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Saar Ynier
Shadowed Industries
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Posted - 2014.09.21 02:50:00 -
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Thought I would start up a discussion about this as I was talking to a friend earlier and he mentioned that he was called out to be blobbing by a guy in local.
They were a small five man gang roaming lowsec in Assault Frigs, jumped into one system where there was 14 pilots in local (not including them). They dscanned a FW site, in it was two t1 frigs and a Worm.
Assumimg it was elaborate bait, they figured they could take a few before the rest arrived and warped to it. When landing in the site, the t1 frigs warped off while the Worm burnt off at 3/4k ms. When they left the site the pilot put in local "nice blob".
This is my eyes, is not a blob. Five AFs is small gang that is often able to pick and choose their fights (sometimes fighting outnumbered).
So, has Eve really come to the point where if a group has one of two members more than yours, they are classified as a blob? What do you classify as a blob? (eve related blob please, I don't want no pictures of a Ditto ) |
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
6514
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Posted - 2014.09.21 02:55:00 -
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/Yawns.
The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the ho's and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' and I'll look down, and whisper 'Hodor'. |
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ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
1640
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Posted - 2014.09.21 02:59:00 -
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In theory, a blob is an unorganized fleet that wins through numbers rather than skill or planning.
In practice, a blob is what any group with a numbers advantage looks like through the eyes of someone with fewer numbers. ISD LackOfFaith Captain Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department I do not respond to Eve Mail or anything other than the forums. |
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ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors Late Night Alliance
6143
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Posted - 2014.09.21 02:59:00 -
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A "blob" is relative.
It can be when you are simply outnumbered (regardless of the numbers).
It can be when you are outnumbered by a large margin (1v5... 5v8... 100v200... etc).
It can be when you are ganked by lots of people. Change isn't bad, but it isn't always good. Sometimes, the oldest and most simple of things can be the most elegant and effective.
"How did you veterans start?" |
Milan Nantucket
New Eden Misfits
172
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Posted - 2014.09.21 02:59:00 -
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Saar Ynier wrote:Thought I would start up a discussion about this as I was talking to a friend earlier and he mentioned that he was called out to be blobbing by a guy in local. They were a small five man gang roaming lowsec in Assault Frigs, jumped into one system where there was 14 pilots in local (not including them). They dscanned a FW site, in it was two t1 frigs and a Worm. Assumimg it was elaborate bait, they figured they could take a few before the rest arrived and warped to it. When landing in the site, the t1 frigs warped off while the Worm burnt off at 3/4k ms. When they left the site the pilot put in local "nice blob". This is my eyes, is not a blob. Five AFs is small gang that is often able to pick and choose their fights (sometimes fighting outnumbered). So, has Eve really come to the point where if a group has one of two members more than yours, they are classified as a blob? What do you classify as a blob? (eve related blob please, I don't want no pictures of a Ditto ) Its possible the worm was scraping with the frigs when you showed up. He may have assumed you were friends with the t1 and possibly the other neuts in local.... hence the blob. |
Lady Areola Fappington
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Posted - 2014.09.21 03:07:00 -
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It's a well known fact that the opposing side is always a blob when they beat you.
If you happen to be on the winning side, you weren't flying in a blob, it was a well-organized tactical fleet with lots of participants. It isn't really hard, but I think there are customers that you can lose in a good way and there's customers that you can lose in a bad way. If people come in and fundamentally don't like EVE Online, then I think that might be a good way of losing customers. . -á--CCP Soundwave |
Saar Ynier
Shadowed Industries
21
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Posted - 2014.09.21 03:08:00 -
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Cheers for the replies. I guess I kind of didn't really see it as a 'depending on the perspective of each fleet' kind of way. I just found it amusing that my mates fleet was classified as a blob with only five pilots.
The point you make about the worm pilot potentially thinking they were back up is also something that hadn't crossed my mind. I'll have to ask if he knows if they (the t1 frigs) were with the Worm pilot or not.
Lady Areola Fappington wrote:It's a well known fact that the opposing side is always a blob when they beat you.
If you happen to be on the winning side, you weren't flying in a blob, it was a well-organized tactical fleet with lots of participants. I don't PvP, I never really got into that side, so I can't talk from experience. So if this is the case is it just the other group being sour about losing? It just strikes me as odd how five people can be a 'blob'. |
Remiel Pollard
Shock Treatment Ministries
5419
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Posted - 2014.09.21 03:14:00 -
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I haven't read anything but I know that everyone is wrong. This is a blob. GÇ£Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.GÇ¥ - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104 |
Scipio Artelius
The Vendunari End of Life
11559
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Posted - 2014.09.21 03:14:00 -
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It's any opposing fleet that has numbers of: (your fleet) + 1
If they have even one more ship than you do, they are dirty blobbers. Come Win At Eve - Join The Vendunari
LAGL 4 LYF |
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ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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Posted - 2014.09.21 03:17:00 -
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Saar Ynier wrote: I don't PvP, I never really got into that side, so I can't talk from experience. So if this is the case is it just the other group being sour about losing? It just strikes me as odd how five people can be a 'blob'.
