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EVE Online political betrayal result in record-breaking theft (1.5 trillion isk/20k$)
- Thread starter Dark Rider
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But is so easy for the vicepresident to transfer all their posessions to other Alliance? even without the actual leader being involved? or some kind of protocol that each Alliance could créate to avoid this?
At least Im trying to tie this to the real world, and sounds like something really stupid to pull so easily
There's a book on the history of EVE over here: http://empiresofeve.com
Dude is currently putting out a lot of the same material as a podcast: Empires of EVE: The History Lectures: Episode 1 - Welcome To New Eden https://overcast.fm/+J-YG6Du8Q
Pod doesn't seem to be on a regular schedule yet, though. Only one "real" episode and it came out on the 6th.
Dude is currently putting out a lot of the same material as a podcast: Empires of EVE: The History Lectures: Episode 1 - Welcome To New Eden https://overcast.fm/+J-YG6Du8Q
Pod doesn't seem to be on a regular schedule yet, though. Only one "real" episode and it came out on the 6th.
All according to Keikaku, damn.
Dark Rider
Member
astroturfing
Member
someone needs to make a serious documentary film about EVE.
Dark Rider
Member
the alliance leader trusted him (that is how he got to be man #2)
I'd kickstart the ever loving crap out of that.
Stallion Dan
Member
Is just a guy being a dick to a lot of people. Not much more to the story.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
You mean in the style of this one I posted earlier?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNUu75fH8Uc
Then there's this trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdfFnTt2UT0
Considering real money is involved, it's more like a high end diplomat or partner in a huge company defecting with national or trade secrets or something. It's not just trolling.
I was talking about the one in the op which was painful to watch and painfully written. Like paint drying.
Will watch these tomorrow thanks - largely i just want one i can show non gamer friends to blow their minds
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I know, I meant did you want vids in a style like the ones I linked to as examples.
Oh, i see. Sorry, GAFfing from bed. Will look tomorrow.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
I didn't mean to imply any specific developer or publisher, but more a hypothetical "better" company. As it stands yeah, CCP maintaining control of EVE is probably the best situation. Mainly since it's their primary source of income: can't afford to fuck it up.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
I'm surprised it took GAF this long to post about it when I read it happening.
Honestly that's some crazy shit
Honestly that's some crazy shit
In game diplomatic shenanigans are completely legit, the game just happens to have a monstrously grown economic ecosystem that is pretty much akin to the real world.
PrinnyBomb
Member
EVE might be my favorite game that I have never played and no intention of ever playing
I really wish someone would make a movie adaptation of EVE's meta game.
I played it once. By which I mean I played with its excellent character creator and never saw a minute of the actual game.
Hickbilly Deluxe
Banned
I played the game years ago, but the learning curve got to me and I gave up. Wish I had stuck with it, because stories like this are just awesome.
Jack Scofield
Member
This is fascinating. The strategies and tactics feel like something out of a real war. Pretty crazy how this game allows for such innovation.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
MMO space is grossly underdeveloped in terms of what could be done, because the damn things are so expensive, difficult, and time-consuming to make. Developers generally play it safe and you end up with what amounts to WoW clone #347 that sputters out.
AuthenticM
Member
Does GAF play this game? Do we have a clan?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
There was a GAF corp at some point but I don't think it's still active.
GAF OT is here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465878
anothertech
Member
DAAAAAAAMMMMMMM
I was born a muslim, that ALLLAAHHHHH at the end has me in stitches, I wish there was a 10hour version of it.
baddvision
Member
haha love that picture!! just like my buddy
Aaronrules380
Member
LMAOIt's an older image, but it checks out:
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
My OP is woefully out of date, but I don't have too much interest in updating it since I'm not playing at the moment. Maybe if I can find some free time.
