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Eve History Book Kickstarter FYI

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Adantora Groentano
Historia New Eden
#21 - 2014-04-24 18:07:05 UTC
Magnus Cortex wrote:
Adantora Groentano wrote:
Magnus Cortex wrote:
Shut up and take my money


OKAY. Wait...****. I'll shut up now.


If you have never seen the Papyrus History of the First Great War it could be a good research/reference tool for this project Smile

http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1wypiv/papyrus_history_of_the_great_war/


Thanks for this. I've catalogued a few histories of the Great Wars, but hadn't seen this one yet.
BeBopAReBop RhubarbPie
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2014-04-24 18:09:50 UTC
Adantora Groentano wrote:
Thanks for posting this! I'm the author of the book, and I've been having trouble posting about it in the forums.

If anyone has any questions, be sure to let me know.

Shocked Dudette, your hair Shocked

Will this book include any low sec/high sec heist shenanigans such as the Guiding Hand Social Club and EIB, or is this strictly focused on null sec?

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mechtech
Ice Liberation Army
#23 - 2014-04-24 18:18:46 UTC
BeBopAReBop RhubarbPie wrote:
Adantora Groentano wrote:
Thanks for posting this! I'm the author of the book, and I've been having trouble posting about it in the forums.

If anyone has any questions, be sure to let me know.

Shocked Dudette, your hair Shocked

Will this book include any low sec/high sec heist shenanigans such as the Guiding Hand Social Club and EIB, or is this strictly focused on null sec?


Seconding this question.

Will the great financial scams of the last decade be cataloged? As a trader, those have much greater appeal to me than 0.0 warfare.
Adantora Groentano
Historia New Eden
#24 - 2014-04-24 18:23:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Adantora Groentano
BeBopAReBop RhubarbPie wrote:
Adantora Groentano wrote:
Thanks for posting this! I'm the author of the book, and I've been having trouble posting about it in the forums.

If anyone has any questions, be sure to let me know.

Shocked Dudette, your hair Shocked

Will this book include any low sec/high sec heist shenanigans such as the Guiding Hand Social Club and EIB, or is this strictly focused on null sec?

I'm keeping this focused on nullsec in the interest of clarity and consistency. That said, I'm certainly not opposed to discussing other regions if it has an impact that radiates into nullsec.

Edited to answer mechtech's addition:

Understood, same here. I think that's a subject that deserves its own book. A lot of those stories are fascinating, but to me it'd be like talking about economics or crime in a WW2 history book. It has its place if it impacts the war, but in general it's probably best to be given its proper due in another book.
KuroVolt
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2014-04-24 19:11:08 UTC
Giving this topic a well deserved bump!

BoBwins Law: As a discussion/war between two large nullsec entities grows longer, the probability of one comparing the other to BoB aproaches near certainty.
John Ending
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2014-04-24 19:17:31 UTC
Hardcover please
Adantora Groentano
Historia New Eden
#27 - 2014-04-24 19:49:49 UTC
John Ending wrote:
Hardcover please

I've had a few requests for that. I'll be keeping it in mind as a potential stretch goal. Just need to figure some things out with the printer.
Sexy Cakes
Have A Seat
#28 - 2014-04-24 19:52:59 UTC
KuroVolt wrote:
I trust that this book will cover CVA, the oldest null-sec entity in the game?

I mean..not that I'm biased or anything....

I am a little though.


There will be an entire chapter on the robe and wizard hat of space.

Not today spaghetti.
Gabriel Z
Krabulous
#29 - 2014-04-24 20:32:16 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#30 - 2014-04-24 20:57:23 UTC
Ok, kotaku article > blue tag , well played.

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MeBiatch
GRR GOONS
#31 - 2014-04-24 20:58:42 UTC  |  Edited by: MeBiatch
KuroVolt wrote:
I trust that this book will cover CVA, the oldest null-sec entity in the game?

I mean..not that I'm biased or anything....



I am a little though.



was not unity station made by ushra khan?

edit: did you have to get CCP permission to do this? as it seems you will be making RL money off of thier intellectual property.

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Ugh ti-di pooping makes me sad.
Gabriel Z
Krabulous
#32 - 2014-04-24 21:08:15 UTC
History, reporting, and biography don't require permission. Nor does satire, parody, etc.
KuroVolt
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2014-04-24 21:58:17 UTC
MeBiatch wrote:
KuroVolt wrote:
I trust that this book will cover CVA, the oldest null-sec entity in the game?

I mean..not that I'm biased or anything....



I am a little though.



was not unity station made by ushra khan?

edit: did you have to get CCP permission to do this? as it seems you will be making RL money off of thier intellectual property.


I mean oldest as oldest still active.

Sexy_Cakes wrote:
There will be an entire chapter on the robe and wizard hat of space.


There better be!

BoBwins Law: As a discussion/war between two large nullsec entities grows longer, the probability of one comparing the other to BoB aproaches near certainty.
Jaun Pacht-Feng
Doomheim
#34 - 2014-04-25 01:27:31 UTC
Considering that every player faction....Alliance....Corp...Player name is CCPs IP.

How are you going to go about using CCPs IP without getting sued?

Or is this Mittens needing another ego stroke and is basically writing this one himself?

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Perfect description of the biggest problem with Eve. 
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#35 - 2014-04-25 02:53:01 UTC
KuroVolt wrote:
I mean oldest as oldest still active.

U'K is still active (though a shell of its former self)

Yay, new coffee table book!

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DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#36 - 2014-04-25 03:12:17 UTC
Jaun Pacht-Feng wrote:
Considering that every player faction....Alliance....Corp...Player name is CCPs IP.

How are you going to go about using CCPs IP without getting sued?

Or is this Mittens needing another ego stroke and is basically writing this one himself?



he stated that he already talked to ccp and they are supportive, but again a blue tag would be nice to confirm.

And i had this idea a few years ago, but did not have the skill to actually write it. Once a blue tag confirms i'll drop you some $ i want this lol

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Gabriel Z
Krabulous
#37 - 2014-04-25 04:02:48 UTC
Jaun Pacht-Feng wrote:
Considering that every player faction....Alliance....Corp...Player name is CCPs IP.

How are you going to go about using CCPs IP without getting sued?

Or is this Mittens needing another ego stroke and is basically writing this one himself?

Have you never seen an "unauthorized biography"? That's code for, "we asked the person whether we could interview them, they said no, but we went ahead and wrote one using other sources." No permission is necessary. It's basic reporting.
Dalloway Jones
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#38 - 2014-04-25 04:08:44 UTC
Very cool.
Verite Rendition
F.R.E.E. Explorer
#39 - 2014-04-25 05:07:40 UTC
In for a copy. I was always impressed with the thoroughness of Andrew's EVE reporting when he was writing for the PA Report.
Salvos Rhoska
#40 - 2014-04-25 08:14:57 UTC
The author....

I have only one word to describe it.

"No".

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