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Parndium
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:19:00 -
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Edited by: Parndium on 23/04/2008 12:21:47 Edited by: Parndium on 23/04/2008 12:19:45 This will probably get lost under the "oh teh noes! I got ganked" or "CCP stolez me monehs!" posts. But, oh well, he goes...
I started off playing MMOs with a glorious game that a few of you might remember, Ultima Online. Talk about harsh. This was a game where, if you left the relative safety of the 'guard zones', you were pretty much guaranteed to be killed (PK'd). It was a rush trying to get to a dungeon, get a hand full of gold coins and back to a city to bank your gold. I'd guess that about 7 out of 10 times you didn't. When you died, you lost everything on your body. PKing was rampant. It was a rush, it was fun.
"What does this have to do with EVE?" I hear you ask? Everything.
I heard about EVE years ago, didn't think anything of it as I was in my counter-strike/TFC phase. Then, a few weeks ago, I read an old article about the Guiding Hand Social Club. A group of players that infiltrated a corporation and proceeded to kill the CEO in a very OTT fashion whilst other members simultaneously looted shipyards dry. Why? - Because someone else had paid them to do it. I was sold.
I've now been playing for 5 weeks (complete noob =) but during this time I have managed to pull together about 42million (which I'm pretty damn proud of) and a nice collection of various ships (1-st level ORE miner, a Cruiser, Destroyer and multiple frigates). I've also signed up for a second account to haul my precious Dense Veldspar from belt to station. I intend to play until either I get bored, the server dies (unlikely!) or I finally grow out of online games.
I feel I must say Thank You to the GMs, Behind-the-scenes guys and also the designers. You brought my faith in MMOs back.
On a side note to the carebears (yeah, I'm technically one at the moment): Most of you don't realize how easy you have it these days.
Back to UO talk again...! Back in UO, you used to have a storage limit of 125 items (completely safe), if you wanted to store anything past this item limit you had to buy a house. This house came with a key. If you lost the key, or got killed while carrying it (it dropped to your corpse), whoever found or looted it had access to all of your items and could happily move them to their house. No refunds, no "Dear GM, Please return my stuffz?".
There were also a few months where there was a trick that allowed you access to people's houses without the key. No refunds were given then.
Anyway, enough rambling from me. GG.
Edit: Damn those commas. And the OTT profanity filter! ---------- Cry me a river, build a bridge, get over it. |
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CCP Navigator
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:22:00 -
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Welcome to EVE Online, Parndium
I hope you enjoy your stay with us
Navigator, Community Representative EVE Online, CCP Games Email/Netfang
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Felysta Sandorn
Celestial Apocalypse Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:23:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Navigator Welcome to EVE Online, Parndium
I hope you enjoy your stay with us
Can I have your stuff?
Latest Video, Click Here!
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Hyperforce99
Gallente Infinite Covenant Black Star Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:28:00 -
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sounds great, I hope your going to have a great time playing EVE-online, and I guess i'll see you out there, maybe --------------------------------------------- Somewhere beyond happyness and sadness, I need to calculate what creates my own madness o/ |
dragon mouth
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:31:00 -
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Originally by: Parndium
I've now been playing for 5 weeks (complete noob =) but during this time I have managed to pull together about 42million (which I'm pretty damn proud of) and a nice collection of various ships (1-st level ORE miner, a Cruiser, Destroyer and multiple frigates). I've also signed up for a second account to haul my precious Dense Veldspar from belt to station. I intend to play until either I get bored, the server dies (unlikely!) or I finally grow out of online games.
Older player base in eve i have to admit my first char was made in 2004 sold it as i was leaving the game for an extended break but i returned and have been back playing few months made all new accounts and restarted and it is a blast :) enjoy it even if you take a break keep chars etc you will be back trust me.
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Parndium
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:37:00 -
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Cheers guys and gals, I imagine I'll be here for a long, long time. So much to do! Some may say too much. But not me =) ---------- Cry me a river, build a bridge, get over it. |
Batolemaeus
Caldari Free-Space-Ranger Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:42:00 -
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Originally by: Parndium I started off playing MMOs with a glorious game that a few of you might remember, Ultima Online.
