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and the New Order of HighsecMinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.comBlogger3382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-13462825826561323762020-06-24T18:03:00.000+00:002020-06-24T18:03:07.302+00:00MISSION COMPLETEVictory.<br />
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Today is June 24th, the most important day of the EVE calendar: Code Day. On Code Day, we celebrate the birth of the Code, which was first published eight years ago on a <a href="https://forums-archive.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=125025&p=1" target="_blank">fateful EVE forum thread</a>, all the way back on June 24, 2012. Since then, every June 24th has been a day of great celebration--even over and above the regular celebrations of the New Order's daily victories. And it is a day of thoughtful reflection and remembrance.<br />
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I share it with you again today, dear reader.<br />
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<i>EVE's history divides neatly into two eras: The pre-Code era (i.e., the time during which all EVE awaited the Code's arrival) and the Code era (i.e., the good part). In a sense, every day is Code Day, but the 24th of June is </i>especially<i> Code Day. It's a great time to think about how awesome the Code is and how lucky we all are to be experiencing it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/06/the-only-future-is-code.html" target="_blank">- The Seventh Anniversary of the Code</a></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
But this particular Code Day, though it draws upon the power of all of the previous Code Days, is different, and special--as we shall see. As the Code era dawned, I projected that the New Order's war to conquer highsec would take <a href="https://forums-archive.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=140462&find=unread" target="_blank">approximately eight years</a>. From <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/01/how-new-order-will-achieve-final.html" target="_blank">time</a> to <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/12/the-modern-miner.html" target="_blank">time</a> over the years, I have considered the state of highsec in light of that projection, and each time I have been startled by its accuracy--always right on target. Now, after the completion of the eight years, it is clear that the prediction couldn't have been more prescient.<br />
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We have indeed been victorious. We have overcome ever obstacle, whether from a CCP developer or a misguided rebel "leader". Highsec is conquered. The carebears have been cowed and forced into compliance. And although there are naturally intermittent pockets of resistance--bot-aspirants who act out of desperation more than any hope of ridding EVE of the Code--the conquest of our great empire consists of mopping-up operations and policing. Highsec unquestionably belongs to our Agents now.<br />
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This result, which was unthinkable to the general population at the dawn of the Code, is today accepted as obvious, inevitable.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
<i>It all started with one man bumping miners in a lonely ice field in Halaima. There were skeptics, of course. Following in the footsteps of the EVE-O moderators, a would-be assassin attempted to prevent the creation of the Order by trying to suicide gank me with a tech II fitted Tempest on the first day. My Invincible Stabber emerged unscathed. I continued to bump. Some said it was pointless, a waste of time. "As long as you're bumping me, you can't bump anyone else," they said. "You'll never make a difference." I disagreed. I felt it was the best possible way to make a difference. One man standing on principle for something he believes in--it's the only way a difference has ever </i>been<i> made in the world.<br />
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I was right.<br />
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<a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/06/the-new-order-turns-one.html" target="_blank">- The First Anniversary of the Code</a></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
In order to absorb the full weight of the Code's achievement--to appreciate its full power--one must consider the state of EVE when the Code first arrived. In the halls of CCP HQ and in the private chats of CSM members, carebearism and theme parkism was all the rage. None doubted for a moment that EVE could ascend to new heights and attract the subscription fees of millions of new players, if only highsec were a kinder, gentler place. If only... If only EVE weren't EVE anymore.<br />
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They lied.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
<i>At the time of the drafting of the Code, there were still more nerf "expansions" to come. Despite having already rolled out the summer 2012 expansion (a nerf to wardecs), August saw an "emergency" expansion to massively buff the EHP of mining ships and end Hulkageddon Infinity. For the next expansion, scheduled for December 2012, CCP planned to nerf can-flipping and aggression baiting. Not exactly the stuff of which video game legends are made.<br />
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And yet, almost entirely hidden beneath the thick darkness, there was a point of light. In spite of everything, in defiance of the vast, surrounding blackness, it still shone. It represented hope, the possibility that the spirit of EVE was alive, somewhere.<br />
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Obviously I'm referring to myself.<br />
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<a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/06/two-years-of-code-part-1.html" target="_blank">- The Second Anniversary of the Code</a></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
MinerBumping very quickly became a necessary companion to the Code and to the Order it inspired. The concept behind MinerBumping was actually quite simple. In a game known for lies, treachery, and deceit, I chose to do something radical: I told people the truth. This proved to be highly controversial.<br />
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<i>They</i> told you that EVE could be improved only by removing sources of spaceship combat from a spaceship combat game.<br />
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But I told you the truth.<br />
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<i>They</i> told you that miners and other highsec carebears were peaceful, happy, innocent people, and that anyone who dared to shoot a spaceship in a 0.5+ security system was a despicable sociopath.<br />
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But I told you the truth.<br />
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<i>They</i> told you that if CCP got more revenue, the money would be spent on fixing EVE's bugs and adding new features, as opposed to it being wasted by CCP on a series of laughably flawed side projects and vaporware.<br />
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But I told you the truth.<br />
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<i>They</i> told you that EVE could be transformed into a theme park that could successfully compete with all of the countless other theme park games in the market, despite CCP's perpetual failure to create engaging PvE and its use of a UI team that made decisions like "every type of ship should be represented by a square bracket" and "all of our icons should be monochrome because colorblind people will like it".<br />
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But I told you the truth.<br />
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Just like the name of its author, MinerBumping became a litmus test: Good people instinctively liked it, and bad people recoiled from it. Which made sense, because MinerBumping told the truth. That made some people very angry, even if they couldn't quite explain why.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
<i>When carebears first learned of the Code, they assumed that it would necessarily be temporary. "They'll get bored and go away," the miners assured each other. "Someone will stop them," said the rebels. Then, as their anxieties grew to alarming levels: "CCP will get rid of them once they see that they're ruining the game."<br />
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But the Code didn't go away. The Code became a fact of highsec life. </i>The<i> fact of highsec life.<br />
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<a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/06/darkness-and-light-part-3.html" target="_blank">- The Fifth Anniversary of the Code</a></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
