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.

Posted: Jan 29, 2014 6:36 pm
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum

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

Comments

ViIIainPosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

Tryztun
VPN I never heard of this game, that does suck what's happening currently though.

Are you serious?! You've never heard of EVE Online?!

Never once have I ever even heard of someone talk about that game, its not a surprise.

TRSNPosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

VPN I never heard of this game, that does suck what's happening currently though.

Are you serious?! You've never heard of EVE Online?!

VPNPosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

I never heard of this game, that does suck what's happening currently though.

JoveticPosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

Oasis
Jovetic
grunt987654 Can someone explain to me how this cost actual money? Never played so I don't understand.

I believe it's an estimated value based on how rare the ships are. This is the battle in pictures; http://imgur.com/a/10lG2#0

Yeah basically the Titan ship class cost alot of money and man hours to build (like 30+ days). Add up all the destruction and you get that sort of figure. Pretty gutting for those involved, but also funny.

I also heard that EVE will be making the spot of fight a kind of memorial to those lost :/

They've already done it!
http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/65702/1/Titanomachy.png

Third_EyePosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

EVE players are losing this much money collectively? Had me thinking this old game finally got a tournament with a huge prize. High risk, high gain it seems.

OasisPosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

Jovetic
grunt987654 Can someone explain to me how this cost actual money? Never played so I don't understand.

I believe it's an estimated value based on how rare the ships are. This is the battle in pictures; http://imgur.com/a/10lG2#0

Yeah basically the Titan ship class cost alot of money and man hours to build (like 30+ days). Add up all the destruction and you get that sort of figure. Pretty gutting for those involved, but also funny.

I also heard that EVE will be making the spot of fight a kind of memorial to those lost :/

JoveticPosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

grunt987654 Can someone explain to me how this cost actual money? Never played so I don't understand.

I believe it's an estimated value based on how rare the ships are. This is the battle in pictures; http://imgur.com/a/10lG2#0

ViIIainPosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

Haha Cant imagine the excuses people used to stay home from work.

PensPosted: Thu. Jan 30, 2014

Wow, this is crazy. That's a lot of money to get involved