EVE General Discussion

To describe EVE to a non or new player you have to bring the sandbox comparison into it.

EVE is a sandbox, as a new player you'll start out in the middle of the sandbox, if you stray too far from the middle you will run into the bully's area of the sand box and he/she will protect their area of the sandbox by beating you about the head and neck with a large stick until you wake up safe and sound back in the middle of the sandbox. You will need to group up with others to protect yourselves and what you currently have. If you wish to be the bully you simply need to bring more friends than he has and take his area from him. His area has better sand and much better toys. Your new friends will eventually abandoned and betray you and you'll wake up back in the middle of the sandbox to start all over again.

"Traditional" MMO games are like theme parks: A nice, sculpted space with clear signage leading to the various designated rides, attractions (or quests and dungeons), and other elements of fun. You can choose which rides to go on, what food stalls to eat at, and so on. Then when you've seen everything, you can do it again, or come back another day (make a new character) and take a new path, or try the new rides if they've put in any. Play outside of the special rides and attractions is certainly possible, but it's not encouraged, and it might be frowned upon by the park employees.

EVE, on the other hand, is like a sandbox: There's a clear boundary within which the sand belongs, but nobody is going to yell at you for spilling it here and there, provided you're not putting it in your pocket and taking it home with you. Because if everyone did that, there would be no sand left. There are tools such as buckets and shovels at your disposal, but what you build and how you build it is entirely up to you. You make your own fun. If someone trips over or kicks your sand castle, tough luck. There's also a swing set and a see-saw (things like missions, anoms, etc.), and you're welcome to use them, but they're just meant to go up and down, not provide the limitless outlet for creativity like the tools and the sand.

Easy.

EVE is a game about internet spaceships where everyone gets to be the real douche bag they truly are, but aren't because they fear society's repercussions.

You guys on page 2 really ought to read my initial post. o/

Hmmm explain it....

Say "hey what's that over there?" and when they turn, rabbit punch them in the back of the head and take their stuff.

Were you looking for approval and agreement? If so, wrong game, wrong forums.

Let's add that to the list, shall we?

EVE: Fight over everything. Agree on nothing.

This is EVE:

You, the new player, are an adorable golden haired child. You are released, alone but with a map, into a large wilderness park teeming with tens of thousands of rapacious pedophiles. If you are cunning, tenacious and lucky, you can eventually become one of the pedophiles.

Eloquent and brutally honest as always.

And this goes back to the whole "sink or swim" mentality. Some people just have it in them to swim with the other rapaciously pedophilic fish, while others fall victim to the notion that there is no way they could ever be dedicated or competitive enough to excel in this environment, so they resign themselves to other pursuits.

I told my daughter, if you mix Mos Isley, death stars blowing up, epic x-wing fighter fights, all of the God Father movies and Jaws together you'll get Eve. Throw in a dash of cloak and dagger spy twists, and learn to use a cloak, don't post on Eve-O forums, read everything but believe nothing, and you'll be good. She's been playing since September :)

I don't know, he makes a compellingly honest argument. Also he is giving me free candy, which he said he would deliver in his white van. I'm quite excited!