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ikreb ysug
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Posted - 2003.07.18 19:51:00 -
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EvE is becoming a trash mouth community. Whenever a pirate becomes outnumbered and trapped in a station, the 'good' guys begin throwing taunts and foul language at the pirate/s. Honestley, most pirate DO NOT trash talk as much as you 'miner' folk do. That is a common stereotype of pirates. We are not all trash talking l337 speaking morons. We choose to put some spice into the game. Yes I can see you using harsh words when you lose your temper but plz people it's getting rediculous.
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Neslo
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Posted - 2003.07.18 20:28:00 -
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SHUT UP YOU F()*&)*(&^ PIRATE. COME OUT AND FIGHT LIKE YOU DID WHEN YOU PODDED OUR FRIEND, F(*)&(& A*&(&HOLE.... lol... ok enough roleplaying. Seriously its *** that pirates come to a system and shoot miners... and complain that people are complaining! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA... go home.
From Ashes to Ashes... From Dust to Dust....
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2003.07.18 22:30:00 -
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/me hugs the sensitive pirate
LEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
Macumba
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Posted - 2003.07.18 23:26:00 -
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Yeah! Scum has feelings too you know.
"PVP = griefing" Papa Smurf |
Nirvy
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Posted - 2003.07.18 23:55:00 -
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hehe a pirate with a sensitive feminine side.
Pigs *do* fly :)
Seriously..some of the younger subscribers will always use bad language..just ignore it, its nothing really..i mean isnt taking abuse both verbally and physically part of being a pirate? People remember when you pod them..and thus take pleasure when it comes around and they have you on the run
Edited by: Nirvy on 18/07/2003 23:58:38
Mercenary | The Azath |
Nybbas
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Posted - 2003.07.18 23:55:00 -
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Really though, if you are going to be a pirate.... dont be expecting respect.
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Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.18 23:56:00 -
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He's got a point. Most of us go out of our way to RP and be respectful to our victims. Were I to insult my victims and call them the names that some have called me, the boards would be full of "******* pirates grief you and insult you im sueing111!!!11".
Keep it IC, and thats fine. But when people start going for OOC attacks for no reason, then there is a serious problem not only with that player, but anyone who condones such actions.
-=Maarek Steele=-
Have gun, will travel. |
syndic4te
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Posted - 2003.07.19 00:07:00 -
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no reason to be rude or mean, you are taking his money and blowing his ship up if he dont pay.
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Macumba
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Posted - 2003.07.19 00:13:00 -
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Maarek, The Gang are the exception to the rule.
Most of the "pirates" I've come across in Eve have been the biggest bunch of charisma bypass patients this side of a Linux convention.
To the untrained eye, piracy in Eve resembles Counterstrike in space.
"PVP = griefing" Papa Smurf |
Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.19 01:29:00 -
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See I've dealt with and pirated with Space Invaders, Spectral Armada, and several lone pirates in my time here, none have ever shown on the whole to be anything less than a class act. Yes there are exceptions in terms of invidivuals, but as a whole, in my experience, the situation is usually the opposite of what you describe.
Maybe I should post a log from my last encounter with 2 players from Solarwind, if you wanna get harkened back to Counterstrike, that surely will.
-=Maarek Steele=-
Have gun, will travel. |
Haunty Moto
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Posted - 2003.07.19 02:40:00 -
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Probably best to just ignore the trash talking. Every time I saw people trash talking pirates in a system, the pirates would just trash talk back and it would go on forever.
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Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.19 14:18:00 -
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Theres a difference between the trash talk on local (which is usually just friendly banter) and the **** ppl send us in convo's and evemails.
-=Maarek Steele=-
Have gun, will travel. |
Hyden
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Posted - 2003.07.19 15:09:00 -
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Being silent is a tactic...makes them wonder what you are doing...=)
Ensign hyden(Mining & Transport) - Logistics Division - Hadean Drive Yards
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Werewolf
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Posted - 2003.07.19 16:56:00 -
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With few exceptions, all the pirates i have seen or heard of have been juvenile, instinct-driven killing machines who cannot grasp the basic concept of empathy. As a rule of thumb, pirates deserve all the abuse we can heap upon them. It's no use trying to reason with the little 1337 |<1||4z, just pod em and throw in some insults about their mothers, it's all they understand anyway.
