I treat EVE as a multiplayer game and the citizens of Highsec are my content.

Your character's expression is the realization dawning on him that he is about to become "content".

Or, to put it a different way, you once told me what it really is, and I have forgotten.

I was afk for ten minutes.

I do not afk in this game, but that's not really the issue. I would have saved my pod yes, but the game is a total joke now.

Well I got ganked yesterday and lost 2B in implants etc... I was afk for ten minutes.

Look I'm not mining again ever so I will just count it is a blessing, but plenty of people enjoy mining and it's just sad that there is no consequence to ganking very soft targets.

Sounds like awesome discoparty time!

What consequences are there for a month old alt doing this ganking?

Yes i can mine safely in null - great game design right there.

I'm now taking more risk in hi-sec, and yes i know what to do to protect myself but seriously? why should i have to for much less rewards?

Garbage game design, all the effort from me to mine safely for peanuts but no effort to kill me.

If this is going on, then how about insurance for pods? and equal rewards for hi-sec miners?

where will the madness end!

It actually used to serve a purpose, kind of. Mining Barges / Exhumers don't explode from "natural" causes at the same rate that say combat ships do so producers of said mining ships would provide a bounty for destroyed mining ships as it would drive market activity and price.

Now, however, I think that it's mostly just malice vs any economic benefit.

People have a natural inclination to fear/dislike things that are different than they are. People who do it simply for laughs gravitate towards the sociopath area of that spectrum.

The margins on ships relative to mineral prices are too thin to make ganking a realistic way to make isk. It's just a talking point - nothing more.

People are able to act out in ways they can't in RL.

Despite common misinformation, most players will play the game how they really want to be and usually mirrors their true personality and mental state... support, industrious, hunter, or just pure douchebag.

Many good people play the game, but there are also many soulless and truly evil people. (Erotica1 for example)

All in all.. It's about ***** getting to be ***** and having laughs at your expense (and theirs).

of sorts yes
apparently there is an activity in eve that has exactly 0% pvp but i do not remember what it is

I think the ever popular 'citation needed' is appropriate here.

I also have no figures to back up my disagreement, but one: me.

When I was a new pilot, I did mine for isk. I was also ganked. It happened so quick I didn't even really know what happened. I got my killmail and was very much in the 'watdashiz' mind frame.

But I didn't quit.

I came to the forums, and instead of raging, I read threads. I learned. I had known that EvE was a dangerous place, but now it was revealed to me just how dangerous, and in what forms that peril may take.

I learned about the infamous Mr. G Fappington (my ganker) and the New Order, and I was introduced to the miner-bumping blog.

And I still didn't quit.

I kept reading and enjoyed learning about this player made game play, and I thought it was spectacular. I think this type of culture is a wonderful part of the EvE Universe. It showed this capsuleer what else there is to do in New Eden beyond gathering minerals.

I didn't quit. I tanked my ships. I enjoy the game in all it's facets. I don't know how many other pilots this story can relate to, but I doubt very highly I am completely alone.

Character design although I'm thinking of suggesting boys vs girls and then it will be relevant.

There's also l.c.o (let's see if he can figure that one out)

Oh, I can. I just prefer this as a fashion statement.