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My advice on navigating college, from years in college, in no particular order as I try to pound this out on the keyboard straight from my head... most stuff I wish people told me:

• Many people have already pointed out that you should reduce your load, which is generally wise for the first semester. Probably our second as well, as you need to find your groove.
  
  
• I'm not sure if your college charges you based off full load/half load, or by unit (At the local community college here, they charge by unit, and because we're in the Kommunist State of Kalifornia, Community College is only $47 a unit for locals, or basically $1128 a year for a baseline full load schedule). You just at least keep costs in the back of your mind when planning your semester, where the units doesn't matter, and the full/half load tuition systems encourage you to get to just the border of the halfload, while full load systems encourage you to go over units... but all that is malarkey if the load you're taking is too difficult and you're going to fail half of them anyway. Totally been there, it feels terrible.
  
  
• You're just out of High School? Shit man... You're basically going from a prison to freedom. I'm not exaggerating here. This transition is very jarring, and it takes some adjustment. You're coming from High School, where you were forced to go every day due to government mandate, to a place with high fences and security officers who made sure to keep you in the facility at the prescribed times, going to your prescribed classes in an orderly fashion in tune to the school bell (which I've heard were historically adapted from factory whistles, but I can't confirm that).
  Now? You are the arbiter of your own destiny. You create your own schedule (provided you register early enough). You choose your own classes (provided you choose on time), and your own teachers (see previous clause). You also determine what you study, with of course some input from your parents, who may or may not be paying for your college. I got this epiphany in my third semester, and it really changed how I took on college. You're expected to nosedive the first semester though.
  
• Counselors? They're good people and mean well for the most part... and certainly go to them for GENERAL advice. But do not trust them on specifics, because they can fuck up your progress. This isn't because they're lazy or evil or whatever, but because they're burdened with the responsibility of knowing the requirements for most of the schools and degrees in the nation, which changes all the time, and this task is quite herculean. Have them help you find out the information you need, but you are responsible for making sure you meet all the requirements for whatever it is you're pursuing. If the counselor screws up, there's little they can do but say "Sorry". On that note, most departments in the school (Science, Business, Humanities, etc.) and even sub-departments may have their own counselors and department secretaries. These people will often know more about the workings of their own degrees and individual classes in that department than the general counselors that helped you when you started at the college. I received great help from this wiley secretary in the Applied Technology division, who knew all the tricks and exceptions to getting the things done that they typically don't tell you everywhere else concerning the great bureaucracy in the college.
  
• Registering for classes? Assuming your school allows you to register online, my suggestion is to always keep an eye on when your personal registration date is (You'll get an earlier registration date for your second semester iirc), figure out your classes and schedule before then (have a few backups in mind), and register at the starting time (midnight for us) that they allow you to register. Maybe you guys don't have the huge college populations like we do over here with dirt cheap community college, but registering at the beginning of the first day of registration will ensure that you get the schedule and teachers that YOU want.
  
• Do research on your teachers. You're going to be spending at least 4 months with them, so why wouldn't you? There's plenty of sites like RateMyProfessor and the like that give you a general idea. You can even meet with them ahead of time and quiz them, or even e-mail them with questions.
  
• "Course Alleviation". Don't know if it's a policy over in Colorado, but over here we can apply to have classes failed that aren't pertinent to our degrees to have the grade expunged from our record, assuming you meet requirements. Colorado probably has something similar, so don't freak out about your bad grades.
  
• Never buy books from the campus book store. Apart from the lines... My God... if it's anything like my bookstore, then they mark those books up by a huge amount. You can generally find them used for a lot cheaper on the likes of Amazon and Textbooks.com or Chegg. You'll want to buy these books at least 3 weeks before the semester, as the cheap shipping tends to take anywhere from 7-15 days to arrive, and prices go up every day it gets closer to the new semester. Does your class require one of those DRM-enabled registration codes for an online homework portion that publishers are using to stay afloat and stick their hands in student pockets? Often they'll try to pitch you a bundle with a new book and the online portion, but if you look around, you can usually find that people sell the online registration codes on Amazon and the like, and at discounted rates. Try to go with a reputable seller naturally, as you don't want to get scammed. I bought this code for $46, and a used book in great condition for $60... instead of the new version of that book bundled with the code for $274 on Amazon. Do your research though, and in the case of the Wiley code, there were multiple different listings and titles on Amazon, since Wiley uses the same code type for most of their books.
  
