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Eve online backstory - VladimirTherin - 05-21-2007
Eve Online explains the game-mechanic of player-death not being permanent by saying the right before their ejection pod is breached, it transmits their mind-print to the nearest cloning facility.
They have developed a lot of background-fiction to support this, heres an example:
www.eve-online.com/backgr...-07-05.asp
It is really surprising how some people get squicked at the notion that every time their ship blows up, thousands of imaginary people died permanently, while they get to wake up in a new body.
Re: Eve online backstory - The Hunterminator - 05-21-2007
I read the info on that site, and the backstory is pretty fun and impressive.
And sure, that specific story squicks you a bit, but I like it a lot. And since then, I tend to think of my virtual crew when making decisions.