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Comment on Why Eve online sucks donkeys by Lenny

Lenny — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:21:54 +0000

Ive played EVE for 4 years, and its tanking. I just like coming home and doing my own thing, I dont need a second job. Which is what Eve has always felt like. Ive delved deep into the layers of complexity thinking there was a way to actually make the game currency, or derive some kind of satisfaction, but the answer is NO. The Deeper you dig you will find there is no end to the complex BS, and it never becomes fruitful. As far as suicide Gankers go, they are more prevalent now and the fact they can fit a cheap throw away ship with cheap guns and kill a ship that took months to be able to afford, makes it even crappier….and there is no penalty the security status thing is a joke. The penalty is they withhold boring missions that no one wants to do anyway.
Ive lost 29 ships many were very expensive, all in high security space. Ive never Killed anyone nor do I ever want to kill anyone…..I just want to live in space and do my own thing, alone or with friends. Ive actually petitioned CCP and explained why Im getting tired of this game, and offered some solutions. I was referred to a extinct blog and told that “they (the guy at CCP) didnt mind suicide ganking.” Which is fine but they can do it without me paying for the honor.

Comment on Why I gave up on Spiceworks by Chris Watson

Chris Watson — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:45:10 +0000

There is now an agent. Version 6 fully supports home agents and remote site agents reporting back. They now can show visuals of switches and even tell you which port a workstation or server is plugged into on a switch. I realize there can be a lot involved in getting it secured, but in the end, its well worth it. We currently use Kaseya VSA and its garbage ONLY because there is a HUGE lack of support. Level Platforms was a pretty good solution. I agree with what your point is on cost effectiveness at a certain point, but Spiceworks is FAR from a bad product. Standard business concept – Time IS money.

Comment on Why Eve online sucks donkeys by fnord

fnord — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:05:30 +0000

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Comment on Why Eve online sucks donkeys by poorsucker

poorsucker — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:06:40 +0000

Wish I saw this sooner. It is 11pm Sunday. After 2.5 days straight I hate this game more than backyard monsters and Zork. I am sortof depressed now and for the first time in years I think this is the end of gaming. It might be cold out but I’m going for a walk. Tomorrow too. Come be rude to my face outside. Eve is just awful. A good old boys club from hell.

Comment on Why Eve online sucks donkeys by Pnubs

Pnubs — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:02:21 +0000

I’ve played EVE Online for over a year. I’ve been in a few corps and one big null-sec Alliance. Here’s what you need to know about EVE if you are considering playing it.
1. Don’t. Really. Don’t do it. It’s not a fun GAME. It is a fun environment for some personality types to have a sense of camaraderie with other people who share similar personality types in the midst of a virtual “sandbox” that closely resembles an American high school.
2. There are cliques (corps) and even bigger cliques (Alliances) based on different interests and just like in high school the jocks (pirates and gankers) beat up the geeks (industrialists, miners, etc.) The only way to avoid all of this nonsense is to be a mission runner in an NPC corp (one of the one’s you start off with). The problem is this part of the game is boring, because the game is designed to be social.
3. The main problem you will encounter with EVE is that because it is a “sandbox” the activities that you are able to engage in are influenced and in many cases dictated by other players. Some think that this is the best thing about the game. It’s not. Even if you are in a corp or in an alliance, because of the constant threat of “SPAIS!” (intercorp/alliance espionage) nobody trusts anyone, which makes developing the sort of social relationships that make a social sandbox game interesting and fun very difficult to do. So you have cliques inside the corps and cliques inside the alliances and they all crap on each other. The reason CCP emphasizes the big nullsec fleet battles (which aren’t really all that impressive to be a part of, they are long, slow, laggy, and generally have some drunk prick pretending to play Risk as Fleet Commander) is that they make good press and create the “promise” of EVE that nobody ever gets to. What ends up happening is they log in to chat with their mates and make each other feel like superior human beings by all of the griefing and scamming.

Comment on Why Eve online sucks donkeys by JohnR

JohnR — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:11:29 +0000

Against my better judgement and the things I said in my previous post I tried EVE anyway, and OMG! It was the most painful four hours of gaming I’ve ever experienced! Possibly the worst UI ever, an extremely confusing tutorial, and as Windowsnerd noted, probably the most rude, condescending, and unhelpful player community I’ve ever seen. Also, I was barely in my ship five minutes when I got hit up by someone trying to talk me in to some kind of recruiting scam. As a lesser complaint, I found it odd that they give you a lot of options for customizing your player character, but yet all anyone ever sees is a small postage stamp pic of you. What’s up with that? Oh, and before I forget, the game had a very annoying music score as well. Anyway, by the time I gave up I was feeling nauseous and ill, with the worst migraine headache I’ve had in years. Needless to say, all the negative things people have said about Eve here and in other web forums were definitely born out by brief my experience with the game.

Comment on Why Eve online sucks donkeys by JohnR

JohnR — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:27:50 +0000

Glad I found this thread. I was on the point of trying Eve but now think I’m going to pass on it. For one thing I did see some posts here from a few pro-Eve players that did strike me as being snobbish, elitist, and condescending. Most importantly though, I’d already heard disquieting rumors about Eve encouraging sociopathic behavior, veteran players preying on noobs, and corruption within CCP, and these things were corroborated by many posts in this thread. In fact one person on another forum wrote that new players who write favorably of the game have most likely not yet had their heads handed to them by some mean-spirited veteran.

It’s a pity though. I’m an MMO noob, but my initial euphoria with the genre has definitely soured. I loved SWTOR early on, but after three weeks got bored with the grind and quit. I’ve now been playing Star Trek Online and although it has much to recommend it (especially the fun ship combat), you reach your max level rather quickly and there’s no meaningful end-game goal, so will probably tire of it soon as well. From the research I’ve done though, I think I’d be better off passing on Eve and going back to the safer ;o) world of single player games when Sid Meier’s ‘Gods and Kings’ Civ5 update comes out it June.

Comment on Why I gave up on Spiceworks by ErikV

ErikV — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:33:22 +0000

I am a bit surprised to hear about UAC and Vista from people having business environments… the first thing I did when 7 got out is get rid of my few computers I had made the mistake of installing Vista on, to test. That OS have no reason to be installed on business computers.

SpiceWorks get better every day. For a free product, it is quite impressive. If I compare it to a few paid products I’ve seen,there is not much more difference and yes a client “agent” to gather more info than Spiceworks actually do would be nice (clients reporting over the internet, too, for all mobile users.) That would be SO great, as I have about 30 remote and on the road users (they connect through VPN but when they don’t, I want to see them anyway).

Yes, in 2008 Spiceworks really sucked. there was TONS of bugs and flaws and features not working. Today, it’s quite stable. If you take into consideration the price, then I say it is totally amazing and do a great job for smaller businesses!

Comment on Kongregate easy points by Free Kongregate Kreds

Free Kongregate Kreds — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:30:38 +0000

What great way to get easy points. There’s an add-on that I use for firefox that’s called “Kongregate Sidebar” that tells you all of the easy badges to get, and all of them are easy points. Great post though to get people started.

Comment on Why Eve online sucks donkeys by Seedy

Seedy — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:42:54 +0000

EVE isn’t a ‘sandpit’, it’s a litterbox.

It’s important in that it attracts the very lowest, most sociopathic filth and gives them a place to crawl out from under their rocks and be vile. It keeps them away from the other MMOs and makes sure they do as little damage elsewhere as is possible.

I hope it stays around for that reason, I really do.