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If you want to fly a titan, you can do it within two years (or less) if you are smart about it. Now THAT'S a commitment!

spoiler 13y ago
I know, right! I can't even be bothered to play a game for 2 months consistently. The game I've played the longest is GW2, but that's only because I play it semi-socially and casually. Not to mention the very frequent update rate keeps me interested! EVE seems amazing, and I'm sure I'd love it (never bothered to download it for some reason), but I don't think I could provide that much commitment to a game.
- Raphmedia 13y ago
  And GW2 is free. That's also the only game I play, because I can play twice a month and I won't feel bad about wasting my money on monthly subscriptions. (I know there are ways to play EVE for free, but there is no way a casual player could make it.)
  - bjelkeman-again 13y ago
    The World vs World in GW2 is just right for casuals like me and the new Edge of the Mists is going to make it even more fun.
  - zaphar 13y ago
    Guild Wars is my game as well. My wife and my kids all play it with me. It's a decent family gaming night :-) We like forming camp stealing parties in WvW.
this_user 13y ago
There are literally people who will invest months of their time to infiltrate an alliance, gain trust, rise in the ranks to then inflict the maximum amount of damage possible (a practice known as 'awoxing' after a character who made it popular a long time ago). This has lead to a level of paranoia among certain people that it would probably be easier to get a job at a Fortune 500 company than one of those groups. Furthermore, the biggest coalitions [of alliances] consist of thousands and tens of thousands of players. Some of those operations could be considered at least semi-professional with extensive IT infrastructure and dedicated HR and financial teams.
- cdash 13y ago
  They also have implemented anti-spying features into the communication channels such as hiding watermarks on forum pages that identify the user account of the person logged in. That way if you took a screenshot and distributed it then they could identify who the leaker is. http://onebit.us/x/i/IxuCXyZK8m.png http://onebit.us/x/i/IxuCXyZK8m.png http://onebit.us/x/i/cAk6RKogxR.png http://onebit.us/x/i/cAk6RKogxR.png I think they also used unicode characters as another method, so they would catch you if you copy and pasted text or took a screenshot.
- lifeisstillgood 13y ago
  I'm sorry - what? Tens of thousands of people in an alliance, logging In daily, with dedicated support teams? Is this a description of the future of corporations or just not supported by server logs?
  - Qworg 13y ago
    Goonswarm six or so years ago would raise 20-30k a year from donations to pay for colo and bandwidth. All hardware was donated from corporate IT takeouts.
    - intended 13y ago
      Colo in this case means?
      - riffic 13y ago
        Co-location, rented space inside a datacenter.

spoiler 13y ago

I know, right! I can't even be bothered to play a game for 2 months consistently. The game I've played the longest is GW2, but that's only because I play it semi-socially and casually. Not to mention the very frequent update rate keeps me interested! EVE seems amazing, and I'm sure I'd love it (never bothered to download it for some reason), but I don't think I could provide that much commitment to a game.

Raphmedia 13y ago
And GW2 is free. That's also the only game I play, because I can play twice a month and I won't feel bad about wasting my money on monthly subscriptions. (I know there are ways to play EVE for free, but there is no way a casual player could make it.)
- bjelkeman-again 13y ago
  The World vs World in GW2 is just right for casuals like me and the new Edge of the Mists is going to make it even more fun.
- zaphar 13y ago
  Guild Wars is my game as well. My wife and my kids all play it with me. It's a decent family gaming night :-) We like forming camp stealing parties in WvW.

this_user 13y ago

There are literally people who will invest months of their time to infiltrate an alliance, gain trust, rise in the ranks to then inflict the maximum amount of damage possible (a practice known as 'awoxing' after a character who made it popular a long time ago). This has lead to a level of paranoia among certain people that it would probably be easier to get a job at a Fortune 500 company than one of those groups. Furthermore, the biggest coalitions [of alliances] consist of thousands and tens of thousands of players. Some of those operations could be considered at least semi-professional with extensive IT infrastructure and dedicated HR and financial teams.

cdash 13y ago
They also have implemented anti-spying features into the communication channels such as hiding watermarks on forum pages that identify the user account of the person logged in. That way if you took a screenshot and distributed it then they could identify who the leaker is. http://onebit.us/x/i/IxuCXyZK8m.png http://onebit.us/x/i/IxuCXyZK8m.png http://onebit.us/x/i/cAk6RKogxR.png http://onebit.us/x/i/cAk6RKogxR.png I think they also used unicode characters as another method, so they would catch you if you copy and pasted text or took a screenshot.
lifeisstillgood 13y ago
I'm sorry - what? Tens of thousands of people in an alliance, logging In daily, with dedicated support teams? Is this a description of the future of corporations or just not supported by server logs?
- Qworg 13y ago
  Goonswarm six or so years ago would raise 20-30k a year from donations to pay for colo and bandwidth. All hardware was donated from corporate IT takeouts.
  - intended 13y ago
    Colo in this case means?
    - riffic 13y ago
      Co-location, rented space inside a datacenter.