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Why I quit the game today
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Skogen Gump
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#81 - 2012-04-05 08:58:59 UTC
EI Digin wrote:
Can I have your stuff?


I believe it's floating on a gate near dodixie right now - best get there before downtime :)
DarkAegix
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#82 - 2012-04-05 08:59:25 UTC
I'd ask for your stuff, but you don't have any.
Spacebar Chelien
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#83 - 2012-04-05 09:06:26 UTC
Arthur Frayn wrote:
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
So I hopped into my battleship, flew it into null sec, and got it blown up. Then I quit.


While you have my sympathy for your recent loss, perhaps you would care to explain why you hopped in your battleship, flew it into nullsec and got it blown up by your own alliance mates and one corp mate.


Might as well have some fun before I go.
Sin Pew
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#84 - 2012-04-05 09:11:02 UTC
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
Arthur Frayn wrote:
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
So I hopped into my battleship, flew it into null sec, and got it blown up. Then I quit.


While you have my sympathy for your recent loss, perhaps you would care to explain why you hopped in your battleship, flew it into nullsec and got it blown up by your own alliance mates and one corp mate.


Might as well have some fun before I go.
Clearly your fun seems to be playing the attention whore and grabbing a few ISK from the carebear populating this thread.

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Memrox
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#85 - 2012-04-05 09:12:40 UTC
Im sure you heard of that game called, World of Warcraft. Try it out u might like it... :P
Romar Agent
Doomheim
#86 - 2012-04-05 09:14:46 UTC
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
... So I hopped into my battleship, flew it into null sec, and got it blown up. Then I quit.
If you would have asked earlier, me, and I think a couple of others would have easily fronted you 300 Mil or more.

I you want to restart contact me here or ingame for a 0.5 Bil loan or investment.
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#87 - 2012-04-05 09:19:07 UTC
Spacebar Chelien wrote:


I have quite an extensive history playing online games. I used to play a lot of WoW, I play tons of Dota and LoL, and am a top-level SC2 player. In all my years, I have never seen a more pathetic excuse for PvP than what I saw today.


You have played games where you are prized for a score (i.e. a kill, renown points etc).

In EvE it's different. You are prized for aggressively dominating, prevailing, grabbing and building your road to success stepping on the blood of someone else.

Welcome to true PvP. Where you don't fight avatars, you fight real son-of-a-btch people.

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Space Wanderer
#88 - 2012-04-05 09:28:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Space Wanderer
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
I have quite an extensive history playing online games. I used to play a lot of WoW, I play tons of Dota and LoL, and am a top-level SC2 player.


This is the issue. You are used to consensual pvp (or what you might call a "fair fight"). Except very limited environments there is nothing of the sort in EVE. However

Spacebar Chelien wrote:
All I wanted to do was have some fun peacefully trading


There is no "peaceful trading" in EVE. Even though there are no flashy explosions involved, EVERYTHING is Player-versus-player. You think trading is peaceful? Think again. Traders and industrialists are some of most cut-throat trades around. It's not uncommon for an industrialist to hire mercs to kill the POS of a competitor to halt his production. People grinding highsec missions have to cope with ninja salvagers and suicide gankers, not to speak about other missioners that lower the amount of their own LPs. Miners have to cope with other miners getting the best roids, with can flippers and the above mentioned suiciders. Explorers have to contend with other explorers in finding juicy sites, and so on. EVERYTHING is competition on EVE, and you have to get into the mindset that if you are not the hunter you are the prey, and prepare for it (ok, you are the prey even if you are the hunter, I was just trying to keep it simple Big smile)


Basically what i said above can be summarized as "Welcome to EVE". This is the game. It is your choice whether you like it or not. Just think that you are pvping from the moment you log in to the moment you log out. Even in station you are not totally safe, peple can still hurt your wallet if you have outstanding trade orders or contracts or you fall for some scam. Again, you are always pvping, there is nothing "peaceful" in EVE. To quote one of the devs: "EVE is not designed to look like a cold, dark, unforgiving world. It's designed to BE a cold, dark, unforgiving world

On the other hand, if you just enjoy cost-free pvp, like SC2, I suggest you log into the test center (SISI). Everything there costs 100isk, and stuff over there happens consensually (usually) .
Gorki Andropov
I Dn't Knw Wht You Wnt Bt I Cn't Gve It Anymre
#89 - 2012-04-05 09:29:05 UTC
You are obviously more used to simpler, less demanding games. Perhaps EVE is not for you if you can't accept the nature of the sandbox and decry suicide ganking as 'pathetic' and 'disgusting'.
Sable Moran
Moran Light Industries
#90 - 2012-04-05 09:33:16 UTC
And here, dear viewers, we have an example of the species absurdus maximus in its natural habitat doing what they are fondest of doing, blaming the environment / circumstances / others for its own shortcomings.

Learn from your mistakes and take revenge, use that kill right you have. If not good bye and good riddance.

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TheBlueMonkey
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#91 - 2012-04-05 09:43:33 UTC
Someone should make up a saying about not putting all your chickens in one box or something like that.

