READ THIS SHIT NEWBROS:

First off, newbros, ask for an extended 21 day trial in the thread. The person who emails you one can get a PLEX, which he can split with you.

Join the official in-game channel "/v/ bros". There is no official /v/vg/ corp. Don't ask, as it shits up the thread.

>Can I make enough isk to PLEX during the trial?
If you have to ask, you can't do it.

>I just started, what should I do?
Do the tutorials. They give you isk, ships, skillbooks and teach you the basics. No really, do them. Do the career agents after that for an even deeper look at the game.

>Is it too late to get into EVE
No.

>You have to have high SP to play EVE, so it's too late.
This is incorrect on many levels.
1) Anyone can be useful with even under 1M SP, and there is nothing stopping you from doing some cheap T1 frig solo pvp, which some argue is some of the most fun to be had in the game. A tackler and scout is a necessary addition to any small, medium or large sized gang, and you can scout in a rookie ship. Specializing 1M SP in the right place can beat 100M SP in the wrong place. Not to mention that new players can get into very useful (and arguably overpowered) ewar and logistics frigates/cruisers very fast.
2) SP does NOT equate skill. Skill comes through experience, not having overpowered ships, characters and implants. Someone with 100M+ SP, a high grade slave set and a full officer fit can be killed by a new player under the right circumstances. And easily by a group of new players.
3) If you are so concerned about SP, you can simply buy a high SP character on the bazaar. P2W? Be make enough isk to afford it.

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USEFUL LINKS:

A big picture of everything that can and is available in EVE:
http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/eve-wtd.jpg

Evelopedia:
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Main_Page

Look up missions before you run them:
http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=HomePage

Pricecheck and Market stuff:
http://eve-central.com/

Refining ore? Melting down meta 0-2's? Check this to see if its worth it:
https://eve-industrialist.com/eve-industrialist/refining.eve

Compare ore/mineral prices:
http://eve.grismar.net/ore/

Guide to everything about Eve (d/l link at bottom):
http://www.isktheguide.com/

Eve University class library (learn stuff):
http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Eve_University_Class_Library

Dotlan (make routes, find gudfites etc):
http://evemaps.dotlan.net/

EVE news, updates, blogs, discussion, articles, nullbabby politics:
http://evenews24.com/

EVE sov map (nullbabby stuff):
http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/Verite/influence.png


USEFUL PROGRAMS:

EVEMON – Lightweight skill planner:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=6765

EFT – Create fits, import/export to and from the game:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=24359

EVE Assets – Lightweight asset viewer (check your total worth in isk, ships, modules, ore, etc.):
http://eve.nikr.net/jeveasset

PYFA - a shittier EFT
http://www.evefit.org/

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>What is a PLEX?

PLEX is short for 30 Day Concord Pilot License Extension. It's an in-game item that can be used to pay for your subscription without using more traditional payment methods.

EVE players can pay for their account with in-game money, ISK, by buying PLEXes off the market. When you sign up for a trial via an invite link, the person who invited you can get transferred a PLEX if you upgrade to a paying subscription, and he can then sell it and transfer funds to you, which can be a great asset for a new player.

Be sure to leave an email and ask for an invite in the thread!

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>A primer as to why /eog/ does not need tripcodes, -fags and -friends

In EVE online, the meta of who you are, your corp, what alliance you belong to, your history, and what you personally have done is important. Therefore, each post will never be judged on its weight alone, but on who posted it. Each post will have needless amounts of meta which will throw off actual game discussion. Say a hisec carebear has an opinion? Yell at him for mining. Someone in nullsec? Make fun of him for being a nullbabby. Someone in X shitty alliance? Make fun of them and disregard their post.

In addition to the fact that in earlier threads (like last year) 90% of the posts would be only 3-4 people, it would magnify the shitposting to a grand degree. People would simply post to rile people up (hello mr. unclaimed) and to ignite shitposting (we already have enough of this with race).

So it goes beyond the whole '4chan hates trips' thing. It doesn't matter whether in this particular thread *you* make some 'quality' posts. We've consistently yelled at trips until they stop, because without this we descend to become the tripfag circlejerk that plagues /vg/ (though apparently moderation is kicking up, I don't know since this is the only /vg/ thread I visit on a regular basis)

So, in short, that's why. If you want to post with your name, there is kugu, FHC, hell the fucking news sites and god forbid eve-o