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1373143248.0,1162,self.Eve,1hrlai,"I'm quitting Reddit! I'm giving away all my karma. Just send me one karma, and I'll send you two back!",1564,402,150,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hrlai/im_quitting_reddit_im_giving_away_all_my_karma/,"This is totally not a scam. You can check my Karma API.
Minimum to double is 1 Karma. Don't forget to follow the rules.
Rule: upvote post. Receive double karma.
Edit: Any amount other than one karma is considered a donation. ",,False,,t5_2qil9,1373151834.0,,,True,t3_1hrlai,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hrlai/im_quitting_reddit_im_giving_away_all_my_karma/,
1349279925.0,1088,i.imgur.com,10vp56,Only EVE players know that this is not actually true.,1271,183,135,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/10vp56/only_eve_players_know_that_this_is_not_actually/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_10vp56,http://i.imgur.com/vk5au.jpg,
1347420570.0,943,forum.pleaseignore.com,zqy0f,RIP Vile Rat -- GoonSwarm Diplo KIA,1133,190,251,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/zqy0f/rip_vile_rat_goonswarm_diplo_kia/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_zqy0f,https://forum.pleaseignore.com/topic/19534-rip-vile-rat/,
1347453451.0,922,seleenes-sandbox.blogspot.com,zrgtg,"RIP Vile Rat | Goodbye, Friend",1072,150,59,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/zrgtg/rip_vile_rat_goodbye_friend/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_zrgtg,http://seleenes-sandbox.blogspot.com/2012/09/goodbye-friend.html,
1375280742.0,875,self.Eve,1jf7m9,"New player ""which race to choose"" advice. (don't upvote)",1195,320,152,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1jf7m9/new_player_which_race_to_choose_advice_dont_upvote/,"I wrote this up for a friend, then realized midway through that it'd probably be pretty helpful for all newbies. Remember that the racial choice is **purely cosmetic**, since all races can be cross-trained (the starting skills only take about a day to cross-train). However, the race you start with is a good path to go down initially, and here's some helpful advice of what makes the races unique (not really going into lore) and how they all work:
* The **Amarr** prefer bricky, heavily tanked armor platforms firing lasers primarily, some ships using drones (sort of like Eve's version of a pet), and in their more advanced ships even using missiles (missiles aren't really as prevalent here as they would be on say a Caldari or Minmatar ship). Lasers take crystals for ammo and they last forever or, for some of the advanced crystal ammo, a very long time but eventually break and have to be replaced; missiles don't really require any tracking or anything like that to hit their target, as long as the target is in range. Drones are a weapon system where you launch up to 5 drones and they go out and orbit and attack your target. Lasers require a lot of the ship's capacitor to fire, while missiles don't take any. Armor tanking is very strong passively, meaning that it can get a lot of ""buffer"" (a large pool of hitpoints) with strong passive resistances to damage, but once you deplete the armor (without a logistic ship there to repair you back up), it's gone. Their preferred form of electronic warfare is to disrupt their enemy's turrets tracking speeds, and they also have a few ships that have specialized bonuses to drain the enemy's capacitor, as well. Tanky laserbricks. That's Amarr. Oh, and their ships are pretty.
* The **Caldari**, on the other had, prefer relatively slow (compared to the other shield race, the Minmatar) shield ships that fire missiles and hybrid weapons. Missiles, missiles, missles = Caldari. They love 'em. They also have several hybrid (a type of weapon system) ships that can fire out bullets to extremely long ranges. Hybrids require the ships capacitor to fire, though not as much as an Amarr laser. The Caldari are the least favorable drone race (that title belongs to the Gallente and to a lesser extent the Amarr) but they love their missiles. Several of their shield ships have bonuses to the shield resistances to damage, similar to Amarr with their armor resistances, but unlike armor, shields regenerate slowly over time. Their preferred form of electronic warfare is to use Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) to jam out the enemy's ship so it can't lock any targets! Their ships are beautiful in the eye of the beholder, although many find their asymmetry appealing. Long range, missile spewing monsters. That's Caldari.
* Next, the **Gallente** are an in-your-face, close range-loving race that chooses hybrid weapons (primarily blasters) and have an affinity for drones. The Gallente used to be *the* drone race, although in recent times the Amarr have received several ships with bonuses to them as well. The Gallente, however, still hang on to the crown, despite the Amarr's newfound interest in drones. The Gallente have a love of really high damage, and their ships can typically dish out the most, as long as you can get their close-range (indeed, point-blank) blasters to bear on the target. Gallente ships prefer armor tanking, but unlike Amarr, their ships do not receive bonuses to the damage resistance. They instead receive bonuses to the ships active armor repair modules. So, a Gallente ship can repair its armor faster than any other race when using active armor repair modules, which require the ship's capacitor to use. And although fitting an armor tank typically makes a ship slower, the Gallente have strong innate agility and speed, so their ships remain relatively quick when fitting down with heavy armor. They prefer remote sensor dampening for their electronic warfare, greatly reducing an enemy ship's time to lock or target locking range. Gallentean ships have an organic quality to them, with some people finding their organic nature ugly and some finding it beautiful. Up-close, high damage dealing brawlers. That's Gallente.
* Lastly, the **Minmatar** are the undisputed fastest race in the game. They prefer shield tanking and speed, and their ships are among the fastest in New Eden. To achieve this speed, the Minmatar mostly use shield tanking, which doesn't slow the ship down as armor would, although a few of their ships can fit good armor tanks. They prefer an active shield tank, and their ships have bonuses to the shield repair amount when using active shield restoration modules. Though these modules take capacitor to use, Minmatar weapons do not. They prefer using projectile weapons, which are like modern day firearms, and they also have ships that have bonuses to missiles. The Minmatar use target painting for their electronic warfare, which inflates the enemy ship's signature to make it easier to hit. Minmatar quickly get into the fray, and they are masters at kiting their opponent around while their projectiles whittle away at the enemy's defenses. Their rust-colored ships have a ""thrown-together,"" high utility look. But if you're looking for speed, Minmatar is it. Highly agile, high speed and deadly. That's Minmatar.
I don't think this is all-encompassing, but I hope this helps you to have an idea of the direction you'd like to go!",,False,,t5_2qil9,1375297710.0,,blood,True,t3_1jf7m9,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1jf7m9/new_player_which_race_to_choose_advice_dont_upvote/,
1359350269.0,868,reddit.com,17evrj,"Hey /r/EVE, you're Subreddit of the Day! Congrats!",1043,175,90,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17evrj/hey_reve_youre_subreddit_of_the_day_congrats/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_17evrj,http://www.reddit.com/r/subredditoftheday/comments/17evqp/january_28th_2013_reve_a_game_everyone_can_enjoy/,
1370446358.0,861,self.Eve,1fq57d,"Experiences of a total n00b, barely 4 days into trial.",1067,206,474,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1fq57d/experiences_of_a_total_n00b_barely_4_days_into/,"Hello /r/eve,
Apologies in advance for the incoming wall of text. Thank you for reading if you make your way through it; I'm loving this game and I just wanted to share some of my experiences over the last couple of days, from the perspective of someone who is *totally* brand new to EVE Online.
---
**Saturday**
---
I read a news story about how EVE is getting a new expansion on June 4th. 19 expansions; that's cool. Idly, I wonder if Reddit has an EVE subreddit. Of course it does.
EVE had always been interesting to me. I'd sworn off pay-to-play MMOs ever since I had multiple accounts and lost 18 months to EverQuest, back in the day. But, I love space games like Elite and Freelancer. I love the news stories on gaming sites about EVE and the player-driven economy, and the massive wars. I installed a trial a couple of years ago, but it crashed my laptop within minutes, so I left it alone and outside the news stories, I know nothing.
I look at the subreddit. I don't understand a lot of it; too much jargon. I see the sidebar. 21 day buddy trial? I have a new laptop nowadays. Maybe it'll run. Sure. Why not?
I create an account from the link. I install and log in.
I create a character. I laugh and call my wife over to show her how amazing the character customization is, how you can move facial features and things around without sliders...just by dragging in the main window. How my character's hair has physics. How realistic the eyes look. We both wonder aloud about why RPGs like Skyrim don't have characters that look this good.
I don't research the races. I create a free spirited young woman, a descendant of miners who will initially follow in her parent's footsteps then perhaps develop wanderlust, and decide instead to explore the stars. Free spirited and independent? I choose Gallente, and spend more than an hour tweaking her looks. Her name is Lei Harper.
I begin.
The user interface is...busy. So much information! I'm paralyzed for a moment. There's a tutorial. I follow it. I get a Velator. It is asymmetrical and I don't like that. I check on Google and realize with a little horror that by choosing Gallente, I've committed myself to a bunch of asymmetrical ships. No big deal I guess.
I learn to fly. I learn basic navigation. I learn what a capsule is, how to dock, how to warp. I go to the career funnels.
I'm already tired of my Velator. I look on the wikis while I fly for a potential ship. I find a boxy, worn, yellow frigate that is built for mining. She has an ore hold that almost seems ridiculously oversized. She is a Venture. She is perfect.
I can get her from a career funnel mission. Early. For free. Even better. I start the Industry path. I deliver stuff. I get my Venture. I admire her and her no-frills, industrial looks. I like the cool running lights. I name her ""Rising Star"".
I get more missions and I learn to mine. Mining, I discover, is slow. I also learn about skills. I find the concept of them training in real time to be fascinating and very different to any other game out there. I start pushing all my skill efforts into increasing my mining yields. I make more than half a million ISK. To me, this seems like a fortune. I look on the Market for ship fittings. Its not a fortune. Not in the slightest.
I call it a night.
---
**Sunday**
---
I an excited and energized about my new game. Saturday was great and there are so many things I want to do today!
The servers are under DDOS attack. EVE is down. EVE is down all day. I read the wikis and check twitter feeds. It doesn't come back. Twitter users laugh about addicted nerds having to do something else today.
I'm annoyed, and I haven't even had the game for 24 hours at this point.
---
**Monday**
---
I resume. I add some military missions to spice things up. I earn an Atron. It is also asymmetrical, but it has more guns than my Venture, and is much more nimble. I name her ""Swiftwind"" and figure out what constitutes a good Blaster on the Market. I equip Neutron Blasters and start tearing up Serpentis rats in my missions. I'm having fun.
But I need more money. And I'm at the point in the Industry track where I have a blueprint and I need to build a frigate to complete the mission. It uses minerals that I've never even seen before, certainly not when I'm mining Veldspar, Scordite or Plagioclase.
I look at the wiki. Jaspet. I need Jaspet. Where the heck do I find it?
In Gallente space, anywhere with a security level of 0.4 or lower. What's a security level?
I read, but I don't truly understand.
I plan my trip. I find a 0.4 system close to my home system and autopilot there. My Venture, I know now, was a shitfit. I had no skills, no preparation. When I get to the final Stargate, I get a popup. And that's when I actually get my first twinge of trepidation. ""Are you sure you want to do this?"" the popup asks. ""CONCORD cannot guarantee your safety.""
I want that Jaspet. So I jump. On the other side, I see a system...like any other. Cool, this looks OK. Hey look, asteroid belts. I set a course and warp. I come out of warp practically on top of an asteroid. Pristine Jaspet. Awesome! How lucky am I? I start mining and deploy my shiny new mining drones. This is going to be great.
My Mining laser is terribly slow on this rarer ore. This is going to take a while and I don't really want to hang around here. How much Jaspet do I need to do a refining run? I alt-tab and look at the wiki. I look it up, along with a couple of other things. I spend probably 45 seconds away from the EVE client. I need 500 Jaspet. OK. I alt-tab back.
There is a jet black, claw of a ship sitting right in front of my Venture. I see the brackets. Open brackets, not a cross. This was a player. This was PvP. I was engaged in PVP, and I was looking at Firefox.
My blood runs cold. This does not often happen when I'm playing a video game. I freeze, petrified. There was a timer ticking down on my HUD. I can't even read it. I am still mining. The guy is sitting there, not 200m off my bow and I just think...Damn...he must think I'm an idiot. He's getting ready to slaughter me and I'm just mining without a care in the world. I try to spring into action. I fumble...I stop mining. I recall my drones. I scroll frantically through my overview looking for the stargate. Why is it full of damn asteroids!?
My warp drive won't work.
I try to run but its like my ship is flying through molasses.
I steel myself. I would have to fight. Maybe my tier 1 neutron blaster will be strong enough...
I can't get a target lock.
I panic. I am utterly helpless. Weapon fire streaks towards my Venture from offscreen...there was MORE THAN ONE OF THEM?! and before I can even react, shields, armor and hull are stripped red and my screen erupts in a fireball. My capsule hangs in the void and for a moment I just wait, unsure of what to do. Then the weapons strike again and I am unceremoniously dumped back into a station.
I stare blankly at the screen. Emails begin to arrive. Insurance payout. CONCORD sending me kill rights to my attackers. An email from myself about my death, and my medical clone.
I start to pick up the pieces. I realize that my insurance only covered my ship, not my fittings. My ore was gone. I have practically nothing in my wallet except the money from my policy. They give me another Velator. I evaluate what had happened in my mind. I remember words from the wikis and forums. There were words for this, I think.
Ganked. And...Podded? Yeah. That's the words.
I realize I am playing a game where death has consequences, and they can be severe. There is no corpse retrieval, no resurrection. I can't even imagine traveling back to the wreck of my ship. I look up my murderers online. Basgerin Pirates. Their descriptions are full of profanity and threats of death. A billion ISK ransom and they'll walk away and leave you alone. A billion ISK. They've been playing for years, and I've been playing for a day. What was I thinking?
I buy the minerals I need from the market with my remaining cash. I finish the Industry track. I do a couple more missions on the military side but I don't have the heart for it. My Rising Star is gone.
Just before I quit for the day, I check my wallet and I'm one million ISK richer. Stunned, I check my journal and see that a player donated a million ISK to me. I don't remember their exact name, it was something philanthropist related so I guess they were giving away free stuff. I send them EVEmail and thank them profusely, explaining that I just lost my main ship in low security space and this million ISK will help me get back on my feet. They welcome me to New Eden and tell me that I've learned an important lesson - Never go to lowsec unprepared. I buy a new Venture and name her ""Rising Star II"". Next time will be better. I call it a night.
---
**Tuesday**
---
I finish the Military career track and get awarded a Tristan frigate. Its has symmetry and I like its star shape, and I see with glee that it has a large drone hold. I'm training drones now and I'm really starting to like them, so a small drone-boat like this is just what I need. I fit it with Hobgoblins and Prototype Gauss Cannons. The long range guns are awesome. The drones are awesome. I tear up Serpentis punks like their ships are beer cans. I am invincible. I have a crazy thought that I want to fit this Tristan with top-of-the-line fittings, and go hunt PVP pirates with it. I name her ""Vengeance"".
Odyssey was released today so I tool around with the new sensor sweep and things. I need to complete a third career track since I decided I wanted to apply to join EVE University, and they state you have to have completed at least three of the career funnel tracks to apply. I've already done Industry and Military, so I do the Exploration track to see the new Odyssey mechanics and meet EVE University's requirements. It only takes me a couple of hours to complete the track and takes me through hacking data sites, relics and gas sites, as well as how to use probes.