I suppose it's a matter of perspective.
Some people opt to call "blob" when they get excited about a possible fun fight then are let down by the realization that the enemy has more numbers than they thought. Since "blob" is a derogatory term, it is used in a cathartic way, same as when someone curses upon stubbing their toe on their desk.
In other words, they may have seen one, then two assault frigates, gotten excited about a fight, then seen the rest of you and felt let down and bitter about missing out on a good fight, so they took it out on you verbally. Don't take it personally. ISD LackOfFaith Captain Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department I do not respond to Eve Mail or anything other than the forums. |
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Saar Ynier
Shadowed Industries
21
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Posted - 2014.09.21 03:22:00 -
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ISD LackOfFaith wrote:Saar Ynier wrote: I don't PvP, I never really got into that side, so I can't talk from experience. So if this is the case is it just the other group being sour about losing? It just strikes me as odd how five people can be a 'blob'.
I suppose it's a matter of perspective.
Some people opt to call "blob" when they get excited about a possible fun fight then are let down by the realization that the enemy has more numbers than they thought. Since "blob" is a derogatory term, it is used in a cathartic way, same as when someone curses upon stubbing their toe on their desk. In other words, they may have seen one, then two assault frigates, gotten excited about a fight, then seen the rest of you and felt let down and bitter about missing out on a good fight, so they took it out on you verbally. Don't take it personally. No no not at all, when I was on TS with them as they were telling me, it didn't bother them. It was more, I was curious as to what other people classified as a blob due to it kinda not making sense to me that they were a blob. Perspective and the fact they probably outgunned so the other guys cussed is probably correct.
Simple curiosity on my part I guess. |
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
2836
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Posted - 2014.09.21 03:45:00 -
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they made a whole movie about it called "The Blob" eve style bounties (done) dust boarding parties imagine there is war and everybody cloaks - join FW |
Ashlar Maidstone
Kiith Paktu Curatores Veritatis Alliance
120
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Posted - 2014.09.21 04:18:00 -
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Let me if I may add that being in say a large fleet 100 ships for example. that would be a blob if you will, and then opposing forces would show up that would have a larger number. In my experiences so far being in a fleet of such a size and even the latest I been in numbered over 200, thats a blob.
It's really intimadating when you show up in large numbers and you get called out in local "OMIGAWD! A BLOB" LOL, but anyway I would say around 50-100 is a baseline as far as what a blob would be considered as. |
Fairren
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
60
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Posted - 2014.09.21 04:30:00 -
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An enemy fleet with x + 1 or more pilots, where x is the number of pilots in your fleet |
Milan Nantucket
New Eden Misfits
173
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Posted - 2014.09.21 04:45:00 -
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Saar Ynier wrote:ISD LackOfFaith wrote:Saar Ynier wrote: I don't PvP, I never really got into that side, so I can't talk from experience. So if this is the case is it just the other group being sour about losing? It just strikes me as odd how five people can be a 'blob'.
I suppose it's a matter of perspective.
Some people opt to call "blob" when they get excited about a possible fun fight then are let down by the realization that the enemy has more numbers than they thought. Since "blob" is a derogatory term, it is used in a cathartic way, same as when someone curses upon stubbing their toe on their desk. In other words, they may have seen one, then two assault frigates, gotten excited about a fight, then seen the rest of you and felt let down and bitter about missing out on a good fight, so they took it out on you verbally. Don't take it personally. No no not at all, when I was on TS with them as they were telling me, it didn't bother them. It was more, I was curious as to what other people classified as a blob due to it kinda not making sense to me that they were a blob. Perspective and the fact they probably outgunned the other fleet so the other guys cussed is probably correct. Simple curiosity on my part I guess.
To me a blob is when someone is doing a 1v1 and one of them lights a cyno and drops a carrier fleet on your frigate. But it is meant as a derogatory term that is supposed to affect your eHonor. If I remember correctly the term started during the first great war with BoB at least that is when I first heard of it. Someone with a better memory could possibly explain its origins better. |
Ocih
Space Mermaids Somethin Awfull Forums
754
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Posted - 2014.09.21 04:52:00 -
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Every fight that involves infrastructure is a blob. The HP wall of the infrastructure pretty much forces it on to us.
