EVE Online corp CEO makes off with more than 400 billion ISK - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE=DTkach;40233600]You would think after the third time this happened these big alliances would be more careful.[/QUOTE] There's not really much you can do about a betrayal of trust like that. You try to choose the people who get the keys to the shed as best you can, you can try to keep the people doing the back-breaking logistics work from getting burnt-out and frustrated, but that's about it. [QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;40235235]Please somebody know the story.[/QUOTE] Person put obscenely valuable goods in an unprotected ship, got ganked. Such is the life of the idiotic.

[QUOTE=BrainDeath;40235120]you must have been bad you can get to "the good stuff" in a few days, FW and RVB are options from day 1 as are many of the biggest alliances.[/QUOTE] its more a case of having to play the game for a while to actually understand it sure you can go into fw from day one but you certainly can't mess around in anything bigger than a frigate, which may not be fun for some people

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;40235235] Please somebody know the story.[/QUOTE] Person was carrying $1200 dollars worth of PLEX through Jita for the Goons, got ganked, died, lost it all, then she quit the game.

[QUOTE=BrainDeath;40235120]you must have been bad you can get to "the good stuff" in a few days, FW and RVB are options from day 1 as are many of the biggest alliances.[/QUOTE] Not everyone can spend an entire day on the computer. Some of us have jobs and lives.

So a real life friend stole 17800$ worth of ingame money?

[QUOTE=Method320;40237046]Not everyone can spend an entire day on the computer. Some of us have jobs and lives.[/QUOTE] In eve, your skills train while offline.

Could he sell that to someone for IRL cash? That would be amazing.

[QUOTE=Gubbygub;40238097]Could he sell that to someone for IRL cash? That would be amazing.[/QUOTE] No that's against the rules. (One of the very few things that are actually against the rules.)

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;40235235]That's evil enough as it is but doing it and quitting the game while you're at it just reaches new levels. [editline]10th April 2013[/editline] Also: [img]http://puu.sh/2xCfO[/img] Please somebody know the story.[/QUOTE] Some Russian or another was selling absurd amounts of plex (putting WAY too much money into the game) or laundering money or something But the thing is, his dumbass undocked in a frigate (read: wet paper bag) with 700+ plex (each one 30 days of game time) in his cargohold. Of course he undocked next to [B]the biggest trade hub in EVE.[/B] 30 seconds later somebody scanned his cargohold and well... suicide gankers blew themselves up to get him, and poof goes 7000 plex. Or they dropped. I forget which. But he sure lost a shitload of money.

Eve sounds like such an amazingly intricate game I'd play if I had the time and money

Heh, libertarian economics in action. "Got stole from? Well, you should have stolen first!"

[QUOTE=DTkach;40233600]You would think after the third time this happened these big alliances would be more careful.[/QUOTE] Not much you can do when it's often the founders or the higher ups that steal stuff. [url=http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/biggest-eve-online-scam-ever-recorded-nets-over-a-trillion-isk/]A scam of $50k[/url] and [url=http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/09/11/eve-online-player-steals-45-000-worth-of-isk-in-massive-investm/]a scam of $45k[/url] Almost all the big thefts are already in the beginning someones plan to steal money, not that many cases are people rising in ranks in top tier alliances and takes all the stuff.

EVE always seems to be more fun to read about/see than actually play.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;40240918]Heh, libertarian economics in action. "Got stole from? Well, you should have stolen first!"[/QUOTE] EVE is an excellent example of why pure capitalism is bad and also hilarious when all the consequences are virtual.

[QUOTE=BrainDeath;40242831]EVE is an excellent example of why pure capitalism is bad and also hilarious when all the consequences are virtual.[/QUOTE] Social experiment, basically. One of the most elaborate social experiments in history. Hey guys, play this game! It's awesome, and it really is. Then just sit back for some years, gather up piles of raw data and show them to some social study institute.