# Top reasons why a new player should consider not playing EVE Online **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/top-reasons-why-a-new-player-should-consider-not-playing-eve-online/45881 "2017-12-17T11:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![Linus\_Gorp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/linus_gorp/32/317333_2.png) [@Linus\_Gorp](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Linus_Gorp)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/top-reasons-why-a-new-player-should-consider-not-playing-eve-online/45881/50 "2017-12-18T13:59:53Z")
> [@Tamazaki](#): > > Woah. Doesn’t feel right for an ISD to strike this tone, tbh. And why exactly? He’s not a CCP employee, he’s a volunteer and a player. He’s entitled to his own opinion and has as much right as we have to voice it. He’s also the rightful king of the forums. If you want to complain about something go nag Falcon about telling me that I can’t live in the 21st century without having a mass surveillance device that I carry around with me. > [@EVE Gate Shutdown – Wednesday September 27th](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-gate-shutdown-wednesday-september-27th/27282/32): > > If you want to restrict yourself from living in the 21st century by not having a phone that’s capable of accessing the internet, then that’s your call. Log into the EVE client if you want to send mail in that case. thinking --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/top-reasons-why-a-new-player-should-consider-not-playing-eve-online/45881)._