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Toxif
Minmatar First Slave Corporation
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Posted - 2009.08.06 15:45:00 -
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As in this Goon recruitment poster:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7057/calltoarms.jpg ____________________________________________________________
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Joe Starbreaker
The Fighting Republicans
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Posted - 2009.08.06 15:52:00 -
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Um, look at the URL you just posted?
= the GOP is recruiting = |
Ras Blumin
NibbleTek
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Posted - 2009.08.06 15:52:00 -
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Did you look at the filename?
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Toxif
Minmatar First Slave Corporation
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Posted - 2009.08.06 16:09:00 -
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That's it? Call to arms? I had assumed it would be some interesting, high-tech EVE acronym >:O
Lame. I'm going back to WoW. ____________________________________________________________
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CAPSLOCKBROKE
Exploratory Technologies
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Posted - 2009.08.06 16:59:00 -
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Originally by: Toxif That's it? Call to arms? I had assumed it would be some interesting, high-tech EVE acronym >:O
Lame. I'm going back to WoW.
lol
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Duff Lite
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Posted - 2009.08.06 17:36:00 -
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Originally by: Toxif That's it? Call to arms? I had assumed it would be some interesting, high-tech EVE acronym >:O
Lame. I'm going back to WoW.
In that case it's uhh... calibrated tachyon anodizer.
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Joe Starbreaker
The Fighting Republicans
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Posted - 2009.08.06 17:57:00 -
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You should look into the named Target Painters if you like acronyms.
= the GOP is recruiting = |
Salliene
Gallente Suddenly Ninjas Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
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Posted - 2009.08.06 18:13:00 -
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Originally by: Toxif As in this Goon recruitment poster:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7057/calltoarms.jpg
Call to Arms means that everyone in the guild or alliance is expected to move to a specified location as quickly as possible to prepare to attack or defend.
What usually happens is that you login wanting to play EVE for an hour, then as soon as you login you see there is a CTA going on and everyone is expected to get to some system 30 jumps away in their PVP ship as soon as possible. Anyone who is not seen responding is flamed (at best) or may be booted from the corp/alliance. So you get your PVP ship and start making the journey. You get there and the fleets haven't been formed up properly yet and you don't really have any idea what is going on cause the leaders can't say in chat or teamspeak cause half your alliance is spies.
So you are at the rendezvoud point and it is time to go to bed, but you want to be a good corp member so you stay online to help in the fight. Unfortunately the fight happens 3-4 hours later at best, or never happens at all.
So lets say your are lucky and you only have to stay up 2 hours past your bedtime to experience the big important fight. So your alliance goes to system X and encounters a huge blob of the enemy. Your screen slows down to a slide show and you probably get popped and podded while not even being aware of it. You think you are fighting but then wake up in your clone 30 jumps away once you log out and in to get back in sync with the server.
No big deal, it was just one night wasted, so you go to bed, grog your way through work the next day, then get home and login to adjust your skills and market orders cause you are way too tired to play. Unfortunately as soon as you login you see that there is another CTA...
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Max Torps
Gallente Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
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Posted - 2009.08.06 18:40:00 -
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Salliene speaks the truth!
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Hydra Ki
Amarr Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2009.08.06 19:20:00 -
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Originally by: Salliene
Originally by: Toxif As in this Goon recruitment poster:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7057/calltoarms.jpg
Call to Arms means that everyone in the guild
What is this guild you speak of?
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Salliene
Gallente Suddenly Ninjas Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
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Posted - 2009.08.06 19:23:00 -
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Originally by: Hydra Ki
What is this guild you speak of?
An association of individuals with similar interests or pursuits.
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Toxif
Minmatar First Slave Corporation
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Posted - 2009.08.06 20:45:00 -
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Originally by: Salliene
Originally by: Toxif As in this Goon recruitment poster:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7057/calltoarms.jpg
Call to Arms means that everyone in the guild or alliance is expected to move to a specified location as quickly as possible to prepare to attack or defend.