I notice some kind of Serpentis hideways keep showing up on my probe scans so when I'm done with the Exploration track, I decide to investigate. I'm flying Vengeance, my invincible Tristan as my exploration ship so I'm confident that I can tear up some more Serpentis like usual.
I probe and scan down some kind of Serpentis hideout, hit it up with a right click and do what I usually do. Warp to 0.
Space blurs, my Tristan surges ahead and comes screaming out of warp at the waypoint...into a cloud of red contacts. Red everywhere. Ships, sentry guns. I'm lit up like its July 4th and my Tristan explodes before it can even turn to warp the hell out of there. I limp back home in my capsule. I am not invincible. Another setback.
I get back to base and check my wallet. Seems lower than I thought. No insurance email. I forgot to insure my Tristan. Shit.
I go back to highsec mining. I have a spot in a 0.8 system that has been very good to me, so I spend all my money on Tech 2 Mining lasers and start grinding ore for money. My mining yield is damn good; I'm pulling thousands of Scordite or Veldspar per cycle in the Venture. I continue my training in Refining to get better reprocessing on my ore. Mostly as I'm mining, I want to learn more. I spend more time on the wiki than I do looking at my ships. I learn jargon so I can understand better. I learn strategies. I learn what NOT to do. I learn how to fit, how to travel, what to look for in lowsec.
I learn what a Cyno is, I learn about Nos, Neuts, Scrambles. I read forums and I'm both horrified and amused by some of the shit that people do in this game, so I also learn terms like Safari and AWOXing. I finally understand why people write o7 all the time.
Before I quit for the night, I decide that I want that Jaspet again. I don't need the minerals that much, but I want it. But, I'm terrified that I'm not ready. I've been researching tactics. I want ECM or ECM drones, but I don't have the skills or the time to train them. A cloaking device is totally out of the question right now. So, I learn some level 1 skills and fit as best I can. I fit the Venture with the two Tech 2 mining lasers and one mining drone. Plus, one combat drone in case I need to kill a shitty rat. I fit a shield battery, a shield regenerator and some more capacitor since I've had it run out before when activating both my lasers and I don't want to get caught with no cap. I note that the Venture comes prefitted with 2 points to negate Warp Scrambling, so I add a third point and hope that will be enough to get me out of trouble.
I return to Besgerin. I read the CONCORD warning before jumping and this time, I feel actual fear. I try to relax. I can do this. I jump.
The gate is clear. I apply what I've learned an immediately move to a point off away from the gate, away from the asteroids I'm eventually going to. I travel to the belt at range, I scan and check for hostiles. I identify my rock (Pristine Jaspet again) and immediately align to my escape vector before I do anything else. I mine.
My palms are sweating. My mouth is dry. There are others here in Local and I assume they want to find me, and kill me.
I am focused like a laser. I check local. I check my Overview, which is cut to the bone on filters for PVP traffic. I have my escape route already set. I recheck alignment. I cycle through probable attack vectors for hostiles and scan with directional scanner. I realize that I haven't launched my mining drones. Stupid. I check my yield and the cycle time on my mining lasers. One more cycle. My drone is out and as my last cycle finishes it brings me up to exactly 1500 Pristine Jaspet. Three refining loads. I decide to let it keep running, and then I see the brackets.
I barely even registered there was something there. I hit Warp and heard the warning chime of a lock as the drive spooled up. No scramble. I was locked and a burst of fire took 5% of my shield as I warped away. I emerged on top of the stargate and was out of the system in seconds.
I celebrated. I refined. I made solid ISK. I called it a night.
If I didn't have a laptop on my lap I would have been on my feet punching the air. The adrenaline rush was amazing, better than any game I can think of in recent memory. My subscription is virtually guaranteed at this point. This is just...awesome.
**tl;dr** EVE is awesome, and even someone who knows nothing can learn enough to play in a couple of days, even if they have to get chewed up and spat out a couple of times in the process.
**Consolidated Update: Oh my goodness, thank you all for the kind words and the Reddit gold. And for the messages, the gifts, and the billions of ISK! Its been overwhelming!**
BLOG IS UP WITH AN UPDATE: http://leiharper.wordpress.com/",,False,,t5_2qil9,1370533009.0,,gallente,True,t3_1fq57d,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1fq57d/experiences_of_a_total_n00b_barely_4_days_into/,
1374728520.0,857,imgur.com,1j0cdg,A True Orca... How Beautiful!,1036,179,87,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1j0cdg/a_true_orca_how_beautiful/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1j0cdg,http://imgur.com/a/hWTnZ,
1373313547.0,822,self.Eve,1hvvpd,Question don't upvote please,1184,362,87,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hvvpd/question_dont_upvote_please/,"If I upgrade my trial account do I still keep my trial days?
I have 16 days left but I can't train some skills so I decided to upgrade my account but I don't want to lose the free days. Is it possible for me to upgrade my account and still keep those 16 days?",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,True,t3_1hvvpd,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hvvpd/question_dont_upvote_please/,
1364694060.0,817,i.imgur.com,1bc2mo,The fabulous Abaddon,960,143,57,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1bc2mo/the_fabulous_abaddon/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_1bc2mo,http://i.imgur.com/ecn46Er.gif,
1360852025.0,791,i.imgur.com,18ijfb,Classic Valentines Day login screen,922,131,85,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/18ijfb/classic_valentines_day_login_screen/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_18ijfb,http://i.imgur.com/gX9eRKk.jpg,
1347654363.0,766,imgur.com,zw761,"Crosspost from /r/Pics - Vile Rat, coming home with friends.",902,136,69,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/zw761/crosspost_from_rpics_vile_rat_coming_home_with/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_zw761,http://imgur.com/3KPg6,
1367090518.0,744,youtube.com,1d8av2,EVE Universe: Origins,866,122,289,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1d8av2/eve_universe_origins/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,sanshas ,False,t3_1d8av2,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZPCiqBLPM8,
1359634755.0,702,imgur.com,17mj5e,The Famous in EVE,870,168,157,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17mj5e/the_famous_in_eve/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_17mj5e,http://imgur.com/a/zjvFr,
1364528228.0,693,i.imgur.com,1b80f8,My wife drew a picture of Eve,821,128,102,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1b80f8/my_wife_drew_a_picture_of_eve/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1b80f8,http://i.imgur.com/9vwMUN8.png,
1343534463.0,692,i.imgur.com,xbubf,"/r gaming didn't like. ""Douglas Adams on Eve.""",818,126,94,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/xbubf/r_gaming_didnt_like_douglas_adams_on_eve/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_xbubf,http://i.imgur.com/SAOB8.jpg,
1373877940.0,682,imgur.com,1ibuxe,I put googly eyes on some ships.,883,201,77,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1ibuxe/i_put_googly_eyes_on_some_ships/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1ibuxe,http://imgur.com/a/YJQgg,
1355064301.0,678,i.imgur.com,14jr25,Hunting for noobs in lowsec.,765,87,43,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/14jr25/hunting_for_noobs_in_lowsec/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_14jr25,http://i.imgur.com/AvX3C.png,
1372249766.0,660,i.imgur.com,1h3qtj,I assume only TEST propaganda is allowed?,977,317,210,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1h3qtj/i_assume_only_test_propaganda_is_allowed/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_1h3qtj,http://i.imgur.com/4LeU4oW.gif,
1375358851.0,644,i.imgur.com,1jhlu1,DBRBs perfect track record,776,132,174,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1jhlu1/dbrbs_perfect_track_record/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_1jhlu1,http://i.imgur.com/OaICOvy.jpg,
1371213006.0,642,i.imgur.com,1gc15i,Today somebody got really bored in eve...,770,128,42,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1gc15i/today_somebody_got_really_bored_in_eve/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1gc15i,http://i.imgur.com/Jq2w5ga.jpg,
1371536116.0,627,i.imgur.com,1gkjc1,"TEST propaganda, please ignore",833,206,77,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1gkjc1/test_propaganda_please_ignore/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,blood,False,t3_1gkjc1,http://i.imgur.com/IlTxY1j.jpg,
1347501116.0,621,i.imgur.com,zst02,Cynos lit during Vile Rat's Cynolight Vigil,793,172,95,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/zst02/cynos_lit_during_vile_rats_cynolight_vigil/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_zst02,http://i.imgur.com/TyNDi.jpg,
1374086988.0,603,i.imgur.com,1ii567,TEST is literally North Korea,880,277,183,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1ii567/test_is_literally_north_korea/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_1ii567,http://i.imgur.com/FFcaSvn.jpg,
1337179566.0,604,i.imgur.com,tq05e,"""Servers are up, login is fine""",757,153,121,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/tq05e/servers_are_up_login_is_fine/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_tq05e,http://i.imgur.com/7NpuK.png,
1340709593.0,592,i.imgur.com,vmhlk,Being 26 in MMOs...,738,146,136,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/vmhlk/being_26_in_mmos/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_vmhlk,http://i.imgur.com/od980.jpg,
1372435081.0,583,i.imgur.com,1h963g,"Once I had the idea, I had to make it. Enjoy",708,125,67,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1h963g/once_i_had_the_idea_i_had_to_make_it_enjoy/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1h963g,http://i.imgur.com/4x4ijKP.jpg,
1370244348.0,580,i.imgur.com,1fkhsm,What are you nerds talking about - EVE works fine!,703,123,47,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1fkhsm/what_are_you_nerds_talking_about_eve_works_fine/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_1fkhsm,http://i.imgur.com/iJMJVTq.png,
1367264151.0,569,imgur.com,1dcvu9,EVE Online Origins trailer - An honest look at expectations vs reality.,715,146,211,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dcvu9/eve_online_origins_trailer_an_honest_look_at/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_1dcvu9,http://imgur.com/a/104Ho#0,
1357979901.0,565,self.Eve,16fhxt,A typical Eve Morning,677,112,129,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/16fhxt/a_typical_eve_morning/,"Player: brush teeth
Eve: you don’t have a toothbrush
Player: buy Electric Toothbrush I
Eve: are you sure? that item is 43 jumps away
Player: fly to item
Eve: autopilot disabled. waypoint reached
Player: dock
Eve: docking permission requested
Player: dock
Eve: docking permission requested
Player: dock
Player: dock
Player: dock
Eve: docking request...... accepted
Player: buy Electric Toothbrush I
Player: equip Electric Toothbrush I
Eve: you don’t have the skills necessary to use that item
Player: buy Teethbrushing
Player: train Teethbrushing I
Eve: skill training complete
Player: equip Electric Toothbrush I
Eve: you don’t have the skills necessary to use that item
Player: buy Electric Toothbrush Operation
Player: train Electric Toothbrush Operation I
Eve: skill training complete
Player: equip Electric Toothbrush I
Eve: insufficient power",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,angel,True,t3_16fhxt,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/16fhxt/a_typical_eve_morning/,
1366986643.0,568,i.imgur.com,1d5lem,"Goonswarm FC Dabigredboat, dressed to give the Alliance Panel presentation at Fanfest",661,93,124,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1d5lem/goonswarm_fc_dabigredboat_dressed_to_give_the/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1d5lem,http://i.imgur.com/yHia4ww.jpg,
1356141554.0,564,imgur.com,159dj1,So my girlfriend drew me a comic...,681,117,135,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/159dj1/so_my_girlfriend_drew_me_a_comic/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_159dj1,http://imgur.com/a/kpMZS,
1374316024.0,560,i.imgur.com,1iotbb,The Fountain - by Elena Melkan,667,107,68,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1iotbb/the_fountain_by_elena_melkan/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1iotbb,http://i.imgur.com/fLKPq96.jpg,
1367787700.0,560,imgur.com,1dr1bp,"The dimensions aren't quite right, and the colors are arbitrary, but I'm proud to present my micro-scale LEGO Rifter.",640,80,62,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dr1bp/the_dimensions_arent_quite_right_and_the_colors/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1dr1bp,http://imgur.com/a/xbcOu,
1363416845.0,545,i.imgur.com,1aee6o,"Taken from the /r/Askreddit question: ""What game has taken up most of your life?""",642,97,51,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1aee6o/taken_from_the_raskreddit_question_what_game_has/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1aee6o,http://i.imgur.com/xtQuO8G.png,
1354547203.0,542,i.imgur.com,147aix,Being the only corp member online while living in Wspace,616,74,45,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/147aix/being_the_only_corp_member_online_while_living_in/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_147aix,http://i.imgur.com/1MmnA.gif,
1353857632.0,531,imgur.com,13rfia,How I imagine most pilots feel when they are decloaked by another player,648,117,22,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/13rfia/how_i_imagine_most_pilots_feel_when_they_are/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_13rfia,http://imgur.com/ieWps,
1369353502.0,522,self.Eve,1exsuv,"Aura: ""Connecting...""",581,59,92,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1exsuv/aura_connecting/,"I will forever miss the soothing Aura voice saying ""Connecting..."" upon login.
CCP, if you can please add this sound back into the login experience in some way that would be fantastic.",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,True,t3_1exsuv,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1exsuv/aura_connecting/,
1346434909.0,527,veterangamers.co.uk,z58q5,Eve in a single picture.,594,67,17,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/z58q5/eve_in_a_single_picture/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_z58q5,http://www.veterangamers.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/futurama_calculon_options.jpg,
1368703090.0,519,i.imgur.com,1eg0lr,"Ouch, right in the immersion.",653,134,131,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1eg0lr/ouch_right_in_the_immersion/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1eg0lr,http://i.imgur.com/eVIoLV5.png,
1360529067.0,515,i.imgur.com,189ilb,My girlfriend thinks I'm a big kid... She's right. ,619,104,132,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/189ilb/my_girlfriend_thinks_im_a_big_kid_shes_right/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_189ilb,http://i.imgur.com/mbo0P3F.jpg,
1371566376.0,510,cdn2.gamefront.com,1gl476,We Do Not Sow (Crosspost from /r/gameofthrones),602,92,72,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1gl476/we_do_not_sow_crosspost_from_rgameofthrones/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1gl476,http://cdn2.gamefront.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/gamedevsofthrones.jpg,
1350023770.0,507,self.Eve,11cszw,A retrospective on a decade spent in EVE-Online,600,93,152,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/11cszw/a_retrospective_on_a_decade_spent_in_eveonline/,"EDIT: [**Part 2 is here**](http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/11fqf9/a_retrospective_on_a_decade_spent_in_eveonline/)
Hi. I'm Raem Civrie, and I played this stupid game for years and years. I saw some shit in my capacity as Chronic Close Observer of Big Events, and hereby do my best to illustrate some of it for later arrivals. Dates are fuzzy, and some facts may be as well, because this is from memory and my memory is the worst thing.
--
Back in 2000, I was 14 years old and a little tit, an attribute that I would stubbornly hold on to for way too long. But 2000 was also the year I learned about EVE-Online, then three years away from release and little else than a barebones website, some forums, an IRC channel and fevered promises by a bunch of crazy people in a cramped office.
