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Edward Gibbon
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:08:53 -
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I've been playing Eve for years now, longer than I ever planned to. Other games grab my attention from time to time, but I always come back. One of the things that always had me coming back was the community, but that seems to be getting badly fractured. It's been a while now and these CODE people seem to be gaining numbers. They've got their supporters and their detractors.
My problem with them is two fold: They're fanatics (they exactly the same language and tactics of the Gamergate crowd, but that's another post that's just going to cause a lot of problems), and that provokes a fanatical response from those who oppose them. This doesn't ultimately help any one. But my largest problem is their utter insistence that the game be played exactly their way, and the increasing efforts they're going to make sure that Eve is only played their way.
I love the emergent gameplay that I've seen over the years. As someone whose life revolves around economics and sociology, this game never fails to be interesting. That interest is waning though. I've got a family these days. I can mine, and play with the kids at the same time. I can blow stuff up when they're asleep and I can focus more attention on things. These CODE people don't seem to want me mining, and if I'm only going to be able to shoot stuff exclusively, then I'll play other games.
It's like they're trying to turn this into League Of Legends: A game can only be played in one very specific way with a toxic community that enforces those views. |
Jenshae Chiroptera
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:13:41 -
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There are ways to mine successfully and annoy them. (Sending you a mail)
I recommend you join an anti-ganker group to keep up to date on what corporations and individuals you should set red. Then keep local open.
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids
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High Sec needs a stepping stone to other areas of space, where they can grow
Fozzie is treating a symptom.
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Paranoid Loyd
4665
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:26:36 -
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That's cute that you reply to help, haven't you learned to spot CODE alts yet?
"Gankers are just other players, not supernatural monsters who will get you if you don't follow some arbitrary superstition. Haul responsibly and without irrational fear." Masao Kurata
Fix the Prospect!!!
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Jenshae Chiroptera
1311
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:30:59 -
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Paranoid Loyd wrote:That's cute that you reply to help, haven't you learned to spot CODE alts yet? There is always the possibility that they are geniune. Quite a small effort to help throw spanners in CODE's way of play.
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids
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High Sec needs a stepping stone to other areas of space, where they can grow
Fozzie is treating a symptom.
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OverlordY
Interspan
6
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:31:28 -
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Use a skiff. |
Seven Koskanaiken
Positive Failure Black Legion.
1471
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:34:36 -
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There are asteroids outside of high sec, they're about to get a lot better too. |
Zealous Miner
120
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:38:48 -
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Hello friend. Fellow miner here.
I pilot my Procurer with both eyes on the screen and the Good News of James 315 at my side.
I've never had an issue with being ganked while mining. Fly safe. o7
www.minerbumping.com
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Edward Gibbon
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:39:40 -
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Paranoid Loyd wrote:That's cute that you reply to help, haven't you learned to spot CODE alts yet?
I created the alt because I know how Gamergaters/CODE types work, and I'd rather my main be left in peace.
I genuinely want to see if I'm the only one who feels that this CODE thing is going in the direction where you have a very vocal and exceptionally toxic group of people who insist that the game can only be played in their special way. Eve is a large enough universe, with enough to do, that it's resisted this sort of thing quite well.
Personally, AFK mining is a fairly big part of how I play this game and how I enjoy it. Different people coming together to play and enjoy the game, each in their own way, is a huge attraction for me. However I've moved my base of operations to three different regions now, only to encounter the same CODE thing each time. If this is the future of this game and this community then I'm not sure I want to be a part of that... |
Daerrol
Furtherance.
96
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:41:14 -
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Uh? Official only two ways to play EVE: AFK mining and shooting things. |
Edward Gibbon
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:45:02 -
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Seven Koskanaiken wrote:There are asteroids outside of high sec, they're about to get a lot better too.
Very true, and I make a good profit from them too. But there's also great asteroids in 0.7 space where I can leave some drones to protect me from rats while I spend half an hour in the back yard with the kids trying to catch butterflys :) |
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Sequester Risalo
Significant Others
108
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:47:20 -
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There are hundreds of ways to play this game. You picked two. And one of these just might be a little less convenient now. I have yet to encounter one of the so called agents of the code, so I don't know if there is indeed an increased threat.
However, EvE being an MMORPOG you never could completely eliminate player interaction and you shouldn't be able to. |
Schmata Bastanold
Imperial Collective Unsettled.
3036
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:47:31 -
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"Big part of my enjoyment of this game comes from the fact I don't actually play it."
Yeah, right... Obviously CODE is what's wrong with Eve here.
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Hector Skunk
Highsecberg.
46
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:47:56 -
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So you love emergent gameplay as long as it doesn't affect you "negatively" ?
I am Hector Skunk. - "Tisiphone Dira > I feel bullied."
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Seven Koskanaiken
Positive Failure Black Legion.
1472
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:52:55 -
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Edward Gibbon wrote:Seven Koskanaiken wrote:There are asteroids outside of high sec, they're about to get a lot better too. Very true, and I make a good profit from them too. But there's also great asteroids in 0.7 space where I can leave some drones to protect me from rats while I spend half an hour in the back yard with the kids trying to catch butterflys :)
Uh, yea, this is why CODE exists. |
Eve Solecist
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
1880
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Posted - 2015.04.14 13:56:52 -
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Paranoid Loyd wrote:That's cute that you reply to help, haven't you learned to spot CODE alts yet? They're not on our troll sniffing level. *snickers xD*
This one is one of my better posts. You should see the others ....
"I've tried to give up making sexual innuendos. But it's hard, so hard." -RoAnnon
Ron Gilbert made me cry.
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Edward Gibbon
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:00:52 -
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Seven Koskanaiken wrote: Uh, yea, this is why CODE exists.
So a ship, sitting in space, doing literally nothing, is a massive problem?
I'll keep an eye out on this thread, but I think my question has been answered. |
Shiloh Templeton
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
286
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:04:40 -
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Edward Gibbon wrote:It's like they're trying to turn this into League Of Legends: A game can only be played in one very specific way with a toxic community that enforces those views. I really don't agree. I don't particularly care for James 315 after reading some of the diatribes he's written outside of his website, but I've rarely come across a Code member being toxic in local. Code is very easy to avoid either by relocating or tanking.
Perhaps you are just trolling - especially since you're trying to associate this with gamergate.
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Jenn aSide
Smokin Aces.
10705
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:12:10 -
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Edward Gibbon wrote:I've been playing Eve for years now, longer than I ever planned to. Other games grab my attention from time to time, but I always come back. One of the things that always had me coming back was the community, but that seems to be getting badly fractured. It's been a while now and these CODE people seem to be gaining numbers. They've got their supporters and their detractors.
My problem with them is two fold: They're fanatics (they exactly the same language and tactics of the Gamergate crowd, but that's another post that's just going to cause a lot of problems), and that provokes a fanatical response from those who oppose them. This doesn't ultimately help any one. But my largest problem is their utter insistence that the game be played exactly their way, and the increasing efforts they're going to make sure that Eve is only played their way.
I love the emergent gameplay that I've seen over the years. As someone whose life revolves around economics and sociology, this game never fails to be interesting. That interest is waning though. I've got a family these days. I can mine, and play with the kids at the same time. I can blow stuff up when they're asleep and I can focus more attention on things. These CODE people don't seem to want me mining, and if I'm only going to be able to shoot stuff exclusively, then I'll play other games.
It's like they're trying to turn this into League Of Legends: A game can only be played in one very specific way with a toxic community that enforces those views.
The problem is that CODE wants you to "play their way". The big secrets is that don't give 2 {insert slang for intercourse}s about how any one plays, they do what they do because they enjoy the reactions of their targets and the wrap their operation in a propaganda veil that they know will inflame the tender sensibilities of said targets.` Lots of CODE targets are people who came to EVE because "they love sci-fi and want to fly spaceships, I don't care about the rest of it" rather than people who want to play an open world sandbox game.
No, the real problem is high sec itself. It fools people into thinking they are safe, and it helps to keep some "themepark" mmo style players playing EVE (because themepark games protect gamers from other games to a large extent) who otherwise wouldn't. What people like CODE actually do is expose people to the actual mechanical reality of EVE Online, which is like splashing sleep walking people with cold water, and the splashees really doesn't like it.
The real solution is teaching people coming in that the term "high sec" is relative, not absolute. "High" as in "higher than the rest of EVE space" not High as in "a high level of protection from other players". For warned, a player can then decide if he wants to come in to EVE online or not. |
Aralyn Cormallen
Wildly Inappropriate Goonswarm Federation
994
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:17:05 -
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Edward Gibbon wrote:exceptionally toxic group of people
Edward Gibbon wrote:...Gamergaters/CODE types...
Have you considered you might be the toxic one? That's a really nice slur you are aiming at another group of players just because you don't like what they do in a game.
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Nelran Estemaire
No Spoon Inc
19
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:22:33 -
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Sure, there are more ways to play this game than only one.
Forgive me if I insult you in any way but have to considered other options other than mining to play the game? There are other passive playstyles than mining in this game, allowing you to play the game and with your kids at the same time.
From my point of view you see at this in to ways, either give up on the game or apapt, I really struggle to see adapting as a limiting way to play the game. |
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Lady Ayeipsia
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
879
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:23:38 -
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Code tends to operate in a limited area. I have mined happily in an out of the way hi sec spot with no troubles.
Heck even in Otela, I rarely see CODE. They stick to their area and rarely spread out.
Don't confuse a vocal minority on the forums for a majority in game. They are not an issue to most places in high sec.
And if you are that stressed/worried, switch to mission mining. They are even less likely to probe you down and the mining will still leave you free to chase butterflies. |
Ned Thomas
Signal Cartel EvE-Scout Enclave
1570
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:26:57 -
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Are sure there's even one way to play this game?
Don't get lost alone - Join Signal Cartel, New Eden's premier haven for explorers!
Onward to Thera with Eve Scout
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Iroquoiss Pliskin
Hedion University Amarr Empire
274
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:37:11 -
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Locator Agents are being operated in overdrive.
// Turret-Equivalent of the Rapid ML Concept
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Cruisers Online - [Damage done in PvP by Shiptype]
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Samwise Everquest
Run and Gun Mercenary Corps Forsaken Asylum
124
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Posted - 2015.04.14 14:42:23 -
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Uh do people actually consider code a threat? If you fit your barge around tanking 2 catalyst, you will stop 95% of the ganks in highsec. Actually being at the keyboard will probably raise that statistic to 99. If you can't adapt to **** fit catalysts being flown by 400k sp alts then I don't know what to tell you.
Run and Gun Mercenary Corps looking for work. Pras Phil.
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Seven Koskanaiken
Positive Failure Black Legion.
1474
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Posted - 2015.04.14 15:11:47 -
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Edward Gibbon wrote:Seven Koskanaiken wrote: Uh, yea, this is why CODE exists.
So a ship, sitting in space, doing literally nothing, is a massive problem? I'll keep an eye out on this thread, but I think my question has been answered.
OK too much reddit. I'm completely out of form for GD. |
Ro Fenrios
Armilies corporation Balcora Gatekeepers
77
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Posted - 2015.04.14 15:13:24 -
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I do like to pvp in procurer or hull tanked retriever from time to time. |
Dirk Magnum
KarmaFleet Goonswarm Federation
423
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Posted - 2015.04.14 15:28:51 -
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CODE and its allied Agents can't force you to play the game in any particular way. We can however try to compel you to adapt within the sandbox. CODE is a force within the game seeking to bend a certain segment of players to their will, much like Goonswarm is seeking to bend the players in the Delve region to ours. This game is just a cycle of influence. Take away the ability of players to influence goings-on in Highsec (i.e. the creation of a "safe space") defeats the purpose of this game.
Only CCP can force changes, and this is one that they've steadfastly refused to force. Even with all the buffs to Highsec security over the years (and there have been A LOT), they've left open enough room for gankers to adapt and keep doing their thing. It's on the miners and afkers to adapt in turn.
-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á-á "LIVE FAST DIE."
- traditional Minmatar ethos [citation needed]
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Nicolai Serkanner
Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts Co. Brave Collective
338
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Posted - 2015.04.14 16:13:33 -
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Edward Gibbon wrote:I've been playing Eve for years now, longer than I ever planned to. Other games grab my attention from time to time, but I always come back. One of the things that always had me coming back was the community, but that seems to be getting badly fractured. It's been a while now and these CODE people seem to be gaining numbers. They've got their supporters and their detractors.
My problem with them is two fold: They're fanatics (they exactly the same language and tactics of the Gamergate crowd, but that's another post that's just going to cause a lot of problems), and that provokes a fanatical response from those who oppose them. This doesn't ultimately help any one. But my largest problem is their utter insistence that the game be played exactly their way, and the increasing efforts they're going to make sure that Eve is only played their way.
I love the emergent gameplay that I've seen over the years. As someone whose life revolves around economics and sociology, this game never fails to be interesting. That interest is waning though. I've got a family these days. I can mine, and play with the kids at the same time. I can blow stuff up when they're asleep and I can focus more attention on things. These CODE people don't seem to want me mining, and if I'm only going to be able to shoot stuff exclusively, then I'll play other games.
It's like they're trying to turn this into League Of Legends: A game can only be played in one very specific way with a toxic community that enforces those views.
Your problem is that you are not plying the game but are AFK taking care of your children. CODE. helps you realize that you in order to play this game you have to actually be at the keyboard. You are no loss to the community because you're not part of the community while being AFK. |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
6552
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Posted - 2015.04.14 16:14:00 -
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Stealth dual mode thread. Anti-GG. Go ahead and launch your aGGro tropes. They will all fail. Pro CODE. CODE. is actually shrinking in numbers and they are not as active as they were previously. Saying they are growing in numbers is a "stone soup" maneuver. in some areas of operation their activity curve is generally flat. In the highsec gank pipelines they are down.
Nice try.
Bring back DEEEEP Space!
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Nicolai Serkanner
Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts Co. Brave Collective
338
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Posted - 2015.04.14 16:15:38 -
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Jenshae Chiroptera wrote:Paranoid Loyd wrote:That's cute that you reply to help, haven't you learned to spot CODE alts yet? There is always the possibility that they are geniune ( or that a miner will read my response and want to know more.) Quite a small effort to help throw spanners in CODE's way of play.
Helping by sending people to not excisting anti-gank groups? Perhaps you better teach him to be AFK and how to fit his barge.
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