Boom Boom Longtime wrote:Serendipity Lost wrote:Boom Boom Longtime wrote:Would like to point out that CPT Bridgehouse has been posting scams as of late in Amar local while in Archetype.
Contract history will verify this.
I assume when you have known scammers in the ranks this should install confidence in anybody prospecting to hire you?
Agreed, when hiring someone to curb stomp my enemies, it only makes sense to hire the most pure the virtuous to engage in honorable combats.
Mercs aren't white knights and they aren't hired to be white knights. They get hired because they fulfill their contractual obligations. I could care less if BillyBoB the merc is boinking his sister or your in game mom between contacts. I care about their results and contract fulfillment reputation.
Ok. Are you trying to suggest that merc corp members scamming per se under the banner of that alliance has no reflection upon the wider picture?
Hmmm, that's a tough one. Actually it's pretty easy. I said what I said and meant what I meant. I said nothing about reflection upon the wider picture. It appears that you're one of those folks that likes to 'read in' a lot of things that aren't there.
I'll big picture this for you. (my view) Eve is a space fantasy game.
I log in and pretend I'm a super awesome space pilot that has billiions of space bucks (it's actually true - in game). Serendipity does a lot of things in Eve that I would consider anywhere from WRONG to DOWN RIGHT HORRIBLE in RL, but OK within the confines of the game. When I log in I bring a certain moral code with me.... sort of. On one hand I won't lie, cheat or steal from other plays - because I want to maintain a reputation that reflects that. On the other hand I destroy a lot of poop - ships, corps, dreams... heck I even do the occasional suicide gank in empire space.
How does this play out with the rest of the game?? Some players I'm sure trust me 100% with all their eve everything. Some hate/loathe/despise me for the 'crimes' I've committed against them. Others go from 'Serendipity who?' to shrugs and indifference.
In game I destroy, ransom and bully. Out of game I'm... a bit older than the average eve player, have a stable and respectable job (I've worked all my life since I was 16), I've raised 3 children (one is out of the house and living on her own), my kids (primary focus of my life) all graduated in the top 5 of their class, excelled in one or multiple sports, played musical instruments, were never pushed (but were encouraged) to excel in all they do. I'm a volunteer fireman.
What does all this have to do with you hiring or not hiring me to do a space game mercenary contract?? Everything and nothing all at the same time.
That's what I was implying by my other response. You feeling me on this?