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Joskken Inx	Posted - 2006.01.22 11:44:00 - [31] It is a shame though, to have been podded twice in the last month, and oh-so-coincidently CTD and never see what actually happens. Funny how the game never does this-even going thru Jita or some other lagfest-just at that last moment where you realize something's about to hit the fan and what the #@%@ am I looking at my desktop for? I should give it a try on the other end of the barrel sometime and see what it looks like Semper Fidelis
Ulendar	Posted - 2006.01.22 12:14:00 - [32] People have insurance for their ships, and if they don't carry omgwtfbbqrare loot most of them will let their ships get popped instead of paying a toll. Pride or something, I dunno. Pod someone with the head full of implants though and next time he might have different thoughts about trying to run. Originally by: cashman It's time for Eris to get a clue. CCP should make a statement about this. It's the exact same things as what Zombie did, you may not attack in "safe-areas" (empire/within sentry range) without loosing your ship.
Lo3d3R	Posted - 2006.01.22 12:17:00 - [33] corpses should be refineble, and then the implants should end up in hanger. this will teach them to pay. yar. __________________ You're friendly neighbourhood pirate, Ahoy 0/
Verone	Posted - 2006.01.22 20:33:00 - [34] When you podkill someone you will learn that it's the noise that compells you to do so. It's addictive. I play eve with the sound off usually, but when i used to pirate actively, I'd turn the sound on before podding those who didn't pay... just to hear it. Veto Member Movies
Desolatus	Posted - 2006.01.22 22:09:00 - [35] Originally by: tiller 1. fun 2. for the h8 mail 3. to remove people from local who may organize a linch squad 4. to remove the chance of smack talk / warnings in local 5. fun 6. fun hmm mainly fun Well I like the smacktalk my self I add it to my bio. But tiller hit the nail on the head with this one. How ever i must add because of unspecified reasons tiller does unnatural things with munkey balls. If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. Niccolo Machiavelli
upsideup	Posted - 2006.01.23 01:49:00 - [36] Because I like cleaning white stuff out of the inside of my pod.
Celador Nane	Posted - 2006.01.23 02:32:00 - [37] "Why pod people?". cuz i get some sick pleasure in knowing ive just ruined some carebears day.... period. Also to teach ppl a lesson to not mine/rat if there ppl local who may be hostile. YARR!
Sakura Nihil	Posted - 2006.01.24 06:51:00 - [38] Originally by: Celador Nane "Why pod people?". cuz i get some sick pleasure in knowing ive just ruined some carebears day.... period. Also to teach ppl a lesson to not mine/rat if there ppl local who may be hostile. YARR! hatemail is the most awesome form of mail...ever... besides possibly wardecs... "8.) After each wrecking shot, you shall yell "THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!""
Sakura Nihil	Posted - 2006.01.24 06:52:00 - [39] Originally by: Celador Nane "Why pod people?". cuz i get some sick pleasure in knowing ive just ruined some carebears day.... period. Also to teach ppl a lesson to not mine/rat if there ppl local who may be hostile. YARR! hatemail is the most awesome form of mail...ever... besides possibly wardecs... "8.) After each wrecking shot, you shall yell "THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!""
Trey Azagthoth	Posted - 2006.01.24 10:17:00 - [40] Actually, I made 100 mil recently just from the number of corpses I had in my hangar (combined with psycorabbit). Wont give any more details, but corpses can server a purpose!
Crowder	Posted - 2006.02.04 23:44:00 - [41] Players that kill pods are ****s. I have only been playing for 6 weeks. I have had my pod destroyed twice. I made sure to save the names of the players who did it. Who knows I may quit this game next week; but if I stay those names will stay on my list, sometime somewhere I will get my revenge. The Bountys I put on them probably won't do much; but as I get richer so will the bountys. Who knows in 3 months I may be in a decent Corp have some powerful friends and we will do some hunting.
Serin Nadiir	Posted - 2006.02.05 07:25:00 - [42] I pod because it's the next logical step after blowing up someone's ship. I mean, you obviously have some reason for shooting at the person... To put it another way, I'll use a bowling analogy. You knock down 9 of the 10 pins. Do you throw the ball at that last bitty pin or walk away? Of course you go for it. The fact that that last pin makes such a delightful squishy noise... well, what can I say?
