Jaabaa Prime
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Posted - 2006.01.03 05:10:00 -
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Edited by: Jaabaa Prime on 03/01/2006 05:12:17
Let's put this all into perspective.
CA was a power house in EVE for 1 1/2 years, in a game that has yet to have it's 3rd birthday since release.
It wasn't the greatest of alliances with regards to organisation, but where it was lacking, it sure as hell made up for it in it's sense of community.
It was "EVE vs. CA" back then, and I know loads if pilots that are now in other alliances and corporations now, who still say it was the best time they ever had in EVE, and will still say that they were a "Proud member of CA".
There was a great sense of family and purpose, and that was to remain independant even if it cost us a fleet battle loss.
During the last 6 months of CA, it's growth in members and the introduction of offcial alliances with all the mistrust that came with it was it's downfall.
I am well aware of BoB's position today, and a little known fact that m0o was also a member of CA (for those of you quoting "m0ovelution").
CA's history is simple. CA was formed to kill Curse Coaliton (which it did), with all of it's members dropping their named lasers in a heart beat to fight anyone entering *thier* space. It grew. It grew too much. It's member corp ATUK joined forces with it's enemies. The alliance regrouped with Omega Corp and Duke Drokklar at it's helm. Others got ****ed off with all the politics and left or didn't bother to defend CA space (which enormous). In the end, CA died, RIP.
BoB may be "better organized" now, ISS may have better tools, G/IRON (2 for the price of one), FE/PA/NBSI (3 here). The times and the game mechanics have changed and with that, so have the tools provided by CCP to manage an alliance. So all in all, ATM, the most feared and reviered alliance in EVE has to be BoB, because no one wants to be on their list of enemies, let alone having them actively hunting you.
But, TBH ...
I have yet to see a single alliance in EVE that has stirred so many emotions in the game, be it from it's members as well as it's enemies, so I can honestly say, the best alliance that ever existed in EVE to date was "Curse Alliance".
The future my prove me wrong, it does that kind of thing to you, but up until today, there isn't a single alliance in EVE that has even slightly reached the greatness of CA.
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