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Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.19 18:23:00 -
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Really werewolf? Give us some names. I want to know who all these immature pirates are. I've had dealing with just about every "Pirate" corp in the game, either as my main or while training up an alt, and I can say I have had 1 encounter with someone who was like that. 1.
I've had far more from the likes of Squirrel, Gai2, any of the Quake Addict DPs, Singular, Silverstriker, HazelJedi, Juxta. The list goes on and on.
-=Maarek Steele=-
Have gun, will travel. |
Alvin
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Posted - 2003.07.19 21:39:00 -
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"Whenever a pirate becomes outnumbered and trapped in a station... We choose to put some spice into the game."
Really? Hiding in a station whever you're not guaranteed to win lends "spice" to the game? In what way? Hiding makes the game just the same as if you had never even logged in.
Fighting valiantly against impossible odds; actually accepting a negative consequence of your actions; perhaps that would be "spicy".
On the flip side, only sticking around to fight with overwhelming superiority isn't "spice", either. Hey, look, we can kill a cruiser with our five battleships. Even fighting NPC pirates is more challenging and interesting that that combat -- on either side. Brief, one-sided combats aren't fun for anyone (except of course a sociopathic serial killer as long as he's on the winning side). No "spice" there. The pirates that insist that nothing bad should ever happen to them while they're pirating as just as "carebear" as their fondly-imagined miner stereotype.
A true "roleplaying" pirate would be perfectly happy to have their character imprisoned for life (or hung) when they got caught. Instead, what we see is a lot of whining about the sentry guns might shoot them. You may have noticed most societies don't let disturbed young men hang out at the shopping mall and kill everyone that comes through the entrance with impunity.
I was in a system that got occupied by M00 a little while back. All that happened was that the system got shut down; everyone docked, or jumped. Might as well have been one of those systems you read about daily where everyone gets stuck in-station. No spice there.
The so-called pirates claim to make the game interesting, but in fact they tend just to make it dull. That's not a "carebear" attitude; it's an observation from several MMORPGs. Makes the boards more interesting as people argue about it, but the gameplay itself isn't any better off for having serial killers in it.
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Nerhtal Al'Thali
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Posted - 2003.07.19 22:30:00 -
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to be honest ive not come across many pirates whove been terribly insulting....
but then its a damn sight annoying being podded and some people react funnily i suppose
ive cornered pirates, ive met lord zap (well his nice big artillery shells anyway) and never had any bad mouthing from em...normally they just shut up and kill
so i jam and run (stupid stargates even on pirates side *spits at the pf-346 stargate in orvolle*)
"Game Experience And Dev Opinions May Change With The Time Of Day During Online Play"
Oveur
"First in, last out"
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Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.19 22:35:00 -
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Alvin, are you telling me you would stay and fight 5:1 odds? And sorry, I have yet to see a blockade of pirates consisting of anything more than a pair of Big Boys and some cruisers. Most of the time its 5-8 of us in Blackbirds with a few Heavy Cruisers as support.
If we feel we can win, we stay and fight, if not, we run. The same can be said for our foes. I have yet to see any enemy come charging headlong into us when he doesnt have the 3:1 odds required to even think about a successful frontal assault.
When will you people learn, we are not here for combat. We dont spice up the game with combat, we add risk to an otherwise incredibly dull event, long range trading. And if it weren't so dull, we'd see far fewer ppl who've set the autopilot and gone afk.
But maybe they were having so much fun they couldnt stay at the keyboard. Yeah..thats it!
-=Maarek Steele=-
Have gun, will travel. |
Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2003.07.19 22:38:00 -
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Maybe all the trash-talkers are just roleplaying their "trash-talking" character...........................
LEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
Crepiscule
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Posted - 2003.07.19 23:01:00 -
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"A true "role-playing" pirate would be perfectly happy to have their character imprisoned for life (or hung) when they got caught. Instead, what we see is a lot of whining about the sentry guns might shoot them.:
Hahahahaha
It's amazing how many non-pirates seem to know so much about role-playing pirates.
Too bad none of them seems to want to give it a try. Must be because it's so easy and they want more of a challenge. Or it could be that if they charged in guns blazing against 5:1 odds they wouldn't have a pot to **** in after a couple of weeks.
