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Massive EVE Online Alliance Disbanded

Posted by Soulskill on from the create-your-own-drama dept.

tnt001 writes "In the world of EVE Online, the infamous Band of Brothers alliance has been disbanded. It seems that rival alliance Goonswarm had a spy in the holding corporation, and he stole money as well as capital ships and other assets. The spy then disbanded the alliance. 'One of GoonSwarm's stated motivations from their early days as an alliance was to punish what they viewed as the arrogance of Band of Brothers. If they've held true to that ideal, stealing the alliance out from under BoB effectively means GoonSwarm has accomplished what they set out to do years ago.' As of 11:00 GMT, BoB lost all its sovereignty (its outposts are conquerable now, cyno-jammers are offline, jump bridges are inoperable)."

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  1. Re:Hello from Meatspace! by buffer-overflowed · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If things like Iraq were actually important to people, get this, we wouldn't be in Iraq and things like Iraq wouldn't happen.

    Oh, and nice job pulling off the support are troops irrelevant segue troll.

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  2. There is a reason no one plays EVE by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A game that supposedly about space combat and empire building is really about playground social engineering and back-stabbing.

  3. Re:Hello from Meatspace! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Since apparently it's oh-so-important to establish credentials, I've worked in places like Kibera and Mitumba in Nairobi, with orphans in San Salvador, and abandoned babies in Tanzania. I've never been shot at, admittedly, but I've seen my fair share of extremely harsh realities. Games are silly, and have little or no redeeming value, but sometimes they're exactly what you need.

    Everything in moderation.