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NO BRAKES
GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.08.16 13:54:00 -
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Is The Imperial Order formed from an out of game group or is it just that I've seen a lot of other guys in WoW, SWG, etc with the same name?
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Astasia Orian
Black Eclipse Corp Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.08.16 14:05:00 -
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The name is a rip of something from Terry Goodkind's fantasy series so it's prolly a different group every time.
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Ather Ialeas
Amarr Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United Cult of War
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Posted - 2007.08.16 14:10:00 -
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FinFleet is part of FinNexus which is a multi-game community. I believe Fury Ry (another Finnish multi-game community) tried to get people interested of EVE at one point but I think they failed. Also Karjala Inc/IRON has lately evolved into a multi-game community, it was born as purely EVE commune though. [ insert fancy sig here ] |
Barwinius
Ars ex Discordia
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Posted - 2007.08.16 14:25:00 -
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Ars ex Discordia is one of two corps recruiting off of the ArsTechnica community. |
Ian Novarider
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.08.16 14:26:00 -
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Yazuka Crime Syndicate YCS is a multi game community, having originated in Star Wars Galaxies. http://www.zodiacmatrix.com/ycs/forums/category-view.asp
As a corp in EVE it was short lived , as most players have only joined EVE for a short time, looking for the spaceflight aspect they knew from SWG. Since then the remaining YCS members have joined other corporations and alliances in EVE.
Many YCS players are either back in SWG (it changed for the better in 2007) or playing WoW (the mayority) & Lord of the Rings Online. Some are looking forward to Warhammer and Conan.
Have fun
Quote: Ceterum censeo BoB delendam esse.
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thoth foc
Destructive Influence Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.08.16 15:11:00 -
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I have always been quite interested in this type of behaviour. While certainly there is the obvious benefits to ingame group being a subsection of a greater community. There are also benefits to being a group solely focused on a single game. (One methods strength is largely anothers weakness)
Originally by: cal nereus
The point I'm trying to get at is that Goonfleet was formed by people who were comrades before they started playing, and thus the ties that bind the corporation are fairly strong..
Being comrades outside of eve is certainly a help when it comes to 'fun' aspects of game and things like recruiting new players to the game, but i'm not sure it is overly relevant to goal based game play, when the goals are ingame achievements. If your a skilled pilot looking for fun CS style eve play, being a member of a community really going to help when your being told regularly "hey this is a mandatory op.. you'll be lagged to hell or bored out of your mind.. just do it". It is easy to be 'fun' when your not under pressure, but during major wars, you have largely fleet lag and POS shooting to look forward to right until the war is over. Game focused groups recruit the type of player that fits their style. Community recruitment, recruits number and hopes enough stay to achieve their leaderships goals.
From experience of other games, the larger outside community associated with an ingame group, the easier it becomes to get spies into ingame groups, and at a certain point the outside community becomes detrimental to a successful (achievement based) ingame group. Recruiting inexperienced players works to an extent, usually until the ingame group start losing members to more "fun" (in eve, non territorial) groups, which eventually large groups do.
Originally by: cal nereus
A Goon is a Goon right from the start, joins the alliance, then joins the game, is pursuing the group's collective goal, and only leaves if the Goonswarm, alliance, 0.0, or fleet battle aspects of the game don't appeal to them.
And if the "goon" is a member of another community already? This type of recruitment has strengths, but it also has weaknesses.. _________________________ xMenta (DSMA) xBOS (CA) xATUK (.5.) DICE (BOB) Elcyion Lacar
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Namelesz
Tachyon Combined Technologies
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Posted - 2007.08.16 15:35:00 -
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TCT was formed originally from a couple HomeWorld/Cataclysm clans which were multi-game; involved in also Mechwarrior, ORB, GR, and a couple others.
Oh yea, and just like here in Eve, we used to bash Kayo back then too. LOL!
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Kymlicka
GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.08.16 15:46:00 -
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Originally by: cal nereus Oh, and we can't forget Goonwaffe. Good ol' forgotten Goonwaffe is a lot like Goonswarm, but smaller and less controversile.
Goonwaffe was the Goonfleet spillover corporation before the skill Sovereignty was released, which allowed us to merge Fleet, Waffe, and Platoon.
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Imhothar Xarodit
Minmatar Wolverine Solutions Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.16 15:46:00 -
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Wolverine Solutions has been formed 7 years before the beginning of EVE as a Mechwarrior clan.
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Paddlefoot Aeon
Neogen Industries Fallen Souls
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Posted - 2007.08.16 15:57:00 -
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Though not my corp, I know that Synergy Evolved is a multi-game clan, that started long before EVE was on the map... though I think when they joined EVE... their real clan name of "Synergy" was taken, so they became Synergy Evolved.
Hydraslav, anything you wanna add? -----------------------------------------------
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Iasius
Warp Angels Free Trade Zone.
