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TrinnySuzanna
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Posted - 2005.04.11 16:50:00 -
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Now that we are approaching the SECOND birthday of EVE and the universe seems to be in a complete state of turmoil I was wondering if there are any areas of tranquility and stability in the game 
1) Who were the first 10 corps formed when EVE went live and are any of them still alive and going strong?
2) Are there any corporations that have stuck to their original goals right from the start and still have significant numbers of 'old-timers' who have all stayed together?
3) What is the most famous Corporation to have dissappeared completely since EVE started?
4) What corporations do you think will still be around doing their thang two years from now?
5) Are there any pilots who have been in one corporation since ths start of EVE (who has the longest service to one corp in the game and is still active?)
That's it
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shivan
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Posted - 2005.04.11 16:54:00 -
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this was done about a year ago, the GM's made a list of the first 10 of everything
such as the first ten ships, first 10 chars, first 10 to kill stuff
first 10 to die, etc etc.
They also had the 10 oldist chars still alive and 10 oldist corps still going and active.
Dunno where it went tho... 
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Tyrrax Thorrk
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Posted - 2005.04.11 16:55:00 -
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1) There's a dev blog where you can look this up, m0o is one of 'em.
3) Endless Corporation ? Techell ? Space Invaders ?
5) Lots of them, bunch in Oberon Incorporated f.i.
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Wrangler
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Posted - 2005.04.11 16:59:00 -
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You know, whats always interested me to know is how many corps survived from beta to release and still exists today.
Since beta was very different and not everyone really knew how release would be, a lot of corporations built up systems that didn't work in release. So I think a lot of big corps never adapted and folded.
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Hardin
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Posted - 2005.04.11 17:23:00 -
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 Originally by: TrinnySuzanna
Now that we are approaching the SECOND birthday of EVE and the universe seems to be in a complete state of turmoil I was wondering if there are any areas of tranquility and stability in the game
1) Who were the first 10 corps formed when EVE went live and are any of them still alive and going strong?
2) Are there any corporations that have stuck to their original goals right from the start and still have significant numbers of 'old-timers' who have all stayed together?
3) What is the most famous Corporation to have dissappeared completely since EVE started?
4) What corporations do you think will still be around doing their thang two years from now?
5) Are there any pilots who have been in one corporation since ths start of EVE (who has the longest service to one corp in the game and is still active?)
That's it
Not sure I can answer all your questions but will try
1) PIE were in the first 10 corps founded in retail. Can't remember all the others but m0o were there also. I seem to recall that when this was done by the devs a year ago only 3/4 of the 10 were still active...
2) We still have a good bunch of 'old-timers'. Well me anyway though at the time PIE was pretty unkown then as never made a splash in beta.
3) I would say Oracle or Endless... simply because of the rep they had built up in beta. I know that officially Oracle corp still exists but it doesn't practically...
4) MASS. There from the start and have always known what they were doing. I don't expect them to go away soon under Trigger's leadership...
5) Me... Been in PIE since day one and still love it. Occasionally when all the management stress gets too much I do get tempted  I didn't join PIE till end day 1 or day 2 - can't remember anymore... so there is probably others with longer service than me.
I still, almost 2 years into this game, have never even flown (on any of my accounts) anything other than Amarrian ships  Maybe I should try that sometime
Re. Wranglers point about beta corps that didn't really make it when the game went live I would name a few simply by reputation alone. Although I am sure I will upset people
TTI - I know it's still going but apart from a few months at the start they gradually declined from prominence and the gigantic reputation they had when EVE went live (maybe that was deliberate). They seem to be bouncing back a bit.
Sabaoth - Fantastic roleplayers, great story, major historical impact on this game's development - Never pulled it off after retail.
Endless - One of the most famous beta corps that has suffered a slow and gradual decline...
There are also a few other corps which I remember had major impact on the EVE world at the start of retail which have gradually drifted from that position.
When corps like Everlasting Vendetta and Xanadu did things you sat up and took notice. They are both still here pulling strings but they don't seem (to me anyway) as influential as they once were 
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DeeCo
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Posted - 2005.04.11 17:25:00 -
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The longest running Player created corp is :-
drum roll
ColossusTechnologies(One of the Xetic founding corps from Beta to release too), created in beta, then created on first day of release, and still running now, all-though not as big as it used to be.
