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So you have 50M+ SP, and you still play solo because:

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Ludi Burek
Exit-Strategy
Minmatar Fleet Alliance
#101 - 2011-12-21 00:14:23 UTC
Phizban wrote:
You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.



You say you're old but this reeks of errr... I'll be nice... "youthful" opinion. Either that, or you're very good at imitating the psyche of a "I'm awsum coz it's me" guy.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#102 - 2011-12-21 00:17:13 UTC
Phizban wrote:
So you have 50M+ SP, and you still play solo because


Because of FALCON.

☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#103 - 2011-12-21 00:24:19 UTC
Crumplecorn wrote:
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
Someone who sits there noob-harvesting and smack talking all day in a garbage filled room or house, death posters all over the wall, sees Klebold and Harris (Columbine HS shooters) as heroes for all the tears they invoked, and other such characteristics, are highly unlikely to ever come out of their holes, physically as well as mentally. Such blackened little souls existed before, it's just that the internet gives them a portal beyond their private hell.
Do you really think people like that play Internet Spaceships?



If it was all they did, the world would be a better place.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Asuri Kinnes
Perkone
Caldari State
#104 - 2011-12-21 00:28:29 UTC
Ladie Harlot wrote:
Cipher Jones wrote:
What the **** does solo play have to do with hisec?

Because that's where the risk-free isk is.

Roll

Bob is the god of Wormholes.

That's all you need to know.
YuuKnow
The Scope
#105 - 2011-12-21 00:38:58 UTC
To the original poster's question. One word.

NepotismStraight
Olleybear
Infinite Point
Pandemic Horde
#106 - 2011-12-21 01:23:21 UTC
I have over 100mil sp doing the solo pvp thing.

Reasons for not joining up with others:

Drama, I can do without it.
Was a corp, then an alliance diplo, and as soon as my my screen started loading on login I was getting convo'd.
Got put into position of corp/alliance leader of a small alliance when the previous head left eve. Learned most people want you to do everything for them and were unwilling to step up and do it themselves.
Joined up with successfull large 0.0 alliance, learned how to gate camp, shoot at pos, die in lag, saw blues everywhere, and lost my pvp edge due to being in large gangs.
The elite pilots, or maybe I should refraise to, the people who like stroking their nether regions thinking they are awesome and talking down to eveyrone around them annoyed me.
Did I mention drama and how it annoyed me?


Doing my own thing, without having to rely on others or have others rely on me, whenever and whatever the hell I want, with zero drama and/or nether region stroking, is how I and other solo pilots like to play.

When it comes to PvP, I am like a chiwawa hanging from a grizzley bears pair of wrinklies for dear life.
Aggressive Nutmeg
#107 - 2011-12-21 01:53:06 UTC
Phizban wrote:
You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.

Dear OP, if you're struggling to understand why there are so many experienced players choosing to play solo, perhaps you should try it. Sounds like you were too eager to jump into corp life (aka being someone else's *****) and missed out on the satisfaction and challenge of running your own show - in your own time.

There are plenty of good reasons why experienced players choose the solo path. Here are a couple of options you missed:

  • You have a full family, social and work life and you have no desire to spend more than 5 or 6 hours a week on a computer game. You'd prefer to be watching your kids play sport, down at the pub with mates or shagging the missus. You therefore cannot reliably commit time and effort to a player corp and all the time-consuming bullshit that goes with it.

  • You couldn't stand taking orders from some geek who has never led, managed or achieved anything in real life.


Now I have a couple of questions for you. Your killboard indicates you stick to highsec and blow up mainly pods and industrials.

  • Ok, I admit to doing it myself, but why aren't you bored of that yet?

  • Is this the career you would recommend for the solo, 'anti-social' types?

Never make eye contact with someone while eating a banana.
Hark Hanam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#108 - 2011-12-21 02:44:36 UTC
Wait, i had something to say.
Dbars Grinding
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#109 - 2011-12-21 03:34:04 UTC
I hate having people tell me when i should log on and if i dont im a bad person.

