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Darek Castigatus
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2009.03.29 14:17:00 -
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http://www.eve-mag.com/wordpress/archives/the-sky-is-falling
reading this article and and its comment got me thinking about my personal views on macro use and its effects. Its slanted somewhat towards macroing in EVE hence why i put it here rather than in out of pod.
I come down quite heavily on the anti macro side of the spectrum and agree with most of the anti macro points raised in the articles comments, however i also believe that there is another side to it which im my opinion wasnt really addressed.
Consider the following scenario, a character with a 23/7 macro mining alt. Now normally i would consider this a bad thing because of the afore mentioned views on macroing in general. However the character uses the isk his alt generates to help support a corporation which i have been a part of for almost 2 years. He also tirelessly works to ensure that the corp continues to thrive and is an active participant in alliance diplomacy and corp operations.
The question i want to pose is simple, Can the use to which the isk gained is put in some way justify the use of macros? Am i right in not turning my ire on this player because he has helped support something which i am proud to be a part of through the use of something i fundamentally disagree with?
Discuss.
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Darek Castigatus
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2009.03.30 04:48:00 -
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well this has been an interesting read, thanks to all who contributed, even if it was just to call me a hypocrite and my corpmate a cheat.
To answer the person who asked what i was going to do i guess it should really be what im not going to do. Im not going to report this, feel free to call me hypocritical if you want to (hell some of you already have). The reason is simple - i dont **** on my friends simply because they do things i disagree with. If there was a life at stake or if there was genuine harm being done to another person then it would be different but this isnt that situation and the question of when it becomes that situation is a debate i really dont feel like having right now.
One final point i would like to address, I dont feel the corp we helped build is in any way devalued by the isk we received from this character because i know just how much work dedicated players have put in to making it what it is now. The isk doesnt matter and never has mattered, what matters is what people put of themselves into it.
Anyway its late and im tired and rambling, ill leave it at that.
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Darek Castigatus
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2009.03.30 18:32:00 -
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well it seems i now have several farms worth of egg on my face as i have been informed that the character is not what i believed it to be. Turns out its a hauling alt that macro mines when it isnt being used for operations. Probably doesnt change what people would say anyway but i felt i should inform you.
For what its worth i apologise to the forum for posting misleading initial information  .
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Darek Castigatus
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2009.04.02 03:44:00 -
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Much as i hate to feed the troll in the post above this one i just wanted to say ive never played WOW and never will.
I hate the graphical style.
I hate the fact blizzard expects you to pay monthly for a game you already pay to buy in the first place and on top of that charges for expansions which become obselete the second something new is released.
But most of all i hate the fact that most wow players i know are foul mouthed immature morons who when they do wise up and quit constantly try to turn every game they join into WOW with their endless whining.
And especially for those accusing me of sociopathy i give you this. If i really was a sociopath i wouldnt have bothered asking the question in my origional post at all as the answer wouldnt have concerned me in the slightest.
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