No, instead of the Challenger or Orion... neither of which qualify as "sci-fi". Hell the Orion might not be in actual use right now, but it is slated for a 2014 test flight so I have all ideas that the craft exists in a functional physical form.

I LOL'd... and snerted.

"...keep getting better..."

Same with the "H" in History Channel, and the 'L" in Learning Channel.

What I was really getting at is if the headline had been accurate to the story, there wouldn't have been a story, hence the headline as it is.

Stand by it? Yeah, go ahead guy. "Completely underwater" would suggest that the building is, in fact, underwater. Whereas the picture accompanying the article shows nothing of the sort. A couple inches of water? Oh, the humanity. That'll take days to clean up... DAYS, I tell you.

Yeah, I may try a stealth playthrough eventually (likely won't finish it though). Killing in this game is just too much damned fun. I find myself literally laughing out loud like a kid with a new toy constantly while I play.

Seriously it depends... some pilots charge a flat rate, but will only deliver to certain systems. If your shipment needs to go somewhere specific, you're likely paying fuel charges based on number of jumps made (distance).

Cap-chaining logisitics ships most likely... helps keep their capacitors stable, so they can do their job of repping the fleet.

As noted in the other replies, our goods do have a real-world value, though the "value" of our stuff and the time spent playing with it is perceived not in dollars, but in terms of enjoyment. Like to play the markets? We've got something for you. Like to play politics? We've got something for you. Like to be a…

So, in all seriousness... It is quite possible to make the K6-K16 run in less than 3 parsecs, depending on type of travel and relative location to the destination.

It is quite possible to make a run in less parsecs than other pilots. I may travel 33 light years making several jumps gate-to-gate, whereas a capital ship pilot with a jump portal generator can make the same A-to-B trip in 1/10th the total distance (1 parsec) I had to travel. And do it in far less time at that.

If the ship is in space, you have to pop it to get to the cargo, unless you are in a lawless area where you can shut down their propulsion systems and basically ransom them to themself, in which case they have to actually jettison the cargo (this takes a combination of superior offense, defense or sheer numbers to…

Real-world value of isk varies day-to-day or even hour-to-hour. Real value is derived from PLEX (pilot license extension), which is purchasable directly from the developers and can be sold in-game on the market. For example— I was buying 2 plex to resub my accounts last week. Over the course of two days there was a…

Yeah, that's about right. Hell, I've made a living roleplaying a beggar at times. (emote: holds up a hastily-scrawled cardboard sign that reads "will barrel roll for isk") Do a few tricks, make some folks laugh and earn a few million isk while I'm mainly entertaining myself.

Last time I played WoW, nothing I had on my character was lost if I died. Why would you feel like an asshole for merely wasting a few minutes of someone's time? If I screw up in Eve, I can lose literally everything I've built over years in a matter of seconds... which is what makes it so much damned fun. I've never…

I've been playing since beta (like 9 years now) and have yet to use a spreadsheet for anything. I've never understood this argument.

And as an added note, this particular fight doesn't even come close to the largest battles on record... those fights involved a few thousand players in the same system. We're also unsharded... every pilot plays in the same universe (approx 9000 star systems) as everyone else. Unless you're Chinese... for whatever…

Which is why we like it. The steep learning curve keeps the kind of folks that make other MMO's (and multiplayer components of FPS-style games) so infuriating. If you find a 12 year-old in our game, chances are he or she is intelligent, communicates well and is capable of following directions and being a team player.

Yeah, I live in the deep south (Redneckland) and the "costs-as-much-as-a-house-and-spends-50-weeks-a-year-parked-behind-said-house" RV is not a redneckmobile. Most "rednecks" can't afford these things, or would rather spend the mone on pickup trucks and atvs.