattering?

You do?

So why is a highsec gank on a 2b freighter loss such a big deal?

Who really has the most influence in Eve these days?


Quote:
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

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Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-09-18 23:17:25 UTC
This seemed applicable... Blink
Its good to be [Gallente](http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1209/QEQlJ.jpg).
Jim Era
#3 - 2012-09-18 23:18:30 UTC
wat

Wat™
Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-09-18 23:23:21 UTC
I've heard a lot of veteran stories from the early days of this game and I can't help but get the impression that people enjoyed this game a lot more years ago than they do today, maybe CCP should listen to old vet stories and have a long think about why that is.
Its good to be [Gallente](http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1209/QEQlJ.jpg).
Saede Riordan
Alexylva Paradox
#5 - 2012-09-18 23:25:54 UTC
Paul Oliver wrote:
I've heard a lot of veteran stories from the early days of this game and I can't help but get the impression that people enjoyed this game a lot more years ago than they do today, maybe CCP should listen to old vet stories and have a long think about why that is.


Eve was never good.

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Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#6 - 2012-09-18 23:28:50 UTC
You try the DUST beta? It's not half bad... Big smile

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Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-09-18 23:31:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Paul Oliver
Gogela wrote:
You try the DUST beta? It's not half bad... Big smile
Nah my Sega Genesis doesn't support it. Cry
Why you no make Dust 514 for the Megadrive CCP?

Touval Lysander wrote:
Who really has the most influence in Eve these days?
Well that is the question, I guess we find out this winter.

Whatever CCP is planning they better plan it well because it's not even October and people are already complaining about an expansion that is still months away. Lol
Its good to be [Gallente](http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1209/QEQlJ.jpg).
SmilingVagrant
Doomheim
#8 - 2012-09-19 00:41:35 UTC
Paul Oliver wrote:
I've heard a lot of veteran stories from the early days of this game and I can't help but get the impression that people enjoyed this game a lot more years ago than they do today, maybe CCP should listen to old vet stories and have a long think about why that is.


You need to get out more. Right now stories are being passed around in Goonswarm about the supercarrier we killed the other day and the heroic dictor that orbited it for over an hour, dropping bubbles and avoiding death while people peeled off from 30+ jumps away to come help kill it.

These stories are still told, they just haven't become legend yet, that's all.
Herping yourDerp
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-09-19 00:48:04 UTC
huge losses aren't super big deals but stories are still told. not to long ago an alliance tourney ship was killed in a wormhole epic kill.
Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#10 - 2012-09-19 00:53:06 UTC
SmilingVagrant wrote:
Paul Oliver wrote:
I've heard a lot of veteran stories from the early days of this game and I can't help but get the impression that people enjoyed this game a lot more years ago than they do today, maybe CCP should listen to old vet stories and have a long think about why that is.


You need to get out more. Right now stories are being passed around in Goonswarm about the supercarrier we killed the other day and the heroic dictor that orbited it for over an hour, dropping bubbles and avoiding death while people peeled off from 30+ jumps away to come help kill it.

These stories are still told, they just haven't become legend yet, that's all.

agreed but we're still in an era where people shrug about it now. never used to be that way.

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Smiknight
Smiknight Corporation
#11 - 2012-09-19 00:58:34 UTC
I think what the OP means is that when it happened, it was actual news. Blueberries were posted on the news screen at log in and it was relevant and exciting right then and there. It didn't need time to build up, it was breaking news.

These days, the sense of awe and wonder has been removed from the game. It's all so commonplace, no one really cares, even those who participate now versus those who made history then.
A reward devoid of risk is no reward at all, but is instead a handout.
SmilingVagrant
Doomheim
#12 - 2012-09-19 00:59:35 UTC
Touval Lysander wrote:
SmilingVagrant wrote:
Paul Oliver wrote:
I've heard a lot of veteran stories from the early days of this game and I can't help but get the impression that people enjoyed this game a lot more years ago than they do today, maybe CCP should listen to old vet stories and have a long think about why that is.


