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Zack Korth
Poked
241
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Posted - 2013.03.03 10:14:00 -
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I think my time in EVE has finally come to an end, I knowingly made a last ditch effort to save my toons, and sadly, was denied the opportunity to "get back in the game" as I like to say.. To me, EVE is pointless without a few billion dollars, the reoccurring theme in GD is that you can play EVE any way that suits you, being rich suits me.. I've only been playing EVE since june 15th 2012, almost 9 months, and in that time I went from thinking a 500,000 isk donation to modify buy orders was extremely generous to wondering how I ever enjoyed the game without the 27 billion (plus assets) I managed to amass almost overnight.
It wasn't overnight of course, it seems it looking back but i had a good thing for a very short period of time. My main grift was, I would buy the all the region specific weapons rigs, then truck in 100's more from jita, and just gauge the hell out of people who were to lazy or too dumb to realize i was selling them rigs for, in some cases, 1600% profit. I'd list rigs at insane prices and buy them myself to even out the "regional average", make people think that was "just what they cost here".. It funded a hell of alot of fun for me and the few friends I did have (who've since stopped playing the game, and I believe one of them may be dead), I would pay people to kill others who had angered me (since a 4-5 month old toon wasn't gonna make that happen, except with isk), I started my own corp, it was a small corp but with enough ISK, it was headed down the path to success, before an awoxer (a real life friend, imagine that) ruined my plans (and investments) in null sec. I bought extra toons, expanded my possibilities, and had more fun in the game than I ever thought was possible as a newb.. EVE felt like a game where you truly could become a tycoon, with enough backing and if the right moves were made.. hell it IS that kind of game, I just didn't make those right moves, or I did but had bad luck, whatever the case.
Someone told me I had too much too fast, and was reckless, and that before long I would have nothing. They were right too.. Its like lottery winners that go broke, you always wonder hows it even possible.. I know how its possible, by not understanding the value of a buck, it has no value if it seems never-ending, its a really big number that you make a dent in here and there until you realize its all going way faster than its coming, and your plans for bringing in more aren't materializing quite the way they were supposed to.. then one day, its gone. The "friends" are gone. Any sort of power, real or imagined, is gone, along with the desire to grind what once (and still does to a degree) seemed like peanuts.
So I liquidated everything, sold everything I could get to and put all the remaining iskies on one toon, a little over 900 million isk. I decided to do what i've always done in situations of desperation, gamble. I bought one ticket on seperate somer blink drawings. By my last drawing, I felt that old familiar feeling of the hail mary being batted away in the end zone.. That weirdly satisfying loss that cements your fate like it has so many other times in my life, weirdly satisfying if only for its familiarity, and the realization that you no longer need to hold on to the dream, because it is most certainly over.
I like that, actually I love it.. the kill or die mentality of EVE, it really is awesome. I've played alot of games in my life and i'm positive that EVE has taught me more about myself than all the others combined, its funny how lame I thought it was at first, I'm glad I gave it a chance, and though all my hours of playing are now basically worthless, the lessons will always be remembered, I'm not sure what else I could ask for from a video game. If it seems like i'm giving "internet spaceships" too much credit, I assure you i'm not, I don't think I could.. This game has effected me in such a strange and unexplainable way, so much that even though i'm broke, shipless, and days from account expiration, I wouldn't change any of it. This is the journey, its my story, my part in the play. It was a small part, but to me, it was my escape while the chiefs were going 2-14.. while my girlfriend was at work, and while my arm was broken (preventing me from playing my guitar). I hope y'all enjoyed zack korth, zack korth enjoyed y'all. |
luZk
x13 Whores in space
146
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Posted - 2013.03.03 10:16:00 -
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~EVE is dying~ "Statistics show that only ~50% of the players run dx11-ready systems" --áCCP Mankiller |
Adam Junior
Jester Syndicate WHY so Seri0Us
138
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Posted - 2013.03.03 10:20:00 -
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I'd ask for your stuff but it's all gone. |
Whitehound
1092
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Posted - 2013.03.03 10:38:00 -
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The brightest flame burns the quickest.
