Good morning fellow sociopaths and masochists! Boy, do I have a proposition for you today! You might have heard of EVE Online, probably the oldest MMO still around? Well, it's free now! Kinda. Free enough to have fun, at least.
You might have also heard that despite its respectable age, EVE has just seen the biggest fight in history a few hours ago, when Northern Coalition, Pandemic Legion, Pandemic Horde, Waffles, Mercenary Coalition and Darkness took out a massive Keepstar citadel owned by Circle of Two, a fight that took several days and had several thousand players involved. Essentially, Circle of Two claimed that they were sabotaged and couldn't use station defense, which meant the attackers got cocky and brought everything they had. That got Bomber's Bar and Spectre Fleet involved, two independent organizations specializing in stealth operations, with fleet members from many of the smaller organisations in the game. They blew up a couple dozen battleships, then Circle of Two announced that their Citadel was, in fact, fully armed and operational the whole time, and blew up Darkness' supercapital fleet. Circle of Two ultimately lost, but they made sure their opponents lost more than they did. While the major players moved massive fleets to the North to fight the Citadel, some previously uninvolved entities seized the opportunity in the South and took over a few of the now mostly abandoned systems there.
This is EVE's meta in a nutshell. Shit like this happens all the time, and you can be part of it if you want. Or you can fly small gangs through nullsec, in throw-away frigates, and there's a ton of fun to be had there as well. Or you can be a hard working miner and die of old age and boredom. Or you can be a highsec pirate and have the world hate you. Or you can stay docked in Jita and play the market all day. Also, we have the best bantz and the best propaganda in gaming (and yes, autism helps):
And something that isn't a dumb music video:
So yeah, why not give it a spin? it's probably more fun than you think. Or less. Depends on what you're doing and what you were expecting. Just don't play it alone. That's fucking boring. If you enjoy shit talking and not actually doing anything worthwhile, I can hook you up. Just message me in game ("Mari Hita"). Also, there's a referral thing which I'm not going to post.