Despite the anger of the anti-Code, anti-truth faction of EVE, the New Order only grew stronger and more powerful; MinerBumping became more widely read and influential. At its core, the war for highsec was a war of ideas. In this war, our enemies were unarmed and seemed to have little interest in arming themselves. They moaned and whined and begged CCP to help them. But CCP couldn't fix its own game; how could it fix carebears? How could anyone even begin to work on solving the myriad problems of the bot-aspirant mind and personality?<br />
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Ironically enough, the only thing that could save all those anti-Code Goofuses was the Code itself.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
<i>When a newbie goes to a forum and asks for advice on mining in highsec, what do people say to him? "Tank up your ship," they say. They caution, "Whatever you do, don't mine AFK." And, "Use your D-scanner. Watch local." Buried beneath the downvotes, more sage advice: "Buy a permit." Ah, but what the rebels and skeptics on Reddit and elsewhere don't realize is, buying a permit is only one provision of the Code. The rest of it? Exactly the things they told the miner to do. They were instructing the miner to obey the Code, and they didn't even know it! That's how much we've changed the culture, how deeply the Code's roots are planted.<br />
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<a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/06/four-years-of-code.html" target="_blank">- The Fourth Anniversary of the Code</a></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
Despite the righteousness of our cause--or because of it, I should say--many tried to stop us. All of them failed. To be sure, most of the rebels were very lazy about it. And they spent the vast majority of their time sniping at one another and engaging in self-destructive behaviors. But they did try, so their attempts--feeble as they were--must be condemned as failures. Their motives were ignoble, too, so they do not even get credit for making an effort.<br />
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There was a bright side to their opposition, though: It attracted the attention of good people who then invariably joined our cause. Countless EVE players wandered into a system, witnessed the outpourings of a whiny miner in local, and stuck around to investigate what was going on. They discovered the Code. They observed its supporters and its opponents. And they came to the conclusion that yes, it was in fact a very good thing that the miner had been ganked.<br />
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As a consequence, more good things happened in highsec.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
<i>The Agents of the New Order are truly the center of the EVE galaxy. No other group affects so many players or to such a great extent. No one else in EVE is talked about, written about, raged about, or applauded as much as we are. Most players are in highsec, and we command highsec. For the vast majority of EVE players today, the New Order is the only group that occupies their thoughts. They must adapt themselves to us, and our Code--or they must die. And they know it. Or, again, they die.<br />
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<a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/06/three-years-of-code.html" target="_blank">- The Third Anniversary of the Code</a></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
So it was that the Code won. We won everything: We won the in-game fights by prevailing in spaceship combat. We won the meta-game fights by adapting to every change that CCP made to try to save the carebears from themselves. We won the battle of ideas which, being frank, proved to be a rather one-sided affair. Our philosophy and our culture triumphed.<br />
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We also won the battle of history.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
<i>For all time, EVE will be remembered as the place where it all started. We are, in a word, the game's </i>legacy<i>. Thus, we can tie it all together by saying that the New Halaima Code of Conduct is EVE's Legacy Code. No pun intended.<br />
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Now, some people would tell you that legacy code is a bad thing. It's the thing that developers wish they could get rid of so they could update the program with wonderful new features. But in this case, the Legacy Code--the New Order, its Agents, all of it--is the only thing worth keeping. We're the indispensable element of EVE. We keep the game firmly planted in its roots, and thank goodness.<br />
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<a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/06/we-interrupt-our-regularly-scheduled.html" target="_blank">- The Sixth Anniversary of the Code</a></i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* </div><br />
It is often said that history is written by the victors. We are the victors, so it is only fitting that we have won the battle of EVE's history. Then again, a whiny highsec miner is hardly capable of writing history; his participation is limited to having his profanity-laced tears collected and published in a coherent narrative on MinerBumping.<br />
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Regardless, the victory won over these past eight years is complete. And, therefore, the mission of MinerBumping is also complete. This is the final MinerBumping post.<br />
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Some loyal, long-time readers have known this was coming. Among those reading today's post are Agents who moved on from EVE many years ago; they have returned here to read what the eighth Code Day post would bring. Hello, old friends. We won.<br />
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For many others, the completion of MinerBumping comes as something of a shock. Gasps and double-takes were had. Eyes widened. Jaws dropped. Why? Because they have grown accustomed to a world in which the consistency of MinerBumping's daily posts over an eight-year period was like the rising of the sun each morning. Better, though.<br />
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In this moment, the reader wonders what a world without new MinerBumping posts looks like. There are the concerns of the moment: Will <b>aiva naali</b> ever succeed in conquering nullsec on the Imperium's behalf? And what of the crisis in Nakugard? Or even <b>VictorStark Stark</b>'s "siege", only just recently declared by that mad miner? These MinerBumping series were still ongoing, not wrapped up in a neat little bow. And what about all of the countless other reports sent in by our Agents?<br />
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I discovered early on, in the first few weeks of MinerBumping, that there was far more material in my possession than could ever be published. If MinerBumping ran for a hundred years, I would still have folders filled with the tears of carebears and the victories of our Agents. That's how whiny the miners are--and how glorious our Agents are.<br />
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In the time that remains to us, I wish to say a few more things and answer a few more questions.<br />
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I want to thank our Agents for being glorious. That includes the elite few who have been permabanned (apparently by mistake, otherwise CCP wouldn't have left the reason blank).<br />
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In addition, I wish to acknowledge the New Order's shareholders. Thanks to their generous contributions to the cause, I was able to hand out over two <i>trillion</i> isk to fund suicide gankers. Some shareholders went above and beyond. Henceforth, the side panel of MinerBumping, which normally displays the month's top contributors, will list the all-time top shareholders.<br />
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I hereby give all of the shareholders--even those who own but a single share--one final Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hatâ„¢.<br />
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Although MinerBumping's posts have come to an end, I will continue to fund the gankers for as long as there is isk in my wallet. It is my pleasure to accept isk for that purpose indefinitely. I will also continue to hold the reins of the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance. But the truth is that Code enforcers don't need anyone to tell them what to do. They have the Code. It is written in their hearts, and they have burned its wisdom across highsec.<br />
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Which brings me to those who still have questions about a world in which there are no new MinerBumping posts. For one thing, there is great prestige to be had in going back and reading everything again <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/08/welcome-to-minerbumpingcom_7.html" target="_blank">from the beginning</a>. There are over three thousand posts, all of which are worth rereading (yes, even the shareholder updates).<br />
