EVE Online explains the Butterfly Effect
By Jessica Citizen - Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:01pm
It's very difficult to explain massively multiplayer online games to people who don't know what they're all about - but a secret posse of developers at CCP have created a new video in their latest attempt to show people what EVE Online is all about.
In the new trailer, called The Butterfly Effect, they hope to explain what a persistent, single-shard world really means for gameplay - and how the actions of one person can ripple across the entire ingame universe, potentially affecting more than 300,000 gamers.
Download the EVE Online 'Butterfly Effect' Trailer
According to the developers, this isn't the "perfect explanation" of just how much EVE Online has to offer, but it's a pretty good approximation. Plus, it's pretty to look at, and that's always a good thing, right?
In the new trailer, called The Butterfly Effect, they hope to explain what a persistent, single-shard world really means for gameplay - and how the actions of one person can ripple across the entire ingame universe, potentially affecting more than 300,000 gamers.
The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in a certain location. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. While the butterfly does not cause the tornado, the flap of its wings is an essential part of the initial conditions resulting in a tornado.
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According to the developers, this isn't the "perfect explanation" of just how much EVE Online has to offer, but it's a pretty good approximation. Plus, it's pretty to look at, and that's always a good thing, right?
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