Originally by: Ryan Scouse'UK

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Edited by: Ryan Scouse''UK on 21/08/2008 04:18:29

Originally by: Sokratesz

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throw it into the titan fund

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Dont we have 3 already ? :) I belive I did my small part with are 1st titan ;) --> points to Omens titan, so forgive me if I dont want to throw in isk for a 4th =P nor do I have spare officer mods for another titan.

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Originally by: Arthor Dark

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Edited by: Arthor Dark on 21/08/2008 16:31:20

Use the 5bil for a market manipulation scheme:

(1) Find an item that takes a while to produce (i.e. invented; I have a few in mind) and has a healthy PvP demand.

(2) On a Sunday afternoon, buy up all the sell orders at Jita, Amarr, and Rens, as quickly as possible using a number of alts.
(2a) Make sure you have enough isk to cover step (2) and then a bit more for any low sell orders put up later.

(3) Just as quickly, put those items back up at those stations at 2-3x the price using 5-6 sell orders of different quantities.

(4) Put up a single semi-large buy order and a few small buy orders (5-6) just below the 2-3x price to make it appear as if they are all legit.

(5) Wait for legit buy orders to be placed, and then cancel your large buy order.

(6) Update your sell orders religiously, and also buy low sell orders that may be put up to maintain your margins.

(5) Sell the inventory in 2 days or less using sell orders, or any decent legit buy orders.

(7) Profit.

Worst case scenerio is you lose a portion of your 5bil after getting stuck with alot of that item you can't sell right away (but will in time for a loss.)

But, you could also double / triple that 5bil in 2 days.

An exciting market pvp investment.

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Originally by: Tharukan Desm'ar

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With 5 bil Id get a faction fitted Thanatos.

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Originally by: Thaanvanite

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I think I'd take a chunk of it and buy a good 500 t1 frigs/cruisers and lead a poor mans "MAX" campaign through lowsec/nullsec with noobs from Jita flying free ships.

With the rest ... buy a few macherials and pvp fit them.

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Originally by: Thaanvanite

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Edited by: Thaanvanite on 21/08/2008 17:05:28
so just buy one fitted mach, whatever.

I'll be honest, you won't see my flying around in faction pvp battleships so I don't know their real cost. lol.

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Originally by: Larg Kellein

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Transfer to an alt, use it to pay mercs to wardec your main's corp. It's like takeout pizza, only for targets.

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Originally by: Angelice

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Hi Ryan,

I read most of the previous posts to check if this had been mentioned and didn't see anything much...

If I were in your posistion I would use the money to fund a race, tournament or lottery of some description. With some careful planning and minimal work you could easily make even more money. For example, if only 100 people sign up and pay a 50m ISK entrance fee for the chance to win 5bil then you have made the prize money back...

Since you're clearly more entrpreneurial than me by virtue that you have so much ISK, I'm sure you can shuffle those figures to a greater advantage for yourself.

The only risk I see with this idea is organisational, more participants will be more work but potentially better returns. Also you will need to make an effort to advertise and ensure you get enough signed up to cover your expenditure.

Ultimately though, if it all goes pear shaped you can cancel the whole thing (at the expense of some reputation) in order to keep you bank balance intact. If successful, you could potentially turn it into an on-going event...

Hope this planted some different ideas!

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Originally by: Prieith

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I'd start a cooperation called "Museum of EVE".
Start to collect every available module in game, and drop them in the corp hangar.

People could go to my museum by joining the corp and look at the splendid collection.
5 billions will get me started but it wont get me far, so i would depend on donation to further expand the museum collection.

There must be some Museum lovers out there..

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Originally by: Kai Zion

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I'd pay an artist to glorify my character (maybe corporation or the whole TRI alliance even!) with cool sketches, paintings and so on.

For an example, Verone paid this really excellent artist to illustrate some of his fiction. Like so.

It's not a bad idea for even just a couple hundred mil of that 5 bil, as you end up with something that can't be ganked away. It even survives the eventual server shutdown. Your very own piece of individually-oriented Eve art, or a cool piece of art for your whole alliance to cherish etc.

Just a thought anyway, it's certainly something I'd consider as I'd love a character portrait of Kai but I can't draw/paint.

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