As for whether GAF has played together...there is/was a GAF corp at some point years ago, but it's now defunct. Otherwise there's a chat channel or two in game for GAF people to join. But yeah, even with the game on a single server/shard, there's not too much GAF presence. As I mentioned before, it takes a lot of time/dedication to play the game "properly", and you have to be even more coordinated (to some extent) if you're a small faction/group, particularly if you're not part of a large power bloc.
But as demonstrated with this latest heist, even large power blocs are susceptible to being toppled.
And I wouldn't be completely opposed to maybe trying out a GAF group again, but there are a couple problems. Namely, the people who currently play the game are likely too invested in their own groups, so your core group would probably consist of new (or may as well be new) and previously lapsed players. Not that there's anything wrong with that specifically, but you'd likely have at least some opposing interests with the conflicting experience levels. Along with that, GAF is fickle: maintaining interest in the game for the group over months/years would be a challenge.
Actual organization/leadership though wouldn't be too tough for a smallish group of about 10-30 though I think. There's so many better tools now than there used to be, both directly related to EVE and not. Discord and Slack in particular. Various mapping tools (wormhole and k-space), various industry (crafting) calculators/applications, fitting applications with sharing /distribution features, killboards, etc.
Related, the next major release, an "expansion" is October 24th. So if people wanted to organize, closer to that date would probably be better.
Dark Rider
Member
IF gaf is willing to commit to long term corp I would make a new char and join
but the most important question would be what would we name gaf corp/allaince?
if you look at the game player corps/alliances names you would know why I'm asking
Daffy Duck
Member
This game is fascinating.
Love reading stories like this.
Love reading stories like this.
Dark Rider
Member
he wasn't screaming allah
he was screaming align (telling his mates to align their ships in the correct direction)
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
He was permabanned? I thought the main thing about EVE is how shit like this can happen and change the entire economy because of what players are doing much in like how elite dangerous has been doing on a smaller level via actual players.
Sevenfold
Member
Banned for irl harm threats. It's in the OP friend.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I read the OP wrong
No, it's the one (the "victim") who made IRL threats who got permabanned. The "traitor" is fine.
Audioboxer
Member
Lose 20k of goods and get permabanned from a game you've probably put a good chunk of your life into... Damn, if I was the judge I would be hiring security. People rage enough as it is getting banned from something let alone the humiliation of your guild or group getting duped. Digital goods with monetary value are serious business these days.
This post is NOT saying the judge deserves anything done to him/her. If it's within the game rules then those are the rules. What I'm saying is crazy people exist. The ban is correct for threats but if I were the devs I'd maybe even contact the local authorities in the country of registration. No joke. I don't think it will be long for the first act of violence due to something like this in a video game (there's probably some cases already of real life retaliation for gaming related cons/dupes/etc).
This post is NOT saying the judge deserves anything done to him/her. If it's within the game rules then those are the rules. What I'm saying is crazy people exist. The ban is correct for threats but if I were the devs I'd maybe even contact the local authorities in the country of registration. No joke. I don't think it will be long for the first act of violence due to something like this in a video game (there's probably some cases already of real life retaliation for gaming related cons/dupes/etc).
Dark Rider
Member
his new buddy the mittani (CO2 enemy and the person that the judge betrayed co2 to, also the person that the judge handed co2 capital station to) will protect him
/s
in this recently revealed picture: the mittani on the left doing the belly rubbing and the judge on the right getting his belly rubbed (I'm not joking about the picture, this is really the mittani, the imperium leader, and the judge)
All popular space sim sandbox multiplayer game are already filled with people asking for the games to basically be EVE 2.0, if developers give in to them then everyone of them will be like EVE, which is fun to read about, absolute disaster to play unless dedicated your life to the game. I for one don't want to play EVE, that's why I don't play EVE.
Flying Toaster
Member
It makes sense. It would suck to loose some players over this backstab so anyway to soften the blow and help get things settled is the best way forward. Eve is one of those games that each time something like this happens it makes you wonder if it will ever be topped. Of course it always does get topped but man each time the bar is raised it is insane how it happens.