Alai Yassavi
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.07.08 04:10:00 -
[1] - Quote
It was my first month in EvE, a time of wonder, fear, and excitement for what was beyond the initial beginning.
I knew that all great stories have humble starts, so I took my place beside thousands of other players mining hoping to make enough ISK to begin their journey through the large and scary universe which is New Eden.
So, there I was, a simple miner who had made a decent profit and was well onto his way of becoming very wealthy for that period of a players life. I usually just listened to music and chatted in certain channels about a bit of this and that, nothing really important or relevant. I see the Local tab blinking, and I decided to click on it out of curiosity, due to the fact even though the system I mined in had around twenty people, it was relativity quiet, occasionally a capsuleer asking for assistance with rats. Much to my surprise, there was an actual conversation going on, but from skimming the logs briefly, I quickly realize that this was not a simple conversation, it was multiple miners repeatedly ganking and harassing a noobie who only wanted to make his humble beginning as well.
I was enraged, not knowing what this poor person had done to warrant such treatment. I decided to do what was best, I said in local "You are breaking rules, please stop harassing that miner and just go on your way or I may be forced to report you." Now as I was a newbie, I expected that if I reported someone there would be consequences for the harassers. Apparently they thought the same thing, and after a few rude words left the system. I convo'd the poor miner and talked to him about ways he can prevent things such as that from happening again, and what to do if it actually did happen once more.
After a brief conversation, I realize that he was all out of ISK, not even enough to purchase another venture, much less a fit. He informed me that he had the skills to fly a barge, but was upset because at his current rate of things, he believed that he would never be able to afford one. I was sad for the poor miner, and from an impulsive decision, traded him my retriever plus isk to replace any equipment he couldn't use yet. I told him I was off for the night, and that I would check back in on him in the morning.
I woke up to 20,000,000,000 ISK from the very same character, plus a mail that, summarized briefly, informed me that the person was looking to reward those who did good in EvE, and that I was a prime example of the person he wished that all people could be more like.
(I have heard rumors that the very same character has done this multiple times to multiple people.) |