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CCP Guard
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2013.04.30 16:38:00 -
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One of the lovely young ladies who worked the Fanfest venue felt the need to write a long complimentary note on Facebook about the guests at Fanfest. Here are some translated bits from the note:
"The compliment of the week goes to the players of EVE Online, especially those who attended the Fanfest at Harpa.
I was working in Harpa this weekend like so many other weekends and was so tremendously pleased with the guests that I feel compelled to spread the happiness. There were around 2000 guests there who all have something to do with the computer game, EVE Online. My job this weekend was to work the bar and generally service this group of so called "computer nerds". I've done all kinds of events at Harpa, from small events with 30 people, conventions, large concerts up to 1000 man annual company fests. I've gotten very used to service Icelanders at these events and I believe I know exactly which groups are the easiest to work with, which are the rudest, the pushiest, the most fun, the funniest etc.
"It was great to work on, and be a part of, this impressive fest that CCP hosts. I have never (except at Fanfest 2012) had such a wonderful group of customers before. They stood in queues and nobody tried to push past anyone else to get service first. They said "thanks" and asked courteously for everything they needed. The traffic for food came in bursts so when things slowed down I left the service station to clean up and make the area nice again for the next burst. To my surprise there was nothing to clean up, the guests cleaned up after themselves, threw the wrappers in the garbage when they were done etc. The only thing for me to do was wipe a few crumbs off the tables.
"On the Saturday night we had the final party and probably had between 2-3000 people in the building. Even if people were drinking, things went pretty much the same regarding the neatness and courtesy. I sold a crazy amount of beer that night so I expected to have to do a lot of cleaning up, many times over the course of the evening, but that wasn't the case. The guests even returned empty cans when they bought new ones."
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I also spoke with some of the bouncers at one of the bars filled to the brims with Fanfest guests the whole week. They came to me specifically to tell me that they were so happy with the clientele. They're not used to having the bar full of drunk people without things breaking, fights breaking out and some amount of troublemaking at least. They already looked forward to having you guys back next year.
I'm proud of my tribe and wanted to thank you guys for giving Fanfest a great reputation! :) CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer |-á@ccp_guard |
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Commissar Kate
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
2388
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Posted - 2013.04.30 16:43:00 -
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Shockingly we all seem pretty nice out of the game. But once we are in the game we are pretty ruthless and blood thirsty. Set Lasers for Fun!!! |
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CCP Guard
C C P C C P Alliance
3607

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Posted - 2013.04.30 16:47:00 -
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Commissar Kate wrote:Shockingly we all seem pretty nice out of the game. But once we are in the game we are pretty ruthless and blood thirsty.
I told the bouncers they were lucky they didn't have to try to control you lot in EVE ;D CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer |-á@ccp_guard |
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Rain6639
Team Evil
313
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Posted - 2013.04.30 16:49:00 -
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that's a nice thought; unexpectedly returning empty cans for new ones. that was my favorite part EDM? you mean EFM | what did you just call me? |

Kirjava
Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State
3197
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Posted - 2013.04.30 16:49:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:
I told the bouncers they were lucky they didn't have to try to control you lot in EVE ;D
>implying we can be controlled
Wish I was there, exam season at the moment.... Any word on the date of 2014 Fanfest? 
Haruhiists - Overloading Out of Pod discussions since 2007. Cardinal Kirjava - Redeclaring the Crusade in the name of the Goddess since 2012. /S¦¦GùòGÇ+GÇ+GùòS¦¦\ |
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CCP Guard
C C P C C P Alliance
3610

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Posted - 2013.04.30 17:19:00 -
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Kirjava wrote:CCP Guard wrote:
I told the bouncers they were lucky they didn't have to try to control you lot in EVE ;D
>implying we can be controlled Wish I was there, exam season at the moment.... Any word on the date of 2014 Fanfest? 
May 1-3rd 2014 :D CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer |-á@ccp_guard |
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Zimmy Zeta
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
16719
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Posted - 2013.04.30 17:23:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:Commissar Kate wrote:Shockingly we all seem pretty nice out of the game. But once we are in the game we are pretty ruthless and blood thirsty. I told the bouncers they were lucky they didn't have to try to control you lot in EVE ;D
Hehe..I guess in all those years, you at CCP have raised us well and turned us into valuable members of society. You succeeded where our parents failed.  Just think of how bad an average post by me is, and then realize half of them are even worse |

