http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=797

I actaully just left part of the BoB alliance, not because of this war, I actually just found out about it after leaving. I tip my spacehelmet to the brave pilots involved. I hope something from this war makes it to EVE TV :P I wanna see that Doomsday wepon fire :D

What happened is that the device is a brutal weapon that does not descriminate. It kills anyone within a certain distance, except for some of the bigger ships. It does not seem like it destroyed as many ships as it should have, but for a first test firing we at least now know it works.

The killmails (what the system sends to record the kills) apparently are not handling this device very well since it kills multiple ships at one time. Remember, this is the first time it has ever been used so some bugs are to be expected.

It’ll be fired again, no doubt. Question is, can the server cluster handle it? So far it seems that it can’t.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/eve-online/massive-intergalactic-conflict-starts-in-eve-online-204528.php

BoB is a good lesson in management and organization.

So ASCN builds a Titan, over the course of 8 months, and manages to keep it secret by:

a) Diversionary tactics - building another capital ship elsewhere to take the heat off the build location
b) Secrecy - apparently only 3 people knew the detail of the project
c) Funneling of resources - the minerals and ISK required for the build came from untraceable resources such as refinery taxes and “fake” projects, rather than the convenient method of rallying all ASCN members into mining for the Titan

That in itself is pretty darn phenomenal. But it doesn’t end there - the Titan gets built, and BoB gets all riled up. During the time between the Titan announce and the war declaration, the rumour goes that they hired a number of mercenary corps to declare war on ASCN sympatizers (such as my own alliance, Miners With Attitude, which recently were war dec’d by a merc corp we’ve never heard of and have no beef with). This, supposedly, to ensure that sympatizer corps/alliances are not able nor willing to rally under ASCN’s banner.

I stand behind Ethic in wishing that this will be a “fair” fight, but I must give it up for BoB for playing the “bad” guys. How can you not love such a consistently evil antagonist? They’re like the Klingons, before the negotiations and non-aggression pacts.

ASCN’s achievements - especially how they went about getting there - are great. BoB’s willingness to start a major, server-crashing, cataclysmic fight-to-the-end war is greater. They’re managing to involve everyone who wants in into this massive effort, on either side, essentially creating “plot” for everyone who wants it. That’s what a good antagonist is for, and CCP deserves credit for buidling a game that provides a near-perfect method for allowing players to generate such plot.

Bravo, all around. This will be fun. :)