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Outlaws of Eve Online: Brave Adventurers or Sad Bastards?

Published on 25. Jan, 2009 ... written by Silene Derbhan.

Eve’s universe is ruthless. The idea might be hard to grasp for every other player in the world, but for all the pilots in New Eden, it becomes clear very quickly: as enjoyable as it is, Eve is not really a game. The standard online game will always have a set of in-game restrictions put [...]

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Alternates: Are We Schizophrenics!?

Published on 22. Jan, 2009 ... written by Silene Derbhan.

Ziggy > Evening guys.
Lonelyplayer > Hello, new to corp, huh ?
Ziggy > nope, i’m Stardust’s alt.
Lonelyplayer > oh kk, I thought Marspider was Stardust’s alt…
Ziggy > yeah, him too. I use him when Zziggy and Zyggi’s accounts are inactive.
I had quite a bit of those conversations when I joined my corp. The first week was dedicated [...]

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Feeding the Addiction

Published on 24. Nov, 2008 ... written by Silene Derbhan.

by Silene Derbhan …

Starry nights
A constant buzz strangely fills your dreams of empty space. As your mind quickly adjusts by warping to an asteroid belt, you begin mining and the regular sound of lasers calms you in your sleep. But an angry hand pushes your back with growing violence, and you finally have to open [...]

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Living the Thrill: A Carebear in Low-Sec

Published on 16. Nov, 2008 ... written by Silene Derbhan.

by Silene Derbhan …
What the hell are you doing, Silene ?
Before beginning today’s story, I’d like to point out a big flaw in the terms used to describe the main careers accessible to Eve’s players: carebears or pvpers. I strongly think that this overstressed dichotomy miss the point greatly. Most of the said carebears I [...]

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Those Ships They Hate – Part 2: Assault Frigates

Published on 08. Nov, 2008 ... written by Silene Derbhan.

by Silene Derbhan … In the last article, we talked about Destroyers: cheap, accessible powerhouses with the considerable drawback of being utterly fragile. Our subject for today is almost the exact contrary, and may well be more hated and less used than destroyers for these reasons.
Assault Frigates are the Tech II counterpart of your [...]

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