In this case - those with knives = Battleship, those without knives = shuttle.

Best thing: if you end up having to use it, it's much more probable that you DON'T hurt your attacker severely. If you defend yourself with a knife and end up stabbing the ****er, you'll be in deep crap yourself.

So, how did you get away? you just said no and they left?

This is England an all. Fair play and manners what what.

The OP is clearly just happy that dealing with the 'hive of scum and villiany' that is eve everyday gave him the balls to stand up for himself for once. I realise that most of the inhabitants of this game prob spent most of their childhood upside-down in a locker with a wedgy and this is an unfamiliar concept.

UK, go figure. I wouldn't be surprised if OP had brandished a five lbs. meat cleaver in defense and the cops instead went after him.

OP, good job.

Yay for governments disarming law-abiding citizens while having either no effect or increasing the likelihood of violent crime.

Go government!

How the **** does one little old lady hold four rifles and a shotgun at once?

actually it's Glock 9mm. A 9mm Glock would be quite a bit less scary imo.

Alabama, it's like Norfolk but without the webbed toes.

Try wasp spray instead. It's not lethal.

I also play in this laptop, which happens to be corporate property.

If it gets stolen, EvE Online is the last of my problems.

Living in a country where guns are not at all widespread (Spain), I would have resisted too.

And having been, in the past, a...ehem...private security contractor (a pub bouncer), I cannot recommend THESE enough: expandable batons.

They are also illegal in here, just as mace sprays, but oh boy. I've stopped DOZENS of agressions (to me and others) merely by unfolding it.

They can be unfolded in a fraction of a second with a single whipping motion, and the sight of half a yard of steel popping out of nowhere DOES cool the blood of potential attackers.

Best thing: if you end up having to use it, it's much more probable that you DON'T hurt your attacker severely. If you defend yourself with a knife and end up stabbing the ****er, you'll be in deep crap yourself.

Also, a single blow to the side of a leg (police style) is all that it takes to stop 99% of brawlers out there. I know what I'm saying.

9mm Glock is you friend

On re-reading it still appears to me to be a blindingly simple concept, but i'll slow things down for you man.

Gùï Assholes try to mug me
Gùï Considered giving over bag since knives were out and pointed at me
Gùï Did not give over bag, was instead briefly distracted by the situational importance of EvE and various funny parallels.
Gùï Realised how strange it was that EvE should enter my mind in such a situation
Gùï Wrote simple post explaining this strange concept to other EvE online fans
Gùï Had to simplify post for Toko Too who has trouble reading evidently

Umm, and i dont remember posing any ideas. Was a thankyou for being such an important and interesting game / playergroup as to over-ride my fear of personal harm.

Plus 1 to both of you for your classic EvE-like contentless bump posts :D

And no with some scuffle and heated exchange i managed to extend the situation a couple minutes or so untill they decided it was getting a little too public and got back in the car. After that they drove a few blocks further round the corner and pulled up again to wait for me further on, i saw them in the car as my friend gave me a lift past. I'm not a particularly big guy, but i don't think i look much like an easy target or anything

no need to slow down things, you need to learn how to write correctly.

Wow. Your self defense options are limited to silly string? Jeeze.

Hey Keno glad to hear your ok.

spend a few isk on one of these m8, not legal but feels nice in the hand :) like yourself i live down in the south east (kent) but have yet to be put in this kind of scenario. Mind you am 6` 1" and build like a brick $hithouse

http://www.aspbaton.co.uk/

On re-reading it still appears to me to be a blindingly simple concept, but i'll slow things down for you man.

Gùï Assholes try to mug me
Gùï Considered giving over bag since knives were out and pointed at me
Gùï Did not give over bag, was instead briefly distracted by the situational importance of EvE and various funny parallels.
Gùï Realised how strange it was that EvE should enter my mind in such a situation
Gùï Wrote simple post explaining this strange concept to other EvE online fans
Gùï Had to simplify post for Toko Too who has trouble reading evidently

Umm, and i dont remember posing any ideas. Was a thankyou for being such an important and interesting game / playergroup as to over-ride my fear of personal harm.

Plus 1 to both of you for your classic EvE-like contentless bump posts :D

I can do the same with my man stick. Unfolded in a fraction of a second, ready for action...

Haha, mace is one of the many illegal weapons in the uk and yes it does tend to happen a bit round here :)

Bought a funny "non-harm" self defence weapon (i know nice concept there my government) for my ex girlfriend which consisted of a can of blue foam that empties entirely in 3 seconds into the assailants face when you pull the trigger. This temporarily blinds the attacker (just blue foam not irritant) and dyes their skin neon blue for 4 days. Its a sorry turn of events when self defence weapons are reduced to mere playthings

Friend of mine from north of Iraq pointed out to me that bullets do not care how big you are.

We don't even have that in Australia. On top of that, if you hurt someone that is trying to rob you, they can legitimately have you charged.

It's no wonder so many criminals simply vanish from the face of the earth

Ned Kelly sure did a number on your freedoms, huh-uh?

Actually, it was this guy.