Here is a song for you. Listen to it on your way out. Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling. |
Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
315
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Posted - 2013.03.03 10:39:00 -
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Zack Korth wrote:My main grift was, I would buy the all the region specific weapons rigs, then truck in 100's more from jita, and just gauge the hell out of people who were to lazy or too dumb to realize i was selling them rigs for, in some cases, 1600% profit. I'd list rigs at insane prices and buy them myself to even out the "regional average", make people think that was "just what they cost here"... So you were the guy who kept my BRs busy for a day until I got bored from market games again. Thanks for the isk .
Remove insurance. |
Zack Korth
Poked
243
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Posted - 2013.03.03 10:46:00 -
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Mara Pahrdi wrote:Zack Korth wrote:My main grift was, I would buy the all the region specific weapons rigs, then truck in 100's more from jita, and just gauge the hell out of people who were to lazy or too dumb to realize i was selling them rigs for, in some cases, 1600% profit. I'd list rigs at insane prices and buy them myself to even out the "regional average", make people think that was "just what they cost here"... So you were the guy who kept my BRs busy for a day until I got bored from market games again. Thanks for the isk .
Was nothin to complain about
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terzho
StarFleet Enterprises Red Alliance
165
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Posted - 2013.03.03 10:54:00 -
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Zack Korth wrote: all the remaining iskies on one toon, a little over 900 million isk.
Lol you quit because you lost 900mil? |
Zack Korth
Poked
243
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Posted - 2013.03.03 11:01:00 -
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lol no, liiiiike 35 billion? I'm not sure what all I had, I gave so much away, funded many things, awesome things. If thats still lol worthy, if 35 bill is chump change, i'd gladly accept a donation |
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2815
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Posted - 2013.03.03 11:09:00 -
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You sound like a money-junky ... and i don't mean that offensive. It's more like a mental sickness. |
Mayhaw Morgan
State War Academy Caldari State
58
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Posted - 2013.03.03 11:21:00 -
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So long, and thanks for all the rigs. |
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Wacktopia
Noir. Black Legion.
474
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Posted - 2013.03.03 11:29:00 -
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luZk wrote:~EVE is dying~ Edit Also explain to me in steps why when facing bankruptcy you decided to buy lottery tickets?
Not called the Poor Tax for nothing. The bottom line is that now I have one of those annoying signatures. |
Zack Korth
Poked
244
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Posted - 2013.03.03 11:39:00 -
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luZk wrote:Also explain to me in steps why when facing bankruptcy you decided to buy lottery tickets?
standard operating procedure
edit= not even close to the worst decision i've made in this game.. i'm ssure its not amongst the top 10 |
Vaju Enki
Secular Wisdom
478
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Posted - 2013.03.03 11:46:00 -
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Congratulations, you've just experience the power of emergent gameplay.
Welcome to EvE Online. |
luZk
x13 Whores in space
146
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Posted - 2013.03.03 12:18:00 -
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Zack Korth wrote:luZk wrote:Also explain to me in steps why when facing bankruptcy you decided to buy lottery tickets? standard operating procedure edit= not even close to the worst decision i've made in this game.. i'm ssure its not amongst the top 10
Fair enough dude. Your EVE your decisions. Still think you should rethink quitting and see if you can work your way up again. I dare you. ;) Let's say in 6 months you post the whole story about it. Now that would be a great read!
If you still insist on stopping with eve gl in your RL endeavours and if i may I would advice you to never take up gambling of any sort IRL. lol
GLHF o7 "Statistics show that only ~50% of the players run dx11-ready systems" --áCCP Mankiller |
Ptraci
Militaris Industries Northern Coalition.
1334
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Posted - 2013.03.03 12:24:00 -
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Zack Korth wrote:and in that time I went from thinking a 500,000 isk donation to modify buy orders was extremely generous to wondering how I ever enjoyed the game without the 27 billion (plus assets) I managed to amass almost overnight.
