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nickycakes	Posted - 2006.02.23 18:21:00 - [61] Ingame experience is only half the battle. The SA guys already come with the most experienced forum trolls the internet has to offer. Goon corps in other games (wow for example) have always entertained me. So yeah, don't try to match forum wits with these guys, its a battle that you will surely lose.
Crellion	Posted - 2006.02.23 18:24:00 - [62] Originally by: Sarmaul omg can you imagine a 50-man blackbird squad? Lol you ll need at least 5 Ravens with FoFs to kill them all... terrible :P
Jerrin Swoop	Posted - 2006.02.23 18:38:00 - [63] I joined Goonfleet about a month ago, near the end of their January newbie drive. What makes the corp work so well are the directors, very dedicated people who are masters at herding cats.
ThunderChicken	Posted - 2006.02.23 18:49:00 - [64] Originally by: Jerrin Swoop I joined Goonfleet about a month ago, near the end of their January newbie drive. What makes the corp work so well are the directors, very dedicated people who are masters at herding cats. Please switch out directors for dictators for future reference. Sidenote: I started EvE about 3 months after it went online. I loved the game and how things were done, but there was a vaccum when it came to corps. I really did not have any point of reference to really relate. As GoonFleet went live, I was instantly connected with hundreds of like mind people (insane neckbeards) who made the game fun again. Can I say it hasnt driven me mad somedays with all of the goony chatter in corp chat with 200 people stating their opinion? A few times, but all in all it has kept me from being bored. I can definately see me sticking with this for a long time to come.
KIATolon	Posted - 2006.02.23 19:08:00 - [65] Yeah cos ravens last AGES against 150 heavy missiles...
Talon SilverHawk	Posted - 2006.02.23 19:17:00 - [66] Originally by: Avoid 50+ vs 50+ will still make a ****load of lag and cause 20% of the players to crash. so dont think they will change much. You have tested this of course ? Tal What goes around comes around
Dungar Loghoth	Posted - 2006.02.23 19:27:00 - [67] Originally by: Rodge I have no idea how they can organise that many people, 180+ in corp chat on most evenings We've been breaking 200+ some nights of the week. I'd be lying if I said it was easy, but coming from the same background, people that "don't fit" with our metality are automatically weeded out, and most of our membership is smart enough to understand that a dictatorial system is the only way to run a corporation the size of ours. So when people are given an order, they understand they need to do it for the betterment of everyone.
Freeside	Posted - 2006.02.23 19:40:00 - [68] Originally by: nickycakes The SA guys already come with the most experienced forum trolls the internet has to offer. Come now, that's not entirely true. Take a look at the Leper's Colony some day. Dozens of morons are banned or probationed every day for trolling. Our most experience trolls are usually permabanned and therefore inelligible for membership in Goonfleet. Those of us that remain are refined gentlemen and scholars of the highest caliber. As for myself, I work days as a professional pastry chef, and most of my spare time is taken up with fencing tournaments, studying philosophy, and discussing the stock market with the other gents at the social club over a refined single malt. Also I fly around and shoot thingz with my gunz. (pew pew)
Defcon2	Posted - 2006.02.23 19:43:00 - [69] Edited by: Defcon2 on 23/02/2006 19:44:56 Although I didn't like them at first due to them paying BOS to live in s-u after killing them for a little while with zero smack they seem ok and the guys I've talked to in their corp all seemed pretty decent fella's. Most likley going to be a big player in the future
Calenth	Posted - 2006.02.23 19:47:00 - [70] Edited by: Calenth on 23/02/2006 19:50:52 Originally by: Dungar Loghoth We've been breaking 200+ some nights of the week. I'd be lying if I said it was easy, but coming from the same background, people that "don't fit" with our metality are automatically weeded out, and most of our membership is smart enough to understand that a dictatorial system is the only way to run a corporation the size of ours. So when people are given an order, they understand they need to do it for the betterment of everyone. Pretty much. Being under near-constant attack by one group or another helps also, as does the unforgiving nature of Eve as a game -- people learn pretty quickly that they have to hang together or they'll hang separately, as the saying goes. We have an amazingly small amount of overall drama, I think largely because the constant pvp of 0.0 forces us together. Drama happens when people are bored, and we never have time for that. As others have said above, it's a great way to learn the game -- more people should jump straight into 0.0 on their first day. That said, my biggest long-term worry for us is director burnout.
