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Denton Frax
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Posted - 2009.12.08 19:49:00 -
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Just a little introduction: I'm currently a 3rd year university student of politics and international relations, along with being a smalltime player in eve.
Due to my dissertation being next year, we have been encouraged to start planning for it and to get a general outline hammered out by May 2010.
Having decided to think outside the box, IĈm currently toying with the idea of using the internal politics of eve as the subject of my dissertation. Specifically, IĈm considering the concepts of realism, balance of power, arms races and economics.
Eve is unique among online games being that it has a massively complex economy, unparalleled levels of freedom, and a highly complex political scene.
If I were to take on this project, how would I go about gathering data? Raw statistical data would either be gained via killboards, or if possible, direct from CCP.
Thanks in advance.
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Virgil Travis
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.12.08 19:51:00 -
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A start might be to keep an eye on the new Sovereignty sceen, especially the Changes tab, that might give you some starting point to look for who you might approach, show you who the big players are, certainly in 0.0. Just click on the new Sovereignty link in the top left corner of the screen.
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Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
Maru Ka'ge
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Posted - 2009.12.08 19:56:00 -
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This actually isn't the first time someone from the player community itself has done an academic study of this game. At the time I was too involved with my own dissertation research which is far removed from the subject of MMO's to get into this stuff so I don't recall who it was who did the studies or how much progress they made. You may be able to dig it up on Eve-Search though.
But yeah, the sov mechanics are probably a good starting point, unless you're going to do a study on a corp or alliance itself and the interactions in that internal political scene. A colleague of mine did a paper on a WoW guild but it wasn't a big enough project to published, unfortunately. But the point is that researching this sort of thing is perfectly viable if you plan your study right.
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Ranger 1
Amarr
Dynaverse Corporation
Vertigo Coalition
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Posted - 2009.12.08 19:57:00 -
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In fact it might be a good idea to start taking dated screen captures of that screen so that you have a day by day view of the changing political landscape in EVE over a period of time.
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Barakkus
Caelestis Iudicium
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Posted - 2009.12.08 19:58:00 -
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EVE Central is a good source for market data.
The sov map is a good source for political/millitary data.
Interviewing the holding corp CEOs of the big alliances would probably be pretty good for the political side of things. Might want to post something fishing for interviews in CAOD if you can post in there.
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Denton Frax
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Posted - 2009.12.08 20:10:00 -
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Again, this is still currently at the theoretical stage, it is currently my best idea.
Since my focus on this in terms of grade, is to getting the Methodology right, and then using the datasets to reach conclusions based on the evidence that i find.
Again, using specific concepts and how they relate to the eve universe.
I'm still currently torn between comparing EvE to the real world, or focusing entirely on the EvE universe, without a major look at the theoritical and ideological differences between EvE and real life.
In terms of support for this, what i would mostly require is raw data and the means to process it. For example, expenditure by certain alliances, the rush for capital ships (historical data when capships were just released) and concept of corp intelligence on the decision making process.
However, to give this data context, interviews with major players within alliances, and perhaps even members of the CCP team, would be required.
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Joe Starbreaker
The Fighting Republicans
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Posted - 2009.12.08 20:53:00 -
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What you should probably do is take an important theory from your field, and show how it is different in a virtual world, using EVE as an example. The neat thing about doing research in a virtual world is that it gives you a "control" case for some of the things you study in the real world.
I don't know your field, but let's say for example there's a theory that says fear of annihilation is a major driver of a nation's willingness to pursue diplomacy. Well, in EVE, there's no such thing as "fear of annihilation" (you could do a survey to confirm this) and if you showed that the willingness to pursue diplomacy was also absent, then you'd have a valuable proof of the theory.
Obviously pick a real theory that is timely and important to your field.
Or, you could do a fun study comparing Goonswarm to global Islamofascism (with BOB being analogous to Israel). That'd be hilarious.
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Dani SP
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Posted - 2009.12.08 21:16:00 -
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hehe I was wondering about doing an economic one, as im studying a MBA.
but dont want my teachers to think im a nerd 
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