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Getting a new player interested!
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Craftingpro Ellecon
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2014-05-12 13:47:33 UTC
Hello everyone,

I have a friend that tried Eve in the past, i got him a 1 month sub so he could get a better experience but he decided not to purchase more time afterwards. He seemed to enjoy Eve but never took the initiative to call me up to get online, only accepted me when I asked if he wanted to log on. I just got him a new charactor and a 21 day trial and I am hoping he will decide to stay.

Basically I want to know if he actually likes playing Eve or just puts up with me when I ask.
Thanks All!Lol

Some guy > "What do you do for a living?" Me > "I make bad puns" Me > "Now go and [u]mine[/u] your own business!" Some guy > face palm
Solecist Project
#2 - 2014-05-12 13:50:14 UTC
Get him hooked to adrenaline.

He'll stay.

(:

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#3 - 2014-05-12 14:00:24 UTC
Blackmail usually works for a while.





☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#4 - 2014-05-12 14:02:52 UTC
Want me to make life more interesting for him?

Chuck me his toon's name and Ill keep him interested.

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-05-12 14:05:26 UTC
If he's not taking any initiative or even logging on, he probably doesn't like it. You just may have a stronger personality and he's doing it to keep you happy.

Just continue strong-arming him until he amasses some ISK and then have him give you his stuff before he quits.

Joffy Aulx-Gao for CSM. Fix links and OGB. Ban stabs from plexes. Fulfill karmic justice.
Christy D Floyd
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2014-05-12 14:16:40 UTC
Tell him to come Join BNI aka BraveNewbies. These guys have brought life back into eve for me and gives me a reason to log on everyday. Thanks again BNI


Rome

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#7 - 2014-05-12 14:24:07 UTC
Oh I don't know. I like space ships, friends and family like elves, just the way it is.

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#8 - 2014-05-12 15:21:05 UTC
Eve Uni has recently become not ****. I'd give them a try.

"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.
McRoll
Extraction and Exploration Ltd.
#9 - 2014-05-12 16:00:58 UTC
Tbh I don't think that you can make him stay. Its very often the case that a player is either hooked in his first days or he is "meh" about it. In this case he will dabble around a bit and finally quit once there is nobody there to drive him to log in. I would suggest as well that you should save yourself the trouble. Eve is for a very specific audience, I had a couple buddies who tried that as well, though all claimed that it is a very good game, no one of them stayed for long.
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#10 - 2014-05-12 16:06:24 UTC
McRoll wrote:
Tbh I don't think that you can make him stay.


Sure you can

http://i.imgur.com/ErUTGtb.jpg

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#11 - 2014-05-12 16:09:20 UTC
If he doesn't stay, can I have his stuff?

Murderers of Negotiable Motivations

=]|[=
Rowells
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#12 - 2014-05-12 16:17:39 UTC
slip something in his drink then lock him in a box with his computer and a bucket.
Forum Clone 77777
Doomheim
#13 - 2014-05-12 16:29:56 UTC
Is there a question somewhere in the OP I cant see? Everyone is answering some mystical question.. Am I being denied this epic quest by the gods?
Doreen Kaundur
#14 - 2014-05-12 18:11:50 UTC
Well, if nothing else works try flowers...dinner...dancing.

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Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#15 - 2014-05-12 18:14:26 UTC
Craftingpro Ellecon wrote:
Hello everyone,

I have a friend that tried Eve in the past, i got him a 1 month sub so he could get a better experience but he decided not to purchase more time afterwards. He seemed to enjoy Eve but never took the initiative to call me up to get online, only accepted me when I asked if he wanted to log on. I just got him a new charactor and a 21 day trial and I am hoping he will decide to stay.

Basically I want to know if he actually likes playing Eve or just puts up with me when I ask.
Thanks All!Lol


You seem to be trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. If after a month of play the bug hasn't bitten him, it probably won't.

That's ok, EVE isn't for everyone.
Doreen Kaundur
#16 - 2014-05-12 18:16:33 UTC
Jenn aSide wrote:
If after a moth of play the bug hasn't bitten him, it probably won't.




What's with your obession with insects? What?

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Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#17 - 2014-05-12 18:18:46 UTC
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Jenn aSide wrote:
If after a moth of play the bug hasn't bitten him, it probably won't.




What's with your obession with insects? What?


I've been to Singapore, they are delicious.
Divine Entervention
Doomheim
#18 - 2014-05-12 21:55:04 UTC
Let him know that in a couple years EvE he'll have enough skill points to fly the ship he wants.

That'll hook him.
epicurus ataraxia
Illusion of Solitude.
Illusion of Solitude
#19 - 2014-05-12 22:11:28 UTC
Jenn aSide wrote:
Craftingpro Ellecon wrote:
Hello everyone,

I have a friend that tried Eve in the past, i got him a 1 month sub so he could get a better experience but he decided not to purchase more time afterwards. He seemed to enjoy Eve but never took the initiative to call me up to get online, only accepted me when I asked if he wanted to log on. I just got him a new charactor and a 21 day trial and I am hoping he will decide to stay.

Basically I want to know if he actually likes playing Eve or just puts up with me when I ask.
Thanks All!Lol


You seem to be trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. If after a month of play the bug hasn't bitten him, it probably won't.

That's ok, EVE isn't for everyone.


Some get it quickly, for some it is a slow burn, where the interest grows as they discover more. They can become long term lovers of the game

Some Just have a crappy time given them.
They leave.

There is one EvE. Many people. Many lifestyles. WE are EvE
Cpt Swagg
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2014-05-12 23:23:30 UTC
Give him a dose of LSD everytime he logs in.
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