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EVE-Online RP Discussion and Resources => EVE OOC Summit => Topic started by: Makoto Priano on 11 Jun 2013, 10:21
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Hey folks!
So -- how frequently do you all manage to participate in live events in EVE?
I mostly ask because with the Siege of Haatomo in the news, odds are we'll get a large fleet op one of these days, with the very real possibility of someone having a Heth corpse to add to their meat locker.
My guess -- given the size of the potential Provist fleet -- is that it'll be a big weekend event. Unfortunately, this weekend I'll be out of town to meet with my GF's mom about a ring, so I can't even rest on the 'west coast US = no events' crutch. :lol:
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Not a whole lot. I witnessed the battle for Caldari Prime, and I went to the SoCT guy's speech in Yulai.
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On and off. I missed most of the original "pirate" live events (the angel, guristas raids) and was forced off the field early on during the first Serpentis thing in Rilnais, going on to miss the latter event when the planet was bombarded. Also missed the entire Snipehunt and "clone soldier escape" arcs.
I was trying to go to Cal Prime, but got gatelocked and missed the fun stuff. I did make it to the Republic's cross-border raid, and did manage to make it to the Haatomo thing yesterday.
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Hey folks!
So -- how frequently do you all manage to participate in live events in EVE?
I mostly ask because with the Siege of Haatomo in the news, odds are we'll get a large fleet op one of these days, with the very real possibility of someone having a Heth corpse to add to their meat locker.
My guess -- given the size of the potential Provist fleet -- is that it'll be a big weekend event. Unfortunately, this weekend I'll be out of town to meet with my GF's mom about a ring, so I can't even rest on the 'west coast US = no events' crutch. :lol:
It's likely not going to be a weekend event - E3 is this week. Also, Heth is not a capsuleer, so there is no corpse to be had.
To answer the actual question, however: rarely, because I have a job and live in the US. Live events are currently extremely schedule-unfriendly to anyone who lives outside of Europe, people who live in the US and works the normal 8/9 to 4/5 shift, or Australians/NZers who have normal sleep schedules.
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Hmm!
Fair point, Morwen -- unless they want another big event to pimp at E3...? ;)
But yes. I work a day job in the US, west coast. The earliest I log on each evening is ~0130hrs, and I'm usually crashing at about 0800hrs to 0900hrs. Even when I can get a full night of gaming in, the best I've managed, event-wise, was poking my head in just after something big happens -- my lunch usually lands between 2030hrs and 2130 hrs.
So. Bleh!
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E3 doesn't go over the weekend, Makoto. It ends on Thursday. :P
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1. Makkal lives in null.
2. I live in the USA and have a job.
I have never made it to a live event.
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Almost never.
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It varies. Some months I manage to hit all the live events, other months I miss them all. It's rather unpredictable.
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E3 doesn't go over the weekend, Makoto. It ends on Thursday. :P
Shows how much attention I pay. ;)
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I'd love to participate in them, yet none have taken place in the Empire yet :(
Well, there was the Blood Raider relic stealing one, but that was for DUST, so still a nope for me.
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It really depends, same as makkal, i live in a GMT-4 zone, have a job (and a baby son), so its mostly from 23:00 eve time onwards that i'm able to log in and do stuff.
On weekends it varies, if i know beforehand, then its quite probable to attend, otherwise its hit and miss .....and not all the time i'm looking at the twitter feed just to get evenews.
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I am generally uninvolved personally, as most events are highsec based and or simply unrelated to the Sansha. Relatively speaking, considering how much coverage the Sansha had, I'll probably be in retirement for a good while longer.
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Rarely involved for various reasons, like not always really invested or involved ICly like Ghost, or just because I do not login a lot. Also, I am not a big fan of actually being in a live event... I rather prefer what rises around. Most live events just feel like "2 groups of NPC actors fighting/insulting each other at noon, pick your side".
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I've been quite a few of late, though I have the opposite problem to the Americans: Being GMT+3 (due to DST), weekday events start a bit late, so I have to pick between leaving when the actors are just about to get started with the smack or sleeping less. Yes, I can sleep easily over ten hours in one go, which means that during weekdays, if I'm up after 1900 EVE, I'll be "sleeping less".
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Rarely. They're usually the small hours of the morning for me. For something big (like Caldari Prime) I stay up.
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To answer the actual question, however: rarely, because I have a job and live in the US. Live events are currently extremely schedule-unfriendly to anyone who lives outside of Europe, people who live in the US and works the normal 8/9 to 4/5 shift, or Australians/NZers who have normal sleep schedules.
Australians/NZers in general :) But otherwise, yeah.
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I keep incredibly peculiar hours that appear to directly confict with the times CCP feels like running these things, so I miss the vast majority of events. I tried to stay up for the battle for Caldari Prime, but actually fell asleep while on grid. :s
It's okay though - I incorperated it into my roleplay.
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1. Makkal lives in null.
2. I live in the USA and have a job.
I have never made it to a live event.
Same
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First time player, however, depending on when it happens I'll have to miss it due to being in GMT-7 time zone. If is on the weekend, I might try to.
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I would say rather often, but i live in middle of europe so the difference of time between me and Iceland is small (one or two hours depending on the part of the year).
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I live in the US. I have a job. I have made it to exactly 2 events, one which was done on a weekend, and one (Coleile) which I had come home early for other reasons anyway (would have been upset to miss this one!)
The rest? Not one.
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As an Englander, I was present at at least 6 of the sansha incursion events, including Dodixie and Yulai.
I have been present for only a very few outside these however, something that makes me sad :(
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Not once, and I doubt I'd ever take part even if the event was on my schedule. Too many people, too much spam, too little content.
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Now, never, I'm not playing.
When I did play, I think I managed to make it to some of them. I know I got in on one of the Slave carrier kills during the Shansha live events. But overall, I usually never had time unless I specifically carved it out from something else.
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I've yet to make it to an event. The only one I sort of participated in was the Battle of Caldari Prime--I was online when it happened, and listening to Summit chatter.
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Few, but I have missed some events I could easily make it to on purpose, as they did not involve my toon's interests in any way. Yes, it would be cool to go to an event deep in the Empire and mess around, but my character don't care for messing with other's business unless it somehow involved the Fed/Intaki and/or it would be beneficial to the Republic. That last bit is likely going to change soon enough.
Other than that I actively try to avoid becoming a pest like the TS-F folks. Having no real events that revolves around the Sansha they seem to show up at any other event to be a bother and a fly on the wall. Fair enough, whatever floats your boat etc, but that's not my cup of tea, really.
There is a small chance the coming event regarding Heth can involve the Fed. IF so I'll try and be there and take part, but if not, I will actively ignore it.