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Brainstorming: EVE-Style Office Space Parody
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Amaroq Dricaldari
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-02-27 01:35:47 UTC
I am writing a script for an Office Space parody in EVE. Any suggestions? There is still alot of stuff I haven't decided on yet, such as the title.

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Zindela
Aegeonix Systems
#2 - 2012-02-27 02:20:37 UTC
Title: Serious Business
Amaroq Dricaldari
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-02-27 04:32:41 UTC
Zindela wrote:
Title: Serious Business

Are you sure about that? I think something like Empire Space or 1.0 Space or something like that would make more sense.

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FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#4 - 2012-02-27 16:42:55 UTC
Don't put "Space" in the name. That would lead people to expect it to be more like the movie than you can probably make it (and still be funny).

Before you write too much, watch Clear Skies (three parts) if you haven't already for an example of how to do it right.

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Adunh Slavy
#5 - 2012-02-27 17:39:39 UTC
The amount of exposition that will be required, by the characters, will be cumbersome if the setting is too small, such as the crew of a ship. Perhaps approach the story at the alliance level. Speak to the silly side of alliance politics and use meta-gaming and exploiting Eve's rather weak Corp Roles as the tools of your heroes. That will not be as cumbersome to manage, and most people can identify with it.

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FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#6 - 2012-02-27 18:12:36 UTC
Also, some good satire on the silliness of aggression mechanics could be entertaining.

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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#7 - 2012-02-27 19:17:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Nova Fox
"Uhm I am going to need you to complete those POS fuel reports."

"But but dats duh dats my Sabre."

"This plans ingenious we go though several thousand refinings a day and nobody notices the extra 0.01% efficenciey we have, so what normally would be lost on smaller refinings we can get ourselves in larger batches, and if we syphon off the extra minerals for our own and nobody would be the wiser!"

The next day the saber pilot disbands the allaince on accident during the reprocessing hiest.

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