An issue over an unpaid bill in CCP Games’ spacefaring MMORPG EVE online escalated to a battle of epic proportions on Monday, cost accounting its participants an estimated $500,000 in real-world money so far,according to a USA Today report.
When a incomprehensible payment left a contested area of space unprotected, the most important battle in EVE Online’s ten-year history erupted, involving more than 4,000 players. The fight saw the destruction of over a hundredprized Titan vessels, that take months of gameplay to make and are value around $3,000 each.
A series of animated .gifs capture the massacre as it unfolded, documenting many destroyed ships and untold losses for players trapped within the action.