What usually happens is that you login wanting to play EVE for an hour, then as soon as you login you see there is a CTA going on and everyone is expected to get to some system 30 jumps away in their PVP ship as soon as possible. Anyone who is not seen responding is flamed (at best) or may be booted from the corp/alliance. So you get your PVP ship and start making the journey. You get there and the fleets haven't been formed up properly yet and you don't really have any idea what is going on cause the leaders can't say in chat or teamspeak cause half your alliance is spies.
So you are at the rendezvoud point and it is time to go to bed, but you want to be a good corp member so you stay online to help in the fight. Unfortunately the fight happens 3-4 hours later at best, or never happens at all.
So lets say your are lucky and you only have to stay up 2 hours past your bedtime to experience the big important fight. So your alliance goes to system X and encounters a huge blob of the enemy. Your screen slows down to a slide show and you probably get popped and podded while not even being aware of it. You think you are fighting but then wake up in your clone 30 jumps away once you log out and in to get back in sync with the server.
No big deal, it was just one night wasted, so you go to bed, grog your way through work the next day, then get home and login to adjust your skills and market orders cause you are way too tired to play. Unfortunately as soon as you login you see that there is another CTA...
Huh.
So this is life in 0.0?
(also, thanks xDDD) ____________________________________________________________
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Rotnac
Caldari GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2009.08.06 22:58:00 -
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That's life in 0.0 if you're in a ****ty alliance that is or is about to failure cascade. CTAs, setting taxes to 100%, etc, tend to drive all the players away. The good (read: fun) 0.0 alliances don't do this, for the most part.
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World Director
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Posted - 2009.08.06 23:22:00 -
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It's like progression raid **** MINUS 50 ^^^^ DKP's!!
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Billia
Little Fuzzy Creatures of Mayhem and Destruction Emergence.
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Posted - 2009.08.06 23:36:00 -
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http://img46.imageshack.us/i/ctahy9.png/
cta = call to arms, it is an item in diablo 2 that gives anyone the ability to use battle orders
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Bireck
Caldari Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.08.06 23:43:00 -
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Heh.
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Tranka Verrane
Angelic Industries
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Posted - 2009.08.07 01:22:00 -
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Originally by: Salliene
What usually happens is...[snip]
Excellent post Salliene, and a good summary of why I was never attracted by a PVP lifestyle.
Player Since 2005 Over 4000 hours logged
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Forranz
Shadow of xXDEATHXx
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Posted - 2009.08.07 04:00:00 -
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It's not what 0.0 life is like unless you were IRC. They would jump 20+ players on a gate that has 10 and maybe kill 1. It's a LOT of fun, moreso than empire.
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Forranz
Shadow of xXDEATHXx
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Posted - 2009.08.07 04:01:00 -
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Edited by: Forranz on 07/08/2009 04:01:41 double post
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Toxif
Minmatar First Slave Corporation
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Posted - 2009.08.07 04:45:00 -
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Dammit, I can't stop laughing when I read that poster. ____________________________________________________________
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Taradis
Amarr Paxton Industries Paxton Federation
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Posted - 2009.08.07 04:54:00 -
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Originally by: Toxif As in this Goon recruitment poster:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7057/calltoarms.jpg
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Forranz
Shadow of xXDEATHXx
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Posted - 2009.08.07 05:08:00 -
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crap, whelps.. sorry
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Tranka Verrane
Angelic Industries
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Posted - 2009.08.07 06:55:00 -
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Originally by: Forranz It's not what 0.0 life is like unless you were IRC. They would jump 20+ players on a gate that has 10 and maybe kill 1. It's a LOT of fun, moreso than empire.
I've tried lowsec and 0.0 gangs many, many times with various different people promising me some awesome thrill ride and each time it has been a perfect reproduction of some aspect of the above post.
I've heard people say exactly what you just said to me, take me out to demonstrate, and just reproduced it again.
Frankly at this point I'm thinking you guys just don't see it because you have a different focus. Which is fine, I'm not saying you're wrong for wanting to play like that, just its not for me.
Hell, some people even mine, so I've heard.
Player Since 2005 Over 4000 hours logged
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