One of a kind EVE ship gets blown up in 700 billion isk backstab

[Ickorus]

I dont really know much about eve online (i understand the basic etc) so im kind of oblivious to the significance of this.

Do people spend real world money on these ships? Im assuming like a lot of these second life MMOs theres some sort of exchange rate between real currency and fictional currency on the black market of the internet. If so is it possible for me to make a profit out of it

I dont really like the idea of paying a sub for a game and i dont like games like this that require a lot of time especially when i have a full time job. I played runescape as a kid (because a lot of friends played it) i just couldnt invest the time into it as i got bored after an hour. I prefer games with a lot more action and where i have more direct control of my player. However the sheer scope of this game is intruiging to me

It's very complex, so you probably wouldn't get the hang of it... However...

EVE online is one of the few, if not the only game, where the developers have pretty much officially stated that any kind of action or behavior is okay so long as it's not hacking or literally changing the code of the game.

EVE is essentially "Anarcho-Capitalism: The Game" with players owned corporations warring with one another, and doing such lovely things as destroying miners to inflate the price of minerals, or hiring assassins to destroy certain players. Perhaps the most infamous incident is when someone formed a banking corporation... Then stole all the money, bought one of the most expensive ships in the game, and fled into darkspace, putting a MASSIVE BOUNTY ON HIS OWN HEAD as essentially a dare for anyone to come after him. It's one of the few games where you can probably feel like some kind of super villain.

That sort of thing would appeal to me if i was jobless and had loads of freetime but i just dont have the time to invest in something like that

You didnt really answer my question. Can you trade in game stuff for real-life currency (legit or not) if so how much would one of these superships fetch in real money like USD or GBP and if that is possible how easy would it be to set up yourself in the game purely to make a profit (e g playing the ingame stock market or finding easy ways to get expensive stuff quickly). Ive heard of people doing this on WoW and making a small fortune

I had a look around and if it is legitimate that it cost him 700 billion ISK that would be approximately $25k USD in real money terms.

 

[KOMega]

I really want to play eve, but I don't like to pay subscription.

These stories are always so fun.

 

[Legion]

Reading things like this make me really wish I was into the game, sadly I found the game far too boring to begin with, and I heard that it's not too friendly for new people.

EDIT: Seems a lot of other people on here are in the same boat.

 

[Kiardras]

As a long time eve player and mercenary in game, I love hearing this stuff and seeing it in the news. The fact that it happened to PL is just icing on the cake.

Considering the massive war currently raging, I'm not surprised to hear about this, I know PL are involved on one side, and numerous mercenary corps have been hired by both sides to engage in asymmetric warfare as well as increase numbers.

Just hearing Grath lose his shit over it made me crack up at work, its hilarious.

 

[Souplex]

EVE is an odd game, I can't imagine I'd much enjoy playing it, but hearing about other people playing brings me a great deal of joy.

 

[Alcamonic]

EVE online, perfectly simulates human nature. Still, hilarious.

 

[Nielas]

EVE is an odd game, I can't imagine I'd much enjoy playing it, but hearing about other people playing brings me a great deal of joy.

It's like watching a soap opera or a bad exploitative reality show. You would not want to be in that situation yourself but it's amusing to watch make believe misery.

 

[Tethalaki]

Only greedy amoral backstabbing assholes play Eve so it's always funny when something bad happens to them.

I'm not a bad person, honest!

This is also a nice write up about this event: http://themittani.com/features/first-degree-awox-premeditated-murder

 

[GoaThief]

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The guy is so sincerely pissed off it's almost as if he thinks there is an actual war going on.

$25,000 (US) is a completely understandable amount of moolah to get upset over IMHO. People die over less in real life.

I miss this game terribly when reminders such as this are served. I remember the beta and musing with my best mate about it's potential and where we want to take it. After several years life put paid to Stain, Fountain and the alliances. Still, I think it was the right choice and I like to hear about the game from time to time. Fucking crazy stuff.

 

[Phrozenflame500]

Hahaha. I love this soundcloud, one guy's raging so hard while everyone's busy laughing at how funny the situation is.

 

[chinangel]

i don't get how people can laugh at someone who just lost something major. Yes it's 'just a game' but it's a game that he just lost a wopping huge amount of money at. so yeah his rage is understandable.

Also this, along with the learning-curve cliff that is Eve is the reason why i will never touch the game.

I dunno, maybe i just don't enjoy the suffering of others.

 

[lacktheknack]

I tried playing it once, but it's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too backstabby for me. Every time I read another article on EVE, I am filled with more and more terror.

 

[lacktheknack]

Listening to this Soundcloud thing is an utter delight. I love the one guy who is consistently outraged in spite of everyone else going 'I think it's kind of funny, we only lost a few ships/money'.

"You are literally the aids that is rotting the alliance from the inside out. I really hope you all die."

"You were set up? This isn't the fucking mob, they weren't coming to get you, you fucking idiot. You weren't set up, you were fucking stupid."

The guy is so sincerely pissed off it's almost as if he thinks there is an actual war going on.

An EVE war is the closest thing virtual reality has to "real wars". Also, it WAS a $25000 ship, if I remember my ISK correctly.

It all adds up to why EVE scares me so much.

 

[the doom cannon]

i don't get how people can laugh at someone who just lost something major. Yes it's 'just a game' but it's a game that he just lost a wopping huge amount of money at. so yeah his rage is understandable.

Also this, along with the learning-curve cliff that is Eve is the reason why i will never touch the game.

I dunno, maybe i just don't enjoy the suffering of others.

the guy raging wasn't even involved in the fight. He was mad at the people who lost their ships because they lost their ships.
Also, I love EVE. So much fun to be had.

 

[Cabisco]

Eve is one of the most interesting games to read about, I tried and failed to get into it but dear god I love to hear about the insane antics of some of it's players/corps.

If we wanted evidence that man is essentially evil we need only read some Eve stories

 

[rob_simple]

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The guy is so sincerely pissed off it's almost as if he thinks there is an actual war going on.

$25,000 (US) is a completely understandable amount of moolah to get upset over IMHO. People die over less in real life.

An EVE war is the closest thing virtual reality has to "real wars". Also, it WAS a $25000 ship, if I remember my ISK correctly.

It all adds up to why EVE scares me so much.

If anyone is dumb enough to pump £25,000 into an online video game (or work the equivalent amount of game hours to earn that, I still don't understand how it works,) then I am absolutely going to laugh at them when it all goes pear-shaped.

It is a terrifying amount of money, mind you.

 

[Jmumbler]

I really want to get into eve online but I feel like I don't have the time to. School and Full time job often get in the way