loki cargo

2009-12-09T21:57:00.001-08:00

caracal

2009-12-09T21:42:00.001-08:00

Catalyst

2009-12-09T21:35:00.001-08:00

incursus

2009-12-09T21:27:00.001-08:00

Executioner

2009-12-09T21:20:00.001-08:00

griffin

2009-12-09T20:48:00.000-08:00

Success?

2009-12-04T22:53:00.000-08:00

Well, after the first night of showing the game in Eve doing a test run, it has proven to be successful and now have a few testimonials to show enthusiasm. With that done, and being pleased in the outcome, I will be pushing on ahead for the next game coming this Wednesday night. I'll be doing 5 ships this time though..."maybe" doing a cruiser, but possibly not. We shall see. Anyway, thx again everyone that participated in the trial run and I'll see you around next time :)

Condor

2009-12-04T21:29:00.000-08:00

Results:

punisher

2009-12-04T21:22:00.001-08:00

punisher results

Results for the Rifter

2009-12-04T21:13:00.001-08:00

Here are the results:

Make or Break

2009-12-04T20:21:00.000-08:00

Welcome to Make or Break!!!

Join channel Make or Break to participate!

The game show where you can turn your luck around in just one bid!

Full details of the show can be read here on the Official Eve Forums:

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Here are the rules of the game:

I list a ship in channel, once per round.

When you click it, it will show everyone a detailed listing of what modules are equipped.

Then you have to submit a bid to me in the form of isk in what you think the total ship is worth on the market to my character to lock in your best guess. Your bid is the amount of isk you deposit into me.

The bid MUST fit inside the minimum and maximum amount I set at the start and also done within a minute of me posting the ship in the chat channel. I will be stating the time so that all may see.

After the bids are in place, I will take a snapshot of the bids and post to the blog located here for all to see:

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The idea is to bid as close to the actual cost of the ship without going over. If you go over you lose. Who ever is the highest bidder wins the round.

If you are the winner, you not only win your money back, but also the ship, as well as 5 shares into the game show that later on will pay dividends to you when others play.

All winners get a chance to win for that night a special prize at the end of the game that costs nothing!!!

If you lose, you will at least win one share, as long as you didn’t go over the actual cost of the ship.

The Game Show Starts

2009-12-03T09:48:00.000-08:00

So, I was thinking what would really be cool in Eve Online. I mean, it already has loads of scammers, rejects, corp thieves, Isk sellers, etc. What would be fun, and be entertaining to a lot of people? And I thought...what about a game show? So here is the pitch:

Early on this will be lacking a LOT of bells and whistles...but as time and popularity increases (fingers crossed), I can add more, such as live video streams, other game formats involved, bigger prizes, etc.

My main goal early on is to show people that this isn't a scam. People in Eve Online are very cautious about giving out money to strangers, especially new alts. Why don't I use my main alt? Because, like you, I enjoy my main alt, and what ever affiliation that alt has with others shouldn't interfere with this game show. Sure there is profit to be made, but the idea is that Eve is such a creative online world, that creativity goes a long way in being successful. My idea is to have fun, and offer something different in Eve. There may be similar things that have popped up like this, but I want to make this big. Big enough to take notice of so that if someone in Eve says, hey, there is another game tonight, they know what your talking about. Lot of work I know, but thats whats fun to me!

Now, on to the idea of one of the early games.

Early on, I'll be using an idea very similar to a USA game show, but not exactly. I'll be calling this first type game, Make or Break. The idea is I will have 5 fully fitted ships set up and ready for the game. Each one will be rather inexpensive on up to somewhat expensive. I have MORE than enough ships starting out to last many MANY games, and as the games progress and show enthusiasm, I'll add more and more. But, let me go into how this will work:

Ship number one for example may be a Rifter fitted up with what ever mods. (If you think the fitting is crap...well, so what. I will try to use some of the best fits i have seen on battle Clinic and my own, but sometimes you can't please everyone). Ok, I will disclose the list of mods, rigs, etc. In one minute, contestants will have a minimum and maximum range of bidding that will take place. For example, for this rifter, i could state in one minute, you have to bid from 200k isk to 500k isk. The price with the mods and all could be something like 345k isk, but contestants must guess. To bid, you must deposit the money into the game hosts wallet. After bidding is finalized and all in within a minute, I will take a screen snapshot and post to the blog, in which ppl can see the results. I do this so all can see who bid and who won...to keep it honest. I want to add later video, but until I learn how, have to stick with pics. Its obvious that once the bids are in, the picture should go up immediately.