You realize you sound just like some little rich brat? Maybe that was your intention. Either way two ideas come to mind. Firstly the saying "a fool and his money are soon parted", and secondly that this is a wonderful opportunity to learn the value of money, and how hard it is to actually earn it as opposed to some windfall, some fluke. It's a hard lesson but one that would ensure you never blow 27 billion so quickly again in the future. But it seems the lesson is too hard for you. You just want the easy way. Well, there's the door. Have fun in World of Warcraft. |
Pandora Barzane
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
40
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Posted - 2013.03.03 12:33:00 -
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eve is all about isk.
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Zack Korth
Poked
246
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Posted - 2013.03.03 12:52:00 -
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luZk wrote:Zack Korth wrote:luZk wrote:Also explain to me in steps why when facing bankruptcy you decided to buy lottery tickets? standard operating procedure edit= not even close to the worst decision i've made in this game.. i'm ssure its not amongst the top 10 Fair enough dude. Your EVE your decisions. Still think you should rethink quitting and see if you can work your way up again. I dare you. ;) Let's say in 6 months you post the whole story about it. Now that would be a great read! If you still insist on stopping with eve gl in your RL endeavours and if i may I would advice you to never take up gambling of any sort IRL. lol GLHF o7
The problem has really become, it's so hard to enjoy the game without money.. I realize no one will feel sorry for me for this and I don't expect that, but I can't bring myself to do anything but search for the quick buck, that most of the "wind down", or, the parting of the money from the fool has been spent searching for that quick buck and not spent enjoying myself.
Also, I won a few dollars at a casino a while back, those dollars saved valentines day for me one year.. that one glory has alot to do with my willingness to gamble when I need something. I am not rich, in life. and I enjoy gambling, the way i see it is- most of the dollars you've gotten in your life, you've spent.. but how many of those dollars have afforded you the opportunity to get more money? In reality, if I had a bunch of extra cash, I would probably just buy plexes and keep playing.. it is not really an option, and because of that, the story can be what it is, and I can be happy with it. |
Tiber Ibis
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.03.03 13:36:00 -
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A nice story there, thanks for sharing it. I came in expecting a whine post and was pleasantly surprised with actually enjoying a good story. This just shows what sets Eve apart from other MMO's, I don't think this kind of experience would be possible in any other game.
Also, embrace for the incoming trolls telling you how you sucked and how you should have done better and l2p etc etc etc. Just forgive them though, they have no other life and only exist to troll on these forums. |
Azami Nevinyrall
Carbon Circle Tactical Narcotics Team
716
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Posted - 2013.03.03 14:04:00 -
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Came in, expecting **** of Jesus' mother. Left, rather disappointed.
-Edit- **** is also censored? Really? I'm not entirely clear on the point of this... but I do have a sudden urge to jump in a catalyst and blow up a miner... Twitter! - @AzamiNevinyrall |
Liafcipe9000
Smeghead Empire
277
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Posted - 2013.03.03 14:11:00 -
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Adam Junior wrote:I'd ask for your stuff but it's all gone. this |
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Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2816
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Posted - 2013.03.03 14:18:00 -
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Zack Korth wrote:The problem has really become, it's so hard to enjoy the game without money.. That's not true at all. You're just flawed. Go check a psychologist. |
Zack Korth
Poked
249
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Posted - 2013.03.03 14:56:00 -
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Solstice Project wrote:Zack Korth wrote:The problem has really become, it's so hard to enjoy the game without money.. That's not true at all. You're just flawed. Go check a psychologist.
Thats not true, I mean, if I were a real life millionaire.. and lost it all, I would probably feel that same way, knowing all the experiences i used to have with all that money and knowing I can't have them anymore. It would bother me more than the me I am now, thats never had much money, and doesn't know any different.. sure i know that if I were rich i could do a ton of awesome ****, but I don't have the experiences to miss.
