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Fourier
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:12:00 -
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Howdy all =).
How big is the chance of CCP printing a book??
I think that most of the short stories and other stuff that CCP write on the subject EVE is really good.....and since I live a second life in EVE also very interesting.
I would really much like to see these short stories (ex "Ruthless" by Tony Gonzales, and others perhaps all of the info under the tab "backstory" on EVE-online.com) printed in a real Hardbacked book or even just a paperbacked book.
Even though I have read most of it I would by a copy.
Any one else got thoughts on this subject??
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Frank Horrigan
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:15:00 -
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i would buy it.
i need something to read at school when im not doing anything. like at lunch.
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Jakk Graiseach
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:15:00 -
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They could make an eBook of them all at least. In fact, I think I may download them all and make one for myself 
A printed copy of all the fiction, in hardback, would get an order from me too though 
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Lig Lira
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:17:00 -
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I would buy it too
Which PA character are you?
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:18:00 -
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Probably a book of short stories, a history of the development cycle upto Exodus, and some artwork/screenshots. All in a paperback/coffee table sized book.
I'd buy it.
ex P-TMC
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:23:00 -
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Instead, how about CCP release a decent player manual?
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Malena VXXI
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:26:00 -
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I would buy the book with the stories.
If it turn up like printed and Hardbacked
maybe a also a dvd with the interview with the devs
"I know it exist I got them in my hd"
and some backstories how they come up with the idea of EVE.
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Malena VXXI
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:28:00 -
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Originally by: Joshua Calvert
Instead, how about CCP release a decent player manual?
well they did in pdf manual
only probs its down for some reasons?
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Weeman
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:45:00 -
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Originally by: Joshua Calvert
Instead, how about CCP release a decent player manual?
Because you muppet, after 3-6 months it would be hideously out of date
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MrRookie
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:52:00 -
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Originally by: Weeman
Originally by: Joshua Calvert
Instead, how about CCP release a decent player manual?
Because you muppet, after 3-6 months it would be hideously out of date
The curent manual I got when buying the CD the first time is so out of date, it is more usefull with Starc Craft 
Wouldnt hurt if they released a new one witch is more usefull after Exodus with all the new stuff etc.
A book would be cool however !
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2005.02.10 11:58:00 -
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Hardcover book, with all the art included -> I'll buy it.
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Tsavong Lah
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Posted - 2005.02.10 13:04:00 -
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Edited by: Tsavong Lah on 10/02/2005 13:05:58
Originally by: Discorporation
Hardcover book, with all the art included -> I'll buy it.
Yep, would be a good coffee-table hogger, and a nice way to force/recruit friends to play EVE.
Something in a similar style to travel books (example linky).
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Sophia Germain
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Posted - 2005.02.10 13:06:00 -
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Edited by: Sophia Germain on 10/02/2005 13:06:09
I wouldn't buy a book that's bound to include several patches released later on, ones that you have to glue in yourself ;)
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Manny Tanato
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Posted - 2005.02.10 13:35:00 -
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Before they get round to writing a book, I would think it prudent for them to write a MANUAL for this game. You guys think too highly of CCP IMO.
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Dice Morgan
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Posted - 2005.02.11 04:38:00 -
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On current form:
Chapters 3, 7, 9 and 12 would be missing.
Chapter 6 would be removed because someone, somewhere said it wasn't glowing enough about pirates.
Chapters 3 and 9 would show up six months late and full of typos.
Chapters 7 and 12 would be quietly forgotten about when the sequel was announced.
Oh, and the "Note From The Author" page would be blank, possibly with a pattern of rolling tumbleweed.
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Skogen Gump
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Posted - 2005.02.11 05:52:00 -
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Edited by: Skogen Gump on 11/02/2005 05:52:03
It's just the Geek in me but I think an EVE technical manual with information about the history of EVE Gate and some of the technology, like the stuff here, would be really cool ... nice big coffee table size book :)
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Wrangler
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Posted - 2005.02.11 08:44:00 -
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Ok, if you think about it, fiction guys would be the ones writing a book, do you really want them to write a manual? 
