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Hello there!

 

I found your advertisement on /r/evejobs and I liked what I saw; been perusing the public forums for a bit to see how you interact and respond to people. I’m interested in applying and see how I can fit in your area. 

 

I’ll start with a little about me – I’m 36 years old and have been a gamer most of my life. I frequently play various co-op games with my wife and younger brother as well as a group of online friends. We get on to play several times a week. I’m fairly competitive and like PVP, but I really like playing with a group on cooperative endeavors. Translating that to Eve means I like PVPing in fleets but don’t do a whole lot solo in that regard. I’m a software engineer working at a large retailer on their Point of Sale (POS) system. Outside of gaming my wife and I both play poker and we can usually be found at the local casinos or a friends’ home game a few times a month with a trip once or twice a year to Vegas.

 

I tried Eve quite a few years ago, but I was playing WoW at the time (I know I know), and couldn’t be bothered with another MMO, especially one that required the focus as Eve does. Fast forward a few years later and I’ve been spoiled by sandbox games and ones that feature dynamic content (Terraria, Payday 2, Minecraft, etc.) to the point where “scripted” games, even MMOs, are ruined for me. So I re-introduced myself to Eve about two years ago. Fell in love with it and even when life dictates I take a short break I maintain my subs to skill.

 

I have three characters in Eve: a combat/logi pilot with aspirations of a dread or FAX someday, an industrialist who flies a freighter and does research things, and an in-training booster that may not be viable anymore after the off-grid boosting changes come out. I’ve tried just about everything except extended low-sec living and null. I started as a high-sec carebear and gradually explored paths in life such as incursions, attempting to take and hold a low sec region with a HS alliance that wanted to move there, HS ganking (not my cup of tea), wormholes, and getting exploded in small gang fleets. The largest fleet I’ve flown with next to an Assault incursion fleet are Spectre fleets. My combat character began as a dedicated logi pilot but he has the skills to bite back if need be. He began training some capital skills from the direction of a previous corp that collapsed but he still needs a few months to become halfway viable in a dread. My main has 65mil-ish SP after some injectors, and my other two have 45mil and 43mil.

 

My corporation experience has been fairly varied. My very first corp started as a HS mercenary-wannabe corp that didn’t make it too far. My wife was also playing Eve at the time, and strangely enough having a female on comms provoked some strange conversations that told me they were young and couldn’t handle that – we left after a short stay. Our next corp was one that was one my best experiences I’ve had in this game so far and it was a HS corp specializing in industry. My booster character became a perfect Orca booster and we spent most nights mining and building things, which while not the sexiest thing to do was fairly awesome with the engaging comms and personalities in corp. We broke up the mining monotony with occasional incursion corp runs or a frigate roam in to LS while we tried to learn to fight. My wife and I forged several friendships that we still maintain on Steam and in person when we went to Eve Vegas last year. My wife and I both became directors in time and helped run things when the CEO had to stop the game due to RL issues.  The corp folded after a bad merger with an alliance focused on taking a low sec region, ganking miners, and making kneejerk reactions with no clear plans on the future. Unfortunately, a lot of drama unfolded over the last few months it existed and the alliance and corps inside folded. My wife and I take some responsibility in that as we worked really hard to make a toxic situation work out and that exposure crushed our loved corporation; we should have seen the signs and voted to leave the alliance when things got bad instead of trying to stick it out and conform. Shortly after that I took a break from the game both due to RL pressures at work and feeling disheartened after the collapse of a corp that had been together for nearly two years.

 

I’ve come back to the game a couple months ago and have joined up with a wormhole group. They are nice and laid back and I’ve enjoyed interacting with them, but they are a little *too* laid back and non-engaging. Nothing much happens except for a handful of guys going on a public NPSI roam on the weekends. Nothing wrong personality wise, but it’s a little too sleepy for me. And public NPSI fleets are not really my idea of a corp establishing its own identity as a PVP entity (nothing wrong with them, but if that’s all you do…). I’m just not a solo person.

 

So, that’s my brutally honest introduction. I prefer to put everything out on the table and let the chips fall. in conclusion, I’m looking for an established group that is active and enjoys some quality group work. I want to learn to PVP effectively and become an asset for a fleet. I want to engage in the social experiment that is this game and see what all it has to offer. I’m central USTZ. Btw, I have no experience living in NS yet. :)

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Hello there!  Thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed introduction - we tend to be very communicative ourselves, and definitely appreciate when someone makes the effort to let us know where they're coming from. :thumbup:

 

Based on what you've said, I would say you made a good choice coming here.  As I read your post and held up my mental checklist of factors that increase the likelihood of someone doing well and enjoying themselves with us, it looked something like:

- mid 30's with real life obligations: check

- lost interest in scripted games and likes a sandbox: check

- interested in pvp: check

- loyal to community / friends over an extended period: check

- took on leadership role: bonus!