• I'm going to cut this... short? No... Shorter... it seems I cast Wall of Text today. Make some friends in each of your classes... it's good to have a support group for when you miss or when you need help, and further, when you need to ask them about classes you plan to take, and their impressions of the class and teacher. I can tell you that I've been often bribed with a cheap meal or three to help my classmates with their homework, so if you're getting help, food/soda bribes are very cheap and awesome.
  
  I hope that braindump helps a bit. Do you have questions? I have plenty of thoughts on the topic on how to deal with college, though I have to get going at the moment :).

I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this yet. For background on Eve this book is actually pretty great. Since its a reader with individual papers its a bit uneven in terms of quality/value, but the variety of perspectives is pretty great.

https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Spaceships-Are-Serious-Business/dp/0816699089

Also, this recently(ish) published book by journalist /u/AndrewGroen is a great read too. It has some amazing details on some of the intrigues of the earlier days of Eve.

https://www.amazon.com/Empires-EVE-History-Great-Online-ebook/dp/B01DONPR0M

His talk at Fanfest in Reykjavik a few years back is amazing too, in terms of offering some insight into Eve's history, particularly a pretty fascinating story from Eve's history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-_Hgp6VbFY

Especially if you're looking for a clearer understanding of OPSEC and its history/role in Eve both of these books are pretty great. Mr Groen, if he's still around on Reddit, may have some additional recommendations or resources as well.

note: these amazon links are not affiliate links! they go straight to the books' product pages

• PC: EVE is a pretty low-stress game on your computer. I can run at max settings in a large battle and maintain about 30 frames. My PC isn't the best, but it was about $1200. You can run what we lovingly call "potato mode" on just about anything.
  
  
• Open world: If you can get there without getting shot, you can get there. On top of that, it's not like WoW where the mobs are going to kill you for wandering into a more dangerous area.
  
  
• No steam. Nooooooooooooooooooo steam. I can't speak to other deals, but if you play this game for a year and pay a $15 sub the whole time, you have to put up with a year of steam to save 5%. You can also get the same deal on Amazon^(1).
  
  
• Reading: EVE-University articles on their Wiki are super helpful. Also, there are a lot of really interesting lore stories out there like the Chronicles. I've honestly only read 3 of them, but they were all good. Inferno was probably my favorite. As for other resources, you can learn a LOT about the game from YouTube. The best EVE video producers are a corp called Rooks and Kings. They are very good at explaining things. I'd personally recommend The Drebuchet, The False Tower, Clarion Call 3, and The Anatomy of a Fight, but the rest of their stuff is good too.
  
  
• Voice: Teamspeak is big in smaller corporations. In giant ones, they kinda have to use mumble just because it supports more users better.
  
  
• American: It's the internet. There are a lot of jackasses. Just don't be annoying and you'll be fine. I'm also an American, but I'm from Minnesota, so that makes me nicer than you.
  
  ^(1 Courtesy of /u/Dinosplat)

Hey man, Ashterothi from Hydrostatic, we provide good digestion of the information, but we are not a primary source material.

Here is a priority list for your study:

Lore Survival Guide by friend of the show Mark 726 - man he is amazing

Hydrostatic Know Your Lore for any topic you're interested in.

Hydrostatic Lore Panels - each is 2 hours of lore with some of the top lore experts in EVE. The first one is mostly background, and the following are processing the information as we got it.

EVE Source - an EXCELLENT Lore bible from CCP

EVE Chronicles - Over a decade of EVE narrative

Empyrean Age and Templar One - although many in the lore community have their reservations about Tony G. These are pretty fun romps through the EVE universe.

The Burning Life - Glorified fanfiction that takes a tour of EVE Online, honestly the above resources replace any value from this book.

EVE Wiki, past news items - Unfortunately time has rotted these resources (not inaccurate, but plenty of dead links and false trails)

This list is in order of how much effort vs. information you gain. Most of all I would recommend joining the Tweetfleet slack and come to the #lore channel. I literally knew nothing about the lore when the Drifters attacked. Like the rest of EVE, it isn't that hard to learn the lore as long as you put some energy into it.

I'll break it down.

