My writings are a reflection of my current now most of the
time. Topics spawn randomly and vanish
while others persist. And then there are
the things that I just like. Such as new
players. So they come up quite often in
my musings.
A few days ago I went on a rescue mission. This mission was based off of nothing more
than my own nosy curiosity and a hunch about something.
I've written before about people bringing people into the
game or adopting new players and then abandoning them. Sometimes from boredom,
sometimes from 'tired of Eve'. Too often
these very tight, close associations will have the newer player insulated from
larger social groups with the 'mentor' player their focus. When the mentor steps out the new player is
abandoned. The worst part is that they
often have not formed social connections they might have early on. Mixed with the opinions of their mentor that
they have absorbed they float around lost and adrift.
I can't save everyone.
Yet, last week my thoughts focused on someone that I had not seen in
almost two months. His mentor was no
longer logging in. He was around, I
remember, due to a comment someone else made.
I had a feeling that his mentor had again, left the game. So, I went
looking for him. I found him and I found
that I was correct about the entire situation.
The good news is that he likes Eve and is still
playing. I can't rescue everyone and
bring them into my corporation. This
particular person is a true high sec bear that understands the risks of
Eve. He loves mining and industry and
logistics. Low Sec Pirate land is not
the place for him. Still, you don't have
to hand people corporation to hand them a community. I reached out and offered him what he had
been pulled away from weeks before.
A small community but a
community. People to talk to and
interact with. He had found another
corporation and he was doing okay but he was not settled down in a home.
That may take a while.
Finding a place in Eve is rarely a first try first success. Corporations are their own organisms and each
member a part. I'm rarely one to enjoy
being part of someone else's game but it is such an intergraded part of Eve. Find a group of people that are willing to
work together and the game flowers. Of
course, some will always enjoy being alone and doing their own thing. I am willing to go out on a limb and say that
some level of socialization improves the game play for almost everyone else.
Anyway, I'm glad I was able to hunt him down.
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