The Raven Council

...can have quite big effects on a big online community.

EVE Online just got a major blow by a player.

weirdos

If it was one of the largest, it must've been thousands of players, as I believe some eve guilds can grow to.

Epicness. Now, if only EVE weren't that insanely boring...

I find it fascinating what things can happen in EVE. The players truly form the gameworld, which is merely a sandbox.

Note that BOB was an alliance, not a corporation (guild in EVE). It consisted of multiple corporations. So the implications are huge. (The original news i posted was somewhat poorly written on this)

implications, its a game.. so what, you have a different tag over your head?

i honestly think this is quite dangerous for people to get so absorbed.

You dont find the implications huge, when one move made by one player probably makes may people leave the game / join the game?

And whenever there are thousands of ppl involved, its not just a game. It has nothing to do with being absorbed. I dont play EVE, i found the basic game mechanics boring. "Its just a game" isnt a good excuse when you dont show up on a raid when 9 ppl are waiting for you. Consider that "its just a game" as an excuse when those thousands of players come knocking on your space ship

true enough.

its not the same as an RL corp of that size going down though. its the same as not showing for your footall teams match.

oh and, you try telling that to people like our parents generation. they wont sympathise

Yeah well, they dont understand the net that good either I have many friends who wouldnt understand it either, since they blatantly ignore anything that has to do with gaming. I wont bother to explain the social ramifications to them.

yeah true.

but well, anyone that involved needs a wee reality check imo

Jaera wrote:oh and, you try telling that to people like our parents generation. they wont sympathise

Jaera wrote:but well, anyone that involved needs a wee reality check imo

Um what involvement are you referring here? What constitutes as "that involved"?

Cortex wrote:

Jaera wrote:but well, anyone that involved needs a wee reality check imo

Um what involvement are you referring here? What constitutes as "that involved"?

the people heralding this as the end of days. noone here ofc. but reading the comments in that original link you posted. some of them are a bit wacko jacko imo

http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard ... dID=991219 thats the guy talking about how he recruited a director from the bob thing. thats seriously involved. talking about 'handlers' like hes an FBI snark! teehee

Khila wrote:

Jaera wrote:oh and, you try telling that to people like our parents generation. they wont sympathise

pure quality

Jaera wrote:http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard ... dID=991219 thats the guy talking about how he recruited a director from the bob thing. thats seriously involved. talking about 'handlers' like hes an FBI snark! teehee

Dunno, perhaps hes to involved, but to me that gave a great reading! I like good stories, especially if they have actually happened.

was entertaining yes, from the outside

From the outside, indeed - EVE Online used to be the most fascinating game I had never played, only read about. Once you play it though, it suddenly stops being fascinating altogether. Maybe after a few years invested in it things change, but getting there from scratch hardly qualifies as fun.