You will find a lot of similarities by the way. You are not the only one who liked old school UO. :)
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Anti Excedrin
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:47:00 -
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Ah the blind admiration of a new-born. They're cute at that age. Soon though the terrible twos will be upon us.
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Tommy TenKreds
Animal Mercantile Executive
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Posted - 2008.04.23 12:53:00 -
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Originally by: Anti Excedrin Ah the blind admiration of a new-born. They're cute at that age. Soon though the terrible twos will be upon us.
Welcome to space Parndium.
Bandures > tommy you like a cowboy harry ) |
Le Skunk
Low Sec Liberators
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Posted - 2008.04.23 13:39:00 -
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Originally by: Parndium
Back to UO talk again...! Back in UO, you used to have a storage limit of 125 items (completely safe), if you wanted to store anything past this item limit you had to buy a house. This house came with a key. If you lost the key, or got killed while carrying it (it dropped to your corpse), whoever found or looted it had access to all of your items and could happily move them to their house. No refunds, no "Dear GM, Please return my stuffz?".
There were also a few months where there was a trick that allowed you access to people's houses without the key. No refunds were given then.
We need this In EVE... BADLY.
When you kill a carebear, you get the key to his hanger.
SKUNK
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Kwah teN
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Posted - 2008.04.23 14:02:00 -
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Hey parnd, another UO vet here. :) Remember when GM lockpickers could open house doors? Ah, those were the days...
Fly safe out there! We mine your minerals. We make your battleships. We maintain your POSes. We haul your goods while you sleep.
Do not **** with us. |
Malcanis
R.E.C.O.N. Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.04.23 14:09:00 -
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Originally by: Parndium Edited by: Parndium on 23/04/2008 12:21:47 Edited by: Parndium on 23/04/2008 12:19:45 This will probably get lost under the "oh teh noes! I got ganked" or "CCP stolez me monehs!" posts. But, oh well, he goes...
I started off playing MMOs with a glorious game that a few of you might remember, Ultima Online. Talk about harsh. This was a game where, if you left the relative safety of the 'guard zones', you were pretty much guaranteed to be killed (PK'd). It was a rush trying to get to a dungeon, get a hand full of gold coins and back to a city to bank your gold. I'd guess that about 7 out of 10 times you didn't. When you died, you lost everything on your body. PKing was rampant. It was a rush, it was fun.
"What does this have to do with EVE?" I hear you ask? Everything.
I heard about EVE years ago, didn't think anything of it as I was in my counter-strike/TFC phase. Then, a few weeks ago, I read an old article about the Guiding Hand Social Club. A group of players that infiltrated a corporation and proceeded to kill the CEO in a very OTT fashion whilst other members simultaneously looted shipyards dry. Why? - Because someone else had paid them to do it. I was sold.
I've now been playing for 5 weeks (complete noob =) but during this time I have managed to pull together about 42million (which I'm pretty damn proud of) and a nice collection of various ships (1-st level ORE miner, a Cruiser, Destroyer and multiple frigates). I've also signed up for a second account to haul my precious Dense Veldspar from belt to station. I intend to play until either I get bored, the server dies (unlikely!) or I finally grow out of online games.
I feel I must say Thank You to the GMs, Behind-the-scenes guys and also the designers. You brought my faith in MMOs back.
On a side note to the carebears (yeah, I'm technically one at the moment): Most of you don't realize how easy you have it these days.
Back to UO talk again...! Back in UO, you used to have a storage limit of 125 items (completely safe), if you wanted to store anything past this item limit you had to buy a house. This house came with a key. If you lost the key, or got killed while carrying it (it dropped to your corpse), whoever found or looted it had access to all of your items and could happily move them to their house. No refunds, no "Dear GM, Please return my stuffz?".
There were also a few months where there was a trick that allowed you access to people's houses without the key. No refunds were given then.
Anyway, enough rambling from me. GG.
Edit: Damn those commas. And the OTT profanity filter!
