Please make a general memorial for those no longer with us. I really hate the idea of putting some people on the pedestal over others. Not all of us might have people that would ask us to be immortalized. So it would be grea if the memorial part would be either completely neutral general "R.I.P", but since that is probably not happening...

what a giant waste of money typical ccp wasting money on things not related to eve in any way even when the game is broken

Who's that ???? So: not impressed.

You and people like you* formed a community (willing or unwillingly) and made sure that that community lasted through the last decade. And I bet you so long as nothing unexpected happens (natural desasters etc.) it'll even last another 10 years.

What's not worthwhile about that?

Some people get more out of EVE than playing just another video game.

I suggest moving somewhere that has a lot of sunshine. You'll feel a whole lot better about things.

They're going to get tons of subs from people who just want to get their name on the monument, so...

It's still just a video game, a diversion, a form of entertainment, a way to waste time. As human beings, we need the occasional diversion to rest from our labors and refresh our minds, but that doesn't make participating in such a diversion any sort of significant accomplishment.

I just don't take false pride in something that has no real meaning. If your personal self-worth is so tied up in your participation in a virtual world that people use for entertainment, I suggest professional help.

Do something truly worthwhile with your life and you'll "feel a whole lot better about things." Keep making playing a video game your crowning achievement, and you'll have self esteem problems the rest of your life.

who even hinted at tying their self worth over a game?

Everyone in this thread who thinks this "monument" marks something worth immortalizing in stone and steel.

Everyone here who feels the need to vehemently defend such a monument.

and you feel the need to point this out to everyone exactly why

The point, which you obviously missed in your overzealous hasty hatred of this thing, was the unbelievable whining about the Vienam Memorials purpose and design back in the 80s. This has nothing to do with anything relating to a comparison between the military and a video game. That is a fabrication of your own imagination and nothing else.

Sorry, but the world has not provided me with another video game player monument to compare it too. I'm pretty much restricted in example to use only military based monuments, and unknown monuments to unknown bridge builders and such.

Get a freakin grip.

Well, is your RL name Mike Azariah? Because this is what be etched on this monument and it has nothing to do with you being gone or not. Are you really proud to have your space name on a stone somewhere? Seriously?

Like your son will be there at some day with his children and they will go to the monument and your son will show your character's name to them and say:

"Look, this was your grandpa"

and your grandson will say:

"No it wasn't, grandpa's name was {insert your RL name here}".

And your son will explain to them that you were using name of Mike Azariah and you did something awesome under that name and that is why you ended up on monument.

And you grandson will ask:

"What did grandpa do?"

and you son will respond with pride in his voice and tears in his eyes:

"HE WAS PLAYING A VIDEO GAME".

With regards to the cost, I've seen wholly unrealistic estimates in this thread at both extremes. I don't think there is any way that the price tag is in the millions of US dollars; maybe if it was a government project burdened by bureaucracy and waste, but not for one funded by a commercial entity. Likewise, estimates which only tally up a list of building materials are equally invalid, as they ignore several other important factors, such as the cost of the land, permits, and (what is usually the largest expense for something like this) the talent of the artist.

Just going off of what I've seen of similar sculptures, I would not be surprised if commissioning and building a work like this were to run anywhere between $200,000-$500,000. There's a lot of variation dependent largely upon the prominence of the artist (I'm not familiar enough with the Icelandic art scene to understand how locally renowned this guy may or may not be), but it should be a fairly accurate ballpark at least.

Now, it's not tens of millions in wasteful spending, but neither is it a paltry sum to be shelled out without a second thought. It's definitely substantial enough to make it a questionable investment for a company which has been laying off employees in recent history.

Same tired old arguments used against Maya Lins' minimalist design for the Vietnam Memorial in Washingto DC. "Nobody will go. It's ugly. A black slab has nothing to do with Vietnam". Blah blah blah.

It's so popular they can't hardly handle the crowds.

Time will tell all. It always does.

So how does CCP know who your main char is?

You're out by ~an order of magnitude.

CCP have every reason to expect significant revenue returns from this project. It's a marketing project at heart. A lovely gesture, a compliment to the community, but fundamentally, CCP expect to gain from doing this. As one would expect a commercial company to do.

I think its cool.

Doesn't Eve have 500k active subscribers? That's a lot of names to put on there!

CCP have every reason to expect significant revenue returns from this project. It's a marketing project at heart. A lovely gesture, a compliment to the community, but fundamentally, CCP expect to gain from doing this. As one would expect a commercial company to do.

My main character C40ks0nD1ck would like to know if he can use a Plex for a name change?

Where the hel are people getting these figures from last I check cement and granite and steel and aluminum did not cost millions of dollars! Try thousands. . .

Yeah, how long before certain names are vandalized on the thing.
You KNOW it is going to happen.

/me laughs

Good point. Makes me very glad I did not use a simple name like (xXinsert drug or pop culture reference hereXx)

Instead, Mike IS my real first name and Azariah is the name of one of my grandfathers. I take pride in this name and in the things I have done in this game. So yes, if my as yet unborn grandkids went to iceland I hope they would find my name . . . and I hope that Eve is still around so they know what game it was.

Whether you call me by my Birth names or the ones I chose for myself. It is still a memory of me. A footprint in the sands of time that might be a bit above the high water mark.

I still like it and still think it is cool.

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You're out by ~an order of magnitude.

CCP have every reason to expect significant revenue returns from this project. It's a marketing project at heart. A lovely gesture, a compliment to the community, but fundamentally, CCP expect to gain from doing this. As one would expect a commercial company to do.