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This is perfectly in the crossover between useful feature and top notch April Fools prank.
by _dan 3y ago
This is perfectly in the crossover between useful feature and top notch April Fools prank.
- Applejinx 3y agoYup. I know just enough about EVE to know that this is not, in the least, a joke… but for all that, it's funny as hell :)
- moffkalast 3y agoThey say EVE is a spreadsheet simulator with some spaceships thrown in it, so you're probably right.
- Applejinx 3y agoMore like, EVE is real life espionage and power politics… except what's at stake is just pixels. The important stuff is so real you need spreadsheets to keep tabs on it all, but the consequences are pixels and video game numbers going up or down.
- tenpies 3y agoThe fact that this isn't some mod or fan effort either, but a 100% no-malarky release from the actual developer, along with a manual, template, and tutorials; is absolutely amazing.
- jkaplowitz 3y agoThey even collaborated with the Excel team at Microsoft, including a quote on the announcement page from Excel’s Head of Product and participation from Microsoft in a recent livestream event.
- KyleBerezin 3y agoThey used to employ a full time economist, Dr. Eyjolfur Guðmundsson. He was great, he would prepare quarterly economic reports https://cdn1.eveonline.com/community/QEN/QEN_Q4-2010.pdf https://cdn1.eveonline.com/community/QEN/QEN_Q4-2010.pdf They really are a sight to behold. Eventually they got simpler, then annual. They do them monthly now, but Guðmundsson isn't part of it and they are really nothing more than data dumps with some automated infographs.
- jachee 3y agoI’ve been “winning Eve” (the only way is not to play) for nearly a decade, and the “used to” bit of this fact made me a bit sad.
- KyleBerezin 3y agoEhh, he is still living in Iceland, apparently he does work with fisheries now, which is probably pretty important for Icelandic people lol.
- mabbo 3y agoIf you've ever played eve you realize that the most critical skill in the game is spreadsheet usage. I'll bet Martin Shkreli would dominate at that game. (Yes, that Shkreli: search him on YouTube and marvel at his excel skills.)
- jeremyjh 3y agoIt depends on how you are playing the game. Spreadsheets are important everywhere, but for alliances holding territory in nullsec I'd argue leadership skills are the most the important. Its amazing how much you can learn about leadership from that game.
- samstave 3y agoI recall an article from a few years ago about a guy in the Mission in SF and his entire job was being the "accountant" for his guild - and he talked about he never logs into the game, just manages the resources of the guild via excel. And yes, if you never seen Shkreli do exccel, youll be very impressed.
- yreg 3y agoIt's not like I don't believe you, but I scrolled through two of his videos where he used excel and I didn't notice anything unusual. So if anyone has an example of some wizardry, please share!
- samstave 3y agoHe has tutorials on yt that are impressive in his speed and creating a model for the stocks he is trying to follow.