Oddly enough, the first corporation ""founded"" in EVE was back then, somewhere around October/November 2000 named ""North Star Industries"", and by virtue of being first in through the door I would end up being a part of the Triumvirate ""leading"" some 50 people waiting for a game whose eventual existence was anyone's guess. It was the first of many meaningless titles I would cherish down the road. I'd later ""found"" an espionage-focused corporation called Horizon Industries. Of course, this was all the most vacuous roleplay you can imagine, characterized by play-fights on the forums and endless competing for the ""coolest"" signature images and websites. But I was a bored teenager and I didn't have anything better to do.
Alpha rolled in, and being a little tit I weaseled my way into it. There's not much to remember from those days except that unless you brought your ship to a dead stop before initiating warp, the momentum would do hilarious things to your course. A velocity of 1m/s could mean going off course by some few hundred thousand kilometers from your intended target. Also, there was no autopilot, and no star map. People *sold* maps, because without those little hand-drawn reference guides you could easily end up in the arse end of nowhere. It was fun.
Closed Beta, then Open Beta rolled through, and the shape of things to come reared it's ugly head. By then TAOSP, or ""The Armada of Shin's Pants"" had migrated from Homeworld to the EVE Beta, later becoming the infamous corporation ""Evolution"" post-release and founding Band of Brothers, the eternal Goony foe (who did not exist as an entity for another few years after release). I joined Evolution for a spell, largely by way of having been around for fucking ever even back in 2003, but I was still a little tit so the little tit went the little tit's way. I still got to participate in the first Venal War and the first Curse War, which was cool.
The thing is, at launch there was no cohesion to the political reality of EVE. Fountain was largely ruled by disparate, warring pirates and privateers until Evolution moved in, cleaned house and established the Fountain Alliance. In Venal, a similar development occurred when Taggart Transdimensional rolled into town and established a pseudo-democracy in the Venal Alliance. Down south-east, Curse was still struggling with birthing any superpowers, since displaced pirates from the north and the west had largely moved there to do their thing. The Curse Alliance (which I had been a member of prior to joining Evolution) was doing their best, and my corporation (Endless Corp. [TEC]) had a **Whole Battleship** (egads). I still remember the sting of losing my prized Vexor cruiser when M0O (Masters of Ownage) crashed a mining operation there. M0O had previously gained notoriety by completely fucking shutting down the Mara-Passari corridor, which back then was the primary connection between The Citadel and The Forge. CCP actually mobilized an event team masquerading as CONCORD and assaulted the pirates, and had their cheat-y CONCORD battleships equipped with cheat-y modules *whipped* by Amarr cruisers stacking damage mods and projectile turrets. It was hilarious.
But underlying that was the transformation of EVE, previously occupied by disorganized Warlords acting on the strength of their respective corporations, then conquered by stronger entities that coalesced into the first Alliances that would, and could, exert influence across entire regions.
Meanwhile, I left Evolution on less-than-awesome terms, which I'll omit from here as it paints me in quite the bad light and there's enough of that in here already.
Some aimless wandering later, I was contacted by an old beta friend Pallantre about him and his buddy, HellGremlin, setting up a mercenary/murder company called Black Monkey. It was fun shit, right from the start. Someone would identify and infiltrate ""soft"" targets, generally high-sec industrial corps comprised of newbies, and then the rest of us would barrel down in a swarm of Incursus frigates and absolutely ruin them by strength of knowing somewhat what we were doing. After a while of doing this, HellGremlin (now using the character Istvaan Shogaatsu) felt the need to flex his narrative wings, and The Guiding Hand Social Club was created.
We slowly started to make a name for ourselves in high-sec lanes, such as it was, trashing a succession of innocent corporations for our own enrichment and amusement. But more importantly, there was a new purpose to the whole thing, because GHSC was from the get-go a roleplaying corporation. Istvaan was fairly prolific in writing short stories and fleshing out the background and aesthetic of the Club, and some of us others got swept up in it as well, dumping our awful fanfiction onto the forums. At least five official chronicles were penned by GHSC members, as well, including my own ""Stairway to Heaven"".
BodyCount Inc. was starting up at the time (later founding the Mercenary Coalition, or MC) and we enjoyed a mixture of rivalry and professional admiration on both sides. While BDCI was always more of a heavy-hitter, our operatives had long since perfected the art of infiltration and mind games inside target corporations. Hell, some of our escapades were actually *paid* contracts, too, a rarity back in the day. As an amusing aside, Istvaan Shogaatsu had been a member of Something Awful forums, and helped set up the first Goon corporation in EVE, with the secret intent of using them as pawns in whatever the hell we felt like at the time. This was unfortunately spoiled by one of our own letting the whole thing slip in a conversation with one of the members, Istvaan got banned from SA and we ended up killing off like 3 of the first Goonfleet incarnations. GHSC corporate offices still contain Remedial's corpses, somewhere. We used to collect them.
Somewhere between contracts, I also got my start and end in the single most enjoyable adventure I ever had in EVE. To explain; T2 was still a relative novelty, having been introduced with the Castor expansion. Also, 0.0 alliances were entirely based in NPC stations, since player-owned structures had not been introduced at that point (except for Conquerable Stations, which were unreliable at best and a joke at worst). As such, trade was *explicitly* banned in almost every Alliance station, because of the possibility that raiding hostiles might stock up and rearm in their very own strongholds. Needless to say, warfare was 98% camping people in stations. I, however, somehow got the idea of smuggling contraband T2 modules into these stations, and with that in mind managed to acquire a unique ""license"" to travel (but not sell) through Fountain Alliance space from it's incumbent president (again, Beta connections). And holy shit it was awesome.
My first run was financed entirely through loans; I borrowed some 150 million ISK from a friend (a large sum back then), loaded as much T2 as I could into a fucking *kestrel frigate*, and set off down the long road from Nonni to YZ-LQL. Depending on the modules, I more than doubled my investment, allowing me to both pay back the loan *and* finance another run. On the way back, I'd carry best-in-slot armor repair modules (T2 armor reps hadn't been introduced yet, or were just awful. I forget which) back to Empire and sell that there. It was like I had stumbled onto my own fucking goldmine and I was giggling the whole time. Of course, I was still at the mercy of pirates, roving warbands and whoever felt like taking potshots at the stupid Kestrel I was flying, and since I was in the habit of investing my entire fortune at any time into any single run, I managed to lose everything like two or three times. It didn't matter; I'd just take another loan, and do it all over again. And then Evolution fucking went to war with FA, and killed my golden goose. The other major alliances were closed to me, and I was less than happy about this development. My smuggling days were over as suddenly as they had begun.
A guy named DigitalCommunist had joined the Guiding Hand Social Club some time previous with a character named Arenis Xemdal. Arenis later ""left"" to join Ubiqua Seraph, founders and leaders of the Aegis Militia, an Amarrian RP alliance. He quickly became their most valued pilot, leading sorties and fleets against their hated Minmatar enemies, whose fleets were coincidentally often led by another GHSC member, Hamish (secretly Tyrrax Thorrk). Some months later, [this whole thing happened](http://eve.klaki.net/heist/). The codeword ""Nicole"" was uttered, Uuve Savisaalo webbed and scrambled the target, and Arenis Xemdal performed the execution in his priceless Imperial Apocalypse while strategically placed operatives simultaneously robbed every corporate outpost they could.
And for us in GHSC, the whole world seemed to fucking explode.
Istvaan seized the moment masterfully, expertly telling a tale of deep corporate intrigue with all due embellishment, in co-operation with DigitalCommunist. Interviews rolled in, from PCGamer to New Scientist to BBC. According to CCP, there was a sudden spike in new subscriptions. More than once I'd stop and ask myself what the fuck was happening, and then re-affirming my vow to never, ever piss off DigitalCommunist. Ever. Seriously.
This was aided by our previous efforts in establishing a backstory, flair and theme for the Guiding Hand, because people ate it up. The idea of a secretive (HAH!) collective of sociopathic manipulators pulling the strings behind the scenes, plotting the rise and fall of Empires, well, it was a lovely fantasy. It was so lovely that many became willing partners in creating and maintaining it, even if it just meant recognizing the chilling reminder that infiltrators were a very real threat to any EVE corporation. Suddenly EVE was both more fantastical and real than anyone had henceforth imagined.
We did some shit after that, but the effort and timespan that went into the Great Heist wasn't matched until later, when Tyrrax asked me if I wanted to join him and ""some newbies"" in a new corporation called Umbra Congregatio [UMCON]. It wasn't much at first; we had joined some deadbeat alliance in the ass-end of Catch called Manticore or something, except Umcon was actually working with another alliance called Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate [IAC] with the intent of removing Manticore and allowing IAC to expand into the area proper. Which we did, and IAC followed.
Now, there's a lot of fucking history here, but I'll try to condense shit;
ISS had a station nearby, the ISS Marginis, the *first* open trade port in EVE, one of the first player stations built in EVE (like, third, or something), funded entirely through an IPO and protected by virtue of most all neighbouring powerhouses owning a share in the whole enterprise such as CA and Lotka Volterra. Now, IAC had it's own station at that point, and was close to erecting a new one. In fact, *right after* that second station was erected, MC suddenly appeared and put our first station into lockdown. MC outnumbered us, outgunned us and outplanned us, but thanks to that new station 3 jumps away we had an available rally point, and thanks to a timely intervention from the Goons (R.I.P VileRat), we held. Somehow, we fucking held, mostly by crashing the node repeatedly through record fleet turnouts. Them were heady days, our little alliance beset by a faceless puppetmaster with the finances to hire one of the most powerful alliances in the game to wipe us out, and we held.
Problem was that accusations of MC staging their initial assaults from the ISS Marginis quickly turned into a diplomatic dispute between ISS and IAC. IAC allying itself with a group of pirates that liked to raid ISS space didn't help, but those pirates had helped us during the invasion while ISS had seemingly hosted the invading forces.
Coinciding with this, there was an Alliance Tournament. Representing IAC was Tyrrax Thorrk, me, and a few others lovely blokes. Tyrrax fielded his Imperial Apocalypse, of which three remained in total, with me as the pilot. Then it died, on live broadcast. Shortly after, I arrived at the studio as a guest commentator (I will never willingly go on TV again) for later games, and had the privilege of announcing IAC's war declaration on the ISS after receiving a text message from Tyrrax while on air.
The world exploded a second time. Lotka Volterra was mobilized, along with the MC to assist ISS. Goonswarm again came to our aid, and even managed to convince aAa to join us (goddamnit, VileRat, you beautiful bastard. I miss you already). That was the start of the Great Southern War. It didn't end until the Goons disbanded BoB, and even then, I don't know.
I'm stopping here, because I'm losing consciousness. Good night.",Awesome Thread,False,,t5_2qil9,1350172016.0,,,True,t3_11cszw,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/11cszw/a_retrospective_on_a_decade_spent_in_eveonline/,
1375098302.0,505,bbc.co.uk,1j9rii,BBC NEWS reports on Battle of 6-VDT,598,93,162,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1j9rii/bbc_news_reports_on_battle_of_6vdt/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1j9rii,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23489293,
1354802132.0,500,i.imgur.com,14dsqa,New sounds in Retribution...,607,107,107,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/14dsqa/new_sounds_in_retribution/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_14dsqa,http://i.imgur.com/UxfFi.jpg,
1367376868.0,471,i.imgur.com,1dgi15,Day 28...,594,123,66,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dgi15/day_28/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1dgi15,http://i.imgur.com/bvy0Zfg.jpg,
1365609920.0,469,imgur.com,1c2ite,So I'm with my class at the CCP head offices in Iceland,556,87,103,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1c2ite/so_im_with_my_class_at_the_ccp_head_offices_in/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1c2ite,http://imgur.com/xAETSkN,
1359572113.0,469,self.Eve,17kqr3,"Today, I had my first true EVE moment. A new player's story. (long)",527,58,259,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17kqr3/today_i_had_my_first_true_eve_moment_a_new/,"So I picked up EVE last week, once again determined to find that sandbox magic that we had all read about but that seems miles of spreadsheets and obscure terms away when you undock for that first time. I had from previous trials already determined that missions were too much kill-10-rats-in-space for me and mining... well, mining made NPC missions look like dynamic wonders of emergent gameplay. Still, I didn't want to jump headlong into PvP without at least some money-making skills behind me, so I chose exploration.
Now exploration is tough at first because scanning isn't easy to learn or very fast for a new character, and many sites are often not the ones you are looking for, and even when you do find the correct site they sometimes have little of value. And then you hit the jackpot. I tripled my net worth twice, first with a 6 and then a 24 million find and from there on I was hooked.
Later, I had this idea that if I was finding all of this stuff close to Jita, space treasure would be even better in some dead-end, god-forsaken lowsec backwater where even the pirates got bored. I bought my first industrial hauler and packed it full of exploration frigates, combat frigates, drones, hotdogs and other essentials for an interstellar camping trip. Having no idea about the political geography of eve, I dove into the fractal maze of stars until I found a chain of systems that looked suitably abandoned, and set the autopilot on my lumbering space-truck.
True enough, my first day of prospecting netted a 44m site. As I excitedly analyzed the broken ships and bagged the cargo, Mr. Pirate warps in. Mr. Pirate is in [this](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090915064606/eve/images/b/b3/Harbinger512.jpg), I am in [this.] (http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/w/images/thumb/f/f6/Imicus.jpg/256px-Imicus.jpg) I proceed to shit myself and freeze up remembering all those articles about the unforgiving universe of EVE. I had greedily ventured into lowsec and now I was going to pay the prize, was my thinking as the first salvo blew off half my shields. The jolt must have shocked me into action because I decided to make a run for it, aimed for the opposite side and turned on my afterburner, praying for the next shot to miss. Now it's true that as a new player, you don't stand a chance against a 100m ship that takes weeks to learn how to fly. But Battlecruisers, as I discovered, are slow.
Soon I was outside of warp scrambler range and hauling ass to my depo giggling like a madman. I had been so close to losing the biggest catch of my EVE life, yet I had survived! I was a survivor! Mr. Pirate struck up a conversation on chat and congratulated me on my getaway. Turns out he frequented the same area both exploring and taking shots of opportunity. Now Mr. Pirate was very friendly, even helping me clear out some tough sites in lowsec without blowing me up, a risk I was acknowledging when I asked him to fleet with me.
Today, my new frenemy had found 4 juicy magnetometric sites in a system, but had not equipped the scientific equipment to scan them, so he asked me to join him, scavenging the sites while he fought off their defenders. After one hour I had gathered 15m in salvage and some tier 2 blueprints worth a total of 100m for some rather easy work. My new buddy warps off to station to ""reload his shields"" and when he comes back I ask him how he wants to split. His response comes as his ship locks on to mine and scrambles my warp drive.
""*Let this be a lesson: Hand over the blueprints and you'll get away unharmed.*""
This brought me some pause. This time he was only a few thousand meters away from me and I was flying a much bigger and slower [Vexor](http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/w/images/thumb/d/d9/Vexor.jpg/256px-Vexor.jpg). Not having experienced much PvP I had no idea what my chances of survival were. If he had fitted a short-range warp scrambler my microwarp drive was dead and I was stuck. If he had fitted a long-range warp disruptor I had a chance to get out of range of his larger and (hopefully) slower ship before his lasers tore me apart.
