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Date Posted: Sunday, February 09, 04:08:30am
Author: Lij
Author Host/IP: adsl-108-67-93-41.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net / 108.67.93.41
Subject: The Space Epic Battle of B-R5RB

Inside the Epic Online Space Battle That Cost Gamers $300,000

The Battle of B-R5RB was the largest and bloodiest in the history of warfare. More than 20 million soldiers were killed and more than 600 warships—some of them kilometers long and capable of destroying lesser vessels with a single shot—destroyed in a battle that raged for 22 hours.

At issue was a distant space station, a small but vital staging area that may be a turning point in a war that has since October pitted two massive alliances in a fight for galactic supremacy.

This battle occurred within the virtual world of the popular roleplaying game Eve Online, yet it required the careful planning, ruthless determination and good fortune of, say, the invasion of Normandy.

That so epic a fight could happen in a digital realm underscores how engaging online gaming can be. Players find the virtual realm of a game like Eve no less fascinating than real life, and they often forge lasting friendships in a gaming experience unlike any other. Though it was just a game, the 7,548 people who fought the Battle of B-R could not have taken it any more seriously—and not simply because they lost virtual ships worth more than $300,000 in real-world money fighting it.

And it all started when someone forgot to pay the rent on a space station.

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[> I absolutely love this shit! -- AurraSing, Sunday, February 09, 03:33:45pm (d154-20-56-169.bchsia.telus.net/154.20.56.169)

Watched the previous largest EVE battle in time lapse and it was just amazing to think of how complex we've managed to make our games-this is the kind of SF I've been reading since I was a teen.

Way too involved for me to ever take part in but I love hearing about how the smallest error can result in this kind of happening, just proves again that attention to detail even at this level does make a difference.


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[> Yeah, I like to watch too.... -- Lij, Monday, February 10, 05:45:53am (adsl-99-186-238-5.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net/99.186.238.5)

At my age I'm pretty much just a voyeur. In terms of Titans class ships lost the Battle of B-R5RB was 6 times larger than the previous largest battle in Eve.

If you haven't seen these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvB2nRGMl2c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zykw52iyIo

Now if I were a scavanger on Eve I'd be out there salvaging ships. I wonder if that will be allowed by the Coalition controlling the B-R. Or if the monument means no salvaging.

I'm kinda wondering if the Battle of B-R5RB might spawn a big-screen movie.

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