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For another thing: MinerBumping hasn't truly ended. Like the Code itself, it is still there to be found, everywhere in highsec. Our Agents are still creating the content each and every day. Find them. Join them. Kill a miner. He deserves it. He is probably AFK. And he needs to buy a permit. They're still only 10 million isk.<br />
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Now then, dear reader. You have the Code. Go forth and use it.<br />
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...What's that?<br />
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Ah. Of course.<br />
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One last time.<br />
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The face that saved highsec.<br />
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And always will.<br />
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Always!<br />
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- 315MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com235tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-49958145683263770032020-06-23T18:04:00.000+00:002020-06-23T18:04:00.245+00:00The Best Revenge, Part 77<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> <b>aiva naali</b> aka <b>FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years</b> aka <b>AstevonWard OverGreer</b> aka lil bullet aka 140 and his trusty council had an <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-best-revenge-part-76.html" target="_blank">intense brainstorming session</a> to figure out a way to defeat the Imperium's enemies. Magnets were considered.<br />
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From day to day, aiva's council never knew what idea the young genius might come up with next.<br />
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One thing about aiva was predictable, though: He was always up to something.<br />
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From time to time, aiva floated some unorthodox methods for making money. His council was more traditional: If aiva wanted to earn some cash, he should get a job delivering pizzas.<br />
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Alas, aiva couldn't turn pizzas into PLEX until he earned his driver's license. And that goal was always just out of reach.<br />
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The council was confident that aiva's supercomputer of a brain was up to the task. I mean, this was the guy who had built a nuclear reactor in his garage with a box of scraps. How difficult could a driving exam be?<br />
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As always, it came down to the Code.<br />
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It was clear that aiva had been rattled by his previous failures to pass the exam. But this time, aiva had a resource that hadn't been available to him before: An elite group of the Imperium's finest intelligence operatives. And so aiva's council embarked on their most difficult assignment yet.<br />
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Getting aiva to pass a driving exam wouldn't be easy. In real life, one cannot simply play some energetic music and run a training montage. And Mr. 140 wasn't as good a student as one might assume from his IQ.<br />
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Despite the challenges, aiva's council was determined to transform the young genius into a productive citizen who could hold down a job.<br />
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Although aiva was always one question short of passing his driving exam, that one question made all the difference in the world. The harder aiva trained, the more distant his goal seemed.<br />
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aiva grew increasingly frustrated. But his council tried to keep him motivated. The man who aspired to conquer all of nullsec was no quitter. He had pulled off countless miracles in the war against <b>Pandemic Horde</b>. What was one more?<br />
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aiva resisted. Getting a job and earning a living sounded like a lot of work. Was it really necessary?<br />
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But aiva's council knew that in order for aiva to realize his dream of traveling across the galaxy, he would first need to be capable of transporting a pizza across town.<br />
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Of course, aiva never did things the traditional way. He was born to blaze his own trail. No matter the cost.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-49575651650587045462020-06-22T18:05:00.000+00:002020-06-22T18:05:07.252+00:00The Best Revenge, Part 76<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Betrayal! <b>aiva naali</b> aka <b>FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years</b> was horrified by the news that the existence of his ultra-classified "nullsec internet" <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-best-revenge-part-75.html" target="_blank">had been leaked</a> to some Imperium bureaucrats.<br />
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The nullsec internet wasn't the only secret that had slipped from aiva's grasp. MinerBumping had just published Part 45 of <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/03/the-best-revenge-part-45.html" target="_blank">The Best Revenge</a> series--and it identified FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years by name! aiva's council instructed him to go to Jita and prepare to biomass the character.<br />
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Unexpectedly, aiva had grown attached to the FJGS1KY character. But for security reasons, it had to go. Along with his trusted council members, aiva went on a goodbye tour of highsec.<br />
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Although his cover identity was burned, aiva himself was still very much alive. He simply needed to create a new character under which he could continue his operations.<br />
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aiva's council helped him pick out the name.<br />
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The transition was a difficult one. aiva struggled to make regular payments into his titan fund. From time to time, he called in sick.<br />
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As the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, aiva's council sought aiva's advice on the matter. Perhaps they could harness aiva's supercomputer of a brain to develop a cure. Then the Imperium would have a decisive advantage over its rivals.<br />
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Initially, aiva dismissed the notion of using magnets to destroy the virus. But the more he thought about it, the more the idea intrigued him.<br />
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Unfortunately, aiva's mom said no.<br />
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Fortunately, aiva himself was likely immune to the coronavirus. It was one of his many superpowers.<br />
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Dear reader, kindly forget anything aiva might have previously said about his IQ.<br />
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People give aiva a lot of nicknames, but the rule is that any nickname must relate to some outstanding achievement of aiva's. Don't go calling him "fart face" or anything like that.<br />
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Even when aiva wasn't feeling up to a task, his council encouraged him. They were his biggest cheerleaders.<br />
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Nevertheless, in aiva's mind, the virus-killing supper magnet was dead on arrival. He was simply too polite to say it outright.<br />
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140 never surrendered; he merely switched gears. And he had an almost infinite number of gears.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-37550414592269779162020-06-21T20:03:00.000+00:002020-06-21T20:03:02.245+00:00Kills of the WeekAs we often reflect upon and appreciate, Agents of the New Order are known for many things: Courage, dignity, elite PvP skills, etc. They're also extremely compassionate people--often ridiculously so, given how little our enemies are deserving of said compassion. Yet each gank committed by a Code enforcer is an act of mercy, a mercy killing. Which is entirely appropriate for ships like these from the week of June 14th @ 00:00 EVEtime through June 20th @ 23:59 EVEtime...<br />
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ORE Strip Miners? Check. Blingy yield mods? Check. Midslots? Incomplete. <b>Apollo Aegeus</b> spent over 1.4 billion isk on a Mackinaw of all things, yet he couldn't even be bothered to tank up, much less buy a mining permit. Maybe he thought he was safe in Tourier, a 0.9 security system in the Verge Vendor region. Not so. Agents <b>Fate and Destiny, Never Gonna SeeGrandKids</b>, and <b>Zopiclone</b> made a routine patrol of the system and put this decadent carebear to death.<br />
