By Jim Rossignol on April 21st, 2009 at 9:15 am.
Today is competition day on RPS. For the first time since it was released in 2003 the brilliant space-faring MMO Eve Online has a retail box, and to celebrate that CCP have sent us six copies to give away. Somewhat unusually for RPS competitions there is no region-constraint on any of our prizes today, so anyone may enter. If you want to find out how to win Eve Online then click onwards.
The retail version of Eve Online includes 60-days gametime, a special faction shuttle in-game, and lots of other stuff that accelerates the newbie experience in the game world. It’s a rather splendid bundle, even for jaded old pilots like me.
To win you need to email us via this link with the answer to this question: What is the best science fiction film, and why? The six most accurate or entertaining answers to this question, as judged by an RPS editor, will receive the prize. The closing date is midnight on the 26th of April.
Remember that we’ll need your postal address with your entry, and entry to the compo means agreeing to our terms and conditions. If you’re not happy sending us a postal address then don’t enter!
And here’s the most recent Eve trailer, just for good measure.
21/04/2009 at 09:32 Heliocentric says:
Erm… A competition where you are expected to give your credit card details after winning? Wheee!
21/04/2009 at 09:44 Jim Rossignol says:
Nope. You don’t need to enter credit card details for 60-days included with the box: the game time comes as a code you enter on the E-O website.
21/04/2009 at 10:09 Azhrarn says:
Helio, using a creditcard to pay for an EVE subscription is entirely optional.
I’ve been paying my characters timecodes with Paypal for 2 years, no issues at all.
And as Jim says, the code that’s included in the box can be used to create an account or add 60 days of gametime to an existing account.
You can also use the code ingame and convert it into 2 PLEX items, which can be sold ingame for Isk.
21/04/2009 at 10:17 MacQ says:
Can anyone enter or just UK residents?
21/04/2009 at 10:28 Jim Rossignol says:
MacQ did you actually read anything other than the headline?
21/04/2009 at 10:37 zergl says:
You’re about a month late to announce that the box is out. :P
Anyway, since this competition is *NOT* limited to a region for a change I might even participate. o/
edit/PS: You might’ve included some of the more significant changes in the last few patches for bitter old vets thinking about re-subbing, btw.
21/04/2009 at 10:41 mandrill says:
A bit of clarification:
The accelerated training time is available to all new characters, whether they get the box or not and also whather they are on an existing account or a newly created one.
The special edition shuttle and faction standings are only available to accounts created with the GTC in the box and will not be available to either existing accounts or trial accounts which use said GTC to extend their game time. (tbh honest the shuttle is a bit of a crock, its only got 10m3 more cargo space and is a reskin of an old model, as for the standings bonus to make factional warfare more accessible. I personally wouldn’t bother with Factional Warfare, its not worth the hassle)
This has been causing something of an uproar on the EVE-O forums and has been mishandled atrociously by CCP, with no-one seeming to know whats supposed to be going on.
21/04/2009 at 10:49 Patrick says:
Jim, don’t try to fight the endless tide of stupid! Smother those tiny voices like an unwanted kitten.
21/04/2009 at 11:08 teo says:
I kinda want the gametime but it would be a bit wrong of me to enter since I already have the game
21/04/2009 at 11:18 DigitalSignalX says:
Woot! Entered… Tough calls.. Blade Runner.. Solyaris… 2001..
21/04/2009 at 11:24 Markoff Chaney says:
I’m opting out of this one as well due only to the fact I can’t keep up subscription based models right now. I’d hate to get 2 months of great joy in and have to put it away. I’d rather get someone else hooked instead. I feel like I should enter since most of these competitions are for y’all on the isle, but it just wouldn’t feel right to take from another…
Seriously though. It’s 2001. Best movie ever made. It just happens to be a Sci-Fi movie. I’d go into more detail but that would be telling…
21/04/2009 at 11:38 klumhru says:
Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but EVE actually did have a retail box when it was first launched. Granted, they didn’t sell many, but I have one at home :)
21/04/2009 at 11:45 tba says:
OMG, words are meant to be read!
21/04/2009 at 11:56 Jim Rossignol says:
klumhru: Yes, it had a retail box when it originally launched. Hence the words “for the first time since”, which implies it did have a box when it was launched. ie: it stopped having a boxed version in the interim.
Is it brain-death day in RPS comments?
Zegl: Yes, I might have. But I didn’t, as that would be an entirely different post.
