[wladimir]

I think the image is more supposed to show how harsh and unyielding Eve Online can be. The game offers many ways in which the players can work together or screw each other. It's not for the faint hearted :-)

The penalties for dying are higher than in games like WoW, and you can everywhere be killed by players. There is no real safe haven (though you have dangerous and even more dangerous space) That does make it realistic and give to interesting game dynamics.

I don't have time nor motivation to play time sink games any more these days, but I did enjoy it a lot more than, for example, WoW.