Maya Rkell	Posted - 2006.02.23 19:54:00 - [71] Edited by: Maya Rkell on 23/02/2006 19:55:16 Originally by: Sarmaul omg can you imagine a 50-man blackbird squad? Yea, I can. Wonderful targets for 5 tempest snipers! :) Heh There are more effective gangs :) Digital Communist> The Jin-Mei are probably more profficient in training for Tofu and Noodles than Spaceship Command
NoghriViR	Posted - 2006.02.23 19:57:00 - [72] Originally by: Xidde i bet goonfleet can kick FE¦s ass Why would we want to? There's a good amount of goonfleet "vets" such as myself that are former FE members. Hell I have to give thanks to the FE gang that was up in the North last week that came and saved our asses when PA had us trapped.
Jennifae	Posted - 2006.02.23 20:41:00 - [73] Edited by: Jennifae on 23/02/2006 20:45:26 Originally by: GusHobbleton Edited by: GusHobbleton on 23/02/2006 18:15:30 Edited by: GusHobbleton on 23/02/2006 18:15:13 Originally by: Rodge Goonfleet are the shining example of what loads of us vets have long said to people who say "New players can never catch up". You don't need loads of skillpoints. Just a group of mates and a bit of experience, and you'll be a force to be reckoned with. When Goonfleet get a little more SPs (they're already getting loads of combat experience), we'll start seeing inties, AFs and BSs in their fleets. If the leadership can keep Goonfleet together (I have no idea how they can organise that many people, 180+ in corp chat on most evenings!) then they'll be a major force to be reckoned with. You'd be surprised at how disciplined goons can be when they want to. Sure, we'll go half an hour spamming corp with non-sequiturs, but the instant we get a report of enemies coming towards us, everyone shuts up and gets in line. We can get a 50 man gang going in about 5 minutes. It's nothing short of amazing. And you're right about the "newbies never cathing up" thing. Sure I don't even have a million SP, but I've been PvPing enough that I feel comfortable bringing my bigger ships into fleet combat and taking them out alive. If I'm any indication, we'll be bringing less rifters and punishers into battle, and more stabbers and blackbirds. In another month, frigates will probably be completely optional, rather than mandatory because it's all we have. There's also the psychological warfare aspect. Hostile force jumps down the pipe and sees 70 in local, they know there's gonna be at least another hundred in our home system. Even with 30 battleships, you start to think twice about finishing that trip. Hoping for a good fight though. I'm looking forward to some more practice. Christ, imagine a fleet of 25 BB's and a mix of tech 1 frigs and maybe some t1 cruisers for damage. If your the opposition YOU WILL BE JAMMED. Not a question IF.
Haniblecter Teg	Posted - 2006.02.23 20:43:00 - [74] Hey goonies, tribalwar.com brother here, go mess up BoB. Delve has been faar too quiet. ---------------------------------------- Friends Forever
Cummilla	Posted - 2006.02.23 20:43:00 - [75] Originally by: Jerrin Swoop I joined Goonfleet about a month ago, near the end of their January newbie drive. What makes the corp work so well are the directors, very dedicated people who are masters at herding cats. ROFL. This thread is so $$$
neccette	Posted - 2006.02.23 21:14:00 - [76] Originally by: Jennifae Christ, imagine a fleet of 25 BB's and a mix of tech 1 frigs and maybe some t1 cruisers for damage. If your the opposition YOU WILL BE JAMMED. Not a question IF. As some others have posted, we're not just tech 1 frigs. Most members get their first cruiser within days of joining up since we encourage the fast-track racial frigate 4 character creation. There is also a large variety of Battleship, AF/inty, HAC, covert ops and recon ship pilots in Goonfleet. Just because we bring new players into the game does'nt mean there is not a core of veteran players who help run every day operations and can bring significant firepower when it's called for.
