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Hull Cleaver
Caldari
Mala Fide Corp
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Posted - 2006.12.18 18:59:00 -
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Edited by: Hull Cleaver on 18/12/2006 19:02:52
As a full fledged subscriber of the Rumor Mill Gazette, I often browse of the basic dribble of ludicrous posts in search of that one little hidden jewel of information that gets me all warm and fuzzy inside...
Coming across an article about an alliance smack talking BoB is a very common occurance, but when I hear Dusk til Dawn is warming up the war machine I had to take a second look as I cross their paths almost daily.
I personally would have to think that after the great demise of the Titan that everyone would be off in their own little space trying to decide if it was a fair drop or if some exploit had been used to smash the hopes of the Titan Pilot for years to come, but an announcement of this proportion hasn't happened in years and certainly tosses a shadow on the recent actions of the BoB fleet.
With BoBs reputation leaving a bad tast in most pilots mouths...will D2 find the obvious support they need to perform a frontal assault in BoB claimed space? Or will people stand down, pull up lawn chairs and observe from a safe distance.
Back in the days when I used to play daily, BoB was this huge, smack-talking blob of pilots creeping across space like a massive glasure. Since my return to space for the last 6 months, I see they are a huge smack-talking blob of pilots that moves a bit faster....But I give you much respect. You have managed to hold together a vast amount of corps and I read that you back up your talk....."salute"
Now D2 is another beast all together....they remind me of a pack of high dollar, crooked toothed defense laywers..they twist, minipulate, and other-wise "tell you what you want to hear" all the while distracting you with the right hand while the left hand steals your candy.
Again, I have to extend a measure of respect to an alliance that has managed to find a way to excell in a game by other means then just sheer force. Your game of wit and deceipt has certainly launched you into a rank all of your own.
But how will such different play styles be effective weapons against the other?
I personally don't see empty promises and slight of hands being adequate tools against the grinding Nemesis of BoB. Can a person use mind games against a person who follows orders blindly with no thought?
D2's best bet is to continue begging your neighbors to "take up arms and show those BoB bast@rds they don't own this whole game"
But from what I hear....you better break out the engineers and start building new bridges to replace all the ones you have burned in the recent past....
One final thought......Are your clones up to date??nullnull
Commander HullCleaver
Mala Fide CEO |
Hull Cleaver
Caldari
Mala Fide Corp
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Posted - 2006.12.18 19:23:00 -
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Don't get me wrong. I am not biased towards either party because I dont care for either party.
A couple of my RL friends fly in D2 and have offered me a place to call home, but I would rather keep my little band of buddies together without getting involved in the upcomming war dec.
And from what I was told BoB was already aware of the situation...so no prodding intended from this post...
Im just wondering if D2 actually stands a chance? Because all you ever read about is the mighty fleet called Blob...err...BoB
Commander HullCleaver
Mala Fide CEO |
Hull Cleaver
Caldari
Mala Fide Corp
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Posted - 2006.12.18 21:44:00 -
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Well it certainly appears that a decent fight will ensue...
No one can really clearly answer the question.
While BoB has the obvious numbers, D2 has gathering a good number of decent PvP corps to its side.
My members are urging me to lean towards D2 as we have mutual friends within its corps but small corps have it rough already and BoB tends to hold a grudge...lol
Commander HullCleaver
Mala Fide CEO |
Hull Cleaver
Caldari
Mala Fide Corp
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Posted - 2006.12.19 01:50:00 -
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Thanks for finally chiming in Krystal. I was hoping you would lend us some insight on the D2 question at hand....
Could BoB infact not only hold out against the numbers D2 is gathering, or better yet defeat them?
They do not appear to be as ill organized as ASCN was towards the end. My guess is that everyone south of Cloud Ring has been approached so far. That leaves alot of painful road to travel if they actually jump on the wagon with D2
Commander HullCleaver
Mala Fide CEO |
Hull Cleaver
Caldari
Mala Fide Corp
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Posted - 2006.12.19 06:11:00 -
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Edited by: Hull Cleaver on 19/12/2006 06:13:11
Edited by: Hull Cleaver on 19/12/2006 06:12:29
Just to make it clearer why I was asking this question let me throw out a hypathetical.
D2 has become thirsty for more space, but their play style does not allow them to rush into a forward assault, but rather find a bunch of little minion corps to do their bidding.
Lets say further that they have been sitting in the background observing the situation with ASCN and waiting for the possibility of BoB to take a serious blow and show a weak spot in their armor.
As is obvious, ASCN has taken a series of drastic blows and they are scattered and beaten, but they are hardly gone entirely. A good group of movers and shakers like D2 could swoop in scoop up the remnants of ASCN with promises of help and begin regrouping their corps. At the same time they begin a PR war about the overwhelming power of BoB and how someone needs to step up to those guys. They seed the populous with claims and intel that BoBs intentions are to move north in its next mighty move to conquer all of 0.0 and they begin to spread this fear to all D2 neighbors saying they will be in the path unless we stand together....
While my little corp will most certainly not be on the list of recruites for this endeavor, I can confirm that this very situation seems to be happening right now.
Killboards for the corps located in the Fountain, Syndicate and Outer Ring area will show that unlikley corps are now flying together.
We may just go jump in hulks and wait for this to be over.....good luck to both sides
Commander HullCleaver
Mala Fide CEO |
Hull Cleaver
Caldari
Mala Fide Corp
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Posted - 2006.12.27 08:24:00 -
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My original reason for posting this thread was not to put BoB against D2, that is already in the works...my reason was because I no very little about the actual PvP end of the game and my little corp has been flourishing in an area that is now being threatened by D2.
From all the posts I have read in the past 2 hours, it seems that D2 may not be large enough to take on BoB solo, but the fact is, they are growing daily in their recruiting of help. Just this holiday weekend they moved a massive fleet into the Outer Ring and logged them off. This is not 7 jumps from where my corp calls its home. They have gotten half the residence there to join their forces and are growing like the BORG.
So my point is not to simply toss another BoB post out there, but to see if this thing will pass quickly or do these things take a long time and should I move my family back into empire for a while?
There are only a few corp/alliances in my area that are willing to stand up to the snowball approaching, and none of them are open to recruiting corps right now so my choices are limited
Commander HullCleaver
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