Minmatar are the fastest, do massive damage, and are pirates and rebels- win

That Minmatar heavy look like duct tape to you?

Gallente - Sounds like the USA - pass

Hahaha the exact reason I hate the Gallente, and work very hard to kill the Gallente!
Also the main reason that I favour the Caldari as well, because the also hate the Gallente!

It just sucks though because the new Gallente Assault suit looks really freakin cool!
(Still not as cool as the Amarr though)

Gallente - Sounds like the USA - pass

Caldari - Frozen scientists (also reminds me of the Soviet Union) - pass

For me I chose Amarr back when I first started playing EVE. When reading through the selections Amarr was the race that immediately jumped out to me - religious nuts with some of the most gorgeous looking cities, ships, armor, etc period. The sheer beauty of the Amarr craftsmanship is was captured me and led me to choose to be that race, plus the others just didn't appeal to me...

Minmatar - Stuff held together with duct tape - pass
Gallente - Sounds like the USA - pass
Caldari - Frozen scientists (also reminds me of the Soviet Union) - pass
Amarr - religious nuts with stuff crafted out of diamond encrusted gold silver and ebony - win

For me I chose Amarr back when I first started playing EVE. When reading through the selections Amarr was the race that immediately jumped out to me - religious nuts with some of the most gorgeous looking cities, ships, armor, etc period. The sheer beauty of the Amarr craftsmanship is was captured me and led me to choose to be that race, plus the others just didn't appeal to me...

Minmatar - Stuff held together with duct tape - pass
Gallente - Sounds like the USA - pass
Caldari - Frozen scientists (also reminds me of the Soviet Union) - pass
Amarr - religious nuts with stuff crafted out of diamond encrusted gold silver and ebony - win

I am sorry but i completly disagree with your description of Gallente and Caldari, think you mixed them both. Gallente as it stands is akin to Europe or a federated democratic France, Caldari is a perfect descrition of USA, corporations owning almost everything, dictating ruling and laws, just look at the major corporations of US and their lobbies, you got the Oil and Energy lobby, the gun and armament lobby, a handy few corporations control the entire country, no matter what your governement says (yes its called federal governement but almost all the politics are in the pocket of said so corporations). Just my 0.2 isk

It doesn't stand out. Hell, sometimes it looks like it's going to fall apart.

This is funny because the Caldari are the most technological advanced race second only to the Jove.

That's were you're wrong.
Ugly **** stands out as much as pretty things.

You would only be hidden in a pile of NASA trash. lol

Oh man, sorry, I let my Amarr blood bring up some feelings sometimes.

Llan Heindell.

I totally get your description, but when it comes down to ideals and just the general "feel" of Gallente and Caldari, the Gallente just really makes me think "USA" for some reason.

Gallente - Sounds like the USA - pass

For me I chose Amarr back when I first started playing EVE. When reading through the selections Amarr was the race that immediately jumped out to me - religious nuts with some of the most gorgeous looking cities, ships, armor, etc period. The sheer beauty of the Amarr craftsmanship is was captured me and led me to choose to be that race, plus the others just didn't appeal to me...

Minmatar - Stuff held together with duct tape - pass
Gallente - Sounds like the USA - pass
Caldari - Frozen scientists (also reminds me of the Soviet Union) - pass
Amarr - religious nuts with stuff crafted out of diamond encrusted gold silver and ebony - win

Actually, the Gallente and Caldari home planets are in the same system. It was the Gallente who first discovered the Caldari and made contact, it was the Gallente who first managed interplanetary flight and landed on Caldari Prime, which at that time was currently going through an industrial revolution.

I'm not saying the Caldari arn't advanced now, and they got a good deal with Pod technology given to them by the Jove (which is they only reason they weren't obliterated by the Gallente during the war). But the most advanced race second to the Jove? A lot of their current understanding of technology was given to them by the Gallente.

Uh, your understanding of most of these races, OP, seems very... lacking...

The Gallente of all races is the least American of all in matters outside of political system. If there was a region of the real world that I would liken the Gallente, as an American myself, it would be the Europeans, especially those with languages with roots on the Latin language. Gallente philosophy is very much like Renaissance era France, or Classical era Rome and Greece. They value the arts and are very anthropocentric as a society. They value freedom of expression and liberty, and that may sounds like a very American thing, but those concepts already existed in Europe for a long time... much much longer than what the USA has been in existence. Gallente society is generally the least "pro war" out of all four races, and generally have the least amount of people willing to join their military ranks (which only increase after they find themselves in a mess that may or may not be their fault).

The Caldari of all races are the most American of all, mainly because of their highly corporate culture. But they are also share a lot of Asian characteristic, especially their sense of duty, demand for efficiency and their deeply-rooted traditionalism.

