crudhunch
Templars of Space
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Posted - 2007.05.15 02:00:00 -
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I like this topic. A lot of people keep saying it is respect but I donÆt entirely believe that. A part of it is respect IÆm sure. But they know they will never be given the respect of the more mature players with their style of play but that is fine by them. I believe that the younger members of the EVE community do give BOB a lot of respect for their ability to defend themselves, and remove enemies alliances extremely well.
While everyone in EVE must agree that they are the best at this, a portion of the community will enjoy and encourage their tactics and give them the respect they desire. However, a larger (just my opinion) portion will never be able to respect their abilities and will always believe all of their accomplishments are tainted and therefore not deserving of any respect. I personally donÆt respect BOB ability to defeat their enemies at all, but will admit they get the job done better than anyone else. That IÆm sure is all they want from me, and they do not really care that I have no respect for them.
Another thing that I think lends itself to this lack of respect is jealousy, and frustration. BOB loves this. They like seeing it in their enemies. They thrive off of the frustration of their opponents. I thought the gentlemanÆs post about the energy was very good. But, many of the members of the EVE community that BOB will never get the respect from are those that are IMO older more mature players who look down upon the ideas that crossing all lines, and doing what ever it takes no matter how shady to achieve your goals. On top of this many of these players are probably people with real lives, and real responsibilities, who do not have the time to invest to achieve what BOB has in a clean and respectable way. This leads to frustration in knowing they can never win EVE, and the typical member of BOB with their typical arrogance doesnÆt help that.
While I donÆt believe that any members of BOB will ever expect to receive any respect from the EVE community I do believe they do take a lot of pride in their alliance, and one of the things they strive for and enjoy is carrying that alliance tag on their ships. I believe they believe that to carry that tag comes with extremely high expectations, and a very large responsibility. This pride IÆm sure fulfils a big feeling of accomplishment in itself. I believe that BOB members want to continue to set goals and to reach them. They have set their long term goals of taking all of 0.0, and they have stated that they will seek out and remove all enemies from the game. I know they do seek out many old enemies and make it a personal goal to harass them to the point that they start new toons. These are their long term goals, but not what I believe they really thrive off of. IÆm sure for the most part like all of us they thrive off of accomplishing shorter term goals. Stuff like the 90 day post. The phases that they have implemented to win EVE.
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