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Misty Love
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Posted - 2006.03.29 21:05:00 -
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beta was fun!!! I have some screenshots at home which I'll post soon as I get the chance. I wonder what happened to my character SolarStone :(
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Wrayeth
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Posted - 2006.03.29 21:20:00 -
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 Originally by: Kurren
Originally by: Bubbaloo
when you could fit multiple MWD, those were the days.
OH MAN!! Being able to do 1500... 2000... in a Thorax... if only for a split second... it was so AWESOME!! Yeah, those were the days.
I had a raven up over 4000, once. 
-Wrayeth
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Alexis Machine
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Posted - 2006.03.29 21:25:00 -
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I remember the ctrl + Arrow keys could be used to change the angle of your ship. Great for naving around the 'roids we had back then. I think that was early beta?
I remember, right after launch, the great isogen falling in price because everyone knew omber was the way to go.
I remember when a pack of rifters was cause enough to crap yourself.
I remember when shuttles were introduced "as a placeholder for interbus"
I remember when reverse engineering was "in game, but we wont tell you how"
I remember how big the universe was due to lack of highways and players.
I remember being ****ed off because the shipping company made me miss the big launch day. And on that note, I remember the whining on the forums about how the US got the game later than the UK. 
Good times.
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Karash Amerius
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Posted - 2006.03.29 21:33:00 -
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I remember there were only 2 systems connected by 1 gate. You would fly back and forth running into exception errors, and CTDs, but it was fun. Got me a Kessie and killed a few players. It was mainly work to be honest...our 'corp' at the time was pretty dedicated to finding bugs and ironing out issues.
I loved it when Tomb would come in with a Titan and just kill everyone near the station. The gunnery was not as advanced as it is now...so when you took 8 Tach hits, your little frig would just go pop :D
Like most games before they are released, there was a vast number of forum warriors that simply thought that once the game came out they would rule eve, as they ruled the forums. Saboath and some other "corps" were like this. It was a great community though...but much smaller.
However anyone who says they wish beta was back is smoking *****. CCP never should have launched when they did, but I understand the reasons. The game is great now...just missing a few things to make it truely a gem.
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Karash Amerius
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Posted - 2006.03.29 21:37:00 -
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Btw...for those that wonder where Pann went off to...she is the community manager for Auto Assault right now. She might specialize in pre-launch mgmt, I dont know.
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Havelcek
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Posted - 2006.03.29 21:59:00 -
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The only thing I remember from beta is the error message pop-ups. Constantly.
Its impossible to completely describe the scope of improvements done to this game since then. It went from seemingly like a garage-experiment to a world-class product. Glad I decided to come back.
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Derran
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Posted - 2006.03.29 22:09:00 -
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You guys are gonna make my cry. I am feeling so nostalgic now. Me and my friends left EnB to join the Eve beta and we primarily mined. I still remember how it took us over a week mining arkanor in Katmurgur to be able to afford an AUGOROR. Back then there was no player driven market and megacyte sold for 4096 isk. And back then even a .4 system could have tough rats, not to mention the ones at the gates. I still remember the Augoror we spent weeks trying to buy (and which we shared in our group) running into a problem with some rats and getting close to using it and racing to save it in my little tristan. Fortunately I managed to help save it and it was quite the rush. It would have sucked to have spent all that time making all that money and have it go poof.
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Drakxter
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Posted - 2006.03.29 22:14:00 -
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Originally by: Redundancy
Docking by flying though the ring of lights at the correct speed...
I really really really miss that part 
Now a days docking is somewhat silly if you ask me 
Ohh the good old days.. hmm yes..
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Cetshwayo
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Posted - 2006.03.29 22:32:00 -
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What better music to listen to than the Castor client startup music (before hitting connect) while reading all this. If only I had that bit of music i'm sure my memories of the game would come flooding back.
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Sid Carrera
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Posted - 2006.03.30 00:27:00 -
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I played the beta almost from the beginning, starting from Medusa. That game was totally different game that Eve is now, and hardly worked at all most of the time. I stopped playing Eve few weeks after the release, because i found the game plain boring, until i returned about two years later. Now i have been taking 1 - 3 month breaks from Eve but i still keep returning to this game, if i have spare time. :)
I can remember that some beta tester was somehow able to fly Minmatar Titan, and docked it into a station which looked weird.
