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Title: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Anslol on 17 Sep 2013, 10:31
What I learned in Eve is...
(1) Drunk FCing can be a wonderful thing in the moment, and a horrible consequence the next morning before work.
(2) The Hawk ALWAYS has a MSE/MASB. Always.
(3) Accents make for hilarious fleet command outcomes.
(4) Never eat greasy food during a tense situation...trust me.

How about you guys?
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Silas Vitalia on 17 Sep 2013, 11:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQ6335puOc
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Repentence Tyrathlion on 17 Sep 2013, 11:08
1. All scandinavians sound terrifying.
2. You will never live anything down.
3. Sometimes, you just have to shrug and move on.
4. The 'hindsight' mod allows you to win every battle.  Unfortunately, you can only fit it after losing.
5. There will be idiots.
6. Always have a backup plan, and a backup backup plan.
7. Trust no one.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Lyn Farel on 17 Sep 2013, 12:41
1. People are no more mature than on other MMOs. Just a different kind of stupid, with added IQ.
2. Bittervetness.
3. Babbling english.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: kalaratiri on 17 Sep 2013, 14:17
1. How to really swear
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Shiori on 17 Sep 2013, 15:20
1. If not you, then who? No one, that's who.
2. Apparently I have a sexy, sexy voice, and sound confident even when close to peeing myself in terror. Really should try to FC more.
3. You can't win. You can't break even. But you can quit the game.. briefly.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Victoria Stecker on 17 Sep 2013, 21:29
7. Trust no one.

This.

It has had an interesting impact on my RL dealings with other people.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Pieter Tuulinen on 17 Sep 2013, 21:37
3. You can't win. You can't break even. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

FTFY
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Repentence Tyrathlion on 18 Sep 2013, 02:49
7. Trust no one.

This.

It has had an interesting impact on my RL dealings with other people.

Sadly, the one that jammed this one home for me actually involved an RL friend.  I very nearly cut ties over it.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Vincent Pryce on 18 Sep 2013, 03:39
7. Trust no one.

This.

It has had an interesting impact on my RL dealings with other people.

Sadly, the one that jammed this one home for me actually involved an RL friend.  I very nearly cut ties over it.

(http://theonceandfuturecoffeeaddict.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/tumblr_m6iaf2s7bp1qev756.jpg)
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Aelisha Montenagre on 18 Sep 2013, 04:24
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Arista Shahni on 18 Sep 2013, 06:05
Though this one could be self-jynxing - for all the stories of 'personal' backstabbing I have heard, so far, it has never happened, which has lead me to question what exactly inspires it beside a sense of solely "lol EVE".  As has already pointed out, trust is a commodity.  It is not a nonexistent unicorn constructed by carebears.

If it does happen - oh well, it's EVE.  You knew it would eventually.  Cuddle your internet feeling and get over it, usually by fucking off and playing something else for a bit.  The skill queue goes on without you.

Never share personal, RL data of any personal depth.  Though too late for me and I do not regret it, it should not be done.  Because lol EVE people do exist and will use it to manipulate your kindness or humanity in sn attempt to to validate themselves or raise their importance to themselves and your shared peers.  Cause "we all love eachother"or not in public, someone is sitting there right now thinking I am so much fucking cooler than you, and telling people all about it - behind your back, right now.

The best balance for a roleplayer is having a non-RP corp.  It is refreshing to hear as a response to the insanity of your week "Well, I don't really get it, but ok...  Wanna fleet up?"
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Vincent Pryce on 18 Sep 2013, 09:47
Though this one could be self-jynxing - for all the stories of 'personal' backstabbing I have heard, so far, it has never happened, which has lead me to question what exactly inspires it beside a sense of solely "lol EVE".  As has already pointed out, trust is a commodity.  It is not a nonexistent unicorn constructed by carebears.

If it does happen - oh well, it's EVE.  You knew it would eventually.  Cuddle your internet feeling and get over it, usually by fucking off and playing something else for a bit.  The skill queue goes on without you.