Also,
Tornado = 60mil
with guns like 70mil

so shooting at a 300mil+ ship is a viable way of making isk and valid pvp.

Fit a better tank next time.
Arthur Frayn
V.O.F.L IRON CORE
#92 - 2012-04-05 09:57:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Arthur Frayn
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
Arthur Frayn wrote:
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
So I hopped into my battleship, flew it into null sec, and got it blown up. Then I quit.


While you have my sympathy for your recent loss, perhaps you would care to explain why you hopped in your battleship, flew it into nullsec and got it blown up by your own alliance mates and one corp mate.


Might as well have some fun before I go.


I'm not done with you yet.

Remember this guy? Your first kill. A peaceful miner, pretty defenseless against your gank fleet. Or this dude, peacefully hauling some mods for himself or his corpmates. And here's a noctis pilot, peacefully salvaging drone materials. None of those guys had a chance against your non-consensual pvping. Who are you to whine and complain that your situation is any different?

Oh but that was all in 0.0 where anything is allowed. They were fair game because they were in lawless space, right? A lesson that should've sunk in by now is that everyone in every solar system in Eve is fair game. You don't get to cry when it happens to you, you miserable sack of ****.
Mutnin
SQUIDS.
#93 - 2012-04-05 10:29:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Mutnin
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
Liang Nuren wrote:
Take a deep breath. Relax. Log in tomorrow. :)

-Liang



I have nothing left. I got my remaining ships blown up and shipped off my last isk. I wish I could have kept playing this game because the actual PvP where you fight against other people who actually want to PvP was fun. But I am not willing to spend another two weeks saving up isk just to get it blown up again.


It's good you decide to quit now because if you aren't able to handle the reality of a sandbox game like EVE then you shouldn't stay expecting it to change. You either accept that you did a stupid thing and rebuild,or give up and we can tank a Ganker for weeding out a weak link in the gene pool.

Either way don't act as if you "can't" continue to play as you can, but you are choosing the opt out..
Roime
Mea Culpa.
Shadow Cartel
#94 - 2012-04-05 10:30:47 UTC
I fell for this troll. It was under the bridge, hairy and smelly but still managed to troll me proper.

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JitaPriceChecker2
Doomheim
#95 - 2012-04-05 10:40:16 UTC
Dying is part of the game.
Serene Repose
#96 - 2012-04-05 10:51:06 UTC
Why do all these stories have a "I stopped watching what I was doing and decided to do something else for 'just a second' and when I came back..." in them? Seems with 300 mill on the line it would deserve some attention.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Sugar Von MurdererTits
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#97 - 2012-04-05 10:52:30 UTC
Was going to send you some ISK but then I took a look at your killboard. Shocked

Did that retriever put up a good fight?

Hypocrite.
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#98 - 2012-04-05 11:10:06 UTC
I bet you tab out to switch music when playing LoL too don't you? or DotA?

When you're shopping you leave your purse unattended in the cart when you wander off to look at shoes don't you?

When you're driving you probably turn around and dig in the back seat for a snack.

When crossing the street, you scoff at the suggestion of looking both ways and boldly step out, then stop to tie your shoes in the middle of the road.

Pro-tip: When playing the game, play the game.

Welcome to Eve.

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Copine Callmeknau
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#99 - 2012-04-05 11:10:09 UTC
Jayarr Altol wrote:
Copine Callmeknau wrote:
6/10

+1 for 'All I wanted to do was [wahhhhhh]'
-1 for obvious


Not trolling, Just very very butthurt.

Oh
Well in that case you should probably realise the kill was done for profit not sport, you had a lot of ISK in the cargohold of what was apparently a very thinly tanked ship.

It goes like this, pirate has ship that costs 50mil to replace,
pirate scans ships passing by, if a ship has say, 110mil of loot on board, there's roughly 50% chance of that loot dropping if the ship is popped. 50% drop = ~60mil, take out cost of ship loss, 10 mil profit for the pirate, plus he may be able to recover his guns/dmg mods further recouping his costs.

If you carry 500mil of stuff in a ship that would die to a 50mil ship you will get popped if you go afk for any amount of time, and if your ship aligns slowly you may get destroyed regardless of being afk.
If you carry 500iml of stuff in a ship that would take 10x 50mil ships to destroy, you will probably not get popped, as it's not profitable.

Ganking is a business people

There should be a rather awesome pic here
T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
#100 - 2012-04-05 11:12:25 UTC  |  Edited by: T'amber Anomandari Demaleon
Spacebar Chelien wrote:
Liang Nuren wrote:
Take a deep breath. Relax. Log in tomorrow. :)

-Liang



I have nothing left. I got my remaining ships blown up and shipped off my last isk. I wish I could have kept playing this game because the actual PvP where you fight against other people who actually want to PvP was fun. But I am not willing to spend another two weeks saving up isk just to get it blown up again.


don't quit bro, stick with it - you will regret leaving.

Sent you some isk and ships, not much but hope it helps you get back on board.

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