Tell you what. You stick to "proper" miner techniques and leave the pirating to others.
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Zeidrich
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Posted - 2003.07.20 02:18:00 -
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hehe.
Sheez.
Give me a break, you expect players to give you there money to no benefit to themselves, or lose the ship that they've been mining for weeks to get.
And then you cry because they say bad words to you?
/shrug.
Take your lumps.
Carebear miners have to live with the fact that there might be mean old pirates hanging around gates ready to blow them up.
Pirates better be able to life with the fact that carebear miners might say mean words that hurt the pirate's feelings when they get blown up. It's part of the package.
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SOL0
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Posted - 2003.07.20 03:41:00 -
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Pirates can go to hell about people sending them mean and demeaning chats and emails. You guys make things run in a way they wouldn't otherwise, but the rest of us who work to progress DON'T care.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." |
Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.20 03:53:00 -
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No you insignifigant *****. I get ****ed off when they threaten to "Come over to your house and beat the **** out of you." or, my personal fav, "Come over******your wife and children." or how about "I bet you're a worthless n*gger, right?". You want more? I could care less if they call me an evil pirate whos out to ruin their fun.
It's funny, you're trying to justify OOC attacks because of IC actions, thats just plain ****** man. This is Just a Game.. If you can't distinguish between actions a person commits in game and the living breathing human behing at the otherside of the keyboard, you have serious issues. We all lose ships, some of us lose them because we are unlucky, others because they are stupid. Do you cuss out NPC pirates in local when they kill you?
Didn't think so. But because its a human being doing it they have to be some immature 13 year old limp **** abused child because they gave you a chance to pay and you told them to **** off.
Sorry, but I have no sympathy for those types. It disgusts me and dramatically increases my apathy towards them as soon as they come out with the OOC insults. I enjoy the IC banter, but when you cross the line, its nothing but a new clone for you.
-=Maarek Steele=-
Have gun, will travel. |
SOL0
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Posted - 2003.07.20 04:16:00 -
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Maarke,
I was not taking it out of the game, and the peices of **** that make comments like those mentions I have no sympathy for either. It is just a game, but I am not one of the people that you mentioned.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." |
ikreb ysug
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Posted - 2003.07.20 05:55:00 -
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As Maarek said, I made this post to ask people to leave their bad mouthing in game. As Maarek also said, I've had quite a few "i'm going to kill your family" encounters. You think that isn't something to care about? Then maybe you do need to see a doctor....
Edited by: ikreb ysug on 20/07/2003 05:55:18
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Vendris
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Posted - 2003.07.20 08:19:00 -
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I believe that'd come under the topic of "Harassment". I also believe the police in many countries take an interest in people who make death threats over email, phone, SMS or snail mail.
Trash talk is one thing - Can't say I condone it on public channels because some players are very young. Mind you, what's said is seldom worse than what they'd hear in the playground on a daily basis from their peers, so wtf - however, making threats against people's family is quite another.
It's blatantly against the rules of EVE, (whereas piracy is not), and contrary behaviour expected of a decent human being, game aside.
On a side note, anyone who thinks this is in any way a role playing game, with it's current playerbase in mind, is sadly, sadly deluded.
I wish it was otherwise, but the only bit of roleplaying I've actually seen in-game is CCP lamely making up in character excuses for bugs in the game. I'd much rather hear that something's messed up, they're trying to fix it, and an eta on repair completion, rather than some vague nonsense about pilots going missing in this area of space, or dock workers on strike at this station. Point being, if it's a purely roleplay thing, as a character I'd want to be able to follow up on why pilots are going missing in a particular region of space, or what's got the dock workers so riled up, and is there anything I can do to resolve matters.
If it's posted in an IC manner, it should be IC interactive, otherwise there's no point.
I love a good rant in the morning.
Edited by: Vendris on 20/07/2003 08:23:23
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PropanElgen
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Posted - 2003.07.20 10:22:00 -
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All those remarks you claim ppl sent you, Maarek, could also just be roleplaying.
What, you think a ****ed off pilot who lost his ship wouldn't threaten the lives of the pirate who shot him down or his family? (in other words, your EVE characters' family)
And if someone calls you "n*gger" ingame, you'd report them to the local police or CONCORD, go cry to them and see if they listen...
Ahh, but only the pirates have the right to roleplay, ehh?
