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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1050 on: December 30, 2009, 12:12:55 AM »
It doesn't have MSN built-in, but you could always use Meebo. :)  Its JavaScript engine is amazingly fast (it runs WoW Armory better than Firefox) so it should be able to handle it like a champ.

If you're good at making in-game money in EVE you can play for free.  CCP sells "Pilot's License Extensions" for real-world currency -- time cards, essentially.  Unlike other MMO creators, however, EVE allows you to sell those items in-game.  It's kind of a neat system.  It allows people who want to purchase in-game currency to do so while also allowing people who don't want to pay monthly to buy play time with in-game currency.  It's particularly brilliant because if there wasn't a demand for the latter nobody would do the former.  The system is completely player-driven, very much in the spirit of the game.

Interesting. How much work does it take to make enough money ingame to afford those things, lol. I'd rather not have to do that if it costs so much ingame money that I basically spend all my time making money to afford another extension, lol. I have learned a bit about EVE, and everything I've heard so far is that basically, it's for those hardcore of hardcore gamers who basically do nothing but play the game religiously, or those players who don't mind popping ingame, doing something for 5 minutes, and then doing a whole "set and forget" type thing.

Well, I signed up for the 14 day trial, and am downloading the game right now.

I think tomorrow I'll make a tremendously TL;DR wall of text for all the shit that's been going on with me, and why my presence has been so hit-or-miss for so long. Look forward to it. :D

Yeah, I've noticed your lack of presence lately.
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1051 on: December 30, 2009, 12:43:20 AM »
320x240? Eeeecchhhh...!

One problem: you're going to have to resize them manually.  Since administratively setting your avatar would bypass the automatic resizing you're going to have to bump down the size (150x150 or less, pl0x).  Do dat and I'll sets it. :>

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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1052 on: December 30, 2009, 04:39:49 AM »
If you're good at making in-game money in EVE you can play for free.  CCP sells "Pilot's License Extensions" for real-world currency -- time cards, essentially.  Unlike other MMO creators, however, EVE allows you to sell those items in-game.  It's kind of a neat system.  It allows people who want to purchase in-game currency to do so while also allowing people who don't want to pay monthly to buy play time with in-game currency.  It's particularly brilliant because if there wasn't a demand for the latter nobody would do the former.  The system is completely player-driven, very much in the spirit of the game.

That's definitely one of the major things that interested me in the game.

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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1053 on: December 30, 2009, 07:40:12 PM »
So, I've joined EVE for the 14 day trial in a vain attempt to pay for a PLEX within those 14 days, lol.
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1054 on: December 30, 2009, 10:10:14 PM »
So, I've joined EVE for the 14 day trial in a vain attempt to pay for a PLEX within those 14 days, lol.

GL.

Also, I'M TALKING TO YOU IN EVE NOW WHILE BROWSING THESE FORUMS IN EVE WTF.
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1055 on: December 31, 2009, 01:17:42 AM »
I'M TALKING TO YOU IN EVE NOW WHILE BROWSING THESE FORUMS IN EVE WTF.

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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1056 on: December 31, 2009, 02:00:20 AM »
Fail. But yeah, my opinion of EVE so far is that it kicks major ass. If only it had a built in MSN messanger like lineage 2 did. I know I could use that meebo or whatever, but I prefer things built in. Regardless, posting from EVE right now as I mine some some concentrated veldspar.
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1057 on: January 01, 2010, 01:00:43 AM »
Also, when I try to set either of these two images as my avatar, SMF shows alt-text instead of an image for some reason, even after I refresh (the one I'm using currently doesn't have this issue).

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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1058 on: January 01, 2010, 06:46:33 PM »
Well, since I've got $50 in my bank account and a job that pays decent money, maybe I could afford to play EVE without trying to make enough for a PLEX ingame (since I just broke 1 mill now, lol. However I did lose one ship and have to outfit another to be able to defend myself, rather than mine... Maybe I'll get a mining frigate too, and keep this one for missions or something. Bah, so many options in this game.)

EDIT: Why not. I just bought my first month. Hopefully the payment goes through quickly.
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1059 on: January 01, 2010, 11:11:43 PM »
I have taser burn marks from last night.

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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1060 on: January 01, 2010, 11:31:39 PM »
Who tased you, bro?
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1061 on: January 02, 2010, 04:24:47 PM »
EDIT: Why not. I just bought my first month. Hopefully the payment goes through quickly.

Grats!  And it will.  Every time I've (re)activated my EVE account it's gone through instantly.
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1062 on: January 02, 2010, 04:38:37 PM »
Who tased you, bro?

My friend. I found my friends old taser so we had a bunch of people running around with it tasing (tasering?) each other.

Also Doctor Who is a surprisingly good show.
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1063 on: January 02, 2010, 08:16:36 PM »
Grats!  And it will.  Every time I've (re)activated my EVE account it's gone through instantly.

Well, I was using the email Interac thing, through PayByCash. I didnt want to wait a week for my e-check to go through paypal.
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Re: PRODUCING POSTS OF LAMENESS SINCE 2004
« Reply #1064 on: January 03, 2010, 06:29:41 PM »
Also Doctor Who is a surprisingly good show.

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