Posted - 2011.08.24 14:49:00 - [2]

 

You play EVE, you tell us :)

Head over to the market forum sub section I guess.

Also, why are you playing in class? you should be paying attention ;)

Posted - 2011.08.24 15:01:00 - [4]

 

Well, the engineer is primarily an area denial role, but also has some support features. I'd say they have most in common with a POS in 0.0 space.

Posted - 2011.08.24 15:09:00 - [6]

 

haha, if grades matter that much, why are you playing EVE in class?
You think engineering companies are going to pay you to play EVE?

Anyways, 3 minutes is enough to explain EVE is an MMORPG after that, you're out of time.

You could also talk about the $-->PLEX<-->ISK flow, that gives players the illusion that their isk is actually worth something
in real life, while in fact it is not, but then again, you only have 3 minutes.

Posted - 2011.08.24 15:46:00 - [8]

 

Edited by: Akita T on 24/08/2011 15:48:47

Originally by: Nariya Kentaya

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i have to make a 3 minute presentation on the economical and social impacts of manufacturing comparing EVE to the real world and how they are similar

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KEY SIMILARITIES:

* heavily monetized economies - (almost) everything can and will be exchanged for "money" back and forth = (mostly) free market economies

* different stages of production (even different in count per type of good) and how a significant amount of people choose to specialize in one or a few - raw material extraction (mining, PI harvesting, etc) and/or component harvesting (salvaging, datacores, etc), initial processing (refining, reactions, some PI), intermediate processing (capital component manufacture, T2 component manufacture), high-level processing (capship manufacture, T2 manufacture)

* investment of time and/or assets (mainly but not only funds) can increase efficiency and profitability - blueprint research, higher skills, "hiring" a higher-skilled person, etc

* globalization is akin to "just go to Jita" - a bit of a stretch, but close enough



KEY DIFFERENCES // PECULIARITIES OF EVE:

* NO DECAY (for the most part) - items do not break down with use ; however, asset destruction is far more common than in the real world

* "sinks and faucets" monetary model instead of the overwhelming prevalence of debt-based bank account money ; no institutionalized//legalized debt handling methods

* difficult to really "go bankrupt" with a small-scale business if you are willing to put in some extra work - the "minerals I mine // datacores I harvest // components I gather myself are free, therefore they must be worthless, or at least worth less than their market price" fallacy at work (poor accounting practices combined with multiple revenue steams)

* the "alternate universe" // "deux ex machina" situation - the exchange of RL cash into game ISK via GTC/PLEX

* you CAN (to some better degree than in RL) accurately predict "the future" in EVE (patch notes, test server), which changes the market dynamics (the markets usually react in a way you'd think breaks causality - prices jump before the change happens, effect coming before cause)

* rules and regulations are... weirder (the list is much longer, mentioning just a few) : shorting next to impossible (therefore not regulated), taxes are extremely low (and I don't mean player corp taxes) which means the economy runs closer to its highest possible efficiency, and quite frankly that should already be far more than just 3 minutes, so I'll just stop here

Posted - 2011.08.24 17:49:00 - [10]

 

Originally by: Akita T

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KEY DIFFERENCES // PECULIARITIES OF EVE:

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Don't forget having near perfect knowledge.

There are no significant unknowns in the manufacturing process. Blueprint + X Supply of Minerals/Components = 100% quality assured product. (Well, that's not true with invention but it's still predictable/reliable.)

No one can build a better widget in order to gain a competitive edge, because the rules for building widgets are the same and are immutable until CCP decides to change them.

The rule of law doesn't exist in Eve because there's no way to reliably enforce individual accountability. There's no way to enforce contractual agreements, thus banks and other financial institutions aren't viable, etc..

I think what I'm saying is that Eve's economy is effectively a closed system and would be envied by China's Communist Party rulers for its edgy capitalistic aspects while still remaining predictable and thus controllable.