EVE New Citizens Q&A

The answer to your question is, am I willing to lose all that I put forward here? I have two ships, a few million isk, and a desire to get better at the game. You will blow up, you will lose ships. The trick is to know if you can:
A: Recover?
B: How long will that take?
C: Remember that this is just a video game? (hint: if this game feels like a job, anD that is easy to do, IT IS NOT!)

Tonight my dumb *** mis-clicked on a wormhole while watching YouTube on the other screen and thought it was a gala event site. Blindly I targeted the red things because I was too engrossed in that YouTube video... then I fired at the red thing in my experimental passively shielded Machariel. Only after a causal glance, expecting cruisers to spawn did I realize my stupidity... Those are Drifter Battleships! Webbed?!! Scrammed??!!! OH SH_(pop).

Insurance payment notice

floating in a pod (and spamming the warp button because Drifters are reported to pop pods too)

Yes, I screwed up. Yes I lost a half billion isk. (You older folks remember when the Marcharial was billion isk ship? Pepperage Farms does!) .. but am I mad?

Nope.

A: I screwed up. I admit it
B: did I lose a lot of isk? Yes.
C: Can I get it back? Yes.
D: DID I HAVE FUN!?!?... Actually yes. I laughed my @$$ off.
E: Who's fault is it? Say it... SAY IT! .

mine

I love this game.

I know I can get another ship. If all your stuff gets blown up in this game, learn from it.

I know you'll be mad, but it happens. Look at your keyboard, look at your mouse, then look at your screen.

IT IS A VIDEO GAME

Now get back in your rookie ship and start over. It isn't the destination, it is the journey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBzqOa9y02I