Saturday, January 26, 2019

An Agent's Duties Under the Code, Part 1

You know, it's funny. When the rebels and skeptics offer their opinions about the Code, the same two complaints pop up time and again. First, they argue that the Code does not exist: "It's not a real thing," they say. "It's not in the EULA. It's nonsense. Nobody needs to follow your fake Code."

The second complaint: "You're not following your own CODE!"

Nobody ever accused the rebels of being consistent.

Despite their supposed disbelief in the Code, miners often whine about Agents not following it. It became a common refrain so early on that it earned a spot on the Miner Bingo board. To this day, I frequently get EVEmails from miners and other carebears who complain that an Agent violated the Code by ganking them. (I'm still waiting for one of these complaints to actually hold up under scrutiny.)

It goes further. The anti-Code crowd accuses Agents not only of disobeying the Code, but of disobeying phantom provisions that aren't even in the Code! "The Code doesn't exist, but you need to stop breaking these rules that aren't in it."

Nobody ever accused the rebels of being logical.

The common thread is that carebears think our Agents should be held to a higher standard--by a set of rules that they say should be ignored. The bot-aspirant miner sneers, "I print out your Code and use it for toilet paper." Which is quickly followed by, "Hey! Weren't you supposed to check to see if I was AFK first?!"

How can we resolve this apparent discrepancy?

Well, for one thing, carebears are hypocrites. For whatever reason, grinding isk through PvE in highsec tends to bring out the worst in people. Even by their own standards, the miners are thoroughly loathsome. They lie constantly--and then complain about scammers. They call their opponents griefers and bullies--and then write EVEmails with racist death threats. They accuse others of cheating and breaking the EULA--and then download macro-mining programs. They wring their hands over the fate of new players--and then abuse and exploit them in terrible corporations with confiscatory taxes and ore buyback programs.

Carebears are a selfish and greedy lot. No matter what the situation, they want to have it both ways. They crave 100% safety in highsec, of course; they see a moral dimension to it. "You're a sociopath if you shoot my internet spaceship in a spaceship combat game. And you're the scum of the earth if you manage to get my pod, too."

On the other hand, the carebear craves revenge. He would not hesitate to shoot at a spaceship that belonged to someone who ganked him--if the opportunity presented itself. Granted, they would find some way to muck it up, since carebears are exceptionally bad at PvP (despite spending years in this, a PvP game). Regardless, the moral dimension mysteriously vanishes once the carebear finds himself on the other side of the guns.

There's another reason for the carebear's inconsistency, though: On some level, they know the code is real. They can feel it. The evidence is all around them. They see the powerful Code enforcers imposing their will upon highsec, and they see the Code violators (including themselves) being punished.

The same goes for real-life criminals. They break the law, but they believe in it, too. A serial killer or a child abuser still expects the other drivers on the road to obey traffic laws. So it's only natural that even the Code-violating carebears should want to enjoy the protections of the Code--whatever those may be.

Having exposed the moral, intellectual, and philosophical bankruptcy of the carebear, a question nevertheless presents itself: What are an Agent's duties under the Code?

To be continued...

48 comments:

  1. Why you grinding noobs Kenny?

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  2. ag is a failure. They will do or say anything, even gank miners, in a sad attempt at revenge.

    In the end they fail. Always.

    They should all biomass their characters and start over. Start with getting a permit.

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    1. Thomas would not be pleased if he knew what his HSM was doing.

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    2. Suicide is terrible Kenny, you shouldn't encourage your friends to kill themselves Kenny.

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  3. I feel like the next segment is going to be interesting...

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  4. In before CHODEanon!

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  5. I'm so tempted to do a pop-culture reference and ask if you guys killed a certain individual recently, but I don't wanna' associate myself with the miner by writing that name.

    But it really sounds like you killed him at a point.

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  6. This kenny stuff reminds me of when John Pirtle doxed himself in the comments section because he forgot to log out of his Google account before his daily Chodeanon post :P.

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  7. A serial killer or a child abuser still expects the other drivers on the road to obey traffic laws.



    Kalynn shardani truly believed in the CODE. Only she failed high school english and misunderstood ganking minors instead of miners.

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  8. *yawn*. Jamey must be out of of 'content' with his oft-repeated rant. Perhaps some of his many, many RMT alt accounts got banned so he can't created the supposed 'stories' he uses for this blog. Pitiful.

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  9. Read about John Pirtle: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1531205.html

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  10. I understand that Agents of the Order are natural role models for the EVE community. We care more about the future of EVE than we do about our own wallets. Yet, the Code does not go into specific detail about our responsibilities. Looking forward to the next installment!

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    1. The next episode of salt by Kenny, I'm sure it will be good

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    2. You sound salty Kenny

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  11. Hahahahahaha ..... HERE'S JOHNNY...

    Do you reckon he is so mad he refreshes the comments section after every mining laser cycle whilst mining in highsec starter systems?

    Shardani was also insanely obsessed with this site.

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    1. Awww you got fans that you dont like Kenny?

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    2. Stop crying Kenny

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    3. You have finally cracked.

      How many months has it been since you were first triggered?

      Press refresh now to read my rockstar post.

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    4. You're so salty Kenny

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  12. What is with the Kenny thing anyways? Insults only work if the other person understands them. Otherwise you just sound stupid.

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    1. Agreed. Even worse the article doesn't even include the names of CODE members for me to target.

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    2. Because that's your name Kenny.
      You don't like your name Kenny.
      That's really salty Kenny.

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    3. Like the first guy said this insult makes no sense. What are you on about? Whats does salt mean?

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    4. So very salty Kenny

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  13. You so salty Kenny

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  14. So what, you got bored of being CHODEanon, so now you are Kennyanon? Kind of a sad pathetic life...

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