(Edit:) My Printer: https://www.prusa3d.com/original-prusa-i3-mk3/

Multi-Material : https://www.prusa3d.com/original-prusa-i3-multi-material-2-0/

Multi Material Extrusion - You can choose color. I don't OWN many color, as it's 15-20 dollars a spool. (2.2 pounds of material I think per spool)

I am paying the invoice on the kit today, which means I will recieve the kit in a week or so. I built a kit just like this last year, it took twelve hours over a three day weekend and I didn't use a chair. I eyeballed the measurements and it worked wonderfully.

So, assuming this time is going to be similar, I need a week to have it built, i need a few weeks to calibrate it (installing a glass top means I can see my reflection on the bottom of a flat print. A black piece will reflect the color of my hair when I am looking at it like a mirror. Although this is most always the "bottom" of the piece and will never be seen, it functions like a mirror.

Ok? So I need like 6 weeks from today. I only own uh like, 8 colors, most of them are transparent. Red Green Blue, Yellow Purple Orange, Black Grey Silver White (Glow in the Dark White). These caught my eye and I plan on purchasing normal people colors like dark green and blue and earthy colors and such. Solid not translucent, etc.

OK? So in this six weeks I'd need to learn more about modeling, unless you go to a 3d print website (free) and send me links of stuff you want printed (free) then I have to model it on my own, which is possible, but I love playing LID and I'm finally coming down off of my LID binge. It's been 6 weeks and I haven't played anything else.

So I'm not THAT full of shit, and it is definitely completely real and unstoppable, as I am about to be paying the invoice today (I've been putting it off for a week)

Basically it would cost you 20 dollars per KG because that's mat cost
(I'm not worried about electricity)
here is a run of the mill example for filament pricing, so unlike these other shitbags, I won't charge 10x (yes seriously) the price of the material.
https://www.amazon.com/HATCHBOX-3D-Filament-Dimensional-Accuracy/dp/B00J0ECR5I/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=filament&qid=1557349298&s=gateway&sr=8-3

So yes. If you are okay with transparent, non-custom pieces from the internet (millions of options), then the soonest i could have it "out to you" would be like a month. I could send you free samples in like a week from today, but that would be printed on a machine that isn't calibrated. I slap it together, I'm only one person, ok.

So if you have any questions beyond this or if you want to send me links like this
https://www.thingiverse.com/

or this

https://www.thingiverse.com/AnaErwin/collections/flexi

pm me

There's too many god damn options. If you know anything about videogame modelling, it's the exact same program, I use blender to model my videogame files and my 3d print files, so ... if you find video game meshes, I can print those, too. No guarantees though, I tried to print a soul gem from morrowind and ended up with a mess.

Yes. There's an excellent book on the matter by Naval War College prof SCM Paine that I'd highly recommend, The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949. There's a lot of history in there that most Americans don't know.

A related book from the same author covering some of the same ground but with a broader focus is The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War. The latter's a good read for an Eve player because it's a good primer on the whole "what is grand strategy" question that's good for would-be professionals (Naval War College, remember) and interested amateurs alike. I can't recommend both books highly enough, they're simply excellent and cover the material without ever getting bogged down in minutiae.

1. Start at the beginning of the Eve Reader Podcast series. There aren't many, and it passes time nicely during commutes: http://www.evereader.org/
   
   
2. Listen to the "Know Your Lore" segments of Hyrdostatic Podcast (Again, the back catalogue is <20, so it is there on-demand): http://hydrostaticpodcast.blogspot.com/
   
   
3. Get and read Templar One, the prose is a bit clunky but it is still fun and revelatory. It helps to have a bit of a background on the Lore before reading: http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Eve-Universe/dp/B00AK3AR9Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422465052&sr=8-1&keywords=Templar+One
   
   
4. Read a few chronicles. Pick a subject that interests you (The Seylin Incident, The Achura, The History of Caldari-Gallente relationships, Life in Amarr, etc...). Find those chronicles, and read them. https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Portal:EVE_Fiction
   
   
5. Read blogs like Eve Travel, the new CZ columns on Lore, Follow Lore Hounds on Twitter. There's a ton there.
   
   Enjoy the Lore! It does add something to talk about on Structure Bashes.

I got to where I am by pure luck imo. I had no goals of being what I am today, I kind of landed there through a number of lucky turns.

I feel there's not specific time I'm every time thankful for people trusting me and I enjoy helping out.

There's been moments of wtf and lol's - some covered in my Vegas and EDU presentations (youtube) else I also am happy shamelessly advertise my chapter in https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Spaceships-Are-Serious-Business/dp/0816699089/ :)

If your friend doesn't have EVE : Source, it can be a nice gift.

