
Lord Zap
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Posted - 2005.08.08 15:10:00 -
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Originally by: Claude Leon
Originally by: Reiisha What the hell is TAOSP?
Ragnar's hat, what was that all about?
Why did the Stain Alliance and the Curse Alliance go to war all that time ago?
Who remembers the Coalition of Curse? (Or was it the Curse Coalition?)
What's the name of the first ever alliance? (you know, Krath, Endless, TTI and another one... Oh hell, can't remember!)
And who the hell is Kalsrith?????
All of this is stuff that has interesting stories behind it, humerous, epic, and many other things. Sadly, no one of the old days passes them on to the new players, and some of the old ones don't even bother to remember.
So, where is the REAL history of EVE, including all the fine details? Not just the year 105 overview we've been stuck with for over a year.
If i have time i think i'll gonna try and dig up a lot of stuff about the old days, make some sort of an EVE chronicle. Not your 2 page essay, more like an encyclopedia, a history book, which will be kept up to date and not be forgotten after it's finished.
Might be a lotta work, but this is one of the thigns that makes EVE so unique. There are real people in those stories, not your run-of-the-mill nameless guy on server 562 in country x of continent y.
I think thos events and people deserve to be remembered, or rather, presented to the newer people, as a way of more background stories in EVE besides the NPC plots that are going on there.
Of course, getting all that info will be hard now. Some sites have been changed or taken down (i loved the old TTi nexus), forums have been wiped clean, corps ahve died and people left the game. Hence, i don't expect it to be easy, and it might be impossible to get the objective facts about all those events. Still, as they say, history is written by the victors, yet we still take all those books for granted.
Tips on what should be included can be posted here, or mail me ingame with stuff you think that should be researched. I'll see how far i get.... Although it might be a while untill a first result is there :)
Oh, and don't worry about my objectivity, for those who distrust Evolution members. I won't be writing any flames or insults towards corps we've fought.... No point in that. But i guess you'll have to trust me on that....
P.S.: This is a sudden thought that came to me. I wonder whether i'm still this enthousiastic when i wake up tomorrow morning.
Make your own history. When I started EVE, that was day one for me. Forget the past and make the future. They call it HIStory for a reason.
People's actions in the past have shaped EVE and made it the game (for better or worse) it is today. Personally I find EVE's history fascinating. No other game has this element to it that I know of, probably due to server sharding, and closed nature of other online games.
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