Edited by: PropanElgen on 20/07/2003 12:06:00
All the angels and the puny men of god looked away...
Frightened to death by the evil that was born on that day!
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Trill Asam
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Posted - 2003.07.20 11:06:00 -
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Ok first of remember that this is a game.
Secondly, when pirates destroy your ship that cost maybe 7 million and then pod you, you think they are going to send flowers to the pirate who did it to them and say thank you? Of course they are going to be ****ed off. Ok so bad language aint great, but if you think about the amount of people the pirates annoy, personaly I think they deserve it.
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Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.20 11:51:00 -
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Propan, Trill, you guys illustrate my point nicely. You think its alright for people to say that.
Guess what, the Police don't agree with you, and neither does CCP. I know of at least 2 people who CCP banned for sending us similar messages and since they lived in the US reported them to their ISP.
You are tlaking about pixels in a game. Nothing more. If it really upsets you so much that you feel the need to threaten someone else's life, or the lives of their families, or to go insulting them using racial, sexual, or any other bigoted remarks, you really don't need to be playing.
I'll be honest, I could give a rats ass what most people say in local, its when I start receiving threats from people that we've never had any contact with before that I start to get disturbed.
I suggest both of you seek proffesional help or quit gaming altogether since you don't seem to be able to differentiate between a Role Played Character and a person.
Oh and please, do try to RP that. If you need more to workwith, I have an eve-mail box full of other gems.
-=Maarek Steele=-
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Trill Asam
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Posted - 2003.07.20 12:04:00 -
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I did not say that I support the use of abuse that is racialy or sexualy orientated, or whatever, just that it's no suprise that people in eve use it because of what pirates do, but because it's a game, I don't see why they do send that sort of abuse. I do think that pirates deserve some grief after podding people but not messages sent to their inbox all the time. Discrimination is not something that people should have to deal with on this game. However, it is expected that pirates who pod people wil reviece harsh comments, because you can really annoy people that have worked a long time to get their ship, only to have it destroyed the next day by pirates.
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PropanElgen
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Posted - 2003.07.20 12:09:00 -
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Maarek whatever, you didn't get the point anyways.
All the angels and the puny men of god looked away...
Frightened to death by the evil that was born on that day!
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M0RPHEUS
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Posted - 2003.07.20 12:44:00 -
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pfff the more ppl talk **** the more inclined i am to undock and make a little bloodfest...btw i also roleplay like that, so i cant be bothered ;) personal choice for everyone...just there is a line, if yous step over it - i will buy a ticket and come to ur doorstep and make u eat ur balls...thats all
Edited by: M0RPHEUS on 20/07/2003 12:44:43
Ask me nicely and I won't pod you... |
M0RIARTY
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Posted - 2003.07.20 15:36:00 -
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Quote from the back of the EVE game box:
"CHOOSE A PROFESSION
Dauntless fleet commander, or the most nefarious pirate ever to terrorize the galaxy - be and do anything you'd never dare to imagine."
Well I have had my fair share of run ins with pirates, mainly The m0o, Ive been deshipped and once Jort pod killed me, I have even been in thier system taunting them for failing to destroy my unarmed shuttle. The way I see it if you PK then you are going to set yourself up to abuse from the people you kill, I dont agree with the personal threat thing, thats real lame, I also think pod killing is real lame too, but what can you do? Well you could gather up a posse and go for a good old fashioned lynching :) but the fact is alot of people havent got the gumption to organise themselves into a positive group to take such action. But at the end of the day it is just a game. As someone else said earlier in the thread if you cant tell the difference then get professional help. There is no room for racist or threats to peeps to be carried out in RL in this game, if you get that kind of thing then file an harrasment complaint.
Sorry to be so long winded, but pirates are a fact of life, you either got to live with it or get together and do something about it.
PPS to Zap, Rev, J0rt and the other early bovine guys, you guys do your job and do it well, but just lately you have allowed a couple of lamers into your corp, and you know who they are, they bleet on about honour and stuff. They wouldnt understand about honour if it were ramed up thier asses with a ten foot barge pole. ;)
Noo sig comming SOONÖ
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What are we going to do about all this ignorance and apathy?.... I don't know and I don't care! |
Leodic Elfman
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Posted - 2003.07.20 16:30:00 -
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O_o
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Magallen
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Posted - 2003.07.20 19:00:00 -
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I also don't agree with the people that make personal threats to in game players. Doesn't matter what kind of injustice you think the griefer or so called "pirate" inflicted upon your character and hard work, you have no right to cross that boundry into the personal and private world of that opposite player.