Or an Amazon Gift card with which your friend can by PLEX (an in game item used to add 30 days time to an account, or that can be sold in game for in game currency).

Read a book

Edit: I just finished The Empyrean Age and it was pretty good. It gives a great background to why things are the way they are between the four separate races. I am currently reading Templar One (which is the second book of the series) and it is definitely superior and I am enjoying it a lot more. I am a huge fan of sci-fi and it's my main genre of book that I read so I am a bit biased but if you're into scifi as well I recommend the books.

A couple of years ago a journalist wrote a book about Eve Online's community and how it's evolved over the years. Honestly, it's a good introduction into how Eve is played and a great read:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DONPR0M/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

As a birthday gift I would go with AUR as it can be used for mementos (stuff that doesn't help you, but you can have and remember it was a gift from someone).

Though if you want to give something more useful, then you can buy game time or PLEX (it's mostly sold for in game money, but can be used as game time as your self too).

Or you can look here for real live items: http://store.eve.com (also there are few EVE books in Amazon this for example).

The "premium" one, not at all. The $10 one: yes

Basically difference between the $10 standard and $50 "premium" version is that the premium comes with like 20 million isk in free ships/modules and a plex worth 850 million.

The big thing that makes starter packs desirable is the Cerebral Accelerator which significantly boosts the rate at which you train skills (and get up to speed) during your first month. If your still willing to spend $40 on EvE I'd reccomend buying the $10 starter and a pair of plex worth 1.6 Billion ISK.

Everyone loves subscription time! http://www.amazon.com/PLEX-EVE-Online-Instant-Access/dp/B00GDHDGG4

But the mechanical keyboard or nice mouse is great for anyone who is into gaming.

A while back i got one of the offers for the newbie packs from ccp.... let me look it up and see what was in it. It was a solid starter. This one and all the skillbooks for it. 4.99 usd. you could probably look up the stuff for it and make a solid pack.

http://www.amazon.com/Online-Core-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B00MXD6ERU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1426904611&sr=8-4&keywords=eve+online


The Venture Mining Frigate is versatile, armored and has ample cargo space for loot.
Mine asteroid belts for ore containing valuable minerals.
Launch combat drones to fend off pirate ships and other hostiles you encounter.
Salvage wrecks for valuable components to craft coveted spaceship rigs.
Manufacture powerful starships with the minerals and resources from your voyages.
Build a Mobile Depot and enjoy your own personal storage station in your favorite corner of space.
The Core Starter Pack includes the Venture mining frigate, plus the skills and modules needed to get you started in exploration, combat, salvaging, mining and manufacturing. Additionally, the Starter Pack gives you 30 days of game time and the Prototype Cerebral Accelerator (skill booster), allowing you to make the most of your first days in the opportunity-filled universe of EVE Online.

The Core Starter Pack includes:
The ORE Venture mining frigate
A full set of modules and equipment to kit out your ship
Over two dozen primary skills, ready to train
Blueprints to build the Venture and the deadly Corax destroyer
Avatar apparel: male “Esquire” and female “Executor” coats (black)
A Mobile Depot personal deployable
Prototype Cerebral Accelerator (skill booster)

CONCORD, it's all caps. They're not separate, they're comprised of the four Empires. There's a certain degree of separation, but CONCORD relies entirely on the four Empires sharing the financial burden etc. Think of it as a heavily militarized United Nations.

And yes, capsuleers directly interface with the ships through the hydrostatic capsule, but keep in mind CONCORD has control over all systems we interface with. Trade, comms (chat channels), contracts, station services etc etc etc. Hell, they even print and own all our currency. Our ISK? Entirely artificial, exists only for us and isn't part of the baseliner economy. They can wipe all our money in an instant. Why do you think we can't just bombard whatever planet we want? Why do you think some lunatic hasn't plowed his battleship armada into Dam-Torsad yet? We can't even target these things, exactly because we have these leashes. Which frankly makes perfect sense, because those invisible leashes are just about the only thing that could make these Empires go "Hmm, sure, let's have these mad gods roam our skies in multi-billion ISK warships. What can possibly go wrong?".

As for actual sources for this stuff, it's spread across a lot of places. I highly recommend going through the Fiction Portal , Backstage's Evelopedia backup (limited, as the datadump from Evelopedia lacked a bunch of stuff. It's being slowly but surely rebuilt on the Fiction Portal by volunteer ISDs.) and buying Eve Source at some point.