Kyozoku	Posted - 2006.02.05 22:32:00 - [43] corpse = treasure
JaPR	Posted - 2006.02.06 00:18:00 - [44] Originally by: Trey Azagthoth Actually, I made 100 mil recently just from the number of corpses I had in my hangar (combined with psycorabbit). Wont give any more details, but corpses can server a purpose! "Bring your corpses" game that Ferret runs at eve-radio?
velocoraptor	Posted - 2006.02.06 01:10:00 - [45] Originally by: Crowder Players that kill pods are ****s. I have only been playing for 6 weeks. I have had my pod destroyed twice. I made sure to save the names of the players who did it. Who knows I may quit this game next week; but if I stay those names will stay on my list, sometime somewhere I will get my revenge. The Bountys I put on them probably won't do much; but as I get richer so will the bountys. Who knows in 3 months I may be in a decent Corp have some powerful friends and we will do some hunting. Just a friendly note man: People that kill your pod do it, so they can have those "I'll get you one day" hate mails, something like the above. So relax, it's just a game. And if u ever becoming an uber carebear, u WILL get yor revenge by pricing your HACS (or T2 BS's ) way too much.
Shaemell Buttleson	Posted - 2006.02.06 02:46:00 - [46] I have noticed the more corpses around a gate the harder it is for a covert ops ship to A) cloak and B) for them to sneak past a camp coming from the other way especially if there is a bubble up. Biomass can be a cloaking ships nightmare. I have found this out the hardway and also made sure any corpses are left on the camps I am part of if at all possible and had targets caught out by this which in turn add to the debris.
Drusty	Posted - 2006.02.06 03:25:00 - [47] 1. So i can do things. 2. I get a new doll evertime i pod. 3. More the merryer. 4. And i am lonely. <-------------------------------------------------> The mighty always fall.... They well always fall before me.
CelticKnight	Posted - 2006.02.06 03:35:00 - [48] Quote: Killmails if kept in game I understand as a trophy, I'm just not too keen on the tracking sites....seems too much like an ego ride IMO. Thats EXACTLY what killmails are. its a Pssing contest. the bigger the better. Originally by:* Stealthy I am simply mortified Ginger Magician's alt is now advising folks in POS operations-is it the end of player piracy as we know it?
Lygos	Posted - 2006.02.06 03:48:00 - [49] People that "don't get it" are usually waiting for some narrative purpose to come along and compel them to do certain acts. Most people are trained from a young age to engage in contingent thinking. In many ways, most developments in language and didactic thought goes hand in hand with this. Some people keep waiting forever. Others develop their own sense of narrative or join in on the shared narrative of some other group fairly quickly. The thing to remember is that at any point, you may fall into the turbulence of someone else's narrative whether you realize it or not. EVE is unkind to solipsists, or those who see themselves as the protagonist in any situation, although you'll be hard up to encounter anyone that realizes this. People in general only comprehend your merest presence in relationship to their own. The most exercised means of exiting another's narrative is logging off, and this has the natural consequence of belittling that person's ego, thus triggering a defensive response in the form of anger. The results of this can be seen all over the forums, and this also crops up in discussions of game design centering on engagement mechanics. When do I engage in PvP? Only when it is convenient for me. Why? Because it may be concieved as part of the teleology of the game aspect of this little virtual universe. I can't pin down much in the way of affective rewards, and though the "splitch" noise is amusing, I generally play with the sound off. Eunoia: The persistent suspicion that the universe is secretly conspiring to quietly improve one's life.
Gray Carmicheal	Posted - 2006.02.06 04:05:00 - [50] I use my corpses for those long, cold lonely nights alone in space... I mean, uh. The ONLY reason I pod tho, is either in a corp war (Maybe they didn't upgrade their clone. Yarr. instant noob), or when someone doesn't pay ransom. No pay, no life is my rule. Usually tho I just let the pod go to bring another ship of goodies back to me to try and ransom again.