If you get killed by a player it's all your fault. PK'rs are a dime a dozen, it starts and ends with you, next time don't allow your self to get caught.
Go ahead and vent your anger and frustration at the person who destroyed your achievements but don't get personal. EVE needs bad guys.
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Trill Asam
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Posted - 2003.07.20 19:10:00 -
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Megallen wtf are you on about, don't let yourself get caught, how the hell are you supposed to know they are at a gate if no one on local is talking about it, and if you get warp jammed and webified straight away there is nothing you can do except pray, I would like to see you get caught in a trap by zap and jort and see if you can get away from it.
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Fetty Chico
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Posted - 2003.07.20 19:37:00 -
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..heh..I like how both side blane the other..pking is a ="grey" area
both sides did sumthin
the pirate choose to be a pirate
the player wasnt observant
of course high some folks being high sec pirates..hard to tell
maybe should have it where sec rateing changes no matter where you are..but only in Empire will Concord rating drop so you cant buther people and no one know, yet the cops will leave ya alone since you aint been caught in the act by them
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Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.21 04:42:00 -
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Trill, any fool with half a brain, knowledge of his ship, and the smarts to read a map can avoid and foil even the most carefully laid traps.
God knows I've run my cruiser by 3 battleships and 9 cruisers all waiting at a gate for me and I got by very easily.
-=Maarek Steele=-
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Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2003.07.21 20:06:00 -
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probably the original poster should have been clearer.
What he's referring to is not "Thou treacherous cowards, face me!" craptalk in local, or even "Arg hyou gd pirates i'm gonna kill you all i swear you podding bastards!" as that's part of the deal...
He means getting mail that suddenly remind you that the majority of the Internet seems to be populated by Kentucky circa 1844*. Really, it's amazing that the 19th century can pilot a spaceship...
*no offense to anyone actually in Kentucky, unless, of course, you are an idiot.
You are in a maze of twisty little asteroids, all alike. |
Fusco T
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Posted - 2003.07.21 22:41:00 -
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Well obviously certain comments are probably a bit over the top.
However like someone mentioned anyone with half a brain should understand. As a pirate who gets a catch is now forcing his will onto other said player. This person in most cases will be locked down 9 ways to sunday and face odds that are far beyond impossible.
The person pays or gets podded. Now he is in a position where he cannot exact revenge so he fights back with the tools available to him. Hopefully to illicit a similar feeling in the pirate that he now feels.
It's not hard to understand human nature.
Hmmm trash talk? I've heard ooc type stuff from m3g4, Sinister corp, moo, project mayhem and one other that escapes me. This all being said to someone in local channel.
Isn't it just a wee bit hypocritical to create a bad effect on someone and then cry when they create a bad one on you?
Trouble with alot of "pirates" is they want it their way all the time.
Maybe you should recall a little thing your mom or dad taught you when you were a youngster 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.'
There is NOTHING you or anyone could say to me that would cause me harrasment or cause me to file a petition because 'the bad man called me a ngr'.
BTW: Your funny lookin' and your momma wears combat boots.
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Nibarlan
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Posted - 2003.07.22 05:04:00 -
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*hugs pirate and steals his wallet
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In space no one can hear you scream...unless you scream on the radio, then everybody on that channel can hear you...but only if your in a ship, because they wouldn't hear you if you were in space and screamed into the radio
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Gerben
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Posted - 2003.07.22 09:53:00 -
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How do you know that?
Are you spying on my mum 
And my rupture was shot by pirates and I did not whine about it. Am I cool now?
Too infinity and beyond!!! |
Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2003.07.22 12:36:00 -
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Vendris: you oughtta hang around when Oracle and the 1st Praetorian Guard run into each other. It's fun 
PropanElgen: grasp at straws much? He didn't get your "point" because it's about as sharp as a bowling ball. If you really actually BELIEVE all that %&$?!! flowing from your mouth, Get Help Fast.
