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Do real People play EVE?
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W1rlW1nd
WirlWind
#21 - 2012-01-24 04:13:51 UTC
In over 8 years, I have only met 2 people in the 'real' world who even knew what EVE was. . . and neither of them played it lol.

By real world I mean just randomly meeting strangers on the street, in stores shopping, etc. And not co-workers already working inside a gaming company which would be cheating.
MacrossGalaxy
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#22 - 2012-01-24 04:50:51 UTC  |  Edited by: MacrossGalaxy
I am a "brain in a vat".

THIS, most possible explaination

btw, u made my day lolz
Sisohiv
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2012-01-24 06:37:24 UTC
I've met plenty of people who know what EVE is. Its the same story "I really want to try that but.." Insert excuse here, they all condense down to the reasons people avoid MMO's in general. They are seen as addictive and life sucking. They are.
Atticus Lowa
Lowa Corp Industries and Security
#24 - 2012-01-24 06:47:31 UTC
i have a few family and friends im planning on inviting...

but im not one to ask others if they play MMOs... kinda akward really

so yes i raise you another skynet and worship our new bot masters!
Vyl Vit
#25 - 2012-01-24 07:24:54 UTC
I don't make it to Greenland very often, but when I do I ask everyone I meet, "Do you play EVE?" Invariably their response is, "Do I play what?" Then, they start looking around for a cop.

Elect me to the CSM. I'm totally untrustworthy, only worry about myself and
vaguely have a notion what you're dealing with as a player.

Paradise is like where you are right now, only much, much better.
Gantz Tleilax
Divided Unity
#26 - 2012-01-24 07:50:13 UTC
Whenever I hear someone talking about Eve, which is rare, I get the heck away, because that person is probably a fricken weirdo.

Outside of that, one person I knew who played Eve for years had to biomass his characters in front of his therapist due to his fiancé leaving him. Another's person I had a conversation about MMOs with mentioned being trolled constantly playing the trial of some space game. I acted like I didn't know what he was talking about, started talking about the weather.
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#27 - 2012-01-24 07:51:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Gogela
I am not real.

I met people who play eve. When I hear them talking about it, I do not introduce myself. They are stupid and putting a lot of effort into meaningless things. I don't want them to know me in eve because they just might know me in real life... and I don't want beggars around. Vermin that they are...

Twisted

Gantz Tleilax wrote:
Whenever I hear someone talking about Eve, which is rare, I get the heck away, because that person is probably a fricken weirdo.

Outside of that, one person I knew who played Eve for years had to biomass his characters in front of his therapist due to his fiancé leaving him. Another's person I had a conversation about MMOs with mentioned being trolled constantly playing the trial of some space game. I acted like I didn't know what he was talking about, started talking about the weather.


btw love this ^

frickin' weirdos... probably steal my TV if you got a chance... or my sweet hacked TiVo.

Signatures should be used responsibly...
Plutonian
Intransigent
#28 - 2012-01-24 08:24:10 UTC
I met a guy about two weeks ago who had played Eve (though I don't know when). He was talking about being addicted to Skyrim, and I mentioned I played a game called Eve Online.

He said he'd tried it for about two weeks but it was: ' just grind, grind, grind, and then, when he tried to sell his stuff the designers had made it so the autopilot runs new players through dangerous areas and gets them killed by other players." I nodded noncommittally and mentioned "Eve can be a pretty harsh game."

He then asked me what I do in Eve.

"I'm a pirate", I replied. Lol






* Technically, I'm not really a pirate, I just enjoy frigate combat in lowsec. But it was simply too good an opportunity to miss.
ariana ailith
Dukalin
#29 - 2012-01-24 08:35:54 UTC
humans are overrated
Ciar Meara
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#30 - 2012-01-24 08:38:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Ciar Meara
Atticus Fynch wrote:
Wot I Think wrote:
a potentially fictional "picture of wife",


LOL.

I have a "came-with-the-frame" family photo on my desk.Ugh


Thats no good jim. Thats no good at all... But it does make sense.

On a related note, I tried to get people at work into eve, but they started playing star wars in stead.

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Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#31 - 2012-01-24 09:10:46 UTC
Wot I Think wrote:


Today I met Frank, we talked about "free time", and I mentioned I play EVE, and his next question was:

"High-Sec or Null-Sec?"


EVE

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#32 - 2012-01-24 09:22:34 UTC
Wot I Think wrote:


  • I met a person in real life who plays EVE.
  • I met a person in real life who pretends to play EVE.
  • I met a person in real life who plays EVE, and pretends to fix elevators.
  • I met a person in real life who pretends to play EVE, and pretends to fix elevators.
  • I did not meet a person in real life, instead I suffered a temporary stroke and imagined the conversation.
  • I did not meet a person in real life, instead I suffered a longer term stroke and imagined the conversation, this post.
  • I did not meet a person in real life, instead in coma, imagined the conversation, this post, and my entire life.
  • I am a "brain in a vat".



The way I see it any of the options are equally plausible.


Amusing common traits, being male and with no hope to ever taste a girl.

