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Joran Jackson
The Red Circle Inc.
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Posted - 2013.07.11 01:29:00 -
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Browsing yahoo news tonight and what did I find?
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/video-game-starship-worth-9-000-destroyed-ambush-190533986.html
Featured piece, which means millions of people see it as a story on yahoo's main page. |
Jumpshot244
EntroPrelatial Industria Here Be Dragons
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Posted - 2013.07.11 01:38:00 -
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Must be a really slow news day |
Winterblink
Body Count Inc. Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2013.07.11 01:44:00 -
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Jumpshot244 wrote:Must be a really slow news day Seriously. Forbes and BBC too.
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Azitek
Astrum Tech Pina Colada Armada
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Posted - 2013.07.11 01:56:00 -
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Joran Jackson wrote:which means millions of people see it as a story on yahoo's main page. Let me stop you right there....
I kid. Always love seeing EVE in the news, thanks for sharing. |
Joran Jackson
The Red Circle Inc.
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Posted - 2013.07.11 02:05:00 -
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Azitek wrote:Joran Jackson wrote:which means millions of people see it as a story on yahoo's main page. Let me stop you right there.... I kid. Always love seeing EVE in the news, thanks for sharing.
110m site visits a day to yahoo's main page. Maybe slightly optimistic, but I'm not being crazy |
Ckra Trald
Stellar Essence STELLAR CONSTELLATION
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Posted - 2013.07.11 02:44:00 -
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I like how everyone isn't calling this not enough of a big deal when the forums exploded with rants about the revenant kill a day ago ^^ poorly made blunt forum post above ^^ |
Transmaritanus
Sinister Elite Black Legion.
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Posted - 2013.07.11 02:46:00 -
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Yahoo news is usually the most slanted liberal drivel ever, interspersed with human interest stories. Fortunately, Eve was one of those so yay! |
Mikhail Dmitriev
Evolution The Retirement Club
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Posted - 2013.07.11 04:11:00 -
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My dad asked me what I knew about this at dinner, lol. Not sure how I feel with friends on both sides, though more recently Black Legion ones. EVE has a habit of making it into the news, much moreso than other MMOs.
Ah. Moving out again in a month, will miss the old man. |
TharOkha
0asis Group
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Posted - 2013.07.11 05:02:00 -
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OMG on those comments below article:
"I imagine the owner of this virtual ship probably doesn't have a girlfriend." "That 9k could have made sweet upgrades in his parents' basement that he is living in." "If someone spends $9,000 on a video game spaceship, it would be my pleasure to help destroy him." "All virgins." "This is why I hate pay to win games. That and I would never spend money on anything but the game itself." "A dude spends $9,000 on a video game. Wow! That is POWERFUL stupid!"
And that's folks, is how misunderstandings are born. Some readers just cant distinguish "wort of 9k" between "paid 9k for it"
but some of them are good: "Some people's hobbies are "dumb" and worthless to others. The same thing we Gamers think of smokers and bar hoppers.To me video gaming is just fun!" "A bad day playing eve online is still better then a good day at the office......" ""The only difference 'tween the men and the boys is the size of their feet and the price of their toys...""
GÇ£If reality can destroy the dream, why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?GÇ¥ |
Kult Altol
Confederation Navy Research Epsilon Fleet
581
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Posted - 2013.07.11 05:04:00 -
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Forbes has a game section so they feature lots of gaming news. Can't wait untill when Eve online is Freemium. WiS only 10$, SP booster for one month 15$, DPS Boost 2$, EHP Boost 2$ Real money trading hub! Cosmeitic ship skins 15$ --> If you don't pay for a product, you ARE the product. |
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Mayhaw Morgan
State War Academy Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.07.11 05:34:00 -
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"I'll make you famous." |
GreenSeed
558
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Posted - 2013.07.11 05:37:00 -
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the only thing that ever annoyed me about plex has always been when people use it to explain something from eve to people who don't know or understand the game in detail. "the ship was worth 9000usd!" no it wasn't, there's an equivalence between plex and isk, yeah... but no one ever buys a ship for money like that... right?
right? |
Inokuma Yawara
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.07.11 06:05:00 -
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The article also sported a clear image of the space ship in question. It's the first clear look I got of it. Now I understand the turd jokes, and the joke about making a toilet shaped asteroid, in the thread about memorializing this ship wreck as a celestial body.
It really does look like a turd. Who designs these ships? Titans look like shlongs, and revenant looks like a turd. What's next? A POS that looks like a vagina? Watch this space.-á New exciting signature in development. |
Lugia3
End-of-Line
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Posted - 2013.07.11 07:39:00 -
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Ahh, yahoo news comments. It's where the liberal neckbeards come out of their caves and spew insults at everything. Yarr |
Yonis Kador
KADORCORP
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Posted - 2013.07.11 07:50:00 -
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Just spotted this story over at Yahoo! myself and was going to write about it too until I saw this topic. It's always great to see EVE getting free press and national exposure. Congrats.
YK "He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day." |
Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
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Posted - 2013.07.11 08:05:00 -
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Inokuma Yawara wrote:What's next? A POS that looks like a vagina?