The Amarr, they're not religious nuts, and they're more easily viewed as the Medieval era Catholic Church. In this case however, the Pope, which is the leader of the Church and the Church only, is replaced by a political figure that is also the closest religious being to their god that is alive. Even in the Medieval era, the Catholics had a raging hard-on for gold, and they showed this very prominently by building the most impressive structures of their time, and many of them still stand to this very day. They also have their version of "extremists", which would REALLY be the religious nuts of the game, but they're a minority that are not aligned to Amarr, and even the Amarr want to get rid of these people.



In any case, to bring myself back to topic, I'd have to say that I picked the Gallente. My original choice was first the Amarr, mainly because I liked their ship design (who doesn't like gold and really shiny stuff, really?). But then I read their bio and saw that they were heavily religious influenced. I had already been playing countless games and even MMOs where I would play as a religious-themed character, mainly involving Paladins, Priests or Necromancers. So I decided to play something that may have come more as a hypocrite, or at least that would seem like it of the general population (talking in-game here).

As for the Gallete they seemed like too much of the obvious choice to me. I assumed there would be a lot of American playing this game and that a lot of them would go "Hey that sounds like us, Mericuh F*** Yeah." (I eventually saw it in a different light) I didn't want to be a part of that so the decision was made.

Gallente are 100% European.
Gallente - Liberalism
Caldari - Uber capitalism.

Which one fits modern America more?

Yeah but the policies the gallente go by sound a lot like the policies that we Americans think we go by, freedom, equality and justice. And were I am you don't always notice the uber capitalism when your only choices for groceries are Walmart or Brookshires.

That is exactly what I'm talking about.

Yeah yeah yeah they may be of European decent yadda yadda yadda, but I swear when I first read the full description of the Gallente in EVE five years ago it just screamed MURICA! F*** YEAHHHHHH! I mean hell, look at their insignia.

For me I chose Amarr back when I first started playing EVE. When reading through the selections Amarr was the race that immediately jumped out to me - religious nuts with some of the most gorgeous looking cities, ships, armor, etc period. The sheer beauty of the Amarr craftsmanship is was captured me and led me to choose to be that race, plus the others just didn't appeal to me...

Minmatar - Stuff held together with duct tape - pass
Gallente - Sounds like the USA - pass
Caldari - Frozen scientists (also reminds me of the Soviet Union) - pass
Amarr - religious nuts with stuff crafted out of diamond encrusted gold silver and ebony - win

Minmatar Because I'm awesome

This is funny because the Caldari are the most technological advanced race second only to the Jove.

Hahaha the exact reason I hate the Gallente, and work very hard to kill the Gallente!
Also the main reason that I favour the Caldari as well, because the also hate the Gallente!

It just sucks though because the new Gallente Assault suit looks really freakin cool!
(Still not as cool as the Amarr though)

Went with the Gallente becuase their the closest group to being good guys in this world of backstabbing, dictatorships, war,etc.

Minmatar are essentially space Vikings.

Amarr - Khanid 7 odd years ago I chose Amarr because i wanted to play the complete opposite of myself in a game so slave owning religious zealot seemed right, but its hard to change ones nature and I simply ended up being a khanid rebel working for terrorist organisations in syndicate.

I stick with amarr these days because the others are all easy options and it leaves the bad guys without the numbers to compete, I see amarr in actual game play as the underdogs.

My pilot is Gallente but I've since become very attached to the Minmatar. They are the rebels, the underdogs and the extremely underrated. They may look like they are using scrapheaps of rust held together with duct tape and bailing-wire but their engineers, especially the Sebiestor, are some of the best in the cluster. Their ships have been dominating the skies lately and are being nerfed because of it.

Their design esthetic is a bit rough around the edges but it gets the job done. I see the clean lines of the other races and admire their work but in the end I always choose Minmatar when I can make it work. I like to think of the look of their gear as being a form of camouflage. It doesn't stand out. Hell, sometimes it looks like it's going to fall apart.

The native Gallente actually were born from Tau Ceti French colonists. They're a bit Americanish in that they're a mix of a lot of cultures and identities, but they're certainly made out to be more European than anything.

Caldari on the other hand are a mix of corporate America with the traditions of Japanese culture.

Minmatar are essentially space Vikings.

Amarr is just, well crazy religious nuts is a good description, but their origins are with colonists from the Unified Catholic Church of Mankind, which strikes me as those southern American religious institutions.

I chose Gallente because they're awesome, although I tend to use a lot of Amarr ships and equipment, you can't fault their aesthetics.

Yeah but the policies the gallente go by sound a lot like the policies that we Americans think we go by, freedom, equality and justice. And were I am you don't always notice the uber capitalism when your only choices for groceries are Walmart or Brookshires.