I'm not going to annotate shitposts on reddit with specific sources, because after over a decade of playing and roleplaying in Eve, devouring all the fiction and lore, it's just too much fuckin' work.

It's mostly just official chronicles and stories that are available elsewhere but I'm still partial to http://www.evereader.org/

Of the three novels, all of them are fairly old and some stuff has been retconned but The Empyrean Age was good, My copy of Templar One seems to be missing a lot of punctuation but I managed to make it through after I adjusted to it.

The Burning Life is very tonally different and I couldn't even force myself to finish it.

More recently, Eve: Source is a dedicated lore/art book released last year but I don't have it so can't comment on it's quality.

And I see someone's already linked True Stories

So suitonia's stats are now better than "the most vibrant summer in the past 5 years" stats? Numbers can tell any story you want. Bottom line is we, all of us, don't have all the numbers just what's available on various 3rd party tools and the info CCP provides allows us to see. Every conclusion based on partial numbers is not the truth - and let's not kid ourselves; numbers can say whatever we want them to say and follow any narrative. Make up your own mind, not based on anyone's swiss cheese statistics.

I'll leave this right here:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff-ebook/dp/B00351DSX2

I highly recommend reading the Lore Survival Guide linked from the site. It covers a great deal of lore information.

The EVE Fiction link on the site is the new portal CCP has put up and contains the old lore articles, Chronicles and short stories. The bulk of the theories are derived from information across the various Chronicles and the novels "The Empyrean Age" and "Templar One" which can be found on Amazon. I also spent several week re-reading the news articles found on the EVE World News pages.

https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Empyrean-Age-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765363909/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491225895&sr=8-1&keywords=eve+empyreAN

https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765326191/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491225909&sr=8-1&keywords=eve+templar+one

I'm not at work right now, but it's from this. It's about 7/8" long x 6/7" wide and probably 4" tall. Those third party sellers are pretty expensive, I think I got mine for $40, maybe $50. Here's a video of it.

The good news is all it'll take is a bit of money and a bit of time on your part but you can salvage your friendship.

First off you need to go here and get that. Then it'll take some willingness to learn about your friend's addiction. You can find the relevant information here.

Be open about your relationship with EVE with girlfriend 3.0. If she's the right one, she will accept it and might even gift you some dank loot like this.

The usual cycle is an entity takes a large amount of space, then grows stagnant as they have nothing they need from anyone else. Eventually the good FCs leave or go inactive, and the group's concerns are dominated by money. Eventually their greed outreaches their grasp and they get their shit kicked in by (usually smaller) active, experienced, motivated groups who suddenly find themselves in possession of a large amount of space...

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Some groups deal better than others with this "affluenza", and take active steps to keep their 'content creators' active and happy in an effort to stave of the decay. But to date, every large spaceholding entity in EVE's history have been through this cycle. In the last few years we have seen the fall of:

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(Currently) NC/PL/PH, aka "PanFam"

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Last year: The "Drone Russians" - a combine of Russian groups that held the drone regions for almost a decade

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2017: Stainwagon: Another russian-led group based in the regions around Stain

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2016: the CFC/Imperium: the coalition led by goons which held most of the North (from Cloud Ring to Geminate) - mighty as the Imperium appears now, it's less than three years since it was perceived to be equally mighty, but in only a few months every sov system was lost and many of the previous members left and/or disbanded.

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I very highly recommend The Empires Of EVE for a detailed account of the history of the game up to just before the start of the fall of the Imperium. My understanding is that Mr Groen is working on a sequel

Looks like it may be a book poster of some sort for an eve universe book.

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Eve-Universe/dp/B00AK3AR9Q

Was not able to find an official poster though like the one in the image above. Possibly was a special printed poster to be handed out at the event.

EvE Universe, got the special edition when it came out. Amazing artwork, even has the Sunesis in it, goes to show how long they've had the models. Wonder how many more models that are concept art will make it to EvE.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/EVE-Universe-Art-New-Eden-CCP-Games/161655701X

Ok.
Ill buy it on amazon then: http://www.amazon.com/Eve-Online-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B008K8DP60 Is the amazon starter pack better than steams starter pack?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8500/

http://www.amazon.com/Eve-Online-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B008K8DP60

Here, $10 to upgrade your trial -> full account, 30 days, a nice booster as your char is already 21 days old, I don't think the booster will help you as much as it would've, but.. And a couple shirts. Not the best Starter Pack I've seen, and not the best price for a Starter I've seen, but it'll do the do, and better than the frig you get on the official forum, IMO.