You are in a maze of twisty little asteroids, all alike. |
Ivanav Soulsteal
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Posted - 2003.07.22 20:22:00 -
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[The same can be said for our foes. I have yet to see any enemy come charging headlong into us when he doesnt have the 3:1 odds required to even think about a successful frontal assault.]
You have a short memory....
I remember taking your gang on not to long a go me against 7 of you, I did not run till 2 more of your gang showed.
I also rememeber remarking asking if those were warning shots, cause you kept missing me. 
And so it begins.... |
Anastasia Grimoire
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Posted - 2003.07.23 20:50:00 -
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Hmmm, it's kinda a double-edged knife, inn't? Yes, it's a game. And people think they have a right to say what they want, simply because they're paying customers.
Well, guess what?
If you're making ethnic slurs, using *overly* harsh amounts of profanity, or in general, being an ass with your mouth, you've now become a turn-off to all the *other* paying players. You may pay your $15/mo. Those people together may pay $150/mo. Guess who wins? :)
I've been pirated twice in this game, now. The first time, they locked me down, disabled my warb drive, webbed me, and then demanded cash. I paid them what I could, and they publicly ridiculed me for being poor. But all in all, it actually had to flair to it, and I thought it was actually cool. The 2nd time? 2 of the 'M3G4 Morons' blew me up while I was minding my own business in Hakonen, just to see if I had 'ph4t l3wt' on me. Bleh. Fun.
So I'd like to take a moment to thank all the 'RP' pirates out there. Especially the ones that have taken it upon themselves to wipe out the more idiotic folks who seem to take pleasure from ruining the game experience. You make take my cash from time to time, but at least you don't leave me bored. :P
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Barb Wire
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Posted - 2003.07.24 15:28:00 -
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I rarely POD people but I make exceptions for foul mouthed children. So the next time you open your yap... be mindfull of what spews fourth.
Wasn't me! |
Hampstah
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Posted - 2003.07.24 16:28:00 -
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I relish really good hate mail from my "customers". I play a pirate, I am taking peoples hard earned money and blowing up their ships - I have to expect a little hostility. I have yet to have any personal threats, that is really bizarre behavior for an online game.
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Bas Rutten
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Posted - 2003.07.24 19:39:00 -
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I think I addressed this in another thread b4 but yah...
I think some things have to come together for a person to insult and threaten someone in the way Maarek mentioned. The loss of expensive stuff, the "humiliation" of defeat and maybe a quick temper. Weird thing is no one is as ****ed when losing a ship to npc. Might be something psychological...
Although that doesn¦t justify anything, it just explains. Then put a little immaturity into the game and you have one of the worst flame mails ever.
I totally agree with CCP banning such ppl ... cause this crap can surely ruin a community. I for myself would actually lose the mood to play after a while when such things kept up, hence, I remember very good why I stopped chatting in the gamespy lobby if anyone knows what I mean.
Amongst all the so-called griefers and exploiters, the ones mistaking a game with RL are the worst imho.
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Lord WinZip
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Posted - 2003.07.25 10:56:00 -
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Well the hard work people have put into getting/equipping their ship, that gets blown away in an instant isnt very motivating indeed.
The game is in some sort of stand off if you ask me. Only a few scenarios exist:
1. Pirates at a gate, you get shot and get killed
2. Pirates at a gate, you run and live
3. Pirates at a gate, group comes in and the pirates run
There just isnt a way to win from pirates. If they think they cant handle it, they run.. Probably with cargoholds full of really nice loot and cash already. They do not depend on a working market because people bring the stuff to them for free, all they need to do is lock on and press F1 - F8. I bet they've got so much good loot in stock they can equip themselves 100 times over, with enough cash to have multiple battleships on stock.
But for (example) the indy hauler its aanother matter. He has to work 3x as hard and read endless lines in the trade channel to get better guns / expanders / whatever for a lot of cash. Move through endless gates where npc pirates drain the shield and player pirates finish him/her off.
I like pirates in this game.. i wouldnt want to see them go away at all. I do feel that this game needs another major change to make it all more balanced. The pirate's payoff is just too good and the risk is low.
Us normal folks just want to stand a chance and make a difference and not just be cannonfodder for an armada of battleships.
Perhaps its the Quake spirit in me (this is my first MMOG) that demands the chance to overcome a large number of enemies just because i'm better then them.