Random McNally
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
6704
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Posted - 2013.04.30 17:36:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:Commissar Kate wrote:Shockingly we all seem pretty nice out of the game. But once we are in the game we are pretty ruthless and blood thirsty. I told the bouncers they were lucky they didn't have to try to control you lot in EVE ;D
In game, I'd love to see them try! 
BTW, nicely done, Guard. Red Fed Grunt.-á Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/
Free Saede!!-á Grats to the CSM 8 elect!!! |

Mizhir
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
15531
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Posted - 2013.04.30 17:42:00 -
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Isn't it usually said that EVE players are the nicest people in real life because we get to be jerks towards each other ingame? We will never forget you Saede!
I bet you dont see things like this so often in EVE |

Commissar Kate
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
2459
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Posted - 2013.04.30 19:21:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:Isn't it usually said that EVE players are the nicest people in real life because we get to be jerks towards each other ingame?
Sounds about right. Set Lasers for Fun!!! |
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Eurydia Vespasian
nova insula mining and industrial
2381
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Posted - 2013.04.30 19:29:00 -
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i'm not even a jerk in game  |

Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
791
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Posted - 2013.04.30 19:34:00 -
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Bah, I want to go to next fanfest to see "civilized society" people in a gathering.
Man I really need to start saving up for the trip. Nice to see how well behaved EVE players are. Big Hug to you all  Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco: http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco |

Mizhir
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
15571
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Posted - 2013.04.30 19:59:00 -
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Eurydia Vespasian wrote:i'm not even a jerk in game 
Then you are no where as nice as I am (and most of the other eveplayers are) in real life  We will never forget you Saede!
I bet you dont see things like this so often in EVE |
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CCP Guard
C C P C C P Alliance
3614

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Posted - 2013.04.30 20:53:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:Eurydia Vespasian wrote:i'm not even a jerk in game  Then you are no where as nice as I am (and most of the other eveplayers are) in real life  Guard, why do you post it here? You know it's the section where threads are left to die.
Trying to be a good boy and heed the forum rules... :P CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer |-á@ccp_guard |
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Eurydia Vespasian
nova insula mining and industrial
2382
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Posted - 2013.04.30 21:01:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:Eurydia Vespasian wrote:i'm not even a jerk in game  Then you are no where as nice as I am (and most of the other eveplayers are) in real life 
busted! 
lol
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Mizhir
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
15672
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Posted - 2013.04.30 21:05:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:Mizhir wrote:Eurydia Vespasian wrote:i'm not even a jerk in game  Then you are no where as nice as I am (and most of the other eveplayers are) in real life  Guard, why do you post it here? You know it's the section where threads are left to die. Trying to be a good boy and heed the forum rules... :P
What happened to the guy from Permaband? You know, the gangsta with bling bling and guns. He doesn't heed any silly forum rules  We will never forget you Saede!
I bet you dont see things like this so often in EVE |

Zimmy Zeta
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
16772
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Posted - 2013.04.30 21:30:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:CCP Guard wrote:Mizhir wrote:Eurydia Vespasian wrote:i'm not even a jerk in game  Then you are no where as nice as I am (and most of the other eveplayers are) in real life  Guard, why do you post it here? You know it's the section where threads are left to die. Trying to be a good boy and heed the forum rules... :P What happened to the guy from Permaband? You know, the gangsta with bling bling and guns. He doesn't heed any silly forum rules 
Fighting the law is kind of pointless when you are the law. I suppose that most devs use secret forum alts for trolling or any other shenanigans.
Mr. Guard, if you are still with us, I'd like to ask you one question: Has it ever occurred that a dev alt has been banned from the forums by an ISD who didn't know his true identity? You don't need to give us any names, just "yes" or "no"...