I'd support that, I bet it'd feel warm and comfy... There's nothing a million chinese guys can't do cheaper. |
Six Six Six
Blood and Decay
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Posted - 2013.07.11 08:09:00 -
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TharOkha wrote: Some readers just cant distinguish "wort of 9k" between "paid 9k for it"
That's because people try to compare in-game items with real currency, when in fact in-game items have no real currency value. |
TigerXtrm
Black Thorne Corporation The Cursed Few
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Posted - 2013.07.11 08:39:00 -
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GreenSeed wrote:the only thing annoys me about plex has always been when people use it to explain something from eve to people who don't know or understand the game in detail. "the ship was worth 9000usd!" no it wasn't, there's an equivalence between plex and isk, yeah... but no one ever buys a ship for money like that... right?
right?
Wrong.
At least one person at one time, somewhere, somehow, for some reason must have been stupid enough to sink that much money into this game at once thinking it would make him unbeatable.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoavH8xbrPE |
Darek Castigatus
Immortalis Inc. Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2013.07.11 08:41:00 -
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2013/07/09/eve-online-player-loses-a-spaceship-worth-approximately-9000/
heres a link to the forbes article - simple and to the point and the comments arent totaly braindead, I'd call that a result myself.
Can someone link the BBC article, im having trouble finding it. Pirates - The Invisible Fist of Darwin
you're welcome |
Six Six Six
Blood and Decay
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:04:00 -
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Although this is not directly related it's worth saying as people get confused over this.
I'll use WoW as an example as you can buy directly from their shop with real currency.
If you pay for a Celestial Mount (I did when I was drunk once) you are not buying the Celestial Mount, you are paying for the use of it and helping to pay towards it's development costs. |
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Sol Kal'orr
TLSG
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:10:00 -
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Oh my, the comments on that Yahoo article. I know it's Yahoo, but wow. |
Prince Kobol
833
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:12:00 -
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Who cares about the Rev.. Garth's Rage is what made it special.. damn I love that guy |
Sol Kal'orr
TLSG
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:15:00 -
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That Soundcloud is once to cherish.
But now I am sat here correcting the people on Yahoo. Please make me stop. |
Sol Kal'orr
TLSG
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:21:00 -
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Also Yahoo's commenting format is bad. I keep clicking 'more' and the same comments show up again. |
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:29:00 -
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TharOkha wrote:OMG on those comments below article: "I imagine the owner of this virtual ship probably doesn't have a girlfriend." "That 9k could have made sweet upgrades in his parents' basement that he is living in." "If someone spends $9,000 on a video game spaceship, it would be my pleasure to help destroy him." "All virgins." "This is why I hate pay to win games. That and I would never spend money on anything but the game itself." "A dude spends $9,000 on a video game. Wow! That is POWERFUL stupid!" And that's folks, is how misunderstandings are born. Some readers just cant distinguish "wort of 9k" between "paid 9k for it" but some of them are good: "Some people's hobbies are "dumb" and worthless to others. The same thing we Gamers think of smokers and bar hoppers.To me video gaming is just fun!" "A bad day playing eve online is still better then a good day at the office......" ""The only difference 'tween the men and the boys is the size of their feet and the price of their toys...""
But complaining about it on a home forum isn't going to change the public perception of the game.
This is the problem with games that have outside revenue streams that folks can claim a RL money value to them. Great for stroking ePeens, but the public views not only the players, the game, as stupid.
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Yeah, really now the thing the Goons will be remembered for IS that ship going down.
Not Mitt. Not what antics they did (Burn Jita, et al). One freaking ship.
This is right up there with the BoB - CCP incident of EvE's most stupid moves. "In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." ~George Orwell
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Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
407
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:35:00 -
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Sol Kal'orr wrote:Oh my, the comments on that Yahoo article. I know it's Yahoo, but wow.
Free speech site.
My favorite news site since 1998.
Older than Google. Older than Facebook. Older than Twitter.
To think the youngest kids playing EvE today was just born then. "In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." ~George Orwell
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Sol Kal'orr
TLSG
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:51:00 -
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Ace Uoweme wrote:Sol Kal'orr wrote:Oh my, the comments on that Yahoo article. I know it's Yahoo, but wow. Free speech site. My favorite news site since 1998. Older than Google. Older than Facebook. Older than Twitter. To think the youngest kids playing EvE today was just born then.
Enlighten the group, how does old mean good? |
Sol Kal'orr
TLSG
14
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:52:00 -
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Seriously, I have just spent the last twenty minutes correcting grammatical errors on Yahoo. |
Six Six Six
Blood and Decay
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:54:00 -
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Sol Kal'orr wrote:Ace Uoweme wrote:Sol Kal'orr wrote:Oh my, the comments on that Yahoo article. I know it's Yahoo, but wow. Free speech site. My favorite news site since 1998. Older than Google. Older than Facebook. Older than Twitter. To think the youngest kids playing EvE today was just born then. Enlighten the group, how does old mean good?
He didn't say it's good, just that it's his favourite news site.
Which means very little to the rest of us. |
Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2013.07.11 09:55:00 -
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Sol Kal'orr wrote:Seriously, I have just spent the last twenty minutes correcting grammatical errors on Yahoo. Duty calls? |
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