out of 2.4 billion in assets by the corp Gangnam style, I applied to the corp, wass accepted and my recruiter said he'd ship my things down to null sec for me , since I had an orca, hulk and a BPO among several fittings, thinking I could trust my new corpmate I courier contracted the assets to him, worth around 2.4 billion, and the next morning I was kicked from the corp, so in short I'm left with 5 mil isk roughly, what should I do now to get back on track after losing 8 months of progress?

What were you progressing towards?

maybe start with a procurer?

how do people who can have such ships and money, fall for such obvious scams?

You should have said "ha ha, you got me, but i still want to join the corp" then work your way slowly up the ranks, then clean them out in a year.

Except they want a 'security' deposit, as well as 2.6 bil in assets

Anyone asking for any kind of deposit like that is usually a scam.

If you ever need to give anything to anyone ask yourself this: Would I care if I didn't get it back?

If the answer to the above is 'yes' then just don't give it to them in the first place and find something else to do in EVE.

Hopefully joining a indy corp and then getting into capital construction with some guidance, im kinda nooby, only been here a year

Except they want a 'security' deposit, as well as 2.6 bil in assets

Maybe, yeah, an I'm an idiot, I shouldnt have trusted him

Hopefully joining a indy corp and then getting into capital construction with some guidance, im kinda nooby, only been here a year

I'm sorry for your loss friend, and willing to help you with your recovery.

Just send whatever ISK you have my way and I'll double it.

You should have said "ha ha, you got me, but i still want to join the corp" then work your way slowly up the ranks, then clean them out in a year.

out of 2.4 billion in assets by the corp Gangnam style, I applied to the corp, wass accepted and my recruiter said he'd ship my things down to null sec for me , since I had an orca, hulk and a BPO among several fittings, thinking I could trust my new corpmate I courier contracted the assets to him, worth around 2.4 billion, and the next morning I was kicked from the corp, so in short I'm left with 5 mil isk roughly, what should I do now to get back on track after losing 8 months of progress?

out of 2.4 billion in assets by the corp Gangnam style, I applied to the corp, wass accepted and my recruiter said he'd ship my things down to null sec for me , since I had an orca, hulk and a BPO among several fittings, thinking I could trust my new corpmate I courier contracted the assets to him, worth around 2.4 billion, and the next morning I was kicked from the corp, so in short I'm left with 5 mil isk roughly, what should I do now to get back on track after losing 8 months of progress?

I'm sorry for your loss friend, and willing to help you with your recovery.

Just send whatever ISK you have my way and I'll double it.

Well you don't need isk for that.

You could recover your losses from this in a fraction of the time if you find a trustworthy 0.0 industry corp which is recruiting. They're rare, like the elusive yeti, but do exist. Just keep looking.

The bolded words cancel each other out.

Maybe, yeah, an I'm an idiot, I shouldnt have trusted him

out of 2.4 billion in assets by the corp Gangnam style, I applied to the corp, wass accepted and my recruiter said he'd ship my things down to null sec for me , since I had an orca, hulk and a BPO among several fittings, thinking I could trust my new corpmate I courier contracted the assets to him, worth around 2.4 billion, and the next morning I was kicked from the corp, so in short I'm left with 5 mil isk roughly, what should I do now to get back on track after losing 8 months of progress?

Your going to have to thrust someone sooner or later. Anyways, collateral.

Easiest way to earn money without investments atm - join FW. Also you might want to create new account and start another character (PvE/PvP) + freeze this account to avoid traumatizing memories (and optionally - sell this toon). Sooner or later you'll need alts anyway - it's proper moment to create one.

Yeah, this is what I've decided to do. I had begun the process of applying to join Goonswarm legitimately, but they're just a little bit too cliquish for my taste. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against them, they're just not my thing. I'm hoping to find a place in FW or, at some point, an FW corp, but I've gotta get my faction standings back up first....

out of 2.4 billion in assets by the corp Gangnam style, I applied to the corp, wass accepted and my recruiter said he'd ship my things down to null sec for me , since I had an orca, hulk and a BPO among several fittings, thinking I could trust my new corpmate I courier contracted the assets to him, worth around 2.4 billion, and the next morning I was kicked from the corp, so in short I'm left with 5 mil isk roughly, what should I do now to get back on track after losing 8 months of progress?

out of 2.4 billion in assets by the corp Gangnam style, I applied to the corp, wass accepted and my recruiter said he'd ship my things down to null sec for me , since I had an orca, hulk and a BPO among several fittings, thinking I could trust my new corpmate I courier contracted the assets to him, worth around 2.4 billion, and the next morning I was kicked from the corp, so in short I'm left with 5 mil isk roughly, what should I do now to get back on track after losing 8 months of progress?

Quit EVE. Anyway if you only made 2.5B in 8 months, you are **** at this game. You should be closer to 100 times that amount by now.

Quit EVE. Anyway if you only made 2.5B in 8 months, you are **** at this game. You should be closer to 100 times that amount by now.

confirming the game is about nothing but making isk.

