# Public Assassination Attempt (Eve)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-assassination-attempt-eve/485311>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 11, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-assassination-attempt-eve/485311 "2009-02-11T02:18:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-assassination-attempt-eve/485311/1 "2009-02-11T02:18:29Z")

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> **[EVE tournament upset by assassination](https://www.eurogamer.net/eve-tournament-upset-by-assassination)**
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> Massively reports that an EVE Online player-versus-player tournament match this weekend was upset by an assassination a…

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-assassination-attempt-eve/485311/2 "2009-02-11T02:38:03Z")

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Figures that it was a member of FOOM.

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**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-assassination-attempt-eve/485311/3 "2009-02-11T04:02:30Z")

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So, guy joins a team pvp match and takes out his teammate with a cheapshot … then their team continues on to win their match! Kinda takes the oomph out of his stunt. Sorta parallel to that whole heist deal.

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-assassination-attempt-eve/485311/4 "2009-02-11T05:59:30Z")

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Yeah, a lot of fail on FOOM’s part. They look like they hold a grudge a long, long time but are still incompetent at pulling anything off.

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-assassination-attempt-eve/485311/5 "2009-02-11T06:29:03Z")

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That’s pretty funny that the team still won the match. Overall the match was extremely incompetently fought by both sides.