Great post. Shoot me a line if you want to join the channel I hang out in - you'll find some experienced players there who will be happy to advise you in all aspects of the game, and you'll find it easy to get into a good PvP corp if that's what you want. In fact on the strength of that post, I will sponsor you to join R.E.C.O.N if you can fly a tackling ship: you'll good nav skills, MWD, can use web/scram, not to mind losing a lot of ships (we'll give you ISK for T1 frigates anyway), and be prepared to learn, fight, and work with the team. |
Trathen
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Posted - 2008.04.23 14:43:00 -
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Originally by: Parndium
I heard about EVE years ago, didn't think anything of it as I was in my counter-strike/TFC phase. Then, a few weeks ago, I read an old article about the Guiding Hand Social Club. A group of players that infiltrated a corporation and proceeded to kill the CEO in a very OTT fashion whilst other members simultaneously looted shipyards dry. Why? - Because someone else had paid them to do it. I was sold.
Similar stories like this sold me on EvE not too long ago. Stay away from the forums, though - the complaints are off the hook. I need to find something better at work.
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Asuka Smith
Gallente StarHunt Fallout Project
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Posted - 2008.04.23 15:18:00 -
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Originally by: Trathen
Originally by: Parndium
I heard about EVE years ago, didn't think anything of it as I was in my counter-strike/TFC phase. Then, a few weeks ago, I read an old article about the Guiding Hand Social Club. A group of players that infiltrated a corporation and proceeded to kill the CEO in a very OTT fashion whilst other members simultaneously looted shipyards dry. Why? - Because someone else had paid them to do it. I was sold.
Similar stories like this sold me on EvE not too long ago. Stay away from the forums, though - the complaints are off the hook. I need to find something better at work.
Did you see the ships and modules post where a guy wants an automatic setup generator? LOL! These forums are just for comic relief nowadays.
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Nguyen VanPhuoc
Minmatar The Halibuts
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Posted - 2008.04.23 15:24:00 -
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what are the chances 'operation suicide gank Parndium' is being planned by someone right now :D ___________________ What was that word young man!?!
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Ambien Torca
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Posted - 2008.04.23 15:26:00 -
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Welcome to EVE. You will soon discover that this game is no longer so hardcore at all (I think it was more so back in 2003-4) unless you do certain stupid things like afk flying in multibillion mission running battleship or T1 hauler with lots of phat loots. Nevertheless, one can also have some fun here and there if you have enough time to burn (tons of waiting and such).
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Radcjk
Caldari Dark Star LTD Atrocitas
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Posted - 2008.04.23 15:28:00 -
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You are mining. You will die. (estimated to occur a few times a week for say, two months, if you venture into low sec)
You will go anti pirates (estimation, 2 to 6 months duration)
You will get tired of having morals attached to targets. You will either A: Start selling kill services trying to be a merc B: Fail at mercing (because there are just so damn many of them, nothing personal) and pirate.
Some where in this progession, between anti pirating and pirating, you may feel the need to can flip, steal, corp thieve, and scam artist. These are all perfectly natural feelings, and are often felt by newish to middle ground players who want to screw every one they see out of their isk but have yet to start a full fledged piloting career.
Like a child talking at a young age, this stage may last for some time or come and go with very little notice untill true piracy shows itself.
Have fun mate. |
Elliot Reid
Digital Fury Corporation Digital Renegades
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Posted - 2008.04.23 15:41:00 -
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Originally by: Parndium or I finally grow out of online games.
Can you do that? Grow out of online games? I've been playing games on consoles and computers since the 70's, will be buying GTA 4 for the 360 when it's out, and hope never to grow out of games be they on or offline ones.
You've got me worried now I'll grow up |
Morwagorion
Equites Vigilance Infinitas
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Posted - 2008.04.23 16:59:00 -
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Like u, i started Ultima Online when Felucca was the only "world" and played many years, but from Trammel on the feeling was gone even if it was hard to close the accounts.
First i read "the great scam" story, then the GHSC story and when i finally closed UO i had no doubt, EVE would be my new game.
Welcome.
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Batolemaeus
Caldari Free-Space-Ranger Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2008.04.23 17:04:00 -
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Originally by: Elliot Reid
You've got me worried now I'll grow up
There is this saying in germany i'll translate:
"The day you stop playing, you just admit you have become old".
(Sadly, i do not know the correct translation for "alter Sack", but i'm sure someone with better english than me will translate that for you)
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Siadyu
Amarr Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2008.04.23 17:06:00 -
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Quote: There were also a few months where there was a trick that allowed you access to people's houses without the key. No refunds were given then.
No doubt this is responsible for the extraordinary growth and success of Ultima Online.
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