# How to explain EVE Online to a 'prospective player'

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**Created:** [June 2, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-to-explain-eve-online-to-a-prospective-player/80210 "2018-06-02T21:33:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yiole\_Gionglao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yiole_gionglao/32/374866_2.png) [@Yiole\_Gionglao](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Yiole_Gionglao)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-to-explain-eve-online-to-a-prospective-player/80210/8 "2018-06-08T13:44:45Z")

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Prospective player should also read this:

> [@Top reasons why a new player should consider not playing EVE Online](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/top-reasons-why-a-new-player-should-consider-not-playing-eve-online/45881):
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> Hi new player (or prospective new player) Are you tyring EVE? Considering to give it a try? Well, let me introduce myself. My main character (the oldest and more developed one) is Ishtanchuk Fazmarai. She was active between 2008 and 2016, along with a series of “alts” or seperate accounts. By all accounts, I am a bittervet, and I am here to tell you some things you should consider to not play EVE Online. They’re in no particular order. Stalled development. EVE is a massive game and will keep…

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