Commander Nikolas
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Posted - 2006.05.13 12:08:00 -
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Has anybody ever brought up that the word "pirate" is just a convient term people use?
All us outlaws (-5.0 or lower) and people with questionable security status (-0.1 or lower) can and will be labeled as "pirates" depending on who is making that call...
Personally I have always seen several major divions between "pirates":
#1. Gate snipers
Generally stabbed, bookmark dependant, 2+ alt accounts logged on at all times, trying to blow up haulers then picking up the loot with 1 of their alts. (the only form of PvP in eve that I honestly don't like/respect)
#2. Belt "pirates"
Generally carrying stabs or are in ceptors/force recons and looking for defensless prey, they usually make their ISK from ransoms and loot.
#3. PvPers
Generally with marginally negative SS looking for good fights, small fleets to play with, or other "exciting" PvP.
#4. Mercs
Professional PvPers that do whatever they feel like when not on contract.
#5. Territorialists
People who very aggressivly keep control of resources(often dead space complexes), often killing people in supposed "acts of piracy" to keep their resources/territory under control.
#6. Alt "Pirates"
Alt accounts of other chars that just log on and try to attack anyone they can find from time to time. Not really any ISK made from it, often just picking any fight they can in less expensive ships to have fun.
All these groups get labeled as pirates by some people even though they have completly different styles, motivations, and goals... It is hard to even compair many of the self proclaimed "pirate" corps because they share very little in common other then that they kill people who are not concord sanctioned war targets.
This was just thrown down quick, ovbiously not all those divions are clear with alot of people and corps. It just really seems that the term "pirate" and "pirates =" is thrown around alot. Depending on who is saying it they also have alot of implied exclusions/inclusions attached with that term.
I also would like to point out that in this post there are NO player/corp names. If any are brought up, I WILL NOT respond to this thread and will probabaly delete this post.
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