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Uncommon Cold	Posted - 2009.03.16 02:57:00 - [1] The first day of playing Eve, a few weeks back, I quickly decided that ratting, mining and missions were dull and decided to seek out some pvp. I read Skiras guide to being a pirate and followed most of the advice. Set up my ship (an Incursus), safemarks, learned to directional scan. And set off on a long boring journey over several days trying to find someone to attack. I wasn't good at scanning at first and wound up chasing all manner of ghosts. And when I did find someone they were inevitably driving a battlecruiser. Then, one day, my little directional scanner tells me the asteroid belt I'm pointing myself at has a 'hulk' inside it. I'd tangled with one the day before and almost died to it's drone swarm. But I decided to have another crack, hoping against hope the pilot forgot to pack some in the drone bay. So I warp in, land about 45km out from the target, and turn on the MWD's. That was when I realised my first mistake. I'd fitted AB's instead. The icons kind of look the same, and I am a newb afterall. So the journey to targeting range is a slow one, and I'm expecting him to warp out any second. Thankfully he does not. This in turn gets me nervous. Why isn't he fleeing? Is he AFK (please, please,please!)? Or is this the hundredth time this month some newb in a frigate has jumped him and he is confident in the ability of his drones to crush me like a fly? I push on. Tens of seconds pass and eventually I lock him up, and when the range to target hits 7500m I turn on the warp scrambler. Immediately everything goes to ****. Something flashes red on my overview, a flash of light reduces my ship down to half structure. I try to warp out somewhere. ANYWHERE. But have no chance as my ship explodes. Whatever killed me took three seconds to do it. I quickly warp to my safemark to prevent being podded, and the only thought going through my head is "WTF just happened?!". The only thing I could think of was the Hulk had a buddy cloaked nearby. Then I checked the combat log and discovered I'd been killed by the Gallente Navy. I'd been hunting in 0.6 space.
Venetian Tar Violation of Freedom Kraftwerk.	Posted - 2009.03.16 03:00:00 - [2] Originally by: Uncommon Cold ... I'd been hunting in 0.6 space. I lost an arbitrator like this back when I was a newb. Priceless. Good read though.
K1RTH G3RS3N Haunted House BROTHERS GRIM.	Posted - 2009.03.16 03:08:00 - [3] lol nice one... would like to add, afterburner is better on that frig then mwd as mwd increase your sig rad and sig rad is your main defence. Originally by: Jorafai Should you be the target, get hit in the backside without feeling it. And then die.
Xailz Godless Horizon.	Posted - 2009.03.16 03:44:00 - [4] That was actually a good read Unlucky, hope to hear more from you Xz ------ I came, i saw, i posted **** ITT.
Sang Jin Gallente Astrum Contract Services Group	Posted - 2009.03.16 03:55:00 - [5] First concord I ever saw was 2 days after i started. A friend of mine (who started 3 days before me) accidentally targeted one on my drones and fired. Funniest thing I ever saw. We still aren't sure how he managed it.
Dominatus Crispus Gallente Nation of Muppets	Posted - 2009.03.16 04:22:00 - [6] i have to agree with all others... the read was awesome... delivery was perfect! well done... and good luck next time. Corp/Allaince Setup & Tweaking / Faction Standings Boost [Details]
Dyaven The Tuskers	Posted - 2009.03.16 04:44:00 - [7] Edited by: Dyaven on 16/03/2009 04:45:10 Back in the day, I was roaming for hours in my Tristan without finding any targets. I finally find a Retriever at a belt!? OMFG! I warp in, scurry my little butt towards him as fast as I can, lock, scram and... BOOM. I was is 0.5 space. It happens to everyone.
Venetian Tar Violation of Freedom Kraftwerk.	Posted - 2009.03.16 04:47:00 - [8] Originally by: Dyaven Edited by: Dyaven on 16/03/2009 04:45:10 Back in the day, I was roaming for hours in my Tristan without finding any targets. I finally find a Retriever at a belt!? OMFG! I warp in, scurry my little butt towards him as fast as I can, lock, scram and... BOOM. I was is 0.5 space. It happens to everyone. It does, and we learn from our mistakes lol Good days of being a newb
Intense Thinker Minmatar	Posted - 2009.03.16 05:18:00 - [9] If any pirate claims to have never done that at least once in their eve life, they be lying Pomp FTW!!!
Lana Torrin Minmatar Republic Military School	Posted - 2009.03.16 05:19:00 - [10] Edited by: Lana Torrin on 16/03/2009 05:20:10 I swear concord followed me in to a 0.4 once.. and haxed the sec after they killed me.. Edit: OMG!! how did I typo 3 times in such a short message! NOT a kublai alt. Honest! Also, I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down.
