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DUST Player at Fanfest (I thought EVE players should see)

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Renier Gaden
Immortal Guides
#1 - 2014-05-02 23:22:19 UTC
I thought EVE players should see this...
Velico Orion Necrosis wrote:
It's really hard for me to explain things. I never heard of CCP until I became involved in DUST 514. A free FPS that looked like a solid game. I really enjoyed being able to be a part of this from the ground up as a beta player and all. Sure the game had its faults, but they were being fixed and with the players help, my help, we shaped it into something solid. I felt like I was part of a strange family, sure a digital one, but family.

Then I hear about this Fanfest and CCP really pushing DUST players to come up to Iceland and enjoy the party on top of the world. A party with the rest of the family and to meet EVE players as well as other DUST players. I am a family man and really wanted my family to experience the CCP and EVE family. We flew up here to join in on the Fanfest activities. My wife and little boy. Hopefully will try to get him another sibling to pick on later this year! (still trying)

At first things were great. It was interesting to walk around and introduce yourself as a DUST only player and everyone was so friendly. I meet a ton of people. Things were great. Finally, after all the other stuff we get to the DUST presentation. For a moment I felt special. This was a presentation about me and the rest of my friends who play DUST. A presentation for us and to become closer to the rest of this family here at CCP and with EVE. Everyone around me knew I was a DUST only player it seemed.

Never in all my life have I been this utterly embarrassed to be somewhere. To really feel executed on the spot and all eyes on you. I felt like the biggest fool in the universe. My wife just covered her mouth and looked at me with pity. It felt as if everyone was looking at me for a reaction.

Every single moment after that it seemed like my family and I had leprosy. People steered clear and ended conversations as fast as possible and vanished. I just don't know how else to explain it. I have never in all my life felt this betrayed and publicly humiliated.

I wish I never came up here.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#2 - 2014-05-02 23:23:55 UTC

Relevant

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There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Dominus Tempus
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#3 - 2014-05-02 23:24:36 UTC
It's a game.
Noriko Mai
#4 - 2014-05-02 23:26:01 UTC
Where is he from? And how did a ten year old get the money to fly to iceland? And how can he have a wife and a child?

"Meh.." - Albert Einstein
CETA Elitist
The Prometheus Society
#5 - 2014-05-02 23:26:31 UTC
Dominus Tempus wrote:
It's a game.

No its not.
Erufen Rito
The Dark Space Initiative
Scary Wormhole People
#6 - 2014-05-02 23:28:59 UTC
Renier Gaden wrote:
I thought EVE players should see this...
Velico Orion Necrosis wrote:
It's really hard for me to explain things. I never heard of CCP until I became involved in DUST 514. A free FPS that looked like a solid game. I really enjoyed being able to be a part of this from the ground up as a beta player and all. Sure the game had its faults, but they were being fixed and with the players help, my help, we shaped it into something solid. I felt like I was part of a strange family, sure a digital one, but family.

Then I hear about this Fanfest and CCP really pushing DUST players to come up to Iceland and enjoy the party on top of the world. A party with the rest of the family and to meet EVE players as well as other DUST players. I am a family man and really wanted my family to experience the CCP and EVE family. We flew up here to join in on the Fanfest activities. My wife and little boy. Hopefully will try to get him another sibling to pick on later this year! (still trying)

At first things were great. It was interesting to walk around and introduce yourself as a DUST only player and everyone was so friendly. I meet a ton of people. Things were great. Finally, after all the other stuff we get to the DUST presentation. For a moment I felt special. This was a presentation about me and the rest of my friends who play DUST. A presentation for us and to become closer to the rest of this family here at CCP and with EVE. Everyone around me knew I was a DUST only player it seemed.

Never in all my life have I been this utterly embarrassed to be somewhere. To really feel executed on the spot and all eyes on you. I felt like the biggest fool in the universe. My wife just covered her mouth and looked at me with pity. It felt as if everyone was looking at me for a reaction.

Every single moment after that it seemed like my family and I had leprosy. People steered clear and ended conversations as fast as possible and vanished. I just don't know how else to explain it. I have never in all my life felt this betrayed and publicly humiliated.

I wish I never came up here.

I'll give him a few points for trying. like, 1/10

This is as nice as I get. Best quote ever https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4137165#post4137165
Renier Gaden
Immortal Guides
#7 - 2014-05-02 23:36:26 UTC
Dominus Tempus wrote:
It's a game.

Its a freaking expensive plane ticket, and hotel bill. CCP should have warned people before Fan Fest. I feel bad for the guy, and those like him.
Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#8 - 2014-05-02 23:38:15 UTC
Am I missing something here, didn't ccp say that dust was still going to be supported and that development wasn't going to end for dust?

Dumbing down of Eve Online will result in it's destruction...
Renier Gaden
Immortal Guides
#9 - 2014-05-02 23:38:21 UTC
Noriko Mai wrote:
Where is he from? And how did a ten year old get the money to fly to iceland? And how can he have a wife and a child?

Most DUST players were in the 20 to 40 range.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#10 - 2014-05-02 23:40:11 UTC
Renier Gaden wrote:
At first things were great. It was interesting to walk around and introduce yourself as a DUST only player ....


.....Everyone around me knew I was a DUST only player it seemed.



If you walk around and say nothing but "IM A DUST ONLY PLAYER"... people are going to tend to remember...and youre gonna have a bad time.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Noriko Mai
#11 - 2014-05-02 23:42:04 UTC
Renier Gaden wrote:
Noriko Mai wrote:
Where is he from? And how did a ten year old get the money to fly to iceland? And how can he have a wife and a child?

Most DUST players were in the 20 to 40 range.

Console FPS players can't exceed a mental age of 15.

"Meh.." - Albert Einstein
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#12 - 2014-05-02 23:47:47 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Renier Gaden wrote:
At first things were great. It was interesting to walk around and introduce yourself as a DUST only player ....


.....Everyone around me knew I was a DUST only player it seemed.



If you walk around and say nothing but "IM A DUST ONLY PLAYER"... people are going to tend to remember...and youre gonna have a bad time.


Yeah that's just too formulaic to be easily believed.

Especially given the stuff on their forums in the last few hours.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#13 - 2014-05-02 23:51:57 UTC
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