Stuart Price
Caldari
The Black Rabbits
The Gurlstas Associates
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Posted - 2008.12.31 20:59:00 -
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Some of my best moments in Eve have happened on/because of Vent/TS.
Such as a former CEO rickrolling the entire bloody channel during a corp meeting. Or the chorus of, "OMG OMG", after I casually announced that I'd ransomed a Dread with an Eagle.
To be honest, the 'need' for a mic depends what you do in game and how seriously you and the rest of your corp take it.
If you're an industrial corp then you shouldn't NEED a mic.
If you're a mission-running corp then you shouldn't NEED a mic.
If you're in a corp that does massive fleet ops and you don't care about being FC, a scout or whatever other position of responsibility then you shouldn't NEED a mic.
If however, you pvp in smaller groups AT ALL, then NOT having a mic and therefore the ability to speak with a single keypress puts your gang at a disadvantage compared to a gang with complete and well managed comms.
It CAN be done without but not as quickly or without distracting as much attention as typing. If the rest of your corp is concerned with actually being able to win, then requiring it's members to have a mic is unfotunately, not really optional. In addition, it's far easier to shout, "HELP! Come save me, I'm being ganked in the top belt by some cruisers!" over vent than it is to type all of that in the correct channel, hoping that everyone has that channel open and reads it in time.
In my experience, the typed request for help is followed literally a few seconds later by, "Doesn't matter, I'm dead now. And got podded while typing :(".
As for those who can't use a mic for whatever medical reason, then that's unfortunate. This is why these conditions are known as disabilities, handicaps or whatever other politically correct term we're on this year: something that is disadvantageous in some way.
Since playing this game with other people is a real world element (other people being real, unless AI is scarily advanced these days) I'll give a real world analogy:
Would the marines let someone fly helicopters for them, no matter how clever, dedicated and willing to sacrifice his life, future and the rest, if he only had one leg?
It might not be fair, but no-one ever said life would be fair.
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