EVE Online alliance leader permanently banned after threatening to cut off another player’s hands
Today is not a good day if you’re a member of Circle-of-Two (CO2).
This alliance is one of the largest and most popular in EVE Online—or it
was until late last night when its senior diplomat, The Judge, robbed
the entire alliance blind and handed its space stations over to its
worst enemies.The dust hasn’t settled, but reports indicate that
The Judge personally stole over a trillion ISK (EVE’s in-game currency)
worth of alliance ships, modules, and more. But the real kicker is that
he’s left CO2’s players with nowhere to call home, handing their space
stations over to CO2’s rivals, TEST and Goonswarm. Right now, thousands
of CO2 pilots are stranded in space and attempting to evacuate with
whatever they can. Meanwhile, CO2’s pride and joy, a Keepstar citadel
that’s best thought of like EVE’s version of a Death Star, is under siege.And
if that wasn’t bad enough, CO2’s leader, a legendary player by the name
of ‘gigX’ was just permanently banned from the game. The reason? He
threatened to chop off The Judge’s hands. I’m not kidding.“Whoever know[s] his real name, home address and other details [message] me,” gigX wrote
in CO2’s alliance chat populated with over 3,900 characters. Earlier
this morning. Allegedly, gigX was asleep when The Judge betrayed him.
Minutes later, he followed up with a serious threat.Without their leader, Circle-of-Two is in serious disarray and might
disintegrate entirely. It’s shaping up to be one of the most explosive
betrayals in EVE history, especially considering this appears to have
been premeditated. According to The Mittani, the infamous leader of
Goonswarm, The Judge was “flipped” by his Goonswarm agents during an
in-person meeting of EVE’s Counsel of Interstellar Management (CSM) in
Iceland. This player-elected government helps lobby CCP to make changes
to the game and is flown out to Iceland once a year to convene in
person. Apparently there were some other deals being brokered on the
side.These gamers created a fucking lobby for the game developer.
Holy shit.
And here y’all thought other MMOs had drama.
#god I fucking love not actually playing EVE ( @manyblinkinglights)
god me too but the drama’s so choice