The Battle for B-R

Derrik J. Lang, writing for the Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Carl was asleep when the first shot was fired.

As he slumbered away in Costa Mesa, Calif., the 29-year-old banker's virtual space fleet was under siege early Monday morning in what's become the most destructive and expensive battle in the 10-year history of "EVE Online," the gargantuan online sci-fi video game.

"EVE Online" — with more than 500,000 players from around the world piloting starships, trading goods and engaging in galactic espionage — utilizes its own in-game currency, and Carl expects the damage from Monday's conflict to be the game equivalent of about $500,000 in real-world cash, based on data compiled from within the game.

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During Monday's encounter, more than 100 Titan vessels were destroyed. The megaships, which are akin to the Death Star from "Star Wars," are the largest ships in the game and are worth about $3,000 each in real-world money. The Titans also take months for gamers to build. That's months in real time: a lot of nights, weekends and days-off actually spent constructing the virtual warships.

First of all, the A.P. had some of the details wrong. The CFC (the alliance I am a member of) killed 59 Titans and we only lost 16. So the count was 75 not "over a hundred".

Also, most of us on the CFC forums are wondering....who the fuck is Carl?

Oh sorry, what did YOU do yesterday?