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Did EVE China die?
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Mentorm
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-04-26 11:54:23 UTC
I bumped into a noob flying around in Space, I convoed him, as new players are rare these days. It soon transpired that he was from China, after a few google translate led exchanges it transpired that he said EVE China was closed. I went on eve offline and found this:

http://eve-offline.net/?server=serenity

Is CEVE dead? Did EVE finally die somewhere?
Whatayoke
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-04-26 11:56:33 UTC
it was too sandboxy for china.
Macks Artilius
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-04-26 11:56:35 UTC
Did you violence his boat?
Dr Prometheus
Gears of Construction
Gears Confederation
#4 - 2012-04-26 11:57:16 UTC
On a positive note; You cant die twice. So EVE cant die now.

Dude, where is my Quafe Megathron?
Diesel47
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-04-26 11:58:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Diesel47
What happened to eve china?



Found out:
http://news.mmosite.com/content/q/2012-01-17/chinese_eve_online_to_shut_down_servers.shtml


So I think something with the hosts of the servers going bankrupt... I think they are going to find a new hosting partner or something thou.
Anya Klibor
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-04-26 11:58:37 UTC
Dr Prometheus wrote:
On a positive note; You cant die twice. So EVE cant die now.


Knowing CCP, they'd forget to update EVE's clone after the first death.

Leadership is something you learn. Maybe one day, you'll learn that.
Ur235
Appetite 4 Destruction
#7 - 2012-04-26 11:58:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Ur235
Certainly looks like it, it was probably costing them too much to run with so few subscribers. The Chinese clearly dont like making their own content in a game it has to be fed to them or they loose interest.

Either that or the Chiense governamnt didnt like their citizens mixing with Americans and Europeans through a game so they forced CCP to close it down (this does actually sound plausible)

hmm
Sobach
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-04-26 11:59:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Sobach
as far as I know the publisher that worked with CCP in China went bankrupt, and cEVE is offline until the new publisher gets it back up and running, which is supposedly in a couple months.

Until then there's been a small influx of serenity players on TQ checking things out, and the general response I've seen is pretty positive, though many don't think they will stay due to UI language barrier

Also, IB4 Chribba!

(always wanted to say this)
Prophet Avater
Imperium Technologies
Sigma Grindset
#9 - 2012-04-26 12:00:20 UTC
Doesn't really affect us anyways.
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#10 - 2012-04-26 12:00:32 UTC
afaik they switched providers about 10 days ago and not sure if they are back up and running yet.

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Diesel47
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-04-26 12:03:16 UTC
Prophet Avater wrote:
Doesn't really affect us anyways.




I've heard great tales of Non-chinese eve players going on the chinese server and having a ton of fun. Things are different on there.
Diamonica Norya
Pro Synergy
#12 - 2012-04-26 12:05:09 UTC
googling said the original company in agreement with CCP that runs CEvE filed a bankruptcy few months back. Apparently checking eve-online.com.cn and it seems they have found a new partner based in shanghai to run EVE, and even better, CEvE used to be only updated to Tyrannis, now they have fully updated to Crucible.

though I still met players from China telling me CEvE is closing server in June, which I doubt it is still true but who knows.

One thing for sure is that CEvE ain't getting the Dust treatment.
Panhead4411
Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services
The Possum Lodge
#13 - 2012-04-26 12:05:46 UTC
Well, they are also in the midst of a nice crackdown/'Party" crusade, so that might also have something to do with it. Not sure why they still try to control how much information their general population can get from the interwebs...there are just too many sources to filter.

http://blog.beyondreality.se/shift-click-does-nothing    < Unified Inventory is NOT ready...
Mark Androcius
#14 - 2012-04-26 12:07:37 UTC
OMG :O we're gonna have more isk sellers in EVE now :/

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bornaa
GRiD.
#15 - 2012-04-26 12:10:37 UTC  |  Edited by: bornaa
Diesel47 wrote:
What happened to eve china?



Found out:
http://news.mmosite.com/content/q/2012-01-17/chinese_eve_online_to_shut_down_servers.shtml


So I think something with the hosts of the servers going bankrupt... I think they are going to find a new hosting partner or something thou.


New partner found:

http://community.eveonline.com/pressreleases/default.asp?pressReleaseID=77
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Pak Narhoo
Splinter Foundation
#16 - 2012-04-26 12:10:50 UTC
Quote:
EVE Online produced by CCP is a star wars-themed online game


Ugh
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-04-26 12:11:14 UTC
"EVE Online produced by CCP is a star wars-themed online game"

I'm not quite sure, but i think the writer needs a big smack on the head.
bornaa
GRiD.
#18 - 2012-04-26 12:15:11 UTC  |  Edited by: bornaa
But whats with merging idea (merging china with world server) from two years ago?

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010-08-05/cgdc_2010_eve_onlines_chinese_server_to_be_merged_with_its_world_server.shtml


Only then you could say that EVE don't have shards.
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Himnos Altar
An Errant Venture
#19 - 2012-04-26 12:17:20 UTC
Diesel47 wrote:
What happened to eve china?



Found out:
http://news.mmosite.com/content/q/2012-01-17/chinese_eve_online_to_shut_down_servers.shtml


So I think something with the hosts of the servers going bankrupt... I think they are going to find a new hosting partner or something thou.




did they just say EVE was star wars themed?

....

Dammit CCP you've been fooling us all this time! Where's mah Wookiee????
Mark Androcius
#20 - 2012-04-26 12:19:11 UTC
bornaa wrote:
But whats with merging idea (merging china with world server) from two years ago?

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010-08-05/cgdc_2010_eve_onlines_chinese_server_to_be_merged_with_its_world_server.shtml


Only then you could say that EVE don't have shards.


Well that's not entirely true, you see, you have the world.... and then you have china.
If india were to join EVE, they would need a separate server for that too.

Reason 1:
China and india both have about as much inhabitants as the rest of the world combined

Reason 2:
In china, bots are of organic nature ( if you know what i mean )

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