Just think of how bad an average post by me is, and then realize half of them are even worse |

Indahmawar Fazmarai
1579
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Posted - 2013.04.30 22:23:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:One of the lovely young ladies who worked the Fanfest venue felt the need to write a long complimentary note on Facebook about the guests at Fanfest. Here are some translated bits from the note:
"The compliment of the week goes to the players of EVE Online, especially those who attended the Fanfest at Harpa.
I was working in Harpa this weekend like so many other weekends and was so tremendously pleased with the guests that I feel compelled to spread the happiness. There were around 2000 guests there who all have something to do with the computer game, EVE Online. My job this weekend was to work the bar and generally service this group of so called "computer nerds". I've done all kinds of events at Harpa, from small events with 30 people, conventions, large concerts up to 1000 man annual company fests. I've gotten very used to service Icelanders at these events and I believe I know exactly which groups are the easiest to work with, which are the rudest, the pushiest, the most fun, the funniest etc.
"It was great to work on, and be a part of, this impressive fest that CCP hosts. I have never (except at Fanfest 2012) had such a wonderful group of customers before. They stood in queues and nobody tried to push past anyone else to get service first. They said "thanks" and asked courteously for everything they needed. The traffic for food came in bursts so when things slowed down I left the service station to clean up and make the area nice again for the next burst. To my surprise there was nothing to clean up, the guests cleaned up after themselves, threw the wrappers in the garbage when they were done etc. The only thing for me to do was wipe a few crumbs off the tables.
"On the Saturday night we had the final party and probably had between 2-3000 people in the building. Even if people were drinking, things went pretty much the same regarding the neatness and courtesy. I sold a crazy amount of beer that night so I expected to have to do a lot of cleaning up, many times over the course of the evening, but that wasn't the case. The guests even returned empty cans when they bought new ones."
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I also spoke with some of the bouncers at one of the bars filled to the brims with Fanfest guests the whole week. They came to me specifically to tell me that they were so happy with the clientele. They're not used to having the bar full of drunk people without things breaking, fights breaking out and some amount of troublemaking at least. They already looked forward to having you guys back next year.
I'm proud of my tribe and wanted to thank you guys for giving Fanfest a great reputation! :)
Interesting... she seems to oppose EVE guests to her regular icelander guests... and from the look of it, Icelander guests behave in their country as the average untermenisch tourist behaves in my country (but not theirs, and certainly don't dare go to their countries and behave there like them do here).  The Greater Fool Bar-áis now open for business, 24/7. Come and have drinks and fun somewhere between RL and New Eden!-áIngame chat channel: The Greater Fool Bar |
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CCP Guard
C C P C C P Alliance
3620

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Posted - 2013.04.30 23:39:00 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:Interesting how she seems to oppose EVE guests to her regular icelander guests... 
Hehe...you picked that up :)
I'm just gonna credit that to you guys being awesome ;) CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer |-á@ccp_guard |
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CCP Guard
C C P C C P Alliance
3620

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Posted - 2013.04.30 23:40:00 -
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Zimmy Zeta wrote:Mizhir wrote:CCP Guard wrote:Mizhir wrote:Eurydia Vespasian wrote:i'm not even a jerk in game  Then you are no where as nice as I am (and most of the other eveplayers are) in real life  Guard, why do you post it here? You know it's the section where threads are left to die. Trying to be a good boy and heed the forum rules... :P What happened to the guy from Permaband? You know, the gangsta with bling bling and guns. He doesn't heed any silly forum rules  Fighting the law is kind of pointless when you are the law. I suppose that most devs use secret forum alts for trolling or any other shenanigans. Mr. Guard, if you are still with us, I'd like to ask you one question: Has it ever occurred that a dev alt has been banned from the forums by an ISD who didn't know his true identity? You don't need to give us any names, just "yes" or "no"... 
Not that I know of! It may well be and I'd definitely tell you if I knew...without the names of course ;)
CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer |-á@ccp_guard |
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Hlynurth
Habitual Euthanasia Pandemic Legion
10
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Posted - 2013.05.01 00:09:00 -
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I am from Iceland my self and I can confirm that Icelanders are, sorry to say douche bags (including me). I did attend to fanfest Saturday night and I can safely say all the eve players treated everybody with up most respect, and I'm proud to say that the eve community is very mannered. |

Equto
Imperium Technologies Get Off My Lawn
19
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Posted - 2013.05.01 00:16:00 -
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I am going to be honest, The civility of most of the eve players, especially some of the ones I knew in game, surprised me a great deal. Eve players truly are the nicest out there and I surely hope that the Dust514 group doesn't ruin that as we all know the stigma around FPS players. |

Pelea Ming
Prostitutes Are Always Wlling
216
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Posted - 2013.05.01 00:27:00 -
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We need to do a Fanfest in Atlanta Georgia! |

