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As with any folk meme (in its dictionary sense), the origins of "Bob" as a wormhole deity are murky. Often, as an idea is shared, its history is eroded, lost, and reinvented. Sometimes the idea is claimed as invented by several parties, and given the drift of storytelling, this isn't always far from the truth.

There are several competing origin stories, but we'll focus on the ones with the most surviving documentation (perhaps a "history is told by the victors" bias, but we work with what we have). What is generally agreed on is that the notion of Bob as an ~~Eve~~-specific deity of wormholes probably arose around 2012, a few years after the introduction of wormholes in the Apocrypha expansion in 2009.

There are several competing origin stories, but we'll focus on the ones with the most surviving documentation (perhaps a "history is told by the victors" bias, but we work with what we have). What is generally agreed on is that the notion of Bob as an EVE-specific deity of wormholes probably arose around 2012, a few years after the introduction of wormholes in the Apocrypha expansion in 2009.

One of the earliest surviving references to Bob is a primarily audio recording of a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDQZfVXH8tw&ab_channel=HerrBert Prayer to Bob]:

: All hail Bob: father, son, and magnificent bastard of wormholes.

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: Let us play in your garden so we can keep you entertained with our sacrifice.

All hail Bob: father, son, and magnificent bastard of wormholes.

: Then for you we slaughter our enemies as ourselves, because only you find joy in all the wrecks that shall be on your intergalactic D-scan.

Let us play in your garden so we can keep you entertained with our sacrifice.

: In your wisdom rests chaos, and in your heart rages war.

Then for you we slaughter our enemies as ourselves, because only you find joy in all the wrecks that shall be on your intergalactic D-scan.

: And forgive us our cursing as we forgive you the upwards deviation.

In your wisdom rests chaos, and in your heart rages war.

: So lead us to glorious ? so we don't fall for ?

And forgive us our cursing as we forgive you the upwards deviation.

: In the end, we may call your garden our haven, our sanctuary, a place where the only logical answer even in the darkest of days was and always will be, 'this feature is working as intended'.

So lead us to glorious [?] so we don't fall for [?]

: As you will be our master and our destroyer for all [?].

In the end, we may call your garden our haven, our sanctuary, a place where the only logical answer even in the darkest of days was and always will be, 'this feature is working as intended'.

: Please bless our doctrines, and may you keep us away from the endless class 4 chains, so we can always find [?] targets.

As you will be our master and our destroyer for all [?].

: So when the weapons cool down and the wrecks've been salvaged, only one thought remains: praise be Bob.

Please bless our doctrines, and may you keep us away from the endless class 4 chains, so we can always find [?] targets.

So when the weapons cool down and the wrecks've been salvaged, only one thought remains: praise be Bob.

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In 2015, gaming news site The Verge picked up the story and ran this article: [https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/31/8313011/eve-online-religion-bob EVE Online has a god named Bob] which gave an oral history as described by a player named Proc Diadochu. This article is still one of the only mainstream references to the wormhole god and is still widely referenced today.

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 As with any folk meme (in its dictionary sense), the origins of "Bob" as a wormhole deity are murky. Often, as an idea is shared, its history is eroded, lost, and reinvented. Sometimes the idea is claimed as invented by several parties, and given the drift of storytelling, this isn't always far from the truth.
-There are several competing origin stories, but we'll focus on the ones with the most surviving documentation (perhaps a "history is told by the victors" bias, but we work with what we have). What is generally agreed on is that the notion of Bob as an Eve-specific deity of wormholes probably arose around 2012, a few years after the introduction of wormholes in the Apocrypha expansion in 2009.
+There are several competing origin stories, but we'll focus on the ones with the most surviving documentation (perhaps a "history is told by the victors" bias, but we work with what we have). What is generally agreed on is that the notion of Bob as an EVE-specific deity of wormholes probably arose around 2012, a few years after the introduction of wormholes in the Apocrypha expansion in 2009.
 One of the earliest surviving references to Bob is a primarily audio recording of a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDQZfVXH8tw&ab_channel=HerrBert Prayer to Bob]:
-: All hail Bob: father, son, and magnificent bastard of wormholes.
+{{Quote|
-: Let us play in your garden so we can keep you entertained with our sacrifice.
+All hail Bob: father, son, and magnificent bastard of wormholes.<br>
-: Then for you we slaughter our enemies as ourselves, because only you find joy in all the wrecks that shall be on your intergalactic D-scan.
+Let us play in your garden so we can keep you entertained with our sacrifice.<br>
-: In your wisdom rests chaos, and in your heart rages war.
+Then for you we slaughter our enemies as ourselves, because only you find joy in all the wrecks that shall be on your intergalactic D-scan.<br>
-: And forgive us our cursing as we forgive you the upwards deviation.
+In your wisdom rests chaos, and in your heart rages war.<br>
-: So lead us to glorious ? so we don't fall for ?
+And forgive us our cursing as we forgive you the upwards deviation.<br>
-: In the end, we may call your garden our haven, our sanctuary, a place where the only logical answer even in the darkest of days was and always will be, 'this feature is working as intended'.
+So lead us to glorious [?] so we don't fall for [?]<br>
-: As you will be our master and our destroyer for all [?].
+In the end, we may call your garden our haven, our sanctuary, a place where the only logical answer even in the darkest of days was and always will be, 'this feature is working as intended'.<br>
-: Please bless our doctrines, and may you keep us away from the endless class 4 chains, so we can always find [?] targets.
+As you will be our master and our destroyer for all [?].<br>
-: So when the weapons cool down and the wrecks've been salvaged, only one thought remains: praise be Bob.
+Please bless our doctrines, and may you keep us away from the endless class 4 chains, so we can always find [?] targets.<br>
+So when the weapons cool down and the wrecks've been salvaged, only one thought remains: praise be Bob.<br>
+}}
 In 2015, gaming news site The Verge picked up the story and ran this article: [https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/31/8313011/eve-online-religion-bob EVE Online has a god named Bob] which gave an oral history as described by a player named Proc Diadochu. This article is still one of the only mainstream references to the wormhole god and is still widely referenced today.