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Dersen Lowery
The Scope
#101 - 2015-01-22 04:10:39 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile



Hell yes.

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I voted in CSM X!
Velarra
#102 - 2015-01-22 04:51:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Velarra
New technical Chronicles on the Eve website would be great, alongside some awesome Art too.

Just like:

http://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/the-spider-miner/

http://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/camera-drones/

http://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/aura/

The chronicles sure do inspire people to share the ambiance and soul of eve (kinda like advertising the world to potential new & current players) going so far as to read them aloud and make awesome recordings like this fine pilot here: http://www.evereader.org/

As for resources to cover the development- perhaps someone can go mumble something about 18 months to those folks who're playing -a free FPS that's funded by space ship pilots who subscribe to play eve-... on an old gen console. That uh, what's it called? Segabox or something? That, you know, some minor creative resources had to be diverted back to spaceship land? mmm?

Wouldn't that be awesome?!
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#103 - 2015-01-22 09:20:12 UTC
Velarra wrote:
New technical Chronicles on the Eve website would be great, alongside some awesome Art too.

Just like:

http://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/the-spider-miner/

http://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/camera-drones/

http://community.eveonline.com/backstory/chronicles/aura/

The chronicles sure do inspire people to share the ambiance and soul of eve (kinda like advertising the world to potential new & current players) going so far as to read them aloud and make awesome recordings like this fine pilot here: http://www.evereader.org/

As for resources to cover the development- perhaps someone can go mumble something about 18 months to those folks who're playing -a free FPS that's funded by space ship pilots who subscribe to play eve-... on an old gen console. That uh, what's it called? Segabox or something? That, you know, some minor creative resources had to be diverted back to spaceship land? mmm?

Wouldn't that be awesome?!

Sad state of affairs when we're asking for these things, when they would enrich the lore and backstory so much.

Help, I can't download EVE

President of the Commissar Kate Fanclub

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Komodo Askold
Strategic Exploration and Development Corp
Silent Company
#104 - 2015-01-22 09:43:29 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile

I would, completely! I'd love to have, for example, a Cross-Sections book like those of Star Wars ships and other vehicles.
Liafcipe9000
Critically Preposterous
#105 - 2015-01-22 12:25:57 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile


10/10 would PLEX for EVE Hardware Pawrn
Capt Handbanana
Blood Alcohol Content
T O P S H E L F
#106 - 2015-01-22 12:40:00 UTC
More nerd-sauce material to add to the collection. +1

I like beer.
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#107 - 2015-01-22 12:54:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Rain6637
Just for some context, the artbooks I couldn't stop myself from buying online and in brick and mortar stores were about $35 - $45 each. I don't know the count, but I know they fill four of those 50 gallon plastic storage tubs. In-game items are being undersold, and on their own the concept is kind of empty... but paired with an occasion, I think it's a good mix.

The best thing about a physical book, though, is color reproduction. Print is handled in CMYK, while monitors use RGB. If you were to get really fancy about the digital images, ship them in CMYK for printing purposes.

One way to handle DRM gracefully is embed the name of a pilot onto the ships somehow, maybe the way you see pilot and crewchief names stencilled on military aircraft. Hopefully there's a way to automate this per order, but even if there isn't, you gotta work for that money somehow, and digital goods have infinite scalability.

Help, I can't download EVE

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Baneken
Arctic Light Inc.
Arctic Light
#108 - 2015-01-22 14:53:31 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile



all you need to do is to check the star fleet technical manual on how to do such things in book format. Cool
Hoo Ji-Kyu
Deepsafe Orphanage Ltd.
#109 - 2015-01-22 14:56:38 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile



Honestly,

I think it would be very good if we'd work out the technical details into a (buyable) format. It will help people who like to write novels for example, or fanfiction writers a lot! Not only that, but often idea's proposed in very popular series end up developped years later, and who knows... it might contribute :D
Mineur Maulerant
Doomheim
#110 - 2015-01-22 15:41:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Mineur Maulerant
CCP Falcon wrote:
What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile


I think it would be cool. No, SUPER COOL!Big smile

I personally would like to see the layouts of some of the industry ships (especially the larger ones). It would be pretty neat to see the network of internal mechanisms and systems like freight elevators, the Rorqual (in both travel and deployed mode), assembly lines, conveyor systems, resource processors, cargo and drone bays, etc. Maybe some of the usual modules one would find on such ships could be attached and we could see their inner workings as well.

It would also be pretty awesome to see cutaways with the crew (if any) in our ships performing their typical tasks of maintaining some of the internal systems, repairing damage, etc. Anything really.

Books, posters, downloadable media, wallpapers, 3D models, anything. You put it in the store and I will buy it.

Vote Sabriz Adoudel for CSM 10
Ilandrin Yona
Doomheim
#111 - 2015-01-22 16:54:14 UTC
The lore is what got me interested in Eve to start with, so I love any additions or expansions to what lore is available, including something like this.

... ..... ....... ... ..... ....... ... ..... ....... ... ..... ....... ... ..... .......

My Eve Biography:

Ilandrin Yona
Kirith Kodachi
Stay Frosty.
A Band Apart.
#112 - 2015-01-23 13:08:53 UTC
AS the author of this document covering 23 ships from a couple years back, I strongly approve!
Ranger Feenix
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#113 - 2015-01-23 13:40:07 UTC
Kirith Kodachi wrote:
AS the author of this document covering 23 ships from a couple years back, I strongly approve!


Wow. Excellent work!

Lost in Space
cpu939
Blueprint Haus
Blades of Grass
#114 - 2015-01-23 15:04:50 UTC
my self i would love to see an eve version of this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Trek-Generation-Technical-Unnumbered/dp/0671704273

i would love it to over the ships and stations of eve
Dean Dewitt
Goat to Go
The Initiative.
#115 - 2015-01-23 16:37:47 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile




YES, I would love that :D
Rothar Luke
Did he say Jump
Deepwater Hooligans
#116 - 2015-01-23 19:12:11 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile




DO IT
Pliskkenn
Furious Destruction and Salvage
#117 - 2015-01-23 19:38:35 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile


Yes.
absolutely yes

Include graphs like the damage one dropped it reddit a and pawn it off as a concord report or something.


As long as it wasn't a limited run like Source was. Still disappointed I couldn't grab that because I wasn't sat at the PC comstantly waiting for it to come on sale.
Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
#118 - 2015-01-23 21:30:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Che Biko
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying-
Shut up and take my money!

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kelmiler delbone
Warcrows
Sedition.
#119 - 2015-01-23 21:59:02 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
This is something myself and CCP t0rfifrans have been talking about for some time now, some kind of ship inventory with a lot of techincal backstory and history of hulls in it.

What would you guys think of something like that? Would you be interested in buying some form of media completely devoted to technical backstory in EVE? Stuff like technical readouts, drawings, histories of hulls and their variants, that kind of thing?

Just wondering! Big smile



If it included some digital models in a format easily used to create videos with sure
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#120 - 2015-01-24 03:55:43 UTC
Ah, that's already possible, and the bad news is it's not easy.

Help, I can't download EVE

President of the Commissar Kate Fanclub

PLEX: A Giffen good? (It's 1B?)