Achren	Posted - 2006.02.06 04:11:00 - [51] I have yet to be podded crosses fingers ----------------------------------- Of course i brought everything i need.
OrangeAfroMan	Posted - 2006.02.06 07:04:00 - [52] Podding is really pointless to me.... killing their ship is enough, i'd rather not take the .25% sec hit for nothing.. because you really do get nothing for pod killing, except taht "sound" that some seem to get off to o.O Actually there is a time I'll pod: during revenge, and during war. Also.. dont ever use implants. Ever. I've been podded ungodly amounts of time and I have never used em ^_^ But to each his own.. It's your sec status not mine =p
Dagam	Posted - 2006.02.08 04:52:00 - [53] Edited by: Dagam on 08/02/2006 04:54:10 The other day I hunted down this newbie caracal pilot (I was also in a caracal). Finally I find him in a belt. I win and scramble his pod. At this point I convo'd him telling him what he did wrong, like don't assume a +sec player is friendly, if you're attacked fight back immediately, when in a belt in low sec lock other players and align for warp-out, etc. I thought about ransoming him and/or podding him but...the thrill was gone. I just didn't see how podding him would've been fun. So, I let him go. Afterwards he convo'd me and said next time he'll pod me. Cute, I thought.
Ancalagon Black	Posted - 2006.02.08 18:20:00 - [54] Why do people pod when thereÆs virtually no benefit? ItÆs simple psychology. Give anyone the power to do terrible things and they will. Need I remind you of the Stanford Prison Experiment? What also may compel someone to pod-kill is the fact that it most likely happened to them when they were novices. Being in such a state of vulnerability made them feel weak and now they search for ways to reaffirm their strength. Or they could just be ****s. DON'T PANIC!
Takahashi Clutch	Posted - 2006.02.08 18:36:00 - [55] Edited by: Takahashi Clutch on 08/02/2006 18:39:51 Edited by: Takahashi Clutch on 08/02/2006 18:39:03 Originally by: Ancalagon Black Why do people pod when thereÆs virtually no benefit? If someone you don't know is in your part of .0 space and they are neutral, they could be a spy or just someone wandering around where they are not supposed to be. Podding them gets them back to whatever hole they sprung up from. Or if you are currently in a war, you better be podding your enemies. Originally by: Ancalagon Black Or they could just be **s Podding also keeps the carebears in check. If you don't want to experience any kind of risk, quit and play wow. ********
Snake Gallows	Posted - 2006.02.12 23:11:00 - [56] IMO As I see it poder do it for a few resones and these are my feelings on these resones. 1. War, A very just reason for slaughtering your enemies. 2. Ransome, Well this door swings both ways, I've met many people who have been poded after paying ransomes so if you want infamy, keep your word and hunt down those who don't, otherwise ransome paying will just stop, not that I condone piracy, but if they don't pay up or at least try to if they don't have that kind of money, by all means blast thier ship to scrap. 3. "Fun", These charicters do this because they believe they have been wronged in some way and instead of dealing with thier problems they choose to bully. Many say they do it for hate mail or to ruin someones day. Well if your charicter intetionaly seek joy through someone else suffering your charicter is a sadist, if your charicter sees them as objects and not people they're hurting claiming it's "only a game", thats sociopathy. So these charicters are not to be fear but pitied for being the Ted Bundys of EVE by playing sociopathic sadistic serial killers who colect peoples corpses. In short, you want to be more than just a random killer and make a realy name for yourself. The pirates I respect and fear most are ones I will E-mail and convo. And it won't be hate mail. They're the ones with the skill and class to take a ship without destroying or poding them, telling them to dump thier cargo and pay ransome. I applaud you at your enginuity and skill. It doesn't take much to blow up someones ship, but to hold them hostage at gunpoint and be a realy pirate that is something to be respected. Others, well I don't even care if they pod me, I don't get mad, I just move on with my day realizing that this will upset them more than any hate mail ever could. Mind you if you are playing a sociopath or a sadist, cudos to you for playing it, but lets call a spade a spade and not sully real pirates names by lumping them in with these murdering psycos.