You need to get out more. Right now stories are being passed around in Goonswarm about the supercarrier we killed the other day and the heroic dictor that orbited it for over an hour, dropping bubbles and avoiding death while people peeled off from 30+ jumps away to come help kill it.

These stories are still told, they just haven't become legend yet, that's all.

agreed but we're still in an era where people shrug about it now. never used to be that way.


The alliances involved don't shrug about it. Underlying the "blow it off" attitude is a smouldering layer of butthurt and anger any time a major strategic asset is lost.
Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#13 - 2012-09-19 01:09:20 UTC
SmilingVagrant wrote:
Touval Lysander wrote:
SmilingVagrant wrote:
Paul Oliver wrote:
I've heard a lot of veteran stories from the early days of this game and I can't help but get the impression that people enjoyed this game a lot more years ago than they do today, maybe CCP should listen to old vet stories and have a long think about why that is.


You need to get out more. Right now stories are being passed around in Goonswarm about the supercarrier we killed the other day and the heroic dictor that orbited it for over an hour, dropping bubbles and avoiding death while people peeled off from 30+ jumps away to come help kill it.

These stories are still told, they just haven't become legend yet, that's all.

agreed but we're still in an era where people shrug about it now. never used to be that way.


The alliances involved don't shrug about it. Underlying the "blow it off" attitude is a smouldering layer of butthurt and anger any time a major strategic asset is lost.

yes it is news to the alliance. no it's not news to anyone else anymore.

i could be wrong but when a freighter being ganked is news and a super being held for an 1hr by a hero isn't - ya gotta wonder.

"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
Baroness Vulna
Armada vi Vulnezia
#14 - 2012-09-19 01:10:55 UTC
The old farts need to stop worrying about days of old and get on board with the inevitable future, no sense crying about the good old days and blah blah blah (insert tears). Many people think this game is better than ever, it's the so called elite that want the new and the poor to sit on the back of the bus to hang onto their 'good ole days'. Change is good for some and bad for old farts, take some Viagra and get over it and go blow something else up.

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Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#15 - 2012-09-19 01:19:09 UTC
Baroness Vulna wrote:
The old farts need to stop worrying about days of old and get on board with the inevitable future, no sense crying about the good old days and blah blah blah (insert tears). Many people think this game is better than ever, it's the so called elite that want the new and the poor to sit on the back of the bus to hang onto their 'good ole days'. Change is good for some and bad for old farts, take some Viagra and get over it and go blow something else up.

lol. and you're what, indicative of the new school?

you sound just like a bitter vet Lol

"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#16 - 2012-09-19 01:21:31 UTC
I wish I had known about this game back in like 2007, I'd be an EVE god by now.
Its good to be [Gallente](http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1209/QEQlJ.jpg).
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-09-19 01:51:49 UTC
Paul Oliver wrote:
I wish I had known about this game back in like 2007, I'd be an EVE god by now.


I been playing since 2006 (2005 if you count my first character... I don't because he was amarr) and it's true Big smile

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Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2012-09-19 02:33:40 UTC
Paul Oliver wrote:
I wish I had known about this game back in like 2007, I'd be an EVE god by now.

Damn straight.

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Bishop Aidartier
Stovepipe Industries
#19 - 2012-09-19 03:43:17 UTC
Back when I started playing in January 2010, which wasnt that long ago, tritanium sold for around 2.00 ISK per unit. A billion ISK could buy you alot of subcapital ships, now you can't hardly do anything without at least 5 billion ISK in your wallet.
Baroness Vulna
Armada vi Vulnezia
#20 - 2012-09-19 12:07:41 UTC
Touval Lysander wrote:

lol. and you're what, indicative of the new school?

you sound just like a bitter vet Lol


and you would be correct, i am an old fart, been playing the game since 2006, sold 2 characters already, have over 100billion isk tucked away, love pvp with almost 3000kills combined and yet i still find new ways to enjoy this game, its great!! try it sometime ya old farts

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