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OvErLoDe
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Posted - 2003.07.25 11:14:00 -
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Edited by: OvErLoDe on 25/07/2003 11:15:27
Well i've gotta say after reading the posts here a certain sort of attitude is acceptable for pirate behaviour. I for one have been podded like many others and simply sent an eve-mail to my killer saying "You will pay for your actions." No racial abuse or such, not even an insult in local. At the end of the day it is just a game still and I agree with earlier comments about if you feel the need to use racial or sexual insults then I dont think you should be playing. Normal foul language is pretty much expected but nothing more. I agree that pirates DO add excitement to the game, without them EVE would be a very dull place. So all you out there who are so aggressively against being podded, go sit in a 1.0 system and try and entertain yourself.
One last thing, CCP should really clamp down on this racial ****, it isn't accepted in RL so why should it be in a game?
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Acix
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Posted - 2003.07.25 18:53:00 -
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Edited by: Acix on 25/07/2003 18:55:46
Its funny, I have learned the hard way that EVE favors the runner period. I have escaped many a gate camper. Its really easy if you just set yourself up for the worst possible outcome you will normally come out on top.
I was in a system that was claimed by what I would consider positive sec. rating pirates. I tried to reason with them and even flew a few informational flights to see what they would shoot at me. THey had me pinned in a station from time to time. But I never lost my ship. I tried to reason with them and try to work together with them and they just started accusing me of this and that, ended being a big stalemate. They said that I brought the problem on myself because i wouldn't leave. I turned the tables with a few well placed forum bounties. Got one of their members corpse deleivered to me and nearly had another. I would have liked to have worked with them but they were closed minded and didn't understand that cooperation makes EVE go-round. We were just miners and could have helped them expand with our recource gathering. This single minded bully mentality made me leave the area when i was accepted to the EVE Marshals. We now go after the pirates, but man is it really hard to chase the runner. I really wish the pirates would come to me and I could just sit in one place and wait like pirates do. The tactics going into taking out a gate camping pirate are 10 fold of that of just gate camping are. The pirates have a chance to web and scramble before someone gets to a gate. We don't have the luxury of time, because the gate camper just right-clicks the gate and jumps; while we wait til our hulls discharge so we can get a shot at targeting them. It mostly ends in just running a pirate off. I would like to see some kind of balance to make it just as risky to camp a gate as it is to try to take out a gate camper. This would probobly get rid of half the spam you pirates get. Concord keeps track of the pirates but doesn't fire on them when the pirates come into empire space, kind of retarded but thats the way the game is. My roomates who also play decided about a week and a half ago that they were just going to start a rampage of death and destruction. I watched them kill going from system to system just taking people out. In curse 0.0 space they didn't even drop from thier +4.0 sec ratings even podding people. In that small amount of time they have made more money than they made in the entire rest of the time they were playing. 1.5 weeks pirating > over 2 months of hard work mining and killing NPC's. It seems the easy way out of the game to me, and it just seems that when the balance comes back to the middle again that there will end up being large conseques for what they are doing now. My one roomate is getting spam from the same group over and over about how they are going to kill him. Its about 10 a day right now, and this is over a guy that they just fired on and didn't even get to destroy his ship before he got away (he planned for what he was doing and used a micro warp drive to get away, very smart person). They now have started another tactic of looking for small corps and declairing war against them in high sec systems. They can kill them all day long and just take what they want from the start-up corp. As he said it is like shooting a fish in a barrel. He is making soooooo much money doing this its really out of control. In the next few days they will go buy a battleship off the spoils of pirating. They said they won't do this forever, they have alt characters that are in thier corp that have positive sec ratings, and when they have enough money together they will kill off thier main characters and go on with the alts and make a new corp that has everything right off the bat. Its not forbiden in EVE to do this and I am sure they were not the first to thnk of it. It really SMELLS like some kind of exploit to me...........
Anyway sorry for rambling but I understand both sides and just have to say that what is going on is not excuseable. But as many have tried to say in the wrong way eariler in the thread. There are idiots all over the world, and if you become a pirate you are going to have to understand that you will get this reaction from time to time. The trick is trying to figure out a way to deal with it. Because unless CCP starts having a behavioral screening process to filter these people out you will find them once in a while.