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In recent months, the Bagodan system has become somewhat known for blingy ships. Whatever it was that brought <b>WhiteMoon2</b> to the system, she was AFK at the time. Agents <b>1400mm Gallium Cannon, FleetJump Jump, Lovin Jr, Caldari Citizen 2116212079, Mr Lovin, Young Loving</b>, and <b>Taikao Isimazu</b> were standing by with a group of Nagas and a Tornado, ready to blap the next blingy thing they saw.<br />
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<b>Skarsnik</b> was a classic example of the "I will protect my ship by spending lots of money on it" school of thought. But isk-tanking is totally contrary to the truths of the Code--and to common sense. While Skarsnik was busy dealing with a Triglavian NPC, the true masters of highsec were on their way: Agents <b>Void Delivery Service, Seamus Scrapmagnet, Aiko Danuja, Shadow Cyrilus, Evil Marxist, Shadow Pearl, Your Amazing Buddy, Noll Kion, Alleil Pollard, Shadow Redemption, Whadda Badasaz, Shadow Fireball, Lisa Tears</b>, and <b>Shadow Defiance</b>.<br />
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What's worse than a blingy Hulk without a permit? Try two blingy Hulks without a permit. In the same asteroid belt. <b>Varstile Sinak</b> and <b>Warblazer Deadulus</b> were simultaneously ganked by Agents <b>Fate and Destiny, Never Gonna SeeGrandKids, Youthful Exuberance</b>, and <b>Zopiclone</b>. I realize that bot-aspirants are known for being empty-headed, but what's with all of the empty mids lately?<br />
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As we saw earlier, NPCs have been aiding our Agents in whittling down the hitpoints of bot-aspirant carebears. <b>EspionageX</b> lost his Leshak partly due to NPCs, whereupon Agent <b>Seamus Scrapmagnet</b> finished off EspionageX's pod, which was worth 3.4 billion isk. If the carebear had been at his keyboard, he would no doubt have complained about not being warned. But in fact, he was. The whole system was...<br />
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Yes, others in the Kulelen system suffered the same fate. Less than an hour earlier, <b>Moonbatter</b> lost his Navy Raven thanks to a combination of NPCs and Agents. What happened next? You guessed it: Agent <b>Seamus Scrapmagnet</b> swooped in for a nice, fat pod gank.<br />
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Moonbatter's 3.4 billion isk pod with a Hydra set was slightly more expensive than the pod owned by EspionageX, who preferred Asklepians. But as every carebear ought to know by now, it doesn't matter what sort of implants you covet. What matters is the Code. And the Code says you're going to lose your implants. The Code's right: Don't waste your money on bling. Buy a mining permit before you undock!MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-33947279057749064122020-06-20T18:02:00.000+00:002020-06-20T18:02:09.337+00:00Highsec Miner Grab Bag #212I've got good news and bad news.<br />
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The bad news is, "CCP Falcone" probably won't be able to help you. The good news is, your message will appear on today's edition of the Highsec Miner Grab Bag!<br />
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Sigh. Another petition for CCP Falcone to review.<br />
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The bot-aspirant miners of highsec would see EVE reduced to a fish tank. They are disgusting.<br />
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<b>Freeze Shihari</b> was reminded of the 1990s in Russia when his illegal ice-mining operation was shut down...<br />
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Ah. Now that's more like the 1990s Russia that I remember.<br />
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Some carebears wonder why we pod people. We do it for the Code. The deer, coffins, and scarecrows are just a bonus.<br />
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I won't be surprised to find a politely worded reimbursement request in my inbox later this month.<br />
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Miner, you may acquire those mining ships, but they had better stay docked up. You know what will happen.<br />
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Kill your corpmates.<br />
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"But nobody ever warned me that I might be ganked in highsec!" These miners are too AFK to notice when other whiny miners warn them in local.<br />
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But you <i>did</i> get to watch a show.<br />
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"Why would I obey you, if you can kill me?" These Goofuses don't even understand how government works.<br />
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This is the truth: The players we <i>want</i> to return to EVE are those who come back because of MinerBumping. Highsec is not a lounge for watching Netflix; it is an arena for elite PvP.MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-77782547443153937052020-06-19T18:01:00.000+00:002020-06-19T18:01:08.615+00:00Stark Raving Mad, Part 4<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> <b>VictorStark Stark</b> raged against Agent <b>Aiko Danuja</b> in local chat. VictorStark was apparently angry about losing all of his assets. But <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/stark-raving-mad-part-3.html" target="_blank">would he ever calm down</a>?<br />
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VictorStark tracked Aiko down and berated her in local. On occasion, he used his newly impoverished main character for the purpose. But he mostly preferred to speak through his alt, <b>Lilliana Lestrange</b>. (Also newly impoverished.)<br />
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VictorStark felt free to say whatever he wanted to Aiko; he had nothing left to lose.<br />
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Unlike VictorStark, Aiko had friends and allies. Whenever he spotted individuals associated with Aiko, VictorStark raged against them, too.<br />
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One potential downside to using local chat as a forum: Random passersby witnessed the spectacle. They didn't side with VictorStark--though they were curious as to the source of his anger.<br />
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VictorStark had become obsessed with Aiko, the Agent to whom he'd assigned most of the blame for the loss of his assets. He read everything he could about her, including some particularly wild rumors about her exploits. (Apparently you can lose your spouse in a Bonus Room. But if you win, you become a bigamist.)<br />
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Though he was clearly upset with the Agents, VictorStark didn't want people to view him as a victim. He claimed to have upgraded his character with lots of PLEX and skill injectors.<br />
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As time went on, the Agents began to doubt VictorStark's willingness to calm down and obey the Code. He truly seemed to despise them.<br />
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VictorStark believed pretty much everything he'd heard about Aiko. However, he doubted whether she was literally a princess.<br />
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Then again, many sources spoke of Aiko's royal blood. VictorStark had to wonder.<br />
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Actually, maybe Aiko really was a princess. That would be just like the cruel, unfair world that VictorStark lived in--a world where an honest guy couldn't trash-talk an alliance and then immediately join and become a leader of it.<br />
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Most miners calm down after a few hours of crying in local. But VictorStark vowed to keep up the fight. <i>This</i> time, the miner's tears would continue until systemic change was accomplished.<br />
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And he didn't need to calm down. He <i>was</i> calm, thank you very much.<br />
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VictorStark felt he was making progress. He was harvesting tears from Aiko!<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com94tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-56663464604005353652020-06-18T18:06:00.000+00:002020-06-18T18:06:15.284+00:00The Plague of Nakugard, Part 8<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Agent <b>Alt 00</b>'s mission to clean up Nakugard took on a new importance when her investigation revealed that the miners were <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-plague-of-nakugard-part-7.html" target="_blank">spreading filth and disease</a>. The mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance took action.<br />
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Miners often complain about the lack of a warning--but sometimes an explosion is the only warning they can understand. There are miners who actually think it's safe to violate the Code because "CODE. will protect me."<br />