I have more space likes than you. 
Selinate
#110 - 2011-12-21 03:50:44 UTC
Crumplecorn wrote:
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
Someone who sits there noob-harvesting and smack talking all day in a garbage filled room or house, death posters all over the wall, sees Klebold and Harris (Columbine HS shooters) as heroes for all the tears they invoked, and other such characteristics, are highly unlikely to ever come out of their holes, physically as well as mentally. Such blackened little souls existed before, it's just that the internet gives them a portal beyond their private hell.
Do you really think people like that play Internet Spaceships?


Go join a random PvP corp. If you're lucky, you'll end up with a corp of decent people who like to PvP.

If you're not... well... see the original quote....
Ladie Harlot
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#111 - 2011-12-21 05:49:32 UTC
Dbars Grinding wrote:
I hate having people tell me when i should log on and if i dont im a bad person.

Me too which is why I didn't join an alliance that does that.

The artist formerly known as Ladie Scarlet.
Phizban
The Needs Of The Few
#112 - 2011-12-21 05:54:24 UTC
Sycho Pathic wrote:
Many reasons

1. Erratic schedule makes anything group-related difficult.

2. I support and occasionally code software for several hundred companies. By 17:00, I am "peopled out".

3. A prior experience as a guild master which amounted to playing den mother/scout master/guidance councilor to dozens of boys being ravaged by puberty

4. Chat channels filled with "MOAR TEARS!", "HTFU!", etc annoy me. I thought this might be a consequence of age but I realized that BBS-era "warez kiddie speak" annoyed me too.

5. Gate camping and roaming to protect what amounts to a few database tables on an Icelandic server doesn't strike me as a good time. Sneaking into them alone, on the other hand, has its' moments.



You said BBS and warez...

Now I miss my 1200 baud modem and Tandy 1000HX with duel 720K floppy drives.

And Tradewars... the first Eve Online...
Teamosil
Good Time Family Band Solution
#113 - 2011-12-21 06:11:08 UTC
IMO one of the problems is the lack of a pick up group capability in eve. There isn't a good way to get to know folks in a variety of corps and figure out which ones have personalities you mesh with.
Skydell
Bad Girl Posse
#114 - 2011-12-21 06:17:23 UTC
Capital Ship Construction 5
Battleship construction 5
Production Efficiency 5
Amarr encryption methods 5
Amarrian Starship Engineering 5

You get the point.

Not all SP is created equal.
Phizban
The Needs Of The Few
#115 - 2011-12-21 06:37:43 UTC
Ludi Burek wrote:
Phizban wrote:
You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.



You say you're old but this reeks of errr... I'll be nice... "youthful" opinion. Either that, or you're very good at imitating the psyche of a "I'm awsum coz it's me" guy.


In an attempt to add some humor, sarcasm and get people fired up over a post. It has been perceived in many unforeseen ways. Most of the things I iterated are self describing, yet people insist I am projecting, telling them how they should play, take everything literally, attack my RL character etc. Whatever the case, I am not as lonely now in my solo choices.

And damn if this thread didn't get some legs on it. Thanks to most of you for sharing your thoughts.

I'll continue to lurk.
Mnengli Noiliffe
Doomheim
#116 - 2011-12-21 07:36:20 UTC
being in a corp requires commitment, and i hate commitments. i am doing what i want when i want, scheduling for corp activities is out of question.
Waylan Yutani
SkyLark Insurgency
#117 - 2011-12-25 11:40:17 UTC
I dont like the people that plays Eve - Eve is the most hostlie gaming enviroment i have ever seen. I love the game, hate its inhabitants Straight
SmegB
Almost Dangerous
Wolves Amongst Strangers
#118 - 2011-12-25 13:31:41 UTC
I vote that half the people in this thread talk like yoda.... ow wait...
Liam Mirren
#119 - 2011-12-25 13:51:52 UTC
Because I'm past taking the game so serious that I'll put up with idiots, raging and drama.

Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
MatrixSkye Mk2
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#120 - 2011-12-25 14:32:47 UTC
Phizban wrote:
So I have 50M+ SP, and I still can't fathom why people don't like the same things I like because

Fixed the OP.

Successfully doinitwrong™ since 2006.