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Cpt Gobla
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#61 - 2012-09-19 19:17:20 UTC
Hrm...

Already spend my weekends indoors before playing EvE and probably will long after. Don't see what's so great about this outside thingy people keep talking about.

No wife to leave me, then again at my age that'd be quite disturbing.

No job either, student for now and my studies are going well. Can't say they suffer from me playing EvE too much, if anything playing EvE helps as it keeps me thinking in terms of numbers and variables.

But I'm a solitary guy, EvE or no EvE doesn't really change much. If I weren't spending my time on EvE I'd be reading books on my own, watching movies on my own or some other solitary hobby.
Robert De'Arneth
#62 - 2012-09-19 19:22:16 UTC
I think my wife would leave me if I was not a gaming geek, she likes mmorpg's more then I do!! Anyways, my kids are grown and out of the house, even have kids of their own. So if Eve can ruin my life, let it!!

I'm a nerd, you can check my stats!! Skilling Int/Mem at 45 sp per minute is how I mack!     I'm like a lapdog, all bark no bite. 
Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#63 - 2012-09-19 19:34:44 UTC
Robert De'Arneth wrote:
I think my wife would leave me if I was not a gaming geek, she likes mmorpg's more then I do!!
Aye, always said if ye olde lady be on ya about the playing of MMORPGs get her hooked on the World of Warcraft. Pirate
Its good to be [Gallente](http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1209/QEQlJ.jpg).
Nikolai Dostoyevski
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#64 - 2012-09-19 20:00:27 UTC
Don't have that problem anymore.. When EQ first came out in 1998, I believe it was, I was addicted to that game. Lost my girlfriend over it (although, to be fair, we probably weren't going to work out anyway). Passed up on doing lots of things because I had to go on a raid or whatever.

Once I got free of the EQ addiction, I've been very careful to avoid letting that happen again. I play Eve in my spare time. Probably could be doing more productive things at times, but hey, Eve is my way to relax a bit and shoot people in the face.
Xpaulusx
Naari LLC
#65 - 2012-09-19 20:17:25 UTC
Ocih wrote:
Turn the TV off, OP. That crap will rot your brain.


"According to Nielsen Media Research's latest report, the average American household watches 8 hours and 15 minutes of television in a 24-hour period". I'm pretty sure Europeans Tv viewing habits come close to US stats. Funny people are complaining gamers spend to much time playing. P

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Robert De'Arneth
#66 - 2012-09-19 20:38:40 UTC
Xpaulusx wrote:
Ocih wrote:
Turn the TV off, OP. That crap will rot your brain.


"According to Nielsen Media Research's latest report, the average American household watches 8 hours and 15 minutes of television in a 24-hour period". I'm pretty sure Europeans Tv viewing habits come close to US stats. Funny people are complaining gamers spend to much time playing. P



Man who has 8 hours and 15 mins to watch tv in a day? Must be nice!! Still, I enjoy having mmorpgs rot my brain, just wish they would hurry with a data jack that plugs into my head, I think that would rot it faster.

I'm a nerd, you can check my stats!! Skilling Int/Mem at 45 sp per minute is how I mack!     I'm like a lapdog, all bark no bite. 
CCP Sunset
C C P
C C P Alliance
#67 - 2012-09-19 20:54:13 UTC
From when I first started playing EVE I turned a lot of on-line friends into RL friends through alliance meet ups in the UK and a few FanFests. Had a couple of corpies visit and stay with me a few times and spent a few months travelling around Europe and the US visiting friends I made through EVE Online.

I met my husband at FanFest, moved to Iceland, got a job at CCP and had several friends who I made through EVE at my wedding <3

I would say EVE has had quite a big impact on my life the last few years Lol

European Associate Sales Specialist, Presenter: EVE TV, tea enthusiast.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#68 - 2012-09-19 21:04:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
TV? meh, don't own one, haven't had one for about 10 years now. The internet is a wonderful thing, I can watch what I want, when I want and not have to put up with all the dross that seems to be 90% of the programming.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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Gallente Federation
#69 - 2012-09-19 21:07:53 UTC
CCP Sunset wrote:
From when I first started playing EVE I turned a lot of on-line friends into RL friends through alliance meet ups in the UK and a few FanFests. Had a couple of corpies visit and stay with me a few times and spent a few months travelling around Europe and the US visiting friends I made through EVE Online.

I met my husband at FanFest, moved to Iceland, got a job at CCP and had several friends who I made through EVE at my wedding <3

I would say EVE has had quite a big impact on my life the last few years Lol


do you, by chance own an Opus luxury yacht ?
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#70 - 2012-09-19 21:09:28 UTC
I flew overseas to stay with one of my alliance mates for awhile. Was good times.

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Denidil
Cascades Mountain Operatives
#71 - 2012-09-19 21:34:51 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
EVE has a near-zero minimum time commitment. If this game is "******* up your life", the problem lies in you 100%.