Proud to say I was part of it, but the dark side turned me.
Was really hard back in release after sufferring a major blow to the corp when the long standing directors decided they didn't like they way things were going and thus "ROBBED" us, causing many months of work to vanish, and really dis-hearten people. I still hold the vendetta for the previous directors. They really ruind the first months of Eve for me and many others.
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Hardin
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Posted - 2005.04.11 17:28:00 -
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Was it Colussus Technologies who had the first BS and brought it to fight a m0o gatecamp? Or was that someone else?
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Oosel
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Posted - 2005.04.11 17:29:00 -
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have been in same corp since beta as have a good few of our members......we tend to lurk around in the shadows though as ive found getting a name for yourself in eve tends to attract those scurvy one legged parrot carrying types into giving you plenty hassle.....ah fond memories of mining bist and ark in sunny daran with our pie buddies
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DeeCo
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Posted - 2005.04.11 17:38:00 -
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Edited by: DeeCo on 11/04/2005 17:40:16
No, when we got the BS's (2 megathrons) we Joined m0o :)
Myself and VerBle, we continued to support CTEC with isk and mod gifts as it was the whole of the corp that allowed us to ba able to buy these off X-traders.
I think it was RUS that took j0rts Dominix from him, i remember that being the first BS in game.
edit (ps for some strange reason, ever since the first and only rollback in EVE, my char employment history never shows my n00b corp or Ctec, and just says I was born into m0o)
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Stevo
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Posted - 2005.04.11 17:39:00 -
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M3G4 as I know it one of the first REAL pvp corps in the game, even though it died off for a bit, it is back and running in full swing....
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DeeCo
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Posted - 2005.04.11 17:44:00 -
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CTEC along with X-traders went off to fight M3g4 corp during the formation of STAIN.
They had the bistot, M3g4 didn't like all the new corps moving in, so started the war with the new and upcoming alliance. TRIGGER at the time asked for military support, and we armed up for assistance.
From what I remember, m3g4 didnt last too long against the multi stacked dmg mods and modulated energy beams. Withing a few minutes it was all over, and we came back home, all 140+ jumps of it.
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Stevo
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Posted - 2005.04.11 18:52:00 -
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I joined M3G4 back in the day as a n00b and didnt know much about what was going on I was just happy to be in a big corp with good fighters -
I think one memory that has lasted with me in eve is when I went to hakonen or obe to join m3g4 the first time I was met in my osprey by billy bob sitting at the gate with his arma (mind you this was at the time when there were no sentries in obe) and his stacked dmg mods, and he killed my bran new cruiser I had gotten a couple days before and he said "welcome to m3g4" and laughed 
/me thinks about the old days
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Dawson
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Posted - 2005.04.11 19:45:00 -
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Quote:
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yep were in the top 10 and still active.
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Dawson
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Posted - 2005.04.11 19:52:00 -
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Edited by: Dawson on 11/04/2005 19:53:31
First 10 Corporations (and still alive today)
Colossus Technologies, AdGen, PIE Inc., Ltd. Nihilism, New Birmingham Technologies UK, Critical Mass Enterprises, LoneStar Industries, Taggart Transdimensional, British Space Corporation, m0o Corp
remember this post was reported by Oveur | 2004.05.13 10:57:39 probbly out of date now.
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Posted - 2005.04.11 20:32:00 -
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Not BIG? I seem to remember them pre-release.
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Finley
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Posted - 2005.04.11 21:50:00 -
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1 year, 11 months, and 4 or 5 days, can't quite remember.
SGE is the only home that I have ever known. Started it up with Rampage and Angelsfist.
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Tesk Malloc
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Posted - 2005.04.11 22:01:00 -
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I think you'll find Hadean Drive Yards somewhere up there with the oldest corps still active.
Not sure of their exact ranking though.
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Random
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Posted - 2005.04.11 22:13:00 -
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Originally by: DeeCo
Edited by: DeeCo on 11/04/2005 17:40:16
No, when we got the BS's (2 megathrons) we Joined m0o :)
Myself and VerBle, we continued to support CTEC with isk and mod gifts as it was the whole of the corp that allowed us to ba able to buy these off X-traders.
