EVE General Discussion

My husband has played this video game since at least 2004.

It has been one of his biggest hobbies and has always been greatly important to him.

A couple of years ago, my husband suffered a physical injury which required medication for pain management. Earlier this year that medication became a problem for him as he slowly developed a very severe problem and addiction which nearly cost him his family and I believe his life.

In october we did an intervention with the entire family to help him, and that day he agreed to go into rehabilitation therapy for a month. The rehab went well and he was released 2 days ago (Nov. 28). He returned home in great spirits, he spent the day with his family which consists of myself and his 5 month old son.

That same evening he went downstairs to play this game and see people he believed were his good friends. He was very excited. About 45 minutes later he came back upstairs extreamly upset and distressed. I asked him what was wrong and he refused to tell me until I pushed him as he was acting incredibley volatile and nearly emotional.

He told me he was betrayed by people he considered good friends. Apparently while my husband was in rehab fighting to save his life and his family the people who he believed were his friends kicked him out of the 'company' he was a member of and took everything he owned in game. He said they betrayed him and tried to ransom him for the few remaining things he had stuck in there space.

He said thier reason was because he lost a fight or something and it damaged some statistics for the company. Apparently none of these so called friends would show even a slight kindness to my husband. They took everything he had in game and ridiculed him.

After we spoke he said he was going to 7-eleven for some cigarettes. He did not come home, I was contacted 7 hours later the next morning by medical staff at a nearby hospital. My husband had suffered an overdose.

He is alive thank god, and I am not assigning blame to anyone. But these 'friends' of his were entirely aware of his struggle and I know for a fact had they not been so cruel to him this would not have happened.

My point is, while being cruel can sometimes be fun for those who are not on the recieving end, consider the potential harm you may be causing.

I wish I knew who these people were, my husband refuses to tell me anything because he knows I would come on here and call them out. But If you are one of those people, know that you are cold and have a mean spirit!

hello everyone

I wanted to thank everyone who spoke in support of why I am so upset by this.

My husband is OK, he has returned to treatment and will likely be in there through christmas. His relapse is his own doing regardless of his reasons for it he acknowledges this.

I also have managed to find out the name of the group which my husband was apart of and who stole everything from him but I am torn between what I want to do and what I know he wants and doesn't want.

I know that he would be displeased for me to say anything but I want nothing more than to expose the people who could be so cold as to do this.

Remember real people exist behind the computer.

Is the person the OP is talking about still playing eve? This is a serious question.

Reading stuff like this baffles me. The internet truely shows the dark side of a human being when there is no true accountability for their actions. This is also evident in some of the posts that follow. Taking the OP at face value (I see no reason why they would make this up), this person had in-real-life problems. EVERYONE in this game has had problems at some time or another in thier lives, just most of us not of this magnitude.

What is sickening is the prevailing attitude of "point and laugh" in this game. Its like watching the social behaviors of high school teenagers, but on a world level. So little empathy is displayed here, its quite disheartening. If this stranger was your friend or a loved one, I am sure you would not exibit this kind of behavior, and would be disgusted if someone else did. That being said, have some respect for others. This is a game, but just like any other arena of competition, there is a level of respect everyone that steps into it deserves.

To the OP: I am sorry your friend has had to endure this treatment. Its never easy to deal with the realization that someone you have trusted has betrayed you. Hopefully your friend can get himself collected emotionally and place things in the proper perspective so to allow him to come back to Eve and find a place where he can enjoy his free time. Hopefully karma will come back to bite those that wronged this individual like it often does in real life.