Thursday, January 9, 2020

The Cost of Bot-Aspirancy, Part 2

Previously, on MinerBumping... We took a look at CCP's increasing reliance on microtransactions as an alternative to monthly subscription payments. In the course of this discussion, we discovered that all of the miners who profess to care so much about CCP's revenues are now forced to support the ganking of whales!

The hypocrisy of the bot-aspirant carebears is well known. By this point, we expect it--though that doesn't let the carebears off the hook. Regardless, the carebears' concerns and hypocrisies do not govern highsec; the Code does. This, in turn, raises a far more important question: What does the Code say about microtransactions and the like?

Fortunately, we don't need to search too far for the answer: The Code plainly forbids carebears from participating in a whole host of activities, including the purchase, possession, and use of PLEX. The Code likewise prohibits carebears from partaking in the Skill Injector craze.

But why?

At the core of the highsec carebear's bot-aspirancy is his single-minded obsession with isk. Most visibly, carebears eschew PvP and its joys (i.e., EVE's reason for existing) in exchange for PvE. They mindlessly gather isk, generally while AFK or semi-AFK. But that's not all: They view EVE entirely through the prism of isk. They think they can solve any problem with isk. They'd rather bling-out their ship than learn how to pilot it.

As you'd expect, this makes carebears a natural market for RMT'ers who sell isk--including CCP. Instead of learning how to play EVE, carebears buy PLEX and Skill Injectors. They think that if they can only get into a more expensive ship with more expensive modules, they'll win.

...And then a bunch of gankers in throwaway Catalysts take down the carebear's blingy ship. At which point the carebear makes a bunch of death threats and fills up local with racial slurs.

The Code is merciful, though. Agents of the New Order restrain carebears from the worst impulses of bot-aspirancy by teaching them the futility of placing one's trust in isk and bling. Agents, by example, demonstrate the superiority of skill over skillpoints. Carebears could save so much money and avoid so much anguish by obeying the Code.

The Carebear's pay-to-win mentality sometimes manifests itself in multiboxing. A carebear may understand that spending all day mining in highsec with a Retriever is fruitless. But then he decides that multiboxing a dozen Retrievers in highsec will give him victory. What a Goofus! He simply spends more money on subscription fees and loses more Retrievers as a result. Then come the tears.

"But James 315," whines the carebear. "I know for a fact that you have Agents who multibox ganking ships. And I'll bet some of them use PLEX or Skill Injectors, too! You're not following your own CODE!"

Miner, calm down.

Unlike carebears, Agents of the New Order are not prohibited from multiboxing. It's also perfectly legal for Agents to use PLEX and Skill Injectors for their own purposes. Our Agents have proven themselves to be good citizens who can be trusted to use PLEX, Skill Injectors, and multiple accounts in a responsible manner--and for a good cause. While the carebear blows through billions of isk to equip a Marauder with bling--only to go AFK and lose it--an Agent makes efficient use of Skill Injectors to create a Catalyst squad for the good of highsec. The two situations couldn't be more different.

It is only logical that Agents are permitted to use resources that carebears are not. Take a real-world example: The United States military has, in its possession, a number of nuclear weapons. On the other hand, convicted serial killers are not allowed to possess such weapons. This is not inconsistency; it's common sense.

Have you noticed that "you're not following your own CODE" is never a good argument?

(A side note regarding the new gambling system: I advise carebears not to use the HyperNet relay at this time. Carebears, if you wish to gamble, please send your isk to an Agent who will set the terms of your game of chance. Alternatively, please seek the services of a reputable isk-doubler.)

Carebears often complain about not being warned enough, so I will close today's post with a word of caution. Our Agents are constantly enforcing the Code, including its rules against microtransactions. Miner, don't allow yourself to become the next X-FEANOR.

56 comments:

  1. Of course at some point... the anonymous trying to troll the troll... or the troll going anonymous to pretend to troll himself...
    Well.
    One has to ask oneself if that is where one wants to be.

    This was a superduper post from Our (yours and mine) Saviour, James 315. So much quotey goodness that we can use and refer to and link to in future conversations with miners!
    I am quite beside myself! o7

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    1. Super Perforator 1 : Comment Spammers 0

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    2. Calm down miner

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    3. I actually agree with this post so I won't spam it o7 cause clearly if a miner is relying on plex and skill injectors then he has done nothing. if a miner is as good as they think they are then they should clearly be able to mine the required amount of ore to be able to pay for their accounts within the game.

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    4. I actually thought it was interesting a few days ago when the lines were so blurry that anon's started throwing insults at professor Lawton and Alt I was like WTF??? O.o

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    5. Imagine having a different opinion.


      It must be strange for a miner to experience that.

