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ophi3000
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Posted - 2006.05.27 12:22:00 -
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I chuckled at Ogdin's Eye implant today :)
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Rover Vitesse
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Posted - 2006.05.27 12:40:00 -
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 Originally by: Mathias Zealot
Edited by: Mathias Zealot on 27/05/2006 04:43:08
Originally by: Jane Vladmir
The Black Wall from "2001: A Space Oddysey" is also somewhere in eve, which I believe is an easter egg. I'm gonna go watch that movie and 'die' in my bed.
PS. I'm drunk.
I'll tell you where you can find this, Black Monolith, for 1 million isk...  
It is at Dead End, Planet 5 Moon 5. Worth taking an Iteron V down there for some pictures, kind of makes a good "Discovery" substitute. Visit the Eve Gate while you're down that way, in New Eden, plus plenty of crazy asteroids and carved stuff on the route there. Worth a days road trip for an Eve Holiday. :D
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Crucifier
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Posted - 2006.05.27 12:45:00 -
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Originally by: Aeaus
Originally by: kieron
There are a number of 'Easter eggs' in EVE that come from Iceland or Icelandic history. ISK is just one of the more obvious.
Anybody find any more?
I have indeed =). Nonni for example is an icelandic name. There are ALOT of systems named after icelandic words/names =)
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Goberth Ludwig
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Posted - 2006.05.27 13:48:00 -
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How do you say "lag" in icelandic? Does it translates to "jita" by chance?
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CrayC
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Posted - 2006.05.27 15:10:00 -
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Originally by: Wrangler
No, Jormungandr is the name of the Midgard Serpent, or World Serpent as it's sometimes called.
Nidhoggur is a being, maybe a dragon, and it eats from one of the three roots of Yggdrasill, the World Tree.
Ah yes, my bad. 
Originally by: Wrangler
It's also worth mentioning that Hel, Jormungandr and Fenrir were the Children of Loki, God of mischief and Angrboda, a giantess (female giant).
I actually thought about writing that too, but... Naaah... Wasn't important. Besides, we're talking Easter Eggs here, not mythology. 
Originally by: Wrangler
Sorry, I just love norse mythology.
You are not the only one... 
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CrayC
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Posted - 2006.05.27 15:11:00 -
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Originally by: Kalppis
Originally by: CrayC
Huginn (minmatar Recon cruiser) and Muninn (minmatar HAC) are ravens that Odin uses to spy on the world and find out what goes on here and there.
So, Odin was a caldari?
Considering that Caldari have that "nordic" look and he is a nordic god, then.... Maybe 
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Raem Civrie
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Posted - 2006.05.27 15:45:00 -
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Minmatar comes from the icelandic term "minni mßttar", which means underdog (or in the context of EVE, "lesser people"). Their ships and locale's often borrow Icelandic/old-norse terms, such as the resident black hole Ginnungagap, Naglfar, etc.
There are more, but I can't remember them right now.
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Turiel Demon
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Posted - 2006.05.27 17:47:00 -
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You've got to have ISK for InterStellar Kredits so you can have ISC for InterStellar Cents. Those little thingies behind the decimal point have to be called something.
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nothing to see here, move along nicely now, is that a pink dread out there. aaww you just missed it -eris
It's not an Eidolon with 5 Basic Miner's on it, that's for certain.(FF04) ~kieron
No love for me? :'( - Wrangler
If you can't beat Eris, join her, hmmm that sounded so much better in my head - Cortes
Cuddles Eeyore. He's soooo cute and doesn't play EVE. perfect -eris
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Scagga Laebetrovo
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Posted - 2006.05.27 17:57:00 -
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Edited by: Scagga Laebetrovo on 27/05/2006 17:57:39
Edited by: Scagga Laebetrovo on 27/05/2006 17:57:28
ignore I wrote something already answered
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Amadea
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Posted - 2006.05.27 18:00:00 -
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Originally by: CrayC
Originally by: Mishima
Ginnungagap = Big hole in Norse Mythology where south and north / cold and hot met, or sum.
Actually Ginnungagap was the empty void wherein the entire world now lies.
And there are indeed a loooooot of reference to Icelandic and Nordic mythology in this game, mostly on the minmatar side. A few more examples:
Mjolnir (EM torpedo) is the hammer of Thor, the god of thunder.
Ragnarok (minmatar titan) is the final battle between good and evil. Doomsday if you like.
Fenrir (minmatar freighter) is the Fenris Wolf. Really big wolf!
