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Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2013.05.09 15:34:00 -
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If I want meat on the table for dinner its pretty easy to go to the store and buy a pound of hamburger. But it is a lot more fun to sit in a tree for 2 or 3 hours everyday until a deer walks by. In RL I need to take the meat to justify the harshness of bloodsport and the loss the animal suffers.
In Eve the loss is, as you say, irrelevant. So there is no need to justify it. There is only the excitement of the hunt, of outsmarting and outplaying someone else. And the joy of figuring something out and using that knowledge to take apart a puzzle.
The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2013.05.09 16:20:00 -
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Asmodai Xodai wrote:Quote:There is only the excitement of the hunt, of outsmarting and outplaying someone else. Not only do I not see how I was 'outsmarted' or 'outplayed,' but according to my own personal reckoning, it was quite the opposite - they were outsmarted and outplayed.
You asked that the hunters motives be explained to you. You seem be unable to see the value in their actions, and strangely enough have managed to rationalize the event as a win for yourself "I cost them all that time or something while only losing a cheap drake and a pod and the time that I spent grinding that Annom." Maybe according to your standards you did win, idk. But to get back to their motives I added a bit to my earlier post, I try to...well here read the post --->
#8Posted: 2013.05.09 15:34 | Report | Edited by: Corey Fumimasa
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If I want meat on the table for dinner its pretty easy to go to the store and buy a pound of hamburger. But it is a lot more fun to sit in a tree for 2 or 3 hours everyday until a deer walks by. Not because sitting in a tree is fun; but rather because I am gambling all that time and preparation on one very brief moment.
That pitch of the dice down the table, they roll and bounce and clatter along and then the whole world freezes. Time splits, it could go either way, and along each of those paths a very different future exists. In one my attempts to control my life and future have led to naught. The other however is a place that I have exerted some control over my destiny, despite the chaos of life and others actively working against that future.
In RL I need to take the meat to justify the harshness of bloodsport and the loss the animal suffers. In Eve the loss is, as you say, irrelevant. So there is no need to justify it. There is only the excitement of the hunt, of outsmarting and outplaying someone else. And the joy of figuring something out and using that knowledge to take apart a puzzle and to perhaps illuminate the future.
It is a very fine win indeed.
The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
422
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Posted - 2013.05.09 16:37:00 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:Hra Neuvosto wrote:Oh it's you again. Not biting this time  I know I know, it's mainly troll lol. But sometimes what you read is so dumb you damn near have to post if for no other reason than laugh factor 
This thread is gold! I love these. It might be worth doing a whole book of them; I would call it "Eve the Eyes of Bear"
The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
422
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Posted - 2013.05.09 16:40:00 -
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E-2C Hawkeye wrote:I am sure jenn will troll this until its locked. This is his/her favorite topic to troll over.
Hey man, grats on the new name!
The weight of strange. RL religeous warning, do not watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Mv2MWv0k0 |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
427
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Posted - 2013.05.10 00:23:00 -
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I like tea and ginger snaps. And I have been cutting my beer with clamato juice lately.
-áImmersion = gameplayer self worth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsEPP3YQcxQ |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
436
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Posted - 2013.05.10 10:38:00 -
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Jarod Garamonde wrote:...
I am saying that a carebear who takes his out-of-station activities to nullsec... mining, ratting, plexing, and anom-scanning... is, simply put: braver than us.
Most nullbears don't whine about getting zapped. They take it in stride, and build a new ship. And, they deserve a little respect for that.
You don't actually know a great number of null bears do you?
-áImmersion = gameplayer self worth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsEPP3YQcxQ |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
436
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Posted - 2013.05.10 10:51:00 -
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Ryan Rs wrote:Asmodai Xodai, as an official GENTS diplomat, I wish you had come to me with your concerns before you posted on these forums, so I could tell you to get out on the first page.
To answer your question, shooting people is the reason we play this terrible game. If you don't like it, GENTS might not be for you. If you have any further questions, please contact me on jabber, because there's no way in hell I'm going to read eight pages of badposting.
Your damage control brought to mind the chief with the PKP at 00:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chuiyXQKw3I&list=PLQVa8byuQ5b-AbUjJox45DSJqKT6gipCr&index=6
-áImmersion = gameplayer self worth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsEPP3YQcxQ |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2013.05.10 13:51:00 -
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Drunken Bum wrote:Verlyn wrote:What in the **** is going on around here and who is this ******* kid ?
Can't skim through the pages, I demand a TLDR recap.
Thank you. -OP gets killed, comes to the forums to make the usual whine thread. -Makes a massive write up about how little he cares about getting killed. -Tries to disguise his whine thread with a question "why do people kill people" Gets answers he doesnt like. -OP Gets upset and argues with everyones logic, calls everyone trolls and resorts to acting like a child. Its actually a pretty good read. OP is bat ****. You shoud check it out. He doesnt care. He didnt want that drake anyways.
Best TLDR ever! =-)
-áImmersion = gameplayer self worth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsEPP3YQcxQ |
Corey Fumimasa
Kiith Paktu
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
447
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Posted - 2013.05.10 17:26:00 -
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I had to kind of skim through the last 2 or 3 pages, they got very texty. Can we go back to using words like "trollface"! This is the first thread I have seen in a long while that needs a second TLDR.
Very nice arguments from all sides. I have however come to believe that the OP is correct, his logic and method of argument has indeed won the day.
I am going to go and self destruct all my PvP ships!!! well, both of them anyway, so that hey will be gone forever! . But they will still be gone. And from this day forward I will rat and mine and mind my own business in Eve.
If you see me out and about plz do not attack me, I am simply enjoying a more cultured and sophisticated version of the game then most others, that is no reason to attack me. But know this, if you do attack me and blow up my ship it is actually exactly what I wanted you to do! Hahahhaha, you have fallen into my trap of making me win Eve by falling into my clever trap of destoying my ship when I said that I dont want you to, but what I meant was that I really want you to!!! HAHAHAHHAAHAHA
-áImmersion = gameplayer self worth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsEPP3YQcxQ |
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