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Thanks to the explosions she delivered, Alt 00 was able to get on <b>K Scribbles</b>' radar. But what did he want? It sounded serious. <br />
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Everyone knows that schedules are the most valuable intel available, but our Agent was disappointed by the miner's ignorance about hygiene.<br />
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After getting caught in a lie about hand washing, the miner went away in a huff.<br />
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Each miner who failed to obey the Enhanced Bathroom Protocol was executed. Antimatter is the best disinfectant.<br />
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Nakugard's miners were forced to grit their teeth and dock up whenever Alt 00 entered the system. However, those who were AFK provided additional targets:<br />
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Our Agent was used to prevailing in combat and winning amazing victories, but Nakugard had became a slaughterhouse. When would it end?<br />
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Miners are bad at learning, but they're also bad at teaching: The death of one miner seemed to make no impression on another. They couldn't learn from each other's mistakes, no matter how well-publicized.<br />
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After <b>hgichoda</b> returned to his keyboard, he finally admitted that there was a crisis going on. But he couldn't see that the Code was the only way out.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com133tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-68963055269240754342020-06-17T18:03:00.000+00:002020-06-17T18:03:07.540+00:00Over Two Trillion Forty-Three Billion in Shares SoldTriumph after triumph--that's the New Order way.<br />
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<b>ST0NER SMURF</b> triumphed over the naysayers with his purchase of 7,000 additional shares. In addition to taking us past the 2,037, 2,038, 2,039, 2,040, 2,041, 2,042, and 2,043 billion isk marks and earning himself a righteous Septuple Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hatâ„¢, ST0NER also moved up the shareholder ranks and took the #8 spot of all-time biggest shareholders.<br />
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<b>BONUS!</b><br />
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In our last shareholder update, we put out the call for attribution of a certain piece of artwork that was presumed to have been created by Agent <b>Donatien Alphonse Francois</b>. Donatien wrote in and gave proper credit to the true creator of that piece, <b>TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet</b>. However, Donatien also contributed an additional piece of artwork with a similar theme; it was used in his campaign against <b>Silent Company</b>:<br />
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Good art can sometimes silence an unruly miner. It can also trigger them, though. When the above-pictured art inspired complaints about multiboxing, Donatien referred the miners to this:<br />
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Hopefully that cleared things up.<br />
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<b>BONUS BONUS!</b><br />
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Of course, we cannot mention Silent Company without some Silent Company tears...<br />
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<b>Nikolas Super</b>, a member of Silent Company, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/84115421/" target="_blank">lost his ship</a> and then lost his temper.<br />
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It's probably safe to say that this miner did not see fit to wash his hands.<br />
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Miners, repeatedly using the word "freak" is not an argument. And it will not get you a mining permit. You're gonna need 10 million isk for that.<br />
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...Unless you get yourself Red Penned. To be safe, set aside 30 million isk before you even think about mining in highsec.MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com103tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-44901947867280738852020-06-16T18:04:00.000+00:002020-06-16T18:04:00.491+00:00The Best Revenge, Part 75<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> <b>aiva naali</b> aka <b>FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years</b> took his eye off the ball: Instead of focusing on his mission to help the Imperium conquer nullsec, aiva got bogged down in a <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-best-revenge-part-74.html" target="_blank">bizarre debate about gender dynamics</a>.<br />
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More than an hour later, <b>Aiko Danuja</b> still didn't see eye to eye with aiva. As a result, aiva grew frustrated and annoyed with his council member.<br />
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In a last-ditch attempt to make Aiko see reason, aiva threatened that the world would end if she didn't agree with him.<br />
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aiva was confident that he'd won the debate, but there were more important matters to deal with.<br />
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aiva gave his council an update on his most prized secret project of all. He had described it before, but now he presented the council with a bunch of random alliance chat logs from 2019.<br />
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That's when it all fell apart.<br />
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For months, aiva had endured the unendurable. He'd been mocked and humiliated and forced to pretend that he was a highsec miner instead of the Imperium's mastermind. Now they'd gone too far. He demanded the return of the billions--tens of billions--that he'd invested in his titan fund.<br />
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For the first time, something truly precious to aiva had been leaked. He could no longer take for granted the absolute privacy of the Discord channel.<br />
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And what was the secret project that had gotten aiva to turn against his council and threaten to burn down the Imperium?<br />
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It was his plan for a "nullsec internet", which he'd first spoken of a few months before. Someone in the council had told an Imperium bureaucrat about it. His dreams shattered, aiva couldn't continue as before. It was over.<br />
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Or was it?<br />
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aiva's council leapt into action. They gave aiva a coded message and instructed him to send it out via EVEmail to a set of key Imperium officials.<br />
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The message was so well encrypted that its full meaning could not be cracked even by aiva's supercomputer of a brain.<br />
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Nevertheless, aiva was convinced that the contents of this message would be understood by those who received it.<br />
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A question remained, however: Could aiva still trust his council? Was this the end of aiva's career as chief strategist of the Imperium--and the end of his weekly payments?<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-39476005535248752572020-06-15T18:01:00.000+00:002020-06-15T18:01:01.121+00:00The Best Revenge, Part 74<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> <b>aiva naali</b> aka <b>FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years</b> was an extraordinary individual with unique talents. aiva's council used aiva's gifts to fight the Imperium's enemies, but could they exploit him in a bid for <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-best-revenge-part-73.html" target="_blank">real-life global domination</a>?<br />
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aiva didn't spend all of his time analyzing the EVE galaxy map; he analyzed a bunch of other stuff, too. And what he saw troubled him.<br />
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In casting his critical gaze upon the world around him, aiva found that radical feminism might end up posing as great a threat as <b>Pandemic Horde</b>.<br />
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But here aiva faced a new problem. While the council was united in its loyalty to the Imperium, not everyone agreed with aiva's approach to the world beyond EVE.<br />
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Sensing that council member <b>Aiko Danuja</b> was receptive to the notion of a society dominated by women, aiva pushed back. He wasn't afraid of a friendly debate.<br />
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...Or an extremely weird one.<br />
