EVE General Discussion

EDIT: thanks to Chribba, here is the EVE Death-o-meter!


EVE is dying since 2003. Or maybe not.

Lately not a day goes by on the forums without an EVE health exam. Funny thing is, pessimists and optimists draw opposite conclusions from exactly the same data. Subs, PCU, ACU, PLEX prices, suicide gank frequency, nullsec carnage (or lack of it)... so much information, but so little agreement.

Enter the EVE Death-o-meter.

The Economist calculates the Recession index, simply by counting how often the ugly 'R-word' appears on leading newspapers. It seems to be surprisingly accurate at predicting recessions.


So I think somebody should count how often people say 'EVE is dying' on the forums and make some fancy graphs like these.

Lots of grim posts --> we should start looking for another timesink.
Few of them --> all is well, back to the usual forum bs.


I guess Chribba could easily do this with his epic database-fu? Or is there a sociology student looking for a good excuse to play EVE while 'carrying out innovative research'?


What do you think the EVE Death-o-meter would look like, from 2003 to now?

Ask Chribba, he can help with this!

Doomsday thinking is just people giving into to the natural anxieties that come from being mortal lol.

It's no different in game than out, you think "EVE dying since 2003" is funny? The real world has been ending for way way longer than that. lol.

The anxiety comes not only from fear of death, but also because of the discomfort associated with not being in control. That's why so many people try to "sound an alarm" to stave off death, it's a way of exerting (false) control over the situation.

Not trying to make light of death, but one of the most hilarious things I saw recently is how this doomsday preacher (Camping) predicted the end or the world, then the time came and the world didn't end, he revised the time, and when the world didn't end again, he finally admitted that no one knows when the world will end....then he died. The world did end....but just for him lol.

"EVE is dying" comes from the fear that the thing we love and have invested so much time and money and interest in will go away, at least for most of us. Some people dislike EVE (but cant' stop playing it) so they hope it dies (or comes close to dying) so that someone else will come in and 'fix' the game in a way that they will enjoy.

Me personally, I'm having too much fun actually playing EVE to worry about such things. I don't want EVE to die (and i don't think it will any time soon) or ccp to fold, but if that happens, life goes on and I will enjoy the great memories the game gave me. It would be funny as all hell if EVE was around in 50 years when most of us are actually dead (well, most of you guys, I'll be a robot by then).

This made me LOL.

This made me touch my own balls.

I see where you're going with this, however, if you've been around long enough you'll know the word "recession" replaced another word, which replaced another word, which replaced another word so the public won't be upset. The phenomena that keeps recurring to which these many words referred is the same phenom every time it occurs. And, it'll happen again. I figure it's due a name change, again. What's funny about this phenom is, when it's over the rich have gotten richer, and the poor poorer.



EVE will have died when we no longer have electricity to run it. It's beastly that way.

http://www.google.com.au/trends/explore#q=EVE%20Dying

Does this mean anything?

idk

Oh eve is not dying.
It just having bad days.

Please point out where he did what we are actually talking about.

I wonder if you ever heard of the word "context".

Guess not.

Wow, so much facepalm.
You must be fun at parties.

Here's the poop.

EVE is not dying.

People's interest and patience, however, is being seriously stretched thin.

Personally, I'd be more concerned that CCP is (hypothetically) being prepped for sale (useless product code being written off, downsizing of staff, new production strategy, etc.) than if it's actually "dying".

And if it does, hypothetically, get sold -- you think there's problems now ? Bwhahahahahahaha...

Those magical words from a new employer "Hey folks, it's great to be here and I just want to say it will be 'Business as Usual' and that we're all looking foward to doing great things... blah, blah, blah".

Usually a clear indication that "This Will Not End Well".

So, yeah... EVE ain't dying... but "WOMEN AND CAREBEARS, into the lifeboats ! ! ! " might not be far off the mark, either.