Big BillyBob
Caldari
EVE's STORM
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Posted - 2007.02.01 07:09:00 -
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ASCN did something no other collection of EVE players could do: it made an empire outside empire space. I would like to see ANY of you other folks try and do that.
IF you think what you have already is an empire compared to what we had, you're silly, delusional, and sorely mistaken. He wasn't lying when he said EVERY item was avaliable. When you have a self-sustaining empire with no ties to empire space other than for T2 AND have enough stock (made from you're own 0.0 space factories) for everyone to buy for a fight and AGAIN after it is lost, then we'll talk. Bonus points if you're stock is cheaper than empire by at least 15%.
I won't bother commenting on the hopeless lot criticising eachother. I treat each individual I speak with online as I would if I met them face to face. Its called common courtesy folks. I'm not saying that Cyvok's tirade against BoB's 'tactics' was tasteless, but in a disbanding speech I normally only read about the body's history and a 'GG' to the other side. (though I know a 'GG' to BoB (or anyone else)would be the same as saying anything else, most of you guys don't know the meaning of tact) I know you all want to be treated farily, but seriously, at this point most of you don't even deserve a handshake, yet not worth a smack in the face.
Saying you acted 'within the mechanics of the game' means nothing, and while I would normally say "GG, we lost, you won, see you next time or maybe not", this just doesn't sit well with me. Sure the means are there, but SHOULD you use them? I'm sure YOUR answer is yes, but, again, I stress COURTESY. Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD. ASCN didn't use spies to weaken you, or take offers to. As far as I know, we didn't use spies and if there were any, we didn't thrive off of them as much as you did. We tried to keep as far within the courtesy boundary as we could while you continually stepped outside of it. You're choices are you're choices though, and while you may not have technically 'cheated', you still didn't fight on a level moral field.
ASCN might not have been as good at fighting as you guys were, but that isn't the point. ASCN didn't gain satisfaction from being the best fighters, or the largest military force. Ours came from what we made, what we achieved, and how we worked together to get it done so quickly.
My time in ASCN was the best I'd had, and the most productive. I'm done with alliances for the time being, but I pray that another like ASCN will rise up. You can say it will fall again, but as long as an entity like BoB exists - an entity specializing in pure killing - nothing will last forever.
Like Cyvok said, ASCN was bigger and better than a lot of other alliances. The fact that BoB beat us doesn't mean we are weak, but you are weaker and next in line. Good luck, you will need it.
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