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Do People At Work Know You Play EVE?

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Merovee
Gorthaur Legion
Imperium Mordor
#101 - 2014-07-20 06:36:27 UTC
I made the mistake of trying to recruit at work ... embarrassingOops

Empire, the next new world order.
Mike Azariah
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#102 - 2014-07-20 07:58:22 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:


Even in an FPS game it becomes more entertaining to sneak up on them and hit them in the head with a rifle butt.


In one of the battlefield series I had the gamertag 'old guy with a slow connection' just so it would hurt that much more when I did things like that

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Mike Azariah  ┬──┬ ¯|(ツ)/¯
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#103 - 2014-07-20 08:11:07 UTC
I just found out that a co worker of mine used to play EVE. Apparently my stories of the game have inspired him to resub his account.

"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.
Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#104 - 2014-07-20 12:07:12 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
I just found out that a co worker of mine used to play EVE. Apparently my stories of the game have inspired him to resub his account.

That's awesome to hear. Unfortunately, most of the gamers my wife and I know are the...ehhh...new age gamer: zero patience, and demand for instant gratification.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#105 - 2014-07-20 21:34:15 UTC
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
I just found out that a co worker of mine used to play EVE. Apparently my stories of the game have inspired him to resub his account.

That's awesome to hear. Unfortunately, most of the gamers my wife and I know are the...ehhh...new age gamer: zero patience, and demand for instant gratification.


This guy played while deployed. And honestly, given how his boss is, he has the patience of a saint.

So that's a +1 for EVE's easy accessibility in regards to internet connection and graphics requirements. Half the Americans I know first started playing EVE while deployed since it runs on even a ****ty computer and potato internet.

"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.
Hal Morsh
Doomheim
#106 - 2014-07-20 21:57:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Hal Morsh
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:



The older I get the more twitch gaming strikes me as silly.

Even in an FPS game it becomes more entertaining to sneak up on them and hit them in the head with a rifle butt.



I had one where you could cloak and then knife them behind.

Even more entertaining was finding a sniper, and orbital dropping a supply station on him. It would pull him out of scope to pretty much a big metal supply pad on his head. "Splat". Yeah they don't like that.

Oh, I perfectly understand, Hal Morsh — a mission like this requires courage, skill, and heroism… qualities you are clearly lacking. Have you forgotten you're one of the bloody immortals!?
Gettz Squall
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#107 - 2014-07-20 22:24:45 UTC
Eve is the only mmo that i never suggest to my fren....i dont like to waste my time teaching them to know that they will leave in the next few days .

But they love to listen to my eve war story.Blink
Hicksimus
Torgue
#108 - 2014-07-20 22:45:09 UTC
1 Person found out that I play EvE and then everybody knew.....they were all like how is it!? I told them it was like Poker more than it was like spaceships and that I shark noobs.....none of them have ever asked to join me.

Recruitment Officer: What type of a pilot are you? Me: I've been described as a Ray Charles with Parkinsons and a drinking problem.
Calvin
Tritanium Forge Industries
#109 - 2014-07-20 22:56:50 UTC
Oh yes, they do indeed (-: Ironically I built a lot of my job skills through playing EVE, and pretty much everyone gets a kick out of it (and realizes exactly how uber-geeky I am) when I tell them about it (-:
Commander A9
This Was The Way
#110 - 2014-07-21 02:49:26 UTC
My boss and coworkers know; they're familiar with EVE from the news articles that usually cover the big fights out in null.

My boss used to play Quake III, and my coworkers are close to my age, so they're familiar with the wonderful world of gaming!

They're intrigued, but they don't actively play. Though I enjoy telling them about it and what we do and how DUST and EVE work in tandem.

Recommendations:

-enable ships wobbling in hangar view (pre-Captains Quarters)

-add more missions (NPC fleet vs. NPC fleets that actually shoot)

-STOP NERFING EVERYTHING!

