Battle of B-R5RB - 27th January 2014 

I know one of the guys that had a titan(75 people had titans in this battle)When he lost his titan,he just laughed.

"What do you mean the rent wasn't paid?" Thousands of other players: KNOCK KNOCK!

I still can't believe that the battle start cause someone forgot to play rent.......

This was the fight of a lifetime, and I was there. Quite possibly the most intense thing I have ever experienced. I saw titans blowing up next to me as I just barely got my last ship out. I was one of the few to experience the aftermath. Those of you just watching this video, you don't understand the life or death feeling you would ever have when in that battle.

It was the biggest in Eve‘s history, involving 7,548 players belonging to 717 corporations and 55 alliances. More than 20 million soldiers were killed aboard the 600 or so Capital-class ships that were destroyed. Of those, 75 were Titans-16 from Clusterfucks’ forces and 59 from N3/PL. The previous record for most Titans lost in a single battle was 12.

I don't play Eve, and I really can't make anything out of what I'm seeing here, except that it's a super large scale interstellar battle. I think I have heard of this Battle of B-R5RB about a year ago when it was basically a huge issue in the internet... on stories on how it began after some one messed up on payments. It is intriguing because after scanning the chatter all over the internet regarding this, I could feel the passion of the players involved, and how it spilled over to people like me who have no clue about this game. Of course, much of the mainstream took notice of this virtual skirmish MAINLY because of the real world money that was lost in this online battle. After reading some texts and personal accounts of some of the players from the factions involved in this incident, I can feel how monumental this battle meant to them. They were talking about this like it was some sort of "virtual Valhalla" where, out of nowhere, players logged in in order to take part... to defend... to attack... to stand fast... to rush in to battle... to flank anyone who rushes... to reinforce comrades in need... anything to turn the tide in their faction's favor... The aftermath was just as intriguing as we heard of news that they were going to build a "monument" of sorts on the site of the great battle where players can take a sort of "pilgrimage" to the historical site. I am still torn about how to feel about this. On one side, I feel envy because this type of passion is what we are all after when it comes to online gaming... on the other side, the stories I get about players having to take day-offs from work as well as time from their loved ones to play the game for the glory of their faction just border on the obsessive. But from the outside looking in... It's beautiful!

Random player : Don't pay his rent The whole Eve community : *You guy's wanna fight ?*

I am not an EVE player, but reading about this and watching this is so fascinating. Watching/reading stuff unfold in this universe is just as entertaining as any Sci-Fi series. Amazing (Woodkid as the first song was a perfect touch, also).

soy el unico que no entiende nada pero igual le parece epico? :v

God, I remember trying to get to this fight in a bomber but died in the first nulsec system to a gatecamp. Afterwards I watched the stream. This sort of thing gave me goosebumps knowing that the biggest coalitions in the game were shitting themselves for the better part of 20 hours. It was a day that changed history. It was a day where subcaps were told to not be in system and go fight elsewhere because of tidi. It was a day where both forces proved their worth in dropping the biggest ships in the game to destroy each other.

I was there! Fired more DDs in one fight than ever before combined. For the swarm!

All this over a missed paycheck lol

Hasta el día de hoy esa fue la batalla online más grande de la historia

Thank you for making a video out of the battle. I've never played EVE, but the details of the battle on the Internet has enchanted me to stumble upon this legit recording :)

Cuando me avisaron de lo que pasaba estaba en el baño la corte y me metí al juego, carajo ni bien entro me matan por LPM y regrese al baño a ganar otra guerra

How epically unfortunate that human nature pits us against each other no matter what the universe, no matter the vastness of it.

Actually, this war lasted longer than 21 hours... the only reason it was ended was because of EVE's daily maintenance at 11:00 PM ET

Incredible battle. Thanks for recording it.

Wen mi hermano murió ahí :,v no duro ni 2s k un titan lo hizo vrg 😂

Total cost of damage in that battle is circa 300 000 - 350 000$... Yep, it is countable to real money...

