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Rock urSocksoff
The Hull Miners Union
Gentlemen's Club
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Posted - 2009.10.20 12:57:00 -
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So yeah not much else to do while I sit here and wait out my GCC, so I figured I'd make a thread, since I'm supposedly p. good at that or something.
Was cruising through lowsec in my Hyperion of Excellence and had just finished popping a BL3H Rokh. Went a few jumps over to Evati and saw a 2 month old char in a Maelstrom in a mission on scan, so I went back to the old standby of "Invite them to Fleet and Pray". This time it worked and I warped to the guy, and had to slowboat 21km across deadspace in my MWD Hyp. As I finished him off a Bastards Afterburner-fit Ishtar warped in. Being MWD fit myself in a deadspace and still not having replaced my drones from the BL3H Rokh, there wasn't much I could do against him.
I then got a chat invite from the Ishtar pilot.
 Quote:
z0de > hi
z0de > want to savethehype?
Lexa Hellfury > o hai
z0de > 80m to me and i let the hype go.
After a quick reference check
Quote:
Lexa Hellfury > do bastards honour ransoms?
xXxDrAgOnWrAiThxXx1996 > yes
Zedrik Cayne > Yes, never heard otherwise.
I decided to comply since there wasnt much I could do against an AB Ishtar in a Deadspace with no drones, 80m is a pretty good deal for a rigged Hyp and I really didn't feel like fitting a new one out with -4.0 sec status.
After I paid he held up his end of the bargain and let me go. Nice to see there's still people who make an "honest" living in lowsec piracy and hold up their end of bargains. Anyways, I think my GCC is finished now so o7.
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Persephone Asphodel
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Posted - 2009.10.20 13:47:00 -
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The Bastards, the Best Bastards.
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jimmyjam
Gallente
Sinner Among Saints
Exquisite Malevolence
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Posted - 2009.10.20 13:55:00 -
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Well thats good that someone honors them because most new school pies dont .Go basturds!!!!!!!!!!!
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flashfresh
The Bastards
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Posted - 2009.10.20 14:01:00 -
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We survive almost solely from ransom, loot sales and pure luck. Most of us don't run missions, trade, scam or GTC for our isk. My 400M isk is all from piracy. Piracy like this is hard but very enjoyable and we wouldn't want it any other way. Well, maybe an improvement in the d-scanner maybe....
We ransom first, gank second. KM comes quite low down on our list of what we seek from our targets.
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ôMe, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.'ö
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Raelyf
The Bastards
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Posted - 2009.10.20 14:08:00 -
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http://www.the-bastards.com/ransom/
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General Coochie
The Bastards
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2009.10.20 14:13:00 -
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Edited by: General Coochie on 20/10/2009 14:13:58
As a pirate corp that strives to sustain itself solely on piracy. No mission running alts, plexing or 0.0 ratting. We must make the most isk we can from PvP, this might mean we attack defenseless mission runners or that we run frig gangs instead of pimping our ships. Some ppl frown upon this, and we had our fair share of smack because of it. Truth is we are simply pirates making a living. For us its more important, challenging and more fun to earn our living like this then it is to PvE on our free time to fund pirating or PvPing. We always have been and always will be pirates, we are investing into pirating long term and intend to keep earning our upkeep by pirating for years to come, investing in it by keeping a good reputation.
The most isk to be had is from ransoms. The best way of getting a ransom is to have a reputation thats backing you up to honor it.
We worked hard for 2 years to establish ourselves as an honorable pirate corp (if there is such a term).
z0de earning those 80mill today and this post proves that keeping a good reputation is healthy for any pirates wallet and that our hard work is paying off.
One of our corp members has setup a ransom board where we post all our ransoms. Its fairly new but you can find it on our KB if you click the ransoms tab.
-Cooch
Edit: God damn we have three forum *****s in corp.
Got Cooch?, solo PvP movie
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Spectre3353
Gallente
The Python Cartel.
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Posted - 2009.10.20 14:14:00 -
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Edited by: Spectre3353 on 20/10/2009 14:14:55
(1) The Bastards are good guys.
(2) Most all pirates honor ransoms. It's just the few random people that don't that get the publicity and give the impression that we don't.
