So, do any of you guys have some good stories of you or someone doing good?

Came here expecting a race thread. Disappointed.

What the **** is porridge?

I've spent the past 2-3 days at work reading stories of EVE. Obviously, these stories are highly entertaining, but they're always about scamming, treachery, lying, backstabbing, double crossing and generally acting like turds. It's apart of the game. I get it.

Boudicca Arbosa
Aegis Requiem.
Byzantine Empire
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But what about the people that aren't scamming, lying, backstabbing or double crossing? There's got to be some good stories out there of some upstanding people doing some amazing things. The internet is always giving time for the foul and nefarious goings on of EVE, but never the good. It's a lot like real life media.

Yeah, there's way too much attention being given to the dark side of this game.


About 3 1/2 years ago in corp chat, a Russian player stated in broken English - help, need 100k for big deal. pay back + share profit.

Everyone started saying it was a scam or the guy was lying, some calling him beggar and thief, telling him to GTFO, etc. I told chat that I would give the guy 1 million isk so that he had plenty of isk to work with. Everyone told me I wouldn't see that isk again, others said just give them the isk, etc. You know how it is.

So after I gave him the 1 million isk, a minute later he gives me back 900,000. I told chat about it and gave the 900,000 isk back. A minute later the same thing happens again. I tell chat again and return the 900,000 isk to the Russian. People in chat are telling me to stop, others are laughing. He once again returns the 900,000 and this time he links my name in chat channel with bold Russian text following it.

I tell corp chat that he gave the damn 900,000 isk back to me again and asked if anyone knew what the Russian text meant. Players said no but someone said the universal translation was that he was pissed off due to the bold text, others agreed and everyone was telling me I should just stop. I told them no, I had decided to give 1 million isk away and I was gonna stick with it so I gave the 900,000 isk back to the Russian for the 3rd time, linked his name in chat with bold English text - STOP.

About 5 minutes later the Russian linked my name in chat again and typed in English - thanks, deal done, sending share of profit. Players in chat started laughing and telling me to just keep the damn 900,000 isk this time. I agreed and when I checked my wallet, the Russian player had given me 10 million isk.

I told chat and the news pretty much had everyone stunned. I linked the Russian's name in chat and typed in thanks with o7. He then linked my name with :) o7.

I will never forget that experience. Just goes to show you not everyone in this game is looking to scam.

as a student of history, this makes me laugh. out loud.

You mean the thousand year empire that used its forces more to defend its walls from the Ottomans than they used it for force and expansion?

You mean the thousand year empire that used its forces more to defend its walls from the Ottomans than they used it for force and expansion?

So, do any of you guys have some good stories of you or someone doing good?

He was referring to the fact that the Byzantine Empire was notoriously treacherous.

Guess I'd have to see proof of that. They were no more treacherous as any other nation or empire. And treachery is subjective. The Byzantine Empire was the economic and cultural power in the Mediterranean. They weren't known as a military juggernaut, although, in truth, they were as evidenced by the fact that countless hundreds of jealous nations tried bringing down her walls for over 1,000 years. It was also one of the epicenters for music, art, philosophy, medicine and science.

Methinks I spy some uninformed educants.

$50 that this guys Turkish and ate propaganda as a kid.

Yeah, there's way too much attention being given to the dark side of this game.


About 3 1/2 years ago in corp chat, a Russian player stated in broken English - help, need 100k for big deal. pay back + share profit.

Everyone started saying it was a scam or the guy was lying, some calling him beggar and thief, telling him to GTFO, etc. I told chat that I would give the guy 1 million isk so that he had plenty of isk to work with. Everyone told me I wouldn't see that isk again, others said just give them the isk, etc. You know how it is.

So after I gave him the 1 million isk, a minute later he gives me back 900,000. I told chat about it and gave the 900,000 isk back. A minute later the same thing happens again. I tell chat again and return the 900,000 isk to the Russian. People in chat are telling me to stop, others are laughing. He once again returns the 900,000 and this time he links my name in chat channel with bold Russian text following it.