Naglfar (minmatar dreadnought) is the ship in which the residents of "hell" travels to battle the gods on Ragnarok.
Nidhoggur (minmatar carrier) is a giant snake that encircles the world, lives mostly in the sea.
Hel (minmatar mothership) is Hell. And at the same time, the name of the leader of Hel.
Sleipnir (minmatar command cruiser) is Odin's 8-legged horse. Odin is the highest of the gods.
Huginn (minmatar Recon cruiser) and Muninn (minmatar HAC) are ravens that Odin uses to spy on the world and find out what goes on here and there.
This is just the ships section (and a torpedo, oddly enough the Amarr one), I know there are lots of other things, places, modules, that refer to this great mythology, but does it really matter what things are called? As long as they work, right?
It's a shame minmatar ships don't always live up to the myths behind them
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Kilo Paskaa
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Posted - 2006.05.27 18:46:00 -
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Its ISK because i can shout ISKIES FOR MEH. Shouting ISCIES FOR MEH looks stupid tbh .
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Doddy
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Posted - 2006.05.27 19:58:00 -
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So, we should look out for new ships called Loki and/or Angrboda then?
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Gorgons
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:15:00 -
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Originally by: Raem Civrie
Minmatar comes from the icelandic term "minni mßttar", which means underdog (or in the context of EVE, "lesser people"). Their ships and locale's often borrow Icelandic/old-norse terms, such as the resident black hole Ginnungagap, Naglfar, etc.
There are more, but I can't remember them right now.
That really made me chuckle. Better hope for no minmatar to read that, or we might end up with a riot on our hands
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Mishima
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:15:00 -
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Originally by: Wrangler
It's also worth mentioning that Hel, Jormungandr and Fenrir were the Children of Loki, God of mischief and Angrboda, a giantess (female giant).
Sorry, I just love norse mythology.
Sleipnir is also Loki's "son", but not "son" of Angurboda.
Gjallarhorn and Ragnarok go hand-in-hand in eve and Norse mythology.
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Mishima
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:26:00 -
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Originally by: Gorgons
Originally by: Raem Civrie
Minmatar comes from the icelandic term "minni mßttar", which means underdog (or in the context of EVE, "lesser people"). Their ships and locale's often borrow Icelandic/old-norse terms, such as the resident black hole Ginnungagap, Naglfar, etc.
There are more, but I can't remember them right now.
That really made me chuckle. Better hope for no minmatar to read that, or we might end up with a riot on our hands
Never thought about that, actually makes a bit of sense ;P
Never thought minmatar were underdogs tho.
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Sergeant Spot
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:37:00 -
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Originally by: Mathias Zealot
Edited by: Mathias Zealot on 27/05/2006 04:43:08
Originally by: Jane Vladmir
The Black Wall from "2001: A Space Oddysey" is also somewhere in eve, which I believe is an easter egg. I'm gonna go watch that movie and 'die' in my bed.
PS. I'm drunk.
I'll tell you where you can find this, Black Monolith, for 1 million isk...
I remember Infoing it. It was full of stars..... (strange place to keep Woody Allen....)
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Derelus
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:38:00 -
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The Minmatar fighter drone is called "Einherji" which is Icelandic for "Loner"
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Sergeant Spot
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:42:00 -
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Originally by: Wrangler
Originally by: CrayC
Nidhoggur (minmatar carrier) is a giant snake that encircles the world, lives mostly in the sea.
No, Jormungandr is the name of the Midgard Serpent, or World Serpent as it's sometimes called.
Nidhoggur is a being, maybe a dragon, and it eats from one of the three roots of Yggdrasill, the World Tree.
(Though to be fair, some people think Nidhoggur and Jormungandr could be the same creature)
It's also worth mentioning that Hel, Jormungandr and Fenrir were the Children of Loki, God of mischief and Angrboda, a giantess (female giant).
Sorry, I just love norse mythology.
Some of that stuff is just to funny for words. I remember reading the Eyrbyggja Saga, the section on the Battle of Vigra Fjord, and reading the aftermath when Snorri the Priest was healing wounds.......
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mazzilliu
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Posted - 2006.05.27 21:46:00 -
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oh i found another one. there's a pink destroyer named eris
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CrayC
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Posted - 2006.05.27 22:05:00 -
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Originally by: Derelus
The Minmatar fighter drone is called "Einherji" which is Icelandic for "Loner"
Einherji is also the fighters of the gods, fighting each other every day, training for Ragnarok. They are brought to Asgard by the Valkyries, which are also drones...