Unlimited money exploit was fun, but best ship you could buy was Maller or something.
Maller fitted with Tachyon beams was fun too.
Problems you have with this game today are nothing. :)
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Shiner BockBeer
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Posted - 2006.03.30 00:28:00 -
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I had totally forgotten about the bit where you couldn't see all your modules at once and had to little buttons..
Beta was fun.
There was a point where NPCs didn't switch targets, so if you wanted to mine in 0.0, someone in a fast frig hopped into the belt, got everything's attention and then flew straight away from the belt for hours while everyone else mined and hauled.
I was my corp's official Master Baiter.
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Chiralos
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Posted - 2006.03.30 01:25:00 -
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I remember when I logged on for the first time after sentry guns had been added. Scared the crap out of me because the only thing I use to see around gates were NPC rats.
I remember the early agent referral system - my start agent referred me to a new one about 10 jumps away, through some low-sec systems. I was so proud of crashing past the gate rats in my Executioner while they sniped at me. When they put in a fix for that I though "ahh, what a load of wusses".
I remember there used to be system, constellation and region maps on the market screens that showed you green blobs for good prices and red blobs for bad. And the Trade skill had some description like "improves NPC prices by 5% per level". I got mine up to 5 but I couldn't tell if it was doing anything or not.
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Hone
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Posted - 2006.03.30 01:41:00 -
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Ahhh, The good old days..
I started in Beta and signed up a few days after it was released in the US. I remember....
- Stavros smack talking in the noob starter corp chat about the corp he was joining and everyon calling him an idiot.
- The Tormentor was THE Amarr mining ship for awhile becaus of the hold size.
- Having our first Omen come off the assembly line so we could mine with it in Penirgman.
- When MASS was empire based
- NPC's before they had missiles
- Getting owned by NPC's when they got missiles.
- Mining Ark in MAI.
- When M00 was totally terrorizing EVE.
- J0rt posting a screenshot on the forums of GM redwing's frozen corpse after he podded him.
- The modulated heavy beam with stamped heatsinks was THE Amarr cruiser weapon/mod of choice.
- Crystal range penalties did not apply so multifreq hit at max range.
- No tracking
- No insurance
- The bestower with MWD fitted
- MWD was one size fits all
EVE was totally different back then. I think it was alot more unforgiving. In some ways more fun but there wasnt as much diversity as now.
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Xelios
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Posted - 2006.03.30 02:44:00 -
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Ahhh, so many memories 
Signature removed. -Zhuge ([email protected])
Woot.
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Llyth
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Posted - 2006.03.30 03:00:00 -
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Originally by: Hone
- Stavros smack talking in the noob starter corp chat about the corp he was joining and everyon calling him an idiot.
- When MASS was empire based
- When M00 was totally terrorizing EVE.
- J0rt posting a screenshot on the forums of GM redwing's frozen corpse after he podded him.
- The modulated heavy beam with stamped heatsinks was THE Amarr cruiser weapon/mod of choice.
In some ways more fun but there wasnt as much diversity as now.
Now these bring back memories.
Wasnt it Yvew with J0rt that killed the GM? Shame so many m0o and pvpers are gone.
Whats a list of some old timers that are not here anymore?
Joshua Calvert
Zeal Dragon
GFLTorque
Fairlane
Ecliptical
Lord Zap ?
Yvew
I think all these are gone, but I was SA and Pirate based so I am not sure if these are correct and what other's that helped make the game what it is today who are gone.
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jamesw
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Posted - 2006.03.30 03:12:00 -
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oh man
This makes me want to see SiSi come back for a week or so running the 935 (release version) client/server... just for the memories!!
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TheKiller8
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Posted - 2006.03.30 03:25:00 -
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Cruise missile kestrel packs!!! :D :D :D
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GAC
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Posted - 2006.03.30 03:37:00 -
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things from the alpha and before.
eve's unoffcial mascots richard simmons, peter pan and of course jesus.
pictures of flaming badgers !!!
kwai and moo posting 300 posts an hour seeing who could spam better.
devs coming in the eve chanel after a few beers for some colourful chat
everyone trying to understand ral when he had been drinking.
missle spammage in game, and the super **** mining raven with 54'000m3's of cargo.