Here is the rules early on though for the first 3 game showings. When bidding, if you go over the actual costs, you lose. Only the person with the closest amount to the actual cost will win the bid. What the winner takes home is not only the ship, but all of his or her bid on that ship, as well as shares in the corp that entitle him or her to dividends from future game winnings. The losers will, while shares last, take home one share, as long as they too didn't overbid. I will always round to the actual costs in the nearest thousand, such as if the ship costs 1,345,232 isk, I will round it down to 1,345,000 isk or if it was 136,735 isk, i will round it up to 137,000 isk to make it simpler. You can still bid any number you want, but the actual cost will be in that format. These costs will be a generalized cost amount of it's purchase. I will not be taking the rough overall average of each item shown on the market as the cost, but rather the cost of the item that particular day during the week in which i looked at the items from the market and chose the cheapest one located in a particular trade hub of my choosing. I'll figure in the price according to which of the markets I used and that will be it. The market may fluctuate later and it may not. It also doesn't mean I used Jita's market place either as the sole source of the total, but I'll be sure to not use something completely unrealistic like someone selling a ship 500% times its normal value just because it is located in some spot in 0.0 space...nor something much lower than normal because someone is desperate for isk.

After the first 3 game showings, the winner will still get to take home 5 shares, but after that, only the next closest 3 bidders that did not go over the actual cost will get 1 share.

I want to set it up though in which each game will have 5 ships. Starting with the lowest value ship all the way up to the highest value ships. I do this because not everyone early on will trust it, and I also do this because some people, especially noobs don't have a bucket load of isk to splurge. The idea is for everyone to be able to participate on any given item up on the show. And early on will give all people, noobs and older a chance to get a share (as long as they do not overbid) which may be very profitable later to those people. It all depends on whether this is successful or not. Occasionally I will throw in a very expensive ship, if it catches on. I have a few on hand such as a Phantasm, Loki, CNR, Paladin, Nightmare, etc. And if the games really catch on, I'll get more to add to the future games. But I will also keep simple ships too in order to cater to the needs of the lower class.

If ever there is a tie in the game bids that are the most accurate to the actual cost, Then the first time stamped bidder will win the bid. The idea is to leave a bid quickly enough as well as accurate enough to win. I thought about having a tie breaker put in, but realized there was an easy way to exploit the system...lol. Obviously some rules may undergo some changes over time, mostly in case of exploitation...but in general this is the layout of the game. Keep in mind bids not bid on in accordance with the price range given will not be accepted as bids. So if a person thinks they will bid 10 isk, even though there is minimum of 200k isk, that bid will not be accepted, but also not refunded either as I don't have time for pranks either. If you bid, bid the most accurate you can.

Each game event MUST have 3 or more contestants or the money will be returned and the next event comes up. I cannot have 1 guy bidding and he alone wins because no interest early on takes place. I'm not here to give out free things to the needy...lol. Its a game show. There is no signup either. I will state early on when the time is for the next game show and have a chat channel set up. I will also post in local channel in which ever system I am in that the game will begin in 30 minutes and which channel to join.

At the end of each game showing, the total earnings will be dividend out to all share holders. After that, those that played the game will be sent their shares as well. Participants will only receive 1 share per game night that they participate in, unless they are a winner in which they can receive 5 per night that they win. I thought about allowing a share per event if it was participated, but chose not to in order to allow others opportunities to acquire shares as well. Shares will not be sold so don't ask. You can purchase them from each other if you like, but as for me selling them, I will not be doing so.

Well, let me know your thoughts and any other ideas you may have about this. I want to try to start it this weekend.

Eve Online Traveling Game Show