Aeaus	Posted - 2006.02.13 02:50:00 - [57] Well since I've lived in 0.0 for more of my eve life my opinions may be a little differing... I've always folloed an NBSI policy, so here are some reasons: 1) Sends the little bastages back to their cloning station, which can be some whiles away. No reason for them to stay hanging around. 2) The thrill of the kill. 3) A pod kill in eve is pretty much like a head shot in other games. If I get the chance, why not...
Eyam	Posted - 2006.02.13 03:30:00 - [58] Hi, Got podded today, no biggee, had to happen sooner or later. Plus, I wasn't in the middle of anything, nor exactly in an expensive ship :) I was heading out of a 0.4 system, into 0.5. Megathon, pirate at the gate .. should have warped away, didn't (hoped I'd be quick enough through the gate - hoped he'd not bother, or wasn't quite as awake as he might be) ... anyway, 2 bangs later & I'm podded (game crashed on me, too). My mistake. Anyway, what's interesting about this? His ammo used - 2 large named smartbombs, value 1 mil isk, at least, on the market. My ship - a 9k shuttle. My insurance was a couple of hundred k, sure, plus I had plus 1 implants, not that he knew that. I'll not miss the cash loss on the re-cloning, nor the implants, yet alone the shuttle ... to the degree I felt annoyance, it was in having to do another 9 jumps from my clone bay to home base. So he plainly podded me for absolutely no financial gain, nor any tactical reason I can see - I was moments from leaving the lo sec system, heading for 0.5. Plainly people pod for the fun of it, as numerous have stated here. Fun in other people's inconvenience? Fun of other people becoming upset? I don't see it. If you've cause to pod .. be it tactical or financial, then fair enough. If you enjoy it for it's own sake, irrespective or because of the emotional effect you have on the poddee, then you need to think again. Doing it for the challenge? Doing it for the sound effect? I don't see much challenge in the poddings I hear of - typically gate campings killing new player. Sound effects ... not worth the aggravation to a lot of players who do very much mind getting podded. Eyam. Ps I got my corpse back later, & am using it to decorate myhangar.
OrangeAfroMan	Posted - 2006.02.13 03:59:00 - [59] Originally by: Snake Gallows IMO As I see it poder do it for a few resones and these are my feelings on these resones. 1. War, A very just reason for slaughtering your enemies. 2. Ransome, Well this door swings both ways, I've met many people who have been poded after paying ransomes so if you want infamy, keep your word and hunt down those who don't, otherwise ransome paying will just stop, not that I condone piracy, but if they don't pay up or at least try to if they don't have that kind of money, by all means blast thier ship to scrap. 3. "Fun", These charicters do this because they believe they have been wronged in some way and instead of dealing with thier problems they choose to bully. Many say they do it for hate mail or to ruin someones day. Well if your charicter intetionaly seek joy through someone else suffering your charicter is a sadist, if your charicter sees them as objects and not people they're hurting claiming it's "only a game", thats sociopathy. So these charicters are not to be fear but pitied for being the Ted Bundys of EVE by playing sociopathic sadistic serial killers who colect peoples corpses. In short, you want to be more than just a random killer and make a realy name for yourself. The pirates I respect and fear most are ones I will E-mail and convo. And it won't be hate mail. They're the ones with the skill and class to take a ship without destroying or poding them, telling them to dump thier cargo and pay ransome. I applaud you at your enginuity and skill. It doesn't take much to blow up someones ship, but to hold them hostage at gunpoint and be a realy pirate that is something to be respected. Others, well I don't even care if they pod me, I don't get mad, I just move on with my day realizing that this will upset them more than any hate mail ever could. Mind you if you are playing a sociopath or a sadist, cudos to you for playing it, but lets call a spade a spade and not sully real pirates names by lumping them in with these murdering psycos. QFT (except that its spelled character =p ) But this guy is very correct IMO.
Takahashi Clutch	Posted - 2006.02.13 08:47:00 - [60] Edited by: Takahashi Clutch on 13/02/2006 08:48:09 Originally by: Eyam So he plainly podded me for absolutely no financial gain, nor any tactical reason I can see - I was moments from leaving the lo sec system, heading for 0.5. Keep in mind, some people use alts in shuttles or frigs to transport bpos. ______________

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