Rooks and Kings: First Light on the Fifth Day (in 5K)
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- 5120x2880 available. A tale of two worlds. We have never monetized any video, so hopefully ad-issues are kept to a minimum. If you wish to support you can now do so on Patreon. This is a documentary exploring the forces and narratives behind a widely commented-on migration of Chinese Eve players from the Serenity Server (China) to the world-wide Tranquility server. It covers a number of campaigns in the second half of 2017, where the worlds briefly, and unexpectedly, touched.
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This video was totally amazing! I had so many mixed emotions evolving throughout the video. I’ve never played this game, but I felt myself actually in the game as if I were two people, one on each side. You can really feel the desperation and struggle of the rebels and the desire to conquer of the winning side. I actually teared up for the rebels because they were completely obliterated. All the time they’ve invested in the game, pouring their hearts into it and just seeing all their friends and allies brought down. I just hope the game doesn’t die because of the complete domination :/
Great job man, and awesome narration!
I feel like this would be a great two part movie. One part showing before they were a dominant power and they’re quest to spread their power from their perspective. The other part would be basically this video, but clips of people on both sides, both regular pilots and commanders.
There is indeed plenty to sympathise with on the rebel side, too. I enjoy the determined melancholy of the Lead Queen or Starchaser's never-say-die stand. Eve is a murky world and virtue is subjective. That's part of what makes all this worth documenting.
I definitely wouldn't rule out the idea of a second part one day if people wanted it, which could include following the fate of the rebels on Tranquility. As for the other matter you suggest, regarding the time before PIBC was a dominant power, it would also be interesting to tell the story of the 'Rise of PIBC'.
The main challenge there is that although I've known Fulcrum for seven or eight years now, our initial collaboration was via voice on RnK Teamspeak. When we hatched a plan together, he simply told me what happened or I
learned about it on killboards, screenshots and AARs. It's only in the last four years that I sometimes joined him directly on the field - the effect of which being to build up an archive of footage of key events, from which this video draws in clips like those of 49-U.
Also, to tell the PIBC story from the very beginning would require going back before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake (where key personnel were missing and feared lost). I'll have to see how much footage of the earliest era exists,
although I suppose given that this video is mostly only a few campaigns during 2017, there is plenty of material for the middle.
Anyway, I'd expect the next video to be closer to home but I would like to feature Serenity and its soldiers again.
are you guys coming back???
Like so many that have watched your presentations over the years, we will always have a desire to delve into well told tales of everyday people fighting against sometimes
impossible odds. Your narrative is always done respectfully, keep up the great work.
You've basically summed up why EVE is different than any other game experience.
@@darknagafen o my, o my. Long time, wonder if you still play Eve, personally i left 10+ years ago. But still miss MM station in GW. And our fights vs RA, dam was fun.
Welcome back, Lord Maldoror. The western world has missed you and yours during your adventures. We all pray for a return of activity, be it in the east or in the west. Best of luck to you and yours in the future. To many, Rooks and Kings are the North Star. You all guide (and inspire) us into greatness by simply being.
This video sums up why EVE is still untouchable in terms of human generated content and narrative. Masterful work o7
Star Citizen will be better when it's released in 2067.
How many simultaneous pilots can Star Citizen support in one location?
At the moment about 30 IIRC with reasonable performance. CGI are promising thousands like Eve but at obviously 20 or 30 times the Eve 1Hz server tick and with thousands of times more data.. They keep promising 'miracle' technology to accomplish this like server meshing, blind culling and object container streaming. It's always delayed though.
A name I haven't seen in a long long time, welcome back to the fray
rhiload Amen.
Plz do a r n k vid on wot u think of them like u do ur ship guides as be a great watch :)
zkill guide to RnK. Fucking pipebombs omg..... the end
Eve owes the entire concept of carrier logi to RnK.
@@jaymorrison2419 popularizing it yes, inventing it no.
That’s a name I have not seen in ages
As someone who doesn't play the game anymore, I find things like this fascinating. Great video.
A simply wonderful, epic return to EvE video tale-telling. It's stories like this presented like this in the highest quality that capture the mind and keep this bitter vet interested. Thank you Lord M, R&K and all involved - what a fine treat this happy Friday!