I think it was RUS that took j0rts Dominix from him, i remember that being the first BS in game.
edit (ps for some strange reason, ever since the first and only rollback in EVE, my char employment history never shows my n00b corp or Ctec, and just says I was born into m0o)
And i still remember that day, when i was flying my maller of doom with 3 modulated hevy beams with 13.7 damigmod and 6 stamped heatsinks. Ahhh those where the days. + the MWD with only -15% to cap and shield helped alot to hehe
I think we bankerupt m3g4 in 2 days. But at the time geting a cruser was a hard work.
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Hampstah
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Posted - 2005.04.11 22:47:00 -
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My former Corp, Everlasting Vendetta was around from the beggining and though smaller from it's peak days, is still very active.
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Mitchman
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Posted - 2005.04.11 23:01:00 -
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Originally by: Hardin
Was it Colussus Technologies who had the first BS and brought it to fight a m0o gatecamp? Or was that someone else?
Cornexant lost the first BS in the game. They and Bladerunners were among the first 3 to get a BS BPO, afaik.
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Mitchman
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Posted - 2005.04.12 03:28:00 -
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Originally by: Random
And i still remember that day, when i was flying my maller of doom with 3 modulated hevy beams with 13.7 damigmod and 6 stamped heatsinks. Ahhh those where the days. + the MWD with only -15% to cap and shield helped alot to hehe
Btw, MWDs didn't have a penalty back then at all. My employment history is bugged too, I was in the third corp created, Ltd Nihilism, for a week before I moved on 
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Stepping Razor
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Posted - 2005.04.12 06:28:00 -
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Oberon was formed in beta and has existed ever since release without any downtime, closures, etc. I think about 8 members are left in Oberon of the beta-era players, who would all fit your number 5 question, plus tons like myself who joined later on.
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Elithiomel
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Posted - 2005.04.12 06:36:00 -
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TTi was formed before the beta testing started.
They were one of the first corps formed when the game went live and they still exist today.
They went through a few leadership changes, but the core of TTi is still the same type of player as the original TTi.
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Technolisa
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Posted - 2005.04.12 08:16:00 -
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RUS has been playing since Beta phase 3 or 4 , and its was j0rt and yuew (cant spell his name) who lost their new Dominixes in 2 on 2 fight vs 2 RUS Armageddons in Curse.
Good old days ehh ppl started screaming that we had 7 1400mm on our Armageddons but in fact we used medium dual 425mm Scout projectile atrelery (yes Dual 425 , they changed them later to 650mm hehe) and 7 Gyro's dmg mod on those 425 was around 20-21 depending on the skilsl u had, it was that high becuz the Surgical strike added bonus to ur stabs  back then...
good old days 
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MickeyFinn
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Posted - 2005.04.12 08:23:00 -
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Originally by: Oosel
have been in same corp since beta as have a good few of our members......we tend to lurk around in the shadows though as ive found getting a name for yourself in eve tends to attract those scurvy one legged parrot carrying types into giving you plenty hassle.....ah fond memories of mining bist and ark in sunny daran with our pie buddies
Oosel has actually been around forever - he was one of the first beta testers on "abacus" an archeic counting device devised in the days of Plato and Socrates.
But seriously, I know Amarr Internal Contruction where a beta corp that are still going - Gimmelots their CEO has never been in any other corp. And PIE are as old as the hills!
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Katt
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Posted - 2005.04.12 19:51:00 -
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Solar Wind Corporation was formed in beta, and again on the first day of retail. We still have several original members, and plenty of new faces as well.
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Tenacha Khan
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Posted - 2005.04.12 20:43:00 -
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longest stints
well i saw a guy the other day with 1yr and 11months, i think thats the longest ive seen
But in pirate corps, the longest ive seen is jokers, i think they have been in there for 1yr 10months, Tundragon has ceo 1yr 8months (but is kinda inactive). Most other pirate corps have quit then reformed and such.
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Masi
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Posted - 2005.04.12 21:05:00 -
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Yes i belive Cornexant had the first scorp with a BPO bought with Bladerunners i also think they lost it first to m0o.
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widgetman
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Posted - 2005.04.12 21:21:00 -
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I have the loneliest..........only me in my own corp for 1 year and nearly a month... ..no one has ever joined and i have never moved..but i spent nearly 10 months away and have rejoined.........bloody patches are getting worse....they need to spend some of our money on servers and staff ......
