The Eve-Online mega battle that led to the estimated loss of £181,000 worth of virtual spaceships and goods has been making the news. Some of the figures being bandied about are a tad misleading because they are talking about the value of the inworld game currency of ISK. The thing with ISK is that it’s not like Linden Dollars, they can’t legitimately be sold for real money, but they can be used to buy Plex, which in turn can be used to pay for game time and other services.
If you’re familiar with Cloud Party coins or Kitely credits you may have a better grasp of this. Anyway, back to the main question, was Second Life’s Porky Gorky involved in the battle? Back in July 2013 Porky talked of his love of Eve-Online on the Second Life forum:
The only other virtual world I have committed to over the years is EVE. 9 years nearly in both EVE and SL. In SL pretty much everyone I have known is gone. In EVE I can name at least 20 people who have been very active for over 7 years and still are now. I think that says allot about the EVE and CCP’s ability to retain users when compared to LL.
When I read of the news of the battle in Eve-Online I thought of Porky …… yes that did disturb me too. However the Hydro Homes building legend is a fan of the game and having been involved for that long, he may know a thing or two about the value of a Titan ship.
Concerns have been raised about the whereabouts of Porky as he hasn’t been seen in the Second Life forums for a couple of days, raising questions as to whether he’s made it back safely, if he was involved at all of course.
I tried to contact Porky at various locations around the grid, including many of his inworld prefabs and headquarters, but he was nowhere to be seen. This raises the question of course that if Porky screams in space, would anyone hear him scream?
If you see Porky, keep him away from Magellan Linden, those two together would cause much chaos … seriously, don’t let them meet! Also, be careful if you do ask him about the battle, he may be feeling very sore.
Well, bad luck Porky. I will be 8 years old in 3 days and I still hang out with the same people I started the East River Community with, and they are even older than me. Several of people in my friend list are from the time I joined SL.
I think people from communities probably stay in touch for longer, you can build stronger bonds that way.
Haha just seen this. Nice post Ciaran 🙂