Originally by: Rekindle

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All weÆve wanted to do was log on with some buddies, learn the game together and do our own thing û eventually after weÆve developed some know how perhaps weÆd engage in some PvP, something we all enjoy and spent a lot of time doing in other games.

We recruited a fellow who turned out to be a total jack assà..stole from our Corp hangar (which wasnÆt a big deal) but then he decided to hire a Merc corp to wipe our corp off the map because we wouldnÆt give him an insane amount of money. So we have a corporation of newb players, barely into cruisers, barely enough skills to navigate them around and fire weapons up against a corp using agents to hunt us down relentlessly in battle ships.

The corporation is using trial accounts to infiltrate corporations, they are using trial accounts to spy on us so they can show up in their ôrealö persona and pod kill us. Its akin to a group of lvl 50s beating on level 1Æs for sport. The only way to resolve this situation, according to said corpàis for us to disband or pay an amount of money that we certainly donÆt have.

Corporations who come in with 10x the firepower, 10x the resources undermine the entire thing. It isnÆt a fair fight and for that reason, IÆm left with the perception that this game is best left to griefers who have nothing better to do then to destroy fledgling relationships for no gain other then the badge of dishonor associated with destroying newbie corps. If thatÆs your definition of me being a carebear, so be it. I played UO, I know what a real carebear is.

I must say, it takes a big man to walk onto the play ground and beat up the little kids just because they can. A griefer hires more griefers to go beat on players just learning the game, staying out of peopleÆs way in empire space. Of course, feel I'm left with is I want these agressors heads on a pole and I want them to have a taste of their own medicine. I have my doubts however, that this will be accomplished.

Please tell me how this is fun? Watching time and energy go up in smoke is not my idea of a fun time. Not being able to leave station because you have no one to turn to for protection is not fun. There is PvP combat, and then there is getting enjoyment out of the game, using all means necessary at the expense of others. Frankly, that is just sick.

Call it the harsh reality of the game, call it whatever you want, but when people 10x your size come out of no where constantly, and without any real purpose, to win a battle before its won, for no purpose, other then your destruction, is what I would call grief play.

As far as I can tell, there is no one to take up our cause, no "justice" in the game other then what our pocket book can afford. No real champion to take up the cause, playing EvE under these circumstances really leaves me to suspect this game is reserved for corps that already have skillful players. resources and connections at hand.

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