EVE General Discussion

Haha... sure.

I take him seriously. I think he provides a vital service to the people of New Eden... like I do on the forums

though the ingrates that live here get pretty tedious after a while

Can you go like and get liked in the appropriate thread and not poo up the rest of the forum?

I feel nauseous when I go out in public now if that's any help.

..wait, this isn't the hate thread is it?

edit - To be honest and on Topic:

I can't say that being a contributing member of the community has affected me much. It hasn't unduly affected me much anyway.

Really, I'm pretty sure I haven't affected the community much and my contributions have gone largely unnoticed or been ignored almost entirely. Really, unless you are agreeing with specific groups you are just breathing loudly for all intents and purposes. Some people find it offensive and others ignore it or miss it entirely.

So.. not much and not much.

I guess I would have to conclude that my contributions have left me feeling rather uninterested in contributing.

Serious answer time...

About eight months after I started my blog for EVE Online my father's small business began to struggle. Downturns in the economy, you know the story. He lost a major client, as in the original reason he had formed a company in the first place, and it threatened the entire future of his business. He knew he needed to get his company's name out there, knew he needed to expand his client list, but with the local economy still in major recession mode, finding people that were willing to spend more money on his services was proving to be a hard sell. I knew I wanted to do something to help, but thought I didn't know anything about the areas of business that he needed help in. That's when EVE proved me wrong.

My father and I ended up having a conversation one day discussing advertising strategies on a shoe-string budget. That's when I suggested the idea that he start aggressively building a social media brand for the company. Of course, he knew nothing about any of it, and I thought I knew nothing about it. All I knew was that I ran a blog and that for some reason Google seemed to really enjoy sending traffic to me for the things I'd write there. So the first thing I did was start my dad a new page for a blog on his company website. It turns out, I had been taking a crash course in search engine optimization over the last eight months and just never knew it.

So from the ground up, I designed a second blog for my father's business, started a twitter account and facebook page in the company name, and just started putting the name out there as much as I could constantly pimping the blog anytime there was a new article. The articles that were written, usually as some collaborative effort between my writing skills and my father's knowledge on the topic, were always written with an eye on what the news of the day was. Eventually, that timely writing paid off.

Over a period of the next six months we had accumulated followers on a new twitter account, some of whom were reporters in the local media. My dad got a call asking if he'd be interested in appearing in an interview to provide a voice as an expert on a topic that was in the national news at the time. That piece aired on a local news channel that broadcasts to millions and was easily the single biggest break the company has ever had.

Calls started coming in overnight. The business was saved, my dad was able to keep his dream alive, everyone lived happily ever after, cue the music, etc, etc. Well, maybe not quite that far, but it was definitely a turning point. My father's business would have definitely closed its doors had everything kept going the way it was, and I for one will always credit the experience I had gained through writing a blog in the EVE Blog Pack for making sure that didn't happen.

Did someone say Tribe?

Every once in awhile, ill pick a new pilot and pull him under my wing, teach him what he has to know, set him up with ships etc. So far there have been 3, all are doing good and have stayed in the game. One is even a top pilot in Nulli. Point is if even a third of us older players would make a small similar effort to mentor or help new pilots, the game is alot better. My contribution i guess.

Quoting this because it applies to me as well.

I'm doing some game commentaries, mostly about eve and i'm enjoying it very much. It helped me to get over my shyness and i'm coming to the point where people contact me in-game with questions about the topics i cover, it's very fun. Game commentaries are relatively new and i'm glad to see it pick up for EVE aswell.

me: http://www.youtube.com/user/delonewolf (mostly industry)

kil2: http://www.youtube.com/user/jampyzero (pvp)

Jonnypew: http://www.youtube.com/user/JonnyPew (exploration)

I managed to get partnered so weeee, monies, if i can pay for xsplit with it i might start streaming but i'm a miner so entertainment value might be low.

when the live events come i will try to cover them for sure.

If I could I would vote for you for CSM. Your website is so awesome it made me ***. Also, please fix the recreated character/corp issue. Otherwise I worship at your altar.