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ManchesterTart
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Posted - 2005.02.11 08:54:00 -
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Originally by: Wrangler
Ok, if you think about it, fiction guys would be the ones writing a book, do you really want them to write a manual?
They wrote the patch notes then? That was a work of pure fiction......
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Lygos
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Posted - 2005.02.11 09:13:00 -
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Even the pdf manual doesn't cover some basics that just don't change substantively over time. Actually it might, I probably only perused 2/3s of it to kill time. I still have to explain optimals and falloffs to every new player. Not that I mind, but it is true that there is a mountain of static literature.
Of course, I also like that bits of information about eve is littered throughout the huge and sprawling playerbase-created databases forums and players themselves. It plays into the aura of eve as taking place in a schizophrenic, futurist landscape. EVE certainly is blessed with one of the most creative, studious, and well-propertied populations.
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Wrangler
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Posted - 2005.02.11 09:17:00 -
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Originally by: ManchesterTart
Originally by: Wrangler
Ok, if you think about it, fiction guys would be the ones writing a book, do you really want them to write a manual?
They wrote the patch notes then? That was a work of pure fiction......
I wub you too. 
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Selim
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Posted - 2005.02.11 09:35:00 -
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I think they should release a manual saying that Charisma and Willpower kick ass and are the best attributes.
Oh wait, they already did...
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kieron
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Posted - 2005.02.11 15:57:00 -
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A range of books are in the future, including more fiction, artwork and perhaps even a "technical readout" of the ships in the game. There has been discussion about a quarterly EVE magazine/suppliment with ship fitting suggestions from TomB. The online Player Guide will continue to be expanded and kept up to date.
Hardcopy books were delayed due to the Exodus release crunch, a lack of time and resources. Now that time and resources have freed up, some effort will be returned to this project.
kieron
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Hakera
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Posted - 2005.02.11 16:10:00 -
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hardcopy books are not that useful as we all know they become rather dated very quickly (the original manual). An online version is much easier to update and quite sensible for MMOG's.
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MaiLina KaTar
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Posted - 2005.02.11 16:11:00 -
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Originally by: Discorporation
Hardcover book, with all the art included -> I'll buy it.
Same here. Nothing beats a decent evening on the couch reading a sci-fi novel 
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Skogen Gump
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Posted - 2005.02.11 16:18:00 -
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Edited by: Skogen Gump on 11/02/2005 16:18:33
Originally by: MaiLina KaTar
Same here. Nothing beats a decent evening on the couch reading a sci-fi novel
Apart from an evening sat in a comfy chair playing EVE
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Juniper
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Posted - 2005.02.11 16:51:00 -
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Originally by: Wrangler
Ok, if you think about it, fiction guys would be the ones writing a book, do you really want them to write a manual?
Now Wrangler, if you think about it, the original user manual was a work of pure fiction - so why not let them re-write it? Might as well compound the errors, eh?
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DeMundus
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Posted - 2005.02.11 19:04:00 -
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Edited by: DeMundus on 11/02/2005 19:05:49
Guys read "The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton", its bigger and better than lord of the rings.
3 books each 1400 pages eve related stuff;)
EvE devs. has alot of inspiration from that trilogy, trust me:)
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Demarcus
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Posted - 2005.02.11 19:16:00 -
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Originally by: Fourier
Howdy all =).
How big is the chance of CCP printing a book??
I think that most of the short stories and other stuff that CCP write on the subject EVE is really good.....and since I live a second life in EVE also very interesting.
I would really much like to see these short stories (ex "Ruthless" by Tony Gonzales, and others perhaps all of the info under the tab "backstory" on EVE-online.com) printed in a real Hardbacked book or even just a paperbacked book.
Even though I have read most of it I would by a copy.
Any one else got thoughts on this subject??
Let them get around to printed instructions and a guide before we worry about fiction.
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Xrak
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Posted - 2005.02.11 19:21:00 -
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Originally by: kieron
A range of books are in the future, including more fiction, artwork and perhaps even a "technical readout" of the ships in the game. There has been discussion about a quarterly EVE magazine/suppliment with ship fitting suggestions from TomB. The online Player Guide will continue to be expanded and kept up to date.