Trapped, I made the only rational decision: Ignorant of my chances of escape, I had to assume they were 50/50. My ship was worth some 10m. My cargo was worth a 100. I was going to make a run for it. I engaged the microwarp drive and felt a surge of adrenaline as my ship started accelerating. I was still within disruptor range, but I was gaining distance fast and wasn't taking any hits. I had the luck to be sitting exactly between him and a distant space station, so all I had to do was roar ahead until I exited his 24-km jamming distance and I was free. Still no hits, I had no idea if he had utterly not expected me to run or if he was actually firing but missing. The little icon at the bottom of my HUD faded, and I warped. Free! Free with a more money in my cargo hold than I had in my bank account, all of it snatched from the claws of death!
I am hooked.
**EDIT:** Spelling.
**EDIT 2:** New players who want to find a group to learn EVE together with send me a message!",,False,,t5_2qil9,1359576696.0,,gallente,True,t3_17kqr3,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17kqr3/today_i_had_my_first_true_eve_moment_a_new/,
1368355403.0,470,youtube.com,1e6f27,"""EVE Online - Welcome to the New Age""",532,62,128,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1e6f27/eve_online_welcome_to_the_new_age/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1e6f27,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFNzIsS0-GA,
1357838864.0,471,i.imgur.com,16bn0t,How CCP announced the DUST to EVE merge.,552,81,54,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/16bn0t/how_ccp_announced_the_dust_to_eve_merge/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,angel,False,t3_16bn0t,http://i.imgur.com/Z7xnI.jpg,
1370391767.0,467,self.Eve,1fost6,CCP Mint Chip is the piss in the punchbowl,676,209,607,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1fost6/ccp_mint_chip_is_the_piss_in_the_punchbowl/,"I keep hearing the argument (strawman) that anyone who doesn't approve of CCP Mint Chip only feel that way because she is female. Aside from the fact that this is a cheap debate tactic and strawman argument, EVE players have embraced every other existing female staff member. Why?
Maybe it has to do with them being **hired based on their experience, positive attitude and experience with the community.**
Maybe it has to do with them having a [proven record](http://www.eve-search.com/thread/51721-1/page/all) of dealing with the community in a **positive way, on its own terms, in accordance with the community standards that have existed since the game began.**
The simple answer is that CCP Mint Chip is coming VERY late to the party and is riding solely on her point-of-view as an EVE outsider, throwing her YouTube begging as a basis for ""social experience"" into the ring and demanding respect because it is ""expected"" or ""politically correct"" to welcome her with open arms simply because she is female.
This is not the way reality works, this is not the way EVE works, this is not the way our community works. If the community doesn't think you're qualified *then you probably aren't.* Being qualified to be CCP staff involves having previous gaming experience and a **noted positive track record** in dealing with the EVE community. CCP Mint Chip lacks this.
Her frequent [insulting of EVE players and the game itself](http://i.imgur.com/BPjx57Y.png), constant ragequits and all-too-often resorting to drama-whoring as a means to gain attention (YouTube views) should write her off from ever holding any position at CCP. Instead she wipes her accounts of any inflammatory remarks and uses her YT channel views as social experience on her resume. She gets hired in a second, likely because CCP wants to use her as bait for the Dust console fanboys. (Prove me wrong. Please. No, seriously. I'd really like to be proven wrong, here.)
If CCP Mint Chip were male and had a publicly documented history of trashing our game and our community, posting dick-pics and making tearful rage videos every time he lost a Loki it would be a huge issue. Why should we censor ourselves simply because she is female and might get her feelings hurt? This smacks of hypocrisy and a double-standard. I thought female gamers wanted to shed this view of being delicate flowers that need hand-holding? Why would CCP Mint Chip use this as a defense (and embrace it as though it were a virtue) from any who would rightly question her qualifications?
Every other female staff member and every good female EVE pilot I have ever known have been what I would call ""bros."" That is, being cool, chill, and generally not wearing their genders on their sleeves and using it as a shield when times get tough. A ""bro"" is not limited to males. If you truly are a gamer and worthy of a staff position it wouldn't matter to you. The fact that CCP Mint Chip touts herself as a GRRL GAMER only points to her need to incite drama which revolves around her gender, hiding behind it when the argument she's incited get out of her control.
If anyone is wondering about the nature behind the public outrage, consider for a moment a group of tabletop gamers. They go to the same place, they do the same things, they nerd-out about the things they like to nerd-out about. It is their haven, their refuge where they can engage in and talk about all the nerdy stuff nobody else likes to hear about. Their money supports the nerd-lair, keeps it operating and running smoothly. They put in their ideas about how best to keep it going so their precious nerd-lair doesnt disappear. This is THEIR community. They feel safe here.
Now imagine this lanky, bleach-blonde girl in her A&F cutoffs, Prada bag and oversized sunglasses standing near the door, insulting anyone who walks into the nerd-lair, calling them ""losers"", ""nerds"", ""neckbears"", ""virgins"" and ""basement-dwellers"" while spinning the keychain to her Audi. Any time someone tells her to grow up and go away gets a flurry of insults like ""mysoginist"" or ""hater"", while she calls all her girlfriends to show up and point and laugh at the nerds.
Now imagine that every few days this girl walks into the nerd-lair and asks in her most faux cutesy-cutesy voice if someone can buy her a new pair of shoes that she **REALLY** wants.
*Now imagine if the manager of this nerd-lair hired her as an assistant manager.*",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,True,t3_1fost6,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1fost6/ccp_mint_chip_is_the_piss_in_the_punchbowl/,
1359254037.0,460,self.Eve,17ckbk,PL hot dropped Goons,537,77,479,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17ckbk/pl_hot_dropped_goons/,"Multiple coalitions have broadcast ""LOGIN IN ALL SUPER"". What the fuck is going on?
Edit: OH FUCK: http://raynor.cl/eve/formRecive.php?id=p7iS8fo
PICS:
http://i.imgur.com/bNWp0ll.jpg
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STREAM: http://www.twitch.tv/frystofer1989
On the Asakai gate, session change in progess. First time in TiDi, just saw a Noctis jump in.
Now in system, warping to cyno
OH MY GOD ITS FULL OF STARS.
2400 in local, I tried optimizing graphics for quality. All I get is the the wub wub of background noise now.
Got to see a Nyx, and Wyvern die. Now watching Mr McNasty's Aeon burn.
Rifterdome on the field caps moving out.
TLDR; Goons Vs HBC and Eve; Goons left field.
Full Story: Liandri had a small tower that Drunk 'n' Disorderly was going to destroy. Due to DnD's dropping dreads on the hell camp, Liandri was able to secure a hotdrop from DBRB. DBRB jumps instead of bridging, everyone escalates. Results in CFC loosing around seven super capitals.
Montolio quoted as saying to Nulli: ""Pass my thanks to N3 for the support""",Awesome Thread,False,,t5_2qil9,1359273352.0,,gallente,True,t3_17ckbk,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17ckbk/pl_hot_dropped_goons/,
1367320811.0,463,i.imgur.com,1dekbu,Eve Online 2012: Production vs. Destruction,530,67,166,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dekbu/eve_online_2012_production_vs_destruction/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_1dekbu,http://i.imgur.com/ch4Tcxg.jpg,
1362430978.0,458,imgur.com,19ns5i,Water tension photo + photoshop = CCP logo fun,536,78,29,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/19ns5i/water_tension_photo_photoshop_ccp_logo_fun/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_19ns5i,http://imgur.com/Eo1tKBv,
1359865851.0,463,imgur.com,17siqa,The butterfly effect. Playing EVE right.,548,85,121,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17siqa/the_butterfly_effect_playing_eve_right/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_17siqa,http://imgur.com/a/Thsr1,
1375630969.0,457,imgur.com,1jom8m,"CCP Douchbag, GG CCP.",555,98,67,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1jom8m/ccp_douchbag_gg_ccp/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_1jom8m,http://imgur.com/0XT0X0E,
1359432668.0,456,i.imgur.com,17h6bi,"To all the newbros trying to find their place in space: Pick one of these, join a corp that does it, Profit. ",556,100,176,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17h6bi/to_all_the_newbros_trying_to_find_their_place_in/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,guristas,False,t3_17h6bi,http://i.imgur.com/G8QCLkL.jpg?1,
1357311602.0,450,i.imgur.com,15yaf3,Tech 3s: Anime Girls Version,564,114,118,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/15yaf3/tech_3s_anime_girls_version/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_15yaf3,http://i.imgur.com/lIzPy.jpg,
1351815626.0,447,i.imgur.com,12hknr,A screenshot from EVE beta,505,58,78,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/12hknr/a_screenshot_from_eve_beta/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_12hknr,http://i.imgur.com/QS0i8.jpg,
1360771910.0,445,i.imgur.com,18g851,"Today, I became a man.",565,120,66,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/18g851/today_i_became_a_man/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_18g851,http://i.imgur.com/xBGB3VV.png,
1347851098.0,445,youcaring.com,1005ym,Sean Smith/Vile Rat Appreciation/Memorial Fundraiser,522,77,41,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1005ym/sean_smithvile_rat_appreciationmemorial_fundraiser/,,Moderator Verified,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1005ym,http://www.youcaring.com/fundraiser_details?fundraiser_id=9332&url=benefitforseansmithsfamily,
1372283241.0,443,self.Eve,1h4xr6,THIS JUST IN: Both sides winning war in Fountain.,520,77,148,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1h4xr6/this_just_in_both_sides_winning_war_in_fountain/,"""Absolutely everything is going as planned."" both sides have happily reported in updates that came early this morning. ""There have been zero upsets."" they continued.
Since beginning the conflict a little over two weeks ago, the CFC has put out a report that they have ""basically conquered Fountain already. Pretty much."" And the Mittani, having recently returned from E3, was suprised to find out that the CFC had gone a step further, and had conquered the entire galaxy, eliminating HiSec all together.
Test, and it's collective allies have said that ""Everything is normal"", and added that ""People can basically just move right back into their old systems.""
""There is still a war, though."" theDisto mentioned in passing. ""I'm pretty sure, anyways."" he added after some thought.
Some members of the Eve community have criticized both sides in this conflict of spinning their reports in order to give the perception they are doing better than they actually are.
""That's impossible. We don't provide sources to back up our information, so how could they check them?"" the Mittani refuted when asked.
theDisto responded in kind, saying: ""We've provided graphs. What more could people want?""
More updates to come.",,False,,t5_2qil9,1372291334.0,,,True,t3_1h4xr6,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1h4xr6/this_just_in_both_sides_winning_war_in_fountain/,
1361376105.0,437,imgur.com,18w387,Dear God Hiimself: You have been found!,564,127,244,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/18w387/dear_god_hiimself_you_have_been_found/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_18w387,http://imgur.com/F5OpXfu,
1374683309.0,441,i.imgur.com,1iypxt,"Not really following the war in Fountain, but this is how I imagine it's going...",554,113,92,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1iypxt/not_really_following_the_war_in_fountain_but_this/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1iypxt,http://i.imgur.com/cedBeej.gif,
1342015232.0,438,i.imgur.com,wdv3u,"Guy starts live-streaming when botting, Devs show up",512,74,93,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/wdv3u/guy_starts_livestreaming_when_botting_devs_show_up/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,sanshas ,False,t3_wdv3u,http://i.imgur.com/IaWUk.png,
1361927275.0,439,modenstudios.com,19aokz,Star Wars or Star Trek? EVE ONLINE!,512,73,373,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/19aokz/star_wars_or_star_trek_eve_online/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_19aokz,http://www.modenstudios.com/EVE/eve-shipsize.jpg,
1367939215.0,435,imgur.com,1dv59d,Nikii Minaj,554,119,50,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dv59d/nikii_minaj/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1dv59d,http://imgur.com/Ji7PbWe,
1372169714.0,433,i.imgur.com,1h1dky,Test Propaganda Please Hathaway Wallpaper (kind of),569,136,139,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1h1dky/test_propaganda_please_hathaway_wallpaper_kind_of/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_1h1dky,http://i.imgur.com/JR9lgnP.jpg,
1363105689.0,429,imgur.com,1a5jvi,Not sure if /r/Eve is interested but i wanted to share some screens i took of EVE-Online running on my 5x1 eyefinity setup,506,77,155,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1a5jvi/not_sure_if_reve_is_interested_but_i_wanted_to/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1a5jvi,http://imgur.com/a/q7iHt,
1347426777.0,433,themittani.com,zr3nd,RIP: Vile Rat | THE MITTANI dot com,497,64,44,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/zr3nd/rip_vile_rat_the_mittani_dot_com/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_zr3nd,http://themittani.com/news/rip-vile-rat,
1362051251.0,425,ccpgames.com,19e3m1,"[Press Release] EVE Online Surpasses 500,000 Subscribers Worldwide",492,67,161,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/19e3m1/press_release_eve_online_surpasses_500000/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_19e3m1,http://www.ccpgames.com/en/public-relations/press-releases/article/74405/eve-online-surpasses-500-000-subscribers-worldwide,
1372711268.0,426,youtube.com,1hg7ng,A recent TEST propaganda video. LOTR Style.,508,82,152,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hg7ng/a_recent_test_propaganda_video_lotr_style/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1hg7ng,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt98_yJZVxU&feature=youtu.be,
1358557400.0,421,i.imgur.com,16ung7,TIL about Show route path for autopilot,475,54,84,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/16ung7/til_about_show_route_path_for_autopilot/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,serpentis,False,t3_16ung7,http://i.imgur.com/O9VZr.jpg,
1361080715.0,424,imgur.com,18oi17,"Mining Star, go!",489,65,91,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/18oi17/mining_star_go/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_18oi17,http://imgur.com/a/k8smK,
1363722883.0,414,playboy.com,1am39x,Playboy Profile of Sean Smith (Vile Rat),490,76,107,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1am39x/playboy_profile_of_sean_smith_vile_rat/,,,True,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1am39x,http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/vile-rat-virtual-world-of-eve-online,
1362334844.0,416,imgur.com,19l471,Well thats a strange place to advertise CCP....,488,72,78,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/19l471/well_thats_a_strange_place_to_advertise_ccp/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,guristas,False,t3_19l471,http://imgur.com/Icw529P,
1341682436.0,414,i.imgur.com,w6npq,Idiot-Proof EVE Keyboard,481,67,81,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/w6npq/idiotproof_eve_keyboard/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_w6npq,http://i.imgur.com/XcOsH.png,
1365959599.0,415,self.Eve,1cc0bj,I want to do drugs. What is the best way to start?,473,58,111,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1cc0bj/i_want_to_do_drugs_what_is_the_best_way_to_start/,"I want to start a drug operation, and I have many questions. Whats the best way to start? What drugs are the most profitable? Can you still make a decent profit if you are just buying all the supplies yourself and making the drugs?
Thanks",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,guristas,True,t3_1cc0bj,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1cc0bj/i_want_to_do_drugs_what_is_the_best_way_to_start/,
1363909989.0,407,self.Eve,1armnt,I (Montolio) resigned from my position as leader of TEST/Dreddit/HBC AMA,557,150,553,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1armnt/i_montolio_resigned_from_my_position_as_leader_of/,"v0v
Shit was too much work, it wasn't fun anymore. We had friends for strategic reasons not because we actually liked them. Internal politics was shit. Running a space empire was shit. Being on call for EVE 23/7 was shit.
