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The BIG Experience.

"BIG works because in BIG the individual is as important as the whole."

For BIG, this is more than a statement, it is a way of life. The links below will direct you to more information on how we make our dream into your reality.

After you’ve learned more about BIG, please visit our forums and meet the people who make BIG things happen everyday!

BIG Advanced Assault
"BIG and BIGAA, In it together!"
BIG's sister corporation devotes its time primarily to military operations in our claimed 0.0 region(s). Members of both corporations participate actively in combat operations, and both corporations have full-time combat pilots. Advanced Assault’s corporate structure and recruiting process are designed to be more adapted to the fast-paced lifestyle of the full-time combat pilot. The mother corporation, BIG, provides Advanced Assault with the logistical support it needs to function at peak efficiency. If you’re looking to bump heads with the BIG boys, then BIG Advanced Assault is the place to be!

If you wish to apply to BIG Advanced Assault, simply post on the BIG public forums indicating so and the Advanced Assault recruiting representative can start you on the process to joining the team.

GOALS PAGE
The BIG Picture
"Everywhere - Everything."

EVE Community Involvement
BIG is an integral part of the EVE community, and BIG members are working hard everyday to make EVE a better place. We pride ourselves on our continued service to the public, by providing to the citizens of EVE the tools it needs to excel. From the smallest starting corporation to the oldest alliance, BIG is your helping hand in EVE.

Here are just a few examples of BIG's long-standing tradition of community involvement, starting with our involvement in and inception of official CCP events:

There have also been many special rounds of our popular lottery, some of which included some very special and rare prizes:

The Community within a Community
BIG is an active close-knit and community of mature players who work together for the good of the corporation as a whole. Our membership has grown slowly but surely over the years because we believe that for membership, quality is superior to quantity. Each perspective BIG member is carefully selected, interviewed and background-checked to ensure that only the best, most dedicated players join BIG.

Active Membership
Being a part of BIG is to be part of a tremendously active community. Our members communicate vigorously in-game, on IRC, and especially on our forums which currently houses over 27,000 posts since it’s inception in May 2002, that’s 18 posts per day for 4 years!

Friendly, Cooperative Atmosphere
BIG members are carefully selected to fit within our corporate philosophy, which means a high degree of cooperation and lenient requirements for activity can be maintained. We believe it is the responsibility of the management of BIG to guide its members as a team through the daunting world of EVE. Members of BIG are not bossed around to complete this task or that, to fill quotas or be forced to mine when they would rather participate in military operations.

In BIG you have the freedom to choose the portion of EVE you wish to participate in, and do so at your own pace. You might think that it would be hard to get work done in the laid-back atmosphere described here, but that is what makes BIG so special, the rigorous selection process for new members insures that everyone will help pull BIG’s weight in a positive direction.

Set your own goals and achieve them for everyone’s sake, it’s the perfect mixture of individual contribution and teamwork. This degree of freedom is not without cost, however as BIG members are expected to participate in our “share-all” method of resource management; more will be explained to these ends in the organization section of our website.

The Fountain Alliance (Founded September 2003 - Dissolved July 2006)
BIG was a member in, and the executer of the Fountain Alliance [FA] since its inception in September 2003, roughly 5 months after the game was released in May 2003. The Fountain Alliance was one of the first alliances ever founded, second only to the Stain Alliance [SA].

EVE Online Fountain Alliance Page

The Rise Alliance (Founded July 4th 2006)

The Fountain Alliance merged with New Outer Ring Allied Democracy [NORAD] alliance starting in July 2006 to create the Rise [RISE] alliance. The Fountain Alliance was the last of the first-generation alliances to be laid to rest.

EVE Online Rise Alliance Page

ORGANIZATION PAGE
The BIG Life.

Sharing
For BIG to operate as such a close-knit community, we must allocate our resources effectively and efficiently. We plan to make the most of all of our available resources. To this end, we have adopted a “share-all” policy. Once a member is promoted to the rank of “Enlisted,” they are required to donate all personal possessions and money to BIG. This may seem extreme but it is what makes BIG work as well as it does.

