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Gogela
Freeport Exploration Loosely Affiliated Pirates Alliance
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Posted - 2012.02.27 00:43:00 -
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Recently posted on EvE's FB profile but I thought I'd share in the forums for those that don't follow FB.
The story is in the comments here.
I have to say... * s l o w - g o l f - c l a p *
Well played. I have never read a story where tears were turned into more tears in such a dramatic way. Breathtaking. Stunning. Hilarious.
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Nedes Betternaem
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.02.27 00:50:00 -
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And this is why I play EVE. That story made my day. |
Johan Civire
Dirty Curse inc.
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Posted - 2012.02.27 00:58:00 -
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I'll try to break it down. Some guy, we'll call him R, wanted to join Dreddit, the EVE Online Reddit corporation (guild). His application was rejected, because he didn't meet our application requirements. R made a post on /r/evedreddit complaining about this. These sorts of posts come about every few weeks, so everyone just kind of laughed at him and told him it was his own damn fault for not reading our application requirements. That apparently made him very mad. At this point he started making threats against us. Now, something you have to understand about the prevailing culture in Dreddit is that we really, REALLY like watching it when people get mad. We have an entire forum dedicated to posting 'pubbie tears', because people can get really serious about internet spaceships sometimes, and when things don't go there way, they can get MAD. So at this point, links to the above posts were put up on our internal forums, in a topic titled "He Mad." Chuckles were had all around, and we assumed that would be the end of it. His threats were empty. We've organized our structure in such a way that there is absolutely no way a single individual can threaten the organization from within, unless granted powers that would require YEARS of trust to gain. Most corps in EVE are structured this way, spies are a prevalent problem. However, later that night, this happens. To summarize, he claimed to have put 1000$ USD in escrow, as a bounty to whomever could destroy our corporation. The prize would be claimed as game time card codes. These codes can be redeemed for playtime (roughly 56 months) or for in game money (roughly 30 billion ISK, the in game currency.) It was also around this time that R set up a website, dredditdownfall.com. It had an explanation of the bounty, and how to earn it. Now, 30 billion ISK quite a bit of money for the average player. Some have more than that, but for the vast majority, even 1 billion isk is quite a bit of money. Unfortunately, as I said earlier, there's really no way that a single person can take down our corporation. It would require the efforts of an entire in game alliance to take down Dreddit, and the in-game war that would ensue would cost 100's of billions of ISK for the aggressor. In other words, his 1000$ bounty was abso.*******.lutely pointless. At this point, we actually were all convinced that this MUST be a troll. Surely no-one would be stupid enough to spend 1000$ of his own money because they got mad at people flying internet spaceships. But then we got conformation that the money was, in fact, in escrow. At this point, we were in stitches laughing to ourselves. Meanwhile, our enterprising CEO MaximumAbsorbancy was behind the scenes, playing the double agent and exchanging e-mails with R about destroying Dreddit. MaximumAbsorbancy is one of the very few people in game who would actually have the power to pull the destruction off, thank goodness he's a benevolent dictator and loves us all. MaximumAbsorbancy logged into a test server, which is a mirror copy of the play server, only nothing actually costs any money. MaximumAbsorbancy destroyed Dreddit, on the test server, where it doesn't make a single bit of goddamn difference. Fortunately, R is kind of stupid, and bought the 'video proof' MaximumAbsorbancy provided hook.line.and.sinker. This is where things get REALLY JUICY. R updated dredditdownfall.com mirror of the site after he updated it. He proclaimed his victory, gloated about how he'd won, and rubbed our faces in his victory. Myself and quite a few other players were on voice chat at the time, and holy ****, we had QUITE A LAUGH about that one. Unfortunately, R revealed his masterstroke in all this. He planned on getting a refund on his 1000$, or else he would use a chargeback. We were all a bit sad that MaximumAbsorbancy would not be getting the 1000$ bounty, and revealed the trick that MaximumAbsorbancy had pulled off to R. [dredditdownfall.com](www.dredditdownfall.com) as it currently exists reflects R's feelings on the matter. Internally, we reflected that despite how ******** this whole episode was, at least the guy was smart enough to not actually lose his 1000$. But wait, what's this!? R suddenly changed his mind, and has decided to give out the bounty anyways! WOW WHAT A GREAT GUY!. Actually, as it turns out, putting 1000$ in escrow, then threatening to charge it back afterwards, is kind of ******* illegal, and the kindly gentlemen who had the money in escrow informed him that there was no way in hell that was going to happen. About 24 hours later, here we are. R has been publicly shamed, his master plan failed, his bank account 1000$ lighter, and the Dreddit corp wallet MaximumAbsorbancy's wallet 30 billion isk heavier. Funny enough, it's our corps birthday today. So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREDDIT! I don't think we'll be topping this one anytime soon! |
Gogela
Freeport Exploration Loosely Affiliated Pirates Alliance
371
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Posted - 2012.02.27 01:02:00 -
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Nedes Betternaem wrote:And this is why I play EVE. That story made my day. Mine too
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F'lix
Shaytan Combine
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Posted - 2012.02.27 01:04:00 -
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Smiles all around, this is purest EVE gold. Shaytan Combine is Recruiting! All Pilots Welcome regardless of Skill level, Profession, or Bitterness level Visit http://goo.gl/Hstpv for details. |
Drew Solaert
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.02.27 01:14:00 -
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Epic. Just plain Epic. |
Arsedestroyer
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.02.27 01:14:00 -
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Johan Civire wrote: His application was rejected, because he didn't meet our application requirements.!
