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What would you do if you lost 80% of your wealth gambling?

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Lemoney Biscuits
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-04-20 09:06:16 UTC
This happened to me, I thought it would be a nice idea to double my 12b ISK instead I lost most of it. Then I quit for over a month before I even claimed the 20% I had won. Thankfully, I'm being helped with recovering that 20% now that I'm back.

I'm not sure what I want to do in EVE but I've never tried manufacturing, I think I'm going to try that.

But because of this and perhaps prior to this I was losing attachment to ISK, though obviously not that much because it made me quit. But now that I've lost so much regaining it seems almost silly. Plus, people are making hundreds of billions doing Incursions which makes it seem pointless to try and amass anything as it's petty in comparison and I don't like grinding.

Better question is probably what did or could rekindle your passion for EVE?

Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-04-20 09:07:43 UTC
I'd make a thread about it. That's for damn sure.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#3 - 2012-04-20 09:08:46 UTC
Set a goal and make it happen.
Halete
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-04-20 09:15:50 UTC
Make more ISK and gamble it, you're bound to have a good luck turn after that.

"To know the true path, but yet, to never follow it. That is possibly the gravest sin" - The Scriptures, Book of Missions 13:21
Lemoney Biscuits
Doomheim
#5 - 2012-04-20 09:18:51 UTC
Halete wrote:
Make more ISK and gamble it, you're bound to have a good luck turn after that.


Does this really work guys?
Ciar Meara
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#6 - 2012-04-20 09:28:26 UTC
Lemoney Biscuits wrote:
Halete wrote:
Make more ISK and gamble it, you're bound to have a good luck turn after that.


Does this really work guys?


You might have a problem.

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Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#7 - 2012-04-20 09:30:27 UTC
Lemoney Biscuits wrote:


Better question is probably what did or could rekindle your passion for EVE?



You just have to make one more bet, and you'll get it all back. Go for it!
TheBlueMonkey
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-04-20 09:55:05 UTC
Make more isk, spend it on ships, go get blown up.

If you fail at getting blown up, try harder
Wacktopia
Fleet-Up.com
Keep It Simple Software Group
#9 - 2012-04-20 10:05:43 UTC
Having floating ISK at present is probably a bag thing because it is being de-valued by the ISK-faucet that is Incursions.

Your best option, if making ISK is you end-game or goal, is probably some wise investment on the market.

It's a bit of a black art but I'd advise starting small by looking to make small gains with a few mil to play with and work up from there.

Don't fly/gamble what you cannot afford to lose.

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Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#10 - 2012-04-20 10:13:51 UTC
From personal experience, having less money actually makes the game more fun.

I used to make a lot of ISK by playing the markets, but at some point, I got burned out. Now, after years of PLEXing and buying nice stuff, I have a cash net worth of only a few billion ISK. I do, however, have plenty of stuff to kill people with. ISK has lost its meaning to me. It's something I only think about when I need to make a purchase, and don't have enough in my wallet to actually cover it. Rolling on twelve figures is no longer something you think about when you realize that you won't continue to play the game after it's no longer fun. I've been playing for about eight years.

I wrote some true EVE stories! And no, they're not of the generic "my 0.0 alliance had lots of 0.0 fleets and took a lot of 0.0 space" sort. Check them out here:

https://truestories.eveonline.com/users/2074-destiny-corrupted
Liam Mirren
#11 - 2012-04-20 11:03:39 UTC
Destiny Corrupted wrote:
From personal experience, having less money actually makes the game more fun.


ding ding ding. Needing to make isk is a good drive, having so much isk you wouldn't know wtf to do with it means you're mostly just bored or start doing stupid stuff after which you cringe when it (obviously) goes wrong.

That's why I try to explain to newbies that buying/selling a plex when starting this game generally is a bad thing to do.

Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
Ank Parkor
WildSpace Otters
#12 - 2012-04-20 11:11:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Ank Parkor
If you can make one heap of all your winnings,
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss,
../..
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And, which is more, you’ll be a man, my son.

Extracts from "If" by Kipling.

Grind for your fortune and gamble it again.
Do it again if it fails.

I have lost all my wallet a month ago.
Making my ISK back was much more fun than expected.

[u]Short time trader, short term missionner, long term ambitions.[/u]

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ISD LoneLynx
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-04-20 13:27:54 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD LoneLynx
Minor technical deletions.

Please keep this fine topic clean (the way it deserves to be).

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Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#14 - 2012-04-20 13:37:09 UTC
Never fly what you can't afford to lose also applies to gambling. Never gamble with what you would not be willing to lose.

If you do... you should probably seek help.
Serge Bastana
GWA Corp
#15 - 2012-04-20 13:48:07 UTC
Is that you Gaiden?

WoW holds your hand until end game, and gives you a cookie whether you win or lose. EVE not only takes your cookie, but laughs at you for bringing one in the first place...

Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#16 - 2012-04-20 13:48:39 UTC
In RL it would never happen as I don't gamble.


In EVE who cares, it's a game.
Holy One
Privat Party
#17 - 2012-04-20 13:49:07 UTC
stop gambling.

:)
ugh zug
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2012-04-20 14:17:36 UTC
make more isk, gamble the rest away.

Want me to shut up? Remove content from my post,1B. Remove my content from a thread I have started 2B.
Simi Kusoni
HelloKittyFanclub
#19 - 2012-04-20 14:19:33 UTC
Lemoney Biscuits wrote:
Halete wrote:
Make more ISK and gamble it, you're bound to have a good luck turn after that.


Does this really work guys?

Yes.

Please inform me what table you will be sitting at in EOH poker prior to losing all your wealth a second time winning everything you lost back.

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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#20 - 2012-04-20 14:19:58 UTC
Destiny Corrupted wrote:
From personal experience, having less money actually makes the game more fun.

Can I get an 'AMEN!' here..?
I found myself temporarily well-off enoguh that I've not been worried about where my next batch of ammo is coming from, and for the last few weeks, I've been kinda bumming about, not doing much. OK, so I've trained a few skills, but the hunger is missing. Think I'll go lose a few more bombers, maybe get a few KMs too, and see if the ol' desperate hunger comes back.

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