When all the resources of the corporation are pooled together, the result is not only a lot of stuff, but a cooperative effort to maintain and replenish that stuff. Ships and equipment that would normally collect dust for days or even weeks in an inactive player’s hanger are available to be utilized to their fullest extent by BIG members.

BIG promises its members everything they need to play EVE in any way they like (with the exception of piracy, which BIG does not condone on any level). In return BIG asks that each member, from the recruit to the CEO, to give everything to the corp. Rest assured that even though you may not have any personal wealth as a member of BIG, you will have access to anything and everything you need.

Promotion and Tasks
The most important factors we consider for promotions favor a combination of patients and personal initiative. Our promotion policy has always been “you don’t get the job until your already doing it.” If you see that there is a task that needs to be done, then rather than ask permission to complete the task, start working on it right away while informing the management of what you’re doing. In this fashion, promotions are granted based entirely on merit, rather than seniority.

If you think that we need to concentrate our militant operations in a specific area, and then lead them there. If there is no mining operation going on and you think we need one, start one. Even the lowest and newest member can be a leader.

The key to promotions and recognition is to find responsibilities and take them on, don’t wait for someone else to give you responsibility. If we like the work you’re doing, you’ll get recognized for it with an official assignment of the responsibility. When we see that you’re making progress, we’ll sanction your project and provide more support.

Sometimes this means working on a project before you have the proper hanger access to do it properly, or the proper information to effectively deploy our forces. These are limitations that come with taking on a responsibility before you’ve been given that responsibility officially. This is why patients is important, even though you might feel stifled because you don’t have what you need to do your job effectively, keep working anyway, keep the other members and the management informed of your. The management will notice when your project is making headway, and will respond accordingly, giving you the resources you need to move your project forward.

Patients are one of the highest virtues in BIG, and promotions are not automatic. The length of your stay with us has little correlation to your rank within the corporation because we’re more interesting in seeing what you can do, rather than how long you can hang around.

Member Rankings
Recruit is the first rank within BIG and gives limited direct access to our vast resources, any resources that the recruit does not have direct access to can be requested. Recruits are encouraged to donate any items they are not currently using.

Enlisted members are full members, and have access to most everything that the corporation has to offer. This has a price however, as the enlisted member must donate all remaining personal possessions to our pool of resources. This final relinquishing of personal materials is a right of passage to becoming a true member of BIG.

BIG’un are members who have worked hard and well with others, exhibited selfless devotion to our sharing policy, participated actively in corporate affairs, discussions and operations and have shown their worth above and beyond what is required of other members.

Loosely Staffed Divisions
Though each president has his own division, each division does not have a set number or list of members. The divisions are fluid; each player is free to help out in whatever division they choose for as long as they choose. Often, if a president needs more than volunteers to complete a task, they will request that more members help them out. Some members will mine for a time and then go to PvP, some will help with production and then revert to mining. Once you’re working within a division, you are not committed to remaining there; you are free to do as you wish.

Management Positions
There are several levels of management positions available in BIG.

Directors can be of any rank and are assigned by presidents to perform specific, focused tasks for the corporation. No special access is granted for directors by default, only the authority required to complete the task at hand, under the supervision of a president.

Presidents serve to guide the corporation from a bird’s eye view, shaping and directing the corporation on the highest levels. The presidents together have most of the final say on any issue and are in charge of promotions and appointments. Each president is a leader of a division and oversees a wide range of operations within the corporation. The current roster of presidents is listed in the “contacts” section at the top of the page.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO): The CEO of BIG has the final say on decisions made in the corporation, and is responsible for guiding BIG at it’s highest levels. TornSoul is, and always will be, the CEO and head honcho of BIG. BIG is his vision of the ideal corporation and his devotion to the corporation is unmatched.

