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Do People At Work Know You Play EVE?

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Lady Areola Fappington
#61 - 2014-07-15 21:13:44 UTC
Mike Azariah wrote:
speaking as a guy about to turn 55 this year, don't sell us old '50 year olds' off so quickly

they might have the patience to actually appreciate a game that is not based on reaction time

m



Hey, nothing wrong with the 50's, I just went from 49 to 18 today.

That's right, 18, I'm going back to do the cool years over again, and nobody can stop me!


My co-workers know about my ganking addiction, most of them think it's kind of funny. Pretty much the universal response to any rage I share has been (and yea, I'm paraphrasing a little) "It's a PVP game right? They shoulda known it would happen."

7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided. --Eve New Player Guide
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#62 - 2014-07-15 21:28:09 UTC
This is a slight detour, but my youngest brother is a big reader of the minerbumping blog.

The first day I introduced it to him, he made the mistake of reading it at work, and after bursting into tears of laughter for the third time he had to explain to his boss precisely what was up.

He said it was an interesting conversation.

"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.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#63 - 2014-07-15 21:31:32 UTC
Yes, people at work know I play Eve.

Yes, people at work know I use the forums.

Yes, My office diaries blog is monitored for accuracy.

No, they will not admit they know me.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Sirinda
Ekchuah's Shrine Comporium
#64 - 2014-07-15 21:43:09 UTC
ISD Ezwal wrote:
(and no, it's not me)


LIES!Big smile
Hannibal Crusoe
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#65 - 2014-07-15 22:06:12 UTC
I work in the ER and the gamers are either WOW or FPS console kids.
I have attempted to make eve players out of a few of them.
It has not worked out.

Most know that I play EVE.

Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
BrundleMeth
State War Academy
Caldari State
#66 - 2014-07-15 23:00:54 UTC
I work in IT and yes many people know...

But I got a much better reaction when I told them I fell asleep on my couch in my underwear and with an open tube of crazy glue in my hand...
Jen Takhesis
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#67 - 2014-07-15 23:13:31 UTC
BrundleMeth wrote:

But I got a much better reaction when I told them I fell asleep on my couch in my underwear and with an open tube of crazy glue in my hand...


That sounds like a strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#68 - 2014-07-15 23:24:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Little Dragon Khamez
Michael Ruckert wrote:
And if so, how did you bring it up in the initial conversation? How do you describe the game to them? And what reactions do you get when people find out you play EVE?


I work in IT and we talk about gaming pretty often, we have an in house game development studio though I'm not a part of that.

I take pride in the fact that I play an elite mmo, and I am part of an elite community. The other guys I work with have heard of eve but don't have the balls to try it. They are mostly a wow crowd.

I quite rightly look down upon them.

Dumbing down of Eve Online will result in it's destruction...
Vortexo VonBrenner
Doomheim
#69 - 2014-07-16 01:58:04 UTC
Chribba wrote:
KIller Wabbit wrote:
Chribba wrote:
After someone stumbled over and sent out the link to my youtube presentation from eve vegas... yes they know now...


And with your recent cameo in yet another EVE youtube release there's an opportunity to be outed, errr, discovered all over again! Lol

Shhh don't you dare! Lol


oops *accidentally drops link onto forum*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB1M9ZVuWtM&feature=youtu.be




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Vortexo VonBrenner
Doomheim
#70 - 2014-07-16 05:42:38 UTC
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
I want to stay employed, so no, I don't tell people at work I play Eve.
Why would I want people to know I am involved with a game that has attracted so much well-documented sociopathic behaviour in the media?

but...this is also the game where the community responds to help with RL disasters in the world and does things like band together to try and vote goon Brian 'Avalloc' Haines to get a wheelchair van regardless of what those players may think of goons ingame. You can be proud to have people know you are involved in this game, imo. Tell them the real deal about EVE, then. Media pretty much sucks anyway.






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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#71 - 2014-07-16 05:47:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Tippia
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
Why would I want people to know I am involved with a game that has attracted so much well-documented sociopathic behaviour in the media?

What? You're playing WoW?! Ugh. You should really stop doing that and play something with a more mature and stable player base, such as EVE.
Captain Soju
Failed Diplomacy
#72 - 2014-07-16 09:15:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Captain Soju
Unfortunately not:\

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BrundleMeth
State War Academy
Caldari State
#73 - 2014-07-16 11:12:54 UTC
Jen Takhesis wrote:
BrundleMeth wrote:

But I got a much better reaction when I told them I fell asleep on my couch in my underwear and with an open tube of crazy glue in my hand...


That sounds like a strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?

War Games anyone...
Jaqueline Geoliere
M4gnum P.I.
#74 - 2014-07-16 12:30:43 UTC
I work solo - if my pimp boss would know that I play, he would severely hurt me be not amused. My clients, although some are very talkative, are usually not interested in whatever I am doing at all and, paying by the hour, they usually talk about themselves and their families.
RaZZZZia
Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung
#75 - 2014-07-16 13:24:34 UTC
i experienced a lot of gather-around-the-campfirecoffeemaker events when it came to those kinda conversations.
usually together with a lot of "you guys do what?"/"why would you even..." type of questions.

since eve kinda regularly gets media coverage if once again somebody pulled of something interesting, i am more or less ordered to explain wtf happened. and if there are any new cool vids on yt or parody tunes or whatever.

none of them would ever play except one workmate who left after two month because he was scared. apparently a well organized lowsec corp is scary.



this thing about people interested in keeping up a bit with what happens in the game but never wanting to play it is quite common it seems. a friend of mine who would never play usually joins me for rl-events and loves to watch fanfest streams.
Sephira Galamore
Inner Beard Society
Kvitravn.
#76 - 2014-07-16 14:25:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Sephira Galamore
Jupp, some of my colleagues know. One's an actual online gamer and we've had the occasional discussion on game design differences.
The rest don't game or game much and aren't that interested.

With some I mentioned it only when showing my Fanfest/Iceland photos, and it wasn't easy to explain Fanfest to people that don't play computer games, don't know about fan conventions etc. <.<
Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#77 - 2014-07-16 15:31:35 UTC
I actually start working today, so no one there (besides the lady I talked to yesterday to get the job) knows me yet. So...no, no one at work knows. People at my last job did, though.

"Tomahawks?"

"----in' A, right?"

"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

"----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."
Bizzaro Stormy MurphDog
B.L.U.E L.A.S.E.R.
#78 - 2014-07-16 16:29:05 UTC
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
I want to stay employed, so no, I don't tell people at work I play Eve.
Why would I want people to know I am involved with a game that has attracted so much well-documented sociopathic behaviour in the media?


Considering how much time you spend on the forums, I expect your employer would fire you just for wasting so much company time. When you explained to them that you're busy non-stop complaining about a game you don't like, they'd probably take away any accrued vacation too.

I am not an alt of Chribba.
SamuelAdams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#79 - 2014-07-16 17:07:56 UTC
Most of the numptys I work with arent even sure what computer games are. Roll
They play candy crush on their phones and their kids play console games.
When I have tried to explain to them what an open ended MMO is, they look at me like lobsters are crawling out of my ears.
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#80 - 2014-07-16 17:09:34 UTC
SamuelAdams wrote:
Most of the numptys I work with arent even sure what computer games are. Roll
They play candy crush on their phones and their kids play console games.
When I have tried to explain to them what an open ended MMO is, they look at me like lobsters are crawling out of my ears.



That's because lobsters ARE crawling out of your ears. I can see them! Also , LSD is a hell of a drug.