I love TEST and I love Dreddit, I have friends in both. I didn't steal anything on my way out or disband/kick anyone. I just couldn't handle the situation we were in.
It is entirely my fault that we ended up in that situation, all I can say is that it was fun up until it wasn't. I would never run a coalition again, it changes you.
Ingen Kerr and Fras Siabi have the wheel now.
*Update*: Heading in for a shift at work, will check this again when I have time.",,False,,t5_2qil9,1363917283.0,,,True,t3_1armnt,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1armnt/i_montolio_resigned_from_my_position_as_leader_of/,
1360638765.0,410,v.cdn.cad-comic.com,18cqyp,I think of this anytime EVE newbros apply to my corp,534,124,92,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/18cqyp/i_think_of_this_anytime_eve_newbros_apply_to_my/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_18cqyp,http://v.cdn.cad-comic.com/comics/cad-20120625-8bb4c.png,
1348499391.0,411,i.imgur.com,10e85g,"If you can't be bothered to search, don't bother playing Eve",575,164,132,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/10e85g/if_you_cant_be_bothered_to_search_dont_bother/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_10e85g,http://i.imgur.com/UnpoE.png,
1339225854.0,407,self.Eve,uswmi,SOMER Blink - PLEX Giveaway 6/8,529,122,1496,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/uswmi/somer_blink_plex_giveaway_68/,"**UPDATE 1: Draw is closed! Sorry if you didn't make it in, we'll do this again in the future. The ticket list is here: [http://pastebin.com/CGvUsC2w](http://pastebin.com/CGvUsC2w) and the Dice link is here: [http://eve-files.com/tools/dice/view/Reddit_PLEX_June_8_2012](http://eve-files.com/tools/dice/view/Reddit_PLEX_June_8_2012)**
**Because we had such a turnout (I didn't expect that, more lurkers than I thought on /r/Eve!) I've upped the number of PLEX we're giving away to 5. The Dice link reflects that. In about an hour, to try to give people time to check their ticket number etc., I'll unlock the Dice and PM the winners!**
-----
**UPDATE 2: Winners!**
* 28. MedinaRegal
* 123. null-byte
* 769. Deibido1111
* 944. Cold_Burrito
* 259. derekiv
**PMs going out to ask for your character name.**
-----
*I've had two mods clear this, so I think we should be good to move forward. Please don't eat me :P*
Hi! I run [SOMER Blink](http://cogdev.net/blink/), an Eve microlottery site with over 225 trillion (with a T) ISK of prizes won since we opened in September 2010. For more info, check out our [EVE Forum thread](https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=30917).
As part of our mission to give back to great Eve communities, we'd like to sponsor a PLEX giveaway weekly for the readers of /r/Eve. We also sponsor organizations such as Eve University, Red vs Blue, etc.
**tl;dr** To enter this drawing, please post in this thread. (Upvote if you would, I receive no karma for this self-post.) Posting more than once will not give you more chances. When this post is about 48 hours old, I'll generate a ticket list and post it here, along with a dice link from Chribba's Dice tool. After another hour or so, I'll unlock the dice and draw **~~three~~ five** winners to receive a PLEX apiece. I will PM the winners for their character names, so you don't need to try to hunt this thread down.
**Rules**
* Your Reddit account must be at least 7 days old to win.
* Votes don't matter, so don't go downvoting or upvoting people for no reason, it won't affect my ticket count :P
* We'll set a 2-week contract from SOMER Blink for your PLEX. If you don't pick it up, no PLEX for you.
* No Blink account required to win; this is just how we try to give back.",,False,,t5_2qil9,1339395725.0,,gallente,True,t3_uswmi,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/uswmi/somer_blink_plex_giveaway_68/,
1376282445.0,408,i.imgur.com,1k6s3k,"Sure, yeah, absolutely.",467,59,48,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1k6s3k/sure_yeah_absolutely/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_1k6s3k,http://i.imgur.com/rtLzgcQ.png,
1364566607.0,403,i.imgur.com,1b8qe9,How to perform a proper Corps theft.,493,90,90,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1b8qe9/how_to_perform_a_proper_corps_theft/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1b8qe9,http://i.imgur.com/z8lxHcs.png,
1367202068.0,404,imgur.com,1db7xm,I took the liberty of grabbing every awesome scene from the Origins trailer. Now everyone can have a cool wallpaper! [41 pics 1080p],460,56,73,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1db7xm/i_took_the_liberty_of_grabbing_every_awesome/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1db7xm,http://imgur.com/a/Ja3Kv,
1350985693.0,398,i.imgur.com,11xt1c,I feel that EVE captures a bit of both... [Xpost from r/funny],471,73,23,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/11xt1c/i_feel_that_eve_captures_a_bit_of_both_xpost_from/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_11xt1c,http://i.imgur.com/RchPU.jpg,
1364068607.0,398,i.imgur.com,1avibe,So I saw this guy on Undercover Boss today. ,469,71,75,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1avibe/so_i_saw_this_guy_on_undercover_boss_today/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,serpentis,False,t3_1avibe,http://i.imgur.com/hgSr5AX.jpg,
1351026343.0,398,i.qkme.me,11yuba,Hits the mark (x/post from /r/AdviceAnimals),478,80,54,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/11yuba/hits_the_mark_xpost_from_radviceanimals/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_11yuba,http://i.qkme.me/3rf88k.jpg,
1336584799.0,396,i.imgur.com,tezg8,I think my fortune cookie is trying to tell me something about carebearing....,456,60,46,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/tezg8/i_think_my_fortune_cookie_is_trying_to_tell_me/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_tezg8,http://i.imgur.com/7Ewrn.jpg,
1371519801.0,388,cerlestes.de,1gk2pk,"This was just posted to the EVE Online facebook, EVE Online explained",454,66,51,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1gk2pk/this_was_just_posted_to_the_eve_online_facebook/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_1gk2pk,http://cerlestes.de/eve/explained/,
1375564196.0,387,i.imgur.com,1jn8na,Our corp mate flying in the Tournament from a camping site in North Wales - dedication to the cause!,440,53,28,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1jn8na/our_corp_mate_flying_in_the_tournament_from_a/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_1jn8na,http://i.imgur.com/ulRNInx.jpg?1,
1373670642.0,387,i.imgur.com,1i6qbt,Comparing EVE Online ships to their real-world counterparts (Caldari edition),464,77,102,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1i6qbt/comparing_eve_online_ships_to_their_realworld/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1i6qbt,http://i.imgur.com/uv8CGfK.jpg,
1336936700.0,389,youtube.com,tlb3i,I'm in a Rokh,456,67,73,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/tlb3i/im_in_a_rokh/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_tlb3i,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv7vPtXdWnk,
1364472550.0,389,imgur.com,1b683n,Tried to explain Eve to a friend. Drew this picture. I think I summed it up well.,536,147,52,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1b683n/tried_to_explain_eve_to_a_friend_drew_this/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1b683n,http://imgur.com/cdWejWE,
1367609511.0,378,youtube.com,1dmy51,EVE Online - The Most Astounding Fact,444,66,87,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dmy51/eve_online_the_most_astounding_fact/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,guristas,False,t3_1dmy51,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftre_ics6rc,
1366007717.0,381,i.imgur.com,1cdjke,"I was trying to make Captain Picard in EVE Online, but ended up with Mr. Clean. (xpost from /r/StarTrek)",443,62,60,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1cdjke/i_was_trying_to_make_captain_picard_in_eve_online/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1cdjke,http://i.imgur.com/uwyu52r.jpg,
1374239228.0,379,imgur.com,1imn4l,Made some Empire screen print style wallpapers...,431,52,71,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1imn4l/made_some_empire_screen_print_style_wallpapers/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,blood,False,t3_1imn4l,http://imgur.com/a/ivRpt,
1370978349.0,372,imgur.com,1g53n5,Reeeeeeeally eve..,469,97,85,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1g53n5/reeeeeeeally_eve/,,,True,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_1g53n5,http://imgur.com/hu1gA9z,
1361549821.0,378,imgur.com,190yvw,The helpful eve community.,430,52,51,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/190yvw/the_helpful_eve_community/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,blood,False,t3_190yvw,http://imgur.com/WTh6oWb,
1342813215.0,377,i.imgur.com,ww13g,Saw this downtown today,426,49,55,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/ww13g/saw_this_downtown_today/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_ww13g,http://i.imgur.com/kKmp4.jpg,
1374258749.0,371,imgur.com,1inbfh,My partner painted me this for my Birthday,431,60,46,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1inbfh/my_partner_painted_me_this_for_my_birthday/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1inbfh,http://imgur.com/r1mkxW5,
1371307635.0,365,pcgamer.com,1geg6s,"Meet Tranquility, the military-grade 2,500GHZ monster that powers Eve Online",453,88,163,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1geg6s/meet_tranquility_the_militarygrade_2500ghz/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_1geg6s,http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/06/15/eve-online/,
1376172919.0,365,imgur.com,1k4190,"I posted this in r/kerbalspaceprogram, and was told to come here. I give you my Kerbal Space Program Velator",428,63,65,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1k4190/i_posted_this_in_rkerbalspaceprogram_and_was_told/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1k4190,http://imgur.com/a/9YpNP,
1341244990.0,369,imgur.com,vxft3,The average capital ship move op,418,49,70,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/vxft3/the_average_capital_ship_move_op/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_vxft3,http://imgur.com/bJop8,
1356005896.0,365,cdn1.eveonline.com,155x9e,A Compelling Argument,411,46,25,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/155x9e/a_compelling_argument/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_155x9e,http://cdn1.eveonline.com/marketing/InGameAds/WorldEnds.jpg,
1372560465.0,365,i.imgur.com,1hcfh1,Watch out Little Bees,452,87,57,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hcfh1/watch_out_little_bees/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1hcfh1,http://i.imgur.com/vVdK5RA.jpg,
1371142034.0,364,self.Eve,1g9zt9,A Story About Mining Bots (and a lesson on how to identify them),427,63,148,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1g9zt9/a_story_about_mining_bots_and_a_lesson_on_how_to/,"It all started when I was using an alt to get info on some war targets on a high-sec / low-sec border. I noticed some odd behavior from a retriever in the high-sec system. It was constantly warping between belts and seemingly doing nothing else for around 30 minutes. There were only 5 belts in system. Could be a very drunk / stoned player I guess...
**BE NICE, BE SOCIABLE**
I asked in local how he was doing. No response. I asked him if he needed a hand finding some 'roids. No response. I tried to convo him, but it was rejected instantly every time. So, I added him as a contact and continued on my way. A week or 2 later, I was no longer in any wars, my sec status let me into high-sec and I'd finished my null-sec project. I decided to spend some quality time with high-sec for a while. I'd start by trying to help out that poor stoned retriever pilot.
**GOT HISTORY? GET INTEL.**
He was only 4 weeks old, but he was in a corp. That's nice I thought, noobs need to get involved in a corp early in their EvE career. I looked at the corp and it had around 60 members. I used the excellent [www.evewho.com](http://www.evewho.com) to find the names of the corp members. It was quite a new corp and all but one of members was less than 6 weeks old. I added all corp members as contacts and put them on my watch list (another great tool is [http://www.markedfordeath.dk/](http://www.markedfordeath.dk/) but it isn't free). There was only a max of 12 of them online at any one point in time, but they appear to play for very long continuous periods. If they're all like the first guy I encountered, I've got some serious work to do to help them get out of warp and into targeting 'roids and pressing F1.
**LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION**
I asked a Locator Agent where the guy was. Turns out he was in the same system as before and he isn't docked. His online corp buddies all appeared to be dotted around in systems quite close (4 or 5 jumps) to him, all high-sec. I cruise over to his system and find him in a belt. But what's this? He has found some 'roids and is mining away! Yay! He also has 2 corp buddies in system who are mining too. I congratulate them in local on having found some 'roids to mine. Unfortunately, they all appear to be very shy and didn't respond.
**GENTLE PHYSICAL ENCOURAGEMENT**
I don't mind if people don't speak in local or respond to convos. Some people just like a bit of peace and quiet. We all do at times. But there was something not quite right here. So whilst I was flying my sturdy Thorax and thought I'd provoke them a bit. I bumped their retrievers away from their 'roids. Maybe that will get one of them to at least call me an asshole. But no. All that happened was the retrievers would align back to their spots and carry on mining. It was almost as if they were all being controlled by the same ""mind"".
**NOT SO GENTLE PHYSICAL ENCOURAGEMENT**
Maybe the gentle bumping Thorax wasn't up to the task. Something more persuasive was needed. I present to you, the [Bumping Stabber of Doom](http://i.imgur.com/aPcemoX.png) - a dual nano'd 100mn MWD streamlined speed merchant. Basic version does a healthy 7,500m/s. Warm it up and have a mate with Loki links giving you a hand and you'll be getting near 14,000m/s. Having nice implants in your head aswell may just cause the poor Minmatar ship to fall to pieces.
I'm in the BSoD ([yes I know](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death)) 150km away from my target. The BSoD needs a long run up to hit top speed. I approach the retriever and hit the MWD. Upon impact the retriever is projected away from the belt at [unheard of subwarp speeds](http://i.imgur.com/61qoSC4.png) (for a mining barge anyway). It takes his lumbering ship around 100km to slow back down to a normal speed. As he did though, he aligned back to his mining spot. How odd! It would surely be quicker to warp off and back to the belt. I provide this friendly tip in local. It is met with silence yet again. I bump him a few more times. He is now 400km from the belt. But yet again, the retriever just aligns back to his spot, travelling at 90m/s. A quick calculation says that he'll make it back to belt in about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Or to put it another way, about 450 times longer than it would take to warp there. His corp mates all exhibit the same behaviour when I thrust the BSoD upon them too. I'm now really concerned for the welfare of these ""players"". They are acting almost machine like and that is not healthy.
**RATS!**
Oh noes, some belt rats have turned up and he's forgotten to launch his drones! My BSoD doesn't have any guns or drones so I can't help. I've failed him! Oh, but what's this? As soon as one of the rats attack him, his drones pop out, they slay the rats and then quickly return into the safety of the retrievers drone bay. All of this happens whilst he is slow boating back to the belt that is a [looong way away](http://i.imgur.com/aGdwmQT.png).
So what I had seen thus far is that there is a corp full of very similar players who:
*Never converse with other players.
*Always instantly align back to their mining spot if bumped away.
*Always pop drones out the second a rat agresses them and recall them the second the rats have been popped.
*Always return to station as soon as their cargo is full.
*Always return to the same spot to mine after emptying cargo.
*Fly around in circles when belts are almost stripped bare (wasn't always the case though).
*Don't use warp when it would be exceptionally prudent to do so.
*Have tremendous stamina to pay attention and react within a second or 2 for many consecutive hours for many consecutive days.
Or alternatively, what we have here is a corp full of mining bots, most likely supporting an RMT operation. There was only one thing I could think to do in this situation...