Hardcopy books were delayed due to the Exodus release crunch, a lack of time and resources. Now that time and resources have freed up, some effort will be returned to this project.
A nice hard/soft back book would be really nice. With all the short stories, chronicles and then some info pages on ships like have a pic of their bp as the background and then the hosrtory of the ship, the stats (not nessacery the ingame ones like cap recharge but things like size and age) and maybe even some short stories from the eve-online galnet library forum ( I am sure there are lots of writers out there who would love to write a nice story for a compotition to get it in a book)
I just hope that the book would be available from places other then the eve-store which imo is way too overpriced atm.
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Lygos
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Posted - 2005.02.11 19:26:00 -
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Please find continental publishers though. I have a sneaking suspicion that I won't be able to afford the shipping costs otherwise.
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2005.02.11 19:27:00 -
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I would like to see a good book of EVE's backstory. Would be good in many ways - attract more people to eve, give something for eve players to read, etc.
Would work out very well imo. EVE has one of if not the best back stories I have ever seen, that should be taken advantage of.
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Elad Baan
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Posted - 2005.02.11 19:32:00 -
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Originally by: kieron
A range of books are in the future, including more fiction, artwork and perhaps even a "technical readout" of the ships in the game.
Instead of expanding the background on the website or in PDFs, how about including what's already there in the game? I'd prefer to have an NPC in-game talking to me about some cool eye candy stuff rather than having to read it in a chronicle... (and, of course, actually adding the mentioned eye candy in space for us to see!).
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There has been discussion about a quarterly EVE magazine/suppliment with ship fitting suggestions from TomB.
That would be fun! Especially if there's a submission system for players to write columns in there...
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Henka
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Posted - 2005.02.11 22:40:00 -
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It just hapends im reading the nights dawn triology, got the first book from a friend as X mas gift, and when i read that one finnished i noticed there was TWO MORE..
so i got them today, yay.. 1250 times 2 more pages to read :)
and i highly recomend them.. im impressed by the "real" sci-fi he writes, esp the parts with the commandos (or what you can call them, living tanks? or computer controled flesh? this is one of the first sci-fi "soldiers" i can pretty much imagine will exist in some hundred years..)
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Selim
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Posted - 2005.02.12 09:51:00 -
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Originally by: kieron
and perhaps even a "technical readout" of the ships in the game. There has been discussion about a quarterly EVE magazine/suppliment with ship fitting suggestions from TomB. The online Player Guide will continue to be expanded and kept up to date.
I'd really like those technical readout things, tell me more about what you mean by it though. I'd like to hear about the stories about the creation of the ships, their intended purpose, battles they have been in, etc. But a book or three about the history of EVE would be great. You'd really have to make up alot of stuff, though, since most of the story is blank, save for a few events that are explained, like the amarr/jove war and things like that.
As far as ship-fitting suggestions, don't do that. It would just go even further to make all ships have cookie-cutter setups.
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Amaron Ghant
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Posted - 2005.02.12 11:32:00 -
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Edited by: Amaron Ghant on 12/02/2005 11:33:44
CCP releasing a book?
"CCP. Software testing and patch deployment. The do nots"
Heh heh sorry couldn't resist. I'll go keelhaul myself by way of apology.
A technical readout of ships would be good. trouble is it would change after every patch
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2005.02.12 15:25:00 -
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Nice artwork beats wallpaper anyday
NO matter what the people from House Invaders may say, artwork looks the pretty
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Aion Amarra
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Posted - 2005.02.12 16:35:00 -
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Instead of ship fittings I'd rather like to see articels about each ship and item type, pros and cons, stuff like that.
Neways. I'd love to see books about the background story.
Even better would be books about the adventures of some characters in the EVE universe though.
Kinda like Egosoft did it with the X Series. (Did they actually translate the books into English...?)
I'm worried about shipping costs, though.
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Admiral Pieg
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Posted - 2005.02.12 16:42:00 -
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Originally by: Discorporation
Hardcover book, with all the art included -> I'll buy it.
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Please ccp, make it happen!
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