# Why quadrant?

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-quadrant/335986>\
**Category:** New Citizens Q&A\
**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-quadrant/335986 "2021-11-09T21:52:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rausatoh\_Oipa\_Airuta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rausatoh_oipa_airuta/32/243557_2.png) [@Rausatoh\_Oipa\_Airuta](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rausatoh_Oipa_Airuta)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-quadrant/335986/1 "2021-11-09T21:52:53Z")

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Every time I read that I think an area of space.  
Wouldn’t “quarter” or even “epoch” be less confusing than saying “new quadrant” when referring to a new in game period of programming performance?

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**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:** [November 9, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-quadrant/335986/2 "2021-11-09T21:57:50Z")

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There was a discussion about this a year or so ago. I think the forum consensus is that the term would make sense to the MBA sort of people making PowerPoint presentations.

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**Author:** ![DragoFire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dragofire/32/257926_2.png) [@DragoFire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DragoFire)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-quadrant/335986/3 "2021-11-10T05:10:07Z")

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Quarter would imply equal updates.

If you know eve updates are never equal.

CCP always does 4 stage updates. And thus quadrant as it’s 4 updates of different time and amount.

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**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:** [November 10, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-quadrant/335986/4 "2021-11-10T05:34:42Z")

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I thought it was because it gave players four chances to rant and complain.

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**Author:** ![DragoFire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dragofire/32/257926_2.png) [@DragoFire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DragoFire)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-quadrant/335986/5 "2021-11-10T06:12:28Z")

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That’s natural, specially nullblocks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-quadrant/335986/6 "2022-02-08T06:13:12Z")

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Closed on February 8, 2022, 6:13am UTC

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