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Kathtrine
My Dot Corp
#61 - 2014-04-17 06:53:11 UTC
Chu Ni wrote:

Hello all,
I'm rather new to Eve but in my short time here, I have found that there are a decent amount of people who invite other players to duel but to no avail. I myself have invited several people to dual and been unsuccessful in getting an accept from the other party. I was thinking, why not have an area where people could go to just hang out around where all/most of the people there also want to duel.

So i wanted to ask the community if having a corporation (i was thinking of starting one for this) set up shop in a location and offering a sort of gladiatorial combat area for other players to come and hang out or duel would be a thing some people wanted. I'm sure you are wondering among other things why a corporation would be needed for this. Well the truth is you really don't, but as most people in this game I want ISK. Considering that these are a list of "services" the corporation would offer.



  • Dueling prize money(i.e. two parties give an entrance fee, one winner of the duel gets the pot minus a percentage)
  • Allow bidding on such activities (people watch a duel and place bets on the winner, winner(s) split the pot minus a percentage)
  • tournaments with prizes


Now obviously there would be rules in place, such as but not limited too:


  • If you warp out or for any reason leave the dueling area designated you will forfeit the match
  • If you cheat in any way you will forfeit (cheating? like i said rather new so not sure about that one)
  • the losers wreck is (obviously) open for the winner to inspect and take what they want
  • Winnings will only be received upon destruction of the persons ship (not their capsule although if you wish to kill it, fine)
  • Winnings will only be handed out to those who pay the entrance fee (so don't start a random duel then ask for your money)
  • bets can only be placed on one ship at a time (to keep this simple and easy to deal with)


Now obviously, these are just some rough details but I really like this idea and just wanted to know if people wanted it/ would actually participate. I'm open for constructive criticism and ideas. Talk to me here or in game if you wish to join me in creating this or just want to play with my noob self.



have you tried Jita 4-4? I seem to get a lot, well before I found the block all duels button, requests in Jita, Hek, Amarr, places like that...

You know the scummy places of Eden.

[b]If your griefing about EvE online and still paying for it, your hooked and CCP has done thier job.

Now go blow somebodies ship up and stop whining about whatever your are lacking.[/b]
Ira Black
Perkone
Caldari State
#62 - 2014-04-17 13:02:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Ira Black
If you want CCP to "make" this:
- Do a bit of research before posting this old idea for a pvp arena
- What part of "sandbox" did you miss?
- Go back to WoW

If you're looking for opinions on whether setting it up yourself will attract participants:
- Just try it. Think about advertising it tho. People can't join if they're not aware of its existence
- Good job on at least trying to generate player-driven content.

For advice on how to proceed I would suggest searching the forum. Several older posts have people giving out pretty thought through advice and pointing out some of the difficulties you may encounter.

Edit:
And ofcourse I have to edit my own post. Imagine me being pro and reading properly.... You finish your post with "if you want to join me setting this up". Which leads me to believe the first option I mentioned isnt really the case. So; GL and plz post again if it becomes a raging succes.
Othran
Route One
#63 - 2014-04-17 16:54:46 UTC
There are hundreds of systems in null you could "duel" in for weeks and never see another soul.

Just go to Great Wildlands (the land the devs forgot after screwing up sov), get off the main pipe and the most you'll see is a startled ratter who runs away immediately.

Eve needs Arenas like it needs Dust Straight