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I think I'm done and I've played less than a month.

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Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#81 - 2013-11-06 19:28:02 UTC
Helios Aquiness wrote:
.(as long as other players let you)


You mean "As long as you are smart and ruthless enoguh to prevnt others from crimping your style"? Right?

EVE, working as intended.
To Be Me
Doomheim
#82 - 2013-11-06 19:30:39 UTC
peace nerd

thumbs up if you like :))))
Galadriel Vasquez
Project Omega Industries
Fraternity.
#83 - 2013-11-06 19:44:53 UTC
OP add me as contact and convo me when u see me log in. I will offer you some advice and tips and if you need isk to get back on your feet I could possibly assist.

Not all pilots are idiots - like everything in life there's good and bad. We do have a good community on the whole. EVE does need to retain its new players and CCP recognised this and are active in doing so.

Speak soon:-D

I have tin foil hat trained to 5.
Moneta Curran
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#84 - 2013-11-06 19:45:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Moneta Curran
Ok.. so you made a stupid mistake and now the game is flawed.. or other people or something, right?
Stories like these thoroughly amuse me.

Quote:
My entire time playing this game I have been the noob, the idiot, the moron, and the bad guy


If it's any comfort to you, I don't think you're the bad guy. The other stuff does ring true.
Moneta Curran
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#85 - 2013-11-06 20:01:10 UTC
Harry Forever wrote:
I had the same feeling when i started, I never disliked people so much like in this game, it was impressive how much i hated all of them because they just liked to punsh down on the new, its an insane amount of douchebags who just are unable to achive anything in life and endup in eve beeing smartass douchebags

after I realized this, I just set course to VFK, the center of this plague ... and since then I gank their ****** ships and miners, make them pay until they quit


We're well aware that you are a raging fountain of butt-hurt with an inflated sense of self-importance.
No need to stipulate that here, go make everyone pay like a good boy.
Josef Djugashvilis
#86 - 2013-11-06 20:07:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Josef Djugashvilis
To the OP, do not give up.

I am so bad at Eve it is (sad) funny, but I still really enjoy myself.

Try to only lose whatever isk you make in the game rather than rl money then it will not feel so bad.

This is not a signature.
Dalziel Nardieu
Gentile Seal Clubbers
#87 - 2013-11-06 20:07:35 UTC
It sucks to be scammed. OTOH it is a cheap lesson learned. To get another 300 odd million ISK is not to hard. You are able to run the starter missions 2 or 3 times for each faction. Do that and you will earn most of the lost ISK back quickly.
Liam Li
Kings.Guard.
#88 - 2013-11-06 20:25:15 UTC
Harry Forever wrote:
I had the same feeling when i started, I never disliked people so much like in this game, it was impressive how much i hated all of them because they just liked to punsh down on the new, its an insane amount of douchebags who just are unable to achive anything in life and endup in eve beeing smartass douchebags

after I realized this, I just set course to VFK, the center of this plague ... and since then I gank their ****** ships and miners, make them pay until they quit


"An Eye for an Eye Will Make the Whole World Blind."

It's just finding the right people to be around. When I started playing two years ago as a noob, I used to go to Motsu and ask in local for salvage and most of the time, they brought me into their mission fleets and before you know it I was making 50-100 mil a day and was offered to join a corp and grind missions with them as my skills improved. They were really nice people. I mostly learn this game on my own through trial and error learning through my mistakes, not being bitter, not complaing, not asking too many questions and it worked well for me.



"Did I do That"....Nice Corpse
Vera Algaert
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#89 - 2013-11-06 20:25:30 UTC
Rroff wrote:
Seven Koskanaiken wrote:

Read the story. He asked in Rookie Chat after he got burned. Why didn't he ask before "can someone tell me about blueprints", "how does one decide the price of a blueprint"? I bet they would have been more than helpfull then. Nope, it looks like it was "I just tried to screw and it backfired now I want money back".


Probably didn't even think to ask as the distinction between copies and originals only became apparent to him after he made the mistake.

Still... the only situation in which asking how to get your money back is deemed acceptable is when you just lost a super (in that case feel free to pester GMs with whatever story you made up).

In any other case the inevitable answer to someone asking for his money back is "go back to WOW"

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Galadriel Vasquez
Project Omega Industries
Fraternity.
#90 - 2013-11-06 20:41:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Galadriel Vasquez
Vera Algaert wrote:
Rroff wrote:
Seven Koskanaiken wrote:

Read the story. He asked in Rookie Chat after he got burned. Why didn't he ask before "can someone tell me about blueprints", "how does one decide the price of a blueprint"? I bet they would have been more than helpfull then. Nope, it looks like it was "I just tried to screw and it backfired now I want money back".


