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Title: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Silver Night on 07 Sep 2010, 13:31
Article here: http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=4053&tid=4

Seems creepy.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Casiella on 07 Sep 2010, 13:41
I liked it. Reminds us of the grimdark.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Dex_Kivuli on 07 Sep 2010, 18:24
If they were all capsuleers, I'd say Jove Disease... but vOv
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Saede Riordan on 07 Sep 2010, 18:28
purple kool-aid
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Ghost Hunter on 07 Sep 2010, 18:52
This reminds me of something along similar lines a couple years ago.

I can't for the life of me remember what though.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Z.Sinraali on 07 Sep 2010, 19:58
The comet's Sansha are coming to take us away!
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Alain Colcer on 08 Sep 2010, 13:17
Quote from: Nikita Alterana on 07 Sep 2010, 18:28
purple kool-aid

Best explanation definetely, either that or Purple Quafe mass test with horrendous side-effects.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Silver Night on 08 Sep 2010, 22:03
Well, that first item doesn't give many clues. Hopefully they will have another news items that will give us a bit more to chew on.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Jekaterine on 10 Sep 2010, 00:32
Quote from: Bruno Bonner on 08 Sep 2010, 13:17
Quote from: Nikita Alterana on 07 Sep 2010, 18:28
purple kool-aid

Best explanation definetely, either that or Purple Quafe mass test with horrendous side-effects.

Starsi product test.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Vlad Cetes on 10 Sep 2010, 08:15
Quote from: Ghost Hunter on 07 Sep 2010, 18:52
This reminds me of something along similar lines a couple years ago.

I can't for the life of me remember what though.

Jonestown, where 900 people drank some drink (it WASN'T kool-aid even though everyone thinks it is) laced with cyanide and died.

There also is a gas station that sells kool-aid on Jim Jones Lane, freaky ain't it?
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Yoshito Sanders on 11 Sep 2010, 14:40
It was Flavor-Aid in Jonestown.

Also, that's a CCP plot item, isn't it? Interesting times ahead.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Julianus Soter on 11 Sep 2010, 20:32
The Sarum Symphony was a plot item.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Ghost Hunter on 11 Sep 2010, 23:18
I'm not sure.

Are The Scope articles plot items and ISD articles fluff?
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: scagga on 12 Sep 2010, 06:02
Sounds similar to recent news in rl.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/1500-farmers-commit-mass-suicide-in-india-1669018.html

http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-08-31/india-village-suicide-hunger.html#
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Seriphyn on 12 Sep 2010, 07:42
"Plot items" are the ones on the World news bit.

The Plantation thing and the Mass Suicide one are plot items. The Sarum Symphony is not, but the Pashanai bombings were, etc.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Horatius Caul on 12 Sep 2010, 08:17
Quote from: Ghost Hunter on 11 Sep 2010, 23:18
I'm not sure.

Are The Scope articles plot items and ISD articles fluff?
If they are posted on the front page (http://www.eveonline.com/) they are what Seri seems to call "plot items."

The normal ISD/SCOPE/Mercury news only go to the racial feeds (and which all feed into the main news at login) and don't show on the front page.
Title: Re: [News] Mass Suicide on Mining Colony
Post by: Silver Night on 13 Sep 2010, 00:46
Means that we have a better chance of followups.  :D