Never share personal, RL data of any personal depth.  Though too late for me and I do not regret it, it should not be done.  Because lol EVE people do exist and will use it to manipulate your kindness or humanity in sn attempt to to validate themselves or raise their importance to themselves and your shared peers.  Cause "we all love eachother"or not in public, someone is sitting there right now thinking I am so much fucking cooler than you, and telling people all about it - behind your back, right now.

The best balance for a roleplayer is having a non-RP corp.  It is refreshing to hear as a response to the insanity of your week "Well, I don't really get it, but ok...  Wanna fleet up?"
+9001
This.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Ché Biko on 18 Sep 2013, 16:19
YOLO
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Pieter Tuulinen on 18 Sep 2013, 16:38
You Obviously Love Owls?
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: orange on 18 Sep 2013, 18:33
You Obviously Love Owls?

No, "You Obviously Loathe Owlbears (https://www.google.com/search?q=Owlbears&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS442US442&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=D0Y6UsqHBIPErQGg6IGwBg&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=1327&bih=747&dpr=1#imgdii=_)!"
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Katrina Oniseki on 18 Sep 2013, 18:50
(http://i.imgur.com/roNXJkl.jpg)

NOW I AM A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Vikarion on 18 Sep 2013, 22:55
[spoiler](http://i.imgur.com/roNXJkl.jpg)[/spoiler]

NOW I AM A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE

Okay. What in the ever loving fuck is that.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Katrina Oniseki on 18 Sep 2013, 23:08
It's a metaphor for: "I learned I can't pay attention to serious games."
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Vikarion on 25 Sep 2013, 00:02
Well, hmm.

I think the first thing I learned about Eve is that you can only get hurt by it if you care about it too much. The second thing I learned is that I don't really care about losing ships - an attitude that leads to fun, in the Dwarf Fortress sense...and the third thing I learned is that it is hilariously gratifying to destroy other people's hopes, dreams, and spaceships.

The fourth thing I learned is that the third thing is mostly fun if you get people to dislike you, to feel slighted by you, or to trust you. The happiest moments I had in Eve were those of sweet, sweet revenge, violencing the boats of those who already felt victimized by me, and smilingly telling people the truth in ways which led them completely false, while assassinating their friends.

Oh, and I also learned that RP is fun, but that I royally suck at it. And that I sometimes get a little too...eager to advocate for my chosen faction.

Overall, Eve has been good to me.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Reyd Karris on 25 Sep 2013, 02:00
"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

Removing someone in a strategic sense is easier if you aren't their enemy. Give enough information and disinformation to have someone doubt any word from you is wonderful in establishing that baseline confusion that can be used to royally fuck with someone's head. If you give any encouragement at all, they second guess themselves. In that confusion, you ascertain exactly what their intent is and you are more easily able to redirect them to another, less intrusive, course of action.

For instance, pointing out that Rogue Drones, Sleepers and Jovians have a connection without actually saying the connection poisons any potential mention of said connection down the line. If such a revelation is integral to certain strategic RP goals, establishing that "connection" early and as confusingly as possible makes sense. Make sure you know the connection; otherwise, you'll cause more damage to your own cause than you do to anyone else's.

Oh, and I discovered that few people are familiar with Tilden's Laws (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilden's_Laws_of_Robotics), and if they are, they fail to see how they relate to EVE and Rogue Drones specifically. If they did, Rogue Drone RP might be a lot more colorful and vibrant than simply, "I talk weird and have strangely inefficient methods of interaction and pursue goals that are seemingly against any logical rhyme or reason."

