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So you have 50M+ SP, and you still play solo because:

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Ana Vyr
Vyral Technologies
#81 - 2011-12-20 18:28:54 UTC
I just want to do what I want in game with no guilt, no schedule, and nobody to babysit.
Manssell
OmiHyperMultiNationalDrunksConglomerate
#82 - 2011-12-20 18:34:32 UTC
No where near the amount of skill points but...

Because I can, and it makes people who think I shouldn't sad/mad/cry.
Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#83 - 2011-12-20 18:36:12 UTC
Ana Vyr wrote:
I just want to do what I want in game with no guilt, no schedule, and nobody to babysit.


No guilt

Thats why people enjoys blob wars. Masses provides anonymity and no feeling attached..

You kill one, you are murderer, you kill an nation you are other nation hero.
Takseen
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#84 - 2011-12-20 18:46:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Takseen
Ana Vyr wrote:
I just want to do what I want in game with no guilt, no schedule, and nobody to babysit.


Same here. And tbh I might have stayed the same way even in that other MMO if not for the fact that some of my RL friends had a guild going already and so I just joined that and got hooked on the whole raiding thing. But being in a guild there is all positives and no wardecs, so even though I don't do much arranged group stuff anymore I still hang about.
Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
#85 - 2011-12-20 19:26:03 UTC
What the **** does solo play have to do with hisec? So many stupid people here its literally amazing that 39111 were able to log onto the game.

3/10 for getting so many people to assume a stupid notion.

internet spaceships

are serious business sir.

and don't forget it
emigrealu
The BadAzz Elite Corporation
Shadow Ultimatum
#86 - 2011-12-20 20:14:15 UTC
because I always turn up late (sometimes days late)
... and then get kicked out of the corps
Ladie Harlot
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#87 - 2011-12-20 20:43:36 UTC
Cipher Jones wrote:
What the **** does solo play have to do with hisec?

Because that's where the risk-free isk is.

The artist formerly known as Ladie Scarlet.
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#88 - 2011-12-20 20:58:06 UTC
Lady Spank wrote:
This is a pretty dumb question tbh.

I PVP solo because I can just log in and go for it and it's more challenging, therefore more rewarding.

I don't really get how you can be so opposed to the possibility, which is suggested by the snarky nature of most of your suggestions in the OP.



Look out Incursus!

Sorry, couldn't help it.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Malaclypse Muscaria
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#89 - 2011-12-20 21:01:32 UTC
A lot of good points have already been made on this thread as to the why some people - such as myself - prefer to play solo, so I won't repeat them.

I've been in corps and such a long time ago, and I'm aware there are some aspects of the game I'm missing out on because I solo. But on the other hand, from where I'm sitting at least, the sort of bullsh*t, crap and nonsense that go along with being in a corp / alliance that I don't have to put up with, more than make up for those things I may miss out on.

Some people may have all these social needs in-game that need to be catered to, or they may feel like they want to "belong", and be part of "something bigger than themselves", or simply they may just enjoy following and have others take charge and do the planning and thinking for them.

Not me. I like to play at my pace, doing whatever I want, whenever I want, and however I want to do it, without following nor babysitting others.
Diarrhea Face
Doomheim
#90 - 2011-12-20 21:02:10 UTC
who cares
arcca jeth
Dark Alliance
#91 - 2011-12-20 21:06:29 UTC
Phizban wrote:
You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.



BECAUSE, .....the CORP is a LIE. NOW, why the flip do you care how I or anyone else plays the game? does it bother you that not everyone plays like you? you mad? you hatin?.......exactly, who cares but you and some other trolls lol move on, nothing to see here
Selinate
#92 - 2011-12-20 21:16:52 UTC
Phizban wrote:
You are anti-social, and fear crowds of 2 or more people.

You were born without a tongue and can not use voice coms.

You are afraid the 3 capital ships you have will be lost in some alliance battle, and no one will care.

Bubbles make your implants go away.

You flew drunk in an CTA OP 1 time, and now nobody trusts you.

Learning X-07AB type system names reminds you of Algebra.

You are not the boss and others are not as effective or precise as you are.

You have a problem with authority becuase you are not the authority.

You trusted this guy in Jita and lost alot of ISK.

All the minerals you mine are free, just look at your wallet.

Opportunity Cost is a thinly disguised way of saying no matter what you do, you could do something else more profitable.

You want to play with others, but until ALL your skills are 5, you should probably wait.

This is E V E, and you trust NO ONE.


Have you met these players of Eve?

About 90% of them just suck at being human beings in general.

Why would I want to be in a corp with the lot of them?
Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#93 - 2011-12-20 21:26:20 UTC
Selinate wrote:


Have you met these players of Eve?

About 90% of them just suck at being human beings in general.

Why would I want to be in a corp with the lot of them?


I met quite a few, and they are just another people at another place playing the same game as i do.
Smack Talk etc. its all role playing. Since to be honest nobody is that dense.
Takseen
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#94 - 2011-12-20 21:44:10 UTC
To borrow a famous quote
"I wouldn't want to join any corp that'd have me as a member"
Mashie Saldana
V0LTA
WE FORM V0LTA
#95 - 2011-12-20 21:48:36 UTC
Selinate wrote:
Have you met these players of Eve?

About 90% of them just suck at being human beings in general.

Why would I want to be in a corp with the lot of them?

You have never been to a Veto meet.

How to win EVE
Borun Tal
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#96 - 2011-12-20 21:49:24 UTC
tl;dr

1) Most FCs are crap
2) Most CEO's couldn't manage their way out of a wet paper bag
3) Most people want you to play THEIR game, not yours

All the rest is crap.
Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
#97 - 2011-12-20 21:51:20 UTC
Ladie Harlot wrote:
Cipher Jones wrote:
What the **** does solo play have to do with hisec?

Because that's where the risk-free isk is.


What does risk free isk have to do with solo play? Not a god damn thing.

internet spaceships

are serious business sir.

and don't forget it
Zyress
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#98 - 2011-12-20 22:15:48 UTC
I'm in a corp, but I do prefer solo play because I'm an anti-social introvert who preferrs to stream music instead of listening to ventrilo all evening while I play
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#99 - 2011-12-20 22:22:02 UTC
Mashie Saldana wrote:
Selinate wrote:
Have you met these players of Eve?

About 90% of them just suck at being human beings in general.

Why would I want to be in a corp with the lot of them?

You have never been to a Veto meet.



What I observe is that in-game you meet the worst of the worst but out of game you meet some good people. But I think that this is because someone who is actually going to attend an event like a meet and greet or fanfest is, "out of the box", a better personality to begin with.

Someone who sits there noob-harvesting and smack talking all day in a garbage filled room or house, death posters all over the wall, sees Klebold and Harris (Columbine HS shooters) as heroes for all the tears they invoked, and other such characteristics, are highly unlikely to ever come out of their holes, physically as well as mentally. Such blackened little souls existed before, it's just that the internet gives them a portal beyond their private hell.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#100 - 2011-12-20 22:25:11 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
Someone who sits there noob-harvesting and smack talking all day in a garbage filled room or house, death posters all over the wall, sees Klebold and Harris (Columbine HS shooters) as heroes for all the tears they invoked, and other such characteristics, are highly unlikely to ever come out of their holes, physically as well as mentally. Such blackened little souls existed before, it's just that the internet gives them a portal beyond their private hell.
Do you really think people like that play Internet Spaceships?

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