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EVE-Online RP Discussion and Resources => Player Driven Content => Topic started by: Ghost Hunter on 30 Apr 2010, 16:36
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Welcome to my "Developing the Nation (DTN)", if anyone was wondering what that was about. Anyway, here's something I've been thinking about. Seems pretty nifty.
During the rise of Sansha's Nation, a curious phenomenon wormed its way into the spotlight. It bore the hallmarks of a Caldari sport - intense and dangerous. The sport made its home in the skies of massive cities still under construction as the Nation expanded. The practitioners used all the interconnecting construction equipment between the enormous sky scrappers and various constructs as the field of play. The goal was simple - start from vantage point A and either reach point B or C. Point B was called the "lightning point", for it was often the highest point on a target building they had to reach. Point C was the "dead end", typically a very low point encouraged the use of brutal speed to reach to.
Those who reached the lofty lightning point almost always won over those who reached the dead end for it was leaps and bounds more difficult to get to. This was a notably rare occurrence however and many races often centered on point A to point C racing. The occasional brave soul would aspire to point B, but the results varied.
It was only after the first major publicized race in Esoteria did the sport earn its name of "skyskiing". This came from how the equipment used in the sport resembled simple snow skiing equipment. However, towards the height of the sport's fame the term became considered an "umbrella" phrase for the activity. Many different ways of turning the magnetic rail devices, the center piece of the sport, began appearing that were completely different to the traditional "skiing" method.
The sport of Skyskiing itself was almost completely wiped out over night during the True Slave exposure and the resulting fall of the Nation. The big players in Skyskiing tried to revive it but found both the environment and the people unfavorable and unsuitable for the sport.
Today the sport could be called a distant memory, but one would have to wonder. The True Slaves and their slow rebuilding of the Nation is a silent but certain invitation for the return of the sport - indeed, perhaps even some True Slaves may practice it if they were capable of such a thing.
Thoughts and comments?
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First!
[22:36:20] Ghost Hunter > http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=363.0
[22:36:23] Ghost Hunter > :O
[22:37:20] Ashar KorAzor > Ghost
[22:37:26] Ashar KorAzor > Is this the product of my provocation?
[22:37:48] Ghost Hunter > Inspired by it perhaps
[22:37:51] Ashar KorAzor > YES
[22:37:55] Ashar KorAzor > TAKAN CREDITS
More valuable content added later >.>
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MAH E-CRED >: (
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Lovely. :D
This sport must have been popular where Ruby comes from, back when the Nation was in its prime. She'll have lots of dusty old holorecordings of skyskiing, and watch some of them again every so often.
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Interesting read - I love little 'world-building' type stuff like this that tries to flesh out some of the many blank spots left in terms of "every day life". But one thing jumped out at me:
Those who reached the lofty lightning point almost always won over those who reached the dead end for it was leagues and bonds more difficult to get to.
I think the expression you had in mind is "leaps and bounds"?
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And this entry by Ghost is the first recipient (http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=364.0) of moniez from the 'It's a Big Cluster' fund.
Do want to note that things don't have to be posted on this forum to get picked (though I might be more likely to notice since I monitor it closely.)
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Interesting read - I love little 'world-building' type stuff like this that tries to flesh out some of the many blank spots left in terms of "every day life". But one thing jumped out at me:
Those who reached the lofty lightning point almost always won over those who reached the dead end for it was leagues and bonds more difficult to get to.
I think the expression you had in mind is "leaps and bounds"?
Woops. Yes, just a typo there.