I tell corp chat that he gave the damn 900,000 isk back to me again and asked if anyone knew what the Russian text meant. Players said no but someone said the universal translation was that he was pissed off due to the bold text, others agreed and everyone was telling me I should just stop. I told them no, I had decided to give 1 million isk away and I was gonna stick with it so I gave the 900,000 isk back to the Russian for the 3rd time, linked his name in chat with bold English text - STOP.

About 5 minutes later the Russian linked my name in chat again and typed in English - thanks, deal done, sending share of profit. Players in chat started laughing and telling me to just keep the damn 900,000 isk this time. I agreed and when I checked my wallet, the Russian player had given me 10 million isk.

I told chat and the news pretty much had everyone stunned. I linked the Russian's name in chat and typed in thanks with o7. He then linked my name with :) o7.

I will never forget that experience. Just goes to show you not everyone in this game is looking to scam.

Yeah, there's way too much attention being given to the dark side of this game.


About 3 1/2 years ago in corp chat, a Russian player stated in broken English - help, need 100k for big deal. pay back + share profit.

Everyone started saying it was a scam or the guy was lying, some calling him beggar and thief, telling him to GTFO, etc. I told chat that I would give the guy 1 million isk so that he had plenty of isk to work with. Everyone told me I wouldn't see that isk again, others said just give them the isk, etc. You know how it is.

So after I gave him the 1 million isk, a minute later he gives me back 900,000. I told chat about it and gave the 900,000 isk back. A minute later the same thing happens again. I tell chat again and return the 900,000 isk to the Russian. People in chat are telling me to stop, others are laughing. He once again returns the 900,000 and this time he links my name in chat channel with bold Russian text following it.

I tell corp chat that he gave the damn 900,000 isk back to me again and asked if anyone knew what the Russian text meant. Players said no but someone said the universal translation was that he was pissed off due to the bold text, others agreed and everyone was telling me I should just stop. I told them no, I had decided to give 1 million isk away and I was gonna stick with it so I gave the 900,000 isk back to the Russian for the 3rd time, linked his name in chat with bold English text - STOP.

About 5 minutes later the Russian linked my name in chat again and typed in English - thanks, deal done, sending share of profit. Players in chat started laughing and telling me to just keep the damn 900,000 isk this time. I agreed and when I checked my wallet, the Russian player had given me 10 million isk.

I told chat and the news pretty much had everyone stunned. I linked the Russian's name in chat and typed in thanks with o7. He then linked my name with :) o7.

I will never forget that experience. Just goes to show you not everyone in this game is looking to scam.

And this is why no one ever writes up this kind of crap.

Most boring story ever. Thanks for the nap.

Madoff paid people off well. Got a whole lot of great word of mouth with the high returns he paid to a few to sucker money out of thousands of others.

yeah but what about band camp.

And this is why no one ever writes up this kind of crap.

Most boring story ever. Thanks for the nap.

You mean the thousand year empire that used its forces more to defend its walls from the Ottomans than they used it for force and expansion?

$50 that this guys Turkish and ate propaganda as a kid.

Their reputation was so strong and ingrained that the word "byzantine" means "of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation".

In most MMOs, the hereos are celebrated. You killed that nefarious guy who hurt all those other guys. Well done.

In EVE, the villains are celebrated. You scammed those other guys who hadn't done anything to you. Well done.
This game is not for those who want to be heroes.

There once was a little miner named Chribba

he shot rocks for a living and everyone liked him

the end

He's an exploiter. Supercaps have never been buildable in Empire space, yet he has the Veldnaught right there in Amarr.

Hey, doesn't CCP take away assets from people they believe to have abused exploits?

As far as eve heroes go, I would nominate Vaerah Vahrokha, a wall of text poster who riles lots of the denizens of MD. However, when not driving people mad VV also acts as an auditor who is willing to spend dozens of hours to get the job done right as community service. Moreover, VV has raised about 200billion in donations from other MD posters to give to the Red Cross during PLEX for Good drives. Using eve to generate thousands of dollars for worthy real life causes makes her a 'good one' in my book.