lord xavier
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.01.07 01:25:00 -
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Ellente Fervens wrote:Cause VR was the first Eve player to be killed.
Or did he just happen to be a prominent one?
This only encourages martyrs.
This does nothing to encourage reflection on the causes of those losses or events.
Not supported.
Please do not go geo-political in Eve CCP.
I can tell you, from the bottom of my heart, Sean Smith was not the first EvE player to die overseas in a combat environment. I can tell you however that Vile Rat's impact on EvE Online's community itself has been very noticeable compared to others. Irregardless however, a loss of life to violence is sad and always will be. Across EvE all players whether they were with Goonswarm, friends, allies or enemies of goonswarm. Even the people who are like "Who the **** is Goonswarm?" at one point since the day, put their heads down in prayer and/or thought for his family, friends and all those who were close to him.
Being prominent got it out there more. When I heard of the incident was at work. I was put on standby to go to Libya at that point as part of a mission package. At this point I had been highly inactive in the game. I have a paper somewhere I picked up at a shoppette on my way to work next day that blew my mind. It was about the attack on the embassy and showed a picture of Sean Smith and talked about his involvement in EvE Online. I immediatly, once I got to work, got onto the -A- facebook. Mid war with Goonswarm and test still, Most members of -A- gave their heartfilled "RIP" and "thoughts with his family." Only one person did I see say anything bad, and he was promptly kicked from the Alliance and banned from all the corporations inside of SoCo.
Just because you are on opposing sides, or whether you are known or not known. The sadness is still there. The online-persona you are fighting against, still has a real person behind it. With people who care about them. Those who couldn't put on online game behind them, are no better then the -A- member who got blacklisted by everyone who saw or heard about what he said. He could not put it past him either.
My personal feelings towards Vile Rat are different then they are towards Sean Smith. However, my heart hung low due to the fact there was one (four in total of topic at hand) more American not making that trip home, that so many of my comrades, friends, co-workers and family have missed as well. At the end of the day, we were both human and he gave a sacrifice to his country that only a few people would ever have the courage to do by selecting a job with that kind of a position of safety. |