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prsr
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Posted - 2005.10.12 04:22:00 -
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omg, great stuff Remedial. And the other directors at goonfleet of course. Never expected you in such an enterprise though 
Getting that many noobs and providing them with ships and modules must've been quite the logistical nightmare. I wish I could have had such well prepared start in EVE.
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WolfGang H
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Posted - 2005.10.12 04:24:00 -
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Becasue as you can see, you are talking about the greatness of the SA Goons. You evne mentioned the website and said you guys are above avg int. You have the right to post positive stuff, I have the right to post negative stuff. I saw some of your goons even came directly from UO...perhaps I know some of them. If I know a guild in one MMO and I see them move to another MMO, untill proven otherwise their reputation is still the same.
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Derron Bel
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Posted - 2005.10.12 04:52:00 -
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Goons arn't exactly a guild, speaking as a non-goon...
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Holy-Jim> as you know, surprise is the key to victory.....surprise!
LooseCannoN> ahh!
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Aliksr
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Posted - 2005.10.12 04:53:00 -
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There's a difference between acting like an idiot, and not taking things seriously because it's just a game. Some goons blur that line, sure. If you're going to critisize our community you should point out our love of interpersonal drama, the killer of a score of gooncorps before GoonFleet. No drama yet this time, due mostly to how experienced the leadership is at preventing it I think. Remedial and I have seen it all.
The idea behind this program was to remove the grind from joining EVE. We've spend only about a third as much on frigates (and we lose a LOT of frigates) as we have on skillbooks. The recruiting thread we posted on SA included valuable training advice. The net effect is that the game is made much much simpler and rather than figuring everything out then trying to PVP they jump in, PVP, and along the way slowly learn how to play. EVE has a terrifically steep learning curve but we totally removed that if these guys were willing to read our info and pay attention during combat.
And as a result it was wildly successful. On our private forum our previous record for concurrent users was 28, set in July during our last recruitment drive. It is now 60. That, more than anything, gives the idea of how successful this drive was compared to past efforts.
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Kerby Lane
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Posted - 2005.10.12 05:07:00 -
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Great story.
Perfect way to indroduce noobs straight in pvp without agent grinding or mining.
Should be fun 
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WolfGang H
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Posted - 2005.10.12 05:14:00 -
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I shuold let you goons know that I AM glad to see you moving over to EVE. I admit that you are a fun group to fight and you guys do some fun stuff. But I honestly do think very low of you becuase of your unifying theme, which is that horrible mind rotting website.
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Mesasone
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Posted - 2005.10.12 05:32:00 -
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Edited by: Mesasone on 12/10/2005 05:33:10
Wish I'd gotten around to flying in a few of these ops >:-/
Fourth wave reporting in. I think.
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Camador
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Posted - 2005.10.12 06:37:00 -
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SOMETHING AWFUL DOT COM!!!11111oneoneone
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2005.10.12 07:06:00 -
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lawl goons
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Persia
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Posted - 2005.10.12 08:19:00 -
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 Originally by: Camador
Oh i see theres goons in Ascendent Frontier.
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DIE.
Goon on goon! 
But seriously I'm upset you don't remember me Camador. 
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Shaemell Buttleson
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Posted - 2005.10.12 08:29:00 -
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Number 18 of the EVE-ONLINE forum rules.
You may not post advertisements.
Posts discussing or linking to online auction sites or the sale of in-game goods or services for real money are strictly prohibited.
You do that in your first paragraph!
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Raem Civrie
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Posted - 2005.10.12 09:06:00 -
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Originally by: Shaemell Buttleson
Number 18 of the EVE-ONLINE forum rules.
You may not post advertisements.
Posts discussing or linking to online auction sites or the sale of in-game goods or services for real money are strictly prohibited.
You do that in your first paragraph!
Something Awful is free. So is reading their forums. Posting on their forums may not be free, however.
Burn.
P.s. Best of luck, Remedial
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Eratosthenes
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Posted - 2005.10.12 10:28:00 -
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If there's anything the EVE community doesn't need....it's more SA morons. Bunch of elitist idiots, charging twenty dollars a month for a ******* forum...
I implore the rest of the EVE community to petition CCP to ban these people while their names are still posted.
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Nelson Vandermark
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Posted - 2005.10.12 10:40:00 -
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Originally by: Eratosthenes
If there's anything the EVE community doesn't need....it's more SA morons. Bunch of elitist idiots, charging twenty dollars a month for a ******* forum...
I implore the rest of the EVE community to petition CCP to ban these people while their names are still posted.
I lol'ed...
2nd Wave goon here!
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Larsson7
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Posted - 2005.10.12 10:45:00 -
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Genmay > SA tbh
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2005.10.12 10:51:00 -
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Originally by: Eratosthenes
If there's anything the EVE community doesn't need....it's more SA morons. Bunch of elitist idiots, charging twenty dollars a month for a ******* forum...