**WARDECK!**
I'm in my own 1 man corp and I'm now at war with a 60+ pilot bot corp. I was away for the first couple of days of the wardeck. When I returned I was happy to see they were still carrying on as usual. Not wanting to spook them, I had an alt spy on them and check which belts they were in. I hop into my trusty Harpy and jump into their system. There were 2 of them in local. I warp to one of them. He carries on mining. I kill his retriever and then his pod. I repeat this for the other guy in system. I go to one of their other frequented systems and pop several more. I go to another system, I pop one guy + his pod and then warp to the other guy. I sit next to him for 15 minutes. He warps to station, unloads his stash of ore and warps right back next to me. I'm sitting their flashing away and he continues mining. Do I need anymore confirmation that they are all bots? His ship and pod get reduced to space dust after I let him mine for another 10 minutes. I don't really need the ore in the wrecks so I blue them and tell local to help themselves. A few days of easy kills and easy profit was coming my way. Or so I thought.
**CLEVER BOTS**
The next day I login and see some of them online. A Locator Agent confirms they are in space in the same systems as before so I zoom off for another bout of bot killing. My alt has already got visuals and noted the belts they are currently in. I jump my main in ready for some more explosions. But then within 2 seconds of my main jumping into system, my alt witnesses the bot aligning to station, warping off and docking. I go to another system and the exact same thing happens again. I try this many times over the space of a day or 2 and the same things keep on happening, always within a second or 2 of me jumping into system.
**ADAPT OR (THEY DON'T) DIE**
I had to change my plan. I couldn't let them continue botting like this! I try a login trap. I enter system & warp to belt, they dock, I log off and wait 30mins. I login and smile when I see his retriever on scan at the belt. I'm in warp and land in the belt... just as he warps off to the station. Bugger it. Right, I'll log off at their station and catch them whilst the try to dock. Only this isn't too reliable and I don't always have time to lock them and kill them before they dock. It worked maybe 25% of the time.
Next plan: I had my alt cloak on their station, my main is logged off in belt. I watch with my alt when the bot undocks (usually between 10 and 20 minutes after my main ""leaves"" system). As soon as he enters warp, my main logs in and... success! I catch them almost every time.
The trouble is I have to keep an eye on the undock and it takes quite a lot of idle time just to kill a couple of them using this method. Then it finally struck me... Use the BSoD to ""juggle"" the retrievers whilst my main jumps in and warps to the belt. They will not be able to warp to the station as they will still be traveling at high speed in a different direction. It worked superbly. I got a load more kills and was able to continue to another system without logging off and waiting.
**MORE DUBIOUS BEHAVIOR**
Gradually over the week, as a corp they log in less and less. One day, I see the boss of the corp log in. He's a much older pilot. A locator Agent tells me where he is and my alt follows him. A bot that I previously killed logs in and goes to the boss's station. Aha! I bet boss has just purchased another retriever for the bot. But what happened next surprised me a bit as I didn't know about this sort of jiggery-pokery. The boss undocks in a retriever, and bot undocks in a noob ship. They both fly to planet one and I observe them ejecting and swapping ships. What is happening here is a possible method to stop CCP seeing where / who the bots get their gear from, even though it's pretty darn obvious when you look at the corp. But I saw this happen 2 times. Both times the name of the retriever wasn't changed so the bot was was flying it with the name of ""Boss's name Retriever"". Made it easy to find them in system!
In the end I got over 20 kills, caused around half a bil ISK of damage and reduced them to a very minimal botting outfit where the didn't log in for several days. I know people will point and laugh at those stats but that will be missing the point of why I did this. I had zero knowledge of bots and I enjoyed the challenge of identifying and adapting to the bots changing behaviors. I also got almost instant pewpew as and when I could logon (which wasn't much at that time). I made somewhere around 80mil in salvage / loot which covered the cost of the wardeck.
Names of the guilty are (temporarily) protected to see the effect of reporting them as bots to CCP and to potentially give me a chance of wardecking them again in the future. Though smart folks may be able to work out who they are.
",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,True,t3_1g9zt9,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1g9zt9/a_story_about_mining_bots_and_a_lesson_on_how_to/,
1343954094.0,364,self.Eve,xlemq,Station Trading 101: Making a Fortune by Playing the Market,471,107,158,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/xlemq/station_trading_101_making_a_fortune_by_playing/,"
WELCOME to STATION TRADING 101
You asked for it, reddit, so here it is: my guide to making your fortune by playing the market in EVE. I'll be covering the basics of station trading in EVE. This guide is written from my perspective, working my way up from an initial investment of 500 million ISK to about 2 billion in ISK + assets in about 2 weeks.
**Table of Contents:**
1. Preface
2. Skills
3. Home Base
4. Choosing Items
5. Setting Up Orders
6. Checking and Maintaining Orders
1.Preface
This guide is written from my personal experience trading. The techniques used here may or may not work for you. That being said, I believe that once you get a decent amount of ISK to start with (hundreds of millions), the best way to further your wealth is to do station trading with the ISK. Unless you find joy in spreadsheets and numbers and never undocking, I recommend the creation of an alt to use for station trading only. I have an alt that I use for trading that does nothing but modify orders. No ships, no undocking, just numbers. Before beginning, here is what I recommend you have:
* An alt that you don't mind not flying with again on an account that can spare a few days of skill training time.
* Investment capital. I suggest starting with at least 500m but as low as 100m will still generate profit that is not insignificant.
2. Skills
As a trader in EVE, you'll need a few skills to make a profit and make sure that this profit is as large as it can be. There are plenty of of skills in the ""Trade"" category, but many of these are not needed for basic station trading. Many of these skills are not strictly necessary for trading; it's very simple to flip items and make a profit. However, to maximize your profit margins and ensure that you can always keep up with your orders, it is a good idea to train these skills to respectable levels. For now, there's not much reason in bothering with the skills that modify the range at which you can modify buy and sell orders as you'll likely have an alt that will remain in one station trading permanently. There are three groups of skills we need to train.
The first is to decrease the amount of ISK that is taken from our market orders through market related costs. The skills **Accounting** and **Broker Relations** are used to decrease this margin. These are good skills to train because they reduce the amount of ISK that is taken out of your pocket by game mechanics with every transaction.
The second group is a single skill: **Margin Trading**. This skill reduces the amount of ISK you have to put down when you make a buy order. Without the skill, if you make a buy order for 1,000 units of Tritanium at 1.00 ISK each, you have to put down the entire 1,000 ISK required upon making the order. However, with **Margin Trading** I, you only have to put down 750 ISK to make the order. The other 250 ISK is subtracted from your wallet upon completion of the order. This way, you can have many more active buy orders than you have ISK. For example, I currently have 869 million ISK in active buy orders. Because I have **Margin Trading** IV, I only had to put down 163 million ISK. I have 464 million ISK remaining in my wallet. This means that if all of my buy orders filled simultaniously, I would not be able to pay for them all. Although this might seem like a bad idea, in reality buy orders usually fill very slowly, and the ISK you make through sell orders comes through at a rate fast enough to replenish your wallet before it is drained by buy orders. This makes this skill very handy to have.
The third group of skills is the group that modifies the amount of active buy and sell orders you can have. The amount of orders allowed by these skills grows with each progressive skill, starting with 4 orders per skill level of **Trade** and increasing to 32 orders per skill level of **Tycoon**. Earlier on (high millions/low billions) you will likely not need to train above Wholesale, if at all. Later on, if you choose to increase the volume of orders you manage, you may wish to train further. Keep in mind that although more active orders = larger income, it also increases the time you need to go through all of your orders and make sure they remain on top.
Skills:
**Accounting**
>Proficiency at squaring away the odds and ends of business transactions, keeping the check books tight. Each level of skill reduces transaction tax by 10%. **Requires: Trade IV**
**Broker Relations**
>Proficiency at driving down market-related costs. Each level of skill grants a 5% reduction in the costs associated with setting up a market order, which usually come to 1% of the order's total value. This can be further influenced by the player's standing towards the owner of the station where the order is entered. **Requires: Trade II**
**Trade**
>Knowledge of the market and skill at manipulating it. Active buy/sell order limit increased by 4 per level of skill.
**Retail**
>Ability to organize and manage market operations. Each level raises the limit of active orders by 8. **Requires: Trade II**
**Wholesale**
>Ability to organize and manage large-scale market operations. Each level raises the limit of active orders by 16.Ability to organize and manage large-scale market operations. Each level raises the limit of active orders by 16. **Requires: Retail V, Marketing II**
**Tycoon**
>Ability to organize and manage ultra large-scale market operations. Each level raises the limit of active orders by 32. **Requires: Wholesale V**
3. Home Base
Once you've started skill training and feel that you've trained enough to begin trading, you'll need to choose a home base. Your home base depends on the amount of time you'll be able to dedicate to trading. Someone who updates their orders every 15 minutes will find that they will make much more money in Jita than in Rens, while someone who updates their orders once or twice a day generally won't make as much ISK in Jita as they could in another trade hub where their orders will not be undercut as often. The top three trade hubs in order from largest to smallest are Jita, Amarr, and Rens. [Here](http://users.telenet.be/mmodata/EVE/EveTradeHubs.htm) is a link to a table of EVE's 30 top trade hubs. If you find the hub you're trading in to be too competitive, it might be a good idea to find another one farther down on that list and switch to that hub.
My experience trading in Jita 4-4 has been a positive one. It is frustrating to see people undercut my order by a large amount, but in general I have enjoyed the fast paced market and the quick ISK generation. After settling on a home station, get your character there and dock up. Enjoy the sights as your ship is towed into the station, you won't be seeing them on that particular character any time soon.
**GUIDE TOO LONG, PART 2 IN COMMENTS!**",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,True,t3_xlemq,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/xlemq/station_trading_101_making_a_fortune_by_playing/,
1368715113.0,361,i.imgur.com,1egate,White Raven,614,253,60,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1egate/white_raven/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1egate,http://i.imgur.com/MbW1frT.jpg,
1359473349.0,362,forums.dust514.com,17hyt5,DUST514 Player gets their first taste of life in New Eden.,429,67,168,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17hyt5/dust514_player_gets_their_first_taste_of_life_in/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_17hyt5,https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=501326,
1370737930.0,362,i.imgur.com,1fyed4,Game of Moons,451,89,53,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1fyed4/game_of_moons/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1fyed4,http://i.imgur.com/kjdcp2c.png,
1373051686.0,352,i.imgur.com,1hpfwi,"CCP Server Error in your Favor, Collect 100 carriers",451,99,54,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hpfwi/ccp_server_error_in_your_favor_collect_100/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_1hpfwi,http://i.imgur.com/aPBkJaV.png,
1364301997.0,358,fc03.deviantart.net,1b1duq,Just a movie poster I made about my career as a gas harvester.,423,65,93,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1b1duq/just_a_movie_poster_i_made_about_my_career_as_a/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_1b1duq,http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/085/7/2/kcf0c21_by_reggierocket-d5zblc5.jpg,
1345878643.0,359,i.imgur.com,ysqia,I noticed something about the target painters...,501,142,48,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/ysqia/i_noticed_something_about_the_target_painters/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_ysqia,http://i.imgur.com/eGn5U.jpg,
1371012331.0,353,i.imgur.com,1g6dbt,"Glorious TEST Leader Boodabooda on ""Emergency Downtime""",447,94,61,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1g6dbt/glorious_test_leader_boodabooda_on_emergency/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1g6dbt,http://i.imgur.com/EYES9W1.png,
1367407656.0,353,imgur.com,1dh4fl,"Just started the game - my friend said ""Now in IMAX""",417,64,171,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dh4fl/just_started_the_game_my_friend_said_now_in_imax/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1dh4fl,http://imgur.com/OPlGDJB,
1357150297.0,356,i.imgur.com,15u41k,"When you play for 10 years, not many things excite you anymore...",438,82,253,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/15u41k/when_you_play_for_10_years_not_many_things_excite/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_15u41k,http://i.imgur.com/Glokk.png,
1370549470.0,352,imgur.com,1ftb8a,Odyssey max breast size change.,432,80,191,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1ftb8a/odyssey_max_breast_size_change/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1ftb8a,http://imgur.com/a/6ImZX,
1353094295.0,351,i.imgur.com,13bao9,Every hi-sec war...,415,64,46,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/13bao9/every_hisec_war/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_13bao9,http://i.imgur.com/Vla3U.jpg,
1375986031.0,348,imgur.com,1jyz25,I made a military ‘Challenge Coin’ for my corp [BDCI] upcoming 10th anniversary,426,78,183,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1jyz25/i_made_a_military_challenge_coin_for_my_corp_bdci/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1jyz25,http://imgur.com/8dw8WSu,
1373113853.0,348,i.imgur.com,1hqv16,TL;DR for the PL perspective post on Kugu,446,98,62,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hqv16/tldr_for_the_pl_perspective_post_on_kugu/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1hqv16,http://i.imgur.com/S1K14MK.gif,
1370406960.0,344,i.imgur.com,1fpanu,"""For the first time in the history of...""",446,102,614,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1fpanu/for_the_first_time_in_the_history_of/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1fpanu,http://i.imgur.com/wStZKRo.jpg,
1353206272.0,345,i.imgur.com,13dq1f,What Hunting for Ratters in Nullsec is like,418,73,47,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/13dq1f/what_hunting_for_ratters_in_nullsec_is_like/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_13dq1f,http://i.imgur.com/IMjOg.gif,
1340623648.0,346,i.imgur.com,vkfml,Gotta love CCP (from the newest patchnotes),417,71,41,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/vkfml/gotta_love_ccp_from_the_newest_patchnotes/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_vkfml,http://i.imgur.com/Xe8B8.png,
1375105333.0,341,youtube.com,1j9wzd,Dumb Ways to Die in Eve: new parody song WITH VIDEO!,386,45,46,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1j9wzd/dumb_ways_to_die_in_eve_new_parody_song_with_video/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1j9wzd,http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C2fyO4uKkxo,
1359900300.0,344,i.imgur.com,17t1lk,I would really find this helpful. Standings in local chat,392,48,56,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17t1lk/i_would_really_find_this_helpful_standings_in/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_17t1lk,http://i.imgur.com/2iOk8Ge.gif,
1367475734.0,338,i.imgur.com,1djcti,So I decided to fly into a planets atmosphere...,403,65,68,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1djcti/so_i_decided_to_fly_into_a_planets_atmosphere/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1djcti,http://i.imgur.com/nIJToE2.jpg,
1361178110.0,341,self.Eve,18qqzx,Trapped! Tales from J172751,420,79,155,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/18qqzx/trapped_tales_from_j172751/,"So I've gone and gotten myself trapped in a c3 wormhole with a bunch of hostiles. My corpie had probed a wormhole being collapsed by an orca, and was sitting 10 off the hole and the orca cloaked, slowly burning in. I warped to him, and as soon as I landed on grid the Orca jumped through the reduced mass wormhole. In my haste to get a point on him on the other side, I decided that it would be totally fun to jump into the now critical mass wormhole with my MWD on in a Talos. The wormhole collapsed behind me before the prober and any other fleet support could arrive. I entered grid near planet IX with a drake, an enyo, the orca, a raven, and a Thanatos, as well as an un-named cargo container within 10km of me.
