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Treasure Hunt with ISK Prizes in EVE: The Text Adventure

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Seismic Stan
Freebooted Junkworks
#1 - 2014-02-08 19:19:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Seismic Stan
"What if I told you they'd been lying to you?
"What if I told you there is more to see in your Captain's Quarters than they want you to see?
"What if I told you...
…The Door opens.”
- The sleeping engineer.

Curious about what it really means to be a capsuleer? Ever wondered about your ability to walk around in stations? Or maybe you're looking for a gateway to understanding the wider EVE community.

The answers you seek and more secrets besides can be found in EVE Online: The Text Adventure – Chapter One: The Broken Capsule, as featured on gaming news site, Massively.

If you can solve it, there are prizes. Read on for details...

MONEY FOR OLD HOPES
When Chapter One: The Broken Capsule has been solved and you have successfully escaped your Captain's Quarters, a link will be provided on the winning page (the real one, not the condescending 'you're doing well, here's a gold star' winning pages).

Following that link will take you to a location where being the first (maybe even the second) to submit any of the following information will net you a prize.

I will pay 50 million ISK to the first to achieve each of the following:

  • Earn 10 Titles
  • As you explore your quarters and the surrounding environs, you will encounter various situations and conditions which will grant you titles. These can be monitored on the SCORE page in the sidebar of the Broken Capsule “UI”. A full list must be provided.

  • Find the Regions
  • List all of the New Eden Regions which occur in the text. I won't tell you how many feature, but it's nowhere near as many as EVE's 66. Some of these may not be in context.

  • Devious Devs
  • Name all the CCP devs (past or present) who have been secreted in and around the Captain's Quarters in text or visual form.

  • Race to the Line
  • List every Race and Bloodline mentioned in the text. If you're not sure what you're looking for, EVElopedia is a very useful tool.

  • Systemic Gameplay
  • List every New Eden star system which occurs in the text. Look for funny words, often Nordic sounding. DOTLAN EveMaps is a handy reference tool if you find a suspicious word.

  • The Poetry of Combat
  • Hidden somewhere is a hallucinatory haiku (a 17 syllable, 3 line poem). What is it? No drugs required, but being dead helps.

    RULES:
    • The relevant information needs to be posted at the location provided on successful completion of Chapter One. Delivering the answers by any other means will not be accepted (or you'll just start spamming guesses).
    • Winners may claim any one or all of the prizes (Total :300m ISK).
    • Only entirely correct lists will be accepted. Missing answers or additional guesses will render the claim forfeit (and possibly give answers away to other potential claimants.)
    • Claimants should also post the name of the character to whom the prize should be sent.

    I hope you enjoy your Captain's Quarters experience.
    NightCrawler 85
    Phoibe Enterprises
    #2 - 2014-02-08 21:14:44 UTC
    This is actually a lot of fun!

    And am i the only one that get flash backs to Monkey Island while playing this? Lol
    Cara Forelli
    State War Academy
    Caldari State
    #3 - 2014-02-09 05:23:17 UTC
    I haven't tried it yet, but I LOVE this idea.

    Want to talk? Join my channel in game: House Forelli

    Titan's Lament

    Weylin Ormand
    Malevelon Roe Industries
    Convocation of Empyreans
    #4 - 2014-02-09 05:25:17 UTC
    I made it! Still trying to find everything now. The submission link hung up though, never went through. Stupid piece of crap work browser. Will try again at home.

    I mine so you can have the fuel to run your POS.

    Have you thanked a miner today?

    Seismic Stan
    Freebooted Junkworks
    #5 - 2014-02-09 05:35:32 UTC
    Weylin Ormand wrote:
    I made it! Still trying to find everything now. The submission link hung up though, never went through. Stupid piece of crap work browser. Will try again at home.

    That's odd. Let me know if it does it again and I'll look into it.