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Escapism from escapism
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St Mio
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-07-30 07:00:41 UTC
So, I was thinking, for many people video games are a form of escapism. EVE is an MMO, a video game where you're inhabiting the same world as a few hundred thousand other people.

How many people come home from work or school, and login to EVE, and then promptly pick up some missions, and then proceed to be anti-social and avoid all contact with other humans.

How many people use missions as means of escapism, to escape from what is already in itself escapism?
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-07-30 07:05:17 UTC
Not me, I just met a girl and she likes me Cool

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

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rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
#3 - 2012-07-30 07:14:50 UTC
Same, I just met a girl, and she is neutral towards me.

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Nirnias Stirrum
UberWTFBBQ and Battle Technologies
#4 - 2012-07-30 08:13:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Nirnias Stirrum
Dont see how eve is anti social. Unless your playing it on your own, in which case your doing it wrong.

Well your not but try interact with your locals. I log on and talk to people from around the world every day on voice comms and in chat, thats pretty social. Iv made friends and visited friends all around europe that i met in games. 2 of them turned out to be really hot women also (shocker).

Id love to play Eve more tbh but with work i get on for like 1 hour every day except for weekends, weekends i tend to go out with my friends if something is happening, or i just play Eve. Most women have terrible standings set for me :( ha.

But when i do get on to play i only log in to pew pew. I havnt PVE'd in years and dont plan on starting ever again!
Suqq Madiq
#5 - 2012-07-30 08:36:23 UTC
This topic probably sounded better in your head before you typed it out. Now it's just a jumble of words that don't really mean anything. Escapism from escapism? What kind of rubbish is this? The game itself is escapism. Choosing to play solo is not escapism, choosing to play is.
Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#6 - 2012-07-30 08:38:32 UTC
I just met a girl, but she doesn't like me because she didn't know we met. If she knew we met, I'd probably have to kill her.

I wrote some true EVE stories! And no, they're not of the generic "my 0.0 alliance had lots of 0.0 fleets and took a lot of 0.0 space" sort. Check them out here:

https://truestories.eveonline.com/users/2074-destiny-corrupted
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#7 - 2012-07-30 09:54:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Inxentas Ultramar
I just met a girl, she dropped on my head in a Drake to kill me. She failed, so I asked her for a dance.
Ban Bindy
Bindy Brothers Pottery Association
True Reign
#8 - 2012-07-30 11:33:31 UTC
One more attempt to tell other people how to play the game they pay for.

Since Eve is the game that tries to be as nasty and mean as real life, it's not very good for escapism.
Lyskal Oskold
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-07-30 11:35:44 UTC
When they set you to red it means they're playing hard to get.

"Love is just a chemical, no matter the origin. We give it meaning by choice." - Eleanor Lamb
Skippermonkey
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-07-30 11:39:02 UTC
**** the system

take the blue AND red pill

COME AT ME BRO

I'LL JUST BE DOCKED IN THIS STATION
Serena Serene
Heretic University
#11 - 2012-07-30 11:39:21 UTC
Lyskal Oskold wrote:
When they set you to red it means they're playing hard to get.


Is that better than when they set you to blue?
Lyskal Oskold
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2012-07-30 11:41:36 UTC
Serena Serene wrote:
Lyskal Oskold wrote:
When they set you to red it means they're playing hard to get.


Is that better than when they set you to blue?


If they set you to orange they just want to use you for LP D:

I'd set you to blue any day. Rawr.

"Love is just a chemical, no matter the origin. We give it meaning by choice." - Eleanor Lamb
Lady Ayeipsia
BlueWaffe
#13 - 2012-07-30 12:01:22 UTC
Ban Bindy wrote:
One more attempt to tell other people how to play the game they pay for.

Since Eve is the game that tries to be as nasty and mean as real life, it's not very good for escapism.


Yup, thinly veiled "you are playing eve wrong" thread.
Jimmy Gunsmythe
Sebiestor Tribe
#14 - 2012-07-30 12:46:30 UTC
St Mio wrote:
So, I was thinking, for many people video games are a form of escapism. EVE is an MMO, a video game where you're inhabiting the same world as a few hundred thousand other people.

How many people come home from work or school, and login to EVE, and then promptly pick up some missions, and then proceed to be anti-social and avoid all contact with other humans.

How many people use missions as means of escapism, to escape from what is already in itself escapism?


Are you trying to be existential? Because you aren't doing very well.

Players that do missions do so because that is what they pay to play. That's their game. If you don't like it, then line up with everyone else that hates something, both real and imagined.

John Hancock
dexington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#15 - 2012-07-30 12:54:22 UTC
St Mio wrote:
How many people come home from work or school, and login to EVE, and then promptly pick up some missions, and then proceed to be anti-social and avoid all contact with other humans.


Avoiding other people should be pretty far down the list of reasons to play and mmo.

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
Hiyora Akachi
Izia Freight Limited
#16 - 2012-07-30 13:25:28 UTC
I do missions and I met a girl. She reeaaalllly likes me :D
Denidil
Cascades Mountain Operatives
#17 - 2012-07-30 13:28:00 UTC
I just met a girl, and her corporation wardecced us.

Tedium and difficulty are not the same thing, if you don't realize this then STFU about game design.
EvEa Deva
Doomheim
#18 - 2012-07-30 13:58:29 UTC
You can solo in eve, come home from work and run missions until you puke. Your options are pretty much endless.

Don't come to the forums asking though, the same people who shout sandbox and do whatever you want, are the same people telling you your doing it wrong.

Play the way you want until you feel your ready to move on to something new.
Charlie Jacobson
#19 - 2012-07-30 14:02:34 UTC
I met a lot of guys playing as female avatars, so I avoided them.

I support James 315 and the New Order of Highsec
stoicfaux
#20 - 2012-07-30 14:09:16 UTC
Hiyora Akachi wrote:
I do missions and I met a girl. She reeaaalllly likes me :D

/facepalm The Damsel likes everybody.

Also, Penicillin.

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.
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