http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...e-gets-steamed

MMO, EVE is bringing its 13 million players to to Valve's Steam anti-piracy system.

The game will be the first MMO to be delivered over the network, a fact which makes publisher Iceland outfit CCO "immensely excited and honored," apparently.

To "celebrate" the launch gamers already signed to Steam's will be able to faff about in the virtual EVE universe for 21-days for free. By which time they'll be hooked, the cunning chaps at Valve have worked out.

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How do you pirate a subscription-based service?

With 16 men and a dead man's chest.

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I farkin hate Steam...

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I think Steam's gotten pretty stable over the years.

The friends function still pales in comparison to X-fire, though, and the downloads can be a bit shitty when they randomly stop.

Being able to buy games without having to get off your fat arse is pretty awesome though.

13mil Eve players, no chance

Must be counting up the alts.

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there's about 250k players, as they well know..

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Not even WoW has those numbers i think.

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Check it out! Independently targeting particle beam phalanx. Vwap! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase-plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks...

WoW just broke 10m.

Half of those are probably inactive.

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And half of those leftover are korean gold farmers?

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Maybe it should had been 130 000 players?

10m subscribers, meaning they're still paying. That's all that counts.

5.5m are in Asia though.

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EVE 13m subs? rofl talk about hyping up figures

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half of those are probably stonehs lvl 2 alts

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Pfft, I only have two accounts.

OK, maybe 4...I think.

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This is very strange as EVE, as well as being subscription is a free download anyway? Well odd.

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IQ of a cow.

British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra.

UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."

BBC News, 17th July 2007.