MirrorGod Heretic Army	Posted - 2009.03.16 05:43:00 - [11] Originally by: Intense Thinker If any pirate claims to have never done that at least once in their eve life, they be lying C'd, -nearly- did it with a rapier - realized just in time and flipped the can instead; the hulk immediately aggressed back [center]
Lana Torrin Minmatar Republic Military School	Posted - 2009.03.16 05:45:00 - [12] Originally by: MirrorGod Originally by: Intense Thinker If any pirate claims to have never done that at least once in their eve life, they be lying C'd, -nearly- did it with a rapier - realized just in time and flipped the can instead; the hulk immediately aggressed back I find it hard to believe your sec status has ever been high enough to be able to make that mistake. NOT a kublai alt. Honest! Also, I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down.
Sang Jin Gallente Astrum Contract Services Group	Posted - 2009.03.16 05:48:00 - [13] Edited by: Sang Jin on 16/03/2009 05:48:36 Gotta love the old "Lock on to war target, fire at war target, realize you got the guy next to the war target, get laughed at in local by everyone as you try and get your pod out". Did I mention how much I love the new overview freeze feature?
white kight Galaxy Punks Axiom Empire	Posted - 2009.03.16 10:37:00 - [14] Edited by: white kight on 16/03/2009 10:38:10 Welcome to eve This happens a lot. Used to live in 0.0 all the time, never came into high sec. First time i did found an afk mastadon on the gate. Opened fire, then realised it was 0.5 and concord vaporised my drake. Was a laugh though. Something just as fail is jumping into high sec with a battleship with a -8 sec status......done that twice Originally by: Sang Jin Did I mention how much I love the new overview freeze feature? I agree wholeheartedly with this!!! Originally by: CCP Greyscale :facepalm:
the member Minmatar Republic University	Posted - 2009.03.16 10:56:00 - [15] Originally by: Intense Thinker If any pirate claims to have never done that at least once in their eve life, they be lying there was one time... well make it 2, when i tested my new 125mm rails... on a billboard. man, i never new billboard could hit so hard.... Quote: "You're obviously from France." -- Intel CEO Paul Ottelini
Neo Rainhart Bandiittisektori	Posted - 2009.03.16 11:05:00 - [16] Good read, i liked how the story took a twist there, shame tho .. Keep fighting, its awsum to be a pirate
TimMc Gallente The Black Rabbits The Gurlstas Associates	Posted - 2009.03.16 11:12:00 - [17] Good read. Never done this mistake, but I have accidentally chased a target to high sec.
RedSplat Heretic Army	Posted - 2009.03.16 11:56:00 - [18] I jumped my Cane into highsec the other day chasing a hauler out of lowsec, merely one event tempting me to wage bloody visceral war against the Gal Faction navy. [i] Ransom List Project: http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=999677&page=1
Assunerai	Posted - 2009.03.16 12:04:00 - [19] Edited by: Assunerai on 16/03/2009 12:04:24 Originally by: white kight Something just as fail is jumping into high sec with a battleship with a -8 sec status......done that twice lol... i've done it seven times, and the security services never get me. Iv'e petitioned it, but until they fix it, haxorz/alts ftw!!!
Azirapheal Amarr Purgatorial Janitors Inc.	Posted - 2009.03.16 12:17:00 - [20] i enjoyed the read and its a simple mistake that most of us have made if not once... then a couple of times in our careers :D furthermore, neatly shows that there isnt enough risk in highsec... hulk pilot didnt even blink :(
Wyrmnax	Posted - 2009.03.16 13:34:00 - [21] Locked a war target in 0.7, scramble, web and proceed to smartbomb a passerby...
