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Istvaan Shogaatsu
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:09:00 -
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As some of you know, I recently returned from a months-long stint in World of Warcraft. Fearing my talents having diminshed from exposure to night elves, I decided upon a brief impromptu exercise in social engineering to test my mettle. Just how much money would I be able to get out of people in the span of scant hours by simply using words?
Enter Linxara Abateh. This is the name of an old infiltration alt I had kept around for far too long, and now planned to delete, finding the Achura avatar to be far more inviting and likely to affect a target's judgement with regard to allocating trust. Before I sent old Linxara to the biomass processing queue however, I decided to have a little harmless fun.
Thus began the mournful story of poor Linxara Abateh, victim of a cruel and undeserved pirate attack. Our Linxara (actual name "Linda"), along with her adoring boyfriend Alex (played very convincingly by Guiding Hand operative Uuve Savisaalo), shared their tale of travelling to Syndicate with high hopes of selling their stash of fictional T2 equipment in 0.0 for a healthy mark-up. Unfortunately, our adoring (and wholly fictional) couple met their end at the hands of the dread pirate and villain Istvaan Shogaatsu, who destroyed Linxara's Prorator (also fictional) and her boyfriend's escort ECM Blackbird (as fake as RuPaul's knockers). Demented with rage, Linxara travelled throughout the major population centers of New Eden, sharing her story and soliciting empathy from many a traveller, the sum total of whose donations reached eighty million ISK. Not bad for two hours of doing nothing but lying through your peroxide-bleached teeth. Some lady escrowed us five mega pulse laser IIs to aid in our quest for retribution. Our loathsome scheme even attracted the attention of a GoonWaffe member, who confided to dear Linxara the following:
Quote: [ 2006.03.31 01:26:53 ] Nordvargr > My whole corp is still out for his blood
Guys! I thought we were cool! What the dealy, yo?
But this was not enough, oh no. We solicited the sympathy of a corporation claiming to have been formerly ravaged by that dastardly villain Shogaatsu (even though for the life of me I had no god damned clue who they were), who gladly accepted Linxara and her hunky boyfriend into their fold. There, a sinister plan developed: a plan which would lead to the destruction of wily Istvaan's Imperial Apocalypse, caked in officer modules and waiting to be ambushed in 0.0 space. The conspirators plotted and schemed; will we use White Noise ECM? Will we equip Armageddons and Scorpions to best this loathsome menace? Their eyes burned with kill-lust, and their thoughts swam with a bounty of officer modules.
Finally, thoroughly convinced of the star-cross'd lovers' sincerity, the corporation in question wired a sum of eighty million ISK to the coy and charming Linxara Abateh, and another eighty million to the loyal boyfriend who fell gallantly in her defense. At this point, Guiding Hand operative Uuve Savisaalo and I were laughing so hard we could not see straight, and thus we revealed the extent of our treachery. The names of those deprived have been omitted, as they really were nice guys and don't deserve further embarassment. Three or four hours of screwing around, five Molson Blues, and a 260 million ISK take.
The morals of this story?
- Don't ever give any money to beggars. - It's really easy to get rich in Eve if you're a reprehensible dirtbag. - Don't goddamn trust anybody with a female avatar. - Don't confide in anyone, because it's probably me on an alt.
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Kayosoni
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:13:00 -
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Best grief ever. -----------------------------------
btw, threatening to close 1 account really hurt my eyes. - xaioguai |
Aeaus
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:14:00 -
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Bravo, interesting work there; although a tad bit hard to believe you could make 80M in two hours by begging.
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Celador Nane
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:15:00 -
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Lol...
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Damien Vox
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:16:00 -
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*toasts Istvaan* Long live Guiding Hand, may we never be loved and always keep corporations incredibly paranoid as long as EVE exists.
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Kayosoni
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:16:00 -
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Originally by: Aeaus Bravo, interesting work there; although a tad bit hard to believe you could make 80M in two hours by begging.
240m in 4 hours, actually. -----------------------------------
btw, threatening to close 1 account really hurt my eyes. - xaioguai |
Benglada
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:17:00 -
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Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu
- Don't ever give any money to beggars. - It's really easy to get rich in Eve if you're a reprehensible dirtbag. - Don't goddamn trust anybody with a female avatar. - Don't confide in anyone, because it's probably Istvaan Shogaatsu on an alt.
Those should be put in a noobie help sticky. ---------------------------
Originally by: Wrangler Unfrtinately you dnot get to vote..
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Beringe
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:17:00 -
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Evil. Sooo evil. ------------------------------------------- "Never underestimate the power of language."
--Daitan Beringe, honorary director in charge of bottles-- |
Cerberal
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:34:00 -
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*taps chin* And here i thought i had been griefed with implant loss. hoho have i learned.
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Raid
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:35:00 -
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Whats funny is this isnt even CLOSE to the worst thing i've ever heard you did... whats that thing in the matrix online? ohhhhh lets not go there.. there would be even more people hating you if they heard that one.. evil.. no that doesnt quite cover it.