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Anarra Shade
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Posted - 2005.04.12 21:43:00 -
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another interesting fact is I'd be interested to know who has the most skill points and what number that is :)
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Falhofnir
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Posted - 2005.04.12 21:46:00 -
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Edited by: Falhofnir on 12/04/2005 21:46:37
Originally by: Hardin
Was it Colussus Technologies who had the first BS and brought it to fight a m0o gatecamp? Or was that someone else?
no, it was Cornexant Inc. AND I SHOT DOWN STAVROS ON THAT DAY. YAY!
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Chasseur Aveugle
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Posted - 2005.04.12 21:47:00 -
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Originally by: DeeCo
The longest running Player created corp is :-
drum roll
ColossusTechnologies(One of the Xetic founding corps from Beta to release too), created in beta, then created on first day of release, and still running now, all-though not as big as it used to be.
Proud to say I was part of it, but the dark side turned me.
Was really hard back in release after sufferring a major blow to the corp when the long standing directors decided they didn't like they way things were going and thus "ROBBED" us, causing many months of work to vanish, and really dis-hearten people. I still hold the vendetta for the previous directors. They really ruind the first months of Eve for me and many others.
LoL I remember CT my first corp from beta.
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Vortex Freeman
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Posted - 2005.04.12 22:19:00 -
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Edited by: Vortex Freeman on 12/04/2005 22:21:32
Roving Guns Inc. should be one of the oldest corporations in EVE. As the founder, not having left RG ever, I must be one of the guys who spent the most time in any single corp. The only corp I've ever been in.
Roving Guns Inc. has no plans of diminishing and we are as strong as ever, always been going in sortof a mid-gear because we have members all over the globe which makes it more difficult to coordinate operations. RG is a very relaxed corp and our members enjoy more freedom than in most other corps. We have many veteran players and is a pretty tight group. And yes RG existed in beta as well.
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Elithiomel
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Posted - 2005.04.12 22:25:00 -
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Originally by: Anarra Shade
another interesting fact is I'd be interested to know who has the most skill points and what number that is :)
Just keep an eye on the Skills forum. There are regular threads in there for all the old timers to post their skills on.
Currently it is beleived that Dr Scope is the highest and i think he clicked over the 30mil mark a few weeks ago.
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Posted - 2005.04.13 06:03:00 -
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Edited by: Omber Zombie on 13/04/2005 11:38:30
Originally by: Elithiomel
Just keep an eye on the Skills forum. There are regular threads in there for all the old timers to post their skills on.
Currently it is beleived that Dr Scope is the highest and i think he clicked over the 30mil mark a few weeks ago.
Caymus is the highest skillpoint, player created character out there (as far as anyone knows).
As for Critical Mass Enterprises - it's still running, so is up there with PIE in longest running, not sure if any of the original members still have characters in teh corp or not, most ohave left the game. It was also a Beta corp, they won one of the stations.
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2005.04.13 08:51:00 -
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Originally by: Elithiomel
Originally by: Anarra Shade
another interesting fact is I'd be interested to know who has the most skill points and what number that is :)
Just keep an eye on the Skills forum. There are regular threads in there for all the old timers to post their skills on.
Currently it is beleived that Dr Scope is the highest and i think he clicked over the 30mil mark a few weeks ago.
The last I heard, Doctor Caymus had the most SPs.
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Posted - 2005.04.13 09:18:00 -
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CCP listed the firt 10 corps etc. awhile back...
Since every item seem to have an ID perhaps CCP could assist this thread by looking up the first 10 BS, BS BPO, etc.
It's always interesting to know the true history of eve :D
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Posted - 2005.04.13 09:20:00 -
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Xanadu corp were a part of the eve community like a few others from around 10 months before beta release. We had a substantial number of members, some of who still play today, in every stage of the beta - i recall we owned the first POS in the beta, among other things. Because Xanadu is a multi game community there are still a large number of original xanadus from the beta or first weeks of gameplay still playing today.I have people who have been playing in Xanadu since creation in 1998.
