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Easley Thames
The Maverick Navy
PuPPet MasTers
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Posted - 2009.03.16 22:48:00 -
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Those who use the word to describe themselves see it as a business, usually. It's a playstyle free from the rules of following an empire or the standings of a large alliance / corp. Instead of waging wars and getting excited over playing sim-city in space, the thrill of the experience and/or the potential profit are reason enough for your average pirate.
Those who use the word to describe others usually include anyone who shoots at them without some kind of larger struggle involved (be it a war dec, 0.0 sov warfare or some other official reason).
An anti-pirate is more-or-less someone who only shoots those "approved" targets (even if someone is neutral). However, for active anti-pirates who have the desire to go out and seek pvp rather than simply waiting the lines blur somewhat. There is a good reason most hardcore combat pilots leave systems like NRDS behind when their appetite for violence grows beyond what guarding local miners can provide. |
Haalanii
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Posted - 2009.03.16 22:51:00 -
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 Originally by: Kavu
IM ANTI-PIRATE
U BLINKEY RED= I MAKE WAR ON UR POD
Actually many anti-pirates are blinky as well. Pirate =/= outlaw.
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Lana Torrin
Minmatar
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2009.03.16 23:45:00 -
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Originally by: Haalanii
Originally by: Kavu
IM ANTI-PIRATE
U BLINKEY RED= I MAKE WAR ON UR POD
Actually many anti-pirates are blinky as well. Pirate =/= outlaw.
Stay back! I have a target painter and im not afraid to use it!
NOT a kublai alt. Honest!
Also, I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. |
Alia Xi
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.03.17 02:48:00 -
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Originally by: Eschiava Q
Uuuuuh, we say "YARRR" a lot. 
^ This
And we drink rum too 
Originally by: RedSplat
Pirates are people interested in having inappropriate and unwanted sexual relations with your Ship/Pod via the medium of hot plasma and depleted uranium fletchttes(figuratively speaking), that may sometimes be bought off with isk or ballads sung on Vent but more often simply want to watch pretty explosions- yours.
Alternatively, they are sociopathic griefer n00bs that should come to 0.0/'insert place here' so you can show them how much better you are than them (in game, but you really mean in RL too)
^ And also this.
We just want a hug every now and then, is that too much to ask? 
(Picture now with 100% more shameless blog plugging) |
Doktor Feeelgoood
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Posted - 2009.03.17 08:07:00 -
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Arr, ye be only a true Buccaneer if ye talks like one too.
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Wensley
Minmatar
The Tuskers
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Posted - 2009.03.17 11:08:00 -
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Arrrrrr, ye be a pirate if ye be willin' ter offer a ransom for free passage.
Wensley: The Pirate Diaries |
Tsaya
Azn Empire
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Posted - 2009.03.17 11:13:00 -
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pirates waste so much time ransoming, better just to melt everyone :)
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Elurilmar
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Posted - 2009.03.17 11:42:00 -
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Originally by: Tsaya
pirates waste so much time ransoming, better just to melt everyone :)
Not if they are in a t1 ship with t1 fittings.
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Sol'Kanar
Minmatar
SRIUS BISNIS
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Posted - 2009.03.17 12:42:00 -
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If you would do a simple search online for the definition of a pirate, you would see that the term itself is very broad.
Historically, pirates have invaded ports, ransomed people, stolen items of value, and more. It boils down to doing nasty extra-legal stuff with the intent of getting rich or die trying.
The only distinctions I can make between what makes a pirate and what doesn't is how they make their money and whether violence is involved or not.
IMO, running missions or mining (lol) to get isk to violence other boats doesn't make you a pirate; it makes you a weekend warrior. It's akin to business executives going out and buying a Harley Davidson with all the nice leather, chaps, saddlebags, and accoutrements.
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Inertial
The Python Cartel.
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Posted - 2009.03.17 12:42:00 -
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Indications that someone is pirate:
1. -5 or lower Security status.
2. Says "Yaarrr!!" a lot.
3. Constantly sings about beeing a pirate, living the pirate life, buried treasure or pretty wenches.
I think number 3 is the most important one.
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Nerve Junkie
Minmatar
Sexy Pirate Club
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Posted - 2009.03.17 13:10:00 -
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Your not a pirate until you blow @#$% up in sexy style..
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Spectre3353
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.03.17 14:39:00 -
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Originally by: Inertial
Indications that someone is pirate:
1. -5 or lower Security status.
2. Says "Yaarrr!!" a lot.
3. Constantly sings about beeing a pirate, living the pirate life, buried treasure or pretty wenches.
I think number 3 is the most important one.