21/04/2009 at 12:02 Azazel says:
Ynnnuurrggh-dduuuuurggghhnnn. Braaaaiiiinnns.
21/04/2009 at 12:28 dalig varg says:
i entered the comp. i really could use a free 60 day time code also i hope you deliver to australia mates i just hope my Kangaroo doesn’t breakdown again :(
21/04/2009 at 12:30 clovus says:
@Markof: Yeah, 2001 was the first thing I thought of for that exact reason. I guess I won’t be winning anything for something that obvious.
@RPS: No big deal, but you don’t really need to completely own what we write, do you? Don’t you just need a perpetual permission to distribute the information? Again, no big deal; Looking through the comments, I am now afraid that Jim will yell at me with his scary megaphone.
21/04/2009 at 12:32 Dominic White says:
On a tangent, with it being so long since the original release, and this boxed launch being something of a milestone, I wonder whether any of the major magazines/sites will re-review the game. When it first came out, it was buggy as fuck and confusing as hell, and most reviewers didn’t know what to make of it. It’s been improved massively since then, and continues to grow steadily, week upon week.
It’s not my sort of game (too slow and barren and space-simmish, rather than space-shootery), but it is not only pretty much unique in its niche, but they haven’t been resting on their laurels either. It’s a much bigger, better game than ever before.
It’d be ridiculous if places are still sticking to their unsure and often hamfisted launch-day coverage of it.
21/04/2009 at 12:33 teo says:
2001 is a great movie but it’s not great because it’s sci-fi
Alien has to be the greatest sci-fi movie. It set the tone for everything that came after it. It is just so well shot and lit
If someone ends up playing EVE for the first time: don’t be a carebear. EVE is the most boring game in the world if you don’t take risks, and it can be the most thrilling game in the world if you do
21/04/2009 at 12:34 klumhru says:
Sorry Jim, English = 3rd language, therefore my “Maybe I misunderstood” caveat
I’m fairly well versed in the history of the game, as CCP offices are about half a mile from where I live and I know many of the staffers / devs….
/me goes to garage to have caved-in head repaired :(
21/04/2009 at 13:00 dalig varg says:
carebears suck everyone one but carebears hate them. be a barsted and pillage everyone or be a hero and pillage BoBR space
21/04/2009 at 13:12 MD says:
Jim Rossignol: Yes, it had a retail box when it originally launched. Hence the words “for the first time since”, which implies it did have a box when it was launched. ie: it stopped having a boxed version in the interim.
Is it brain-death day in RPS comments?
@ Jim, bit harsh don’t you think? It was a simple mistake, prefaced by the admission that he may have been mistaken, and followed by a smiley face (with no unpleasantness in between).
Anyway, I think I fall into the “it’s a fascinating game to read about, but I have no intention to actually play the thing” category. Maybe (some of) the winners could agree to keep us informed of their adventures as EVE-newbies though — that could make for an interesting guest post/forum thread.
21/04/2009 at 13:14 mike says:
I was about to enter this, then I realised I don’t really want to play eve =p
21/04/2009 at 13:21 DMJ says:
Does the prize include the time in your schedule, work, and social life necessary to play Eve properly?
Playing Eve “casually” is a bit like competing in the Olympics “casually”. You may enjoy doing it, but you’re going to be competing against people who have made this their life.
21/04/2009 at 13:46 teo says:
DMJ it’s quite possible to play EVE casually… moreso than most MMOs I think, but it’s also really easy to play it all the time
21/04/2009 at 13:58 unique_identifier says:
you too could win 2 free months of addictive boredom!
21/04/2009 at 14:12 cullnean says:
jump jump
21/04/2009 at 14:26 darthmajor says:
Started playing 3 weeks ago, working furiously to earn the money for PLEXes (game time for in game money)….winning this would make my life much easier for now ^^
Not that i actually expect to win :D
The game is every bit as fascinating, awe inspiring and mindnumbingly huge as it was described here several times…was about time for CCP to acknowledge the importance of RPS for them :D
21/04/2009 at 14:33 Jim Rossignol says:
Perhaps I was bit unfair. I’d deleted another half-dozen moronic comments before that, which had angered me.
21/04/2009 at 14:58 TooNu says:
Jim and guys I sent you my entry twice because I got so carried away that I forgot to add my name and address etc to the first email…I rectified that with a second email from the same address.
Sorry for that.
TooNu
21/04/2009 at 15:16 Markoff Chaney says:
I second the request to vicariously live through the exploits of our contest winners. If you win, please hit up the forums with tales of valour and piracy (not that kind) upon the high waves of nanoparticles traveling through the void.