Our goals have always remained the same with a commercial core supporting the majority of the alliance which is why xanadu members want for nothing. Our commercial enterprises started literally from the first few days and continue with of course todays extensive tech2 stocks. I think we can safely say that anyone in eve who has bought off the market has purchased xanadu items at some time in their career. As is the general gist of eve these days we are now much more military orientated in response to a rise in pirate corporations.
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TornSoul
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Posted - 2005.04.13 17:17:00 -
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Originally by: hired goon
Not BIG? I seem to remember them pre-release.
My EVE copy was 5'ish days late (dont recall excactly) so the creation of BIG in release got a bit delayed due to that - Thus we are not in the 'top 10 of earliest corps created'
But yes - We've been around since Beta, and the corp still works the same way it's always done.
I think we have a good handfull of beta players still - Yours truly included.
And did you know - The BIG Lottery is the longest running player 'thing' /'event'/whatever.
Its been running since beta as well (had a single round at the end of Beta - and its been runnning ever since)
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Juniper
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Posted - 2005.04.13 17:48:00 -
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1 year 10 months and 11 days here.
Still soloing... no matter what CCP say I should be.
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Posted - 2005.04.13 18:10:00 -
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Endless corp was the pwn in beta.
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Cowboy
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Posted - 2005.04.13 18:15:00 -
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Hadean Drive Yards has been around since the beginning beta and is still very active to this day.
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Posted - 2005.04.13 18:56:00 -
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I year 9 months o/
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Zophi
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Posted - 2005.05.17 10:37:00 -
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Originally by: Hardin
Was it Colussus Technologies who had the first BS and brought it to fight a m0o gatecamp? Or was that someone else?
That was Cornexant (CNX). Cornexant was later reformed as Cornexant Inc. (CNXi) and ultimately merged with Xanadu.
We (I played in CNX with another char back then) lost the battleship to m0o BTW. Cant remember the type of the Battleship though...
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Posted - 2005.05.17 11:29:00 -
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hehe - damn, isn't it great to be a member of the oldest corp in the game? 
We still have quite a few of our original members active and are expanding nicely... Feel free to join us.
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Rod Blaine
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Posted - 2005.05.17 11:33:00 -
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Mau, you forum *****... recruit in the recruitment section nub
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Mauriceg Offtopica
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Posted - 2005.05.17 11:42:00 -
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Me? Recruit? Never.... ;)
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Sarkos
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Posted - 2005.05.17 12:17:00 -
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Oracle was started during Beta4 and though now part of Masuat'aa Matari, many of us still consider Oracle as active.
Huzzah, Omega, Haydin Drive, Oberon, BSC, PIE, MASS, EV, these are some other old timers.
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2005.05.17 12:19:00 -
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Originally by: Sarkos
Oracle was started during Beta4 and though now part of Masuat'aa Matari, many of us still consider Oracle as active.
oracle is as alive as sabaoth is, though ;/
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Winterblink
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Posted - 2005.05.17 17:56:00 -
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Ahhh, Colossus. Was a member of that myself, a ways back. Awesome corporation.
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Posted - 2005.05.17 18:45:00 -
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Originally by: Chasseur Aveugle
Originally by: DeeCo
The longest running Player created corp is :-
drum roll
ColossusTechnologies(One of the Xetic founding corps from Beta to release too), created in beta, then created on first day of release, and still running now, all-though not as big as it used to be.
Proud to say I was part of it, but the dark side turned me.
Was really hard back in release after sufferring a major blow to the corp when the long standing directors decided they didn't like they way things were going and thus "ROBBED" us, causing many months of work to vanish, and really dis-hearten people. I still hold the vendetta for the previous directors. They really ruind the first months of Eve for me and many others.
LoL I remember CT my first corp from beta.
I was there. Good times.
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Kronarty
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Posted - 2005.05.17 21:51:00 -
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Originally by: Zophi
Originally by: Hardin
Was it Colussus Technologies who had the first BS and brought it to fight a m0o gatecamp? Or was that someone else?
That was Cornexant (CNX). Cornexant was later reformed as Cornexant Inc. (CNXi) and ultimately merged with Xanadu.
We (I played in CNX with another char back then) lost the battleship to m0o BTW. Cant remember the type of the Battleship though...
If my memory serves me well it was a Scorpion and it fell to a nicely executed loot can lagfest in mara or passari?
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