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Favorite EVE race... and why?

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Slick Slomopavitz
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-05-22 18:16:49 UTC
My main is Minmatar (Sebiestor bloodline), chosen as a result of the personality test on the EVE site. I've always been a fan of the underdog and the outcast, and their basic backstory was appealing to me. And then when I saw their ships and station architecture, it felt even better. Granted, I did peruse the other races before choosing Minmatar, but they just didn't have the same sort of instinctual appeal. I recently rolled this alt as a Gallente just to mix it up a bit, seemed the next best fit with my own personal beliefs and aesthetic. So far I'm enjoying it, even though Gallente ships have that weirdly lovely asymmetrical quality. I think MMOs by nature require an emotional investment in order for the player to really get the full effect of the experience. The greater your appreciation for your in-game character, the greater the connection, at least according to my experience.

What made you choose who you are in the EVE universe, and why?

"Some places got a Murphy bed, this place got a Murphy shower. I still don't know where to hang the towels!"
Karen Avioras
The Raging Raccoons
#2 - 2014-05-22 18:20:19 UTC
Caldari. Everything so metallic and fancy. Gives me a cold feeling, like space. Caldari Space looks best.
Dirk Magnum
Spearhead Endeavors
#3 - 2014-05-22 18:22:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Dirk Magnum
Pretty much the same reasons as OP for my Minmatar character too. I also had a second character on this account who was Gallente, because like was said it seemed the next logical choice. He did get biomassed though while still an alpha clone to make room for my Minmatar FW guy. Minmatar side deliberately chosen again for the same reason as it was chosen for Dirk.

                      "LIVE FAST DIE." - traditional Minmatar ethos [citation needed]
Harry Forever
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#4 - 2014-05-22 19:08:07 UTC
drones, because they are not human

Harry Forever vs. Goonswarm
DrSmegma
Smegma United
#5 - 2014-05-22 19:09:06 UTC
I forgot what race I am but they're my favourite.

Eve too complicated? Try Astrum Regatta.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#6 - 2014-05-22 19:12:09 UTC
I was quite fond of The Great Rubber Duck Race that was put on several years ago.

☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Lothras Andastar
Doomheim
#7 - 2014-05-22 19:17:22 UTC
Jove of course.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#8 - 2014-05-22 19:29:24 UTC
My favourite EVE race was the Great Badger Race [not sure on the name of it, but the one where they raced hundreds of industrials... might have been a deathrace.]
Cpt Tirel
Institute For Continuous Glory
#9 - 2014-05-22 19:33:34 UTC
Achura of course. They have the most beautiful female facial features.
Job Valador
Professional Amateurs
#10 - 2014-05-22 19:34:40 UTC
Amarr Victor. All other arguments or comments past this point are invalid.

"The stone exhibited a profound lack of movement."
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#11 - 2014-05-22 19:35:29 UTC
Da is caldari, I started out thinking I would do pvp, but took a different path.

My fav race, based solely on old feelings towards its ships are Gallente, ever since I could use a thorax with 5 miner 2's and 8 heavy drones... mm that's was my mining ship of choice till the first drone nerf,

OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!

Eve For life.
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2014-05-22 19:59:44 UTC
JinMei, hate the look of Gallente ships, but the JinMei are sexy enough.

Just on pure ship aesthetics though, Amarr.
Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2014-05-22 20:31:25 UTC
Harry Forever wrote:
drones, because they are not human

Not empty quoting

Joffy Aulx-Gao for CSM. Fix links and OGB. Ban stabs from plexes. Fulfill karmic justice.
Chopper Rollins
hahahlolspycorp
#14 - 2014-05-22 23:58:49 UTC
Did the trial as Gallente, because they seemed the most humane and complex.
Undocked and saw this ship in profile that looked like the sort of deep sea fish you would throw back out of sheer respect. It was a thrasher.
Subbed as Brutor Minmatar, Tribal Traditionalist. Lucky too, now i can fly everything.
If i could have a 2nd account for cynos, they'd all be Vherokior women, the matari asian variant, because their avatars always seem to be nova-hot.
Bottom line is: the avatar could be a blue-ringed octopus, doesn't change a thing. You can still train all the things.


Goggles. Making me look good. Making you look good.
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#15 - 2014-05-23 00:10:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Scipio Artelius
The Hanging Long Limb.

In terms of human race - Gallente, because the Hanging Long Limb is native only to (and only survives in) Gallente space. Freedom and humanity and all that other stuff about Gallente too I guess.
Eli Hakomairos
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#16 - 2014-05-23 00:16:31 UTC
Caldari. mega corporations each with their own fleet, the directors and how every citizen is a citizen of their respective corp. i love it.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#17 - 2014-05-23 00:22:36 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
The Hanging Long Limb.

In terms of human race - Gallente, because the Hanging Long Limb is native only to (and only survives in) Gallente space. Freedom and humanity and all that other stuff about Gallente too I guess.

Interestingly enough Theruesse IV is a storm planet and not a temperate as one would think when reading about roes attached to trees. No wonder no one could cultivate Long Limbs outside that planet, the conditions they live under are rather odd.

Sovereignty and Population

New Mining Mechanics
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#18 - 2014-05-23 00:24:14 UTC
Amarr Victor. Khanid, only slightly less so.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Antihrist Pripravnik
Cultural Enrichment and Synergy of Diversity
Stain Neurodiverse Democracy
#19 - 2014-05-23 03:22:17 UTC
Eli Hakomairos wrote:
Caldari. mega corporations each with their own fleet, the directors and how every citizen is a citizen of their respective corp. i love it.

San Francisco ?
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#20 - 2014-05-23 04:01:58 UTC
Anyone who doesn't choose the Caldari master race deserves to be locked up in an Amarrian breeding facility. All other races are inferior. The Gallente can't subjugate us and the Minmattar can't even revolt without outside help. Amarrians are afraid of us and the Jove aren't even humans anymore so they don't count.

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