Dreddit has application requirements?
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Finde learth
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
5
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Posted - 2012.02.27 01:15:00 -
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http://www.evenews24.com/2012/02/10/boodabooda-winner-of-eve/ |
Jovan Geldon
SniggWaffe EVE Corporation 123566322353
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Posted - 2012.02.27 01:32:00 -
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Welcome to 2 weeks ago nerds |
Gogela
Freeport Exploration Loosely Affiliated Pirates Alliance
371
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Posted - 2012.02.27 01:45:00 -
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Jovan Geldon wrote:Welcome to 2 weeks ago nerds I know what a Jawa is. I know that the spice must flow. I know the Borg like to assimilate. I know the Goa'uld don't have to speak with that voice. I know who's responsible for Reevers. ...and guess what? You do too.
Sorry I didn't read snig forums...
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BIGTEX123
Screaming War Eagles Incorporated
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Posted - 2012.02.27 02:33:00 -
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So many tears! |
Valentyn3
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Posted - 2012.02.27 02:46:00 -
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I was told neckbeards had much disposable income but never had I seen it play out so wonderfully. EVE why u no obey Newtonian Physics? Sure wish I could fit med artillery on my frigate to. http://i.imgur.com/PUZou.jpg |
Ai Shun
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Posted - 2012.02.27 02:57:00 -
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Nedes Betternaem wrote:And this is why I play EVE. That story made my day.
Same here; it is a great story of what fuels EVE Online. Can you imagine how many gleeful chuckles CCP has when they read this type of thing? They made that possible. |
Djinn Xh'rnae
Avant-Garde Monastery Cascade Imminent
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Posted - 2012.02.27 05:39:00 -
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Confirming that this "scam" is really an elaborate PR stunt by TEST itself. |
Obsidian Hawk
RONA Corporation RONA Directorate
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Posted - 2012.02.27 06:37:00 -
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yay someone won eve. |
Lexmana
Imperial Stout
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Posted - 2012.02.27 08:14:00 -
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Haha. That is what make EVE different from the rest. |
Raiz Nhell
DEEP CORPS
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Posted - 2012.02.27 08:48:00 -
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You guys rock...
You owe me a new keyboard and a beer though... That hurts when it comes out of your nose...
Great laugh, good job reaping the whirlwind... I will stand and salute any of your ships that come past... I'm so carebear my Pod bleeds rainbow...
Beers + nullsec + dodgy fit = Loss mail |
Dbars Grinding
Garoun Investment Bank Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.02.27 09:37:00 -
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this pains me in so many ways. My money is on a kid got mad and charged 1000$ on his dads credit card. Mean while i cant fukin pay my bills. |
Skippermonkey
Tactical Knightmare
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Posted - 2012.02.27 10:56:00 -
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Quote:19) Pay out (almost) nothing for all this drama, except to give Shattered Crystal a $100 tip for being good sports. So, like...
...did he charge back that $1,000 like a douche or did he actualy pay the whole thing?
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Aruken Marr
BSC LEGION Tactical Narcotics Team
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Posted - 2012.02.27 11:00:00 -
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Just... wow... |
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Lexmana
Imperial Stout
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Posted - 2012.02.27 11:02:00 -
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Skippermonkey wrote:Quote:19) Pay out (almost) nothing for all this drama, except to give Shattered Crystal a $100 tip for being good sports. So, like... ...did he charge back that $1,000 like a douche or did he actualy pay the whole thing? It seems he tried too charge back but shattered crystals didn't want to play along and he ended up paying for it all. |
Steve Celeste
Wolfsbrigade
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Posted - 2012.02.27 11:10:00 -
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Nice publicity stunt.
"The full extent by which he lost isGǪ possibly one of the greatest losses in Eve. " Not even close. |
nodezeon
Valor Inc. Nulli Secunda
0
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Posted - 2012.02.27 14:51:00 -
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Awesome, bet the tears were immense!
Would the fact that false evidence of the dreddit collapse was provided to claim the RL money constitute any kind of fraud though? |
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
564
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Posted - 2012.02.27 15:25:00 -
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nodezeon wrote: Would the fact that false evidence of the dreddit collapse was provided to claim the RL money constitute any kind of fraud though?
Internet lawyer detected!
Go read the fine print on the contract and tell us... oh wait...
This is my signature.-á There are many others like it, but this one is mine. |
nodezeon
Valor Inc. Nulli Secunda
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Posted - 2012.02.27 15:40:00 -
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War Kitten wrote:nodezeon wrote: Would the fact that false evidence of the dreddit collapse was provided to claim the RL money constitute any kind of fraud though?
Internet lawyer detected! Go read the fine print on the contract and tell us... oh wait...
lol, no genuine question bro, one I don't know the answer too. After reading further I think the escrow was in game... so I think itGÇÖs probably cool, but just wondered where the line was out of personal curiosity... |
Xolve
The Suicide Kings Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.02.27 17:23:00 -
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Shattered Crystal, CCP and Deepspace Supply are all sell "non-refundable" game time cards, you can return physical cards, but not the codes based on the very nature that they cannot tell if they were used or not (well I'm sure they can- but its just covering their ass this way).
Inappropriate signature removed. Navigator. |
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