Really, even though it never worked for anything, the funnest times with this game were scheming with friends how to make easy isk, I was always better at it when left to myself but the social interactions I had in EVE were better and more engaging than any other game i've played besides maybe guild wars, but thats a personal thing.. the guild wars community isn't by itself good (honestly i can't remember how it was) but the few people on that game I connected with, I am still friends with and still speak to |
Degren
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
2185
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Posted - 2013.03.03 15:04:00 -
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If you made it overnight, make it overnight again. OP is bored/outraged/emotional? -áCheck. -áOP is in high sec? -áCheck. -áOP is in NPC or solo corp? -áCheck. -áOP demands CCP fix the situation? -áCheck. -áLaugh at OP |
Annihilious
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
25
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Posted - 2013.03.03 16:26:00 -
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Ptraci wrote:Have fun in World of Warcraft. This wildly overused phrase is stupid already and seems to be spoken by people with no imagination whatsoever...Shut up already...
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Blubberlutsch
Mtech Heavy Industries Waterboard
0
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Posted - 2013.03.03 16:53:00 -
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Ptraci wrote:Zack Korth wrote:and in that time I went from thinking a 500,000 isk donation to modify buy orders was extremely generous to wondering how I ever enjoyed the game without the 27 billion (plus assets) I managed to amass almost overnight.
Have fun in World of Warcraft.
You suck at trolling
@topic:
Good read! I enjoyed your story!
But you only experienced half of your story. The other half you won't get when you quit.
Quitting is also telling everything about yourself and your character.
The question here is about you accepting your fate like a sheep or fighting it to become something more.
Your decision!
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Zack Korth
Poked
250
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Posted - 2013.03.03 20:11:00 -
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yeah mate, i DO like the sentiment, but even so, what could i do? start running L1's? save up 10 million isk in the next couple days? |
S'Way
Bitter Vets
458
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Posted - 2013.03.03 20:43:00 -
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Zack Korth wrote:lol no, liiiiike 35 billion? I'm not sure what all I had, I gave so much away, funded many things, awesome things. If thats still lol worthy, if 35 bill is chump change, i'd gladly accept a donation After a few years of playing 35 Bil is chump change for any trader. You should see it as a challenge, an opportunity to make it again faster than before - proving to yourself that you got better at the game. As for someone giving a donation - well you've said that's part of how you ended up in the situation you're in isn't it ?
Zack Korth wrote: The problem has really become, it's so hard to enjoy the game without money..
If you played long enough you'd see that the reverse is true in the end. The more you have - the harder it is to get that buzz of risking something anymore. Nothing matters to you then as the values involved are usually made back in a day or two.
Isk isn't the only way to have fun in the game (sure it helps but it's not all there is). Explore other options - EvE isn't just about excel sheets and numbers. Maybe just take a cheap ship and ruin someone else's day, you never know it might just turn out to be.... fun.
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Blubberlutsch
Mtech Heavy Industries Waterboard
2
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Posted - 2013.03.03 20:52:00 -
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Zack Korth wrote:yeah mate, i DO like the sentiment, but even so, what could i do? start running L1's? save up 10 million isk in the next couple days?
By the few words you wrote, i don't think you are the type to grind hard. Come up with something new and unique. Have fun doing it and mostly aks yourself why you do it.
You had plenty of money and obviously you weren't searching for money. Because you didn't keep it, you funded things, you spended it, you throwed it at friends and ideas.
You funded ideas, but you didn't fund your own ideas, or?
And just maybe true power can't be bought. Yes money helps, but it doesn't equal power.
In my humble opinion you wanted more. You funded those projects because you wanted to change this universe. Give EvE your stamp on the map. You wanted power. Your own kingdom.
Now try to figure out how to achieve this goal, you are pretty creative. I'am sure you'll find a way.
And then tell me the other half of your story a few years later.
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A-VaporiZe
Perkone Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.03.03 20:56:00 -
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So, there's no stuff to haz? |
Iminent Penance
Interstellar Military Assistance Corporation
56
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Posted - 2013.03.03 21:14:00 -
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eve is dying because you lost 30bil ish?
I've spent that in three days, NOT on supercaps or toons.
Rebuild and try something else, :P |
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