I do like the pirates that we can have good conversations with before and after engagements. TheBinary has been a great opponent so far and makes this game more enjoyable than I thought it could be. We might chase him though systems and chat area's from time to time but we don't step over the lines. We might ask him why he doesn't want to come back and play with 15 cruisers against his Battleship, but it mostly ends in good hearted fun.
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Hampstah
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Posted - 2003.07.25 19:07:00 -
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Acix, could you condense that in the Reader's Digest version? I'm at work and don't have a lot of time to read.
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Acix
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Posted - 2003.07.25 22:36:00 -
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I ramble, i said sorry.................
Don't make me start again................
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Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.26 00:40:00 -
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Fusco, what we are doing is not Illegal in the eyes of any Country. Making racial slurs can be prosecuted in some, and certainly threatening someone physically over the internet, even in a game, can be punished by the law.
Its obvious you're one of those people who take this game so seriously that you would make OOC threats to someone. Attempting to justify these in anyway is simply asinine.
I want to make this clear, the next person who uses racial slurs, any form of bigotry, or threats of physical violence against myself or my corpmates will find themselves in a whole lot of legal trouble. With proof these remakrs and anything that constitutes 'harassment' I can subpoena CCP for their account info in order to bring criminal charges against them.
Make no mistake, I will prosecute the person(s) to the fullest extent of the law.
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Beseb
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Posted - 2003.07.26 02:51:00 -
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Lol, stfu Maarek and lighten up.
Maarek "Don't call me bad names or I'll sue you". And who is taking this game too seriously?
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Fusco T
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Posted - 2003.07.26 03:37:00 -
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I'm probably someone who would do that? How's that my little junior professor?
If you're so tender as to let words get you that riled up maarek you might need to 'thicken your skin'.
The big bad world is much worse than some keyboard jockey hurling baseless insults.
BTW: Maybe you could close your legs I can smell your last boyfriend. :)
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Keltin
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Posted - 2003.07.26 03:46:00 -
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Your lawsuit wouldn't even make it out of arbitration.
I thought Maarek had a point, but something doesn't smell right about the entire ordeal.
Some have called Maarek a hypocrite which I definitely find true.
Harrassment is a crime, you are right. Trying to legitamize your "harassing" actions by saying it is within game rules is slightly different, and you do admit you enjoy harassing people.
I've played a ton of PvP games and only rarely have I had any conversations with my opponents. If they started yelling or screaming I simply ignored it. I am sure I have had a few curse words and attacks on my family type threats, but really I knew they were full of it and that it was not going to happen.
And now the mighty Maarek has not only revealed he can no longer take the stress, but that he will bring a lawsuit against anyone who does the things he mentioned. Hmm is your threatening to sue people in RL an RL reaction to a game? You have come full circle Maarek, you are now making RL threats against people also. Welcome to the real world.
"I have never had so much fun playing a game that I have trouble staying awake playing!" |
Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.26 04:12:00 -
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Edited by: Maarek Steele on 26/07/2003 04:23:08
-=Maarek Steele=-
Have gun, will travel. |
Keltin
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Posted - 2003.07.26 04:20:00 -
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I would ban your account according to Rule #7 of the ToS.
Private communication between the Game Masters, Eve Team members, moderators and administrators of the forum and the forum users is not to be made public on these forums or by any other venue.
You are not permitted to publicize any private correspondence (including petitions) received from any of the aforementioned.
"I have never had so much fun playing a game that I have trouble staying awake playing!" |
Maarek Steele
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Posted - 2003.07.26 04:20:00 -
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Quick info about that message, it was sent to the browser on my phone. I only use the name "Maarek Steele" in Eve, so someone is obviously taking the game a little too serious, no?
-=Maarek Steele=-
Have gun, will travel. |
Keltin
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Posted - 2003.07.26 04:30:00 -
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If someone is sending you messages in a way that only a person in RL can get a hold of you then you need to pursue the matter away from the game. I certainly would pursue the matter. Someone sending a message from a source outside of the game to me, is definitely over stepping the boundaries. |
OvErLoDe
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Posted - 2003.07.26 11:14:00 -
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You are being threatened in RL?? If thats true then that is absolutely insane. OK some of you might not like pirates but really does it have to go this far? Methinks sectioning people for RL threats against someone who is a game character would be an idea.
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