Kil2
Club Bear
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Posted - 2010.04.06 22:10:00 -
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Edited by: Kil2 on 06/04/2010 22:14:09
HAI
First - Awesome job Gods.
This whole discussion about the video has to do with a topic that I've been tempted to write about myself: whats are we going for in Eve, in pvp, in video making, etc..
I think the difference between whoever is writing in neon green and Gods has to do with different goals and different assumptions about the elements that contribute to success in respect to those goals.
From what I can tell what Gods wants to do most of all is glorify a specific ship. He wants a vindicator to do as much as it possibly can and show that to everyone else. Part of succeeding in that goal for Gods is to bring the most pimped Vindi possible so we can all see what it can do. Personally, I really appreciate that. Theres only a handful of players willing to put this amount of isk into a single ship and especially without certain precautions to make sure that ship has the highest possible chance of survival. Sure Gods runs scouts and boxes an account with cap boosters and room to grab loot and stuff, but he isn't bringing capital fleets to back him up or hiding gangs 2 hops away incase things get ugly (which some of the most famous faction bs pilot/video makers of the past have done).
It's important to take this into consideration. In my videos I risk almost nothing to produce the footage. This one ship Gods is flying easily surpasses the cost of my 500+ combined ship losses. ENORMOUS risk here. There were points in several of these fights where i would have been jumping out to save the ship against even the 5% chance that something really nasty was coming.
Another person (like maybe mister neon green) would put more weight on technical piloting skill, or DPS rather than tank, or even risk in terms of chance to lose ship in a given fight. That is totally valid, but I don't think it necessarily should provoke and disagreement. I guess unless Gods is claiming to succeed at something which he actually doesn't.
Personally, I like videos to be entertaining, I like them to show something we haven't seen, and i like to see things done which inspire me to step up my game in some way. Gods has always delivered on every level and i really hope it keeps on coming.
Look forward to the next one Gods,
Kil2
tl;dr - lets be friends.
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