Creyster	Posted - 2006.02.23 21:16:00 - [77] Edited by: Creyster on 23/02/2006 21:16:18 The kladdkaka is only strong in those who believe.. ------------ Once Masken allways Masken!! KLADDKAKA (C) KingAC
Trooper B99	Posted - 2006.02.23 21:22:00 - [78] Edited by: Trooper B99 on 23/02/2006 21:23:28 Originally by: Jennifae Christ, imagine a fleet of 25 BB's and a mix of tech 1 frigs and maybe some t1 cruisers for damage. If your the opposition YOU WILL BE JAMMED. Not a question IF. Depends on your opponents and the numbers involved. During the old JQA vs SURPM etc battles (same constellation funnily enough) JQA employed heavy use of BB's in the fights in VV-V. Admitadly it was a different time, game mechanics wise, but they only worked so well. Still it's been intersting having a birthday mess about with goonfleet I must admit and they reminded me afew times of CLS. Wirykomi Team Racer - COLOSSUS Championships Year 106
Azaeren	Posted - 2006.02.24 01:01:00 - [79] Edited by: Azaeren on 24/02/2006 01:01:16 No trust me as a director, ALL of us fly noobie ships with 3 WCS and orbit at 500 meters. So make sure you bring a battleship fitted with 4 jammers and all smartbombs so we dont warp out. Trust me, I know! Dont mind the man behind the curtain sporting a fully fitted tempest shooting with 16X dmg modifier every 9.5 seconds from 200+km away. No, no one is capable of that, that is in goonfleet.
Wicke	Posted - 2006.02.24 06:50:00 - [80] Originally by: Dark Shikari Edited by: Dark Shikari on 23/02/2006 02:29:44 WTB advanced corp management! Previous posters are correct: Goonfleet's "training" program is pretty much based on having newbies get the crap kicked out of them and being told why it happened in a humiliating fashion. Its mean, but it works. Goons are used to being abused. Its true, they do get abused. However, I have seen older players, including me, point out certain mistakes in local just before the pod goes pop. Dieing is the only way to learn. Syndicate speeds up Eve Evolution for newer players. Gotta have your head on a swivel and sport a photographic memory for enemy loadouts as most of the battles are traps. If Goons can keep their members interested they should have a scary Large Fleet trained pvp force in a few months. However, I think they will get outgunned and flanked in small fleet skirmishes by the more dedicated pvp groups out there. But yes, large fleets where pointing, clicking, and following orders could get really interesting. If a smaller/faster/more dedicated corp teams up with Goons down the road they could be a good 1 - 2 punch. GL goons
Dol Amroth	Posted - 2006.02.24 08:44:00 - [81] meh. Blobs make baby Jesus cry.
K Shara	Posted - 2006.02.24 08:53:00 - [82] I have nothing against the goonie membershio, its the leadership who annoy the F out of me. I havnt forgotten your organised theft and griefing on little corps. If I coulbe be bothered I eould dig out the posts about it.
Berrik Radhok	Posted - 2006.02.24 09:29:00 - [83] Originally by: Dol Amroth meh. Blobs make baby Jesus cry. Baby Jesus must like losing wars in EVE Online.
DB Preacher	Posted - 2006.02.24 09:55:00 - [84] Edited by: DB Preacher on 24/02/2006 09:55:31 Originally by: Sarmaul omg can you imagine a 50-man blackbird squad? Yeah, RKK did that for our last drinking/pvp session. G didn't appreciate their fleet being whacked by it I can tell you ;) Caught their fleet travelling in the lag before xmas and removed a few BS from them ;) dbp Current RKK Ranking: (CAL6) Tanto Drop by and say hi in Reikoku Forums.
