Thread that was about EVE Online that's now about PUBG and sharing gamertags so AFers can play PC/console games together

Sweep_the_Leg · January 23, 2018, 5:25pm

In some other threads about vidoe games, I’ve commented on how intriguing I find EVE Online. It truly is the “game you love to read about but would never play.” Anyone here play it? I’d be surprised if not. It’s basically a game run off a spreadsheet, ponzi schemes and other methods of financially engineering people out of their money is encouraged, and the battles - when they happen - cost a ton of money and involve thousands of players. I highly encourage people read about some of the best schemes that have taken place over the years. It’s a libertarian paradise…

Anyway, sometime today the biggest battle in the games 15 year history is supposed to take place. If it goes down, it’s possible up to $1,000,000 worth of crap will be destroyed. Considering the in-game currency can actually be converted back to USD, that’s not a made up figure. For those interested in learning about what’s going down, there’s a reddit thread about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7sa25p/after_15_years_eve_online_is_having_its_first/?st=jcrwmvqz&sh=4cfd90ad

The last battle that even came close to this was three years ago when some dude accidentally warped into enemy territory. The other coalition thought he meant to attack so they started firing on him. The dude put out a distress signal to his coalition and they all warped to him and just like that a gigantic battle took place that ultimately destroyed about $300,000 worth of stuff.

Today’s battle is planned though, so it should be interesting. According to the guy that wrote the reddit post, it’s extremely likely both side with just stare at each other for a long time and stand down after a while not wanting to risk the massive fleets they’ve built.

tl;dr - I’m a nerd and this is awesome.

birdman12345 · January 23, 2018, 5:35pm

I’ve only heard about the scams and schemes in that game, its incredible.

https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Scams_in_EVE_Online

https://kotaku.com/how-eve-players-pulled-off-the-biggest-betrayal-in-its-1806168400

At the dinner, they had come to a tentative agreement: a price tag for the transfer of the Keepstar Citadel, a place to call home inside of The Imperium for The Judge and his friends, and the ability to execute the heist at the Judge’s discretion. Once he was safely home, The Judge bided his time, waiting for the right moment to execute possibly the biggest snatch and grab in video game history.

“Right now, I think the best estimate is at about 1.5 trillion ISK, but there’s a lot of stuff I haven’t even gone through yet, so who know where it will end up, “ Judge said, talking about the equivalent of roughly $20,000 worth of in-game currency—not that he can legally cash it out. “This heist is the first of its kind in the Citadel era of EVE,” he said. “We’ve never seen the repercussions of something like this before.”

On September 11, Aryth made his fateful announcement to The Imperium. He had struck a blow that no one in The Imperium or in Circle of Two had seen coming: he had facilitated the decapitation of The Imperium’s most hated enemy, and secured their super weapon-equipped Keepstar citadel, placed deep in the heart of Co2’s territory, for Goonswarm Federation.

…Imperium vessels began encircling their new battlestation, attempting to prevent any member of Co2 from successfully evacuating their belongings. While they began deploying warp disruption fields to make the evacuation attempts more difficult, Co2’s leader Gigx received panicked phone calls from his remaining leadership, informing him of the dire circumstances the alliance now found itself in.

Gigx logged into the game servers and began trying to minimize the damage that The Judge could do, stopping The Judge from stealing the alliance’s ISK reserves, accessing shared hangars full of ships, or transferring more structures to other players. Realizing it was too little, too late, Gigx began to rage in alliance channels, meant to be seen only by friendly players, asking for The Judge’s personal information.

That’s ridiculous to me. One dude being in a position where he could fuck over 4,000 others and he does it for the hell of it.

ohai · January 23, 2018, 5:52pm

So kind of like this scene:

But anyway, it’s hard to think they’ll just do nothing, because one of those guys is sure to pull a Leeroy Jenkins. I know I would.

Yayyywork · January 23, 2018, 5:53pm

i want to play a video game so i dont have to care about things - i couldnt imagine playing a video game where i value the stuff so much i wouldnt battle. i clearly just do not get this game

el_macca17 · January 23, 2018, 6:09pm

I’ve read these stories over the years and its exactly what I’d love to be a part of. However knowing myself I would be irredeemably addicted and RL would suffer, so I stay out.

