The Top Secret Event #1!

02/10/2017 20:48 Arby#1
Come on, come all! Guess what we have today?

That's right! The first, tip top secret event!
This is more of a 'toe in the water' concept to see if everyone enjoys it. If it's successful, we'll have another one! If not, ah well. No harm done!

So, what is this event? I come across with a theme and a set of rules, and you guys have to fulfill that theme to possibly win a prize.

So, what shall it be this time?

The past.

Correct, the past. Plenty of things have happened in Dark Orbit, plenty of things have happened here. Bugs, bots, gameplay. The list goes on. What I want you guys, is to tell me about something which felt special to you. Something which perhaps you remember really well. Did you enjoy a certain bug when it got found out? How about that clutch 1 v 10?

So, how can you win?
Post here with anything from the above. You may post a video, a screenshot, tell a story. Anything to win the hearts and give tears of joy! Make it unique, make it fun!

The deadline will be the end of the month, which is February 28th.

The prizes will be the following.
1st Place: 500 e*gold. (meaning you could get premium!)
2nd Place: 200 e*gold
3rd Place: 100 e*gold
02/10/2017 21:18 Arby#2
Said post is up, ready and open. Enjoy!
Questions, thoughts and anything of the sort is welcome. However, things will be strictly moderated. No arguments. Stay within the topic of the contest.
02/10/2017 21:36 manulaiko3.0#3
Back in 2008 I was coming home from school with the only think of playing DarkOrbit in mind. It was super special day because our clan was 2 years old and we planned go hunting with phoenix (yes, by that time a phoenix could beat a goliath).

We all gathered at the space station of 2-1, god, there was such an amount of phoenix (around 70, 40 of our clan and some other friend clans) that it was almost impossible to click in the map without selecting anyone. The travel started at 2-1 straight to 1-8 and 3-8, after 3 - 4 hours of hunting in both companies' maps we went to 4-4 to battle in duels.
I had to fight the sub leader of my clan and general of EIC, being said that I was level 17 by that time I was pretty impressed on how much the duel lasted and how fun it was comparing it with the ones you can find nowadays.

We all had such a great time together without bullshits like Hohohoh you have a Vengueance, you're such a coward or Hohoho I'm going to pewpew you with my x4... such great moments.
02/10/2017 22:25 SirΒasti#4
There are many things that spark a bright memory within the lovely game known as d.o..

So where shall I begin?....

The past (Or rather my past from "good" memories within the game...)

I remember playing darkorbit in a computer far far away. My stepbrother initially gotten me into the game which was pretty cool in my opinion. I am sure many people remember how the olden days were within the old client am I right?

Darkorbit was something that I could strangely never "back" away from... You could say that it is a part of my "child hood" in a way, because at the time I was around 12 or 13 when I started playing. ( I have a ship on East 1 to prove this. It's also the server I originally played and started on. )

Among playing, I've met some friends, enemies, trolls, and the list can kind of go on and on and on. =P The clan that I started was a extremely welcoming clan with open arms. I am not sure if many East 1 player's will remember this clan but it was WAF. [ We Are Family]... And like the clan tag and title suggested, the clan treated members with respect and so on.

I've learned on how to play the game thanks to the past and in a way,... d.o was pretty amazing based on my gaming taste. Despite the recent changes I feel that I could almost NEVER quit the game. Perhaps it's the memories one acquires from the game and thus it transitions to how much of a fun game it always has been.

Joy full moments ( I'll keep this one short and brief. :P )

• Private server

Not just talking about any one's but the one or "some" I was a part of.

In a way being a part of these projects also sparked joy too.

- Sky Universe, Shock Servers, Dark Planets, Uber Orbit, and Lost Galaxy.

Being a part of these helped me learn and to actually truly be a part of a joyful community just like the olden days. I mean hey, a private server is a part of darkorbit right?

Despite the fact that bp doesn't like them they should perhaps look at them from a different p.o.v :3

Here, have some images while you read... it's about time for some anyway. Don't be shy, click the spoiler below!

Dark Planets


Uber Orbit



One Ultimate



D.O pics.....





Despite the recent changes towards the game, I still find a way to adapt and play the game. :) Sure, everyone has a opinion on something, but to me it's the memories that truly matter and count.

`Basti
02/10/2017 23:06 epete#5
Throughout the years of darkorbit and our fun on this game. Dont forget to open spoilers when reading.

I separated the stage into 3 seasons:

1. Old age (days before bots)
2. Middle age (days during biggest botusing)
3. New age (days after packetbots death and botusers banned)

Old age

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Game was born: December 11, 2006

Old client was running since 2006-2009 and this is how it looked like on maps:

In the second part of year 2009 there has been so many changes to the client and also the players has evolved

Middle age

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Client in 2009-2013 looked like this:

Who does remember this NPC? :)
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2009 - new (old) client

2010 - this is the year when we had bots for this game for first time and it was a big boom for DarkOrbit world. This year also elitepvpers came on light for many DarkOrbit users.

I think that we all players who played darkorbit in the past years remember this famous video: