Gungankllr
Caldari
Celestial Horizon Corp.
Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.10.13 23:59:00 -
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I want to punch whoever brought all of the lawerese talk into a video game as hard as I can.
Metaphorically speaking, mind you.
I'm just about as nobody as you can get in Eve.
I'm not rich, I don't have great PVP skills, I'm not a superb diplomat. I don't have a Cadre of people that spam me convos and evemails when I log in.
I am honest, though. I believe in the honor of battle.
I believe in using combat as a means of entertainment, not the end all of measurement as to your role in the game, and in life.
As I've said a few times here and there, I've been in Black Nova. I had a decent chat with Blacklight over in Fountain somewhere last week (Before I tried to kill an Ishtar, a Curse and a Malediction in a Caracal) 
The bottom line is, past all the forum posturing, talk of greatness, signature wars and everything else going on I just wanted to say this:
An alliance as good as BoB is at PVP, shouldn't need to run the ASCN Teamspeak in parallel with theirs to know what we are doing.
If BoB was as amazing at PVP as they purport, they wouldn't need to do that.
I've flown with BoB all over fountain, back when it was a warzone. I've seen some pretty damn impressive stuff, they've got some of the best FC's in the business.
With greatness comes great responsibility. They say absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Eve is always changing, evolving, moving forward with the times and the people which inhabit it.
When did we cross the line, and say to ourselves it was a good idea to load shuttles with bookmarks to lag others out, just to gain an advantage?
Or to bait newbies into taking from jetcans?
Or Logging on en masse to lag out and kill someone?
Or using exploits to leave Cyno fields up all day without needing fuel or a player to generate it?
Or even in this case, using an alt to feed enemy fleet activities to your own fleet?
Where do we draw the line?
What do we consider "Honorable" and "Dishonorable"?
Is winning so important that we forget why we play in the first place, to have fun? Is the newest generation of Eve players people that get their fun out of Eve only by winning, even if it means using exploits and shady play?
The bottom line is, a coalition of players as good as Band of Brothers shouldn't need to eavesdrop on Teamspeak to give them an edge in battle.
I know most of you never knew me, and probably don't care. Those of you that do, all I ask is you guys have a private talk on how you want to be remembered when Eve is over and done, and Eve2-Eve5 comes about.
Hidden in this signature is a secret message.
Send me isk, Caracals cost money.
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