21/04/2009 at 17:19 Serondal says:
Okay I sent you my E-mail . Are you going to list the winners here or will you only know if you won when you get the box ? :P
21/04/2009 at 17:54 Nallen says:
Can I buy a win with ISK? This is an EVE compo after all, should all bit meta and dubious ;)
21/04/2009 at 17:59 Serondal says:
You probably could buy a win if any of the judges play Eve onine, other wise I dunno if they’d have any use for ISK lol. Do they let you turn ISK into real dollars like they do with second life money ?
21/04/2009 at 18:25 mpk says:
EVE Online? Sounds rubbish. I give it a week.
21/04/2009 at 18:32 Damien says:
I might have an short, but non-standard review heading your way shortly. After all thismvoie deserves attention.
21/04/2009 at 20:06 psyk says:
DMJ sounds the same as any other game to be honest.
21/04/2009 at 21:57 Jock says:
Great game, still enjoy playing it after 4 years.
Granted I don’t have as much time to devote to it as I used to but the game is so diverse that you can find a multitude of ways to keep learning or try something new.
Free upgrades and expansions from CCP is also a big plus!!
22/04/2009 at 02:08 Tomas says:
Just tried to enter this, but apparently there is no real intent by anyone involved to make it possible since there is some stone-age door blocking entry via stupid and obsolete measures (what’s your e-mail address? what address does your server use? what’s the address of your left toe? what address does your dead dog still use for his dried bones delivery? Do you know where all the lost ancient religions buried their artifacts?) How dissapointing – truly flacid folks.
22/04/2009 at 03:35 William Schultz says:
i ve like eve since day one, fun game to play
22/04/2009 at 06:45 Poet says:
Congrats on the worldwife giveaway, hope my previous pissing and moaning makes her happy.
On a side note, if someone from Nigeria wins could you ask em for their banking info and pass it along to me. kthx
22/04/2009 at 09:40 Hmm-Hmm. says:
@DigitalSignalX: Logan’s Run, obviously. At least that would’ve been my entry if I’d chosen to participate.
-edit- Also, good luck to all participants.
22/04/2009 at 10:25 psyk says:
On the eve website is this –
New Rock, Paper, Shotgun Contest
Want your very own copy of the EVE Online retail box? Rock, Paper, Shotgun is giving away six copies featuring a 60 day game time card, an EVE career planner, your very own Interbus Shuttle and more. “How can I win such a fabulous prize” you ask? It’s easy! Simply go to Rockpapershotgun.com and answer this simple question: “What is the best science fiction film, and why?” Full details are available on their site and who knows, maybe that second account you always wanted can be yours!”
Nice
22/04/2009 at 11:46 Chromedian says:
I would just like to say that I entered this Piracy contest and that the greatest Sci-Fi movie of all time is not a Piracy movie!
Also, as a side note, could you please ask DRM to stop eating my child…
(I do so hope I win)
22/04/2009 at 11:52 Jim Rossignol says:
Tomas: What are you talking about?
22/04/2009 at 11:54 Heliocentric says:
“an EVE career planner”
Surely it would just read.
Tasks:
quit job
live in mothers basement
play EVE
22/04/2009 at 12:04 ChaosSmurf says:
Where are all these basements. My house doesn’t have a basement. I wish it did. I could move the computer and my bed down there and make a den. It’d be awesome.
22/04/2009 at 12:11 Willem says:
Jim: I think Tomas can’t find the email adres or something like that. Because of the brain issues, you see?
22/04/2009 at 12:29 Gabanski83 says:
Zombies? Quick, get the sunflowers out to save us!
22/04/2009 at 12:44 Heliocentric says:
@ChaosSmurf, you might need to dig it yourself.
22/04/2009 at 12:49 corebloodbrothers says:
u can always try eve as it comes with a free download and a free 14 day trial. succesful players even pay their permanent account by buying game time cards ingame with ingame currency. Easier ofc is to pay a monthly fee and use that earned cash ingame to blow up the guy next to u in that juicy spaceship ;) or get blown up in the proces yourself ;). for me eve is the first mmo that keeps me hooked, and i tried a few over the years.
gl hf with the contest, and now to think of a movie for a second character ;)
22/04/2009 at 13:40 Kris Wood says:
Holy Hurrr-Durrr fest on here….I feel so very sorry for the site owners….I feel your pain.
