The Name War of 2018

Today, major alliance leaders sat down with CCP and decided to finally start doing something in the game again. To go along side the new recruitment program recently introduced, there would be war to draw in new players. This decision was unanimously made. However, conflict quickly erupted over what name the war should have. Many names were proposed, with several being drowned out in the escalating madness of the conference room.

• The New War—due to the fact that one hasn’t happened in so long that even the most minor of skirmishes that occured is old news at this point.

• The Everyone War—was instantly called out for being “dumb” and “if everyone was involved, the servers would erupt into a ball of fire” which the idea of the servers imploding intrigued CCP briefly, but they knew it would not occur.

• The Post-Provi War—which was forgotten almost immediately after something else was brought up, much like the region itself.

• Dino D-Day—which actually gained some traction until someone realized there was a video game named that, and couldn’t be used due to copyright reasons.

I suggested “That thing that happened in 2018” but while informative, just wasn’t catchy or flashy enough to draw attention.

Phones rang; intel channels were flooded; and Discord servers were pinged; as everyone with their own idea of what to call the war rallied anyone that would follow them, as the great Name War of 2018 began. A war fought among ideas, and not corporations or alliances. While some of the tight-knit groups stayed together, a lot of the larger alliances had members across multiple different factions in the Name War.

Fleets clashed constantly as newcomers arose and others faded away; like witnessing the pure essence and history of EVE boiled down into a very short, nerdy span of time. At one point, it did seem like it was everyone vs everyone, and yet the man that suggested the Everyone War name sat by himself in a corner, running L4 missions.

Recently, Talking in Stations published a show dubbing the war the “Trinosaur War”, most likely causing a swing powerful enough that the name will stick. CCP is glad that the Name War is for the most part over, so they can focus their advertising power to draw in new players with promises of war and new recruit bonuses. But, with all things EVE, the war will be temporary and unpredictable, and there’s always a chance something will be flipped to Goons.