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  2. This website and any attachments are private, intended solely for the use of individuals other than William Greer. If you are not the intended recipient, you have accessed this website in error, and any use of the website is strictly prohibited under federal law. You must immediately remove all copies of the website from your computer.

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    1. what??? I cant understand you when you mumble

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    2. No one is surprised by the lack of your comprehension. Pointing it out all the time would make you a spammer!

      It would be more fruitful if you marked comments you -did- understand.

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    3. oh I understand them just fine even in multiple languages.

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  3. I agree 100% with this post, part 1 and 2.

    Besides, if all a carebear is gonna do is mine, why do they need PLEX or injectors? If the highsec miner mined properly, Code compliant, then all he needs is a barge, aligned and ready to gtfo. Anything else should be ganked until it complies.

    I would like to know what makes a highsec carebear coward think anyone wants to watch them streaming highsec pve. It's not exciting, it's not helpful, it's not in the spirit of EVE...

    Until CODE. arrives!

    Is that narcissism or not? I don't think a trailer dwelling, cousin marrying, hollow threat making retard can be narcissistic. I think that guy is just low I.Q. with anger issues stemming from his RL impotence. If I had to guess. Seems everyone else is doing fine. ;)

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    1. BLA BLA
      Irrelevant post because anonymous.
      In this day and age creating stupid google accounts is very easy.

      So Mr Anonymous.... thank you for the wall of text that probably noone will read.

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    2. calm down miner

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    3. well see now this brings me to my point of was making? if the highsec carebear was properly doing his job not only would they be compliant and when in doubt warp the F67K out but surely they would be able to mine the required amount to pay for their game time in game correct?

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    4. ohhh and Anonymous your ignorance is showing more than your own epidermis at this point cause you cant seem to have an original though at all

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    5. I mean come on the best you could come up with what this elementary school level of insulting? I don't think a trailer dwelling, cousin marrying, hollow threat making retard can be narcissistic. I think that guy is just low I.Q. with anger issues stemming from his RL impotence. really XD

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    6. You realize the only reason I'm still going on with this spamming of the comments is because you and the other pestilential anon's are so thick skulled to realize that maybe you should apologize for being the toxic person you are, and leaving things alone to die off. but hey who's the hairy think bot? you are XD

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    7. Apparently you read it...

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    8. why do all you anon's mumble so much??

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    9. Times New Roman you know the type
      Calling me Public Enemy, but don't believe the hype
      Tough guy like the one in "Star 80" wanna bait me
      Hook line sinker now your lady wanna date me
      Gave your girl a little wink so you make a big stink
      Shoulder's got a chip so you flip like a Tiddlywink
      Know what I think? I think you might be Darwin's missing link
      Get all bent out of shape when the heat is on just like a Shrinky d___
      Bet I can take a hint better than I can take a hit
      Completely incompatible though I'm a p____ and you're a d___
      How can you hold a grudge when you can't even hold a job?
      Should have known b___er but you're not corn on the cob
      I choose to use a song for a weapon not a sword struck a chord
      If I wanted to see stars I'll watch the "Academy Awards"
      That's why I ran like a Flock Of Seagulls why make-up like Mary Kay?
      You must've given up on hair plugs 'cause now you're going toupee
      All in all you're just another d___ with no b____
      All in all you're just another d___ with no b____
      Mama said talk this out and resolve
      Don't wanna be involved so gimme a call when you evolve
      Doggy paddle to the shallow end of the gene pool
      Half with it half wit half finished high school
      Give you a piece of my mind but I know you want it splattered
      Heard you like your women like you like your shrimp you like 'em battered
      Wife beater perfectly fitting apparel
      Where's your brother Daryl? Where's your other brother Daryl?
      Givin' me that Macho Man Randy Savage stare
      Wanna snap into a Slim Jim break my limbs but do I care?
      No sorry I'm a lover not a fighter commit your crime
      I'll be glad to do your girlfriend, I'll be glad that you do time
      Here's the deal I cop a feel you cop a plea but get the maximum
      Now we both got records but the difference is mine's platinum
      Definitely showed this yellow bellied wimp limp in your cell now though alone
      When you're choking your chicken your chick will be choking on this chicken's bone
      All in all you're just another d___ with no b____
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      Right turn Clyde
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    10. yeah Clyde anon a better one for you than Charlie anon

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    11. and judging by how much you joke about Suicide makes you one of those types that cant wait to try and make someone cut their lights off early. do me a favor there sport don't reproduce.

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    12. and don't worry there Clyde before you say it Yeah I got kids. 2 sons and 2 daughters. and they are all already better humans than you could possibly achieve I mean hell all someone has to do is hold a door open for someone else or you play it forward in any form or fashion and they are instantly a much better person than you could ever possibly hope to become. so do the world a favor and spade or neuter your anons!

