EVE Leading Player Killed in Libya

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;media&period;pcgamer&period;com&sol;files&sol;2012&sol;09&sol;killed-us-official-was-eve-player&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"488" height&equals;"192" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yesterday&comma; Sean Smith died in Benghazi Libya&comma; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bbc&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;world-africa-19562692" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">BBC say it’s believed the consulate<&sol;a> was stormed in retaliation to a US-produced film considered insulting to the Prophet Muhammad&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sean Smith&comma; or Vile Rat his EVE nickname &lpar;Avatar above&rpar;&comma; had been playing EVE Online since the start and had become a senior member of Something Awful&&num;8217&semi;s Goonfleet and an off and on member of the player elected council&period; An old friend of Sean and fellow veteran The Mattini <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;themittani&period;com&sol;news&sol;rip-vile-rat" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">wrote a moving post on his site<&sol;a>&comma; explaining his relation with Sean a bit and his importance to the EVE community&period; Sean had a hand in almost all major events that happened in EVE in some respect&period; The entire <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;forums&period;eveonline&period;com&sol;default&period;aspx&quest;g&equals;posts&amp&semi;t&equals;153054" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">EVE community now mourns his death<&sol;a>&comma; including the developers&period; Rest In Peace Sean Smith&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;eNeKFrHPHoQ<&sol;p>&NewLine;