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aiva attempted to set the terms of the debate, but not everyone was persuaded.<br />
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Though he was determined to win any argument, aiva ran the risk of dividing his council unnecessarily. There was plenty of time to divide the spoils of war <i>after</i> the Imperium took over nullsec.<br />
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At last it seemed that aiva was ready to return to the matter at hand: How to defeat Pandemic Horde once and for all.<br />
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...No, still some unresolved issues to take care of first.<br />
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aiva would not rest until he had persuaded everyone to unite behind his philosophy. But Aiko stubbornly resisted.<br />
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For the first time, aiva considered that he or someone else might need to construct an artificial womb before inventing faster-than-light travel.<br />
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Why was aiva so preoccupied with gender dynamics when there were wreacking boallquals and skank traps to build?<br />
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Perhaps aiva had become too accustomed to getting his way. If aiva's council did fracture due to his philosophy, could he put the pieces back together in time for Operation Devil's Night? <br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com104tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-55572366516806259722020-06-14T20:03:00.000+00:002020-06-14T20:03:16.211+00:00Kills of the WeekDignity: Bot-aspirant carebears don't have it; Agents of the New Order are drenched with it, dripping with it. And for both groups, their position is earned. The bot-aspirant carebears are continuously making fools of themselves, while our Agents courageously cut them down with the most elite skillfulness. That, in a nutshell, is what happened during the week of June 7th @ 00:00 EVEtime through June 13th @ 23:59 EVEtime.<br />
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<b>Roberto Sacamono</b>'s 1.7 billion isk Skiff invited disaster upon itself--and contempt. Everyone knew that Robert considered his blingy ship to be totally immune to suicide ganks. But Agents <b>Shilliam Watner, GAY PRIDE BOOOOOM, Your Awesum Brutha, Ulianov, mat Otsito</b>, and <b>mat Tadaruwa</b> had the Code and plenty of Catalysts. A potent combination as always.<br />
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So many miners are dying in highsec. These days, not only are they getting killed by our Agents; some are killing themselves! <b>JunjoMX BlackStars</b> suicided his Procurer by inexplicably sending attack drones against Agent <b>Blitz Kishunuba</b>. The miner thus CONCORDed himself. I wonder what JunjoMX was thinking when he disabled his safety and dismissed all of those warning messages that CCP put there to protect the carebears from themselves.<br />
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<b>mule destroyer</b> probably didn't consider himself a miner, despite belonging to <b>Mining Adventures Cooperative</b> corporation. But he certainly behaved like one...<br />
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Agents <b>Hickock</b> and <b>Vishnu Calm</b> came under attack by this Goofus, resulting in the destruction of a 2 billion isk Golem, courtesy of CONCORD. Miners, suicide ganking isn't as easy as our Agents make it look.<br />
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<b>Daniel Livy</b>, too, probably ignored his corporation's name and told himself that he wasn't really a miner. But self-delusion and snowballs aren't enough to protect one's ship from a determined group of gankers. Agents <b>Aiko Danuja, Noll Kion, Felix Hausdorff, Alleil Pollard, Niels Henrik Abel, Augustus De Morgan, Max August Zorn, Seamus Scrapmagnet, Shadow Cyrilus, Evil Marxist, Shadow Pearl, Whadda Badasaz, Void Delivery Service, Lisa Tears, Shadow Defiance, Shadow Redemption, Shadow Fireball, Jorgen Pedersen Gram, Erhard Schmidt, Ernst Steinitz</b>, and <b>Shadow Lucifer</b> descended upon the miner with a fleet of 21 Catalysts. They bravely eliminated this threat from highsec.<br />
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Late last week, <b>Cyno Kane</b> found himself bored and in desperate need of a nice, juicy lossmail. At least, that's the most generous explanation for his decision to go AFK in a 5.6 billion isk Occator. Agents <b>Mr Lovinn, FleetJump Jump, Lovin Jr, 1400mm Gallium Cannon, Caldari Citizen 2116212079</b>, and <b>Young Loving</b> had a group of battlecruisers waiting for him. They delivered Cyno Kane the lossmail he apparently craved.<br />
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<b>Kaelyn Amnell</b> did the unthinkable: She engaged in AFK mining in the Niarja system. Agent <b>Aaaarrgg</b> was in the neighborhood and, after performing a comedically timed double-take, punished the miner for her recklessness. Kaelyn lost her Hulk and her 3.6 billion isk pod. <br />
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Michi's! How typical. Oh, and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/84921509/" target="_blank">her Hulk fit sucked, too</a>.MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-27542395549260204612020-06-13T18:02:00.000+00:002020-06-13T18:02:04.121+00:00Stark Raving Mad, Part 3<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> The mind of <b>VictorStark Stark</b> was filled with dreams and schemes. But his mission to infiltrate and betray the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance hit a speed bump when he <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/stark-raving-mad-part-2.html" target="_blank">refused to biomass his character</a>. This created a rift between VictorStark and the Agents who took custody of his assets.<br />
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VictorStark's alt, <b>Lilliana Lestrange</b>, managed to track down Agent <b>Aiko Danuja</b>. When VictorStark saw Aiko's name in local, he let loose.<br />
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Since their previous meeting, VictorStark had been conducting research on Aiko and the rest of the Agents who had tested him. VictorStark submerged himself in a dark pit of rumors and gossip. When he emerged, he was convinced that Aiko was the source of his ills--and a thief who had stolen $20,000 in cash from another EVE player.<br />
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Aiko wasn't the only Agent in the system. <b>Donatien Alphonse Francois</b> and other close associates of Aiko were also present. They couldn't stand to see Aiko get slandered in local chat.<br />
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VictorStark refused to back down. In fact, he held a grudge against <i>every</i> Agent to whom he had transferred assets.<br />
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The Agents were amazed by the change in VictorStark's attitude. He was finally showing them his true self.<br />
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In fact, VictorStark's behavior in local confirmed the wisdom of the Agents' decision not to welcome him with open arms into the New Order family.<br />
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VictorStark had been tested. He failed.<br />
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Though VictorStark had given assets to several different Agents, he reserved his most intense hatred for Aiko Danuja. He scoured highsec in search of anyone who could tell him stories about her. He was convinced that Aiko had deceived many highsec miners just like himself.<br />
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As time went on, VictorStark's outburst drew the attention of highsec carebears and other random passersby traveling through the system.<br />
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I'll just leave this here:<br />
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There was no basis for VictorStark's comment--unless he was planning to RMT all of his stuff.<br />
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VictorStark had taken off his mask and shown Aiko the ugliness beneath. She was disappointed in him.<br />
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The man who had aspired to become the Darth Vader and Kylo Ren of CODE. turned out to be a mean-spirited Jar Jar Binks. Was there <i>any</i> chance that he could still come to his senses and buy a mining permit?<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-5512108687963250112020-06-12T18:02:00.000+00:002020-06-12T18:02:00.253+00:00Stark Raving Mad, Part 2<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> After railing senselessly against the Code, <b>VictorStark Stark</b> suddenly proclaimed his loyalty to the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance. But some Agents doubted him, and the temptations they set in his path led to VictorStark <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/stark-raving-mad-part-1.html" target="_blank">giving away all of his assets</a>.<br />
