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“Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts to space”
In no virtual world is this quote more true than in EVE. EVE is big. Really big.
Unlike [...]

There are a ton of different kinds of items in EVE. Broadly, the categories of stuff are (leaving out space station-related stuff, and some other fringe item types for simplicity):

Ships
Stuff you equip on a ship to change its abilities (“fittings” or “equipment”)
Stuff you use to build ships + equipment that goes on ships
Ammo

Within each of [...]

For every wonderful moment in EVE, there’s a lot of monotony. You can think of EVE as being a lot like life — there are things you really enjoy doing, things you do to pay the bills (and fund your fun), and there are chores.
Today, I’m doing the third category. It’s packing time.
I’ve spent about [...]

And with that, my journey begins. After an application essay, an interview, a full background check, and director approval, I’m in! Merry Christmas to you, too.
Major 0.0 corporations pretty much all have admissions processes of varying complexity. Corporations have two primary concerns about new applicants – they want applicants to be effective contributors to the [...]