n sx
The Tidemark
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2006.10.06 02:43:00 -
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Edited by: n sx on 06/10/2006 02:46:40
What started out as an impromptue IAC gang searching for some kills turned into one of the greatest fights I have personally been involved in playing EVE. This epic lag free event started at 04:59AM, ending eventually at 06:11 EVE time. The fighting was non-stop, it simply went on and on resulting in 200km's of cans and drones.
The IAC gang numbered a total of 17 including only 4 battleships, cruisers and a few Interceptors which took a on a CHIMP gang with greater numbers and significantly more firepower. From the moment we jumped in we thought we were in for a short sharp death, only to be amazed by the continued onslaught of IAC success and CHIMP's mere rufusal to give up.
This epic tale saw a total of only 5 IAC destroyed and a massive 82 losses to CHIMP. Highlights for IAC saw the destruction of a Machariel and the fielding of a CHIMP Thanatos carrier at the jump gate. Those fighters made us warp out more than anything.
Midway through the fight, IAC spent at least 10 minutes pounding on the Thanatos, with no success. We simply had to accept the fact we didn't have enough firepower and that we had to remove the support if we wanted to stay alive. In the end I think we ran out of ammo, and CHIMP seemed to have run out of ships!
Our gang has posted this here, not to rub this into CHIMP's noses, but simply to say thank-you for the hour of absolute fun that you provided us. Your relentless support of your fellow team mates was admirable and you weren't afraid to field the expensive gear. In the same respect all our pilots were there to die and were ready to do so. I truly hope that even being on the receiving end you enjoyed that engagement as much as we did. It's events like this that you simply play EVE for.
On behalf of all the pilots involved in this fight from IAC, we take out hat off to you.
The whole event resulted in a total of 20gigabytes of FRAPS footage (on one capture), of which was cut down to 16minutes, and then played back at double time. If you want to download it, grab it here. 180mbytes.
Thanks go to CHIMP for the amazing fight, Gus Preston for FRAPS footage, EVE Files for the hosting and a big thank-you to the IAC gang who made it happen.
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