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As part of their series of tests, the Agents coached VictorStark as he wrote a lengthy apology EVEmail to the Saviour of Highsec.<br />
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To be sure, VictorStark's behavior had been suspicious. Why would someone who loved the Code--and presumably would've read MinerBumping, had his love been true--given all of his stuff to the likes of <b>Aiko Danuja</b>, <b>TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet</b>, and the rest?<br />
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It seemed to our Agents that VictorStark was indeed motivated by greed and selfish ambition, not the Code. Nevertheless, they decided to give the former(?) miner the benefit of the doubt...<br />
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And so the Agents decided to put VictorStark to one final test.<br />
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Earlier, VictorStark had allowed himself to be podded over and over. No doubt he did this in part because he expected a doubling/tripling/whatever of his isk. It may also have been part of his mission to gain trust, so that he could later betray CODE. and the Saviour of Highsec. After defeating CODE., he could go brag about it on Reddit.<br />
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To see whether this was VictorStark's intention, the Agents told him to get ready to biomass himself.<br />
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As the Agents anticipated, VictorStark started to get cold feet.<br />
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VictorStark Stark was a silly name, and his stripped-down character had no value. Surely he should've been willing to biomass it and create a new, better character. Unless he was planning some harebrained "I infiltrated Code just like I promised!" Reddit post.<br />
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At the mere mention of biomassing VictorStark Stark, the miner began frantically sending EVEmails to every CODE. member whose name he could find. They told him to forward the messages to the Saviour of Highsec.<br />
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As the deadline for biomassing his character approached, VictorStark reached out to Agent <b>Super Perforator</b>. He advised VictorStark that if he truly wanted to become an Agent, he should go out and gank some miners. He needed no one's permission. Being an Agent is about enforcing the Code, not getting your isk doubled. But the miner was still focused on getting his stuff back.<br />
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VictorStark began to panic. If he ever had any faith, it was long gone.<br />
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By now, the miner planned to refuse any requests that he biomass his character. But he never explained why he participated in an isk-doubling scheme to begin with. Nor did he demonstrate any familiarity with the many, many MinerBumping posts that would've warned him against doing so.<br />
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Finally, VictorStark took matters into his own hands and forfeited his assets. Ironically, if he had proven himself to be a decent fellow, he might've been given some financial support from the Agents. But it was clear that VictorStark Stark's loyalty was only to himself and to his own name.<br />
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And now that the cat was out of the bag, VictorStark was free to tell the Agents how he <i>really </i>felt.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-33899994366326998152020-06-11T18:05:00.000+00:002020-06-11T18:05:00.725+00:00Stark Raving Mad, Part 1A lot of people want to join the mighty <b>CODE.</b> alliance; it is a welcoming place. But sometimes the enemies of the Code attempt to join. How are these would-be malefactors filtered out?<br />
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As we saw in <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/04/highsec-miner-grab-bag-208.html" target="_blank">Highsec Miner Grab Bag #208</a>, one <b>VictorStark Stark</b> sent me an EVEmail expressing an interest in joining the alliance. The subject line seemed innocent enough. In the body of the EVEmail, though, things went awry.<br />
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The day after the Grab Bag was published, things seemed to take a turn for the better: VictorStark <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/83698871/" target="_blank">ganked an unlicensed Venture</a>.<br />
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The gank was an unusual one. In order to kill the Venture, VictorStark <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/83698880/" target="_blank">CONCORDed his own Orca</a>. Agent <b>Krig Povelli</b> appeared on the killmail, as he does on most unusual CONCORD mails.<br />
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In fact, the gank was supervised by Agents of the New Order. They instructed VictorStark to kill a miner with Orca smartbombs as part of his "Baptism by CONCORD".<br />
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The locals were stunned by the sight. Surely this was one committed ganker.<br />
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VictorStark updated his bio to reflect his change of heart. Gone were his dreams of destroying CODE.; now he sought to enforce the Code. But had he truly changed? On occasion, an anti-Code rebel will switch sides. But there is always the risk that the newly declared Agent will end up like the notorious <b>Overmind Niminen</b>, who went from miner to ganker to miner along with the phases of the moon.<br />
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Then fate intervened: VictorStark came into contact with a group of Agents who were skeptical of the former rebel. They sought to test him.<br />
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After a brief interview, VictorStark disclosed that he had an alt named <b>Lilliana Lestrange</b>. While on the Lilliana character, he revealed his true intentions. He was not satisfied to enforce the Code. No, his ambitions went much, much further.<br />
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And it was probably not a good sign that both of his movie comparisons involved betraying and assassinating me.<br />
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Armed with these new insights, the Agents began to collect VictorStark's assets by promising him extraordinary wealth and power in return.<br />
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All of his assets.<br />
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...Literally all of them. In total, roughly 18 billion isk was confiscated.<br />
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Then began the process of repeatedly podding the self-proclaimed Agent.<br />
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Imagining that he was to be rewarded with a doubling or tripling or more of his assets, VictorStark happily went forward. Yet with each act, he only confirmed our Agents' suspicion that he was not motivated by the Code, but by greed for isk and lust for power.<br />
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The final test, however, was still to come.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-11602100096276080392020-06-10T18:05:00.001+00:002020-06-10T18:05:01.720+00:00Over Two Trillion Thirty-Six Billion in Shares SoldLet's get to work.<br />
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<b>Hrothgar Nilsson</b> added to his already considerable holdings of New Order stock with a purchase of 315 additional shares. This was sufficient to bring us to the 2,036 billion isk mark and earn Hrothgar a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hatâ„¢.<br />
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<b>BONUS!</b><br />
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I hope you're ready for some art.<br />
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<b>Koizumi Taira</b>, an accomplished artist and dedicated supporter of the Code has produced three pieces for your viewing pleasure.<br />
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First, "The Oath": Agents of the New Order are known for their humility and their humanity--and for keeping their promises.<br />
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"The Horn": A powerful reminder that only a Code enforcer is capable of ejecting bot-aspirants from their routines and subroutines.<br />
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And "The Inspection": Without our Agents, there would be no <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/p/the-code.html" target="_blank">law</a> and no Order. Miners, give them your respect and obedience. If you fail, don't say you weren't warned.<br />
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Here's a bonus piece of artwork which has been credited to Agent <b>Donatien Alphonse Francois</b> (unless someone else wants to claim it):<br />
