Sunday, December 22, 2013

One Hundred Seventy-Six Billion in Shares Sold

Another glorious victory for the New Order! We have sold over 176 billion in shares. That amounts to a ridiculous number of gank ships reimbursed during our ongoing war against the bot-aspirants. Before we get to the Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ portion of this post, I have a few questions about the share-purchasing process to answer.


Several months ago, Luthien DeTelerin lost a billion isk anti-tanked Orca while conducting unlicensed mining activity. She's certainly come a long way since then: She sent me 5 billion isk to purchase New Order shares. To answer her question, no, I can't keep her donation anonymous. All ownership of New Order shares is public. On occasion, people have gifted shares to other players, or have designated an alt for holding shares, but otherwise it's all in the open. If anyone gives you trouble about owning shares, take heart that you have the full power of the New Order behind you.

I'm frequently asked whether New Order shares serve a dual function, or whether a shareholder needs to buy a mining permit. The answer is that a mining permit is purchased separately. Today we have an extreme example, where Luthien owns 5,000 shares but does not have a mining permit. I'm a man of the law. Luthien remains, technically, a Code violator.

But whatever else she is, the woman's still a shareholder. To that end, Luthien DeTelerin earns a Quintuple Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ for her purchase of 5,000 shares, sending us past the 172, 173, 174, 175, and 176 billion isk marks.

9 comments:

  1. " I'm a man of the law. Luthien remains, technically, a Code violator."

    Be optimistic. Perhaps Luthien doesn't mine any more, making her not a violator. Normally being optimistic as regards highsec miners is a mug's game, but she's a shareholder, after all.

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  2. "anyway... we still have ice mining to handle, as a corp"

    sounds like optimism loses to reality in this case.

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  3. Once converted I realized I wanted to participate fully in the code. I am a ganker, a shareholder, a permit holder and have bumped. Nothing more glorious than being part of the New Order and its grand works!

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  4. So no surprise that all values get thrown out the window when it comes to kissing shareholder ass. It's nice to see these little gems of reality. James' real interest is money. Which is fine but it does deflate the whole pretense of being the savior of highsec. Enforce the code except..... Nice conviction there.

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    1. That is literally the opposite of what the article said..... Nice comprehension there.

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  5. "the full power of the new order behind you"??? You clowns have me trembling in "fear" so bad my ribs are sore....

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    1. Fear of clowns is actually quite common, coulrophobia is the technical term. I suggest covering your eyes and pretending they're not there, waiting patiently for your turn to be reaped.

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    2. Poor lad...to arrogant to see the sarcasm in that statement...

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    3. Yes, you were.

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