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6 Eve years old, "Bitter Vet" status finally achieved.
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Hevymetal
POT Corp
#1 - 2012-11-05 13:50:21 UTC
Well I am 6 eve years old now. I feel as if I have finally attained "Bitter Vet" status. I have been around Eve long enough to know, "I know nothing." (Cue Hogan's Heros music) Just when you think you know all the answers, they change the questions. I will say it has been an interesting experience. Some of the things that stand out in my memory.

1. Warp to 0 (You youngins have it easy now)
2. T20 (Never got a T2 print in the lottery)
3. boot.ini (DOH, all I can say is really? So much for QC)
4. BOB (Nice while it lasted)
5. Removal of training skills (At least we got the SP refunded)
6. Rigs (Good idea)
7. T3 (Still waiting on frigs and Battleships)
8. PI (No interest here)
9. BACON (I like mine with eggs)
10. EVE Voice (Teamspeak is still better)
11. GHSC (Still love that story, got me interested in Eve)
12. Eve Bank (Just like real life, banks take your money then vanish)
13. MOo Corp (Don't goto Mara)
14. FW (Nice try)
15. Incursions (Isk Faucet)
16. Wormholes (The litteral ass end of space)

There are alot more interesting things that happened over the last 6 years not listed here. What oldtime things do you remember not listed here?

I look forward to more years of ups and downs in the Eve universe. Thanks to everyone who helped make the 1st 6 possible.

CCP: Keep up the good work.

Hevy
Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#2 - 2012-11-05 13:52:17 UTC
Gratz

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Ravnik
Infinate Horizon
#3 - 2012-11-05 13:54:54 UTC
Wait till you get to nearly 10 years. You start forgetting where you left your ships / mods etc Lol

The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly..........
Keen Fallsword
Skyway Patrol
#4 - 2012-11-05 13:58:14 UTC
Well after 6 yrs you are not bitter vet you need 7 :)
Shederov Blood
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
#5 - 2012-11-05 14:10:18 UTC
Skill queue of course. Bonus bitter-vet points every time someone asks why it's only 24h, and you tell stories about your alarm clock.

Who put the goat in there?
Loraxx Zeus
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-11-05 14:13:53 UTC
90 webs
hacs where useful
Aralieus
Shadowbane Syndicate
#7 - 2012-11-05 14:18:44 UTC
Hevymetal wrote:


12. Eve Bank (Just like real life, banks take your money then vanish)


Hevy





Give a man a gun he can rob a bank, give a bank to a man he can rob the world...

Gratz on the big 6!

Oderint Dum Metuant
Katabrok First
Apukaray Security
#8 - 2012-11-05 14:33:48 UTC
Shederov Blood wrote:
Skill queue of course. Bonus bitter-vet points every time someone asks why it's only 24h, and you tell stories about your alarm clock.

I woke up on the middle of the night to set skills... Those were the days!
Hevymetal
POT Corp
#9 - 2012-11-05 14:40:32 UTC
Katabrok First wrote:
Shederov Blood wrote:
Skill queue of course. Bonus bitter-vet points every time someone asks why it's only 24h, and you tell stories about your alarm clock.

I woke up on the middle of the night to set skills... Those were the days!


Ditto, forgot all about that one. Woke the wife up at 3:30 am with a "YESSSS!!" when Caldari Battleship V completed.

You kids and your skill Queues, When I was your age we got up at all hours of the day/night to set a skill, and we liked it :)
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-11-05 14:44:19 UTC
Hevymetal wrote:
Well I am 6 eve years old now. I feel as if I have finally attained "Bitter Vet" status. I have been around Eve long enough to know, "I know nothing." (Cue Hogan's Heros music) Just when you think you know all the answers, they change the questions. I will say it has been an interesting experience. Some of the things that stand out in my memory.

1. Warp to 0 (You youngins have it easy now)
2. T20 (Never got a T2 print in the lottery)
3. boot.ini (DOH, all I can say is really? So much for QC)
4. BOB (Nice while it lasted)
5. Removal of training skills (At least we got the SP refunded)
6. Rigs (Good idea)
7. T3 (Still waiting on frigs and Battleships)
8. PI (No interest here)
9. BACON (I like mine with eggs)
10. EVE Voice (Teamspeak is still better)
11. GHSC (Still love that story, got me interested in Eve)
12. Eve Bank (Just like real life, banks take your money then vanish)
13. MOo Corp (Don't goto Mara)
14. FW (Nice try)
15. Incursions (Isk Faucet)
16. Wormholes (The litteral ass end of space)

There are alot more interesting things that happened over the last 6 years not listed here. What oldtime things do you remember not listed here?

I look forward to more years of ups and downs in the Eve universe. Thanks to everyone who helped make the 1st 6 possible.

CCP: Keep up the good work.

Hevy




18. DUST (in the servers causing hardware failures and 3 hour long downtimes) P

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Neti Keire
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2012-11-05 15:16:51 UTC
Changing the size of Region/Constellation gates. (Now the permacamps are usually further into 0.0 on bottlenecks instead of right on the entrance.)

Updating the graphics engine. (Remember when Amarr ships were golden?)

Old scanning system, much patience required. (Yes, I'm aware the system Apocrypha replaced wasn't the original one either.)

New industrial ships. Rorqual, Orca, etc.

The big forum outcry when they proposed nerfing carriers.


Lots of stuff has been happening in EVE over the years.
Inserith Peon
Peon's Ironic Scanning Service
#12 - 2012-11-05 15:17:44 UTC
Hevymetal wrote:

Ditto, forgot all about that one. Woke the wife up at 3:30 am with a "YESSSS!!" when Caldari Battleship V completed.