I implore the rest of the EVE community to petition CCP to ban these people while their names are still posted.
They charge a 20 dollar one-time fee. Its a great way of filtering out idiots, and it works really, really well. If you don't want to pay, you don't have to.
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Proud member of the [23].
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Ras Blumin
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:00:00 -
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<3
especially for the pew pew guy :)
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voodoo
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:02:00 -
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Nice read ty
I dunno if you saw this but it looks like it may be what you woulda been looking for
Eve Affiliate Program
 
The Blue Pills Make Me Happy
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:06:00 -
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These are not the SA forums, so stop trolling.
I am Kate Stewart by the way
I heart all, some more then others though. |
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KoeK
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:23:00 -
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Originally by: Persia
Goon on goon!
But seriously I'm upset you don't remember me Camador.
That aint the original Camador but is a goon who got the account...
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Svett
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:25:00 -
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it's cool when posts disapear
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Remedial
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:27:00 -
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49. Account Name: palp
Purchase Date: 10/11/05
Reason: Tried Eve in beta and got bored, but I'm very impressed by the changes since then. Giving it another whirl.
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Skyscorcher
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:33:00 -
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Originally by: Razner Cerizo
Impressive.
(We did the same thing for VHI, but only half the people )
All it takes is showing someone a sweet video with some good music and pretty explosions and then tell him that it's free for two weeks. Worked on the rest of us in VHI.
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Robert Oftenwrong
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:48:00 -
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The couple of times I lead a goonfleet was testing but incredibly rewarding (sort of like what I imagine being a teacher on a class trip would be like). That said there were surprisingly few mistakes made considering the sheer number of new players involved sometimes. The organisation and logistics has stunned me and, as one of those directors who almost burned out on handing out frigates and skill packs, I'm glad most of those who stayed are now self-sufficient (even if they won't listen when we tell them not to fly destroyers ).
It was fun watching the see-saw between opposing fleet setups. For example after the first couple of raids 3FA fitted smartbombs and we lost a lot of frigates so we changed fittings and moved out to 6km+.
Heres one of those videos
GoonFleet Video 1
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Yeep
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Posted - 2005.10.12 11:48:00 -
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Ooops, alt posting
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2005.10.12 12:11:00 -
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Originally by: Eris Discordia
These are not the SA forums, so stop trolling.
I am Kate Stewart by the way
Thx, eris  .
Every time there's an SA-related post anywhere all the wannabes, trolls, and whiners seem to jump on the bandwagon  .
And the story is hilarious.
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CargoCult
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Posted - 2005.10.12 13:01:00 -
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So THATS what you've all been doing in and around sydicate
we'd been wondering!
good idea behind it and good luck!
(i allways wish funny things lucky, and it was very funny hering on ts )
P1 = **** thiers a hostile fleet entering 6-c
p2 = ship type?,
p1 = er thier all in newb ships
p1 = oops
good luck and put on a good show!
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All the right letters, just not nescacarily in the right order - morcam and wise
Its not working sir!
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RedlegSA
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Posted - 2005.10.12 13:06:00 -
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This sounds like fun, makes me wish I participated. I came to eve because of a story someone posted there awile ago, at the time I couldent play alot - but came back recently now that I have some time.
Of course my first Eve Goon interaction was with Firstname Lastname which turned me off to the whole being a goon in eve thing, but it sounds like I am missing some fun with Goonfleet.
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Tribal Overture
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Posted - 2005.10.12 13:18:00 -
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Edited by: Tribal Overture on 12/10/2005 13:23:31
I started out in third wave with Yulai Financial, which ended with our little "war" with Istavaan. Those days alone were enough to keep me coming back to EVE. I love this game, and doubt I will ever stop playing it. Especially when there are other goons to play with.
Great thread Rem.
Originally by: RedlegSA
This sounds like fun, makes me wish I participated. I came to eve because of a story someone posted there awile ago, at the time I couldent play alot - but came back recently now that I have some time.
Of course my first Eve Goon interaction was with Firstname Lastname which turned me off to the whole being a goon in eve thing, but it sounds like I am missing some fun with Goonfleet.
You have to understand that because there are so many goons in total, that when we recruit to a specific game we're always going to get users with the type of personality that people tend to not like. We can't help that. Unfortunately, in some games, one or two goons with this "bad apple" personality can ruin things for all of us by shouting retarded catchphrases and generally acting like an *******. I think the majority of us in EVE however do a good job of being overall cool guys, at least I'd like to think so.
Don't let one or two people turn you off of our presence in EVE.
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RedWyvern
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Posted - 2005.10.12 14:27:00 -
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a great story well told. And n00bs or not, a 30+ frig fleet is a scary opponent.
Loyalty, Integrity, Honour. |
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