EVE Search - Grr Goons

Gwen Sotari wrote:

Having read about eve for a long time I decided to finally taking the leap and joined earlier this month. Starting out I looked to join a corp and while talking to multiple entities it was very obvious most hated the CFC/Goons and this wasn't just large N3 corps but also smaller corps who have nothing to do with Goons.

So my question is why has such a bad stigma developed against the CFC and in particular Goon Swarm alliance?

The following couple of reasons that I was smothered with when I ask why are they so bad but then when I actually bothered to look into them I just find that coalitions such as N3 are worse.

For example I was often told Goons own most of eve and are ruining nullsec and removing content. I was even told to go look at the sov map and look at all the nasty blue CFC influence towering over the poor N3/PL influence areas and to start with yeah I though wow Goons do own everything But when if you bother to actually look into it this just isn't true.

Using dingos toolbox and roughly counting systems on Dotlan maps (might of missed some of the smaller entities within the coalitions) the CFC own 813 systems of which 679 (83%) are actual alliances and not a renting alliance. Where as with N3/PL out of the 1421 systems only 369 (25%) are non renting systems owned by alliances. So the CFC owns roughly half as many systems but has twice as many members in its coalition. This makes N3 the space hungry isk obsessed tyrant removing content with all the dull renting space.

Another complaint/reason I was told while searching for a corp was that in the CFC you're just a cog in the machine and that the Goons prevent independence. Where as N3 is a free land where you can prosper. Which again I think is untrue.

Take the most recent war. I watched several smaller entities within N3 have their space took off them and the reason being poor performance. How is taking their space away going to increase performance. How about offering better space for better performance. Especially since they own vast swathes of renting space. It just seems spiteful taking away the small amount of space these smaller entities own. Where as in the CFC from what I can tell you're incentivised to perform well as it dictates what space you gain from conflicts, not what space you'll lose.

As I stated I'm new so this could be completely wrong and if so go ahead and troll, rage and belittle me but unless you provide evidence as to why I'm wrong I'll ignore you :)