Probably didn't even think to ask as the distinction between copies and originals only became apparent to him after he made the mistake.

Still... the only situation in which asking how to get your money back is deemed acceptable is when you just lost a super (in that case feel free to pester GMs with whatever story you made up).

In any other case the inevitable answer to someone asking for his money back is "go back to WOW"



Which is pretty poor and we should try and assist and help new players.

I think people think they being tres chic saying things like " wow over there"..... Come on guys let's work together in helping our new players - in a few months you can use them to pad your killboards if nothing else.

I have tin foil hat trained to 5.
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#91 - 2013-11-06 20:49:59 UTC
oOReikaOo Michiko wrote:
This is why my rule #1 for players isn't 1.Don't fly what you can't afford

My rule #1 has and always will be 1.Everything in Eve is a scam. Everything.


Obviously not everything.

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
KnowUsByTheDead
Sunlight...Through The Blight.
#92 - 2013-11-06 20:58:07 UTC
Erotica 1 wrote:
oOReikaOo Michiko wrote:
This is why my rule #1 for players isn't 1.Don't fly what you can't afford

My rule #1 has and always will be 1.Everything in Eve is a scam. Everything.


Obviously not everything.


Ironically, I know of A LOT of things that are not a scam, as well.

Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the comedian is the only thing that makes sense.
Abulurd Boniface
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#93 - 2013-11-06 21:02:23 UTC
Debora Tsung wrote:
[quote=oOReikaOo Michiko] "I'm trying to figure out how you want to scam that guy who gets to the station".



This guy gets it :-).

To OP: the Info on the contract, for the contracted item, if it's a BPC will tell you it's a BPC and it will even say how many runs are on it.

You said you'd done your homework, but you really didn't.

And you have the one-run BPC for a very decent ship that will sell at a decent price.

You need a thick skin and some decent situational awareness to move forward in this place.

I'll give you one thing though: it really isn't all that easy to understand all the subtleties of the various systems if you're not familiar with them. EVE is a place where the cartoon for the learning curve itself is a cultural reference. And with good reason.

1. Build the boat

2. Sell the boat

3. Fit your fleet

4. Go forth and make merry

5. Any business in Jita that looks too good to be true, -is- too good to be true. Saying there are scammers in Jita is like saying rain is wet.

[and read the contract]
Sarah Wish
Doomheim
#94 - 2013-11-06 21:02:47 UTC
oOReikaOo Michiko wrote:
This is why my rule #1 for players isn't 1.Don't fly what you can't afford

My rule #1 has and always will be 1.Everything in Eve is a scam. Everything.


Don't fly what you can't scam. *Fixed
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#95 - 2013-11-06 21:06:44 UTC
All swords in EvE cut both ways.

That rule alone is why a lot of people are here. I almost quit at 2-3 months. I'm glad I didn't. I didn't know thing one about the game in my first year...

Signatures should be used responsibly...
LT NeoxsiT
LDK
#96 - 2013-11-06 21:10:30 UTC
so sad....Can i have your stuff now please ?
Chopper Rollins
hahahlolspycorp
#97 - 2013-11-06 21:29:37 UTC
OP has been playing MMOs since the age of ten.
I've only ever played EvE, but as an internet tough-guy i'd just like to drop that being homeless for a while in my 20s was real good prep for internet spaceships. You develop intuition, the quality needed for making decisions without data. Still got scammed and jumped as a newb, but also managed to meet some top chaps and ripping sports.
The desire to help the new or poor is everywhere in EvE, but the way the game works any structured effort is ripe for ripoff.

If not a troll, OP really should do all the tutorials, career agents and the soe L1 arc. Keep the will to meet people.


Goggles. Making me look good. Making you look good.
Princess Bride
SharkNado
#98 - 2013-11-06 21:45:11 UTC
A little late now but.... maybe you should read my blog.

http://eveprincessbride.wordpress.com

I think perhaps what you failed to understand is that every aspect of Eve is PVP.

http://eveprincessbride.wordpress.com/
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#99 - 2013-11-06 21:48:06 UTC
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32. "Quitting" posts are only permitted on the Out of Pod Experience channel.

CCP recognize that during the course of gameplay a lot of friendships are made between players and that sometimes if a player is taking a break or departing from the EVE universe that they would like to say goodbye on the forums. Posts of this nature are only permitted on the Out of Pod Experience forum, and must be civil and well worded.

Thread has been moved to Out of Pod Experience.

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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#100 - 2013-11-06 21:56:17 UTC
I'd prefer to see a little more visual distinction between BPOs and BPCs than different shades of blue. Perhaps Blue for BPOs and green for copies. Then newer entrants in the BPO/BPC market would have a better visual clue that what they're buying on contract is not the same as what someone is offering a lot of ISK to buy.

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