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Why are people on EVE so hostile and negative?
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Suddenly Forums ForumKings
Doomheim
#21 - 2012-07-31 04:45:19 UTC
MinefieldS wrote:
Andrardd Andrard wrote:
Been playing for a year, about to unsub due to constant hostility and negativity at each turn.

So EVE, why so hostile and angry?


Yea you should play Orbiter instead. That's like the only game about space that doesn't have weapons. Or wait for Hello Kitty Online Space Vegetarian Adventure.


Evil vegetarians hurt plants though.
Melodee619
Heavy Industry Construction and Mining Inc.
#22 - 2012-07-31 04:45:55 UTC
MinefieldS wrote:
Andrardd Andrard wrote:
Been playing for a year, about to unsub due to constant hostility and negativity at each turn.

So EVE, why so hostile and angry?


Yea you should play Orbiter instead. That's like the only game about space that doesn't have weapons. Or wait for Hello Kitty Online Space Vegetarian Adventure.


These are sort of idiots you wanna avoid OP, they feel they are funny an attempt to put anyone down they can. Just treat them with contempt, I find it works well for me.
Andrardd Andrard
Doomheim
#23 - 2012-07-31 04:46:12 UTC
MinefieldS wrote:
Andrardd Andrard wrote:
Been playing for a year, about to unsub due to constant hostility and negativity at each turn.

So EVE, why so hostile and angry?


Yea you should play Orbiter instead. That's like the only game about space that doesn't have weapons. Or wait for Hello Kitty Online Space Vegetarian Adventure.


This is exactly the attitude I was talking about. I wasn't even talking about combat, I was just talking about general hostile negativity and this sort of ignorant comment is just what I'm talking about.
Jimmy Gunsmythe
Sebiestor Tribe
#24 - 2012-07-31 04:46:53 UTC
Suddenly Forums ForumKings wrote:
Because there are all these people who think EVE should be hello kitty online.

That's why I'm negative.


Because there are all these people who think all these people want EVE Online to be hello kitty online, when in reality, many of them just want a comprehensive gaming experience that does not favor one group over another.

John Hancock
MinefieldS
1 Sick Duck Standss on something
#25 - 2012-07-31 04:48:07 UTC
Andrardd Andrard wrote:
I read somewhere the average age of an EVE player is 25 or something so why do they act like teenagers.




I'm on EVE and sometimes I feel like I'm on 4chan or Twitter.


Because (12+38)/2=25
Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#26 - 2012-07-31 04:48:38 UTC
Karl Hobb wrote:
Benny Ohu wrote:
Real space warriors order a triple white mocha mini frappuccino just FYI

No, soy Mexican mocha.

We are now enemies, Karl Hobb. Mortal space foes. Evil
ugh zug
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#27 - 2012-07-31 04:48:45 UTC
paranoia.

Want me to shut up? Remove content from my post,1B. Remove my content from a thread I have started 2B.
HVAC Repairman
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#28 - 2012-07-31 04:49:56 UTC
eve is survival of the unfittest

the fatter you are, the farther you will go

Follow me on twitter
Melodee619
Heavy Industry Construction and Mining Inc.
#29 - 2012-07-31 04:51:55 UTC
HVAC Repairman wrote:
eve is survival of the unfittest

the fatter you are, the farther you will go


had to laugh at this... well said man
Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#30 - 2012-07-31 04:52:38 UTC
Melodee619 wrote:
MinefieldS wrote:
Andrardd Andrard wrote:
Been playing for a year, about to unsub due to constant hostility and negativity at each turn.

So EVE, why so hostile and angry?


Yea you should play Orbiter instead. That's like the only game about space that doesn't have weapons. Or wait for Hello Kitty Online Space Vegetarian Adventure.


These are sort of idiots you wanna avoid OP, they feel they are funny an attempt to put anyone down they can. Just treat them with contempt, I find it works well for me.

OP asks why people are so hostile, and you tell him (1) that they are idiots, (2) that he should treat them with contempt (ie., be hostile to them), and (3) that this is how you approach the situation yourself. You've basically just admitted to being an idiot.

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
Karl Hobb
Imperial Margarine
#31 - 2012-07-31 04:57:02 UTC
Benny Ohu wrote:
Karl Hobb wrote:
Benny Ohu wrote:
Real space warriors order a triple white mocha mini frappuccino just FYI
No, soy Mexican mocha.
We are now enemies, Karl Hobb. Mortal space foes. Evil

I cherish my mortal space foes like I cherish my cinnamon'd mochas. We shall duel with arty gank Thrashers at the belt of your choice. Be warned, I'm quick with the warp-to button when it comes to my pod, even while drunk.

A professional astro-bastard was not available so they sent me.
MinefieldS
1 Sick Duck Standss on something
#32 - 2012-07-31 04:59:54 UTC
Suddenly Forums ForumKings wrote:
MinefieldS wrote:
Andrardd Andrard wrote:
Been playing for a year, about to unsub due to constant hostility and negativity at each turn.