If you can find another starter pack sold elsewhere at a better price, even better. Starter Packs can be used to convert trial to full. BUT! As others have said, avoid Steam. These days it's just another point of failure and some limitations, and IIRC you would have to start over completely, which as others have said, is suboptimal.

Sure you can buy a gaming monitor.

But, also you need to pay attention to what your graphics cards is...

Is It Nvidia or is it AMD?

G-SYNC monitors are suited to work with Nvidia grahpics cards

Free - Sync monitors are suited to work with AMD graphics cards

Here are a few for your consideration;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BenQ-EL2870U-Entertainment-Free-Sync-Response/dp/B079HV1TDC/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1536537340&sr=1-5&refinements=p_n_feature_browse-bin%3A319914031%2Cp_36%3A428448031&th=1 OR

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-1920x1080-FreeSync-Multitasking-Borderless/dp/B07G8V3Z1H/ref=sr_1_8?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1536538746&sr=1-8&refinements=p_n_feature_browse-bin%3A319914031%2Cp_36%3A20000-30000%2Cp_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A319918031%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A12319067031%2Cp_89%3ALG+Electronics

And if you could push the budget just a little

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-pb287q-28-3840x2160-tn-4k-60hz-1ms-gaming-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-071-as.html#comments

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They're mainly their own legitimate books, so you'd need to buy them off Amazon or something.
I haven't read them but i've gotten parts here and there and would honestly consider getting it if I wasn't a broke student.

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765326191

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-The-Empyrean-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765363909/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y

https://www.amazon.com/Online-Core-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B00MXD6ERU/ref=lp_5645213011_1_16?srs=5645213011&ie=UTF8&qid=1500056593&sr=8-16

Basically these.. and what you get is what they deemed equivalent because some of the things these codes gave you are not in game anymore.. there is a spot in account management to redeem codes like this but these are invalid because of the changes however as I said they will still honor them, it just needs to be done manually via petition.

One of the codes that was given out with Second Decade Collectors Edition

"A “Mystery Code” that will grant owners special, but currently secret, benefits related to future CCP products and events."

Edit: Never found anyone to pass on my Dust514 codes too... Maybe Nova?

It's actually more affordable in the long run and early game to pony up for a plex. starter packs are notoriously bad


this one though : is best : this one though with the accelerator

still plex is best cause plex is 20 and that is 20 and... you get the idea.

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Second-Decade-Collectors-PC-Mac/dp/B00CIGV846

• Comes with a PLEX, golden pod implant, gnosis BPC, and a few other in-game things (see OP).
  
• A really cool book.
  
• A board game that will turn any gathering of friends into a homicide scene.
  
• An IRL Rifter*
  
• A CD of Eve Music done by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  
• Some Dust items Oh wait... yeah... about that...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  *Note: Rifter is actually USB hub and cannot fly without assistance.

www.tomshardware.com is a great resource for price vs. performance stuff.

you can cut down the cost by using your TV as a monitor. nothing wrong with EVE on a 40in TV.

Case

MOBO

CPU/GPU

RAM

HD

OS

EVE

total: $478

Get a buddy or someone to send you a 21 trial instead if you haven't made your account or gotten anywhere (You can use the same email, all good).
Your buddy will get a 30day bonus to their subscription, some people will pay to refer you -- scams are prevalent however; regardless you get an extra week of game time

When you're confident you want an account, buy the Commissioned Officer Edition
You get the normal sub time, without paying full price AND an implant that is worth 200-250mil sold, or raises a bunch of skills until you're 35(?)days old. Catch is only trial account can upgrade from the Special Edition.
Item is a "Cerebral Accelerator" and only available on contracts

Past that, read everyone else's advice, no need to repeat myself here.

First iff it would be best to use a referral from someone to get the 21 day trial, then look out for some starter kits, there are sometimes some for 5 Euro/ 5 Dollar, which also activates your account and gives you some starting items.

Here would be an example for amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Online-Core-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B00MXD6ERU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1418380330&sr=8-4&keywords=Eve+Online

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Empires-EVE-History-Great-Online-ebook/dp/B01DONPR0M

This is the book I think you're referring to.

Andrew Groen is great, and his second volume covering closer to the present is being written as we speak (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sciencegroen/empires-of-eve-volume-ii)

In terms of looking at map flows, https://sov.space might be what you're after?

