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Number 1 reason why you play EVE Online.
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Velicitia
XS Tech
#41 - 2012-02-23 13:34:39 UTC
because it's really a cleverly disguised recruitment tool, and if you win, CONCORD takes you to Yulai.

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Eveliy
Coronize
#42 - 2012-02-23 13:35:27 UTC
Simple reason:

seriouz internetz spaceship business!
JitaPriceChecker2
Doomheim
#43 - 2012-02-23 13:47:05 UTC
Because the things a i do matter in a grand scheme of things.
Dbars Grinding
Dark Venture Corporation
Kitchen Sinkhole
#44 - 2012-02-23 14:02:03 UTC
RL sucks.

I have more space likes than you. 
Degren
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#45 - 2012-02-23 14:05:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Degren
Popular answer? SANDBOX!!

Unpopular answer? Well, the fact that goons managed to take territory with baby characters and (much) later do that ice interdiction thing strike me as pretty amazing sell points....which is part of THE SANDBOX.

I almost quit after being sucked into the high sec whirlpool of soul crushing boredom/pointless existence. Ice interdiction woke me up. You guys can ***** about 'em all you want, but they breathe life into what could easily be a stagnant game with all these carebears running around. /shrug

Proof? Ultima Online after Trammel.

Edit: You also have mercenary corps, both high and nullsec. I genuinely find that awesome.

Hello, hello again.
Cylide Askald
Chroma Corp
Prismatic Legion
#46 - 2012-02-23 14:08:58 UTC
The Sigil/Prorator looks so cute. :3

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Gerald Taric
NEO DYNAMICS
#47 - 2012-02-23 14:11:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Gerald Taric
Darth A30NZ wrote:
My number 1 reason.

I get to fly a spaceship.

Yours?

All in one: Because it's a SciFi-Setting with own story (not being bound to any firm, book, ...), where much freedom and possibilities is granted to the player, where every action has its consecuences - which will NOT vanish within minutes, where risk ist real, a big playerbase is present, not hyped in public, and where Station walking was promised and near *cough*.
Jowen Datloran
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#48 - 2012-02-23 14:14:24 UTC
Because it is the best/least crap virtual world MMOG available.

Mr. Science & Trade Institute, EVE Online Lorebook 

Eri Em
#49 - 2012-02-23 15:00:00 UTC
When there nothing worth playing I'm playing EvE. Currently waiting for GW2, when it comes out I'm out of here for good.
thecunning mrfox
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#50 - 2012-02-23 15:10:49 UTC
can't believe no one has said it yet

because of falcon.

also real reason: immersion immersion immersion, nothing else (game wise) comes close to the feeling of a real sci-fi universe.
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#51 - 2012-02-23 15:13:15 UTC
The forums.


I would not play if there were no forums.

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AureoBroker
Perkone
Caldari State
#52 - 2012-02-23 15:33:38 UTC
Possibility of pure industrial gameplay.
Karn Dulake
Doomheim
#53 - 2012-02-23 15:41:29 UTC
Because i live in a basement and im 55 years old.

When im not playing this game i think about suicide and my general worthlessness


Also when i kill someone i hope that i take something from their life just to make them a bit more like me.


Also

This is the best sandbox game ive ever played and it helps me unwind and i can troll my friends and the forums
I dont normally troll, but when i do i do it on General Discussion.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#54 - 2012-02-23 16:51:07 UTC
Explosions!

Though it's usually my ship.

Accidentally The Whole Frigate - For-newbies blog (currently on pause)
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#55 - 2012-02-23 18:12:46 UTC
Eveboard.

Seriously...with six characters currently being developed, I can spend hours flipping between them on EB and deciding where I'm going to take them next.

Mr Epeen Cool
Hainnz
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#56 - 2012-02-23 18:27:01 UTC
I love science fiction, space, spaceships, all that goofy stuff. EVE is the only game with that kind of "feel" to it, and gets it (mostly) right.
Riggs Droput
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#57 - 2012-02-23 18:38:16 UTC
The number one reason I play eve is that It is eve and there is nothing else like it

To me eve is so much, The friendships and the trust in the pilots you fly with. The destruction of assets, the ability to do what you want within the gameplay. There is no end game, you make your own. All of this and more is eve and that is what makes this game special.

I would rather die on my feet, than live on my knees
Alrione
Black Lagoon Inc.
#58 - 2012-02-23 18:42:26 UTC
Shiny spaceships.
Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
#59 - 2012-02-23 18:42:55 UTC
Because there is no other group on earth that thinks they are smarter than they really are than right here on this forum.

internet spaceships

are serious business sir.

and don't forget it
Selinate
#60 - 2012-02-23 18:47:07 UTC
I don't play Eve when I have better things to do. Eve just passes time when I have nothing to do. This isn't true of my way of playing most games...