Originally by: Mike Huckabee

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Originally by: ChoppinBrocolli

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Goonswarm

Most of GoonswarmÆs initial focus came from where I wanted my own corp to go. The fundamental, founding philosophy of GF was to function from empire as a group of mercs for hire. With that goal as our aim, our early months/years were one resounding success after another. We found other pilots of similar desire and began to build something truly special.

Then EVE evolved and, with the advent of cap ships (and talk of Tech 3 requiring 0.0 research) we gambled and placed a foothold in 0.0, as an opportunity had presented itself to do so without openly declaring hostilities with the intention of taking real estate from someone (which would make us look quite un-mercenary-like).

That gamble turned out to have two major consequences (among other minor ones) û we, in no uncertain terms, dominated the arena of capital fleet combat for nearly a year, easily outstripping any other alliance sans the major powerhouses such as BoB / RA, etc... This sent us far ahead of the curve in 0.0 potency and in being able to control 0.0 real estate (whether that control was for ourselves or for a client). The other consequence was that it created a home that required regular maintenance and defense.

The former is an advantage that is now long gone. The latter turns out to be relatively difficult to manage for a PvP alliance that prided itself on being small and almost exclusively invitation only. Either way, for quite some time, many of us were already struggling to see how we could continue to play the mercenary card in our current (now former) space.

Alliances today with less than 1200-1500 members can't realistically hold their own space unless they team up with others, which was counter to GSs stance/style/decision etc to remain neutral/independent as possible. By way of GSÆs 'elite' mentality and our just plain small size, GS alone always lacked the manpower to do much on our own. This was our choice and it proved to be both a boon and a bane on many occasions.

GSÆs specialty was always being the ætip of the spearÆ, such as we were last year in the war against D2. We were always a comparatively tiny alliance. The largest GS-only gang I have ever seen in over three years topped out at 108 pilots. Considering the impact weÆve had, I still find that rather amazing.

The Coalition

The Coalition was conceived with the best intentions for the alliance as a whole based upon the reading of the situation at the time. It was not the way I would have steered the alliance, but my path was considered to be growing stale by far too many.

So we took a chance to go completely and violently æindependentÆ and everything that could go wrong did go wrong, including massive holes in both leadership and participation for a variety of reasons. I was not prepared, nor did I want, to spend several weeks / months leading yet another æcrusadeÆ of alliances. By a trick of fate and a case of bad timing, thatÆs exactly where I ended up again.

I kept the alliance alive for the past few months mainly because I had hoped Dri Kulsane would be able to return and find a way to take it in the direction he originally intended. When that didnÆt happen, IÆm sure many saw the writing on the wall.

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Let me perform oral sex on you by posting mad props.

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Originally by: Scatim Helicon

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After much head scratching over the best way to achieve our goals of completely ruining EVE for everyone, we decided the best way would be to let one alliance (BoB) take over the whole of 0.0 so that Tranquility becomes a stagnant wasteland just like the Chinese server.

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Originally by: Chap Man

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Edited by: Chap Man on 05/05/2008 15:59:08
I could be wrong but I believe Goon and Co. said they would defeat BoB and take Delve(remember the whole Dine in NOL thing?). Not judge the war on how much space they were able to take. What is the official stance on this?

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Originally by: Malachon Draco

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Originally by: Doctor Oda

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Originally by: Mike Huckabee

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You cannot win an offensive war.

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Please tell that to ASCN.

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You have an awful big mouth for someone who has been in BoB for all of 2 weeks.

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Originally by: Doctor Oda

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lmao noob.

i will post with my main once his forum ban is over, happy?

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Originally by: Shinori

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we will be ready once more with fresh new hate for them.

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Originally by: Avon

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Originally by: Shinori

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we will be ready once more with fresh new hate for them.

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Calm down.

This all sounds terribly serious.

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Originally by: Martin VanBuren

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STOP POSTING

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Originally by: Malachon Draco

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Originally by: Doctor Oda

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Originally by: Mike Huckabee

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You cannot win an offensive war.

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Please tell that to ASCN.

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You have an awful big mouth for someone who has been in BoB for all of 2 weeks.