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    13. I notice you keep bring up the IQ thing like you think you know what that means? but hey one could still have hope for you oh wait never mind...

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    14. I sincerely apologize (again) for the miner Mr Greer being an insufferable highsec shitter. He could be a humble, smart and compliant miner if we enforced The Code better.

      That's the second sincere anonopology, what more you want?

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    15. about the same as you could expect from anon's like you pretty much

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  5. Spamming nonsense............

    Bot aspirant becomes a bot.

    Amazing what failing life choices in middle age does to somebody with stunted emotional growth.

    Parental substance abuse was it greer?

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    1. His father was also his brother, thats his problem. Well that, and no education.

      And he's perpetuating the crap by marrying his fatass cousin. Whi is also his aunt and sister.

      It's a fooked up family

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    2. man if I had a quarter for every one of your sad attempt at insulting me I'd be broke. Not a single original thought comes out of your sperm dock. but I mean what should I expect from a group of people who apparently think Autism is leprosy man if you guys paid for schooling I suggest working on getting refunds cause it was terrible.

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    3. hey karma your doing a terrible job at that balancing. you might want to think about a different career path there buddy.

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    4. why are you so concerned with my upbringing "karma" you fixated on me or something?

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    5. He was insulting you, you're just too retarded, or inbred, or both, to understand.

      You will get no quarter here, you don't belong.

      I can see you getting madder

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    6. man it's amazing to see how many of you anon's are some sort of super mutants who can read emotions from simple Text you must share your secret with the world!

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  6. im anonymous maybe someone will cry about it again

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  7. And who, ffs, spams their own RL info all over the webz, after acting like willie?

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    1. well see now here's the thing? you got only the information I Allowed you all to have granted a few of you guys went a little further and started trying to get more information but it was shite at best so ask yourself who's really controlling who?

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  8. I have to say it.

    William's rage spam looks like a cry for help, and I would hate to think a military hero was not getting the attention he needs.

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    1. Rl has no place in a video game, or even a blog about a video game.

      Stick with the context and stop grunting about your disability.

      The clones in the home station vat you keep activating after encountering an elite pvp'r have no defects miners.

      Why do you?

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    2. hey Another anonymous that was clever XD linking your name to the suicide hotline like that. way to go!

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    3. hey karma what clones XD I've been podded ohhh 5 times in my entire time in eve online. did it suck? yeah kinda, did it bother me? eh maybe for a few minutes, do I let it affect my mental state? no trust me you don't want to get im my head you'll come out a changed person

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    4. Well nobody cares about losing empty pods.

      I think it was a mistake to turn off skill point loss when you were elite PVP'd.

      You would be lucky to board a shuttle after i had a week enforcing the CODE. Ask the miners of the ghetto.

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  9. hey you know who you anon's have a lot in common with? Luka Magnotta

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2020 at 8:57 PM
    Oh and for my daily shout out to that other tactical retard:
    william greer you are still not even close to 200 posts a day, AND the google police still haven't called! I bet your fatass redheaded cousin/wife lilly lowrent is real happy with you now.

    Wait till she sees this lol!


    Now that's a proper copypasta

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2020 at 8:57 PM
    Oh and for my daily shout out to that other tactical retard:
    william greer you are still not even close to 200 posts a day, AND the google police still haven't called! I bet your fatass redheaded cousin/wife lilly lowrent is real happy with you now.

    Wait till she sees this lol!


    Now that's a proper copypasta

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2020 at 8:57 PM
    Oh and for my daily shout out to that other tactical retard:
    william greer you are still not even close to 200 posts a day, AND the google police still haven't called! I bet your fatass redheaded cousin/wife lilly lowrent is real happy with you now.

    Wait till she sees this lol!


    Now that's a proper copypasta

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2020 at 8:57 PM
    Oh and for my daily shout out to that other tactical retard:
    william greer you are still not even close to 200 posts a day, AND the google police still haven't called! I bet your fatass redheaded cousin/wife lilly lowrent is real happy with you now.

    Wait till she sees this lol!


    Now that's a proper copypasta

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2020 at 8:57 PM
    Oh and for my daily shout out to that other tactical retard:
    william greer you are still not even close to 200 posts a day, AND the google police still haven't called! I bet your fatass redheaded cousin/wife lilly lowrent is real happy with you now.

    Wait till she sees this lol!


    Now that's a proper copypasta

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2020 at 8:57 PM
    Oh and for my daily shout out to that other tactical retard:
    william greer you are still not even close to 200 posts a day, AND the google police still haven't called! I bet your fatass redheaded cousin/wife lilly lowrent is real happy with you now.

    Wait till she sees this lol!


    Now that's a proper copypasta

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    1. William Greer, why you so mad, bro? Like, it's just a video game...

      -Oink

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