Thread for anything EvE Online.
Who plays it?
What do you like about it?
What sucks about it?
What the fuck is EvE?
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Online[/URL]
EvE online is a video game by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCP_Games"]CCP Games[/URL]. It is a player-driven, persistent-world [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game"]MMORPG[/URL] set in a science fiction space setting. Characters pilot customizable ships through a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy"]galaxy[/URL] of over 7,500 star systems. Most star systems are connected to one or more other star systems by means of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_gate"]stargates[/URL]. The star systems can contain [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon"]moons[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet"]planets[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_station"]stations[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormholes"]wormholes[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt"]asteroid belts[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_crawl"]complexes[/URL].
Players of [I]Eve Online[/I] can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including mining, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy"]piracy[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing"]manufacturing[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trader_(finance)"]trading[/URL], exploration, and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat"]combat[/URL] (both [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_versus_environment"]player versus environment[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_versus_player"]player versus player[/URL]). The character advancement system is based upon training skills in real time, even while not logged into the game.
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