I arrived with 640 void L in my guns, 2k null, 4k void, 800 CN AM and 100 paste in my cargo hold, and 5 warrior IIs in my drone bay. I broke cloak, overheated my mids, and aligned out towards the central planetary cluster, then started shooting the drake. I was hitting the drake for 2k's, and surprisingly volleying him by 40% shields each time I shot, but my dps was not enough to break the thanny's reps. I had somewhat stupidly decided to throw my drones onto the enyo, and ended up warping off without them, but not before i bookmarked the cargo container that had been right off the wormhole.
As I bounced a few safes, I prepared to warp back to the can, hoping that it held a bookmark to another wormhole out of there (who knows, maybe their corp bookmarks were full >.>), but without much hope for anything worthwhile. I warped to it at 20, landed 50 off of their fleet, and quickly MWD'd over to the can and clicked loot all. Turn's out it didn't have bookmarks. It had something so much better...a tech two mobile small warp disruptor.
In my mad dash to scoop the loot, the thanny decided that it didn't want me to safely log off, and put a flight of fighters on me to attempt to keep me perma agressed until downtime. Hohohohohoho, time to kill some fighters! I warp off to the farthest celestial and start making bookmarks in alphabetical order. As I land, I immediately align back where i came from and started warping down the alphabet. As I landed at I, I cycled my MWD and preparred to blap some drones. It was at this time that the locals suggested a ransom. It was an excellent chance to play for time.
[ 2013.02.18 03:37:29 ] LongGanticus > Ransom?
The drones landed 25 off me and started to MWD after me. I locked up an einherji, pressed f1, and prepared to warp to my next safe. As the first fighter exploded, I entered warp and tried to distract them.
[ 2013.02.18 03:37:41 ] God Hiimself > ill pay 15 mil for an exit.
I realize that this was a total low-ball, but I had an opportunity to win the ever-important isk war. I had to seize it. I landed, cycled MWD, locked up another einherji and started to fire once again.
[ 2013.02.18 03:38:02 ] LongGanticus > Your ship is worth 150, implants 100,
Oh Ho Ho, some Somebody can look up loss mails now can they? For a group that [doesn't seem to PvP other than whoring on RvB kills](http://www.eve-kill.net/?a=alliance_detail&all_id=5396) that's mighty impressive!
[ 2013.02.18 03:38:18 ] God Hiimself > :/ im not gonna die really
[ 2013.02.18 03:38:33 ] LongGanticus > You are going to have to keep warping until downtime
[ 2013.02.18 03:38:50 ] LongGanticus > 100 mil and you are out free
Of course I am. In the meantime, you've lost another fighter!
[ 2013.02.18 03:39:02 ] God Hiimself > how about 45 mil
[ 2013.02.18 03:39:10 ] LongGanticus > 75
Blap Blap Blap! One last one goes down bringing the total to four.
[ 2013.02.18 03:39:30 ] Fancy Stars > you keep killing the drone it goes up
Rats, they're on to my schemeings. Still, 100 mil in dead fighters isn't bad, in addition to the theft of the warp bubble. I started rolling between the planets and making some safes while continuing to chat up the locals.
[ 2013.02.18 03:39:35 ] God Hiimself > well, they cant hit me now lol
[ 2013.02.18 03:39:40 ] God Hiimself > since you called em off
[ 2013.02.18 03:39:45 ] God Hiimself > you'll have to probe me now
[ 2013.02.18 03:40:03 ] zechko > yes but you will need to self distruct your way out
[ 2013.02.18 03:40:15 ] God Hiimself > how much do fighters cost? i wanna see if i'm winning the isk war
*My quest for self importance is unending.*
[ 2013.02.18 03:40:28 ] zechko > 25 mil each
[ 2013.02.18 03:40:52 ] zechko > so 100 mill to get a wh now
[ 2013.02.18 03:41:17 ] God Hiimself > nah, 45 mil.
[ 2013.02.18 03:41:39 ] zechko > have fun selfdistructing
[ 2013.02.18 03:42:20 ] zechko > or come back and see if you can kill 1 of us
[ 2013.02.18 03:42:35 ] God Hiimself > if your thanny puts more fighters on me maybe
[ 2013.02.18 03:42:52 ] God Hiimself > oh, i deleted that bm actually lol since the can was worthless
*by worthless, I mean didn't have bookmarks out of there*
[ 2013.02.18 03:44:41 ] zechko > ok send me 45 mill we are looking for the wh now
Hmmmm, weren't you just mad at me for blowing up your fighters? Not gonna send any isk just yet... I continued to roll safes.
[ 2013.02.18 03:44:41 ] zechko > ok send me 45 mill we are looking for the wh now
[ 2013.02.18 03:48:34 ] God Hiimself > let me know when you've found it.
[ 2013.02.18 03:48:42 ] God Hiimself > if its a good wh that i like i'll send the 45 mil
[ 2013.02.18 03:49:12 ] zechko > its the only 1 we will have you came in our static hole
[ 2013.02.18 03:49:32 ] zechko > he is about to pin it
[ 2013.02.18 03:50:30 ] zechko > he got it
[ 2013.02.18 03:50:37 ] zechko > he is warping to it
[ 2013.02.18 03:54:09 ] zechko > you need to leave your fleet
[ 2013.02.18 03:54:23 ] zechko > so i can invite you
[ 2013.02.18 03:54:35 ] God Hiimself > i left
[ 2013.02.18 03:54:58 ] zechko > warp to Golden
[ 2013.02.18 03:55:06 ] zechko > x
[ 2013.02.18 03:55:10 ] Golden Kusoni > x
Lol that wasn't obvious. I haven't sent them any money, but I was half hoping they were either A: really really dumb and had actually gotten the wormhole and were sitting on it hoping to kill me before I jumped through, or B: Sitting pretty in a bubble where I could pick them off.
I decided to take my chances and warped to the thanny pilot at 50, thinking they wouldn't put the Thanny in a bubble voluntarily. Well, I was wrong, I landed right in the middle of their entire gang. 6km from everything on field, I overheated my mids, activated mwd and burned like hell. Luckily, the enyo pilot lived up to his corp history and didn't land scram, and the drake pilot only managed to land one cycle of disruptor on me before I warped away to safe. To be honest, it was a bit premature to warp off, the thanny might have decided to put more fighters on me, or the enyo might have burned in a direct straight line out of thanny rep range and into my guns, but I didn't stick around to find out. Instead, I decided to taunt them again!
[ 2013.02.18 03:57:52 ] God Hiimself > o/
[ 2013.02.18 03:58:04 ] God Hiimself > no scram really?
[ 2013.02.18 03:58:11 ] God Hiimself > like that was bad mmmkay?
[ 2013.02.18 03:58:23 ] zechko > It is by XIwe did screw that up
XIwe was their enyo pilot.
[ 2013.02.18 04:00:55 ] zechko > we will see you tomorrow need to log
[ 2013.02.18 04:01:09 ] God Hiimself > o/
[ 2013.02.18 04:01:33 ] Fancy Stars > ok no bs theyll all log and give me 100mill and ill give it to u
[ 2013.02.18 04:01:37 ] Fancy Stars > no bs
I believe you, I really really do! We discussed a price (I said 10 mil, he said 100 mil, I said 10 mil again), but decided that it would be more fun for me to stay a while and crash on their couch.
I warped to a few of my safes and put out some cans with an SoS call for any visiting wormholers offering a reward for an exit out, then start to make some tactical bookmarks and some grid fu spots on their PoS's so that I could drag the grid past the PoS aggro range and catch some orca's doing some hole closings, or maybe some of their site running ships. I had a nice chat with Fancy stars' alt pretending to be a new player about getting me out of the wormhole, where I again offered him 45 mil (but only 20 up front) for the exit. He declined. I tried to catch the two orcas they were using to roll their static with my pull bubble, but I mis-scanned the planet that the wormhole was at (i put the pull bubble in line with IX when it was really from VIII, they were fairly close together), and ended up missing them, so now I am logged off, my prized bubble secure in my cargo hold, and ready to wreck some nerds tommorrow.
So here are my thoughts. I'm going to turn this into a challenge. I'm not going to self destruct myself out of the wormhole, I am going to stay until I die or until I am rescued by non-inhabitants, and I am going to try to kill as many carebears as possible before i meet my fate. I have 100 units of paste, about 8000 units of ammo, and a whole damn lot of time to kill. Would you guys be interested in more reporting from J172751, possibly with screenshots and more logs? Let me know if you enjoyed this and what I could improve upon.
P.S. I'm offering a 50 mil reward for finding me an exit out if you happen to stumble upon the hole while exploring.
EDIT 1: I haven't had a whole ton of time to play today, but there's been a sad update. Mobile Small Warp Disruptor II, Or Companion Cu...Bubble...fell in the line of duty. While set up to pull a suspiciously fit raven between their two POS's (Observed both cloak and MJD on the raven at one time), It was warped to by an ares, and after I missed my first two volleys even before it hit max speed, I decided to warp off grid, as interceptors and other frigate class ships are going to be relatively unkillable until I manage to find some drones, or make my way in with an alt. They then warped a dominix in and proceeded to heartlessly destroy my beloved bubble. I'm planning on sitting a long-skill deployment, relatively inactive alt in the hole once I do find my way out, just to keep having some fun with the locals. I'll give a more indepth update later after I'm done writing an essay and doing some other misc. work. ",,False,,t5_2qil9,1361275120.0,,,True,t3_18qqzx,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/18qqzx/trapped_tales_from_j172751/,
1340297173.0,338,self.Eve,vdzpt,Goonswarm just revealed how they gained multiple trillion ISK with FW - ingenious abuse of FW LP payout mechanics / How Minmatar and Amarr FW was controlled by Goonswarm.,393,55,312,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/vdzpt/goonswarm_just_revealed_how_they_gained_multiple/,"Story hit Goonswarm and TEST Forums, waiting on the eveo post to go up.
Edit: EVEO-Post is up! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=124145&find=unread
Edit2: Total profits are roughly 5t
Edit3: Mfw this is a selfpost :(",,False,,t5_2qil9,1340353599.0,,,True,t3_vdzpt,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/vdzpt/goonswarm_just_revealed_how_they_gained_multiple/,
1371223174.0,335,i.imgur.com,1gcbnq,"After the Tengus and TFIs turned into Caracals, I feel this is the natural progression",414,79,104,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1gcbnq/after_the_tengus_and_tfis_turned_into_caracals_i/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1gcbnq,http://i.imgur.com/TgOrJAc.jpg,
1347508320.0,342,i.imgur.com,zt0ai,I teared up :(,397,55,23,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/zt0ai/i_teared_up/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_zt0ai,http://i.imgur.com/19BBn.jpg,
1340835076.0,343,i.imgur.com,vpi7x,Turret and Launcher Reference Chart,394,51,37,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/vpi7x/turret_and_launcher_reference_chart/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_vpi7x,http://i.imgur.com/c08RJ.jpg,
1355445934.0,344,imgur.com,14te7m,I got tired of the elves and dragons humdrum and re-subbed to Eve. So much has changed that I don't know what to do. This sums up my first day back.,404,60,57,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/14te7m/i_got_tired_of_the_elves_and_dragons_humdrum_and/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_14te7m,http://imgur.com/VLTLO,
1368518893.0,337,i.imgur.com,1eaxpb,Starcrossed lovers,458,121,57,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1eaxpb/starcrossed_lovers/,,,True,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1eaxpb,http://i.imgur.com/L47Ocfg.png,
1346127754.0,335,imgur.com,yy1bs,That feeling when you're 15 jumps out from the fleet staging system and they're waiting for you,391,56,20,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/yy1bs/that_feeling_when_youre_15_jumps_out_from_the/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_yy1bs,http://imgur.com/yzauE,
1372047402.0,340,i.imgur.com,1gy6la,Rock. Hard. Right. Now.,413,73,162,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1gy6la/rock_hard_right_now/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1gy6la,http://i.imgur.com/Okf6m14.jpg,
1350839386.0,341,youtube.com,11um38,EVE Online - Imagine ,376,35,109,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/11um38/eve_online_imagine/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_11um38,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEy8xK29ZlQ,
1347457293.0,334,state.gov,zrjnw,"Vile Rat, Honored by Secretary of State Clinton in statement regarding the attacks in Benghazi.",381,47,8,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/zrjnw/vile_rat_honored_by_secretary_of_state_clinton_in/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_zrjnw,http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/09/197630.htm,
1364252482.0,332,imgur.com,1b06ev,Every space game should have Rifters (Kerbal Space Program),383,51,35,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1b06ev/every_space_game_should_have_rifters_kerbal_space/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1b06ev,http://imgur.com/a/xnQGl,
1360094342.0,338,i.imgur.com,17y8i2,A tip for all the newbies from a Fwedditer: How to spiral Inwards!,395,57,92,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17y8i2/a_tip_for_all_the_newbies_from_a_fwedditer_how_to/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_17y8i2,http://i.imgur.com/AMIu9GQ.png,
1371832605.0,333,i.imgur.com,1gswlk,Cartoon eyes make everything better,395,62,14,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1gswlk/cartoon_eyes_make_everything_better/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1gswlk,http://i.imgur.com/TyVhQhz.png,
1364276027.0,335,imgur.com,1b0yr6,Made a custom t-shirt for fanfest? Who bets I'll be beaten up downtown on the first night?,391,56,72,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1b0yr6/made_a_custom_tshirt_for_fanfest_who_bets_ill_be/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_1b0yr6,http://imgur.com/4TBw0uq,
1358466280.0,333,en.wikipedia.org,16s75c,TIL the number 42 was the random seed chosen to generate the universe in EVE Online,398,65,75,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/16s75c/til_the_number_42_was_the_random_seed_chosen_to/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_16s75c,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_%28Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy%29#On_the_Internet,
1372836221.0,328,eve-kill.net,1hjyxt,Best bomber in EVE.,388,60,139,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hjyxt/best_bomber_in_eve/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1hjyxt,http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_related&kll_id=18534196,
1349762051.0,327,i.imgur.com,116mkd,Goonswarm Cat,379,52,41,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/116mkd/goonswarm_cat/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_116mkd,http://i.imgur.com/hJsDx.gif,
1367821626.0,327,i.imgur.com,1ds2a2,I don't bump miners. I entertain them.,392,65,57,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1ds2a2/i_dont_bump_miners_i_entertain_them/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1ds2a2,http://i.imgur.com/zbLyRfK.png,
1348595480.0,332,qkme.me,10glfd,Eve has done this to me..,393,61,53,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/10glfd/eve_has_done_this_to_me/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_10glfd,http://qkme.me/3r2fp3,
1375293943.0,329,i.imgur.com,1jfp42,Goonswarm 2013,527,198,351,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1jfp42/goonswarm_2013/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,blood,False,t3_1jfp42,http://i.imgur.com/7xfh5Bk.png,
1334564108.0,326,i.imgur.com,sc4f4,What I imagine when I inject a new skillbook...,391,65,50,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/sc4f4/what_i_imagine_when_i_inject_a_new_skillbook/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_sc4f4,http://i.imgur.com/j3Od6.jpg,
1369840263.0,324,i.imgur.com,1f9snv,As a TESTie:- My all time favourite piece of propaganda from the shitstorm in Delve at the moment,412,88,147,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1f9snv/as_a_testie_my_all_time_favourite_piece_of/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1f9snv,http://i.imgur.com/HpLsimX.jpg,
1368958309.0,320,imgur.com,1emi2m,TIL EVE has an awesome Compare Tool!,409,89,67,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1emi2m/til_eve_has_an_awesome_compare_tool/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_1emi2m,http://imgur.com/a/BEFrn,
1344037574.0,329,i.imgur.com,xnaox,Oh dear god no..,373,44,35,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/xnaox/oh_dear_god_no/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_xnaox,http://i.imgur.com/5L2gO.jpg,
1360612817.0,321,forum.eveuniversity.org,18bsf8,317B ISK Gone from E-UNI: Who Watches The Watchmen?,424,103,250,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/18bsf8/317b_isk_gone_from_euni_who_watches_the_watchmen/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,serpentis,False,t3_18bsf8,http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=63837,
1359273211.0,319,self.Eve,17d0fw,"Full report of what happened in Asakai, from someone at the start",369,50,95,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17d0fw/full_report_of_what_happened_in_asakai_from/,"First off, album [here](http://imgur.com/a/jJJE1)
My alliance, Liandri Covenant is a caldari FW alliance. We had put a bare-bones safespot small POS up on a worthless moon in asakai to use as we reclaimed space. Yesterday, the tower was hit and sieged by Drunk 'n' Disorderly alliance, with a small cap fleet but enough to prevent us from doing much of anything. Not really caring about the tower at all, and just the fights/kills, we decided to batphone anyone we could get ahold of.