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Jonen Case
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2012-01-24 09:28:31 UTC
I live down south in Texas, haven't met one person yet who knows anything about EVE. Got a few old friends from Washington to try it out but we'll see how long they stick with it.

That 60 Day buddy invite really goes a long way in getting new players interested in the game.
Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#34 - 2012-01-24 09:32:27 UTC
Oddly, I think there are a few people I've met who actually have tried EVE, but most of them are WoW clones and stick to that. Usually, the guys in the computer service centers, that I happen to chat with when I go browse games to see if anyone has come up with something interesting.

I've mentioned to a few of them that I play EVE, but never really got into detail about what I do in game, once I realized they were addicted to WoW.

Typical response: "Sure.. sure, I know that game. But I mostly play WoW; so I never have time for anything else."

My thought: "Let me get this straight; you're a 45 year old department store computer sales man, and you don't have time for anything but WoW?" "Not only that, but after leveling to 80 more than 400 times in the past 14 years, you're still playing WoW, and don't have time for anything else?" "wtf"

Of course, I never say it. Now when I go into the Computer department, I comment on the new laptops, ask about the Intuos drawing tablets, or discuss briefly the worth of various devices. No way I'm talking about games; they just don't shut up.

I've tried to get one or two people interested in EVE, but found they really didn't have any interest if it wasn't on a console and an FPS.

I can still picture the 42" plasma screen with WoW on it behind that one guy when he was talking about it. It wasn't really there of course, but he was describing it to me in lurid detail, while going on about his clan and latest conquests to 80th level.

Honestly, I can't play a game like that and get much past 20th level without becoming incredibly bored. Ache in the temples, eye strain, strong urges to yawn, and trouble not falling asleep. I did make it over 40 once in AoC, but it took a lot of effort just to keep playing that long, and that was over a period of weeks. I think I managed to even hit 2 gold by level 44, and then I quit because that was the only incentive to keep playing at that stage. I just had to hit 2 gold.
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Baneken
Arctic Light Inc.
Arctic Light
#35 - 2012-01-24 09:36:07 UTC
That reminds me of 8 years ago when America's Army was hot as far as a free FPS was conserned.
On the first day in my new job I found out that not only one but two of my new co-workers played the same game but that I had actually played with those guys on regular basis.

Talk about shocking revelation. ShockedBig smile
Skrymir Osiris
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#36 - 2012-01-24 09:36:30 UTC
I once met an old friend and found out that he plays Eve too. Then we found out that we are enemies in Eve so we never talked or saw eatchother again.


"So instructed the Queen to her champion,
‘Beware the righteous who seek truth in spirit alone;
The weak of mind are quick to judge with slightest tempt;
Thus fools go forth to spread false word,
Great misery follows those who heed what only the weak have heard.
Heed me champion, for only you shall know;
Within the blue ring of fire lies the final key of revelation.
Find this ring, my champion, and both mind and spirit shall be strong once more.’"
- The Scriptures, Book of Trials 2:13 - 2:21
Valei Khurelem
#37 - 2012-01-24 09:38:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Valei Khurelem
I knew at least one person from a Games Design course I took who played EVE, that was about it.

If they made EVE fun then more people would play it, but even playing it casually I feel like it's a second job until I get my Orca, I actually have to ask myself when I play this game:

1. Do I actually feel like mining or shooting lasers today with no skill or even pretty explosions to look at?

2. Do I have a few hours to spare just to get some bloody minerals into my station?

3. Would I much rather hop in and play 5 minutes of something more fun like Minecraft/Counter-Strike Source/Fallout?


People with jobs and things to do don't play EVE because you need to allow yourself at least an hour in order to do anything because CCP insist on using timesinks instead of actual gameplay content >_< yes I had to rant about this.

"don't get us wrong, we don't want to screw new players, on the contrary. The core problem here is that tech 1 frigates and cruisers should be appealing enough to be viable platforms in both PvE and PvP."   - CCP Ytterbium
Long John Silver
Doomheim
#38 - 2012-01-24 09:53:56 UTC
I have never met another EVE player in RL, so here goes:

42 year old male, GSOH, WLTM sexy female pod pilot for regular ganking sessions. Thames Valley, UK.

**Long John Silver **| Pirate Alt and Forum Troll.
Professor Alphane
Les Corsaires Diable
#39 - 2012-01-24 10:36:07 UTC
I call shenanigans real people don't play EVE only bots do Blink

[center]YOU MUST THINK FIRST....[/center] [center]"I sit with the broken angels clutching at straws and nursing our scars.." - Marillion [/center] [center]The wise man watches the rise and fall of fools from afar[/center]
DaDudeinDump
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#40 - 2012-01-24 10:40:15 UTC
I never talk about Eve IRL. Well, only to the gus I play minecraft with, they didn't really care. If anyone cared to ask about MMOs i'd tell them no problem.

EvE is what I do when I'm bored at home cause all my 'friends' don't want to hang with me. The Friend-zone's a lonely place..
This has lead to a lot of lonely nights with my buds in corp chat.


And to that guy who mentioned 'timesinks' I agree so much. I can't play a lot on weekdays, and I barely have enough time to run one mission in about an hour, not even counting the missed salvage.