In the spring of 2013 TechHive journalist Cassandra Khaw ventured to Reykjavik, Iceland to investigate Eve Fanfest, the annual gathering of EVE Online players from around the world. These are her stories.
"We're not null-sec players; we're Wormhole players."
It was like falling down the rabbit hole and asking if you're in Oz instead. The smiles are knowing, friendly and just a little bit sly. People have obviously made this mistake before and the Wormhole players, in turn, seem to enjoy correcting it. Maybe. There's a nagging feeling that, any minute now, the white rabbit is going to pop up to tell me that it's my turn for decapitation or—given that this is an EVE Online convention—death by many lasers.
"Wormhole?" I repeat, feeling like a fish out of water—or a newbie in null-sec territory.
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