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One of my life goals is to do some studies on EVE (most likely economics). I'll convince someone it's a good idea eventually :)
Edit: Maybe do a study on terror cells and get military funding :P
It actually looks like a pretty cool game - the description reminds me of Elite brought up to today's standards. I can't help but think of this, though: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/online_gaming
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ
And Eve is nothing like Elite.
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#W...
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It's nothing like elite. The combat involved in this battle is sorting a list by name, double clicking a square and then pressing F1. Once that square disappears, double click another square and then press F1. Oh, I forgot, you might align your camera in a direction of a different square, which represents a local planet, and double click. Occasionally, and especially if your name starts with an a, the whole screen wi…
Large fleet battles in a nutshell, yeah. That's the downside of allowing >2000-man fights, both the server and the clients have a lot of trouble displaying all of it, and an up-close view is pretty much useless. I wouldn't be surprised if CCP introduces a 'headless' client that just shows the overview without the 3D view and the brackets overlays for instances like this.
Small scale combat is more skilful, but it's almost impossible to find balanced fights.
imagine that all this energy, time, effort and cash would be spent on some tangible issue. the revolution in ukraine, a movement for civil liberties.
there are very creative minds at work within EVE, reading the mittani is amazing. those guys would run circles around the organisers of, say, occupy wall street.
to put it dramatically and over the top - the world is burning and the brightest minds play games. sort of an inverse ender's game.
i'll be "that guy" and fuck, i'm a gamer. imagine that all this energy, time, effort and cash would be spent on some tangible issue. the revolution in ukraine, a movement for civil liberties. there are very creative minds at work within EVE, reading the mittani is amazing. those guys would run circles around the organisers of, say, occupy wall street. to put it dramatically and over the top - the world is burning and…
i'll be "that guy" and fuck, i'm a gamer. imagine that all this energy, time, effort and cash would be spent on some tangible issue. the revolution in ukraine, a movement for civil liberties. there are very creative minds at work within EVE, reading the mittani is amazing. those guys would run circles around the organisers of, say, occupy wall street. to put it dramatically and over the top - the world is burning and…
This is especially true for large-scale alliance warfare, which, if you're at the top is something like a full-time job, and if you're merely rank and file, it's more like a part-time job.
In my opinion, the meta-game is more fun than the game itself in this context. There's an entire ecosystem that exists outside of the game that involves communication infrastructure, propaganda, spying, gambling, player services, etc.
Large power blocs have to be able to control the message, mobilize thousands of players on a moment's notice, and continually infiltrate their enemies to glean intelligence.
It's often jokingly said that EVE is "serious business." Players who fly the larger ships (supercapitals) typically receive SMS push notifications so they can mobilize faster. At the very top, certain players have been known to cash out (albeit illegitimately) on their power and wealth, earning a healthy real-life income stemming from their activities. Think hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Of course, as cool as all of that is, 15-hour-long battles suck. The game client, networking code and engine are a lot better than they used to be, but they're still woefully lacking for the purposes of extreme large scale warfare, to the point where participating in such battles is something akin to torture.
Usually, reported EVE player numbers are a lie; it is dishonest to mention player numbers when account numbers are what is actually meant (and everyone knows that regular players involved in alliance warfare have and use multiple accounts more often than not).
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It's nothing like elite. The combat involved in this battle is sorting a list by name, double clicking a square and then pressing F1. Once that square disappears, double click another square and then press F1. Oh, I forgot, you might align your camera in a direction of a different square, which represents a local planet, and double click. Occasionally, and especially if your name starts with an a, the whole screen wi…
I've heard it described as excel with a 3D engine bolted on the front of it. Maybe one could market a tool that turns mundane corporate data entry into an exciting battle for galactic domination, and make your white collar peon employees battle each other mercilessly to increase shareholder value. If you die in the game, you get fired. EDIT: actually, please don't do that. unless you do this first: http://www.richard…
i'll be "that guy" and fuck, i'm a gamer. imagine that all this energy, time, effort and cash would be spent on some tangible issue. the revolution in ukraine, a movement for civil liberties. there are very creative minds at work within EVE, reading the mittani is amazing. those guys would run circles around the organisers of, say, occupy wall street. to put it dramatically and over the top - the world is burning and…