EVE General Discussion

Anybody that doesn't want somebody preventing them from doing what they're trying to do to STOP is a fool.
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There's a lot of SERIOUS people who can't quite GRASP that for their SERIOUSNESS. (You know who you are.)

That first sentence is hard to read. I'm not sure if it is saying the opposite to what I think it means.

Wait a second... Am I too serious? Oh crap, you're talking about me.

Er...why can't we all just GET ALONG?

"Ahma PVE kinda guy. I like that computer-generated opposition. To me it's like going toe-to-toe with the devs. They say, 'Try this, suckah!' I say, 'Let me attem foo'!' I used to box middle-weight. I'd say that's more PvP than most folks see in a lifetime. Why can't PvP-ers just pass us 'I'd rather be doing something a bit more low-key' folks by. Aren't there plenty of people to mix it up with? OR...is it you just want to pound on somebody who can't pound back to get a vicarious thrill that you're really doing something I used to get paid to do, smackin' the bejeezus outta sumbuddy? I have no doubt...just want to see if honesty lives."

"I mine. It's part of this intricate industrial/marketing enterprise me and a few folks have put together using EVE mechanics and our own initiative. My job is mining. Other folks mastered marketing and manufacturing. Together we accomplish great things and have tons of fun doing it. I know this sort of fun isn't for everyone, but it's our kind of fun. EVE-ers use the stuff we build to keep going in the game. If it weren't for the likes of us, the market would be EMPTY. Can I get a 'live and let live' from you on this?"

"I PvP. I've spent years developing the skills, loading the queue, losing ships, killing ships to the point where I'm quite proficient at this combat thing. Small roaming groups, medium-sized fleet fights, anything but the blob; I'm in come Hell or high water. It's my thing. It's what I do. I've got some friends who do it with me, and we've been doing it so long together we work like a well-oiled machine. We don't win every fight. We don't cry about the losses unless it was some STUPID mistake. Equal opponents are good. Beating someone that's better...is better. We got game."

"I'm into the same thing with every game I play. If it's not in it, I don't play it. Me and some buds like to come up on some poor, unsuspecting carebear and murderlize them, rob them blind and run off laughing our arses off. We're not allowed to do this in real life (without going to jail), so we do it here. It's fun. It's funny. Some gotta win. Some gotta lose. Poor old carebear's got the blues. Stay off my game style. We have the right to fight. It's our party!"

Now, I've been thinking lately about two numbers; 0 and 1. To be a 0 is to be a nobody, a has been, a clod. To be number 1 is to be the acme, the winner - the top of the heap. What disturbs me about these two numbers is there's not very much room in between for everybody else! What we need here is a little latitude. -Laurie Anderson-

Honest answer? Because everyone getting along is really, really boring. Not just a little boring, but a lot boring. It would make this game worse than any other game on the market.

PVP game sez no

We found one! The "sandbox" is now a "PvP game." Just ask...who is this? AMANDA! Thanks, Amanda. We needed you to say this. It was so obvious. We, on the other hand, so blind. You're a pip. Let us know the next decree you have. We do so like to keep up with YOUR reality.

It's claimed that everything is possible in EVE, but in reality everything revolves around blowing other people up. If you stop blowing up other players, you find yourself with nothing to do, except mining, industry, or playing the markets, but those are also driven by blowing other people up.