EVE General Discussion

I've always wondered if there were E.v.E. Capsuleers who have taken lessons learned in the game and applied them successfully to their real lives in some way or another. I personally haven't done such a thing, but I have an interesting story of a guy I played with who did. Manu Bennet (yes, like the actor) was in a short-lived FW corp I ran, and wanted to teach his kid about E.v.E. This kid was probably 6 or 7, and honestly had no place flying with the intellectual titans and tactical minds that dominate the game. My buddy disagreed, and set this kid up with a decently-skilled character and a Rattlesnake to run missions with.

The kid seemed to enjoy it, and my friend ended up inviting his son to his corp to run missions with him. In one such mission, my friend AWOXed his own child and destroyed his officer-fit Rattlesnake. Immediately after he podded him, Manu told him "This is what the world is like. Never forget this feeling." The kid quit E.v.E. immediately after that, but I'm guessing he'll enter the 4th grade with a new skepticism that will better allow him to navigate the perils of this world.

Anyways, regale us with your own stories!

Bit of a cruel story, then again, if the friend didn't do it, some radom eve player would. Also RL is harsher then eve (albeit not sure if that's a good analogy to teach it)


As for me, less of a story, I wanted to start writing, but things always came up, did write a few stories over the years, but nothing much outside those.
But about a year ago, I was talking with a bunch of fellow eve-players, pondering on ways to create more visibility for player-created stories/content, as most eve related news sites don't care for it.
So decided to take the hint & start my own news blog writing about eve & players from an ingame viewpoint. It has been a fun & wild ride so far. It helped my writing skills greatly as well! And people seem to enjoy reading about the lore & ingame player run events. Never thought so many would follow me tho!

Also, still have fun writing for it! I'm aware it's not for everyone tho, but there's plenty of EvE News-sites to choose from!

The last bar fight I got in I started orbiting the guy as fast as I could, his wrecking shots were not able to track me.

i sleep less

Same. My co-workers and friends always ask me how I got into accounting when I have no background in it... and how I picked it and EXCEL up so fast.

I always say that I learned it in a back room with lots of alcohol present. I'm not exactly lying... but they think I am referencing my days as a restaurant owner/manager. If only they knew.

Why would you label someone as a psychopath just because they are playing a game and lured someone to their death according to the games design?

You need to take a few steps back and realize that reality isn't inside a screen :I

Just forum lurkin, the usual.
Eve has helped me lurk forums irl to stay on topic

Another bullsh*t post.
Can't you go waste bandwidth on Twitter....
...or something?

So tense my friend.
Stand in front of a mirror, take a deep breath, and make a funny face as you release those bad vibes.

I have become more paranoid and I'm constantly watching my back.