EVE General Discussion

How could you dare to say this! Every ISK I make bolsters my personality. I am those ISK. Losing any of this is like losing a part of me! And because I am so great everyone wants to steal from me and wants to ruin my game! And they don't even know how to play this game properly. If EVE tought me anything then that most people are damn wrong about everything all the time.

Eve taught me how it feels to do some stuff I otherwise wouldn't and couldn't do to people.

It feels good.

That the world is entirely full of almost honest people.

Then you're only hiking the easy trails.

Someone always has more firepower than you.
Someone always has more friends than you.

What Eve taught me:

1. I am way too optimistic about human nature.
2. I can become committed to something to the point of being irrational.
3. Never ever believe a thing CCP promises.
4. I will never understand what motivates some players.
5. Given a steady effort you can accumulate a fair amount of isks doing even the simplest things.
6. Eve isn't dying.
7. I like space games more than elves and fantasy settings even if the space game isn't my idea of perfect.
8. Knowing how to use Excel is useful for a lot of what you can do in Eve.
9. There is no "right" way to play Eve.
10. Someone is always going to do something "better" than you but if you keep at it you will be doing some things better than some other folks.
11. I like Iceland and especially the Nonni's lamb sub sandwich but the Bill Clinton "world's best hot dog" isn't.
12. When it all is boiled down to its essence the person with the most Trit wins.
13. There is fun t be had among the sociapathy that is Eve id you don't take it personally.
14. There will never be a bitter vet reward, see item 3. Also that Anniversary mystery code will remain a mystery, again see item 3.
15. Greed isn't so good.
16. I really do understand the bitter vet as I am now clearly one of them.
17. The best parts of Even come from being part of a community or group even is some folks don't like that community or group.
18. High sec isn't safe, low sec isn't instant death, null is maybe the easiest place in Eve for the most part.
19. War decs can be survived and seem more scary than they actually should be.
20. The whole point of Eve is you are an immortal pod pilot in a "spaceship" so walking in station although seems like it might be fun is counter the be basic premise of Eve.
21. Eve will NEVER be as popular as other games and it shouldn't matter to the players.
22. I will never stop learning things in Eve.

To be fair, it has levelled out a little since the early days. You really don't need a sherpa anymore to get to the top.
(But it's still funny to push them off when you get there)

I have to admit, I nodded when I read this and thought, damned right.

They're like everything else on Earth-- strange and wacky. They 'wreck each others' dreams,' and point and laugh about it in Local, if they can get a reaction from the wrecked (often inexperienced) guy. But they'll welcome newbros and give their time and isk to help them. They'll scam the jock straps off of each other if they can. But they'll donate 10s of 1000s of dollars/euros (kajillions of isk) to PLEX for Good. Seems it's a strange and singular society, with some kind of non-formalized but informally agreed-upon rules and norms of its own. Kind of a cargo cult or something. Somebody could write a thesis and get a degree.