全員人だと思うとなんか感慨深いものがある... これはゲームだけどゲームでは無いような気さえしてくる。

The fact that no hacker ruined the battle is what impresses me the most. Pirates and mercenaries who sail under no flag but their own... Would of been funny to see what would of happened if Mr.Blackhat had had a seizure and decided to create a virtual black hole that overheated the servers and everyone lost their accounts. That missed chance in such a chaotic event....too bad

It’s oddly beautiful. If it wasn’t for all the text boxes and menus I’d make that a background.

*In the battle:* The Russians are coming! Run for your life!

Imaginence a los de servicio tecnico tratando de enfriar el server cuando estallo esa guerra ^^! jhahjah en twicht fue una locura!

Alguien sabe como se pueden ver los restos en donde estan, por ahí leí que los desarrolladores colocan tributos a los caidos y lo quiero ver :v

se imaginan si el server hubiera aguantado sin irse a mantenimiento , me imagino que se hubiera perdido mucho mas en ambos bandos.

i kinda want to go to B-R5RB just to see it but when i set the waypoint and saw the amount of ships destroyed in the last hour i changed my mind.

F ING AMAZING. Why did I stop playing? oh yeah girlfriend...

Ironically this happened exactly a year after the Battle of Asakai

Fue legendaria la batalla .

I can't imagine being the poor guy who was in control of the space station that led to this, especially because the only reason the rent wasn't paid was because of a bug where the autopay failed.

New Urss vs USA (year 3500)

Well, I've finally found the World War II of video games.

es que esta batalla fue si no me equivoco la mas grande en los videojuegos, la gente no fue a trabajar jdsajdasjd pero no se si ahora habran acontecido batallas mas grandes

Something I just noticed... Titans are kind of like nukes. You throw one out onto the field, then the opposition fight back with about 50 more, then you throw down even more... then other people get involved, then.. uh.. the domino effect. yeah.

I lost my titan during the lazar shot in the west

I'm not exactly sure what is actually happening because I've never played this game but any 13hr battle is epic.

Pause a moment and listen to "Vangelis - Alpha" with this...

I fought in this battle, i had a titan. I have ptsd from this

Que pinches battle royale de 100 personas aquí se mamaron jajajaja

*I SWEAR OF GOD ILL NEVER WIL BE LATE FOR RENT EVER AGAIN*

I might take a visit in my covert ops frig and give my respects to this battle in person. I normally don't go to Nullsec because I'm newer than most people but I'll go and check the place out sometime next month or so.

Thats what u call a perfect example of *BUTTERFLY EFFECT*

Started EVE online a few days ago. Got a little curious about the battles. Great vid. Great choice of music, too. Cheers!

My brother’s friend Felix, the leader of a merc group, saw this battle. What did he do? Stay the heck out of it!

Cuanto tiempo duro la batalla? Y paso a la historia...

As someone who has never played EVE, can someone give me a quick rundown of what exactly the player we're watching is doing?

I was there! You can see me in the middle of the blob. I'm the one with the salvager making MAD FUCKING BANK SON!

Awesome Soundtrack, well done!!!! Love your choice for this event. So much loss and so much gain.

otros jugadores mecos: -Es una historia larga y sangrienta. Yo: para ser honesto estuve borracho la mayoría del tiempo.

I can’t tell what’s happening. I never played this game but I heard this battle was epic.

What an Epic battle and such a piece of history.

ахахаха, на 23.00 в локале сообщение: Свободная Касса...Свободная Касса...Свободный Думсдэй))))) Great battle, thank you)

What I really want to know, is who the 8 rookies were that were shitting themselves during the middle of this battle... killboard.solar-fleet.ru/index.php?op=related&name=1273768

Un aplauso al don ramon espacial :V

im waiting, patiently... for the day this happens in star citizen

que sad :"v

We did move in i knew it was going to happen but never be that big

Someone should make a documentary or something like that about B-R5RB...

olvide pagar los impuestos y se hizo una guerra

If anyone's interested in listening to the accounts of the two main FCs involved in this: crossingzebras.com/b-r-the-fc-perspective/ Goes without saying, but they're friends and this was all in good fun.