Well is all depend view on this matter, over 6 years here and only around 5bil in general in my multiple assets, somtime i play months log without isk progres.

it was sarcasm...

the corp Gangnam style, I applied to the corp

Fortunately you don't have to go around with such a ridiculous corp name now, which is almost worth the isk

not really a scam. you just got jacked

LMAO, but I'd still rather have it

i was screwed by a "friend", i created an alt.. hes training skills, and one day, i will use him to avenge the treachery, and i only lost about 150 million

have a long memory, theres nothing you can do about it now, but in a year.. two, they won't remember you, but you'll still remember them

This


I still remember the first person to ever kill me ...years ago.

IT has been said more times on these forums then I care to count.

And it will be said once again.

Never fly what you can't afford to lose.
Never bring all your assets to Null.

it was sarcasm...

IT has been said more times on these forums then I care to count.

And it will be said once again.

Never fly what you can't afford to lose.
Never bring all your assets to Null.

If any corp asks for anything to join, tell them to go **** themselves, and tell everyone their corp is a scam. No legitimate corp would ask for a single isk, anyone says otherwise is apart of the scammers themselves.

If you join a new corp, NEVER fly anything expensive with them. No Battleship, marauder, ETC... just T1 BC and down.
If Indy, just T1 mining ships/transports.

Maybe after a few weeks/months you could fly a BS without anything but T1/T2 equipment.

This is the only game I've seen that can take advantage of new people (regardless what ccp says) or people that played alone majority of there eve career looking for companionship.

Dont trust anyone....even if they say you can....

This is the most valuable advice anyone can give you. Sorry for your expensive lesson in eve ripoff mechanics.

Trust is earned, not assumed or given.

Will just leave an advice.

Dont move anything in the future, liquidate all assets possible and move with ISK. Isk is mobility, and ocuppy 0 cargohold plus cant be looted.

Move your assets by yourself latter, buy a interdiction nullified cloacking something, a bomber, etc, and move your things in off peak hours and possibly with an alt scouting forward.

As they say, dont fly what you cant afford to lose. Extend it to dont give assets you cant afford to lose :)

When I moved to null i did as a poor bastard flying a myrmidon. All my other possessions were converted to isk.

out of 2.4 billion in assets by the corp Gangnam style, I applied to the corp, wass accepted and my recruiter said he'd ship my things down to null sec for me , since I had an orca, hulk and a BPO among several fittings, thinking I could trust my new corpmate I courier contracted the assets to him, worth around 2.4 billion, and the next morning I was kicked from the corp, so in short I'm left with 5 mil isk roughly, what should I do now to get back on track after losing 8 months of progress?

you should always be prepared to turn around and stick a knife in the through.

Once upon a time, I tried to get into a corp, I was asked for ISK up front, 600M to be exact.

I publicly humiliated this person, to the point of where he was adding people to red watch list in recruiting channel.

I then had the nuts to ask him for 2.5B isk to teach him how to scam properly and point out all of his mistakes, He just logged, leaving an almost full bucket of tears for me.

Point is, to make it here, you have to LEARN to be a wolf.

Keep in mind that if you are not naturally a douche you will never be as good at it as people that are.

And good luck beating them at their own game. That is sucker play.

And to the people that say 2.4 billion is worth the lesson learned, send me $70 USD and feel content.

I feel for you, I was recently relieved of 200 billion by a RL GÇÿfriendGÇÖ that has been playing this game with me for 3 years, through thick and thin he was there, defending me, and I defending him. Over the holidays he absconded with literally everything he could contract to himself, canceled market orders to raid the wallet, and reprocessed anything he couldnGÇÖt sell instantly so he could sell it for the mineral value. I learned all this through his API in EVE-HQ while sitting in a coffee shop on holiday.

The lesson? Never trust anyone with all you own, no matter how sure of them you are, remember there is always a number that will make the betrayal worth it. Just do what you did to make it the first time, knowing the mistakes you made should make this time easier.

maybe start with a procurer?

how do people who can have such ships and money, fall for such obvious scams?

Thanks for all the advice guys and gals, I should have known better, looking back on it I'm an idiot, I should have at least left the orca back, losing a hulk, I could have covered it,but oh well. back on the track to making isk I guess :)

maybe you'd actually enjoy the game if you stopped trying to translate everything into real money terms?

I am a casual player and I spend money to play the game. I think CCP likes this.

And I enjoy the game alot thank you. But in retort, maybe you would enjoy life more if you spent less time on this game.

We have extensive capital construction programs, convo me ingame to get started making more isk than you can ever imagine. ------------------> http://i.imgur.com/jquIP.jpg

I have one thing to add to this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGplrpWvz0I
The fate of an empire rests with you.

- ISD Praetoxx

Are you serious? RL friend as in someone you actually are friends with in RL, would betray you over some numbers on an online game?

This guy must be a real hero IRL.

I wouldn't expect any less of them tbh, friendship is being able to laugh about it, with the friend that just deprived you of pixels.