EVE Online and 'the places I've been' meme
by James Egan 
Jun 2nd 2009 at 12:00PM
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online
The game world of EVE Online is called New Eden, a vast setting of over 5000 mapped solar systems and more than 2000 uncharted systems that can be found through wormhole exploration. The game has an interactive 3D map of the galaxy where solar systems can be color-coded according to the filters a player chooses. Pair that with a feature of the client that keeps track of each solar system you've visited, and you've got a colorful visual representation of how much of New Eden you've seen.
EVE player Kirith Kodachi created a meme of sorts where players take a star map screenshot showing where they've been in New Eden and share it with others on their sites (or Kodachi's own, Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah blog). You can check out where it started with Kirith Kodachi and follow the 'links to this post' at the bottom to see where it leads.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kdolo said on 12:23PM 6-02-2009
wow, that's almost as good as Millhouse!
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Myria said on 2:20PM 6-02-2009
Looks like the average number of systems I had to fly through in order to find a decent price on a Mammoth...
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Andrew said on 2:25PM 6-02-2009
That much EVE travel would destroy my soul. The time investment alone makes me shudder... but knowing that it is 99% passive waiting is the worst part of it.
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rawk1977 said on 11:46AM 6-03-2009
your doing it wrong :)
Autopilot=death (in terms of your sanity and suicide ganks/lowsec systems en route etc)
allowing for lag etc , under ideal conditions with enough cap to traverse a larger system (i.e. Jakanerva) you should spend no more than a minute or two from jump to jump.
Andrew said on 11:55AM 6-03-2009
I know how to pilot without autopilot. Unfortunately it sucks only slightly less.
Click my destination, Jump within 0m, wait for warp to finishing, click the gate and jump through. Rinse and repeat.
It's extremely passive, and once you've seen the starscapes a few hundred times, it becomes mind-numbingly dull.
rawk1977 said on 12:47PM 6-03-2009
ah understood, apologies for any misunderstandings.
Sadly theres no way round that minute or two spinning the camera and playing with the zoom :(
well, theres always "stay on top" settings in your favorite video player (amazing how many episodes of something you can watch whilst hauling).
:(