How to parse EVE Online chat logs (in Common Lisp)

Re:How to parse EVE Online chat logs (in Common Lisp) by sen on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:21AM (#29367151)

I loved my time playing EVE, spent a fair few years running a major (couple hundred players) Corp in one of the big alliances back pre-pearlabyss. We had a whole suite of web apps that integrated with EVE auth and API, and managed various aspects of the game for us. Threat Intel by putting bots into enemy chats then scraping for keywords (mentions of certain system names), tools to monitor the markets for certain prices/shortages we cared about, custom maps that let players submit scan data, etc etc.

I’ve never experienced any other game that gives you the rush of a major alliance battle in EVE.

It’s an incredible game with a lot of insanely smart people playing and some great communities around it, but regretfully I had to “win” as life is life.

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Re:How to parse EVE Online chat logs (in Common Lisp) by xwolfi on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:39AM (#29367251)

Same but I have to admit it was akin to addiction. Had to stop or I d just do EvE stuff and nothing else :D

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Re:How to parse EVE Online chat logs (in Common Lisp) by sarsway on Sunday November 28, 2021 @05:41AM (#29367855)

That's the problem with EvE, a lot of people famously use spreadsheets, and once you start coding your custom tools and get into automating stuff it just never ends. Very soon you're scraping all the markets storing everything in a database looking for profits. Using multiple accounts to scale up your "ISK operation". There's really no limit on what you can do, expect that there's probably a better use of your time :)

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