Our ships will never be balanced to mitigate the firepower required for infrastructure take down. They will melt faster than half the fleet can lock.
What's a blob? every Null Sov fight in EVE. By design. |
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
6404
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Posted - 2014.09.21 05:52:00 -
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Blobs are pretty fun. For example a blob of sentry carriers wasting cruisers ^^ Delicious goon ((tech nerf, siphon, drone assist, supercap)) tears.
Taking a wrecking ball to the futile hopes and broken dreams of skillless blobbers. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
16880
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Posted - 2014.09.21 05:57:00 -
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A friend and I once took out a null plex runner.
He called us 'dirty blobbers'
Therefore, any group larger than 1 is a blob.
But if I had been solo and took him out, the 'Xbox Live Law of Asshattery' states that I would be an overweight fatherless haxxor with no life and undersized genitalia.
You just cant win with people.
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
Christian Lionbate
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
179
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Posted - 2014.09.21 06:05:00 -
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A blob is in the eye of the beholder. Tears can distort that which you behold ;) |
Remiel Pollard
Shock Treatment Ministries
5420
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Posted - 2014.09.21 06:41:00 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:A friend and I once took out a null plex runner.
He called us 'dirty blobbers'
Therefore, any group larger than 1 is a blob.
But if I had been solo and took him out, the 'Xbox Live Law of Asshattery' states that I would be an overweight fatherless haxxor with no life and undersized genitalia.
You just cant win with people.
No but you can blow them up and block them in chat while you giggle your way back to dock with their stuff. GÇ£Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.GÇ¥ - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104 |
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Vyl Vit
791
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Posted - 2014.09.21 08:55:00 -
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"...a friend...." = "you"
-3 Boring has been done to death. Anyone with any sense has already left town. |
handige harrie
Hedion University Amarr Empire
261
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Posted - 2014.09.21 09:43:00 -
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what is blob?
Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me
No more Baddest poster ever |
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
1523
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Posted - 2014.09.21 10:02:00 -
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OMG this brings back memories! Saw this when I was way too young for it and thought it was an awesome movie! |
Adrie Atticus
The Shadow Plague The Bastion
347
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Posted - 2014.09.21 10:40:00 -
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I thought "a blob" is a term for CFC no matter how badly other side is outnumbering them. |
Trii Seo
Sabotage Incorporated Executive Outcomes
666
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Posted - 2014.09.21 10:47:00 -
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Blob (n.) - A mass of spaceships that just defeated another mass of spaceships. Often similar in numbers, although in the eyes of the defeated always much larger than their own. Is it Hotdrop O'Clock yet?
Covert pilots unite! Safer working conditions, less accidental limb loss due to unfortunate Cyno accidents! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=258986 |
Seraph Essael
Devils Diciples League of Infamy
883
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Posted - 2014.09.21 15:21:00 -
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Vyl Vit wrote:"...a friend...." = "you"
-3 Boring has been done to death. Actually, clever ****, OP's talking about me... Go be boring somewhere else.
Saar, I can't believe you made a post about this haha
Basically we where told that our five man gang was a blob and we were laughing about it on comms when Saar came online. He asked what we were on about and I explained.
The best part of last nights shenanigans happened to be the 20-30 man Police Pursuit Comet gang with Logi fielded by Exodus. Needless to say, we did not engage... Quoted from Doc Fury: "Concerned citizens: Doc seldom plays EVE on the weekends during spring and summer, so you will always be on your own for a couple days a week. Doc spends that time collecting kittens for the on-going sacrifices, engaging in reckless outdoor activities, and speaking in the 3rd person." |
Glathull
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
722
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Posted - 2014.09.21 17:31:00 -
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Blob = your mom.
That's right.
I went there.
To your mom. I honestly feel like I just read fifty shades of dumb. --CCP Falcon |
Priscilla Project
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.09.21 17:35:00 -
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Look at my two blobs ....
http://imgur.com/KduZ0Nk
:p Mew Age Clothing for you! (RPers especially ;) https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5036238#post5036238 |
Glathull
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
723
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Posted - 2014.09.21 17:38:00 -
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Nice blobs . . . .
I honestly feel like I just read fifty shades of dumb. --CCP Falcon |
Priscilla Project
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.21 17:44:00 -
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Well ... honey ... ... if you post your support over there ... ... you'll see even more. ;) Mew Age Clothing for you! (RPers especially ;) https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5036238#post5036238 |
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