EVE General Discussion

EVE has caused a few changes in my life..


1) I had to learn how to speak/read English
2) Encouraged me to travel and leave the country (going from Norway to Denmark does not really count )
3) Met my better half in EVE, and got married.
4) Moved from Norway to America due to marriage

I saw an ad in the paper. Now I work in an office.

If I hadn't played Eve quite so much I would probably have had alot more sex with my wife, which in turn may have resulted in more children and more expense. Sadly I got bored of Eve a while ago, baby number 3 arrived shortly after I stopped playing and baby number 4 is now on the way so i think my logic is correct. I still am not playing Eve as it doesn't seem to have anything in it right now to draw me back... I occasionally reply to inane threads about blah blah blah such as this one, other than that Im playing skill queue online and waiting to see if Eve evolves into a game I want to be actually involved in again anytime...
Luckily I have vast reserves of easily made isk to keep plexing for now, god knows I wouldnt pay actual cash to play...

I only approach traffic lights that are green. If i see a red light ahead I immediately pull a U-turn. I've become more and more dishonest with my friends and family. I begged a friend for $20 and promised him I'd give him $40 in return... He gave it to me and to this day we haven't talked since and I've avoided his hateful, vulgar but kind of hilarious texts...

I've had 14 jobs in the last 3 months... only because after a while nobody would show up. They promised me it would be fun and active.. but when I was the only one to clock in for 2 weeks I walked out.

You ask how has EvE shaped my life? I ask... How has it not?

I can't get myself to play most other mmos because of this now...

EVE told me about real prosperity. I learned in age of 23, what friends are for. I also want to podkill my ex-girlfriend.

9 Years so far, officially being an outlet while in the military and deploying, also a vent for when creativity struck. EVE taught me how unkind people can be, how there are some things you just don't 'wing it' on, that people will shape you how they desire over what you desire in a heartbeat. When I arrived in the ranks of the meat grinder, it was a little easier than most.

In a lot of ways, I had nothing for a life then, Uncle Sam kinda takes that away in the active duty army infantry, unless you're the get wasted type and quite the whore, lol.

EVE was hope in a world where there hasn't been a lot of.

For those who know me for my RP style, it mimics a dark and edgy approach with a cold sense of justice, mirrored within lore that doesn't boast sugar-coated lore. It just... feels a lot more real than most other games out there that don't take darker side of story seriously.

In a way, the darker blade-runner aura that is EVE is the closest thing out there I can relate to for an escape.

Now, I've survived the Army, the Infantry, a combat deployment, a national guard contract after, and am finally allowed to be myself despite all the heartache and crushed creativity. What has survived dwells in amongst the stars where no man can reach.

Now, I'm in Full Sail Univ. -studying Game Art and soon Game Design, working with a color palette typically a little grimmer than most but seriously going places.

Who knows, one day, I might be able to come work for CCP and return the favor...

Here's to another 9 years.

It depends how intense you play and what your RL looks like in general.

From my pov I never played such a deep game. Since EVE I dropped all other games. I am now nearly 8 years ingame and it takes a huge amount of RL time you'll might spend better on more important things. Because finally there's not a real value your can use for RL. It's like living in a sub-culture at night. It might become a second (parallel) life.

I improved my english and met a lot of interesting voices on TS. But these guys are not really friends. Overall I am pretty sure that this game is for the most players very unhealthy. I know so many people playing EVE till 2-4am EVERY day. So did I for many years. I feel actually the results of sleep deprivation and other side effects.

I met some guys who are very lonely in RL and therefore taking this game extremely serious. They are trapped ingame looking for something they can't have in their RL.

Face the reality. When you are young and you have the luxury of a lot of sparetime without caring too much about money it's not a desaster to waste some fun years in EVE. If you have a RL profession, wife and kids you just might have a realistic schedule at EVEning. The worst thing you can do is playing EVE at work. Because then you definitely will work for the game but not for your money anymore. When you play everyday after work till late night it will end bad because you should ask yourself if this is a good meaningful life for you and your family. When you start to play after family went to bed you end up in less sleep what will affect work and family life. When you play just time by time you can't really get into PvP very well (if you are new in EVE). This game is just too complex for playing it a bit. And the strong social system and time to replace losses won't let you at the end. Playing EVE just one time a week or for one hour a day makes no sense. Then you better switch to PS3 Arcade style for some distraction and fun.

I just will say: overall the game has no benefit for your life. Depending on the group you play with it's highly addictive. The chance that this game frakks up your life is much higher. When you start a roam it's hard to find a break when things are going to be exciting. When you are in the middle of some PvP you can't press the pause button due to wife or kids aggro. OMG the game sucks. But it's great like dope. That's my pov.

now i try to pop all the rats i see in the subway. they keep respawning but i think something is wrong with the bounty payments...

I started working as an accountant. And I'm a damn good one too.