My god I missed these.
Just when we thought you guys "won" the game, you guys take it up a notch again!
Congratulations Rooks and Kings, Now every Chinese player in Tranquility knows how a Taiwanese feels like...
That was so depressing. "We murdered the little guy. Then we murdered him some more. Some of them quit. Then we finished them off." I look to hear the tromp of their boots...forever.
Chinese history in a nutshell. Winning a war isnt enough, there needs to be complete and utter obliteration of the enemy till nothing is left.
takes place in a lot more areas of the world in war then u think trust me..@@fludblud
Total War.
I have been longing for this.
Hail to the kings.
The Budgie Admiral so have I,ALL HAIL ROOKS AND KINGS
I knew there was a reason to stay subbed to this channel
captainanorach why would you ever unsub. You don't pay to sub...
Yung Reen I like a streamlined sub list
Mind blown. Fantastic production. The chinese scene is far out. I have no experience with them in EvE, but I do in other pvp games. Their mixture of uniform totalitarianism/aggressive nationalism on one hand, and hardcore materialism/thirst for status on the other, makes for some rather mindbending material.
So on Western servers, I think following the tradition of high fantasy MMORPGs that started all this, you basically have, feudalism, right, players haven't had their bourgeois revolution where their groups are uh, democracies, and, public companies within a company's server. It's the rise and fall of groups of nobles centered around crypto-monarchies/oligarchies. But in China, instead, they recreate the Chinese Civil War, in their server, and then exile the factions approximating the RoC, into Tranquility. And one of the factions, instead of leaving Space China upon their defeat, burns all their ships, they digitally mass self-immolate. That is, epic, that is space opera, that's Wrath of Khan. That is epic. Holy SHIT I love reading about this game.
..or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Great video! Welcome back.
A name I too have not seen in ages. But there was no way I could ever unsubscribe in my countless purgings of subscriptions, even if the next video was 50 years away. Great job!
EVE WOW POE are legendary.
Tala moana, exile in EVE!
Its a 37 min vid by RnK. On the train and my phone doesnt do it justice. CMON TRAIN I WAITED 6 MONTHS FOR THIS!!!!
Septia Six months? Oh you're funny, I waited three years. :)
Can I also ask.. How the hell in the era of professional streamers and ytubers.. The worlds foremost gaming anthropologist/sociologist/reporter/historian/documentarian/psychologist isn't as famous a sir Richard Attenborough.. Seriously id sub, patron, twitch in a second to get more regularly quality RnK/ lord maldoror content!!
I'm amazed CCP doesn't pay for these videos. I might resub after this one.
Rooks and Kings walk as gods among men
"Rooks and Kings" Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
So while having a character that is now 21 years old I did not play all that time. This video, quite masterfully done, has taught me some of what has happened in the past of a game being played for so many years. All that can be said is thank you for such a powerful and instructive lesson. If you are still playing, may you fly safe. Thank you again.
I gasped when I saw the notification on my phone. Thank you so much Lord Maldoror.
This Voice, its as smooth as Silk. You Sir could sell me about everything, ngl.
Great Video and Editing as always. Glad to see you are still kicking. I hope for more Videos in the future
Why on earth would anyone want to play on a server utterly dominated by one alliance?
thats how it was in the 2000's for Tranquility. The Empire always falls though.
@@block9699 I think the one defining difference here is that Serenity is composed almost entirely of a single nationality. Tranquility is built from many different nations and time zones so there will never be the same level of unity as seen on Serenity.
@@simulatethat6099 yeah unifying the galaxy seems like the most Chinese thing I could think of
As a matter of honor and also to know that no matter where you go there will be content waiting for you. At that period of time as a member of PIBC most of the time their pilots would hope to run in to some of the rebels because when there is no enemies there is nothing to do and fighting NPCs just doesn't cut it once you've got the taste for blood. Often times in tranquility server if a large dominant force runs out of targets to kill they turn on each other simply for their own amusement and to generate content. I have seen goon swarm assemble of fleet that ended up not being necessary and they ended up just calling targets of their own fleet and then eventually breaking up into packs and clashing with each other.
