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Stradden  10/30/08 12:53:22 PM
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MMORPG.com EVE Online Correspondent Sam Guss writes this guide to starting a successful corporation in CCP's EVE Online.

This series of articles over the next couple of months will explore some thought experiments on creating EVE Corporations. In MMOs, one of the common themes is that of like-minded players grouping together in miniature societies called Clans or Guilds. EVE Online is no different, only these smaller societies are called Corporations.

Corporations are unique to the MMO world, as they can go much deeper in concept than that of other MMOs. Due to the nature of player-based sandbox of the EVE Online universe, different issues can spring up in Corporations than in typical guilds or clans of other games. Potential pitfalls such as espionage, corporation-crippling theft, scams, economic warfare and much more can leave a Corporation in ruin and in some cases unrecoverable.

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Read the EVE Online Correspondent Article.

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Jon Wood
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Ozmodan  10/30/08 3:53:28 PM
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Just a note on the article, you should probably mention that being the CEO of such a corporation, as discussed in the article, pretty much relegates you to having no life.  It is just like having a full time job.  It is a quick way to burn out in the game.  Of course you could treat such an enterprise more casually, but the chance of success go down exponentially.
 
redavni  10/30/08 11:00:50 PM
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Excellent  guide so far. Running a successful corp in Eve is one of the most ambitious things anyone can do in all MMOdom.

Looking forward to the rest of the series.