MirrorGod Heretic Army	Posted - 2009.03.16 13:48:00 - [22] Originally by: Lana Torrin Originally by: MirrorGod Originally by: Intense Thinker If any pirate claims to have never done that at least once in their eve life, they be lying C'd, -nearly- did it with a rapier - realized just in time and flipped the can instead; the hulk immediately aggressed back I find it hard to believe your sec status has ever been high enough to be able to make that mistake. I don't fly a rapier with my main :P [center]
Leilani Solaris Gallente Atomic Battle Penguins The Darwin Award Foundation	Posted - 2009.03.16 13:57:00 - [23] I lost a faction fit pilgrim pretty much exactly the same way
FU22 Noir.	Posted - 2009.03.16 14:07:00 - [24] my version of this was a bit different. Couple blues were testing a hulks tank i locked hulk to see how it was doing, this was in a 0.4. Then decide to lock a corpmate and start attacking him and forgot to delock hulk. Bye bye arbitrator
Wensley Minmatar The Tuskers	Posted - 2009.03.16 17:29:00 - [25] Unlucky, Uncommon. Still, we learn from mistakes and at least that was a cheap one. I've never managed to do that but I did once lose a Dramiel trying to run it through high security space Wensley: The Pirate Diaries
sir gankalot	Posted - 2009.03.16 17:38:00 - [26] Well, usually hulks don't venture into low sec, unless you're really really lucky and the hulk pilot is really really stupid, a bit like yourself
Salvat0re Amok. Minor Threat.	Posted - 2009.03.16 17:42:00 - [27] Edited by: Salvat0re on 16/03/2009 17:43:59 Edited by: Salvat0re on 16/03/2009 17:43:41 Love the name. Stupid mistakes happen. I think it's cool that you posted it here, kind of a refreshing break from all the chest beating, lol. You should start a blog about your adventures as a beginner pirate. If you continue to post the bad along with the good, it might be pretty entertaining. There's a new community starting up at http://www.everage.org. You should start a recurring thread there.
Venetian Tar Violation of Freedom Kraftwerk.	Posted - 2009.03.16 17:43:00 - [28] Originally by: FU22 my version of this was a bit different. Couple blues were testing a hulks tank i locked hulk to see how it was doing, this was in a 0.4. Then decide to lock a corpmate and start attacking him and forgot to delock hulk. Bye bye arbitrator Bolded the part that I'm concerned about. Were you at a gate?
Holy Lowlander Lone Star Joint Venture Wildly Inappropriate.	Posted - 2009.03.16 17:46:00 - [29] great read. I hope you'll find a juicy target soon :)
Alia Xi Caldari	Posted - 2009.03.16 17:57:00 - [30] Edited by: Alia Xi on 16/03/2009 17:59:26 Great read, we've all done something silly like that in our time. Many moons ago I'd agressed some miners and spent so long taunting them that a sensor boosting mega landed on top of me, near insta-locked my destroyer and popped me Good luck on finding something tasty soon. Originally by: TimMc Good read. Never done this mistake, but I have accidentally chased a target to high sec. Yeah, I've done that one too. Oh the shame as locals and spectators at the gate watch your ship getting chewed up (Picture now with 100% more shameless blog plugging)
Cortex Reaver The Accursed	Posted - 2009.03.16 18:07:00 - [31] Edited by: Cortex Reaver on 16/03/2009 18:07:04 Keep hunting :) -CR
Bronson Hughes ADVANCED Combat and Engineering	Posted - 2009.03.16 18:57:00 - [32] My first comedy CONCORD loss was, unfurtunately, a little bit bigger. I was in a gang in Amarr space. We had set a bait-trap for a WT gang in the next system; we had an alliance-mate in a well-tanked Abbadon jump into their camp, get aggresed, and we were all supposed to come in from another gate and stomp them. About half of us had remote reps fit so we could keep our bait from getting popped. It was a perfect plan; we had the numbers, the element of surprise, and game mechanics on our side. Well, perfect until you put your point on your bait ship instead of a remote rep. Since he was only an alliance member, not in my corp, and we were in hiSec, my Megathron got CONCORDed. It was my first, and for a long time only, battleship loss. We still won the fight, but our losses were heavier than they would have been had I not been a noob. -------------------- "I am hard pressed on my right; my centre is giving way; situation excellent; I am attacking." - Ferdinand Foch at the Battle of the Marne
sir gankalot	Posted - 2009.03.16 19:12:00 - [33] Ho well, I lost me a dominix last week in a lvl 4 mission. Wasn't watching my tank close enough, suddenly I go "wow, my armor is really going down fast!! Wait that not's armor I'm in structAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!". How's that for epic fail?
Agent Known	Posted - 2009.03.16 19:23:00 - [34] I once fired off an ECM Burst at a station while attempting to get a point on a WT camping the station...much laughs were had as was the nice sec status hit for agressing 5 ships around me...
Enden Assulu Caldari Blood Money Inc. Blood Money Cartel	Posted - 2009.03.16 19:44:00 - [35] Edited by: Enden Assulu on 16/03/2009 19:44:54 Just joined a new corp, they have a HQ in a part of eve I haven't been to before. So I went exploring, one system was low sec the other was 0.6. Jumped into the 0.6 and the navy was there, they tried to pew pew my piratey ass, yet I lived \o/ But yeah we all make mistakes, but in retrospect it is funny as hell
Arcane Azmadi Caldari First Flying Wing Inc Primary.	Posted - 2009.03.17 13:12:00 - [36] Originally by: Uncommon Cold Then I checked the combat log and discovered I'd been killed by the Gallente Navy. I'd been hunting in 0.6 space. Now THAT is a punchline!