If it does go down and everything gets destroyed, I hope it will be remembered as Eve: Ragnarok

GuyOnABuffalo · January 23, 2018, 6:21pm

This game needs a Leeroy Jenkins. STL quit wasting time modding this forum… you have a greater calling. My time allotment and overall cheapness allows me to only play 1 game at a time which I do for like 6 months before realizing I suck and it is time to move on. Currently trying to pick up a chicken dinner on PUBG and failing miserably every time I hit the top 5-10.

el_macca17 · January 23, 2018, 6:32pm

We have an AF squad. Hit me up if you want to join in.

Sweep_the_Leg · January 23, 2018, 6:42pm

I came real close to getting EVE after the battle in 2014. Just a click away. Then I remembered I have a family that would almost certainly leave me if I started talking about how I can’t go to my kid’s basketball game because I have to defend my Titan level spacecraft.

I did pick up PUBG for XboxOne a couple weeks ago. Pretty awesome for a pre-release game. Only made it to the top 3 once and then the pizza guy showed up at my door. Tried to hide but got killed. No chicken dinner but the pizza was pretty good.

GuyOnABuffalo · January 23, 2018, 6:42pm

I’m a console pleb. Do you guys play PC or Xbox?

hei.so · January 23, 2018, 6:50pm

I play it casually but I still suck.

It’s currently F2P, with limited skills. Give it a try yourself. But I must warn you guys that there is a steep learning curve.

el_macca17 · January 23, 2018, 7:03pm

Ah, we’re all on PC. We’ve picked up a few AF chicken dinners so far but could use a deeper bench.

Sweep_the_Leg · January 23, 2018, 7:13pm

Console players, unite!

GuyOnABuffalo · January 23, 2018, 7:16pm

My work laptop is a POS and I’m a cheap bastard otherwise I would definitely be tempted to run it. I played it on my buddy’s MSI gaming setup and liked the mouse keyboard functionality a lot. The PC competition is pretty fierce though.

rawraw · January 23, 2018, 7:19pm

Sweep_the_Leg:

GuyOnABuffalo:

This game needs a Leeroy Jenkins. STL quit wasting time modding this forum… you have a greater calling. My time allotment and overall cheapness allows me to only play 1 game at a time which I do for like 6 months before realizing I suck and it is time to move on. Currently trying to pick up a chicken dinner on PUBG and failing miserably every time I hit the top 5-10.

I came real close to getting EVE after the battle in 2014. Just a click away. Then I remembered I have a family that would almost certainly leave me if I started talking about how I can’t go to my kid’s basketball game because I have to defend my Titan level spacecraft.

I did pick up PUBG for XboxOne a couple weeks ago. Pretty awesome for a pre-release game. Only made it to the top 3 once and then the pizza guy showed up at my door. Tried to hide but got killed. No chicken dinner but the pizza was pretty good.

Hit me up on xbox pubg sometime. I’m not nerd enough to hang with pc players. Console is too advanced for me as is

GorillaNerd · January 23, 2018, 7:24pm

im a pc. we currently have 4 afers. i definitely suck the most. i try to stop myself for pulling a leeroy jenkins, but the call to arms is sometimes too much.

GuyOnABuffalo · January 23, 2018, 7:43pm

Xbox version is still super beta. It usually crashes somewhere around 30 players left when im in the middle of driving to escape the blue or some extremely inopportune time. One time I loaded back in to my corpse getting teabagged.

comp_sci_kid · January 23, 2018, 7:50pm

a lot of fun to play with AF squad! Def no to EVE. I was Everquest junky - no more. Even Dota2 time commitment is a lot.

el_macca17 · January 23, 2018, 7:53pm

nerds is our getaway driver, comp sci is the kit man/bullet magnet, matt (don’t even know his AF tag lol) is the jack of all trades and I am the point man, and chicken dinner is our b*tch

thanatos0320 · January 23, 2018, 7:56pm

I was a runescape, diablo 2, and diablo 3 junky… I have an xbox and a ps4, but don’t get to play it much (twice a month) because my girlfriend complains that I don’t give her enough attention when I play.

Black_Swan · January 23, 2018, 9:25pm

Sounds titillating.

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