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[–] Blisterexe 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's absurdly addictive, it's hard to explain to your family why you're having fun making spreadsheets for the game

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I eventually quit playing Eve Online when I realized that I was basically just looking at fancy spreadsheets all night.

[–] Blisterexe 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they actually built a spreadsheet program into the game lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It occurred to me that I was basically day trading in eve, and spending a ton of time learning systems, and researching deals, and that if I'm going to do that, I should do it IRL, for real money.