At around 0100 our tower came out of reinforced, and shortly after I led a fleet that engaged DND. the fight ended with us in a loss, but as we warped out a Goon cyno popped up on field, and a Levi, several carriers of various flavors, and a few supers entered the field.
We all laughed a bit at how it went down, then another cyno went up. This one was PL. This soon escalated into non stop reinforcements from various alliances and factions for about 2 hours, when the TIDI hit 10% and local hit 700. Soon afterwards, the subcap fleets arrived; and with more capitals entering the field every moment, Local soon spiked at 2800 people online.
So yeah. Shit went down. ""I was there"", etc.",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,angel,True,t3_17d0fw,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17d0fw/full_report_of_what_happened_in_asakai_from/,
1354684153.0,321,i.imgur.com,14b2nq,How I feel after the latest update...,373,52,97,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/14b2nq/how_i_feel_after_the_latest_update/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_14b2nq,http://i.imgur.com/GIuah.jpg,
1353458003.0,321,imgur.com,13jfbx,"Just a Minmatar Freighter, nothing to see here",391,70,45,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/13jfbx/just_a_minmatar_freighter_nothing_to_see_here/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_13jfbx,http://imgur.com/a/E5GKp,
1367012548.0,320,youtube.com,1d6ihz,New Scanner Preview (+ Stargate Jump Effects),361,41,121,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1d6ihz/new_scanner_preview_stargate_jump_effects/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,angel,False,t3_1d6ihz,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9bZjBST-Dw,
1373245923.0,320,self.Eve,1hu1um,PL Revenant Killed in Odamia. More caps tackled.,378,58,332,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hu1um/pl_revenant_killed_in_odamia_more_caps_tackled/,http://i.imgur.com/3ot3Voe.png Revenant Killmail ,,False,,t5_2qil9,1373246197.0,,,True,t3_1hu1um,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1hu1um/pl_revenant_killed_in_odamia_more_caps_tackled/,
1368720192.0,317,i.imgur.com,1eggsm,D Scan's no stranger to love,361,44,30,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1eggsm/d_scans_no_stranger_to_love/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_1eggsm,http://i.imgur.com/ipTVzP9.png,
1346508033.0,317,i.imgur.com,z6moc,"I say, the Erebus is SMASHING.",395,78,33,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/z6moc/i_say_the_erebus_is_smashing/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_z6moc,http://i.imgur.com/HZpEW.jpg,
1371087054.0,310,vimeo.com,1g8lb7,The Mittani Went Down to Fountain,394,84,68,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1g8lb7/the_mittani_went_down_to_fountain/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1g8lb7,https://vimeo.com/68255314,
1370857826.0,311,i.imgur.com,1g1bwb,I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe..,360,49,70,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1g1bwb/ive_seen_things_you_people_wouldnt_believe/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1g1bwb,http://i.imgur.com/N2yBhEZ.jpg,
1350668732.0,313,i.imgur.com,11rabu,Clarifying...,377,64,51,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/11rabu/clarifying/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,minmatar,False,t3_11rabu,http://i.imgur.com/5v2zH.jpg,
1351312977.0,312,i.imgur.com,125try,Accurate description of my first low-sec roam,359,47,25,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/125try/accurate_description_of_my_first_lowsec_roam/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_125try,http://i.imgur.com/fUh35.gif,
1374863749.0,309,imgur.com,1j42in,Made this overview guide for a corp that sunk. Figured someone might get some use out of it here.,378,69,53,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1j42in/made_this_overview_guide_for_a_corp_that_sunk/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1j42in,http://imgur.com/a/COv9z,
1347985997.0,311,i.imgur.com,1033eq,How I imagine jump-clones work.,380,69,21,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1033eq/how_i_imagine_jumpclones_work/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_1033eq,http://i.imgur.com/AO9DK.gif,
1370195349.0,308,facebook.com,1fj1lz,DDoS causing downtime,356,48,357,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1fj1lz/ddos_causing_downtime/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,gallente,False,t3_1fj1lz,https://www.facebook.com/eveonline?hc_location=stream,
1375217059.0,307,imgur.com,1jdgvi,Just one more turn,411,104,30,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1jdgvi/just_one_more_turn/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,amarr,False,t3_1jdgvi,http://imgur.com/a/YqzWm,
1345741928.0,307,self.Eve,ypde9,"I'm Seleene, former CCP Game Designer and current Chairman of CSM 7. AMA (non-NDA) about EVE, the CSM & CCP.",377,70,556,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/ypde9/im_seleene_former_ccp_game_designer_and_current/,"As stated in the title, I may have ~things~ to say if you ask some questions. [Twitter: @Seleene_EVE](https://twitter.com/Seleene_EVE)
So, an intro for those that don't know, or think they know, me.
I've been playing EVE since May of 2003, long before there were things like capital ships, supercarriers, tech moons and a half-ass good tutorial. I started out mining Omber for weeks in a Punisher to earn the ISK for my first BPO (a Blackbird) and flew my ship uphill, in the snow, etc... We didn't have fancy things like 'alliances' or Tech 2 ships. Kestrels made great haulers until you managed to find someone building Bestowers and good luck finding one on the open market!
In April of 2004 I started a mercenary corporation, Body Count Inc. (BDCI), with an uninsured Scorpion battleship, a Crow interceptor and 30 million ISK to my name. There was no mechanic for mercs so we just made it up as we went along, eventually gathering up a few other like-minded folks and formed what became known as the Mercenary Coalition. I was the leader / executor / accountant / glue / whatever of the alliance and aged about a year for every month I did it. After about 3-4 years of [rampaging around](http://img.bdci-eve.net/warreport/index.html) I closed the doors on MC.
From November 2006 - February 2010 I was a Game Designer at CCP. My dev name was CCP Abathur. Over the course of three years I touched on nearly every aspect of EVE game play in some form. My time at CCP is more detailed [here](http://seleenes-sandbox.blogspot.com/2011/01/ccp-connection.html).
While I was at CCP, I watched the birth of the CSM experiment and worked with the elected players. As a player, I continued to believe in the potential of the CSM so I ran myself, getting elected to both CSM 6 and CSM 7, where I now serve as the Chairman.
Since my return to EVE I've taken the duties of CEO of my corp back over, my mercenary leanings eventually landing us in Pandemic Legion. So, contrary to popular belief, I've done a few other things than just be in the Legion for the past year and that is likely why the rest of the CSM voted me into the Chairman position.
I've started this AMA because I prefer a more interactive approach than just straight blogging. Now that the CSM Summit Minutes are out, after doing a couple of 'Town Hall' meetings on EVE Radio, and with CCP getting ready to enter release planning for the Winter expansion, it's more important than ever to keep the Q & A going.
I will do my best to answer questions as they happen but may be AFK from time to time. If I don't know or can't talk about something and say that, please just let it be. Otherwise, ask away! :)
MONDAY EDIT - I'm still watching and will be answering throughout the day. ",Awesome Thread,False,,t5_2qil9,1346073945.0,,,True,t3_ypde9,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/ypde9/im_seleene_former_ccp_game_designer_and_current/,moderator
1369570261.0,304,self.Eve,1f2tpx,Who said chivalry in W-space is dead?,364,60,54,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1f2tpx/who_said_chivalry_in_wspace_is_dead/,"Context: Kieth is a member of Hard Knocks inc.
Jake is a member of The Red Circle Inc. While a group of TRECI guys were farming our static, Kieth piped up in local...
EDIT: while I have everyone's attention, **join TRECI! We're awesome**, and we're recruiting. We fight in nullsec, outnumbered but never outclassed.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=186796
[07:56:34] EVE System > Subspace communication beacon unreachable. Channel list unavailable.
[07:57:47] Keith Katar > o/
[07:58:00] Keith Katar > I Keith. The Summoner of Wormholes have graced your home with my great presence.
[07:58:29] Keith Katar > Fellow Dwellers of this dark and gas filled lifestyle. I bid you a welcome.
[07:59:24] Jake The-Dog > greetings traveler, we welcome you to this corner of the universe with open arms,
[07:59:34] Keith Katar > I am here with a warning.
[07:59:56] Jake The-Dog > pray, tell us
[08:00:21] Keith Katar > You have a hole that reaches out to the depths of the land of Goonswarm. I have come from this land after kicking the bee hive. They are not happy. I was shut out of my own home and bubbled preventing my safe return, thus I went in search of another rou
[08:00:24] Keith Katar > route.
[08:00:30] Keith Katar > This is where I have stumbled upon this land.
[08:01:04] Jake The-Dog > what news have you from the land of goons? where do they make their stronghold, how many armed, how many a'horse?
[08:01:08] Keith Katar > I urge you. Do not seek comfort in the hole of the Bees.
[08:01:20] Keith Katar > They are many. numbering near 30 or so.
[08:01:40] Keith Katar > With a rattlesnake, 2 heavy dictors, many assault ships and battlecruisers.
[08:01:50] Jake The-Dog > we may well send an enboy out to meet with them, but it will not be for comfort
[08:02:18] Keith Katar > My wormhole was only one gate away from the system yours leads to. As far as I know, they are not aware of your door as of yet.
[08:02:49] Jake The-Dog > then we shall have the upper hand, huzzah!
[08:03:23] Keith Katar > Indeed. Though our intel which we obtained through spying eyes suggested the forming of a titan bridge to allow greater numbers to slaughter us.
[08:03:34] Keith Katar > I fear you may be walking into an already provoked nest.
[08:04:45] Jake The-Dog > thankyou, kind traveler for these words of warning, we shal take great caution if we do venture forth. For now though, we are basking in the ritual of the holy carebear, once the feast of fullerite gas has been completed, we shal take up arms
[08:05:57] Keith Katar > Ah yes. I myself like to indulge in such activites. Though I should be going. I must make sweet love to my bed, lest she become angered. As I have no couch mistress, I will be forced to sleep with the rugs.
[08:06:54] Jake The-Dog > travel well kind ser, and pray youfind your path back to your homelands forthwith
[08:08:14] Keith Katar > I thank you for your kind words. I shall now depart. Please enjoy your gaseous activites now. May you always fly under the protection of Bob and be fruitful in your search for the legendary gudfites. Farewell Bretheren. May I one day meet you in
[08:08:16] Keith Katar > glorious combat.
[08:08:17] Keith Katar > o7
[08:08:53] Jake The-Dog > and may the light of Bob also shine over you ",,False,,t5_2qil9,1369610050.0,,caldari,True,t3_1f2tpx,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1f2tpx/who_said_chivalry_in_wspace_is_dead/,
1318025428.0,303,i.imgur.com,l4kxp,My Minmatar pumpkin carving,333,30,35,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/l4kxp/my_minmatar_pumpkin_carving/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_l4kxp,http://i.imgur.com/dBJis.jpg,
1367707524.0,310,self.Eve,1dpafy,TEST vs. HBC,365,55,321,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dpafy/test_vs_hbc/,"IT'S COMING!
**NEWS COVERAGE COMING FROM THE TEST SOTA**",,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,True,t3_1dpafy,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1dpafy/test_vs_hbc/,
1366906549.0,305,i.imgur.com,1d39il,This is what happens..,370,65,76,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1d39il/this_is_what_happens/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,,False,t3_1d39il,http://i.imgur.com/WzXjyuN.jpg,
1362282433.0,299,imgur.com,19k58s,Why is there so much concord he- oh... that's why. ,354,55,17,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/19k58s/why_is_there_so_much_concord_he_oh_thats_why/,,,False,,t5_2qil9,False,,caldari,False,t3_19k58s,http://imgur.com/qRGxx5R,
1375061455.0,304,self.Eve,1j8y9t,The Fountain War of 2013 is Over: TEST un-deploys to NOL-,377,73,428,http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1j8y9t/the_fountain_war_of_2013_is_over_test_undeploys/,"Posts developing, ground floor. Straight from the horse's mouth -- BoodaBooda's SOTA informed a lot of TEST that they are ceasing defense of Fountain.
SOTA Recording: https://soundcloud.com/dj-benny-m/test-state-of-the-alliance
TEST Forums SOTA post:::
""Today we fought in 6VDT. We didn’t fight to save the station, we didn’t fight to win an ISK war, and we didn’t fight to turn the war around.
We fought today because we need to show the game that we play a bit differently than you're 'supposed' to. Because we want to show the galaxy that all problems aside we can still field about as many autists as anyone else in the game – coalition or not - instead of standing down and crying in the corner like other alliances faced with the same fate.
We fought because TEST stands together in the face of certain, guaranteed death.
I wanted to give Fountain one HELL of a sendoff, and it's incredibly appropriate that it took place in our home system of 2+ years.
This war has taught us many things – We’ve learned what we can do at our best, and we’ve learned what we need to do to properly support our FCs, leadership, and membership.
We made an absolutely fantastic showing today. We fielded more members than any single alliance has ever seen – we even had twice what CONDI alone brought – and we set a record for the largest fight EVE has ever seen by a few hundred pilots, maybe even a thousand. Hell, TRIBE pulled more numbers than anyone in the CFC besides goons. Even our bros RIOT brought a big chunk of spaceships.
So with all that said, we’ve been losing a defensive war for about two weeks now. As soon as our big strong capfleet-toting allies had to run home, the CFC pulled out all the stops, and TEST was unable to keep up on our own. They practically rolled through Fountain unopposed.
This isn’t the fault of our members. It isn’t our FCs faults, or our mildir’s fault, or logi, or recon, or our corp CEOs… This war has been an immense team effort, and one of the most significant things we’ve learned is that our team needs some improvement before we can function together well enough to pull off a large scale war like this.
What can be done about this?
First off, we’re going to undeploy and head back to NOL in Delve.
Delve is a slightly more defensible position, and our allies seem to prefer fighting here. But that’s not why we need to retreat.