@@microaggressions I guess so - I was always an anti-social player I guess and played mostly solo - so resented that a huge area of the game was kinda locked out to me (not that it stopped me from going there, it was worth it just for the terror and adrenaline rush, but......). Not played for a very long time now but I was totally in love with the game
It's March 2024. Time to make my yearly pilgrimage to the Mecca of Eve.
"When RnK points, the man goes... and watches".
A long time ago, I took part an earlier use of this gateway, but to travel from Tranquillity to Serenity along with a small horde of SHC/FHC Bittervets, The Much Crying Old Experts. The Chinese players were fantastic to us, helped us in many ways, it's nice to know that they managed the reverse journey and now hunt in Tranquillity's dark spaces. And whilst I realise that Fulcrum has been tied in with you Maldoror, there is a certain sadness and discordance in seeing you of all people producing what can only be seen as a tale of the larger force overwhelming and finally crushing their long term enemies, bringing only darkness in their wake. Still, a great and informative vid as always, do keep it up.
UNF! such storytelling, such editing and presentation!
this video in its entirety has more entertainment than half the dribble on netflix.
have a thumb and a smile :)
skyroskus Check out their other vids and you will find, that this mastery is nothing less than his standard.
What happened to Rooks and Kings? The fight of the few against the many. Making a stand against overwhelming forces with only a few pilots... What changed? This is everything Rooks and Kings stood against back in the good old days.
Many went from 100 to 1000 and eventually numbers win out.
Rooks and Kings are more popular than Rorquals and Hentai among the Eve community so they could have easily gone from 50 members to 500 and still kept it as an elite unit able to use strategies and fly against the odds, more people would have allowed for new strategies and they would have still been flying against the odds.
CCP started taking out the methods that they used. Take away force multipliers, or make them so easy to access with endless isk fountains and skill injectors. There's not much else to do other than pack it in.
Well, Numbers was just one component I suppose. Remember that RnK use to deploy in fleets that were vastly more valuable then the masses they were fighting. That's what gave them the edge. But now a days, most alliances have a number of "blingy" fleets. Machariels, Nightmares are pretty common place. And morso ontop of that, we live in the age of the supercapital umbrella.
Think of this as a documentary about a series of campaigns and events on Serenity that briefly brought the servers together. Fulcrum is both a core RnK member and a member of PIBC command. But Serenity is his original home and this is essentially his story. PIBC wasn't always The Empire, of course - it took a lot of work from Fulcrum and his crew to make it that. The situation certainly wasn't anything like it is today when I first came to know him and we became friends. That said, in the context of this campaign you could indeed make the case we're in a mirror universe flying with Darth Vader :)
I'll be honest, I've watched all the RnK videos maybe 10 times by now. I know the script almost in its entirety, but sometimes having Lord Maldoror narrate in the background while I'm playing or doing something else is just what I need.
I salute you, RnK. I haven't played Eve for about 4-5 years and I miss it so much. Your video, as always, is amazing. o7
Only on the 3rd time of viewing did I realise that the title is actually an LOTR reference..
How interesting
In just a few hours, 448 likes, and counting. Thank you RnK. We love you guys, even though, you are less active on Tranquility. Serenity has your hearts now.
Once again Rooks and Kings puts up fantastic video with amazing storytelling and stunning production quality. Thank You Lord Maldoror, thank You RnK
This was... more educational than I thought it would be.
Still got some of the flair that I loved some much in your previous videos.
Good one. Thanks for creating.
Fantastic video, haven't played in a long time. But remember your previous videos. Its been years and delighted to have found this gem.
This is a masterpiece, i didn't know that there was such complexity and politics in Serenity!
Complexity and politics? There is just one faction that killed the rest, end of story.
@DerRakzo I thought that they just were bunch of krabers and boters who organised fights to through ships at each other, but the fact that they actually had politics and actual wars is more than i imagined, and the fact that the politics followed them all the way to TQ is even better!
Morry. Hahahahahaha!
Awesome response. You're right, I thought the same. Let's hope that with just one faction they don't end up like we imagined them.