Originally by: Bared Bel'Medar Its a rare dialect called "dou'chay'ba'gh"... frequently used by members of this forum community. I was under the assumption you spoke it
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Eximius Josari
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:47:00 -
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Nice
~From the creator of ActiveX and Sobeseki Pawi: The Final Main :p
C.E.N.S.U.S. Arrays - The key to Covert 0.0 |
Jolted Meridim
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:50:00 -
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Wow. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you guys are seriously the most ingenious EVE-players ever.
Originally by: Raid Whats funny is this isnt even CLOSE to the worst thing i've ever heard you did... whats that thing in the matrix online? ohhhhh lets not go there.. there would be even more people hating you if they heard that one.. evil.. no that doesnt quite cover it.
I'd love to hear such a story. I used to play that game.
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Lord Spidey
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Posted - 2006.03.31 06:52:00 -
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Edited by: Lord Spidey on 31/03/2006 06:53:57 I don't hate you but i did miss you!
Luckily vox has been keeping my company
edit: ru puals knockers arent real?
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SpaceDrake Taleweaver
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Posted - 2006.03.31 07:15:00 -
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Edited by: SpaceDrake Taleweaver on 31/03/2006 07:14:12
Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu
Thus began the mournful story of poor Linxara Abateh, victim of a cruel and undeserved pirate attack. Our Linxara (actual name "Linda"), along with her adoring boyfriend Alex (played very convincingly by Guiding Hand operative Uuve Savisaalo),
... ARGH, that's an image I didn't need in my heeeeeeead
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- Don't goddamn trust anybody with a female avatar. - Don't confide in anyone, because it's probably me on an alt.
True, and also true. ---
What good are actions if there's no one to tell the tale afterward?...
Player of the character "Amarii Oulasangeri". |
Necrologic
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Posted - 2006.03.31 07:16:00 -
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<3
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Handon Guild
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Posted - 2006.03.31 07:24:00 -
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Nice story, and nice prank Istvaan. Keep up the good work ------------------------------------------------
A day of fun in Denmark |
Nicole KholdStare
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Posted - 2006.03.31 07:33:00 -
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AHAHAHA Wow no cofee yet and you made me almost fall out of my chair. Some people are just asking to get scammed :D 10/10
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Scalor Valentis
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Posted - 2006.03.31 07:42:00 -
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Ive once Randsomed GHSC sucker in a complex for 20m, does that make me cool now
I got also some ex GHSC sucker*cough* memebers in my corp so im prolly even more cool now
Anyway, keep up the work, TomB's ego need a countterforce in this galaxy!
Lelos or Cocordokken! |
Istvaan Shogaatsu
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Posted - 2006.03.31 07:55:00 -
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So let's review! You ransomed a GH-SC, and now you have GH-SC in your corp.
Not too good at putting two and two together, are you.
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Leno
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Posted - 2006.03.31 07:55:00 -
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Originally by: Scalor Valentis
I got also some ex GHSC sucker*cough* memebers in my corp so im prolly even more cool now
No most likly means that you are going to have your corp robbed soon tho --------------- RIP - Smoske, My Friend
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Voculus
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Posted - 2006.03.31 09:39:00 -
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I don't hate you at all. You're the reason I subscribed to EVE, when I read about you and The GHSC in PC Gamer.
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Golden Helmet
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Posted - 2006.03.31 09:41:00 -
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Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu So let's review! You ransomed a GH-SC, and now you have GH-SC in your corp.
Not too good at putting two and two together, are you.
laughed myself to tears
Don't worry, your sig is safe...wait...oops. --Jorauk |
Usul Faust
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Posted - 2006.03.31 09:41:00 -
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Edited by: Usul Faust on 31/03/2006 10:28:44
Istvaan, you big old attention *****. I want to take you for dinner & a movie.
and bumlove.
no skills, just luck.
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Nafri
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Posted - 2006.03.31 10:14:00 -
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hate who?
Jawas are lousy carebears :(
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Bellum Eternus
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Posted - 2006.03.31 10:14:00 -
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I was hoping that you'd write a post about this. Well done!
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Kahor
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Posted - 2006.03.31 10:17:00 -
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ohh...ohhhhhhhh....you....awwwwwwwww
I love it :)
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.03.31 10:33:00 -
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Istvaan wins EVE.
Again.
[23] Member: Official Forum Warrior
What's with the blue robots? Click my sig.
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MrPockets
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Posted - 2006.03.31 10:46:00 -
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I wish *I* had a pink mohawk too.
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Jean
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Posted - 2006.03.31 10:48:00 -
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Big thumbs up to Istvaan's writing skillz! I always enjoy a well written piece of fiction!
But, I cannot believe u refer to this as social engineering... You simply misused some nubs trust in his fellow players...
For social engineering to be applicable, it would require your victim to have some awareness of the hazards involved in trusting your fellow podpilot with your resources... And tbh, from the tone of your story the victim most likely wouldnt even have recognized you even if had used Istvaan and told him to watch out for cons...
And you really should bring out that impapoc to play more often... ----------------------------- Specialist in Digital Analogy |
hired goon
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Posted - 2006.03.31 10:52:00 -
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I ONCE BREATHED ISTVAANS LINGERING EXHALE AND ALMOST TOUCHED HIM!!!!!!!!!!! -omg-
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