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Intel and Counterintel in Eve Online
- rudolf0 12y agoThe complexity and intensity of this kind of "metagaming" in sandbox-style MMOs can become absolutely mind-bending. I was "head of intelligence" for a large player organization in an open MMORPG similar to EVE. Our organization was modeled after Goonswarm, and our intelligence division was modeled very closely after GIA ("Goonswarm Intelligence Agency"). Planting spies and rooting them out, using intelligence to gain political and diplomatic leverage, training defectors on how to turn some of their peers, using screenshots of chat logs and forum posts and recordings of voice comms to embarrass and stir dissent in the enemy, turning the tide of battles by ambushing the enemy or tricking them with false intel, and in general utilizing spies to further global long-term strategies. To this day that was probably one of the most cerebral, challenging, and fun experiences in my life, and my real career often pales in comparison.