Hopefully you are now divorced.
Natasha Liao
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2012-11-05 15:18:15 UTC
Congo Rats Hevymetal! You're a role model I can look up to in a year or 2 when I too perhaps can claim that 'Bitter' title.

... not like there aren't a lot of things that I might be bitter about now... Blink

You're using logic on an internet discussion forum. A rookie mistake, but one you'll soon learn to avoid. -Destiny Corrupted
Xiode
Nemesis Logistics
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2012-11-05 15:20:17 UTC
Hevymetal wrote:
What oldtime things do you remember not listed here?


The first thread of this kind.
HostageTaker
Band of Freelancers
#15 - 2012-11-05 15:26:06 UTC
Only 6? pffttt.... soon™ to be going on 10 year mark... (Solid sub since 2003, no break)



Oh and it's m0o....

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Titans on fire outside "The Alamo" of NOL-M9. I watched massive Super Capital fleets glitter in the dark near the BKG-Q2 gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain...  Time to die.
Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-11-05 15:34:12 UTC
Hevymetal wrote:
Well I am 6 eve years old now. I feel as if I have finally attained "Bitter Vet" status. I have been around Eve long enough to know, "I know nothing." (Cue Hogan's Heros music) Just when you think you know all the answers, they change the questions. I will say it has been an interesting experience. Some of the things that stand out in my memory.

1. Warp to 0 (You youngins have it easy now)
Gone are the days of hundreds of bookmarks off gates just to travel anywhere...gone are the days of selling cans of BM's for profit...
2. T20 (Never got a T2 print in the lottery)
Never bothered with the lottery.
3. boot.ini (DOH, all I can say is really? So much for QC)
Was lucky enough to not log in during those couple of days.
4. BOB (Nice while it lasted)
Was there when they fell...witnessed the first titan kill too.
5. Removal of training skills (At least we got the SP refunded)
Good riddance. Never made sense to begin with. Still had em maxed out and still got over 5 mil SP refunded.
6. Rigs (Good idea)
Yay! Now where are the crew slots?
7. T3 (Still waiting on frigs and Battleships)
Yes please.
8. PI (No interest here)
Meh...passive income...for when i'm just bored enough.
9. BACON (I like mine with eggs)
Waffles!
10. EVE Voice (Teamspeak is still better)
But at least it is there...
11. GHSC (Still love that story, got me interested in Eve)
=D
12. Eve Bank (Just like real life, banks take your money then vanish)
I wonder just how many people fell for these scams?
13. MOo Corp (Don't goto Mara)
Kk.
14. FW (Nice try)
Could be worse.
15. Incursions (Isk Faucet)
Could be better.
16. Wormholes (The litteral ass end of space)
And yet still seems to hold the most interesting PvP available.

There are alot more interesting things that happened over the last 6 years not listed here. What oldtime things do you remember not listed here?

I miss mines. Bring mines back dangit!

I look forward to more years of ups and downs in the Eve universe. Thanks to everyone who helped make the 1st 6 possible.

CCP: Keep up the good work.

Hevy




Early Beta Vet reporting in! Wish I had my original character...alas...I was young and dumb. Never biomass...lesson learned.

Bounties for all! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2279821#post2279821
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#17 - 2012-11-05 15:45:47 UTC
Hevymetal wrote:
Well I am 6 eve years old now. I feel as if I have finally attained "Bitter Vet" status. I have been around Eve long enough to know, "I know nothing." (Cue Hogan's Heros music) Just when you think you know all the answers, they change the questions. I will say it has been an interesting experience. Some of the things that stand out in my memory.

1. Warp to 0 (You youngins have it easy now)
2. T20 (Never got a T2 print in the lottery)
3. boot.ini (DOH, all I can say is really? So much for QC)
4. BOB (Nice while it lasted)
5. Removal of training skills (At least we got the SP refunded)
6. Rigs (Good idea)
7. T3 (Still waiting on frigs and Battleships)
8. PI (No interest here)
9. BACON (I like mine with eggs)
10. EVE Voice (Teamspeak is still better)
11. GHSC (Still love that story, got me interested in Eve)
12. Eve Bank (Just like real life, banks take your money then vanish)
13. MOo Corp (Don't goto Mara)
14. FW (Nice try)
15. Incursions (Isk Faucet)
16. Wormholes (The litteral ass end of space)

There are alot more interesting things that happened over the last 6 years not listed here. What oldtime things do you remember not listed here?

I look forward to more years of ups and downs in the Eve universe. Thanks to everyone who helped make the 1st 6 possible.

CCP: Keep up the good work.

Hevy




17: The removal of the blue 3D tactical view in the bottom right hand corner.
18: Dual MWD Ravens and their Torpedo charge tactics.
19: Torp Kestrels.
20: Discovering Concord had poor loot when you killed them.
21: Collecting Jovian diplomat body parts (still waiting for them to be useful CCP... you promised. Smile)

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Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2012-11-05 15:58:40 UTC
Ranger 1 wrote:

17: The removal of the blue 3D tactical view in the bottom right hand corner.
18: Dual MWD Ravens and their Torpedo charge tactics.
19: Torp Kestrels.
20: Discovering Concord had poor loot when you killed them.
21: Collecting Jovian diplomat body parts (still waiting for them to be useful CCP... you promised. Smile)


Hah! Whoa...forgot about the old tactical view and Jovian parts.

Bounties for all! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2279821#post2279821
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#19 - 2012-11-05 16:21:21 UTC
Invisible stations, and invisible ships. We played like that for weeks because CCP broke their graphics engine and didn't know/didn't care how to fix it.
Filthy Lucre
Doomheim
#20 - 2012-11-05 17:35:56 UTC
Server population. When I started, 20,000 users was about what we hit at peak times. I could mine in lowsec without anyone stopping by to kill me.
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