EVE General Discussion

People (eve large governments) don't realize it but Nerds run the world.

I bore my wife to tears with babble about Eve. She is subjected to the blather on TS during fleet ops coming from my PC speakers. She doesn't care, but she at least played WoW for a bit and doesn't have an unreasonable hatred of MMO's. (usually I do)
I know one person that is into MMO's, she plays Rift having tried Eve but didn't get into it. She'll chat with me about both games.

Beyond that-- no one I hang out with even knows what an MMO is, much less any specific one.

I tend to reference real life in Eve, not the other way around.............

gaming itself (as hobby) isn't bad when it is not interfere with your RL and family.

Personally i don't hide it. My wife knows i'm Eve long-life fan. And we both computer addicts. However we keep it away from our family life. So there is no problem here.

Born in the 70's crew reporting in,

I remember when being a "gamer" was a subject of ridicule, now everyone wants in on the action.

When someone asks me if I've tried angry birds, I can lean back in my seat give them the smug grin and the thousand yard stare and say "I'm a pod pilot, you people wouldn't believe the things I've seen. I've commanded armies and conquered worlds." some of you will remember that advert, it was when the world turned for a lot of us.

I've a few friends who play WoW, Eve is a scary place for some of them and the people who live, fight and die there are even scarier. which is kinda cool. I just wish I could go back and tell little fox stuck in the 70's not to worry it will work out fine.

I used to tell all my friends about my Eve exploits and actively advertise Eve, but I only ever got a few people to try it, and most didn't stick with it.

Their reasoning? They apparently "have a life".

I think it's something about how the former can get you laid or something, while the latter can just end with a Thorax blowing up in your face.

I think it all depends on how you describe Eve. My career oriented boss once asked me what I had as hobbies and I did talk to him about this game however, when he asked me to elaborate on it, I sticked to the cooperative aspects of the game. That Eve is a universe that can be extremely competitive, unpredictable and hostile. That it is a game where you absolutly need to work with others to achieve important goals. Basicaly, I told him that it was a great environment where you can learn to work with people you do not know and practice your Leadership and management skills. You can say (and I am sure it is true) that very serious people play this game because it is highly challenging. If you just stick to spaceships blowing up other spaceships I can understand that some people will judge you however, if you carefuly size up the person you are presenting this to, you can always find a way to "sell" this hobby without being judge.

Now let me ask a question here. If you would be a job interviewer and you are looking to fill up a leadership position within your organization. Lets say in a high tech company. You have a candidate that tells you that he play Eve Online. He explains the Eve univers to you and tells you he is a CEO of a coorporation which is also the executive coorporation of a major and very successful alliance. That a lot of people "virtualy" work for, and with him against other alliances to conquer space and accomplish all sorts of complicated stuff. That their alliance name is renowned and praised for their efficiency.

Would you hire such a guy?

IN-MATURE

define "mature"

I think, all people are just grown up childs. We still play, but the toys are different.

Pretty much this ^^

I did find out that talking about (MMOs) though can have unexpected consequences in a good way too. Found out two people I know also play (different) MMOs and a couple others either tried Eve, or at least know about it, which I had not at all anticipated.