- looking for engaged / non-toxic community: check

- USTZ: check

 

I will say that, when we started SOHCO 1.5 years ago, we wanted to make sure we really experienced EVE.  We had all played before, on again off again.  But this time we committed to trying out different aspects of the game, starting in hi-sec, moving to a wormhole, and then eventually taking the plunge into null.  While I wouldn't say that any one aspect of EVE is perfect or more important than the others, I will say that null really gives you the best front-row seat to watch the living story of EVE unfold, along with an insider view of the players who write it through their choices, successes and failures.  In fact in our own small way we play characters in that story and help write it ourselves.  That, for us, is the real magic of this game.  Based on what you've said, I think you'll have a similar reaction to null.

 

That said, it's not without it's challenges.  Logistics are harder.  And other players don't always cooperate with your schedule.  You might set aside an afternoon for some peaceful PvE only to find that our home systems are being invaded by a wormhole corp.  You might join a PvP roam only to find that our neighbors don't feel like playing at that moment.  And so on.  Living in null requires a certain flexibility and resourcefulness.  It can be punishing at times.  There's also the initial act of getting out here - if you haven't done that before and have a lot of stuff you want to move, that will either be arduous or expensive or some combination of the two.  Finally, you'll be joining a structured "nation" of sorts, with a lot of communications software to register for, predetermined ship fittings, specific skills to train toward, etc.

 

Hopefully none of that discourages you, but I want you to make your first journey to null with eyes wide open.  I hope we can make some time this week to hop in Mumble and talk about it some more.  I don't think I'll make it online tonight.  I'll be around Wednesday evening, but we're leading a PvP fleet so I will be distracted.  Could try to sneak in a meet and greet around 8:30 EST before we undock.  Else Thursday evening should be good.  In the meantime, I would encourage you to hop in SOHCO Public and also ask any questions you may have here.

 

Thanks again for your interest! :)

 

 

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Welcome!  It was very enjoyable reading your post.  I think you'd enjoy being a member of the corps very much.  It was very refreshing coming from WoW to Eve to see how much the maturity level jumped, but even in Eve seeing the difference between how some corps/alliances run compared to others is amazing.  SOHCO seems to be the perfect blend of friendship, professionalism, and good times.  I was worried at first they might be a bit too mature or stuffy, but it only took one fleet for my opinion to change.  There are times I just sit on comms and laugh.  Yet, the fun is all good-natured, doesn't detract from getting the job done, and enhances group cohesion, all without the pressure of putting Eve above your RL endeavors.  Enjoy your talk with Ashin, and I look forward to flying with you soon.    

 

 

Edit:  A few random questions to get to know you better :)

 

1. self checkout - yes or no?

 

2. not being able to pump your own gas in New Jersey and Oregon - job creator or wtf?

 

3. who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

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19 hours ago, Oshri Paliako said:

 

 

Edit:  A few random questions to get to know you better :)

 

1. self checkout - yes or no?

 

2. not being able to pump your own gas in New Jersey and Oregon - job creator or wtf?

 

3. who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

 

Thanks Oshri, so far I like what I see. For your questions:

 

1. No. Hell no. I've seen the code those things run...

2. wtf!

3. Someone everyone thinks is named Grant, but in reality her name is Sheila. #tinfoilhat

 

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9 minutes ago, Scynner said:

The best part of this corp/guild for me is that it is a multi-gaming guild.  Meaning you never need to leave when switching games.  

 

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so where do you live...

 

I noticed that with all the chapters. I do like that! I've currently been living in Northwest Arkansas for the last five years, but I was raised in Texas. A part of me will always call San Antonio home. :)

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1 minute ago, Darkprozac said:

 

I noticed that with all the chapters. I do like that! I've currently been living in Northwest Arkansas for the last five years, but I was raised in Texas. A part of me will always call San Antonio home. :)

 

Woo-hoo! Another Texan native! Thanks for coming to check SOHCO out. If you're looking for a mature and laid back group of space ship nerds living in null, you've come to the right place. 

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