You should consider picking up a copy of The Art of New Eden. This is just a sample of the beautiful art inside.

It's cheaper at Amazon right now, including on just one PLEX if that's what you want (plus you should be able to use gift cards if you get any for Christmas).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVE-Source-CCP-Games/dp/1616552719
http://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6fHwvmpC5_giY0sti0LXgQ/videos

Should be a good many many hours worth.

As 2 ISK, there are the mics we use:

• Blue Snowball you can hear it in use at EVE-Prosper Market Show
  
• Samson Meteor used by /u/phyridean on Hydrostatic Podcast
  
• Samson Meteor used by /u/ashterothi on both Hydrostatic Podcast and High Drag
  
  Reasonably cheap mics. Also some hacking using software can help. We record hydrostatic using Mumble which gives per-speaker tracks. Then /u/phyridean edits it all in audacity. I do noise removal in audacity for my EVE-Prosper Market Show.

Absolutely, thanks for checking it out. Amazon.com
Amazon.ca

Make sure to show up at 14:00 if you want to listen to a partial playing of the Empires of EVE audiobook, read by the author.

https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765326191

They talk about it a bit in this book. Very neat read btw.

I'd like to add that Amazon has the same steam deal and you can apply it to a regular (read: non-Steam) account.

 

edit: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MXD6ERU

edit2: also if you haven't read www.isktheguide.com then you should probably get to that.

After you read "The Empyrian Age" pick up "Templar One"

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Eve-Universe/dp/B00AK3AR9Q

"The Burning Life" is chronologically(IRL) between the two, but is its own novel.

I can see it on Amazon as still in stock. I don't know how reliable that is, as it says it's back-stocked. http://amzn.com/1616552719
Worth a shot if you do want it perhaps.

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-The-Empyrean-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765363909

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Eve-Universe/dp/B00AK3AR9Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374061242&sr=1-1&keywords=templar+one

theses are the only 2 worth reading, there's also burning life, but yeah, don't read that one. Not worth your time.

I did hear that this one was nice:
http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765326191

Edit:

And this one: http://www.amazon.com/Eve-Empyrean-Gollancz-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0575084855

There are more books tho

You should read Empyrean Age...It basically promotes child sex slaves!

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/0765363909/

I must have missed that. Then what about EVE source or the eve art book. Both should be available in Amazon. Also the popular eve history kickstarter.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616552719?keywords=eve%20online%20book&qid=1449271884&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161655701X?keywords=eve%20online%20book&qid=1449271884&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2

http://evehistory.com/

I dont have the Steam version, that is why I am asking if I buy this: (http://www.amazon.com/Online-Core-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B00MXD6ERU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1459089897&sr=8-5&keywords=eve+online) will it be able to be redeemed as the Steam version?

The Yulai Convention; the Secure Commerce Commission Outer Territories Act of YC 105; the CONCORD Exodus Act of YC 106; and the CONCORD Sovereignty Act of YC 107.

Source: EVE: Source.

yeah i got EVE: The Second Decade Collector'sEdition

These Friendly Skies is a short story from EVE Source. No way to read it online, I'm afraid.

Other than the collector edition books, I got them on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Source-CCP-Games/dp/1616552719/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=418Yk-SPpwL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR120%2C160_&refRID=19GH73Y2N7GDPZ63RJDT

Get it from amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MXD6ERU/ref=s9_ri_bw_g367_i9?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-4&pf_rd_r=1F62EEKSS7X9HMQHD63J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1983152982&pf_rd_i=7266959011

You can activate I later.

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-The-Empyrean-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765363909 book 1

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765326191/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y book 2

Book Information:
http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765326191

http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765326191/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y Templar One has a audiobook version.

Silly you, there are no Eve books.

Eve backstory

and

This book (Though some of it is outdated)

you forgot the 1st book
http://www.amazon.com/EVE-The-Empyrean-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765363909/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

https://www.amazon.de/Internet-Spaceships-Are-Serious-Business/dp/0816699089
It is.

https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Source-CCP-Games/dp/1616552719

In terms of an EVE book for coffee tables, not necessarily a strategy guide though...

Maybe EVE Source ?