New Presidents
New presidents are generally appointed by the existing presidents to support new goals of the corporation or to replace inactive presidents. Members may dispute nominations for presidents or may run against the nominee in a simple election.

There are presently 5 presidents in BIG covering the following domains of the corporation:
FINANCES PAGE
The BIG Bucks

BIG in Business
BIG has been from its inception, the model of commercial excellence in EVE. BIG has its principles and its members to thank for its impeccable reputation for integrity, fairness, dedication and honesty. BIG’s many successful programs have been the inspiration for many of the community’s most prominent businesses. Thousands of individuals, corporations and alliances alike have invested billions upon billions of isk with confidence in BIG’s many projects. BIG does not settle for second best, and can be relied on to achieve maximum returns on their hard-earned isk.

Commercial Neutrality
BIG has a time-honored tradition of doing its best not to mix business and politics, specifically outer-rim alliance politics. Be assured that as a business partner or customer of BIG, you will be treated fairly and equally regardless of your political affiliation. BIG’s success in business is thanks in part to this policy, as even our most violent struggles in deeps space have no bearing on the business deals we offer or the prices of the goods we sell.

BIG Lottery
BIG is proud to present the oldest, most enduring player-run institution in EVE. The BIG lottery has been showering lucky participants with amazing prices and cold, hard isk every two weeks for over 3 years. Anyone can win, regardless of political affiliation.

BIG Deal
BIG provides established and fledgling corporations alike with the partner they need to begin in-house production of Battleship-class vessels. By buying shares of Battleship blueprint originals at 1/10th the cost of the total blueprint, you can save up your precious isk while at the same time collecting blueprint copies to use right away. After 10 shares are bought, the original is yours! No interest, no additional fees! You pay 100% of the total cost of the blueprint and no more. Just another reason why dealing with BIG is always win-win situation.

BIG Sales
BIG sales is the ideal partner in Tech II manufacturing, marketing and sales. Choose to entrust your Tech II blueprint original to BIG, and we’ll produce the item for you. BIG receives a portion of the profits and you get a worry free, and hands free money-maker. You’ll receive regular profits from the sale of your item and can back out of the agreement at any time, taking your blueprint with you.

If you wish to hang onto your priceless blueprint, choose to sell through our website. New to the manufacturing market? Not sure if you can get customers to trust you to fill orders or make good on pre-paid items? By selling under the BIG name, you’ll benefit from our solid reputation and visibility in the EVE community.

As a customer of BIG Sales, there is even more to like! Our prices are reasonable and tend not to fluctuate greatly or over short spans of time. Our production queues insure that you will get the item you paid for; no need to check every market in every hub system, hoping to get to that precious Heavy Assault Cruiser before someone else buys it!

BIG Merchant Bank of EVE (BMBE)
Need to buy that monstrously expensive capitol ship or blueprint? Just need a bit more isk to pay for a new battleship? BMBE can help, by offering an array of loan options, you can borrow the isk you need to get the item you need now. Fixed-length, short-term, long-term, no matter what your requirements, BMBE has the loan to suit your needs.

Tech II blueprints are accepted as collateral, and BIG will put forth its best effort to keep the blueprint in production, so any profits lost from giving up the blueprint temporarily are minimal.

The BMBE is the latest and greatest project from the minds in BIG, it offers investors constant and reliable returns on investments. Have a lot of extra cash around? Want to see it grow? Invest in the BMBE today and make your money work for you!

CONTACTS PAGE
The BIG Bosses

The best way to contact any member of BIG or BIG's management team is via a private message either on BIG's forums or on IRC (irc.coldfront.net #BIG). In-game EVE-mails are also appreciated.

TornSoul Chief Executive Officer
Voltaire Leriel President of Administration
RaTTuS President of Science & Industry
Stonecold President of Human Resources
Lore Star President of Alliance Relations
Dralion Director of Starbase Command
Wenby Director of Industry
Ray McCormack Director of Industry