Three Moves Ahead 260: The empires of EVE

Three Moves Ahead

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Strategy, Strategy Games, War, Games & Hobbies, War Games, Games, Video Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2014

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Rob is joined by author and EVE historian Andrew Groen as well as fleet commander Manny and alliance leader Molle to discuss EVE Online. Player machinations form the base upon which EVE Online is built and result in battles that are publicized for their massive player count, coordination, and real-world costs. Listen in to learn how and why these conflicts start and get an inside glimpse at the often intimidating EVE universe.

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0:00.0	Good evening. You're listening to Three Moves Ahead, and I'm your host, Rob Zakney.
0:16.5	Joining me tonight is my colleague and occasional guest, freelancer, Andrew Gruen.
0:20.8	Andrew, welcome back to the show.
0:22.4	Hey, Rob, how are you doing today?
0:24.0	Doing pretty well. The Blackhawks are making good progress in the Stanley Cup playoffs,
0:29.0	so I'm in a good emotional place right now. If they go to a game seven, I'm dead.
0:33.8	I always forget that you're a Chicago hockey fan. I don't even know you live in Boston.
0:38.4	Yeah, well, I'm also a Boston hockey fan, so this is yet another very good year for Rob.
0:44.3	Anyway, Andrew recently kick-started a book called A History of the Great Empires of Yvonline,
0:49.4	and with 12 days to go, it is raised almost four times its original Kickstarter goal.
0:55.6	It's a fascinating topic,
1:01.3	and one I want to explore more in-depth. So when Andrew suggested our next two guests, I absolutely could not say no. First, we welcome Mani, a fleet commander with Pandemic Legion. Mani, welcome
1:07.5	to the show. Hey, how you doing? Glad to be here and really glad to be able to participate in this.
1:13.9	And we also welcome Mola, a former alliance leader of Evolution Corporation, one of the oldest
1:19.3	corporations in Eve, and the former head of Bob.
1:23.1	Hi.
1:23.6	How you doing?
1:25.2	Not bad.
1:26.4	So I think Eve gets increasing coverage in mainstream games publications,
1:32.7	like the ones I often write for. There's often this sort of curiosity about what's going on in
1:38.5	the world of Eve. It seems like every six months or so, there's a massive battle. Everyone is
1:43.6	fascinated by what the hell is going on
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