This isn't WoW, custom built to suck every possible hour away once it grips you with raids and dailies.


not everyone makes isk as efficiently as others to fund their pvp

Tedium and difficulty are not the same thing, if you don't realize this then STFU about game design.
Fearless M0F0
Incursion PWNAGE Asc
#72 - 2012-09-19 21:42:50 UTC
Eve fixed my RL finances... seriously Shocked

Before eve I would go out a lot to restaurants, bars, concerts, strip clubs, etc. Had all my credit cards maxed out, then Eve came by and for $10/month it consumed all my free time to the point every month I found myself with enough spare cash to pay big chunks of my debts Cool

I'm still paying off 10+ years of drunken sailor expenses but now I got a great credit score Bear
Xen Solarus
Furious Destruction and Salvage
#73 - 2012-09-19 22:42:43 UTC
My wife absolutely hates EvE. I think there's been too many occations when i "had" to stay up defending that POS, or i couldn't possibly do that thing i said i'd do, because something very important is happening in EvE which i just "have" to deal with. We've had a fair few massive rows over things like that. Shocked

But she knows its one of my loves, and understand that i will be playing till my dying day so i think we've reached an understanding of sorts. I just gotta be careful not to overdo it. Cool

Post with your main, like a BOSS!

And no, i don't live in highsec.  As if that would make your opinion any less wrong.  
Soundwave Plays Diablo
Doomheim
#74 - 2012-09-19 22:55:39 UTC
Fearless M0F0 wrote:
Eve fixed my RL finances... seriously Shocked

Before eve I would go out a lot to restaurants, bars, concerts, strip clubs, etc. Had all my credit cards maxed out, then Eve came by and for $10/month it consumed all my free time to the point every month I found myself with enough spare cash to pay big chunks of my debts Cool

I'm still paying off 10+ years of drunken sailor expenses but now I got a great credit score Bear


^ This guy ^ is awesome.
Methesda
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#75 - 2012-09-19 23:01:22 UTC
Karn Dulake wrote:

Plus it is a haven for disaffected damaged people.


WTF?

In my experience, this is the most mature, intelligent community of people I've ever come across in gaming.

How the hell are you playing with? Your friends?

Eve is about the journey.  If you are so focused on making money, that you insist on having the tools to make it be made as autonomous and easy as possible, then you are never going to have as much fun as I will.
Methesda
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#76 - 2012-09-19 23:03:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Methesda
Denidil wrote:
Akirei Scytale wrote:
EVE has a near-zero minimum time commitment. If this game is "******* up your life", the problem lies in you 100%.

This isn't WoW, custom built to suck every possible hour away once it grips you with raids and dailies.


not everyone makes isk as efficiently as others to fund their pvp


That may be true, but you can fit a faction warfare suitable rifter with about one hours work using one of those same rifters, so I don't think your implication is accurate at all.

Not only that, but you can make the money you need with only a few hours of skill training, and some market involvement that might amount to 10 minutes a day?

Eve is about the journey.  If you are so focused on making money, that you insist on having the tools to make it be made as autonomous and easy as possible, then you are never going to have as much fun as I will.
adopt
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#77 - 2012-09-20 02:32:14 UTC
EVE is doing great things to my social life; I log in once in a blue moon to change my skills.
Cyprus Black
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#78 - 2012-09-20 02:44:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Cyprus Black
loyalanon wrote:
So I ask this question more so out of curiosity then anything.

Have any of you been affected by events in real life from your eve addiction?

Such as wife leaving you etc, losing your job from taking to much time off work to play eve?

Weekends are now spent indoors playing eve etc.

Admittedly when I played WoW back in the day (pre expansions) I was obsessed. I played day and night, sometimes all day. I neglected a social life, the state of my home, hygiene and even my job performance suffered. Muster all the classic stereotypes you like about WoW players, it's all true. For a time I was THAT guy.

The expansions destroyed all love I had for that game and I quickly latched onto another MMO, any MMO. I found EvE and I didn't go back to that obsessive behavior again.

There were no raids. No sleepless nights trying to down the last boss that everyone in the group expects me to. No quota on potions to craft for the raid party. No schedule to call in sick for.

This game allows for character progression to continue regardless if I'm at the keyboard or not. A fact that I greatly appreciate. I can still earn money and train skills offline and living a normal life. Thanks to PLEX sales ingame, I can also fund my ingame activities and focus on earning RL money

Summary of EvEs last four expansions: http://imgur.com/ZL5SM33
Herr Hammer Draken
#79 - 2012-09-20 07:01:27 UTC
ArmyOfMe wrote:
Well my gf really used to hate eve, and after 8 years or so of playing, im starting to understand why she's been this pissedOops
(what can i say, im a slow learner).

At least these days i dont log in a lot, wich leads to the question really. Why the heck do i have a active sub still What?


Wait you have a girl friend for 8 years and she is still with you? I am not understanding?

Herr Hammer Draken "The Amarr Prophet"
Herr Hammer Draken
#80 - 2012-09-20 07:04:20 UTC
CCP Sunset wrote:
From when I first started playing EVE I turned a lot of on-line friends into RL friends through alliance meet ups in the UK and a few FanFests. Had a couple of corpies visit and stay with me a few times and spent a few months travelling around Europe and the US visiting friends I made through EVE Online.

I met my husband at FanFest, moved to Iceland, got a job at CCP and had several friends who I made through EVE at my wedding <3

I would say EVE has had quite a big impact on my life the last few years Lol


A fairy tale eve life!

Herr Hammer Draken "The Amarr Prophet"