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Elaron
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Posted - 2006.05.28 02:03:00 -
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I'm surprised noone has mentioned Gjallerhorn yet - the Minmatar superweapon.
In Norse mythology the Gjallerhorn was sounded by Heimdall to herald the approach of Ragnarok.
Quite appropriate, really.
Elaron
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Krulla
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Posted - 2006.05.28 02:39:00 -
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Originally by: CrayC
Originally by: Derelus
The Minmatar fighter drone is called "Einherji" which is Icelandic for "Loner"
Einherji is also the fighters of the gods, fighting each other every day, training for Ragnarok. They are brought to Asgard by the Valkyries, which are also drones...
The word Einherji is also a composite of two words; Ein (alone) and herji (army)... so.. one man army.
Tarkin > Omfg, frigs are such bs.
Red 5 > lolol, lern 2 play plz noob
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Malthros Zenobia
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Posted - 2006.05.28 02:52:00 -
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Originally by: mazzilliu
seriously 
"interStellar Kredits" as opposed to "InterStellar Credits"
CCP were big fans of the Mortal Kombat games maybe?
It's due to the Icelandic currency though.
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Henrik Yssuts
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Posted - 2006.05.28 06:05:00 -
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Originally by: Wrangler
Originally by: CrayC
Nidhoggur is a being, maybe a dragon, and it eats from one of the three roots of Yggdrasill, the World Tree.
hmm.... world tree. i could've sworn ive seen that.... in another MMO...
Norse Mythology > all others
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MellaRinn
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Posted - 2006.05.28 07:37:00 -
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Edited by: MellaRinn on 28/05/2006 07:37:21
what is the item that perfectly refines to 1337 trit, please?? 
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Yuko Anekohji
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Posted - 2006.05.28 08:27:00 -
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Originally by: Krulla
Originally by: CrayC
Originally by: Derelus
The Minmatar fighter drone is called "Einherji" which is Icelandic for "Loner"
Einherji is also the fighters of the gods, fighting each other every day, training for Ragnarok. They are brought to Asgard by the Valkyries, which are also drones...
The word Einherji is also a composite of two words; Ein (alone) and herji (army)... so.. one man army.
and here i though it was spelled Einherjar  but you guys seems to know it alot better than me so.... ^_^'
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Rothkeen Jormungand
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Posted - 2006.05.28 09:12:00 -
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Originally by: Yuko Anekohji
Originally by: Krulla
Originally by: CrayC
Originally by: Derelus
The Minmatar fighter drone is called "Einherji" which is Icelandic for "Loner"
Einherji is also the fighters of the gods, fighting each other every day, training for Ragnarok. They are brought to Asgard by the Valkyries, which are also drones...
The word Einherji is also a composite of two words; Ein (alone) and herji (army)... so.. one man army.
and here i though it was spelled Einherjar but you guys seems to know it alot better than me so.... ^_^'
It's because there are many forms to spell the words in old nordic ^^.
Like Odin can be spelled +=inn... Or Thor can be spelled Tor,¦=rr,¦unor,Donar(Lightning in German)... So it's all corect^^ an yay to my first post.
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Rover Vitesse
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Posted - 2006.05.28 09:58:00 -
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Don't forget all the named target painters:
PWN
PWND etc etc
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FooB2
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Posted - 2006.05.28 10:04:00 -
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im just gonna copy/paste this from my other locked thread cos im lazy.
aside from the obvious ISK one, the only one i ever thought was an easter egg was the naming of "Pax Amarria". how it shares an obviously likeness to "Pax Imperia", which was a 2d space strategy game where you picked a handful of races, researched technology and tried to conquer the galaxy by populating all the planets and killing everyone else. it had a lot of things in common with eve, but i cant find my game disc so i cant stick it in and check.
im suprised given the demographic of this game, noone has pointed that out sooner. or am i just wrong?
also, if there are a lot of systems named after icelandic stuff in eve, what does "G.ayar" translate to? (forgive the . but the profanity filter will own its own system names :( )
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Francis Verdictio
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Posted - 2006.05.28 10:23:00 -
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Originally by: FooB2
"Pax Amarria". how it shares an obviously likeness to "Pax Imperia", which was a 2d space strategy game
"Pax Romana" was also the Roman Peace, enforced by the might of the Roman Legions in the early years Anno Domini in most of southern-middle europe, pushing out previous populations to the North or assimilating them into the Empire. Vikings were originally a germanic people who migrated up to Scandinavia (and from there to Iceland) to be away from the conquering Romans.
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