# Congratulations, EVE Online! 40k+ Players Online! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785 "2020-04-11T18:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jonah\_Gravenstein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jonah_gravenstein/32/386819_2.png) [@Jonah\_Gravenstein](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jonah_Gravenstein)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/21 "2020-04-14T14:25:40Z")
Get back to us when you realise that 63,170 was a record achieved via an event, not normal login patterns; as such it is an outlier and irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Rocket\_Hellfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rocket_hellfire/32/396905_2.png) [@Rocket\_Hellfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rocket_Hellfire)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/22 "2020-04-14T14:52:29Z")
\*accounts. How many 10-25 man input-broadcast fleets, both pve and pvp? How many alphas? You say 40k. I bet ~15k individual humans. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Daswe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dangerous_daswe/32/378342_2.png) [@Dangerous\_Daswe](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dangerous_Daswe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/23 "2020-04-15T06:48:58Z")
No it wasn’t an event, it was a Sunday night in January 2011 ---
**Author:** ![Jonah\_Gravenstein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jonah_gravenstein/32/386819_2.png) [@Jonah\_Gravenstein](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jonah_Gravenstein)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/24 "2020-04-15T13:04:55Z")
Ahh I was getting confused with the anniversary celebrations that set the current PCU record in 2013. It was still somewhat of an outlier though, those sort of numbers only happen rarely in Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Sordeo\_Regius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sordeo_regius/32/293847_2.png) [@Sordeo\_Regius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sordeo_Regius)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/25 "2020-04-15T15:19:34Z")
Lets not confuse covid lockdown with any real desire to play Eve again. It is sheer boredom driving those numbers and ZERO things to do with CCP. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolai\_Serkanner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nicolai_serkanner/32/358049_2.png) [@Nicolai\_Serkanner](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nicolai_Serkanner)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/26 "2020-04-15T15:31:11Z")
> [@Sordeo\_Regius](#): > > It is sheer boredom driving those numbers and ZERO things to do with CCP. You are probably right about that. At least a large part of the increase of the last few weeks can be attributed to people having to stay home. ---
**Author:** ![March\_rabbit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/march_rabbit/32/453160_2.png) [@March\_rabbit](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/March_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/27 "2020-04-15T15:32:15Z")
I have to agree. My friends and me are returning temporarily. Reason: sheer boredom outside. ---
**Author:** ![Agondray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/agondray/32/414989_2.png) [@Agondray](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Agondray)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/28 "2020-04-15T19:18:58Z")
before the lock down i was playing another game talking about how there was less then 80 people on the server at anyone time, once the lockdown hit we jumped to 400+ on the server leaving no where to go make money or experience ---
**Author:** ![Xeux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/xeux/32/428022_2.png) [@Xeux](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Xeux)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/29 "2020-04-15T19:27:50Z")
The lockdown may be the cause, but that doesn’t mean that people will necessarily give up Eve as soon as the lockdown ends. ---
**Author:** ![Sordeo\_Regius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sordeo_regius/32/293847_2.png) [@Sordeo\_Regius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sordeo_Regius)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/30 "2020-04-15T19:52:03Z")
Yes they will, the game isn’t that good right now. We will see less than 5k online once the lock downs lift and China bans games. ---
**Author:** ![z0ra\_Berg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/z0ra_berg/32/187042_2.png) [@z0ra\_Berg](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/z0ra_Berg)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/31 "2020-04-15T20:09:05Z")
> [@AbuJana\_Ohu](#): > > Big deal for they only cost and don’t generate revenue. Yes, you’re right. The whole damn industry transitioned into a free to play business model exactly because these people never spend a single unit of currency on the game they play. Ever. You, Sir, are not just well educated, you definitely are a master mind of epic proportions. ---
**Author:** ![Coagulant](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/coagulant/32/188937_2.png) [@Coagulant](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Coagulant)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/32 "2020-04-17T01:42:06Z")
When people are stuck at home because of CORONAVIRUS they will play anything. It will be short lived then back to old numbers ---
**Author:** ![Caleb\_Seremshur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/caleb_seremshur/32/399348_2.png) [@Caleb\_Seremshur](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Caleb_Seremshur)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/33 "2020-04-17T11:33:23Z")
Dunno about that, it can come down to how they find engaging content to participate in. As a freeform MMO the lack of things to do comes from people not thinking organically enough. If nothing else all these newbies should get pressured in to joining a FW corp so they can just log in. Maybe it takes some rich guy willing to lose 100 bil in cheap cruisers to keep a few dozen newbies around but that could be all it takes. Daily fleets and free ships don’t hurt anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Torquas\_Thurd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/torquas_thurd/32/299999_2.png) [@Torquas\_Thurd](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Torquas_Thurd)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/34 "2020-04-17T13:34:48Z")
> [@Ms\_Steak](#): > > “This is your pilot speaking. The weather today is nice and we will fly from X to Y. Also today i and the whole crew work remotely…” “OMG, a red light!!! We’re all gonna DIE!!! Oh, my bad, that’s just the microphone for the cabin.” BTW, me and my co-pilot had the fish. ---
**Author:** ![Magic\_Missiles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/magic_missiles/32/198951_2.png) [@Magic\_Missiles](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Magic_Missiles)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/35 "2020-04-18T11:26:51Z")
It won’t last, as most of us are going to quit. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Ambulance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/black_ambulance/32/48290_2.png) [@Black\_Ambulance](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Black_Ambulance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/36 "2020-04-18T11:44:18Z")
20k of alphas 🙂 not bad ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_Skalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skalski/32/489985_2.png) [@Nana\_Skalski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_Skalski)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/37 "2020-04-18T16:45:43Z")
The spike will be in may, thats because Covid will be the most spread around the world then. ---
**Author:** ![Caleb\_Seremshur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/caleb_seremshur/32/399348_2.png) [@Caleb\_Seremshur](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Caleb_Seremshur)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/38 "2020-04-18T17:00:21Z")
I see you are a man of culture. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolai\_Serkanner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nicolai_serkanner/32/358049_2.png) [@Nicolai\_Serkanner](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nicolai_Serkanner)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/39 "2020-04-19T09:24:56Z")
> [@Magic\_Missiles](#): > > most of us are going to quit. Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Rekindle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rekindle/32/382332_2.png) [@Rekindle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rekindle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785/40 "2020-04-19T09:51:47Z")
> [@Karak\_Terrel](#): > > And now that they nerf the s\*t out of the carebears to end the stupid, boring farming and make the game more interesting again, it suddenly spikes back up. Yes EVe’s concurrent average is up because people finall realized that Code, James 3:15 and mindless ganking of newbs is the future of eve. Also, the concurrent count hasn’t pushed 40 k since — couldn’t b e because people are on lock down and are trying old/new things. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/congratulations-eve-online-40k-players-online/231785.md?page=3)