Originally by: Nymysys

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Nez,

BoB are not by and large pvpers (in the sense that they love conflict for the sake of conflict). They are, by and large, people that like to win with a minimum amount of effort, and be idoloized by the masses because of the particular group they belong to. They do not love war, but the spoils of victory. That is why they have been, until relatively recently, very picky about their membership. Up until the Great War, they selected their battles based on a thorough knowledge of their enemy. They knew the targets they picked did not truly want to fight, mere carebears in 0.0. They picked battles they were sure to win, because, God forbid, they should lose.

Since last summer, BoB has been kicked across the galaxy (literally). There have been many occasions where BoB (these mythical pvpvers of yours) could have engaged in PVP on a grand scale. But they did not. Why? Because they knew it would require more effort to prevail than they were willing to muster.

So, enter Fortress Delve. Less effort for their player base to travel to the place of battle, right? Well, itÆs not like they were based out of Delve when they were fighting us in Scalding Pass, Detroid, Feyth. Proximity is not going to make a difference. Their holdings in Catch are as about as close to Delve as one can get, and we have seen their underwhelming performance over the last week or so. And Tortuga is not a sufficient explanation for it.

When the going got tough, many of the old guard left BoB or no longer bother to log in. BoB has been forced to accept the dregs of a thousand failed alliances to fill their ranks. This new blood is what Molle and rest of the BoB's inner circle are depending on to turn the tide, to man the ramparts night after night after night after night, to face the horde against them. All those hopes and dreams rested on the shoulders of pilots that share the singular trait of abandoning their previous brothers and sisters in arms at the time of their greatest need.

The Battle for Fortress Delve will consist of BoB showing up in droves for that first big confrontation, only to be denied the glory of a decisive battle. The same will happen the next night, then the next, then the next. There is nothing more appealing to one of these BoB pvpers of yours than logging in every morning at 0300 (or staying up all night), to sit in a laggy system doing nothing. It has been thus with our entire campaign against them. Eventually, sufficient numbers will not bother, or be distracted somewhere else, and the system will fall. Then the next big confrontation will be set. Rinse and repeat. During this process, more and more people will leave, more and more will not bother logging in, the chance of corp theft will grow. The failure cascade will grow and grow. Heck, some of them are even plotting what to do when Rome burns as I type.

RSF's success lies in that WE are the true pvpers. We play against the players, not their ships or ISK. We know what motivates our enemies, what discourages them. It is a matter of will. BoB lost that battle a long time ago.

Now, of course, there will be a procession of BoB alts and other naysayers that will puff up their little electronic egos and deny my characterizations. Their actions in game say otherwise.

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