Pretty sure this is fake. Lost both an Orca and a hulk at exactly the same time on exactly the same day in exactly the same system to an Ishtar packing Ogre IIs. Far too much italics for my liking, but the Ishtar is hardly a gankship, the Orca is hardly easy to gank and nobody can pilot two ships at once. The pod was also killed 10 seconds after them both being popped at the same time, which begs the question - if this isn't fake, why didn't he warp out? Ishtar would take at least 6 seconds to lock a pod...

. As for the pod, it couldn't warp out because I smartbombed it as soon as it appeared--same as all the other pods I've killed lately.

My apologies, I didn't read the podmail. But... where was CONCORD at this point? Orcas are notoriously hard to kill in highsec.

demanded the ransom amount of 90million ISK per ship.

So I payed him the 90million ISK BUT I accidently put an extra 0 into the figure giving him 900m instead of the agreed amount.

I bet the guy might have not even shown as a war target in local... maybe even overview.

Nice try, but I always join corporations in a different system than my target, it's actually a more effective way to ambush. I always appear as a war target on overview/local, and in fact those miners who don't go AFK often try to escape when they see me coming--though they don't usually succeed.

As for my brief employment in some corporations, I find that as a general rule, it's best not to overstay one's welcome. And if highsec miners can corp-hop or dissolve corps to evade war, I can use similar CCP-approved tactics to encourage war. None of this is anything new, by the way--it was described in detail in my Manifesto II, which I encourage you to read.

So let me get this straight, you use resources like battleclinic to find out who is at war with who, then you simply join the corp, go on a mining barge killing spree, then leave the corp, wash, rinse, repeat....clever.

Nice try, but I always join corporations in a different system than my target, it's actually a more effective way to ambush. I always appear as a war target on overview/local, and in fact those miners who don't go AFK often try to escape when they see me coming--though they don't usually succeed.

As for my brief employment in some corporations, I find that as a general rule, it's best not to overstay one's welcome. And if highsec miners can corp-hop or dissolve corps to evade war, I can use similar CCP-approved tactics to encourage war. None of this is anything new, by the way--it was described in detail in my Manifesto II, which I encourage you to read.

Let me add, after seening the guy is a goon... he could have goons making these alt corps and not be using trials...

I aint reading any of your waste of space stuff...

Ya you claim to join in other systems...

You also claim to be a pirate LOL...

You are for sure not one...

Also other poster... no he is not joining corps that are at war look more

EVERY CORP he joined was from the SAME station in the SAME system.

Come on... want the more likely answer?

Trial account > make corp > war dec (no one in corp that matters) > join > kill > redo.

EVERY corp also has two people.

I am pretty sure that using a trial account to do that would be an exploit...

I'm betting ya if CCP looked into this... it would be deemed an exploit.

The CEO's of his ex corps make the corps 10min after getting into the game... COME ON do we REALLY need more?

I mean really tell me the odds of EVERY corp this guy joins... having 1-2 people in it... and being from the SAME station.

Let me add, after seening the guy is a goon... he could have goons making these alt corps and not be using trials...

So! Ladies and Gentlemen,

To settle a little disagreement between an "honourable" Ransom Taker and I being a Miner, we have decided to enlist the help of the general public.

Let me tell you the situation,

I was mining in the asteroid belts when a Pirate by the name of James 315 approached me in my Orca and started to attack my ship. Naturally, He opened a channel of communication and demanded the ransom amount of 90million ISK per ship. I, of course, decided to pay him because I didn't feel like losing over 900mil worth of mining assets. So I payed him the 90million ISK BUT I accidently put an extra 0 into the figure giving him 900m instead of the agreed amount.

So, I told him this, and he continued to destroying my ship and I ended up losing my Orca, Hulk and my Implants. Valued at over 2.3b. He said that I didn't give him the correct amount thus allowing him to destroy my ship and everything i had in it.

We then took this to a station where we continued to discuss this issue and he and I both agreed that we should see what other players think.

What are your thoughts on the situation? Do you believe he should reimburse me the 2.12b minus the ransom which of course i had every intention of paying or do you believe that i should suck it up and accept that I lost 2.12b over a typo?

[He was mining in a hulk, using his orca as a container essentially (I've found this is not uncommon for solo miners).

A lot of people are missing "little" details.
-He was at war.

I peed a little. I also read this out loud to my vent, and they all peed on their mics.

What are your thoughts on the situation? Do you believe he should reimburse me the 2.12b minus the ransom which of course i had every intention of paying or do you believe that i should suck it up and accept that I lost 2.12b over a typo?

this wouldn't have happened if you had purchased a Hulkageddon Mining Permit to protect your assets

IS that existing? seriously?
BTW, is there any mafia corp or alliance in eve?