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Unfortunately, just from the dearth of proper coverage, it looks like that Rags to Riches contest in EVE Online that we mentioned a while back kind of petered out. All of the participants were supposed to be blogging the task of creating a character from scratch and raising as much money as they could, but save for a few day one and day two blogs, there's naught to be found.

However, even though we don't know exactly who won, Wiseones has posted a very informative and interesting blog about how his character ended up after the 14-day trial ended. The grand total: 8.5 million ISK. Pretty impressive! And while he did a lot of things (piracy, mining, trading, missions) it sounds like he got the biggest haul from going to war-- he ducked into a space battle, looted a couple of nice T2 items from a wreckage, and got the heck out of Dodge. So if you want some quick cash in low sec, join up with an alliance, go to war, and scavenge from the shadows.

Other tips? Do all the tutorial missions (duh-- you should have already done that), buy as little as you possibly can (which means looting everything from rats), and seriously, pick the bones of wartorn ships clean, even if you have to make a deal with an alliance to do it. Wiseones says a guide to newbie money-making is forthcoming to the forums (send us a link!), but there are some nice tips if you want to make money fast in the inky void of space.

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CrazyKinux has got a post up about something I wish I'd known about before it started-- there's a "Rags to Riches" contest going on in EVE Online right now. The participants started up a 14-day free trial account, and like a virtual world reality show, they are seeing who can raise the most ISK doing... whatever it is they come up with.

It looks like there's only three entrants (should have let us know about it, Duke!), but the 14 days started at the beginning of this week, so here's hoping they're feverishly working as we speak to get enough ISK together to win a 30-day game card. And sneaky starting it during patch week, too-- that cuts it down to 13 days, really considering all the downtime and downloading today. And they're going to be blogging about it the whole time-- Wiseones is up to about 819k on Day 2, just by doing the newbie missions and mining.

EVE players, what would you do for a ton of ISK in such a short time? The best thing I can think of would be to somehow gain access to a corporation's funds (perhaps by mining for them only for 13 days straight), and then shamelessly rip them off completely on the last day, pulling all their accounts and selling everything you can get your hands on. Hey, it's not pretty or nice, but you can't get to the top of the ladder without stepping on some hands, right?

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