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Originally by: Ur235

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Goons failed like we knew they would.
The coalaition turned on each other like we knew it would.
Bob became stronger out of it like we knew they would.
MC folded after turning there backs on BoB like we knew they would

To the future now who knows whats gonna happen I have no idea

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Originally by: ChoppinBrocolli

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Goonswarm

Most of GoonswarmÆs initial focus came from where I wanted my own corp to go. The fundamental, founding philosophy of GF was to function from empire as a group of mercs for hire. With that goal as our aim, our early months/years were one resounding success after another. We found other pilots of similar desire and began to build something truly special.

Then EVE evolved and, with the advent of cap ships (and talk of Tech 3 requiring 0.0 research) we gambled and placed a foothold in 0.0, as an opportunity had presented itself to do so without openly declaring hostilities with the intention of taking real estate from someone (which would make us look quite un-mercenary-like).

That gamble turned out to have two major consequences (among other minor ones) û we, in no uncertain terms, dominated the arena of capital fleet combat for nearly a year, easily outstripping any other alliance sans the major powerhouses such as BoB / RA, etc... This sent us far ahead of the curve in 0.0 potency and in being able to control 0.0 real estate (whether that control was for ourselves or for a client). The other consequence was that it created a home that required regular maintenance and defense.

The former is an advantage that is now long gone. The latter turns out to be relatively difficult to manage for a PvP alliance that prided itself on being small and almost exclusively invitation only. Either way, for quite some time, many of us were already struggling to see how we could continue to play the mercenary card in our current (now former) space.

Alliances today with less than 1200-1500 members can't realistically hold their own space unless they team up with others, which was counter to GSs stance/style/decision etc to remain neutral/independent as possible. By way of GSÆs 'elite' mentality and our just plain small size, GS alone always lacked the manpower to do much on our own. This was our choice and it proved to be both a boon and a bane on many occasions.

GSÆs specialty was always being the ætip of the spearÆ, such as we were last year in the war against D2. We were always a comparatively tiny alliance. The largest GS-only gang I have ever seen in over three years topped out at 108 pilots. Considering the impact weÆve had, I still find that rather amazing.

The Coalition

The Coalition was conceived with the best intentions for the alliance as a whole based upon the reading of the situation at the time. It was not the way I would have steered the alliance, but my path was considered to be growing stale by far too many.

So we took a chance to go completely and violently æindependentÆ and everything that could go wrong did go wrong, including massive holes in both leadership and participation for a variety of reasons. I was not prepared, nor did I want, to spend several weeks / months leading yet another æcrusadeÆ of alliances. By a trick of fate and a case of bad timing, thatÆs exactly where I ended up again.

I kept the alliance alive for the past few months mainly because I had hoped Dri Kulsane would be able to return and find a way to take it in the direction he originally intended. When that didnÆt happen, IÆm sure many saw the writing on the wall.

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Originally by: Malachon Draco

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Originally by: Doctor Oda

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Originally by: Mike Huckabee

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You cannot win an offensive war.

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Please tell that to ASCN.

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You have an awful big mouth for someone who has been in BoB for all of 2 weeks.

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Originally by: Faekurias

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Edited by: Faekurias on 05/05/2008 22:19:52
Statistics:

[<OHGOD> GoonSwarm] 3 Constellations 22 Stations/Outposts 148 Systems 4998 Members
[<BOB> Band of Brothers]3 Constellations 24 Stations/Outposts 88 Systems 2764 Members


Both said to kill the other one, both are far from dead.
It will be interesting to see what the future holds.

(Stolen from "Outpost Alert")

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Originally by: TWD

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Originally by: Faekurias

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Edited by: Faekurias on 05/05/2008 22:19:52
Statistics:

[<OHGOD> GoonSwarm] 3 Constellations 22 Stations/Outposts 148 Systems 4998 Members
[<BOB> Band of Brothers]3 Constellations 24 Stations/Outposts 88 Systems 2764 Members


Both said to kill the other one, both are far from dead.
It will be interesting to see what the future holds.

(Stolen from "Outpost Alert")

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Nice, looks like we're the #1 alliance again in EVE... in holding the most stations!

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Originally by: thoth foc

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edit: free bump for a goon alt moral blog

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Originally by: Martika Ray

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Goons are for the lulz... Why they like it or not.. They¦re a joke...

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