 :twisted:
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Elmund Egivand on 26 Sep 2013, 01:43
1. Never undock anything you cannot afford to lose.
2. Only undock ships if you have the replacement of said ship in your hangar.
3. The market never sleeps
4. Marketeers have too much free time
5. If he is on-grid, is not blue or not a known-friendly, and is in a combat ship, he is up to no good.
6. When in doubt, shoot it. When still in doubt, shoot it again.
7. If you are going to overheat two modules in the same slot category most of the time, for the love of all that is good, don't put them side-by-side.
8. Anything big has hard time hitting anything small that isn't stupid enough to fly in a straight line. Unless that big thing has rapid light missile launchers.
9. Kill drones if you can't kill the boat.
10. If the boat has too much tank, kill the drones anyway.
11. Persistence pays off
12. There is such thing as 'too persistent'.
13. Divide and conquer.
14. Always be prepared to be surprised.
15. Learn to laugh in the face of tragedy. You will feel better.
16. Mining is best done with a good book, a good friend, a good cat, or a carton of good beer. 
17. Contrary to popular belief, there are girls on the internet.
18. Always spend on things that can make you more isk. Buy hugely expensive implants with leftover money.
19. People who do bad things aren't necessarily bad people.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Techie Kanenald on 26 Sep 2013, 06:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlJ3vOp6nI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlJ3vOp6nI)

I'll just leave this here....
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Vincent Pryce on 26 Sep 2013, 08:57
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Alain Colcer on 26 Sep 2013, 09:49
what i've learned has already been mentioned, but there is one thing makes the most impression to me

People itself make life cruel, grimm and hopeless.....life in itself has not such nature.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Gottii on 26 Sep 2013, 09:52
Things I learned....

1.) Its probably best to assume strangers want to hurt you.  They just dont know how yet.

2.)  Pirates dont like being killed by RPers...

3.) Silence as you loot their wreck is the best smack

4.) There are real life girls who play EVE.  A lot of them fly ECM, for some reason.

5.)  "Docking request accepted" means, really, "yeah yeah, it could be 5 secs, it could be 5 mins"

6.)  What happens right after a pilot loses a ship will determine if he will be a good PVPer or not.

7.)  Pilots that cant laugh a lot, in particular at themselves, will break in combat.

8.) One interesting, smart, and driven enemy is worth more than a dozen friends.

9.) People will whine about anything.

10.)  Morons exist in every country.

11.) This game is driven by the threat of loss.  Without that it gets boring.

12.)  Drakes are the EVE version of the Toyota Camry.  Solid, dependable, probably safe to assume driver is kinda boring.

13.) I secretly hated and feared Drakes cus my Vagabond/Cynabals could do nothing to them solo.

14.)  The bigger the breasts on the avatar, the less likely the character is played by a real life woman.

15.)  Brutor Drama Club = best club

16.)  The war for profits in the market is, by far, the most intense and ruthless PVP out there.

17.) There is no better feeling than undocking in your first Rifter you saved up for.

18.)  Being an FC is an odd mixture of military commander, scout, entertainer, and cat herder.

19.) No plan survives contact with the F1 button.

20.) Kyber will betray you!
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Mister Screwball on 26 Sep 2013, 10:17
Things I learned....

3.) Silence as you loot their wreck is the best smack


20.) Kyber will betray you!

Dear god yes to this
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Aelisha Montenagre on 27 Sep 2013, 02:07

2.)  Pirates dont like being killed by RPers...

(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/191doccwlqrihgif/ku-medium.gif)
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Louella Dougans on 27 Sep 2013, 07:58
What I learned is that it is as easy to find a group of likeable people who enjoy roleplaying as an entertaining activity in its own right in EVE as it is in real life.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Vikarion on 27 Sep 2013, 23:34
What I learned is that it is as easy to find a group of likeable people who enjoy roleplaying as an entertaining activity in its own right in EVE as it is in real life.

So...pretty difficult, then? :-P
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Utsukushi Shi on 28 Sep 2013, 01:02
1. Do what ever you find to be fun. Fuck any "rules" people say you have to follow.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Louella Dougans on 28 Sep 2013, 04:59
What I learned is that it is as easy to find a group of likeable people who enjoy roleplaying as an entertaining activity in its own right in EVE as it is in real life.

So...pretty difficult, then? :-P

 :D

Indeed.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Jekaterine on 29 Sep 2013, 04:36
Hell is other people.
Title: Re: What I learned in Eve is...
Post by: Anslol on 30 Sep 2013, 13:05
1. Do what ever you find to be fun. Fuck any "rules" people say you have to follow.
You. I like you.