Biggest battle in EVE Online's history leads to an estimated $500,000

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A skirmish over an unpaid bill in CCP Games' spacefaring MMORPG EVE Online escalated to a battle of epic proportions on Monday, costing its participants an estimated $500,000 in real-world cash so far, according to a USA Today report.

When a missed payment left a contested area of space unprotected, the biggest battle in EVE Online's ten-year history erupted, involving more than 4,000 players. The fight saw the destruction of over 100 prized Titan vessels, which take months of gameplay to build and are worth around $3,000 each.

A series of animated .gifs capture the carnage as it unfolded, documenting hundreds of destroyed ships and untold losses for players caught up in the action.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/29/biggest-battle-in-eve-onlines-history-leads-to-an-estimated-50/

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slapshot101Posted:

This is crazy how big of a battle this was and the amount of money people put towards it. You have $300,000 in Ttitan ships alone. I am glad I don't play this game but I can see if you get really involved in something that you can just start throwing money at it so that it succeeds.

-Vinc-Posted:

it dont look like an amazing game but...

YopPosted:

This doesn't look like a good game to me :/

MortarPosted:

EVE has always fascinated me as to how much money people end up risking on the game. There was an event that occurred within the game a few years ago involving another sizeable amount of money.

GossipPosted:

That is a major amount of money to make those things.

JacesPosted:

Might give this game a shot looks Decent enough to me

RGHSignedPosted:

Eta I might try this game out. I've heard it's good.


Same. I have friends who talk about it but I never really got around to trying it.

EtaPosted:

I might try this game out. I've heard it's good.

TelePosted:

I have never heard of this game, hopefully I will get a chance to play it at some point.

ZahnePosted:

never herd of this game thou will have a look at it


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