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Devilish Ledoux
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Posted - 2006.08.04 12:57:00 -
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I don't think Goonswarm is in any danger of implosion in the forseeable future. Right now, they're the most unorthodox alliance in the game ... which is probably why so many of the older alliances dislike them so much.
Consider: Goonswarm started out with a lot of players, the vast majority of whom were in frigates. So they used bee swarm tactics. But it didn't take long before they could fly frigates. And then battlecruisers. And then battleships. Much like individual pilots experience an exponential increase in their combat ability the first few months of gameplay, Goonswarm will see/is seeing/has seen the same thing.
Sure, their low average skill points means that they're not going to have the same gameplay choices available to them, but so what?
My predictions: If Goonswarm gains a solid foothold in a region, they will become a giant African beehive. It doesn't matter what goes on there. As soon as someone attacks it, defenders will be around to sting them to death. All assaults on Goonswarm territory will result in expensive losses, while inflicting relatively little damage (in terms of ISK).
If Goonswarm loses all territory, they will not be hindered in any way. They will simply be more mobile. Either they'll spread throughout the galaxy, or they'll go from place to place, getting fun where they find it. If their leadership decides to invade BoB space, there will be plenty enough *****s for them to slip through. Once they're deep enough inside, they could just attack and kill everything they see. Their losses will be large, but fairly inexpensive and easily replaceable.
They wouldn't have to kill a single POS or set up one of their own. They'd just have to make living in that area of space LESS FUN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. No, I didn't say dangerous, deadly, or hostile. I said "NO FUN." That's right, if GS can make enemy players feel frustrated, bored, or aggravated because they can't play the game the way they want to play it, Goonswarm will win. WIN!
In conclusion, victory in Eve has everything to do with fun. Goonswarm understands this more than anyone else out there.
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Posted - 2006.08.04 13:07:00 -
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 Originally by: Bavarian Punk
Originally by: Devilish Ledoux
My predictions: If Goonswarm gains a solid foothold in a region...
They won't.
Keep reading, if it's not too hard for you.
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Devilish Ledoux
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Posted - 2006.08.04 13:40:00 -
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Heroes? Don't look at me, sister. I'm just here for the witty banter.
And don't look at Goonswarm, either. You're not the boss of them!
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Posted - 2006.08.04 22:49:00 -
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Aside from the occaisional demand for "missl," I have never seen anything BUT mature (albeit goofy and irreverent) gameplay from the Goons. They're mouthy, but they don't commit any crimes that any other corp or alliance isn't guilty of from time to time. Sure, they don't have the same goals that most of us have when we're playing Eve, but so what?
The best thing about Eve is that you can do almost anything that the game mechanics allow and base your entire experience around that. For the love of Mike, there's a guy who makes his virtual living as a ****ographer (and more power to him)!
And I'm sure that lots of people who don't know Remedial very well think he's the Second Coming of Joseph Goebbels. But at the very least, you have to acknowledge that he's managed to take a mass of people and point them in (more or less) the same direction. *I* couldn't do that, and most of the people playing this game couldn't either.
In the end, it's all a matter of "wait and see." Only time will tell if Goonswarm will become the 800 pound gorilla who gets to sit anywhere he wants or a hydrocephalic chimpanzee who only exists as a warning to others. And by "time," I do not mean "forumites".
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Posted - 2006.08.04 23:04:00 -
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Originally by: Rod Blaine
Originally by: Devilish Ledoux
Aside from the occaisional demand for "missl," I have never seen anything BUT mature (albeit goofy and irreverent) gameplay from the Goons. They're mouthy, but they don't commit any crimes that any other corp or alliance isn't guilty of from time to time. Sure, they don't have the same goals that most of us have when we're playing Eve, but so what?
Should sending someone you don't know other then from his alliance tag a mail about his "insert expletive description that's below any standar of human decency" be considered acceptable in any single way shape or form, let alone mature ?
Irreverent my ass, it's simply not done, period.
I don't know if you know this ... but there IS an established in-game mechanism for dealing with people you don't want contacting you. Granted, you have to GET the contact first, but ... let's just say that if you really want a guarantee that you'll never be exposed to objectionable speech/images/content, then the whole "Internet" thing might not be for you.
And even IF individual Goons are raving grody-o-paths who pester you based on the fact that you're a BoB, doing the same thing doesn't really give you the high ground.
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Posted - 2006.08.04 23:21:00 -
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But BoB can hold its members in check? Are stories about Goons going crazy and putting broomsticks up their wazoo "in check"? Or are they actions of one member who just HAPPENS to be nuttier than a squirrel turd?
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Posted - 2006.08.07 19:28:00 -
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/me is amazed that this whine-fest has gone on so long even after the Goons stopped posting.
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Posted - 2006.08.08 02:48:00 -
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This thread gets my vote for Awful Link of the Day. I've seen shorter analyses of the politics Middle East.
I mean, I know you guys hate it when people point out that this is a "pretend space game," but ... isn't it?
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Posted - 2006.08.08 17:59:00 -
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I don't think any of you are taking this seriously enough. Please escalate this conflict to the point where people who have no vested interest in the outcome are willing to physically kill complete strangers, or at least cripple them. Post a journal of the outcome.
Oh, and be sure to remove all sense of proportion, context, courtesy, logic, or sanity. Otherwise, it just won't fit in with the whole scene we've got going here. And be sure to lie a lot. It's traditional.
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Posted - 2006.08.08 21:35:00 -
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Oh noes! Your opinion is invalidated if BoB can't wardec you and turn you into a cautionary tale.
Anyone want to call me an alt, btw?
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Posted - 2006.08.08 22:47:00 -
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Originally by: Galavet
Originally by: Devilish Ledoux
Anyone want to call me an alt, btw?
No, but I think BoB fanboi in training suits you very nicely tho.
Did you fail to detect my sarcasm, or did I fail to detect yours? The world may never know.
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Posted - 2006.08.08 23:18:00 -
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I thought the French were good at insults.
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