Someone started another thread with it earlier but it's here http://www.amazon.com/Eve-Online-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B008K8DP60

Templar One

I suggest reading Empyrian Age first. You can skip The Burning Life.

read this

plex or aurum package

https://www.amazon.com/PLEX-EVE-Online-Instant-Access/dp/B00GDHDGG4?th=1

Here's a link for you

http://www.amazon.com/Online-Core-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B00MXD6ERU/ref=pd_sim_367_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51CFIZxdyWL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=1SKNTKFG5G2YHRK77WTA

they are $5 for the prototype accelerator

/u/Dobraine91 just let me know in my comment that they updated the prices, $5 for the starter pack and $25 for the deluxe!

http://www.amazon.com/Online-Core-Starter-Pack-Game/dp/B00MXD6ERU/ref=pd_sim_367_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51CFIZxdyWL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=1SKNTKFG5G2YHRK77WTA

I think he's referring to this http://amzn.com/B00MXD6ERU

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Empires-EVE-History-Great-Online-ebook/dp/B01DONPR0M

I don't think she understands that internet spaceships are serious business.

Yeah... :/

But still the cheapest it's been on Amazon ever.

For me, on Amazon.ca right now its $238.90 CAD, which exchanges to $210.439 USD.

Getting it straight from CCP is about $121 CAD when you include shipping. It's fricking ridiculous.

There are the novels

• https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Empyrean-Age-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765363909/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Burning-Life-Hjalti-Danielsson/dp/0765325292/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Eve-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0575090227/
  
  Then the limited editions of:
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Universe-Art-New-Eden/dp/161655701X
  
• https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Source-CCP-Games/dp/1616552719
  
  And
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Empires-EVE-History-Great-Online/dp/0990972402/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Frigates-EVE-Online-Paul-Elsy/dp/1506702724/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/EVE-Valkyrie-Brian-Wood/dp/1616557672/ (I also got the single volumes of the comic when they were released)
  
• https://www.amazon.com/EVE-True-Stories-Daniel-Way-ebook/dp/B00JENOPQO

if you like reading he made a book of the first mayor eve war

https://www.amazon.com/Empires-EVE-History-Great-Online-ebook/dp/B01DONPR0M/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1480806888&sr=8-19&keywords=eve+online

As an interesting side-note, the K-space sleeper ruins can only be found in Minmatar space (Ani COSMOS Constellation). The human Sleepers, not the automated drones that people fight in w-space. So, it is likely the two races were connected before the Eve Gate collapsed.

Sleepers are in some kind of VR-hibernation thing inside the w-space stations, defended by sleeper drones. The lore is that empire people are harvesting the hibernating bodies of sleepers, cutting open their heads, and ripping out an implant that they then stick inside the heads of DUST soldiers. Sleepers are sometimes able to take over control of the soldier's body (lore) through the implant. For more info, read Templar One.

Needless to say, there's probably a lot more going on that isn't "public" yet. The Sleeper-Minmatar link has not been touched much in the official lore.

>It is hated by everyone including devs.

Hated so much CCP had him write the Dust514 book. http://www.amazon.com/EVE-Templar-One-Tony-Gonzales/dp/0765326191

There's some lore stuff here on the Eve website.
There's a lot more in EVE: Source
I also recommend EVE: The Empyrean Age which chronicles the events that lead to the Empyrean Wars (and Faction Warfare) and how they all linked together.

Side note, in EVE Source, there's a short story of an interview between I think it was a news reporter or something and a capsuleer that really caught my attention and my favourite part of it was this:
"What about the people under your command?" I ask him. "Do you find a need to reconcile yourself with their deaths?"
He looks down at the table and for a moment he's silent, then he says, "None of those people were unaware of what they signed up for. They know there are risks, same as with any other profession. Sure, the primary goal of my alliance is making money and expanding our influence, but that doesn't mean we don't care about the people in our employ. Our agencies send out personal letters of condolence to the families of every single person who dies on one of our ships. We provide insurance payouts to next of kin for all ship personnel."
"So essentially," I say, "you learn to not care about the people that have to die because you're furthering the aims of your corporate overlords."
"What I'm saying, Mr. Peltast," he replies, not skipping a beat, "is that these independent adventure seekers, having been informed of the risks, willing take their lives into their own hands when they sign up for crew duty. They are amply compensated, make no mistake. More importantly, they know they're playing their part in something that is bigger than they are. As am I. As are you."

Makes you think huh, those folks who signed up to be crews on my Procurer probably didn't intend to sign up for crew duty on a Battle Proc. But they had fun, right? :D