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Whats the trick to quit the game forever?
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Eve Addict Seven
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-04-24 01:36:57 UTC
So...


I've 'reinvented' myself over 25 times since starting in 2004.

I've been a miner, a somewhat pirate, and I've been around the map in several large alliances.

Eve doesn't interfere with my work, or family time. I've always managed fleets around my real schedule by joining alliances that had likewise timed CTA's.

I just feel burnt out of eve.

I recently got rid of my last toon (forums) but now I seem to find myself browsing the forums again over and over looking at toons.. am I addicted to shopping? or just Eve... lol.
Drunken Bum
#2 - 2013-04-24 01:38:40 UTC
If you dont like something, dont do it. I dont see why this is complicated for so many people. If eve bores you, dont play it. Very simple. If you like it, play it.

After the patch we're giving the market some gentle supply restriction, like tying one wrist to the bedpost loosely with soft silk rope. Just enough to make things a bit more exciting for the market, not enough to make a safeword necessary.  -Fozzie
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#3 - 2013-04-24 01:39:09 UTC  |  Edited by: silens vesica
EVE Online. There's no escape.

Drunken Bum wrote:
If you dont like something, dont do it. I dont see why this is complicated for so many people. If eve bores you, dont play it. Very simple. If you like it, play it.

Or do what I did - allow my account to lapse for a few years. Came back, learned the changes, and picked up where I left off.
Or - Just allow your account to lapse, and walk away.

Either way, couldn't be more simple.

Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

Didn't vote? Then you voted for NulBloc
Eve Addict Seven
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-04-24 01:43:35 UTC
Drunken Bum wrote:
If eve bores you, dont play it. Very simple. If you like it, play it.


Yea that's the problem.. Sometimes I had some really great nights.. and others.. I spent tons of hours in a carrier evacing for alliances.

I think with my work schedule it caused most my problems of late.

Getting home around 1-2am eastern and no ones on for fleets. I've worked my way around the map alliance wise.. well English ones.

Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-04-24 02:42:26 UTC
I got married, it helps

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#6 - 2013-04-24 02:45:52 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
I got married, it helps

Children, even more so. Lol
Teenagers are the worst... Shocked

Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

Didn't vote? Then you voted for NulBloc
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-04-24 03:04:07 UTC
It starts with the easy things. Give me all your stuff.

Sugar Von MurdererTits : Jake Warbird gets my vote for most intriguing and attractive male character in Eve.
Steve Spooner
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-04-24 03:08:25 UTC
Contract everything to Steve Spooner, then biomass.
Alternate Poster
Zerious Fricken Biziness
#9 - 2013-04-24 03:23:21 UTC
Eve Addict Seven wrote:

I think with my work schedule it caused most my problems of late.

Getting home around 1-2am eastern and no ones on for fleets. I've worked my way around the map alliance wise.. well English ones.



So find another corp/alliance that suits your schedule. EVE players are not restricted to one time zone.

And don't trash the gear you have. If you've had enough just stop for a while. Come back when you feel the urge, even if it's only a month at a time.
Tank Talbot
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2013-04-24 04:31:14 UTC
Well, admitting that you have a problem is the first step in recovery but no one has written the other 11 steps yet.
Victor Maximus
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-04-24 04:38:41 UTC
You sound like me when I quit years ago. I was burnt out, and needed a break. I was playing to much and couldn't sustain it.

Take a break, but go with the mindset of a break. Recharge your batteries, let the game evolve a bit, and then return if it still interests you.

I personally made it two years before devblogs, patch notes, and forum voyeurism wasn't enough.When I came back, there was a fully revamped FW system, incursions, and a slew of other improvements to play with. It wasn't a new game, but it was some fresh things to do on an old favorite.

EVE has a longevity that is so different from any other game out there, a decade old and still gaining steam? Unheard of.

Take your break, EVE will be here waiting for you when you get back Blink
Daisai
Daisai Investments.
#12 - 2013-04-24 04:56:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Daisai
Eve Addict Seven wrote:
Drunken Bum wrote:
If eve bores you, dont play it. Very simple. If you like it, play it.


Yea that's the problem.. Sometimes I had some really great nights.. and others.. I spent tons of hours in a carrier evacing for alliances.

I think with my work schedule it caused most my problems of late.

Getting home around 1-2am eastern and no ones on for fleets. I've worked my way around the map alliance wise.. well English ones.




Get a 2nd hobby and learn a long skill when you take a break for a few weeks.
2nd hobby can be a different game or some real life stuff, drinking helps too.
Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2013-04-24 07:12:05 UTC
DON'T FORGET:
YOU'RE HERE
FOREVER.
St Mio
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2013-04-24 07:21:55 UTC
Straitjacket, padded cell.
Xen Solarus
Furious Destruction and Salvage
#15 - 2013-04-24 07:33:55 UTC
Couple of ideas off the top of my head:

Move to a country that doesn't have the internet and/or electricity.

Get with a super-hot girl/boy that hates you playing computer games.

Lose your hands in an industrial accident.

Go blind.

Join a cult/religion that thinks games are evil, or refuses contact with technology.

Find another game that you like even more than EvE. (impossible)

Seriously though, occational breaks from EvE are a good thing. Makes it great again when you come back. Cool

Post with your main, like a BOSS!

And no, i don't live in highsec.  As if that would make your opinion any less wrong.  
dark heartt
#16 - 2013-04-24 07:36:55 UTC
Don't quit, take a small break and don't play the game in that time. I did so about a year ago, and came back in retribution. Don't make this game boring and switch around what you are doing.

http://tetrisisunrealistic.blogspot.com.au/
Penca
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2013-04-24 07:41:02 UTC
Change your password to something random that you can't memorize, something like "z^o%Up?Ku3464c="

Change your eve account related email to a new hotmail account with the same procedure.

Also, get hired by CCP and then fired for lurking in the ladies restroom. They will prolbably ban you for life.
Sishen Gzi
Hellion Support Services
#18 - 2013-04-24 07:57:13 UTC
Xen Solarus wrote:


Lose your hands in an industrial accident.



I could play with hooks if I had to
Zilero
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2013-04-24 07:59:53 UTC
Penca wrote:
Change your password to something random that you can't memorize, something like "z^o%Up?Ku3464c="

Change your eve account related email to a new hotmail account with the same procedure.

Also, get hired by CCP and then fired for lurking in the ladies restroom. They will prolbably ban you for life.



I did that.

I also biomassed all my chars.

I kept reading Eve related news.. decided to come back one day.

CCP restored my accounts / passwords and biomassed chars!


THERE IS NO ESCAPE!
Julius Rigel
#20 - 2013-04-24 08:08:16 UTC
Eve Addict Seven wrote:
addicted?
EVE is an addiction.

Do YOU like to undock?
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