This video made my day. It really did. I don't play EVE anymore but I periodically watch Clarion Call to recall the good times. Excellent production, and if it takes another few years for the next video to drop, I'll be waiting.
I always love the historical research and imaginations derived from books. Another truly awesome masterpiece.
Sweet jesui, I didn't even realize this video was 37 min long until someone in the comments pointed it out. Masterful narration and documentative editing, I was thoroughly engrossed from start to finish... and I've never even played EVE. Not once. Bravo.
I wish I had gotten into things like this before I decided to quit the game. It's so damn fascinating, literally cultures developing.
This is probably the best video ever player made for EVE online. This is epic，exceptional work ！
For some reason that last line "where the emperor points, the man goes" stuck with me so much that every time i come around words "emperor" or "mango" it always appears in my head and gives me chiils.
this is a freaking cinematic masterpiece holy
absolutely utterly incredible. Amazingly well done... I nearly want to say this may be the best,well put together cinematic rendition of a top tier pilot's perspective, within New Eden.
So... after HALF A YEAR and just watching this again, I realized where the title came from. I applaud you sir. Very well played.
What...WHAT!!
I've never clicked a video so quickly.....
I like to think of it as an alternate reality, one where one good friend of RnK essentially 'rules' that universe. It's always awesome to see other RnK members taking names in other games as well, the whole Bloodbowl thing made me lol.
I wish there were some more awesome moments like in Clarion Call 3 when you guys take over Nova. That is hands down my favorite video-- that or Mister K. Freaking genius. Still, to this day I don't think I have more respect for any other group in gaming. I like to compare the relationship between the elite RnK members to the group in Overlord, Ainz Ooal Gown, and their tight-knit, 41 player guild that did awesome things in that light-novel/anime. And I mean the core group that Lord Maldoror played with. I don't have the time nor the disposable income I used to spend on eve, so seeing you guys still at it is very nostalgic.
You know, I don't think we'd mind watching other videos, stuff non-eve related is always welcome. It's not the game itself that's interesting, it's your frame of mind, the interactions, the strategy and thought behind your actions that makes it interesting. That and that silky-smooth narration. I know you don't monetize it but you could probably sell this stuff.
I don't play anymore but your video's never cease to amaze me and I feel the need to take up arms once more, you haven't lost your touch amazing work!!!
You have been truly missed LM, and RnK. I haven't played eve for years, but I still watch clarion call numerous times a year. Bravo. Did not disappoint.
Wonderful video and story. Despite not being around EVE when RnK were showing chaos where they went, i have a deep appreciation for the videos created in that process. This was a much anticipated and welcome update.
everytime i want to quit eve or im getting burnt out, i just watch rooks and kings vids and immediately remember why im playing this game in the first place. god i love your vids.
It's 2024 but that line "The hoards from hell had breached the gate" still hits to this day for me. So glad I got to play this game.
This was beautiful. Your videos are some of the most memorable I've seen on the the intertubes.
I was literally grinning like an idiot throughout the video, because I just can't resist a good story and good storytelling!
You can't rush quality, that being said. Please don't make us wait another year or two for another amazing video.
So many thoughts are rushing through my head after watching this video, many of them are in comments already. So.. I'll simply say Thank You!
Your "Clarion Call" videos remain my favourite game related videos of all time... I can only hope that there is more to come, for such quality as you produce.. I really don't mind waiting!
So long has it been. I don't even play anymore Eve, but looking your videos makes me all excited. We missed you!
Living in China for work, having played on TQ for 10+ years and only a short month on Serenity,I salute our middle kingdom brethren.
Well done, and we'll told tale.
I haven't played EVE in years, also haven't seen activity from you in years. Good to see the gears of war still turning in New Eden. I love the way you tell stories. I can sit at the fireplace with a good drink and listen to grand stories of war, betrayal, triumph, defeat, and internet spaceships all night.
This is some of the most legendary narration ever. How I missed the epic stories of the Rooks and Kings.
Brilliant video. I hope to see you on tranquility again.
I've not played for a while, but as soon as I saw this vid on my timeline, straight into it. Excellent stuff as usual.
