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What problems could someone in Japanese time zone face?
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Leon Linoa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-03-17 14:00:01 UTC
Just curious if anyone lives in japan since this game I think is mainly US based.
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-03-17 14:08:12 UTC
It's mostly EU, the Americans are just the loudest.

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Leon Linoa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-03-17 14:10:54 UTC
I think that's a little better , hopefully my time zone won't cause many problems.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-03-17 14:25:23 UTC
Lol by thinking that the game is mainly US based.

The majority of the EVE players come from Russian / EU time zones.

But in general (sure there are exceptions) a lot of them have brains and don't shout as hard as the US guys.

Then again, there is still a good amount of Japanese / Australian timezone players.


Believe that ranking would be:

1. EU
2. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)
3. US
4. AUS.

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Oraac Ensor
#5 - 2013-03-17 14:45:16 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Lol by thinking that the game is mainly US based.

But understandable to a certain extent given CCP's inexplicable decision to use US English rather than the real thing.

J'Poll wrote:
2. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)

Are we allowed to call them "Comrades" these days?
Archibald Thistlewaite III
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Miners
#6 - 2013-03-17 15:19:21 UTC
Leon Linoa wrote:
What problems could someone in Japanese time zone face.


I'd be more concerned about this.

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Charlepetit LaJoie
Trust Me Ltd
#7 - 2013-03-17 17:46:12 UTC
The biggest annoyance you will run into is the scheduled daily downtime, which I believe is from 11am to 11:30am GMT/UTC.
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Daily_downtime

The exact player numbers online at different times of the day can be seen on the EVE-Online Status Monitor. The times shown should be GMT/UT.
http://eve-offline.net/?server=tranquility

The numbers never drop below half, but those quieter times should be about when it is evening in Japan. Most European players should be at work then, and most players from the Americas will be asleep. The Australians and some of the Russians will be online, though, and both countries have active and well-respected PVP corps.

Some players use those "quiet" hours for sneaking. Sneaking especially valuable freighter cargo through pirate systems, sneaking across null sec borders, making sneak attacks on enemy POS's. The Market will also be less active in most systems, which can be a good or bad thing depending on your trading strategy.

I have no idea how fast the internet connection is from Japan to the servers.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-03-17 19:07:37 UTC
Oraac Ensor wrote:

J'Poll wrote:
2. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)

Are we allowed to call them "Comrades" these days?


да *Da, in normal letters*

Which of course means yes.

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#9 - 2013-03-17 19:25:49 UTC
Oraac Ensor wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Lol by thinking that the game is mainly US based.

But understandable to a certain extent given CCP's inexplicable decision to use US English rather than the real thing.


Clearly they recognize the superior communicative qualities of the American language over your odd english dialect.Big smile

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Jill Xelitras
Xeltec services
#10 - 2013-03-17 19:43:29 UTC
Hi,

I believe players from Japan have to go through Nexon to pay, or something like that ?

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=108965

Of course, this could be outdated info.

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#11 - 2013-03-17 19:47:12 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Believe that ranking would be:

1. EU
2. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)
3. US
4. AUS.



1. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)
2. US
3. AUS.
4. EU Germany, UK, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Poland, Spain ...... Greece .... Monaco

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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#12 - 2013-03-17 20:36:27 UTC
Jill Xelitras wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Believe that ranking would be:

1. EU
2. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)
3. US
4. AUS.



1. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)
2. US
3. AUS.
4. EU Germany, UK, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Poland, Spain ...... Greece .... Monaco



Keep dreaming...

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Oraac Ensor
#13 - 2013-03-17 20:44:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Oraac Ensor
Haedonism Bot wrote:
Oraac Ensor wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Lol by thinking that the game is mainly US based.

But understandable to a certain extent given CCP's inexplicable decision to use US English rather than the real thing.


Clearly they recognize the superior communicative qualities of the American language over your odd english dialect.Big smile

What odd English dialect?

As a dual US/UK national I doubt that I have an English dialect of any sort. Big smile
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
#14 - 2013-03-17 21:49:53 UTC
One of the issues i can see you encoutering is finding a corp that operates in your timezone. Its not impossible ofc, since there are corps out there that operate more in your timezone and recruit nothing but payers from hose tmezones.
I would be very wary of all around the clock corps for tis if you are looking to get ito the operations to be honest. Im sure there are corps around that have such a large spread out playerbase that they will have enough people to run corp/alliance operations during your timezone, but make sure you hang around in their public channels and check killboards.

Good luck and welcome to EVE Smile

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Lord Battlestar
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#15 - 2013-03-18 00:23:48 UTC
You seem to line up best with the Australian TZ, so therefore I recommend trying to find a corp of Aussies as their TZ is the closest, and there are some very active corps out there.

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Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#16 - 2013-03-18 03:08:59 UTC
Lord Battlestar wrote:
You seem to line up best with the Australian TZ, so therefore I recommend trying to find a corp of Aussies as their TZ is the closest, and there are some very active corps out there.


Aussie/Kiwi players are both in a good TZ (and you can share complaints of DT being unfair) and fun to play with.

Just remember that "mate" is a normal thing to call a friend and doesn't mean anything else ;)

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Blackhuey
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Caldari State
#17 - 2013-03-18 05:18:08 UTC
Alliances are always looking for more AUTZ players, and Japan sits in that TZ.

Don't worry about downtime, it's rarely a big issue with DT durations down to <10 minutes sometimes, and it can have some benefits, e.g. allowing you to sneak into/out of nullsec before the camps go up. It's also a little reminder to check on RL every now and then.

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Velicitia
XS Tech
#18 - 2013-03-18 10:14:02 UTC
J'Poll wrote:

But in general (sure there are exceptions) a lot of them have brains and don't shout as hard as the US guys.



Can we call them "bad players" instead of US players ... ? The Caldari State of America sucks enough as it is... Cry ... not to mention Amarr down south...

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Vilnius Zar
SDC Multi Ten
#19 - 2013-03-18 10:37:27 UTC
Well, when you enter US time zones the average IQ does tend to drop by about 30 points and a lot more shouting/posing/trolling happens, so I have to agree.
Eliniale
Co-operative Resource Extraction
#20 - 2013-03-18 11:19:21 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Jill Xelitras wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Believe that ranking would be:

1. EU
2. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)
3. US
4. AUS.



1. Soviet Comrades (aka Russian block)
2. US
3. AUS.
4. EU Germany, UK, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Poland, Spain ...... Greece .... Monaco



Keep dreaming...


Pretty sure the UK beats germany, also pretty sure the UK don't consider themselves EU.
And Belgium sure as hell beats poland, spain, greece and monaco

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