DigitalCommunist	Posted - 2006.02.24 13:10:00 - [85] Meh, isn't this like the fifth "GoonCorp" incarnation or something? Each time you find new and exciting ways to destroy yourselves, discounting the first.. and maybe YF. Herding a bunch of newbies in frigs is not nearly as demanding as herding the same 800 players who require logistical needs and have ideas of their own on how things should be done. As the game and goals become more advanced for your corp, its going to be incredibly hard to keep everyone together especially announcing yourselves as an upcoming threat. You should prepare yourself for the zerg insurgency Remedial. Or as the SA forum *****s like to call it - the dramabomb. Purchasing Complex Fullerene Shards, contact me ingame.
Jacinto Naysmith	Posted - 2006.02.24 13:45:00 - [86] Edited by: Jacinto Naysmith on 24/02/2006 13:50:52 Edited by: Jacinto Naysmith on 24/02/2006 13:49:13 Originally by: DigitalCommunist Meh, isn't this like the fifth "GoonCorp" incarnation or something? Each time you find new and exciting ways to destroy yourselves, discounting the first.. and maybe YF. Herding a bunch of newbies in frigs is not nearly as demanding as herding the same 800 players who require logistical needs and have ideas of their own on how things should be done. As the game and goals become more advanced for your corp, its going to be incredibly hard to keep everyone together especially announcing yourselves as an upcoming threat. You should prepare yourself for the zerg insurgency Remedial. Or as the SA forum *****s like to call it - the dramabomb. As some one who's been in GoonFleet for months, I'm happy to say that drama is basically non existent from within the corp. Every so often something starts up between goonfleet and some other goon corp over something that happened months/years ago, but the average goonfleet member doesn't know, or care, what its about. (While I'm speaking on my own here) Honestly we're not trying to be the largest, most powerful or most famous corp in the game, thats not our objective. Goonfleet's goal is simply to introduce new players into the game, and to let them experience and enjoy as many things as possible in EVE. With the exception of scamming and pirating (which other non affiliated goon corps cover if you're so inclined), you can do pretty much anything EVE offers while in GoonFleet, and do it well. We have acess to very high end mining, ratting, missions and complexes with plenty of opportunities for PVP. To top it all off theres enough of us to create a market wherever we are for budding or experienced industrialists to turn a profit in. We're also by far the largest Goon Corp, so most of those wishing to simply play with Goons stick with GoonFleet. Few other corps can offer the same range and quality of opportunities in EVE, people don't just join us for a month or two while they learn the basics, most of us are in for the long haul.
maagdelijk	Posted - 2006.02.24 15:07:00 - [87] .
Kyguard	Posted - 2006.02.24 15:27:00 - [88] You really can't grasp the fun of flying with a GF gang until you do it yourself -\|- Join LFC, become someone, become family.
Hutchins	Posted - 2006.02.24 20:27:00 - [89] Originally by: Kyguard You really can't grasp the fun of flying with a GF gang until you do it yourself It is quite fun . I'd guess the best way to describe it would be kind of like at the circus, where the little car drives around the center ring, screeches to a halt, and 100 clowns pile out of it. Only in this case, the clown car is a stargate, and all the clowns have warp scramblers and lasers. The opinions of this humble zergling are not neccessarily those of the Goonfleet Overmind.
Dungar Loghoth	Posted - 2006.02.24 22:31:00 - [90] Originally by: Wicke Its true, they do get abused. However, I have seen older players, including me, point out certain mistakes in local just before the pod goes pop. Dieing is the only way to learn. Syndicate speeds up Eve Evolution for newer players. Gotta have your head on a swivel and sport a photographic memory for enemy loadouts as most of the battles are traps. You won't see anyone from goonfleet denying it. But abuse is too strong a word, what happens happens, it's Syndicate. We have people that are hours old pod-jumping down into Syndicate - of course they're going to get slapped around, podded, and massacred. How many people here ever traveled into 0.0 in their first week? Month? Remember, this isn't any 0.0, it's Syndicate, it has it's reputation for a reason. Wicke, you and your corporation (along with 206, etc, etc) should be able to attest to how far we've come in such a short time. Whether or not you call us sucessful is up to you, but I don't think anyone can deny that we're the most ambitious corporation out there. Put it in perspective, we're roughly five months old, I think what we're doing is working, whether you call it abuse or a tough education.

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