EVE Online's very own Corpse Bride
by James Egan 
Nov 14th 2008 at 5:00PM
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, Events, in-game, Forums, Humor
Massively multiplayer online games aren't just a passing hobby for many players out there, it's a real passion in their lives. At Massively, we frequently hear about unions of all types in MMOs -- titles which allow players to marry one another, couples who decide to tie the knot in-game, married couple experience bonuses, and now and again an inventive marriage proposal. But this is something new... EVE Online player Suva Orefinger is ready to settle down with her (real life) boyfriend, and he says he'll marry her... assuming she's willing to prove her commitment to him. In typical EVE fashion, her boyfriend's bargaining posture has led to a rather unique proposition. He's posed a challenge to Suva: fill a Charon-class freighter with corpses and he'll make his vows. This is no easy feat. A character must die for each corpse to be created in EVE, and the Charon is a massive ship, which can hold nearly 100,000 of these victims of New Eden's violence. "Something easily gotten is not highly valued," her boyfriend says. But if Suva can do it, he'll be all hers, 'til death do they part.
She had this to say on the EVE Online forums today: "So here is the deal: I need your corpses. Contract, trade, I need them. I'm still kinda new and I don't have a lot of isk... but I want to try because I think he's worth it. I know this is a strange thing to ask, but from what I have seen in this game so far, EVE is filled with people who could help. Please?"
If you're willing to suspend disbelief on this, and either find it amusing or simply admire her determination to make her man keep a promise, why not help Suva out? See her call for help on the EVE Online forums, and get in touch with her either there or in-game if you'd like to help with her rather unconventional mission objective of obtaining 100,000 frozen meat popsicles.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Miffy said on 5:44PM 11-14-2008
Some people need to get a life.
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Rambie said on 6:08PM 11-14-2008
People with lives don't post here. :)
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moo said on 7:33PM 11-14-2008
Well lucky for me i think all the current mmorpgs are shit so I go outside these days. If Lucas Arts never ruined SWG with the CU then I wouldn't have been out in years.
PeterD said on 6:21PM 11-14-2008
Pretty low on his part really. However, if she pulls it off he'll never be able to live it down for the rest of his life.
Her: Can you take out the trash please?
Him: Sure sure, just let me finish this mission.
Her: I filled a freighter with 100,000 corpses for you, you can go get that trash NOW.
Him: Err . . yes dear.
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ahnog said on 7:39PM 11-14-2008
The girl needs to tell him to shove it up his...
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W. Graves said on 9:56PM 11-14-2008
dude must be packin to deserve 100k internet spaceship corpses.
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Darkdust said on 10:57PM 11-14-2008
Need to check out my stash IG, evidently.
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Merkur said on 4:53AM 11-15-2008
I say: It is a scam.
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tanknspank said on 2:52PM 11-15-2008
It's EVE, of course it's a scam.
Brendan Drain said on 3:44PM 11-16-2008
Well there isn't any real value to corpses so if it's a scam, it seems to be just for the fun of filling a freighter with dead bodies. Although I've seen so many copycat scams over the past few days, it's getting a little silly :p.
jonathan bormann said on 7:18AM 11-16-2008
if it's true, i guess she must darn well love him :P
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