Rising the flag on the masthead
The sails and the ropes' holding tight
The gunners are eager to fire
Well prepared for the fight
Fight, flee or surrender
Defeat you can't deny
Better give up in the first place
Or drown in the blink of an eye
Gold, jewels and diamonds
The price we'll have to claim
Noble rogues are standing
We'll never quit in the game
We gonna ride the sea, we pray to the wind and the glory
That's why we are raging wild and free
Come sing along with the pirate song
Hail to the wind, hooray to the glory
We're gonna fight 'til the battle's won
On the raging sea
No way to move your deadlocked
Nailed down by feu-eclair
Lead is carrying fire
Victory's noble and fair
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My Pirate Blog: http://evenewb.blogspot.com/ |
Rheed
Suddenly Ninjas
Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
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Posted - 2009.03.17 15:48:00 -
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A pirate is a guy(or gal) who doesn't need some douchebag to tell him(or her) how to be a pirate.
oh, and they kill and steal ****.
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Tara Wilde
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Posted - 2009.03.17 16:14:00 -
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I think I can answer this one after having browsed this forum section for a few days.
1. The amount of posts some pirates post on the Eve forums means they don't have a life outside of the game
2. This leads me to conclude that they're pirates because they need a vent to let their aggressions out
3. why do they have aggressions? answer: Because they fail at life, and probably don't earn a lot of money.
4. So they do enjoy making other peoples life in game as miserable as their own life in the real world.
Intelligent people mine, or trade, or invent, or do something else. People who fail in real life enjoy the way of a people pirate.
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Eschiava Q
Minmatar
Blood Money Bootcamp
Blood Money Cartel
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Posted - 2009.03.17 16:30:00 -
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You'll have to try harder than that Tara, your feeble attempt at trolling is *so* obvious!
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Valoche Mrehl
Fear Inc
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Posted - 2009.03.17 16:33:00 -
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I am so stuuuuupid. Me BLOW you up yarr yarr! Me try mine. Laser mine ME! Me try invent. Noooooooooooooooooo t2. Me try sell Quafe but me drank delicious quafe instead. Me only smart for blam blam and pew pew.
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Tara Wilde
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Posted - 2009.03.17 16:37:00 -
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Originally by: Eschiava Q
You'll have to try harder than that Tara, your feeble attempt at trolling is *so* obvious!
Can't accept the fact that i am right and so have to put my opinion down as "trolling"? 
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Zedrik Cayne
Gallente
Suddenly Ninjas
Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
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Posted - 2009.03.17 17:24:00 -
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Originally by: Tara Wilde
Originally by: Eschiava Q
You'll have to try harder than that Tara, your feeble attempt at trolling is *so* obvious!
Can't accept the fact that i am right and so have to put my opinion down as "trolling"?
No, if you had been right he probably would have resorted to a personal attack. As it is you are over generalizing which is provably wrong in specific cases so cannot be considered 'right'.
And since over generalization is the tool of a troll..well.. if the shoe fits. If it quacks like a duck. If its as big as a whale. If it depends on what the definition of 'sex' is. If you can put a jersey over it and do it for the team. If New Jersey wasn't such a hole...wait..where was I?
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Remember: Carebears aren't people. They are giant flying piħatas.
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Spectre3353
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.03.17 17:36:00 -
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Originally by: Zedrik Cayne
Originally by: Tara Wilde
Originally by: Eschiava Q
You'll have to try harder than that Tara, your feeble attempt at trolling is *so* obvious!
Can't accept the fact that i am right and so have to put my opinion down as "trolling"?
No, if you had been right he probably would have resorted to a personal attack. As it is you are over generalizing which is provably wrong in specific cases so cannot be considered 'right'.
And since over generalization is the tool of a troll..well.. if the shoe fits. If it quacks like a duck. If its as big as a whale. If it depends on what the definition of 'sex' is. If you can put a jersey over it and do it for the team. If New Jersey wasn't such a hole...wait..where was I?
I like New Jersey :(
Porkroll for life!
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Torhas
the united
Negative Ten.
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Posted - 2009.03.17 19:17:00 -
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A pirate is a fat virgin 12y old boy who find its fun to kill noobships with 30 bs gang.
And no, im not a pirate, i am just a 12y old virgin fat boy.
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Catrha Steinard
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Posted - 2009.03.17 19:20:00 -
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To me a "Pirate" is someone who ransoms, otherwhise they are pvper's looking for killmails/loot to sell. Of course you have the occasional greifer but it happens. I prefer pvper's personally, I'd rather lose a ship (that I should be able to afford) than give them the satisfaction of a bribe. WE DONT NEGOTIATE WITH TERROISTSSSSS, as Bush would say! lol ! |
Tara Wilde
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Posted - 2009.03.17 19:28:00 -
[52]
Originally by: Torhas
A pirate is a fat virgin 12y old boy who find its fun to kill noobships with 30 bs gang.