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Vortexo VonBrenner
Doomheim
#111 - 2014-07-21 18:40:33 UTC
Mike Azariah wrote:

In one of the battlefield series I had the gamertag 'old guy with a slow connection' just so it would hurt that much more when I did things like that

LOL - I play planetside2 and I'm so going to steal that idea! That'll teach those punk whippersnappers to stay off my lawn! *cough grumble cough*




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EvE quick reference pdf

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Aalysia Valkeiper
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#112 - 2014-07-22 20:25:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Aalysia Valkeiper
I go to college under scholarship.

I got into the Lan club (basically the college's online-gaming club) and introduced them to it by actually playing some at a meeting.

The administration chose to test to see if it was a worthy idea to sponsor a corp. 17 other players opened trial accounts to join my own and test EvE. They all played the trials heavily the entire two weeks and worked as a team most of the time.

The college offered to pay for the subscriptions for the entire group a full year.

I am the ONLY player in EvE right now (none of the others took up the college on that offer). When asked why, the others said EvE was NOT friendly to new players.

The college did the same thing with WoT (World of Tanks) and the clan in that game is going great and getting better.

So, yeah, people know I play EvE and wonder why.

My subscription expires this November. I will be playing other games after then.
Ranzabar
Doomheim
#113 - 2014-07-22 21:31:52 UTC
Most think it's WOW in space. Too much ADD in the office to explain it

Abide
Bohneik Itohn
10.K
#114 - 2014-07-22 21:36:46 UTC
I think if I told people at work I play Eve and described it appropriately they'd start treating me like I had said my favorite hobby was abusing small animals until they died of the trauma....

Wait, CCP kills kittens now too?!  - Freyya

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Da'iel Zehn
Evil Frosty's Premium Liqours and Fine Wines
#115 - 2014-07-22 21:39:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Da'iel Zehn
When I first started playing EvE (2005), one of my coworkers and his dad started playing. Then I told my boss about it, and he started playing EvE too.

All of us got addicted in our own way. Smile My coworker and his dad quit after a few years. My old boss still plays, but I don't see him online much.

I don't talk about my gaming at work anymore for various reasons.
Da'iel Zehn
Evil Frosty's Premium Liqours and Fine Wines
#116 - 2014-07-22 21:50:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Da'iel Zehn
I worked in the IT service industry for a while, and I swear I flew with one of my clients. I recognized his voice. I asked him one time over email if he had ever heard of EvE.

He never responded. Smile He was probably worried about all those times he was stoned on voice comms. haha Smile

He probably played at the office too, but I never did any investigation. Smile
Emiko Rowna
Keys To The Stars
#117 - 2014-07-23 06:38:58 UTC
Aalysia Valkeiper wrote:
I go to college under scholarship.

I got into the Lan club (basically the college's online-gaming club) and introduced them to it by actually playing some at a meeting.

The administration chose to test to see if it was a worthy idea to sponsor a corp. 17 other players opened trial accounts to join my own and test EvE. They all played the trials heavily the entire two weeks and worked as a team most of the time.

The college offered to pay for the subscriptions for the entire group a full year.

I am the ONLY player in EvE right now (none of the others took up the college on that offer). When asked why, the others said EvE was NOT friendly to new players.

The college did the same thing with WoT (World of Tanks) and the clan in that game is going great and getting better.

So, yeah, people know I play EvE and wonder why.

My subscription expires this November. I will be playing other games after then.



Can I have your stuff?Lol
The SIut
Spartan Industries
#118 - 2014-07-23 09:46:31 UTC  |  Edited by: The SIut
there's only like 2 ppl at my work that play pc and they play crap like bf4

everyone else is console scum, seem the majority of the human race is dumb enough for stupid in your face crap like call of duty
BrundleMeth
State War Academy
Caldari State
#119 - 2014-07-23 10:03:06 UTC
The SIut wrote:
there's only like 2 ppl at my work that play pc and they play crap like bf4

everyone else is console scum, seem the majority of the human race is dumb enough for stupid in your face bullshit like call of duty

I'd rather not have console players coming over to EVE anyway. Bunch of whiners...
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#120 - 2014-07-23 10:27:29 UTC
Not only do they know, but they dont care

Especially the ones who need morphine

You'd think they would enjoy the distraction

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann