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Sips Turken
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.10.06 11:13:00 -
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Title says it all, Im relatively new to eve and have got used to all the controls and gameplay and such, and so I think Im ready to put my skills to good use. Im thinking of trying to get into goonfleet, but Im unsure of whether or not I should. Are they actually a proper army with serious and strategic tactics or are they just trolls? Any advice? |
Mara Rinn
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
1889
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Posted - 2012.10.06 11:28:00 -
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Goonfleet don't recruit ingame. Any advice you get to the contrary will be from a Goon trying to swindle you out of your assets: they'll charge an "application fee" or some such, then when you are "successful" they will offer to courier your ships down to null sec. After you hand over your property, you will not hear from them again.
If you want to join Goonfleet, you'll need to be a member of the Something Awful forums. Go have a look, and decide whether you want to be part of that community. No, I won't link it: if you aren't smart enough to find Something Awful on your own, you don't belong there.
Other organisations do recruit ingame, head over to the Recruitment forum to find out more, or use the ingame recruitment tool.
Day 0 advice for new players: Day 0 Advice for New Players |
Sips Turken
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.10.06 11:32:00 -
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Mara Rinn wrote:Goonfleet don't recruit ingame. Any advice you get to the contrary will be from a Goon trying to swindle you out of your assets: they'll charge an "application fee" or some such, then when you are "successful" they will offer to courier your ships down to null sec. After you hand over your property, you will not hear from them again. If you want to join Goonfleet, you'll need to be a member of the Something Awful forums. Go have a look, and decide whether you want to be part of that community. No, I won't link it: if you aren't smart enough to find Something Awful on your own, you don't belong there. Other organisations do recruit ingame, head over to the Recruitment forum to find out more, or use the ingame recruitment tool.
No I do know how to join, Im just not sure whether its a good idea. Thanks anyway for your advice |
J'Poll
Pioneer's of the Galantic Wars
Ethereal Dawn
435
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Posted - 2012.10.06 12:11:00 -
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Fail goon troll
You can't join Goonfleet if you are not on SA.
And your knowledge about Goons gave away you are not a genuine new player.
Inject your skillbook before you leave the station. Neo didnGÇÖt learn Kung-Fu by having it sit in his usb drive.-á
If it moves, shoot it. If it doesn't move, poke it with your gun and then shoot it.
We are not running, we are advancing in the opposite direction |
Mara Rinn
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
1889
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Posted - 2012.10.06 12:24:00 -
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Sips Turken wrote:Im just not sure whether its a good idea.
So flip a coin. If you can't make up your own mind, how is someone who has no idea about your personal preferences, ideology or level of paranoid cynicism going to give you any better advice than a coin?
More often than not you'll make up your mind while the coin is flipping in the air 
Day 0 advice for new players: Day 0 Advice for New Players |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
2581
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Posted - 2012.10.06 13:28:00 -
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This is a great idea! No corp in the future will ever shun you!
"A genius throws a Molotov cocktail and soon realizes that he's going to die choking in a maze of smoke and flame. A hero drinks a Molotov cocktail and soon realizes that if he does a split in midair, he can hit twice as many zombies per kick. Drunk hero wins again, wusses." ~Cracked.com |
Dirty Wizard
The Geedunk Expedition
42
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Posted - 2012.10.06 16:04:00 -
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No, it's not a good idea. The Goons are notorious for recruitment scamming. They are NOT newbie friendly, despite their claims to the contrary.
If by some strange and bizzare miracle you do get into Goons, you will forever be shunned by the rest of the EvE community. Once you join Goons that's it. You can never leave to join another corp/alliance. You simply cannot be trusted in any other corp/alliance. You might as well just delete your character and start over if you want to leave Goons.
Yeah it really is that bad. |
Andski
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
5005
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Posted - 2012.10.06 18:41:00 -
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Dirty Wizard wrote:If by some strange and bizzare miracle you do get into Goons, you will forever be shunned by the rest of the EvE community. Once you join Goons that's it. You can never leave to join another corp/alliance. You simply cannot be trusted in any other corp/alliance. You might as well just delete your character and start over if you want to leave Goons.
Most of us have no intention of leaving Goonswarm, believe it or not. However, you're wrong - those who do end up parting ways don't really have any trouble getting into a different alliance.
OP, if you do have an SA account that qualifies, the recruitment thread is here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3447025
My role within Goonfleet is to ensure that our newbies are happy, so if you do choose to join, feel free to drop me a line.
This post was crafted by a member of the Goonswarm Federation posting cabal, the foremost authority on Eve: Online posting.
fofofofofo |
Senshi Hawk
Occupational Hazzard
Get Off My Lawn
53
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Posted - 2012.10.06 19:42:00 -
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Dirty Wizard wrote:No, it's not a good idea. The Goons are notorious for recruitment scamming. They are NOT newbie friendly, despite their claims to the contrary.
That's some crap.
Recruitment scamming does not target newbies. |
Sips Turken
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.10.06 22:00:00 -
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J'Poll wrote:Fail goon troll
You can't join Goonfleet if you are not on SA.
And your knowledge about Goons gave away you are not a genuine new player.
Im not entriely new no, as I said I know my way around the ropes and all that, but I swear Im not a troll or something, but if this is the kind of thing gonns spend their time doing maybe its not for me. Anyway, thank you for the compliment (saying Im an old player because of my knowledge of goonswarm lol), but no i just researched them before decided whether or not to join. |
Mars Theran
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
337
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Posted - 2012.10.06 22:50:00 -
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Andski wrote:Dirty Wizard wrote:They are NOT newbie friendly, despite their claims to the contrary. Sorry, what? We've recruited thousands of players into the game and our alliance is entirely structured around ensuring that our newbies have fun and develop their skills. If you have no real clue what we do, please don't opine on the way we operate. Dirty Wizard wrote:If by some strange and bizzare miracle you do get into Goons, you will forever be shunned by the rest of the EvE community. Once you join Goons that's it. You can never leave to join another corp/alliance. You simply cannot be trusted in any other corp/alliance. You might as well just delete your character and start over if you want to leave Goons. Most of us have no intention of leaving Goonswarm, believe it or not. However, you're wrong - those who do end up parting ways don't really have any trouble getting into a different alliance. OP, if you do have an SA account that qualifies, the recruitment thread is here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3447025My role within Goonfleet is to ensure that our newbies are happy, so once you do join, feel free to drop me a line. If you have questions about Goonfleet, feel free to stop by our in-game channel, GS_Help.
This is why you're so bitter. 
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Senshi Hawk
Occupational Hazzard
Get Off My Lawn
53
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Posted - 2012.10.07 08:00:00 -
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J'Poll wrote:
And your knowledge about Goons gave away you are not a genuine new player.
My newbie friend who had never played a day of eve in his life said to me "im not interested in joining an alliance like the goons" |
Quintic
Raze Productions
Li3 Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.10.07 09:59:00 -
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J'Poll wrote:Fail goon troll
You can't join Goonfleet if you are not on SA.
And your knowledge about Goons gave away you are not a genuine new player.
I think a lot of players do a bit of research before playing. I knew of many of the large alliances before signing up for an account. |
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
4823
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Posted - 2012.10.07 11:47:00 -
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Dirty Wizard wrote:No, it's not a good idea. The Goons are notorious for recruitment scamming. They are NOT newbie friendly, despite their claims to the contrary.
If by some strange and bizzare miracle you do get into Goons, you will forever be shunned by the rest of the EvE community. Once you join Goons that's it. You can never leave to join another corp/alliance. You simply cannot be trusted in any other corp/alliance. You might as well just delete your character and start over if you want to leave Goons.
Yeah it really is that bad.
So how much did they take you for?
MatrixSkye Mk2: "Remember: You consent to unconsensual PVP the moment you press the "Undock" button." |
Mallak Azaria
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
730
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Posted - 2012.10.07 11:54:00 -
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Dirty Wizard wrote:They are NOT newbie friendly, despite their claims to the contrary.
