# Why do EVE players take this game so serious? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874 "2025-04-01T20:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/42 "2025-04-03T15:37:48Z")
I use Zkill as more of a comic book than anything, just to see which idiots lost utterly ridiculous fits and cargo loadouts… ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/43 "2025-04-03T16:31:15Z")
> [@Okada\_Aivoras](#): > > joining a big fleet or a big gatecamp… there is not much skill involved I heard Ahbazon is full of plebs who can’t get a kill on their own. ---
**Author:** ![Okada\_Aivoras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/okada_aivoras/32/494420_2.png) [@Okada\_Aivoras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Okada_Aivoras)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/44 "2025-04-03T20:39:23Z")
> [@Kezrai\_Charzai](#): > > One reason some players that EVE so serious is due to ego and self-image. EVE has been long thought of (rightly or wrongly) as being a “high level of difficulty, very hard to master” game. Therefore anyone who takes the time and effort to “succeed” at EVE (in whatever terms that means to them) can pat themselves on the back and envision their performance as being “master” level. that is a very good point. whenever i tell other gamers, that i play eve, they are like: i heard of it, isn’t that this game where you need excel to play it? or stuff like that and if you are one of the best players in a game known for it’s difficulty, that is something to feel good about i guess ---
**Author:** ![Okada\_Aivoras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/okada_aivoras/32/494420_2.png) [@Okada\_Aivoras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Okada_Aivoras)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/45 "2025-04-03T20:41:55Z")
> [@Aiko\_Danuja](#): > > I heard Ahbazon is full of plebs who can’t get a kill on their own. hahah yeah, that’s right praise Aiko! ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/46 "2025-04-03T21:19:41Z")
> [@Okada\_Aivoras](#): > > So, i was hoping for some thoughts about why that is the case. Although many will deny it, EVE tends to attract a lot of narcissistic and otherwise dysfunctional personalities. Put them all in one place and, well… ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/47 "2025-04-03T21:40:16Z")
> [@Arthur\_Aihaken](#): > > narcissistic and otherwise dysfunctional personalities You know what, I can’t even be mad. That’s pretty spot-on… ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/48 "2025-04-03T21:44:14Z")
Though it’s probably more of a generational thing than anything. Boomers and Gen X, that’s kind of what we’re known for… ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/49 "2025-04-03T21:46:40Z")
Think of it this way, once all the Boomers and Gen X have passed and stopped playing EVE, you all can have the 100% safe space farmville utopia that you’ve always wanted… ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/50 "2025-04-03T21:55:55Z")
Assuming EVE doesn’t go out in a blaze of glory before then… ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/51 "2025-04-03T22:00:55Z")
Not possible, sir. We’ve all sold our soul to the company store. We will still be doing dailies in the afterlife… ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/52 "2025-04-04T01:24:48Z")
I dreamt I got ganked last night, so it’s probably bad enough that EVE has migrated into my dreams… ---
**Author:** ![Shiny\_Garemoko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shiny_garemoko/32/440221_2.png) [@Shiny\_Garemoko](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shiny_Garemoko)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/53 "2025-04-04T01:56:38Z")
More true than you realize. Large number of EVE players will in all a likelihood pass away with autorenewal going for their sub and bills/rent. So no one will realized they are dead until the bank account is empty. ---
**Author:** ![RGC\_Godfather](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rgc_godfather/32/433733_2.png) [@RGC\_Godfather](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/RGC_Godfather)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/54 "2025-04-04T11:44:43Z")
> [@Okada\_Aivoras](#): > > > [@Aiko\_Danuja](#): > > > > I heard Ahbazon is full of plebs who can’t get a kill on their own. > > hahah yeah, that’s right > > praise Aiko! That’s weird, I heard that about Uedama? > [@Arthur\_Aihaken](#): > > Put them all in one place and, well… Yes that one place is Uedama lol ---
**Author:** ![Gloria\_Exercitus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gloria_exercitus/32/509735_2.png) [@Gloria\_Exercitus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gloria_Exercitus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/55 "2025-04-04T12:24:53Z")
> [@QuakeGod](#): > > Think of it this way, once all the Boomers and Gen X have passed and stopped playing EVE, you all can have the 100% safe space farmville utopia that you’ve always wanted… And all the ore will pile up in the stations, never to be used to manufacture anything…because nothing ever gets destroyed so there’s no reason to make anything. Ore prices will plumet to one trillionth of an ISK for an entire Titan full of ore. Eventually the ore will overflow the stations and start blocking up entire systems…making it impossible to warp anywhere. There will ultimately be no space left, nobody will be able to undock, and CCP will finally introduce Walking In Stations. ---
**Author:** ![March\_rabbit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/march_rabbit/32/453160_2.png) [@March\_rabbit](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/March_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/56 "2025-04-04T12:38:17Z")
Sound like a plan. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![RGC\_Godfather](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rgc_godfather/32/433733_2.png) [@RGC\_Godfather](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/RGC_Godfather)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/57 "2025-04-04T14:56:11Z")
People like to pretend the game doesn’t have dozens of ways to lose a ship. Kinda crazy ---
**Author:** ![Okada\_Aivoras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/okada_aivoras/32/494420_2.png) [@Okada\_Aivoras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Okada_Aivoras)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/58 "2025-04-04T15:46:18Z")
you are annoying. pls stop posting in my thread. in case you did not know, most gankers are one person piloting several ships. so they get kills on their own. quiet now! thank you ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/princess_rose_ivory/32/433985_2.png) [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Princess_Rose_Ivory)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/59 "2025-04-05T05:07:52Z")
Some troll in rookie chat was asking how to make themselves famous or get a name for themselves. I told him to ask you, but also expect to pay 1 billion ISK for that answer. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Salartarium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salartarium/32/468818_2.png) [@Salartarium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salartarium)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/60 "2025-04-10T16:29:39Z")
> [@Arthur\_Aihaken](#): > > Although many will deny it, EVE tends to attract a lot of narcissistic and otherwise dysfunctional personalities. Put them all in one place and, well… People do it so they get talked about on TikTok > **[TikTok - Make Your Day](https://www.tiktok.com/@/video/7345637711904050464?_r=1&_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8hbIXnm%2Fvky4e5vUmUiSVo3Yxz23ran4pqnXMqT2R5RIw1GPSeG%2Bub4qzmz%2Bme3K3gBmQccQjYHaHwU%2FiGgA%3D&u_code=dk22i2edjdicl9&share_item_id=7345637711904050464×tamp=1744302438&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_source=short_fallback&share_app_id=1233)** ---
**Author:** ![Wachutu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wachutu/32/410262_2.png) [@Wachutu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wachutu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874/61 "2025-04-10T16:52:57Z")
Honestly, it’s something that surprises many new players. EVE isn’t just a game – it’s a sandbox with real consequences. When you lose something in EVE, you really lose it. Ships, cargo, implants – it all has value, often tied to hours of effort or ISK-making. That alone makes people care more deeply. But beyond that, EVE is one of the few games where player-driven politics, espionage, and economy are actually core parts of the experience. Alliances rise and fall because of player decisions, spies infiltrate groups like in a Cold War novel, and zKillboard becomes a public record of your “career” in New Eden. It creates a kind of living universe where reputation, strategy, and trust matter. And that emotional investment makes people take it seriously – sometimes too seriously, yeah – but that’s what makes EVE unique. Some of the major alliances even have teams of people managing logistics, intel, diplomacy, and fleet operations like it’s a full-time job – because for some, it almost is. But probably everything I wrote has already been mentioned here. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-do-eve-players-take-this-game-so-serious/481874.md?page=4)