EDIT: Fixed my spelling because I r bad speller.
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Happy San
The Bastards
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Posted - 2009.10.20 15:20:00 -
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Originally by: General Coochie
God damn we have three forum *****s in corp.
Only three?
I hope more people see this thread, we've had far too many people refusing ransoms recently because they don't trust pirates in general.
Take this guy for example: http://the-bastards.com/kb/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=12983
He said he had no money to pay a ransom, so I offered him 70 mil to eject. His choices were pretty clear. Lose the ship and get the paltry t2 insurance payout, or lose the ship (with guaranteed safety of his pod) and get 70 mil. I know which one I would have chosen - but he decided to question our honesty and declined the offer.
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Precisionist
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Posted - 2009.10.20 17:26:00 -
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Ya you get the ahole pirates who get ransoms and then kill them anyways.
It puts a bad name to us all.
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Persephone Astrid
The Bastards
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Posted - 2009.10.20 17:30:00 -
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And despite the intimidating name, The Bastards are mostly good-natured and cheerful pirates. Tell us a joke or make us laugh and we'll laugh with you. Of course, you'll still have to pay the ransom, though.
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Raelyf
The Bastards
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Posted - 2009.10.20 17:59:00 -
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Originally by: Persephone Astrid
And despite the intimidating name, The Bastards are mostly good-natured and cheerful pirates. Tell us a joke or make us laugh and we'll laugh with you. Of course, you'll still have to pay the ransom, though.
To be fair, we may settle for a song or even a haiku.
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Helicity Boson
Amarr
The Python Cartel.
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Posted - 2009.10.20 21:25:00 -
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Originally by: Raelyf
Originally by: Persephone Astrid
And despite the intimidating name, The Bastards are mostly good-natured and cheerful pirates. Tell us a joke or make us laugh and we'll laugh with you. Of course, you'll still have to pay the ransom, though.
To be fair, we may settle for a song or even a haiku.
We have some nice recordings waiting to be brought out btw :)
Singing ransom is ALWAYS an option.
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ThaDollaGenerale
The Illuminati.
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2009.10.21 01:08:00 -
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Thanks for killing that rokh, he got my cyno alt as I was bringing him through.
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Nikon D
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Posted - 2009.10.21 06:32:00 -
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Go Bastards! (in the hopes my broke nooby ass won't ever come into contact with them)
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Hallan Turrek
Caldari
Noir.
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2009.10.21 06:46:00 -
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This should be pretty clear by now. The Bastards get a significant portion of their money from ransoms. They always honor them.
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Rico Minali
Gallente
Sons Of 0din
Chain of Chaos
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Posted - 2009.10.22 17:21:00 -
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Good to see some proper pirates getting bigged up for a change. Sons of 0din also always honour ransoms. We dont always ransom, but we will honour it if we offer it.
Glad to see real piracy is still alive and kicking.
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VicturusTeSaluto
Metafarmers
MeatSausage EXPRESS
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Posted - 2009.10.22 17:53:00 -
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Ask z0de for an erotic dance next time 
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Calinor
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Posted - 2009.10.22 22:54:00 -
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Two posts about The Bastards honouring ransoms on the front page of C&P? If I didn't know better I'd think it was some clever marketing ploy.. |
Benedict Carol
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Posted - 2009.10.22 23:06:00 -
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Originally by: Calinor
Two posts about The Bastards honouring ransoms on the front page of C&P? If I didn't know better I'd think it was some clever marketing ploy..
Can I join your Tinfoil Hat Brigade corp? I heard it's part of the Cynic's Club Alliance, but I don't believe it.
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RoninData
The Bastards
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Posted - 2009.10.22 23:49:00 -
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Originally by: VicturusTeSaluto
Ask z0de for an erotic dance next time
How do you know of zode's dirty penchant?
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Simvastatin Montelukast
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Posted - 2009.10.22 23:53:00 -
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I made the mistake of wondering into one of these guys just running around low sec. He made short work of my ship, was able to point my pod, and offered a ransom. He was very pleasant, and made the extortion seem like a transaction between friends. I questioned him about paying and then getting podded and stated that not honoring the ransom would get him booted from the corp.