Great contest, I entered thinking I’d never have a chance but now I feel much better!!
22/04/2009 at 22:23 Psychopomp says:
Made my submission.
BRACE FOR FAILURE!
23/04/2009 at 00:29 pizdafripta says:
Yeah money sucking CCP they turned the dollars payment in Euros i think the weather its getting colder and colder up there and thats why u need more money i think with all that ice u cant do much try grow marihuana indoors CCP hows that for bussines!
23/04/2009 at 23:55 Rod says:
Not gunna bother entering but I’d be stuck anyway between Gattica, 2001, Quiet Earth and Blade Runner. And I’m sure I’m missing 1 like Silent Running.
24/04/2009 at 07:10 Clippit says:
It’s not “Solyaris”, it’s “Solaris”, unless you’re being very pretentious. It’s also pretty ineffective as science fiction… unless you’re being very pretentious…
24/04/2009 at 16:54 Matte2 says:
My be a stupid question but anyway.
Do we need to put “Drinking At The Spacebar” in subject as we email our entry.
Grtz
25/04/2009 at 03:28 Glorp says:
Do *gulp* Old scifi animations (like animes) count.
/runs away.
25/04/2009 at 19:39 Finn says:
Well, if the Gods deem me worthy of winning I’ll spend the 60 days playing AND making a blog about it.
26/04/2009 at 17:02 z.o.o. says:
pick me, pick me! i’ve a low self-esteem and i’m constantly seeking external sources of validation. if you don’t pick me, then my friable zeal will be consumed by the ravages of a pop-culture induced, self-loathing from which would arise an insurmountable allegiance to the Nintendo Wii. Oh great RPS editors, you mellifluous and verile gods of the PC gaming punditry, please take pity on me, lead me not into casual gaming and deliver me from Nintendo.
26/04/2009 at 21:04 SilverArturus says:
Valkyore here, i think 2001 A Space Oddysee… heck my pc’s name SERIOUSLY is HAL, even behaves like him…. he quits and runs programs on HIS schedule
26/04/2009 at 23:23 Vince says:
Seriously 2001? Come on guys. I like the movie and think it’s epic but can we all agree that Kubrick sometimes makes movies that are more interesting than they are great. Or is it something that you had to have seen it in the theaters and been a teenager or greater when it came out? That’s my theory on Pulp Fiction (my personal favorite movie of all time) but people younger than movie don’t think of it as being as great as I think it is or it having the impact on cinema as I do. I think you should have to put your age first before submitting.
27/04/2009 at 08:29 question says:
When do we know who won ?
28/04/2009 at 20:46 dragosS says:
yah when we know :)), I voted for Gattaca, it had no space pewpew, sadly :) but I loved the vision of the future of humanity on that. hope I win :D
28/04/2009 at 20:53 Serondal says:
@question there is another post with the winners already mate.
I liked Gattacia mainly because it had Judd Law in it and I love anything he is in like a sad sick little fan boi ;P
28/04/2009 at 21:41 Lewis says:
urm where is this post with the winners on it? can someone give me a link?
29/04/2009 at 14:30 Wookiee says:
Yeah, link please. I can’t find it…
30/04/2009 at 19:40 Wolffin says:
Best scifi movie. Killer Rotten Tomatoes! (only when hosted by Elvira mistress of the dark, tomatoes and jugs like that……heavenly)
Eve is a great game and despite what some have said Faction Warfare can be fun if it suits your play style just like missioning and piracy it is not for every one but some people like it.
02/05/2009 at 20:08 helpme says:
Find some nice EvE online vids on
http://www.damagedealer.com/?afi=7a771ed672b7745cc0de10867ca0df9b
04/05/2009 at 12:14 Ooyama says:
Chronicles of Riddick,, it’s the classic good vs. bad turned sideways, so it’s bad vs bad ;)
I like that twist to it,,
09/05/2009 at 10:14 Pirefui8l says:
@Ooyama sure you could go with some big blockbuster movie but i think the judges to this contest were thinking of something a little more origooouuugggghhhh!!!
09/05/2009 at 14:22 T.K says:
when and where the hell do they post up the winners?!?
09/05/2009 at 23:30 John G says:
I know its a little late, but I just had to mention the movie, “This Island Earth” filmed in I believe 1955. I first become aware of this movie after watching “Mystery Science theatre”. Which afterward I decided I had to see the movie for real. After viewing it I believe it is a Diamond in the Ruff, so to speak from the other movies produced in that time era.