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Posted - 2007.08.16 16:00:00 -
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My first mmo clan was The Halibuts in Planetside, we created the 100 Max suit zerg on bases. Did Wow with the fish now roped some of them to my corp. . Warp Angels - Acorns To Trees. Now Recruiting. |
ForumPosterAlt
HERRO KITTY
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Posted - 2007.08.16 16:04:00 -
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There are many corporations and alliances like that.
What makes entities like goonfleet and WANG unique are that they are recruited from out-of-game websites like something aweful and penny arcade. And then their leaders, like any good leader does, molds them into shape. Goonfleet in particular takes people that have never played before and throw them straight into 0.0 space, losing many ships early on and often.
And imo, what makes Goonfleet special is that they don't know how to lose. Beat them up, take all their isk, take their systems, who cares, most of them have never learned to covet their eve-stuff for being baptized in 0.0 pvp at birth.
Their overall success in sovereignty wars is due to the strategists in their coalition, which all eve players should recognized as some of the best, if not the best, at what they do.
For the rest of the goons, they don't care about their stuff, the amount of isk in their wallet, or whatever the hell is going on with the complicated sovereignty, they just want to jump into a ship they can currently afford to lose and go shoot the enemy.
I mean, how do you defeat an unrelenting, demoralization immune enemy? You can win battles, you can declare victory, you can call them all sorts of names, you can be indisputably superior in all ways, but if they never stop fighting you then.. what does any of that really mean?
Because posting on the forums is serious business. |
Graalum
Foundation R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.08.16 16:38:00 -
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Originally by: Hardin Titans pwned all in Planetarion (with help of LDK).
(I was also in Elysium one round and also Wolfpack - if anyone remembers them)
I was even in #2 gal one round. EVE is like a holiday camp compared to the dedication needed to be a leading planet in PA.
Legion (VTS) are in EVE - I recently created an alliance for them.
Also some Blue Tubas I think...
Oooooomph...
It was Xanadu's announcement they were leaving PA which made me check out EVE for the first time.
Many of the members of Imperial Dreams (the biggest CVA corp) all came from a different game called TDZK which I never played...
I was in elysium for a bit, and i remember the wolfpack, and legion and vts. I was a bit too young to remember it clearly, other than that game destroying my life. After a while i got banned from the forums and quit during the long gaps in time.
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Righteous Fury
Slacker Industries Exuro Mortis
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Posted - 2007.08.16 17:04:00 -
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The leadership of SL has been gaming together for 6+ years, having come from the C&C community - a number of us ran or worked for fansites of the time. The rest of the corp has a varied background, but through our Eve link we've expanded into several other games as well.
I think you'll find that Goonswarm is hardly unique.
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sharkyballs
Amarr Dkiller Delta Force Corp. Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.16 17:06:00 -
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Edited by: sharkyballs on 16/08/2007 17:08:08
Originally by: Sakura Nihil If I remember right, wasn't ASCN formed in Earth & Beyond?
I know for a fact a corp called the Arrow Project came from an online browser game called Earth 2025, but other than that nothing really rings a bell.
ah, good ol earth 2025. i played that game for a few years. i remember lots of people talking about eve and wow on alliance and game forums over there. an old buddy from that game is who first told me to try eve. i never looked back and also never looked anywhere else. eve is what i've been looking for since pong.
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stormyfs911
Minmatar Red Dwarf Mining Corporation
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Posted - 2007.08.16 17:40:00 -
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OOooommmppphhh!!
Thought I recognised the name 'hirr' from somewhere.. still suicidal hamsters? :D Alas, I only know of the old planetarion alliances... Have seen Legion (Victorie te Salutant), FURY, Xanadu, hirr.. closest I've seen to BT was 'Big Blue' though :( VtS started as a PA alliance, then went into multi-gaming after (i think) Eve.
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cal nereus
Bounty Hunter - Dark Legion Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.16 18:17:00 -
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Originally by: G0rF I think there may be a lot more of these cross-game communities forming Eve Corps than you might be aware of...
I believe you are right. I'm reading these response and I'm pleasantly surprised. As someone said, Goonswarm is just big, and that's really why I noticed it. These others are impressive, albeit smaller. I can only see as far in front of me as my own hand though. ---
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Del369
Caldari Office linebackers Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.16 18:32:00 -
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World War 2 Online anyone ? There's a ton of us here. A lot of DLINE havw known each other for 7 years, meeting every year for a weekend of gaming and boozing
Originally by: Saladin Edit: I never post disclaimers in any of my more contrversial posts because I think anyone who thinks I am speaking for anyone other than myself is a muppet anyways.
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Mah Kraah
Minmatar Masuat'aa Matari Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2007.08.16 18:45:00 -
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played some planetarion rounds took part in the big rush on roman fortress (as noob attacker) cofounded a german spoken alliance(templar), we mostly worked with xan and friends against vts fury ... xan departur to eve brought me here but due to a old weak computer i needed to whait too long to follw, once i was in eve xan was already fading. our alliance also worked with new dawn and hirr at one point (also in eve)
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Contortioner
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2007.08.16 18:57:00 -
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Originally by: Del369 World War 2 Online anyone ? There's a ton of us here. A lot of DLINE havw known each other for 7 years, meeting every year for a weekend of gaming and boozing
PWBSMBS?
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Prydeless
Vengeance of the Fallen Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.16 19:07:00 -
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Originally by: Astasia Orian Edited by: Astasia Orian on 16/08/2007 11:07:59 (congrats, you paid 10bux, you have a 'unique culture', now go kill those other guys)
Can we bring the dark lord into this thread somehow?
Yes we can and thanks for asking!
Soooo BOW BEFORE THE DARK LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I am a God. |
Diehard Si
UK1 Zero Red Moon Federation
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Posted - 2007.08.16 19:12:00 -
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Edited by: Diehard Si on 16/08/2007 19:12:52
Originally by: Colonel Ripper
Bastards, I think I remember being plasmaed back into base several times by them :?
TOG isnt an alliance, but our greater community has around 10000 members, and we play in many many games. Most of the guys that I have been in corp with over the years are friends from other games. In fact, half our command staff used to play planetside together.
The biggest advantage I always felt it gave us was an element of trust that can be difficult to gain in EVE
I remember playing TOG in your first Bf2 match i think, I was commanding UK1 at the time. Thats if you are the UK TOG anyway.
UK1 is ( or was ) a multi gaming clan. Funnily enough it was the arrival of Eve to the clan, and the disappointment of BF2142 that kind of saw the end of it. UK1 Zero now contines for the Eve players, and a place for the old UK1 members that didn't want the clan to die.
Bring quake wars or another good shooter and i'm sure we'll rise again --------------------------------------
Lets face it, people that use the word 'noob' are blatantly either 12 or with more friends on the internet than in real life! |
Staytham Valve
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Posted - 2007.08.16 20:17:00 -
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It's perhaps interesting to look and see what corps went on to other games and played together successfully in other worlds.
I half remember toward the end of the Curse Alliance, VOTF going off to form a guild in WOW and I'm sure Shinra had a BF Vietnam clan going, although their only noteworthy contribution there was to offer cheap gob jobs around the back of the Quang Tri Citadel.
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AegriSomnia
Caldari Battlestars GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.08.16 20:20:00 -
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Originally by: Vasili Z THEIR BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP ARE UNMATCHED.
Give me a break, throw this **** out.
Jealous much?
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Quasar Black
Minmatar Rens 911
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Posted - 2007.08.16 20:24:00 -
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Goons aren't necessarily "friends" per say. Its more that they have to stick together because the only people who "get" goons are other goons. Personally I would have no problem with many of my goon brethren suffering some sort of horrible fate, but at the end of the day I'll stick by them because they're the only other people who understand when I laugh at a tragedy, or poo my pants.
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Fassin Zakalwe
Amarr BlueTuba
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Posted - 2007.08.16 21:09:00 -
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Edited by: Fassin Zakalwe on 16/08/2007 21:09:49 Lots of Planetarion folk were concentrated around Fountain and Delve when it was CFS (back when I was floating around 5-6 with my first toon). The Ooooomph brand still remains, albeit at a slightly diminished capacity. ;)
Xanadu was probably PA's biggest successful transfer - although hirr are still around of course, although I've been told not many PAers are left running things. Ah and we can't forget DICE, many of whom will recall 4am ETA6 "incs".
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Kvaell
Minmatar Terra Incognita Dark Matter Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.16 21:19:00 -
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Edited by: Kvaell on 16/08/2007 21:19:33 To the OP What is the point of this topic? Sure SA members are proud of it and it's no surprise that EVE players have something in common have easier to get along than the random guy you recruit to the corp. I really don't see what you want to show with this topic.
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Marcus Xero
UKCS corp Mass Destruction.
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Posted - 2007.08.16 22:40:00 -
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screw other games, i crossed over from bf1942, still play it...same as a few of my other eve friends
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Xurx
Wreckless Abandon Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.08.17 00:42:00 -
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Them Goons are a real band of brothers
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NokNok
Sturmgrenadier Inc R i s e
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Posted - 2007.08.17 00:42:00 -
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Xanadu is still active in a few games like Everquest 2(high end raiding) and Vanguard. I've actually been with their EQ2 squad for nearly 3 years now till I went over to VG and very soon after that Eve. You might also find them in PoTBS soon.
SG is also multigaming like Xanadu is. That's what got me to sign up with them. I've joined them recently in Eve and I see a lot of old Xanadu players tagged red now ;)
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