Eve was a black whole for me. Played casually for a week, then learned how to make money via trading, then I found out there is a Python API for grabbing data o

Eve was a black whole for me. Played casually for a week, then learned how to make money via trading, then I found out there is a Python API for grabbing data out of the game client, as well as some other JavaScript-APIs using the in-game Browser. Next thing you know I was crawling all popular market hubs in Eve, storing price history of each item in mysql, and programmatic analyzing the data to find the best trade routes for profit. Then I realized I need much more data, and prepared a small data-grabber client for other people to run, as well some cloud storage to upload it to. I looked at the calendar and noticed 2 weeks have past and I didn't do much else, so I came to the conclusion this might not be the most productive thing to do and quit Eve :) Problem is, I can't play these games the "normal" way, when I see it got APIs etc. I just have to go all out on it - or just not play at all.