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EVE Online player steals $45,000 worth of ISK in massive investment scam
- zbanks 16y ago"To put that into perspective, 850 billion is enough ISK to buy about 2575 PLEX."
- sukuriant 16y agoPerspective for Eve players. It's like quantifying a trillion dollars by making a tower of cash from hundred dollar bills
- jarin 16y agoReading articles like this almost makes me miss playing EVE Online, but then I remember that aside from the meta-game (which is admittedly pretty fun) it's really just a spreadsheet with pretty graphics.
- Keyframe 16y agoAnd jumps between systems... lots of them.
- paolomaffei 16y agohttp://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1378711&page=4#91 http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadI...
- malloreon 16y agoThis is just one reason why eve is the best spreadsheet UI ever.
- mjgoins 16y agoFor those of us who don't have the faintest interest in the game itself, but are fascinated by the things humans choose to do with their brief lives, can you explain why this game is like a spreadsheet?
- patio11 16y agoShareholders wiped out when a hot startup in gaming space dilutes stock, grabs board control, and wipes out common stock holders in insider transaction... where are the VCs in this story?
- viae 16y agoEvery time I hear about this game I'm intrigued. I read a year-or-so-ago about one of the most powerful guilds in the game being infiltrated, it's armories ransacked, and then decimated in a surprise attack/trap.
- sabj 16y agoThis is why I love EVE Online! I haven't played since its beta, but the potential for real loss (and gain) is what makes it so enjoyable. In this way, it is a worthy successor to Ultima Online. I don't know why people play other MMOs - I just don't understand their appeal. They lack the passion, the intensity, the power of these games.
- knowtheory 16y agoThis isn't an investment scam. This is a bunch of trustees being snookered out of losing control of their corp. This is a tediously common problem in the real world, the fact that they fell prey to it in EVE just makes 'em chumps :\ (although dude i guess is a con-man or whatevs, but then EVE doesn't seem to be about playing nice and getting along)