EVE General Discussion

it hasn't because it's just a game.

Eve has made me slightly less introvert.

Made me think real hard before accepting offer that is just too good to be true.

Eve has done wonderful and remarkable things for my life.

And then because of that, I don't have time to play Eve. Go figure. But then maybe that's what growth and personal development are all about after all.

EVE has actually given me a way to channel my energies in a way that is both positive for myself, my relationship, and my self-improvement.

In the same way that game-Kristin is constantly improving herself through training sp, I feel the need to improve myself in real life. This has led me to create a log where I take note of the sp I gain from doing activities in the real world.

It also helped me cope with the shift of work load from graduating from college and then subsequently becoming unemployed for a year. Honestly, it has the same trappings of a job environment, with the resumes, the reputation, the behavior, the mentality, etc.

I think it has been largely positive in my life. :)
But only because I know when to put it down... I think.

After 10 years in Eve, I've learned a lot about administrating, delegating and leadership from running a few corps which has helped me in working life. Also learning to code since every tool I've found has lacked something I need, so meh, might as well learn to do one myself and increase my abilities in regards to the job market. Eve has also made me much more patient since you have to go about things in a very deliberate way and think about the long haul. Also, Excel skills.

Prior to understanding "EvE is just a PvP game" I used to market my teaching of the martial arts as a way to learn about people from other cultures, deep respect for their different opinions, traditions and lifestyle - while having an added bonus of being able to be able to engage them in combat and then afterwards we could together laugh about it. This has been a centuries old martial tradition so people could learn from each other different variations of martial tactics. This is why it's called training in a martial art but not called warfare.

Thanks to EvE now I just beat people up, ignore their viewpoint, and say "HTFU".

I'm joking. EvE has taught me that people are blowhards though.

Eve has emptied my wallet and prevented me from getting a part-time job.
or its just me thats preventing me from getting a job? yeah, its just me.

I participated EVE fanfest 2015 and that "forced" me to buy camera for trip. I studied available cameras for sale and I learned existence of high quality medium price compact cameras. I even bought fairly expensive leather case for camera to protect camera.

Compact camera is easy to carry around and I carry it with me whenever I go out from home door. If I see something interesting I take photo of it. I got new hobby for myself and that is photographing hobby. All hobbies in my life have gotten bored over time before. Photographing hobby is exception to this rule. Photographing hobby gets more interesting over time. My skill using camera increases over time and that makes hobby more interesting. I get better and more interesting photos. Compact cameras are much better than cell phone cameras.

EVE fanfest was my first trip outside Finland in my adulthood life. Bait was sexy enough that I wanted to go for trip.