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At the end of 2008, about 50 of the senior staff and students left to form Seppuku Warriors (TANTO), which they described as a PvP-oriented alternative to Eve University. Their precise motives remain unclear, since they've given a number of mutually contradictory explanations. It's quite possible that the people involved had different motivations, as well. | At the end of 2008, about 50 of the senior staff and students left to form Seppuku Warriors (TANTO), which they described as a PvP-oriented alternative to Eve University. Their precise motives remain unclear, since they've given a number of mutually contradictory explanations. It's quite possible that the people involved had different motivations, as well. | ||
Among the people who left were Dee Carson, then the Uni's Director of Operations, | Among the people who left were Dee Carson, then the Uni's Director of Operations, Sabre A, then ILN Vice Admiral, and m0rd0, then Student Relations Manager. A significant number of long-term ILN members also left to join the new organization, which was pitched as a more PvP-oriented school, charging tuition and using the directors' personal connections to bring in EvE luminaries from the 0.0 alliances for guest lectures, etc. This left the Uni with a fairly small number of experienced/high-SP PvPers, compared to the height of the Privateer Wars. | ||
At this time, within the Uni, Kelduum Revaan moved from Director of Diplomacy to Director of Operations. | At this time, within the Uni, Kelduum Revaan moved from Director of Diplomacy to Director of Operations. | ||