Shout out to Magnus Gallantus at 4:12 for posting the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny Lyrics

is this an hour a minute?

Only problem is when a ship dies it does not make a noticeable explosion so it can be hard to pick out what it dying.

A todo esto, tenian lidereres definidos los dos bandos? hubo comunicacion previa entre ellos? estoy seguro que de haberlos tenido, estaria con una enorme presion encima, "realmente vamos a hacer esto?" y el otro "try me bitch" xd

God bless the fallen soldiers

esto me recuerda a una pelicula que se llama el juego de ender, alguien lo vio?? a mi se me hace increible como es que puede invertirse tanto dinero en un videojuego y perderlo a lo pendejo, yo mejor me lo gasto en ropa o en viajes. alv

Anyone else pausing the video to read the in-game chat?

just seeing the fact that there is nearly 3,000 people in a null sec system is amazing haha

Thank you for the music list. What awesome music! It adds the weight that is needed for an EVENT like this. Fly Safe!

*The only thing I don't like about this is that all of the ships are super close to each other, it would have been crazy if all of the ships were spread out more but still split into two sides.*

7,000+ players were involved in this. how does the server not crash?

Le entiendo mas a las matematicas que este juego :v

I've played EVE on and off a bunch of years ago, starting when EVE still had skills to learn skills, and got up to 14M SP, but the game just couldn't keep me interested. It's no surprise either.. it's a spreadsheet simulator. Biggest battle in EVE history, but it's as boring as watching paint dry. It can't hold a candle to Everquest's Sleeper kill (an effectively unkillable NPC) or Final Fantasy XI's 18 hour slugfest against Pandemonium Warden that saw a defeat due to players being too physically exhausted to keep fighting. And there's probably other epic gaming moments... but the Battle of B-R5RB is little more then an accountant's nightmare.

So, this guy was in the biggest battle in gaming history? Cool.

"this is what happend when you don't pay the rent, spiderman" XD

13.30h of virtual war, holy damn!

i was there titan got out, aeon got out, 2 dreads and 2 carriers died

soo...maaaannnyy...ships....amazing this could be performed, even with ti di.

I knew it was happening then i realized why are 2 coalitions closing in then i went to see and omg i was shocked the fucked out of

This is EPIC

For such an epic battle this is boring as hell

Arthur, does the logo mean you're a goodswarm pilot?

tnx,superb !!!

I wish I had been there at that time but was off game for a bit :( would have been amazeing to fight in a battle like that

one question what hardware configuration you using to handle such a gigantic battles in decent quality? tnx in advance

This should be the plot for a great movie...

just some questions: 1. How did you know where your ship is ? Oo 2. What happens after one Team (or what they call (coalition i think ? )) wins ? 3. And how the fvck you aim ?

Las batallas de star wars parecen peleas callejeras comparados con esta lucha de titanes XD

Cool this video is up again!

brutal :v

Miss this moment ...

2020🤨 Me: Oh my son I participated in the great war, where million people were killed My son: woooow really dad you are great warrior I love daddy...😒😒😒🏃‍♂️💨 It's bullshit

And remember, all of this began, because someone forgot to pay It's a shame that there's no videos of the actual war, seeing the ships fly and the titans explode, just views from far away, leaving the war to imagination

Ha ha ha i still remember this... i took part in this battle but after losing my ship, i just said meh this will one day become a historical event in gamining history.

читайте локал с самого начала))

Is there a way to earn during the 14-days-trial enough ingame money to buy myself into the game instead of paying real money? I am good at sims and i loved to play X³. If not, is there a way to get someone as your sponsor of sorts? Are there clans that would pay for my monthly fee as an investment, so i can pay them twice as much later?

recuerdo aquel dia que perdi 327 euros :')

Un momento de silencio para los caidos