These guys are good and honorable. Unfortunatly I know that from first hand experience.
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Herzog Wolfhammer
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.10.23 00:50:00 -
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Wow.
This is what a pro IRS forum would look like.
Sure they were polite but you still got held up.
The Gestapo was also polite, and well dressed too, like that dude from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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z0de
The Bastards
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2009.10.23 01:25:00 -
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Originally by: RoninData
Originally by: VicturusTeSaluto
Ask z0de for an erotic dance next time
How do you know of zode's dirty penchant?
Not cool guys, that was just between us. Talk about being used.
Rock: Thanks for the post, I was expecting a mission fit and really didn't think I could break the tank solo hence the lack of space bar use and rushed ransom. I'm usually much more pleasant. Hope you stop by evati again.
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me0de
The Bastards
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2009.10.23 01:52:00 -
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Amarrbone
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Posted - 2009.10.23 01:55:00 -
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God Damnit Happy! I was trying to get him last night before you!
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Delta Bacat
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Posted - 2009.10.23 07:49:00 -
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Edited by: Delta Bacat on 23/10/2009 07:54:46
Edited by: Delta Bacat on 23/10/2009 07:54:36
ZOMG! You ransomed Lexa Hellfury! Did you offer a discount for epicness?
Edit: Makes me wonder, do you guys have a Ransom Hit-list as in: Toons we would love to ransom (but never dared to ask for it?)
1. Lexa Hellfury
2. Lady Spank
3. Lana Torrin
Etc.
(btw, to all in the list, please don't kill me for giving an ranking to your epicness, it's not in any particular order.)
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Bongo Debbie
Minmatar
Sekret Kool Klubb
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Posted - 2009.10.23 10:52:00 -
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Hey! I'm p.poor really. All my isk goes on incursususes and plex.
First time I went to low sec (eghellende) I had my Iteron II WTFPWNED by Tiller. I probably got podded too. Think I was doing trade runs and took a risk on low sec. "ZOMG low sec is full of gatecamps and griefers don't go there QQ". This was like 4 years ago btw when I played carebear online.
First time I went to low sec for solo pvp (eghellende again) I ganged up with someone after asking for a 'fair fight for my Heron', warped to and unsurprisingly got pwned by his Incursus, escaped in my pod but hadn't dropped gang so he caught me. That lesson in how not to be stupid cost me 20m isk.
I love you stupid laser Heron.
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General Coochie
The Bastards
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2009.10.23 10:52:00 -
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Originally by: Delta Bacat
Edited by: Delta Bacat on 23/10/2009 07:54:46
Edited by: Delta Bacat on 23/10/2009 07:54:36
ZOMG! You ransomed Lexa Hellfury! Did you offer a discount for epicness?
Edit: Makes me wonder, do you guys have a Ransom Hit-list as in: Toons we would love to ransom (but never dared to ask for it?)
1. Lexa Hellfury
2. Lady Spank
3. Lana Torrin
Etc.
(btw, to all in the list, please don't kill me for giving an ranking to your epicness, it's not in any particular order.)
Thats a pretty good idea there. If I had I wouldn't go public with it. But ransoming Verone would be pretty epic I guess.
And if I did have verone locked down I much rather try and ransom then kill him.
That goes for any famous or infamous eve person.
Got Cooch?, solo PvP movie
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Bongo Debbie
Minmatar
Sekret Kool Klubb
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Posted - 2009.10.23 11:12:00 -
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Originally by: General Coochie
Originally by: Delta Bacat
2. Lady Spank
And if I did have verone locked down I much rather try and ransom then kill him.
That goes for any famous or infamous eve person.
I'm not usually the language police but this sounds like you would dishonour vs Verone!
And if you ever ransom me just remember I supported you during your Gallente Citizen7065498 period ♥
If I were to sign up to a pirate corp the bastards would be the first group of people I would approach.
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Mail Lite
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Posted - 2009.10.23 11:29:00 -
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I think all the pirates in any big organisation (IE Bastards, Python, Hellcats, TGA etc) will honour ransoms. It's the small 'griefer' corps who seem to be a bit more... trigger happy!
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