50 frigates ibis and bantams taking on a megathron with light missles and light lasers
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Alexis Machine
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Posted - 2006.03.30 03:49:00 -
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Originally by: GAC
things from the alpha and before.
eve's unoffcial mascots richard simmons, peter pan and of course jesus.
pictures of flaming badgers !!!
I wish I still had the pic "Tomb's nerf bat of *** abaddon" I giggle everytime I think of that sig. Which.. oddly.. is often. 
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Zyrla Bladestorm
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Posted - 2006.03.30 03:55:00 -
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Incredible lag when people attacked Kwai and we got 80(?) or so people in a single area...
And then he went and blew us all up with a bunch of tech V smartbombs
Yeah that was fun
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deathfighter
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Posted - 2006.03.30 04:49:00 -
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Any one remembers the bug that yur ship looked like an asteroid. was very very funy.
Cruise kestrel was very hot.
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Mangold
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Posted - 2006.03.30 06:41:00 -
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Life before the "stop" button? Getting stuck on a station, gate or roid in warp and not being able to cancel warp. Happened a couple of times.
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Exelon Bei
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Posted - 2006.03.30 07:21:00 -
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Originally by: Marvin
Edited by: Marvin on 29/03/2006 02:43:07
Edited by: Marvin on 29/03/2006 02:32:18
I'll tell you one thing...
in_the_Beginning.jpg
it was painful for mining...And...
CloseCall.jpg
Painful for hunting in 0.0....
Cruisers were a luxery and not readily available on the market, frigates the only viable way to make a living in 0.0 the first few weeks, NPC's were a bit bugged if I recall..but then again I'm too old to remember this stuff...
Whatsthe difference between the M-12 standard launcher and the TE-2100 missile bay in the merling cargo hold?
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Cityzen X
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Posted - 2006.03.30 07:38:00 -
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Originally by: Mangold
Life before the "stop" button? Getting stuck on a station, gate or roid in warp and not being able to cancel warp. Happened a couple of times.
ctrl + space did work back then didnt it?
Btw, the first stop button was the best one so far ;)
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GM Ender
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Posted - 2006.03.30 07:40:00 -
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- J0rt posting a screenshot on the forums of GM redwing's frozen corpse after he podded him.
Actually, his name was GM Ravenwing, and yes, that was not our finest hour. I have nightmares still....
Of course, that was back in the day when the GM's were not invulnerable like they are now.
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Exelon Bei
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Posted - 2006.03.30 08:01:00 -
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Edited by: Exelon Bei on 30/03/2006 08:02:18
Originally by: Cabadrin
Some screens from rpgplanet:
The uber rifter!
angel attack
an asteroid belt
ohnoes, two!
Isn't that a Wolf/jaguar?
Or did they change the rifter modell?
EDIT: lol...never knew there were rookieship pirats 
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Domatavus Fallatus
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Posted - 2006.03.30 08:17:00 -
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Edited by: Domatavus Fallatus on 30/03/2006 08:21:14
Originally by: jamesw
Edited by: jamesw on 29/03/2006 02:20:57
I'm pretty sure there was autopilot in beta. I remember the joy of typing "/cmd autopilot on" (i think it was) for the very first time and watching the ship take control of itself! A couple of patches later they even put in a button for it.
omg... yes... that was sooooooooooooooo great.... i remember watching ap fly around for me... hehe
i also remember hunting cruiser npcs with rifter in beta having hybrids fit on it :P
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2006.03.30 08:38:00 -
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I remember the pesky beachball bug, cruise kestrels, mines, mwd stacking :)
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Messerschmitt facility
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Posted - 2006.03.30 08:39:00 -
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Ah Castor... good old days...
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Sha'blach
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Posted - 2006.03.30 08:41:00 -
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<-- alpha tester and still going strong... you want some background - I'll give you background - 2 regions, and a hell of alot of lag.
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