Dr Kanet
Darkstar Innovations
5
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Posted - 2013.05.01 00:29:00 -
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Hlynurth wrote:I am from Iceland my self and I can confirm that Icelanders are, sorry to say douche bags (including me). I did attend to fanfest Saturday night and I can safely say all the eve players treated everybody with up most respect, and I'm proud to say that the eve community is very mannered.
Hlynurth weren't you the one who not only tackled a good PL dude while he tried to take a bio brake moving to a different pub, but then later that same night tried to poison the same good dude? Is this the normal behavior of icelanders? |

IamBeastx
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
53
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Posted - 2013.05.01 00:53:00 -
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Dr Kanet wrote:Hlynurth wrote:I am from Iceland my self and I can confirm that Icelanders are, sorry to say douche bags (including me). I did attend to fanfest Saturday night and I can safely say all the eve players treated everybody with up most respect, and I'm proud to say that the eve community is very mannered. Hlynurth weren't you the one who not only tackled a good PL dude while he tried to take a bio brake moving to a different pub, but then later that same night tried to poison the same good dude? Is this the normal behavior of icelanders?
for those who don't understand - https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2954557#post2954557
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Hlynurth
Habitual Euthanasia Pandemic Legion
10
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Posted - 2013.05.01 00:59:00 -
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Dr Kanet wrote:Hlynurth wrote:I am from Iceland my self and I can confirm that Icelanders are, sorry to say douche bags (including me). I did attend to fanfest Saturday night and I can safely say all the eve players treated everybody with up most respect, and I'm proud to say that the eve community is very mannered. Hlynurth weren't you the one who not only tackled a good PL dude while he tried to take a bio brake moving to a different pub, but then later that same night tried to poison the same good dude? Is this the normal behavior of Icelanders?
This is true, me and Hedliner created a special bond (no homo) and the events of the night have been rated 2-2, this shall continue next year and i shall be the victor. And yes this is normal behaviour for drunk Icelanders. |

Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries Solar Assault Fleet
482
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Posted - 2013.05.01 05:04:00 -
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Commissar Kate wrote:Shockingly we all seem pretty nice out of the game. But once we are in the game we are pretty ruthless and blood thirsty. I subscribe to the same theory as many others.
Eve allows us to be just as complete bastards as can be, so we don't have any need to be that outside Eve.
Imagine people in game forming a queue and follow common rules.
Without at least half of us trying to game the system or send alts to gank the ones in front of us ;)
And some people trying to sell fake places in said queue ...
it's also possible that it's the other way around: We are such scheming bastards in Eve because we are such nice, well behaved and polite people in RL ;)
CCP Eterne: Silly player, ALL devs are evil. CCP (aka Judge) Peligro: I will find your main.
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Oxandrolone
Bite Me inc Bitten.
172
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Posted - 2013.05.01 12:12:00 -
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<3
I never saw 1 physical fight the entire time which I thought was amazing considering the amount of alcohol and boy / girl ratio!
Eve nerds are nicer in RL than in game I guess :) |

Gothikia
Body Count Inc. Pandemic Legion
42
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Posted - 2013.05.01 13:31:00 -
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CCP Guard wrote:Kirjava wrote:CCP Guard wrote:
I told the bouncers they were lucky they didn't have to try to control you lot in EVE ;D
>implying we can be controlled Wish I was there, exam season at the moment.... Any word on the date of 2014 Fanfest?  May 1-3 2014 :D
I'm already making plans for that to be honest. I'm absolutely kicking myself that I missed it this year, same mistake won't be made next year :) <3 Gothie |

Lina Alar
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
3677
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Posted - 2013.05.01 14:37:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:CCP Guard wrote:Mizhir wrote:Eurydia Vespasian wrote:i'm not even a jerk in game  Then you are no where as nice as I am (and most of the other eveplayers are) in real life  Guard, why do you post it here? You know it's the section where threads are left to die. Trying to be a good boy and heed the forum rules... :P What happened to the guy from Permaband? You know, the gangsta with bling bling and guns. He doesn't heed any silly forum rules  He earned his sword. Have to say that is a very cool tradition. Gold watch? Pfffttt... I want to work for CCP, they get swords! An explanation of Eve socialization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbgvYPVdXE
Lick with your mainGäó |
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