Battle of B-R5RB

Battle of B-R5RB
A screenshot of the battle
Date January 27–28, 2014 Location EVE Online virtual game universe (centered in the system B-R5RB, smaller battles and skirmishes throughout) Result Decisive CFC and Russian alliances victory Territorial changes CFC and Russian alliances capture the B-R5RB system N3 Coalition, Pandemic Legion, and allies temporarily withdrew from the southeast region
Belligerents
Clusterfuck Coalition (CFC) Halloween Coalition (Russian Alliances)[1]	N3 Coalition Pandemic Legion
Commanders and leaders
Lazarus Telraven The Mittani Sort Dragon Mister Vee Vily Elo Knight Wrik Hoover	Manfred Sideous Vince Draken Grath Telkin Elise Randolph Makalu Zarya Travis Musgrat
Strength
~3670 capital ships ~143 Titans ~273 Supercarriers ~817 Dreadnoughts ~233 Carriers thousands of sub-capital ships	~1616 capital ships ~72 Titans ~172 Supercarriers ~355 Dreadnoughts ~414 Carriers thousands of sub-capital ships[2]
Casualties and losses
16 Titans 2 Supercarriers 106 Dreadnoughts 5 Carriers ~1900 sub-capital ships	59 Titans 12 Supercarriers 259 Dreadnoughts 112 Carriers ~1250 sub-capital ships[3]
Total forces involved 7,548 participants. Damages amounted to an approximate real-currency value of $300,000-330,000 USD.

The Battle of B-R5RB or the Bloodbath of B-R5RB (/ˈbiː tæk ɑːr faɪv ɑːr ˈbiː/ ^ⓘ) was a massive-scale virtual battle fought in the MMORPG space game EVE Online in January 2014 (YC 116 in-game), possibly the largest player-versus-player battle in gaming history at the time. The 21-hour-long conflict pitted the Clusterfuck Coalition and Russian alliances (CFC/Rus) against the N3 Coalition and Pandemic Legion alliance (N3/PL), and involved over 7,548 player characters with a maximum of 2,670 players in the B-R5RB system at one time. The in-game cost of the losses totaled over 11 trillion Interstellar Kredit (ISK), an estimated theoretical real-world value of US$300,000 to $330,000 (equivalent to between US$380,865 and $418,952 in 2023), as derived from the contemporaneous market value of PLEX, an item purchasable with real currency that can be redeemed either for subscription time or traded for in-game currency.

Part of a larger conflict known as the Halloween War, the fight started after a single player controlling a space station in the N3/PL-controlled star system B-R5RB accidentally failed to make a scheduled in-game routine maintenance payment, which made the star system open to capture. Being a key staging area used by N3/PL in the war, the CFC and Russian coalitions began pouring players into the system in a swift offensive, and N3/PL moved in a large fleet of players as a response. A massive battle erupted in the system, and numerous smaller engagements occurred throughout the game universe as players attempted to block reinforcements from joining the battle. CFC/Rus gained a clear win by inflicting heavy losses on N3/PL and successfully capturing B-R5RB. The losses totaled 576 capital ships, including 75 Titans (the largest ships available to players), along with thousands of smaller vessels.

To commemorate the sheer size and cost of the battle, the game's creators, CCP Games, erected a permanent monument in the system B-R5RB named "The Titanomachy", consisting of non-salvageable capital ship wrecks.