And no, im not a pirate, i am just a 12y old virgin fat boy.
I guess you were part of the griefers in Amarr earlier? Idiot
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Scadoo
The Comancheros
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Posted - 2009.03.18 00:19:00 -
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Originally by: Inertial
Indications that someone is pirate:
1. -5 or lower Security status.
2. Says "Yaarrr!!" a lot.
3. Constantly sings about beeing a pirate, living the pirate life, buried treasure or pretty wenches.
I think number 3 is the most important one.
Oh... I'm a blin-ky red and I'm OK,
I sleep all night and I work all day,
I go to work, I blow up ships, I go to the lav-a-tree,
On Wednesdays I go shopping, have buttered scones for tea...
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Lana Torrin
Minmatar
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2009.03.18 00:34:00 -
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Is this related at all to being an ass pirate? WTF is an ass pirate anyway?
NOT a kublai alt. Honest!
Also, I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. |
Asylum Seaker
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2009.03.18 00:46:00 -
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I think there is quite a difference between Pirates, who generally maintain some degree of honor and a twisted ethical code.. and plain old psychopaths who will pop a ship and warp out without even checking the can.
The universe is hostile, so impersonal. Devour to survive; so it is, so it's always been.
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Miss Uylear
Caldari
The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre
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Posted - 2009.03.18 01:33:00 -
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There are pirates. And there are dead pirates.
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Jahah Smith
Amarr
Dynaverse Corporation
Vertigo Coalition
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Posted - 2009.03.18 02:38:00 -
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OK I'll bite:
first off the "red" list is simply a standing set in one of three ways, personally, by corp, or by the alliance, and is used to show hostile intent towards those who are "red" standings are set in three ways positive or "blue" means you are allied or have a friendly working relationship with the corp/alliance, neut or nothing means you do not know the player/corp/alliance, hostile or "red" means that those are targets for you and you will generally show "red" to them.
Piracy has many forms, and while I havent really engaged in them here are what I have heard of/seen.
Ransoming: usually this is done with a ship or pod locked down, sometimes even close to dying. The pirate or "buisnessman" offers that if you pay a certan amount, then he will let you go. Pay it and you can go, but one thing make sure to ask for clemency to leave the system or you may be ransomed at the gates.
Low Sec Gate Camping: Another way pirates make their kills/isk is by blowing up every ship they can that comes through a gate, then looting the wrecks, there are ways to beat this but those have been hashed out and I would not want to give away the farm so to speak.
However: as much as some people will NOT see this anything that happens in Sovergn Null Sec space is in no way pirating. It is either interdiction of other players from entering space that is being defended at a tremendous cost to the alliances, low level warfare between alliances/corps, interdiction of possible spies, or all out warfare.
Sorry for being long winded but it IS kinda a broad question
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ZiG Ziegler
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Posted - 2009.03.18 03:21:00 -
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Edited by: ZiG Ziegler on 18/03/2009 03:21:51
Originally by: Valoche Mrehl
I am so stuuuuupid. Me BLOW you up yarr yarr! Me try mine. Laser mine ME! Me try invent. Noooooooooooooooooo t2. Me try sell Quafe but me drank delicious quafe instead. Me only smart for blam blam and pew pew.
I am so stuuuuuuupid. Me try shooting NPCs but me not skilled enough to not go boom. Me try shooting other people but me too stupid to understand game mechanics. Me try to gang up but me not understand complicated strategies. So me stick to mining asteroids because astroids not move or shoot back. Me pay for space combat game to sit and mine in a belt to build things for the real players.
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Nalena Arlath
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Posted - 2009.03.18 08:50:00 -
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I guess the term pirate is subjective. A person might be a self proclaimed pirate, or might claim not to be.
Anyone who flies into low-sec and gets attacked by a person will automatically file that person into the pirate category, wether the person claims to be one or not.
Also, there's a fine line between anti-pirate and pirate corps. Often times the anti-pirate roamining gangs will engage pretty much whatever they come across, just as pirates do. Only difference is they have a self-proclaimed higher goal than pirates who are content with simply killing and looting.
I guess it all boils down to semantics :P
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Tobias Sjodin
Ore Mongers
BricK sQuAD.
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Posted - 2009.03.18 09:36:00 -
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A pirate makes money from PvP,
non-pirates makes money to PvP.
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