I was one of the 3116… the total
of us who contributed to Andrew Groen’s Kickstarter campaign to write a History
of the Great Wars of EVE Online. This history covers the early years of the
settling of New Eden’s null sec regions from Alpha and Beta to initial release
in 2003 to 2009.
I received this mid last week and
was going to post this that night… but I started reading it and, well… so you’re
getting the news as ‘twere now. =P
Anyhoo SOOOOO damn much win in Andrew’s
effort!!!! Did you know that Steve the Titan, the very first Titan in New Eden was
built by Ascendant Frontier in 2006 annnnd… the day it was first completed… the
day, the very hour, the very minute the very first Titan in EVE was completed… CCP
was not ready. And I quote… (hopefully Andrew won’t sue me) pg 102… (Italics mine)
“Ascendant Frontier had actually
been so efficient that it had finished building the Titan before CCP Games had
finished all of the code to implement Titans into the game. These ships were
such colossal undertakings that CCP assumed they had time to complete the code before
anybody could actually build one. The bit of code that allowed Titans to be
launched from a capitol shipyard hadn’t been written yet.
Within two minutes (after the ship had supposedly completed)
CCP developers were on the scene and privately met with CYVOK (CEO of Ascendant Frontier). They audited
the build operations, verified that everything needed for the construction was
present, and manually materialized an Avatar titan next to the shipyard.”
For me, as a veteran of 5+ years
ingame it is not the great sweep of event’s, not the naming of names that grabs
my interest… those of you who know me know I have no love lost for nullsec its
denizens or gameplay… I am a wormholer, a resident for nearly all of my EVE
life of the greatest space in EVE… Wormholes, AKA Anoikis. So I care little for
much that takes place on the other side of the sky from my beloved home.
No, nullsec itself means little
to me… BUT, the GAME means everything. And stuff like the above little tid-bit…
well, that shit just thrills me and Andrew’s book was WELL worth the money
invested… plus, I sent in $25… and the MSRP? $24.99… LOL
