09: EVE Online is Like Vegas for Nerds

Ephemera

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There were a lot of ‘big’ stories from EVE that I wanted to do but decided weren’t right for this format. Here’s the Mittani, spymaster for Goonswarm, talking about the downfall of large rival corp Band of Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvwk4QncSG4

Jim Rossigniol’s book Travels In Three Cities has a chapter on the experience of what it’s like to really care about EVE. Read it for free online (“Reykjavik”)https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=dcbooks;idno=5682627.0001.001;rgn=full%20text;view=toc;cc=dcbooks;xc=1;g=dculture

The other big story I wanted to tell this month is the Guiding Hand Social Club’s attack on the Ubiqua Seraph corp. The attack was worth about 3.3 trillion ISK in 2017 values and regularly makes ‘biggest events in EVE’ writeups. But it was a little too much like the FomkA story, and is a lot more well-known, so instead I’m sharing a good article about it:https://www.pcgamer.com/murder-incorporated-ten-months-of-deception-for-one-kill-in-eve-online/

The FomkA log:https://pastebin.com/gwtDvBNW

Before Phaser Inc, there was the Bank of EVE. Read about it here:https://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/new-perspective-on-eve-onlines-latest-bank-embezzlement/

The Citadel trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bjTrPutt4k

Patreon content: an interview with Kirith Kodachi, one of the biggest names in EVE, who quit the game this month after twelve years. Also, I got a chance to ask Chribba some questions - hear more from him as well. https://www.patreon.com/ephemerapodcast