H Lecter Gallente The Black Rabbits The Gurlstas Associates	Posted - 2009.03.17 14:49:00 - [37] Nice story Uncommon. If you're interested in learning piracy together with other apprentice pirates, just contact me in game. The Black Rabbits Academy is opening again and you definitely bring the right mindset. In any case good luck! Originally by: Rells First of all, I wouldn't give you the sweat off my balls.
Gambuk	Posted - 2009.03.17 16:30:00 - [38] I always wondered after I became flashy red, or before that even.. Why is there only a warning when entering .4 and below space? I want a warning when Im about to enter highsec.
Lithel Systematic-Chaos	Posted - 2009.03.17 16:50:00 - [39] Originally by: Venetian Tar Originally by: Uncommon Cold ... I'd been hunting in 0.6 space. I lost an arbitrator like this back when I was a newb. Vengeance here... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kingwood Amarr Defile.	Posted - 2009.03.17 16:51:00 - [40] Pilgrim... x3
H Lecter Gallente The Black Rabbits The Gurlstas Associates	Posted - 2009.03.17 18:03:00 - [41] Originally by: Gambuk I want a warning when Im about to enter highsec. The problem is that you will turn it off when you travel through hisec in a small ship or pod. Originally by: Rells First of all, I wouldn't give you the sweat off my balls.
Gambit Stryder	Posted - 2009.03.17 22:11:00 - [42] Very good read. Look on the bright side though - you probably will never do that again. At least you only lost a t1 frig and not something bigger. It's all part of the learning experience.
unit138	Posted - 2009.03.18 00:41:00 - [43] lawl! thats awesome Yeah I was curious and I mounted that crappy autocannon you get as a Minmatar rookie onto my frig, exited the station, and locked onto my buddy (IRL he was sitting right next to me). A click later my ship spontaneously combusted and he said it was the funniest thing he had seen lol!
Fourty Niner	Posted - 2009.03.18 00:44:00 - [44] Good read. First day I got a SB I went into Low sec (Im an High sec War Dec griefer normaly), and just sat near a belt with reasonable ore in a system not often patroled by the local pirate corp (mean). Sure enough after a short time a "miner" turns up to ... well mine. (And Im not going to call him a carebear, cos hes at least got the eggs to go to low sec). I close in on him, uncloak lock and open up. Not much of a fight, but I fillup my cargo bay with his fittings and take some ore just to fill the space. And warp to the gate to get back to Empire.... Boom
Billybob Braggins	Posted - 2009.03.18 08:04:00 - [45] after chasing a lot of targets during my first week in eve, i had lost around 10 punishers to players (but made a shedload of isk on true sansha spawns while at it) so i, too found a promising hulk and got concorded
Julien makka Maximum Yarrage	Posted - 2009.03.18 08:54:00 - [46] found a hulk in 0.6, lost a thorax to concord.
Kalazar Amarr The Bastards	Posted - 2009.03.18 11:13:00 - [47] Been there, done that :) More than once I might add. It happens to us all, just be thankful you weren't in something expensive (like a vagabond ). And in agreement with most of the other replies, good read :)
Demeterus Caldari	Posted - 2009.03.18 11:47:00 - [48] Heh, we've all done stupid things. For me it was when I got into stealth bombers. Cloaking ships ftw. I got into one, killed a few rats in an asteroid belt in Tash-Murkon Prime, and then cloaked a bit away so I could decloak when some hapless wreckthief came to loot my wrecks. And after a while someone did come! A punisher approached my wrecks, took from them, and was flashy red. I decloaked, target, fired - and bam! I shot a hulk's can and got a visit from Concord. --- Wtf happened to my sig now?
Elaynee	Posted - 2009.03.18 12:51:00 - [49] Great read, though I still think I deserve the Darwin Award for my truly epic failure... Back in my early days, when I had just learned to fly a rupture, I was flying around in lowsec killing rats, and suddenly another cruiser enters the belt. I was still a kind soul back then so I didn't think he would kill me without any reasons... Well, I ended up being in a pod... Weeks later, I was running around in highsec, cause I was still scared to go into lowsec, and I come across the same dude, this time in a hauler, and I still had kill rights on him, so I quickly dock and fit my rupture for pvp and he's still there. I get a lock on him and just as I click my point, I get blown to pieces... I missed the kill right by seconds
Misanth RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE	Posted - 2009.03.18 13:06:00 - [50] These kind of stories pops up now and then. Usually amusing. Nice read. -

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