EVE General Discussion

And if so, how did you bring it up in the initial conversation? How do you describe the game to them? And what reactions do you get when people find out you play EVE?

I work in the asphalt industry. Most of my co-workers can barely figure out how to use a cellphone without setting their heads on fire. So no, I don't discuss Eve with them.

Yeap, my workmates are well and truly aware.

On weekends and nightshifts (when the boss is away) I take my laptop with me, EVE helps those 12h shifts breeze by while others are watching movies or sleeping on duty.

I never take any heat, in fact most of them seem curious and often ask questions or sit down next to me to observe for a few minutes (EVE is very impressive visually!). They're all quite used to me delaying stuff at work now because I'm in the middle of a fleet lol

Tell me, where did you stick the Rifter?

I didn't bring it up in initial conversations, just mentioned that I'm playing computer games as one of my hobbies.
I've told a few of them some stories about EVE later, then, when it fit in the conversation.
I usually tell about the scope of EVE, but also about the differences to many other computer games I know. The freedom of action, the "unguided" experience.. (Edit: that includes the scamming and awoxing and other cut-throat stuff)
Sometimes about specific events.
Or about possible technological challenges of a single shard MMO of EVE's size.

They seem to find it interesting, but as most of them aren't really gamers, I don't see them subscribing anytime soon, hehe.

After someone stumbled over and sent out the link to my youtube presentation from eve vegas... yes they know now...

Two collegues at my old job got me to play the game in the first time. On my current job... there's only one gamer who only plays Fifa so I have little to discuss about about persistant-world single-shard MMO's.

Sure.
But they're a bunch of sociologists and political scientists so they just find it fascinating — kind of ruins the mystery of it all.

I'm a developer, so conversations at work drift around to games quite a lot when we're at lunch or whatever. I have no idea what they are talking about most of the time. Before I was a software Dev, I was a classical violinist, so I think most of them don't think of me as being that much of a tech nerd. But then one of them asked me if I game. And I said I play EvE. The general consensus after that was that I'm hardcore neckbeard now. And maybe a psychopath.

I kid you not, a guy walked up to me a few days after that and said, "So I heard you play eve. Man. That's crazy. Do you think you could help me with this code I'm having problems with?" Haha! No one ever asked me for help before that. Ever.


We have an x-box and a wii at work for break times. I'm trying to talk the CTO into setting up a gaming pc in that area and getting a company eve account we could just leave logged in all the time. Maybe join RvB so there's always a fight available. Let me "manage" the account. :D


I wonder if CCP would consider that account sharing if I never shared the password? Just left the account logged in and let anyone play who wanted?

You know what's funny? I'm very good with excel. Most developers that I've met are not because they don't take it seriously. But, to me it's a very useful tool for some things. I learned it extremely well when I was doing market research. Sometimes it really is the best tool for the job at hand. But this guy was asking me about Java code, with which I have no experience.