Great video, back in the day, you brought me into eve, and seeing this vid makes me feel happy that you did. Please keep making these when you find the time
A fine return to form, and a topic I'd have known absolutely nothing about. Thanks, Maldoror!
I think I'm going to make "memed by a bee king in a wizard hat" my phone alert noise.
Ah man this brings back so many good memories =) Greetings from a former STYX/FC. Member, i salute all of you capsuleers still out there o7
Excellent video. Love the commentary and how everything connected smoothly together.
Somehow I only just now found this channel. I really enjoy this approach to Eve Online cinematography.
I have piloted under Fawlty7 before when I was in The Watchmen. We were neighbors to his alliance TIKLE and that guys ability to strategically fight in EVE is absolutely impressive. He always seems to know how things are going to play out.
Long have I waited for that voice again, and to see your view on the same game in another universe.. absolutely epic
You do an excellent job narrating the politics of the game. Enjoyed it a lot. Can't count the number of times i have played the Carrion Call.
pls never stop playing eve and making videos . yall the reason i still play eve
Missed the RnK content! Would be great to see a revival of these amazing videos!
Holy shit. Take me sub! That was a full fledged documentary. Really enjoyed and hope to see more content.
this is one of the best videos, best production values, best stories, but narration, best imagery, best art, I have seen, period , well done cute boy
I had just begun to rewatch some old rooks and kings videos when this video was uploaded, what a pleasant coincidence
What wonderful films you make! It is always a pleasure to watch them.
Incredible. Fantastic work - please keep going! This documentary-style video is why I subscribed so many years ago, I hope you do more :)
Don't play Eve and never have but these videos are extremely well done and never fail to be a great watch.
This is the saddest Eve story I've ever heard
havnt played eve in 2 + years but these stories are still gripping and amazing! Thanxs for this!
Wow, great to see a new release from you, and very interesting to see how the conflict on the Chinese server bridged onto Tranq and brings context to the war there.
My hope and staying subbed has been rewarded. Great documentary and as always, masterfully presented.
What a nice surprise this is, welcome back. Let the quality commence.
Nice to see you guys back. Goodluck and keep these videos coming
Unquestionably brilliant as usual. No matter what space they're in, humans will always be human; every triumph and every misery producing flaw.
It is interesting to me that you went from fighting as effective underdogs on Tranquility to the literal exact opposite on Serenity.
@Chris Madison What? There were dozens of examples of them crushing fleets three to four times their size.... Especially in the pipebomb era. Maldoror even talks about it on the interview with CCPConvict when they went to defend SirMolle.
Sure there are a lot of cases where they went even, It's true, but they also had a fine legacy of outfighting greater numbers, especially in the earlier years where the larger alliances couldn't afford to have average linemembers flying the extremely expensive fits that RNK were known for in those periods.
Wow this was a amazing video. it really put into context where PLA, FRAT, RR came from and there struggle. I still see FRAT and RR as my enemy but iam kinda rooting for them a little
I'd completely forgotten you guys even existed, it'd been so long since your last video.
its been a while since i could enjoy one of your videos. thanks for sharing once again!
Another epic story and video edit. Thank you so much for giving us such great content!
Oh it's been far too long, I i missed that smooth voice of yours Lord Maldoror, and the amazing videos. See you out there, Fly Safe (or blow stuff up). o/
Always a pleasure to watch R&K videos. Keep up the good work!
Thank you yt for showing a good video the first time right. Great vid man!
i have literally never clicked on a video so fast. I didnt realize how much i'd missed the rooks and kings vid style until i saw this pop up
Damn. watching this is making me miss EVE. Been 4 years since i last logged on.
7o and welcome back Lord Maldoror.
We hope to some day see Rooks and Kings' fleets wreak havoc on Tranquility once again.
The Serenity exodus narrative reminds me of The Golden Path from Dune. Scraps of humanity migrating beyond the edges of the known universe fleeing an all-powerful tyrannical empire (unbeknownst to them, by design of the Emperor) to eventually come back stronger than anything the remains of said empire could ever imagine.
Hail to the kings.
It's good to hear from you again. Your videos are like old friends to me.
So that's where you've been :) Always great so see your videos and hear your voice :)
The C.K. Lewis analogy and parallel was very clever.