What qualifies as being newbie friendly if showering newbies with hundreds of million in free isk, free implants & free fully fit ships does not? I'm really interested to know.
Mining Barge buff: CCP-áhas acknowledged that miners in general-áare too stupid to make the correct fitting choices to make ganking them unprofitable. |
OT Smithers
BLOMI
197
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Posted - 2012.10.07 16:13:00 -
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Joining goonwarm was easy for me. A senior commanding officer told me that all i needed was to pay 500 million isk or 1 plex and he would take care of me. He was very nice and helpful. He even sent me a link to where i could buy a plex from. when i told him i did not half any real world money he talked me through using my moms credit card and everything. Thanks "Allyo Plexes"!
And his help did not stop there. so far he has also (AT HIS OWN EXPENSE) moved all my stuff out to goon space for me. TOTALLY FREE! and he did all this for me even though my application has not even finished yet.
Even better he offered me the special GOON ADVANCED PROMOTION option. For only one more plex or 500 milllon isk i will be guaranteed the rank of GOON CORPORAL once i finish my goon training. that means that i will be almost an officer. Pretty cool! he also said once i was in goonspace he would show me the goon secrets for turning isk into real money and that i could pay my mom back before she noticed the money i spent on her card.
My only complaint, and this is MINOR and i am not complaining (as a future goon officer i would never do that) is that they are pretty slow processing applications. I half been sitting here in Jita in my Ibiss for two weeks now and still no word. But thats probably because i think my recruiter is on vacation. hopefully he is back soon.
if anyone is interested in talking to my recruiter and joining i will be happy to put you in touch with him once he gets back in game.
Future Goon Corporal Smithers |
Vimsy Vortis
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
800
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Posted - 2012.10.07 16:53:00 -
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Hopefully at some point in this thread we will get an unironic use of the word "Gooners". |
Demolishar
United Aggression
369
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Posted - 2012.10.07 18:18:00 -
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Note that joining SomethingAwful simply to get into goonfleet after 3 months and not actually contributing to the forum is unaccceptable.
Note that joining SomethingAwful, contributing to the forum properly, waiting 3 months, and trying to join Goonfleet is STILL not acceptable if you already "existed" in EVE previous to that time (you'd have to make a new account and lie about your experience).
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Tao Dolcino
Mirkur Draug'Tyr
Ushra'Khan
10
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Posted - 2012.10.07 18:40:00 -
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I don't understand people asking "should i... ?" or "what should i... ?"
Why the hell can't you decide by yourself ? Do you really need that someone tells you what to do ???
It's one thing to ask informations... but asking people what decision you should take, you don't feel that something is wrong ? |
Lieam Thellere
Noctis Inc.
The CodeX Alliance
1
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Posted - 2012.10.07 19:03:00 -
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Quintic wrote:J'Poll wrote:Fail goon troll
You can't join Goonfleet if you are not on SA.
And your knowledge about Goons gave away you are not a genuine new player. I think a lot of players do a bit of research before playing. I knew of many of the large alliances before signing up for an account.
Hell, anyone who reads a gaming news site knows the Goons and their reputation. EVE makes news when big things happen, and the Goons tend to draw attention. |
J'Poll
KIngs of the Underground
Side Effect.
443
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Posted - 2012.10.07 19:34:00 -
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Tao Dolcino wrote:I don't understand people asking "should i... ?" or "what should i... ?"
Why the hell can't you decide by yourself ? Do you really need that someone tells you what to do ???
It's one thing to ask informations... but asking people what decision you should take, you don't feel that something is wrong ?
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Inject your skillbook before you leave the station. Neo didnGÇÖt learn Kung-Fu by having it sit in his usb drive.-á
If it moves, shoot it. If it doesn't move, poke it with your gun and then shoot it.
We are not running, we are advancing in the opposite direction |
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ISD Athechu
ISD STAR
140
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Posted - 2012.10.08 06:11:00 -
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Moved from Q&A to Alliance & Corporation Recruitment Center
ISD Athechu
Commander
ISD STAR (Support Training and Resources)
EVE New Citizens Q&A Resources |
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