So EVE, why so hostile and angry?


Yea you should play Orbiter instead. That's like the only game about space that doesn't have weapons. Or wait for Hello Kitty Online Space Vegetarian Adventure.


Evil vegetarians hurt plants though.

But they help with mitigating the effects of Global Warming because they don't need to buy lawnmowers due to redundancy.
Bloodpetal
Tir Capital Management Group
#33 - 2012-07-31 05:06:04 UTC

Best troll thread ever... Bear

Where I am.
Kult Altol
The Safe Space
#34 - 2012-07-31 05:07:06 UTC
Adalynne Rohks wrote:
Maybe it's your face. It's making me more hostile and angry by the minute....


Made me lol. People in Eve are mean because the game has real consequences. So a lot more is at stake than a simple repair bill. Your going to let how other people act, effect your game play experience? Hmm Okay. Eve is pretty big universe.

[u]Can't wait untill when Eve online is Freemium.[/u] WiS only 10$, SP booster for one month 15$, DPS Boost 2$, EHP Boost 2$ Real money trading hub! Cosmeitic ship skins 15$ --> If you don't [u]pay **[/u]for a product, you ARE the [u]**product[/u].

Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#35 - 2012-07-31 05:07:30 UTC
What kind of hostility are you encountering and from whom?
Planktal
Kenshao Industries
#36 - 2012-07-31 05:08:17 UTC
It's because people in general are ignorant and hostile, just because they're playing EVE doesn't make a difference.
As said before, most people are just idiots. In society in general, stupidity is rewarded and intelligence is punished.
Best thing you can do is not add to it and make it worse.

Here sanity, nice sanity.....THWOOK Got the bastard
Kult Altol
The Safe Space
#37 - 2012-07-31 05:08:44 UTC
MinefieldS wrote:
Suddenly Forums ForumKings wrote:
MinefieldS wrote:
Andrardd Andrard wrote:
Been playing for a year, about to unsub due to constant hostility and negativity at each turn.

So EVE, why so hostile and angry?


Yea you should play Orbiter instead. That's like the only game about space that doesn't have weapons. Or wait for Hello Kitty Online Space Vegetarian Adventure.


Evil vegetarians hurt plants though.

But they help with mitigating the effects of Global Warming because they don't need to buy lawnmowers due to redundancy.


"climate change"

[u]Can't wait untill when Eve online is Freemium.[/u] WiS only 10$, SP booster for one month 15$, DPS Boost 2$, EHP Boost 2$ Real money trading hub! Cosmeitic ship skins 15$ --> If you don't [u]pay **[/u]for a product, you ARE the [u]**product[/u].

Lyskal Oskold
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#38 - 2012-07-31 05:09:06 UTC
Conflict and loss. That is EVE, that is what drives most people. I find it invigorating, the constant clashing and head butting.

Everyone has their own tastes in EVE and coffee I guess. (I prefer tea, ohhhhhh shhhhhhhhhhhh-"

Also when I engage in actual combat I tend to taunt and rave until I get a fight and then say GF and joke with my victim or my recent murderer afterwards. Win or lose actual conflict is what keeps me playing EVE. As for the community, I dislike the whinging more than the constant negativity.

OP if I were you I'd look for a better group of people to hang out and talk with.

"Love is just a chemical, no matter the origin. We give it meaning by choice." - Eleanor Lamb
Chatte Noire
PepperPark Deep Space Operations
#39 - 2012-07-31 05:13:56 UTC
Melodee619 wrote:
Gotta remember mate this generation have grown up without any repercussions to what they say an do. With social media protecting them from anything they say. So forums allow them to anonymously spew hate an teen angst at anyone they choose in complete safety. Where as in old days, you had to back up what you said because there was no anonymity of the internet. So today its all they know.


There was no anonymity on the internet back then? You had to back up what you said? Not on the internet I've been logging in to since 1995. I agree that lack of repercussions is what fuels this behaviour (I know it does for me, heh), but blaming the younguns of eve for it is nonsensical. Have you noticed how many older people play this game? Many of them behave the same frigging way.

Quote:
Dont take EvE forums too seriously, they are every bit as feral as wow forums, an probably worse. As here they actually believe they are hardmen.


This is good advice. But you should cut back on that internet psychologist thing you're apparently into. Guessing peoples real life attitudes, age, experience and success based on an online-game/online-game forum has never worked out well.
Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#40 - 2012-07-31 05:17:18 UTC
Chatte Noire wrote:
Guessing peoples real life attitudes, age, experience and success based on an online-game/online-game forum has never worked out well.

Sure it has! Everyone who isn't a compassionate, honorable, caring industrialist is obviously a 35-year-old, angry, pimple-faced virgin living in his mother's basement! It's common sense!

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