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This piece could end a lot of unnecessary arguments, I think.<br />
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Finally, there's this:<br />
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Anti-Code rebels do, on occasion, try their hand at creating artwork of their own. But it's always bad.<br />
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In this case, the miner simply defaced Agent <b>Alt 00</b>'s <a href="https://i.imgur.com/mwpyREU.jpg" target="_blank">masterpiece</a>. Yet another reminder that the New Order is on the side of civilization; the miners only know how to make a mess.<br />
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For more Agents' artwork, see our timeless <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/p/links.html" target="_blank">Links page</a>.MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-38052395982587120512020-06-09T18:01:00.000+00:002020-06-09T18:01:00.477+00:00The Best Revenge, Part 73<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> The unique mind of <b>aiva naali</b> aka <b>FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years</b> was harnessed by a special council working for the Imperium. So far, they had used his gifts to help fight against the Imperium's eternal enemy, <b>Pandemic Horde</b>. But <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-best-revenge-part-72.html" target="_blank">how far were they willing to go</a>?<br />
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aiva was totally opposed to the idea of using the coronavirus as a weapon against Pandemic Horde. He would create detailed plans on how it <i>could</i> be done, but he would never sanction their use.<br />
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aiva's council ensured him that the plans he developed were merely hypothetical. Mental exercises, nothing more.<br />
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For all his genius, aiva had an Achilles' heel: His restless mind was always in desperate need of exercise.<br />
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Over the course of many months, aiva had developed a relationship of trust with his council. He felt that their conversations were a safe place for his mind to run free.<br />
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Yet there was always the possibility that aiva's council might be tempted by the power of his intellect. That they might exploit his extraordinary abilities for their own purposes.<br />
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If the council ever did decide to weaponize aiva, they might encourage him to create scenarios and then use them without his knowledge or consent...<br />
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...In that event, how many people would die because of what aiva thought up?<br />
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One could only hope that aiva's council was too ethical or that aiva's ideas were too stupid for any of that to happen.<br />
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aiva dreamed of inventing faster-than-light travel. Maybe then he could find a world where there were other people like him.<br />
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But first the Imperium needed to defeat Pandemic Horde. Then there would be time enough to go in search of a planet of aivas.<br />
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For now, aiva would need to work as part of a team--a team of ordinary people who would help him remain in touch with his humanity.<br />
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Coming this fall on NBC.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-11985040377512248632020-06-08T18:04:00.000+00:002020-06-08T18:04:13.184+00:00The Best Revenge, Part 72<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> <b>aiva naali</b> aka <b>FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years</b> was poised to deliver a devastating blow against <b>Pandemic Horde</b> in the endless Imperium/PH war. But aiva's resources were not infinite--and <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-best-revenge-part-71.html" target="_blank">the costs of running the Imperium</a> kept going up.<br />
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aiva was a financial wizard. He was able to manipulate markets and do all sorts of amazing things with money. When it came to isk, the only thing he was bad at was accumulating it.<br />
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But if maintaining his grip on the Imperium required money, aiva would pull out all the stops. Buckle up...<br />
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...And get ready to throw away everything you thought you knew about the EVE economy.<br />
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Unfortunately, no one was around, so aiva had to quietly cancel his economic revolution. He would remain poor for now.<br />
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On occasion, aiva allowed his trusted colleagues to catch a glimpse of his personal life. When he wasn't building nuclear reactors, aiva was engaged in all sorts of cloak-and-dagger shenanigans. No wonder he was so good at EVE.<br />
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aiva's life had prepared him for EVE in a way that few other players can claim, and even fewer can claim truthfully.<br />
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aiva did a lot of thinking when he wasn't playing EVE.<br />
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While the Imperium's highest-ranking bureaucrats awaited their weekly payment, aiva went to his colleagues and made a disturbing announcement.<br />
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For undisclosed medical reasons--scratch that, travel reasons--aiva would not be able to find the money to make his weekly payment into the titan fund. He wouldn't have enough time to mine ore and manipulate the PLEX market; he was going to be too busy dealing with personal issues.<br />
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aiva was absolutely committed to winning the war against Pandemic Horde. But he wouldn't violate international law to do it. Nor would he allow anyone to exploit his supercomputer of a brain to achieve that purpose.<br />
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...But aiva's council knew their man.<br />
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aiva's intellect was a force of nature. He couldn't resist the temptation to solve any and every problem posed to him.<br />
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The nuclear reactor in aiva's garage wasn't the superweapon--<i>he</i> was. All of which presented a disturbing question: In their zeal to defeat Pandemic Horde, was aiva's council ethical enough not to unleash aiva's dangerous mind upon the world?<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-22634834553753181572020-06-07T20:02:00.000+00:002020-06-07T20:02:04.176+00:00Kills of the WeekThose who follow the Code value <i>reason</i>. Those who disobey the Code, on the other hand, do not possess reason--and their unreasonableness does them great harm. How do we know this to be true? Through reason, of course--and API-verified killmails. Like these, from the week of May 31st @ 00:00 EVEtime through June 6th @ 23:59 EVEtime...<br />
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<b>HEGEMONIUSZ</b> was AFK when his autopilot brought him to the Uedama neighborhood. Critically, he was in a bloated, anti-tanked, 9.8 billion isk freighter at the time. We can only assume that he intended to present himself as a gift to the Kusion family: Agents <b>Justin Kusion, Jayson Kusion, Joseph Kusion, Joel Kusion, Jake Kusion, Jackson Kusion, Jayden Kusion, Johnathan Kusion, Jeremiah Kusion, Joshua Kusion, Jason Kusion, Darth VaIdemar, Bob Painter, Inspector Implant, big brutor one, big brutor two, George Painter, Dubious Anime Name, Jeremy Kusion, Bob Welder, Josh Kusion, Bob Electrician, Jessie Kusion, Jonas Kusion, Jacob Kusion, Nova Rage Torpedo, Jeffery Kusion, big brutor six, Jimmy Kusion, Continue Painting, Mjolnir Rage Torpedo, Jack Kusion, Further Painting, Caution AsianDrivers Ahead</b>, and <b>Charlie Painter</b>. Regardless of the carebear's intent, he provided our heroes with a nice loot drop.<br />
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Is there <i>ever</i> a good reason to autopilot a Marshal? <b>Hughes DePayen</b> did that very thing. He only made matters worse by fitting his expensive ship with some extra bling. And then there was his route, which took him straight into the Niarja graveyard. He should've known that the system was Rackner country. Agents <b>eviserater Adoudel, Ashlee Rackner, Rebecca Rackner, Georgia Rackner, Yan Rackner, Zoe Rackner, Jani Rackner, Olivia Rackner, Kirra Rackner, Adara Gaea, Kimberly Rackner, Emily Rackner, Charlotte Rackner, Jemma Rackner, Celestia Rackner, Phoenix Rackner, Ivy Rackner, Globby Rackner, Vladimir Puotin, Benji Rackner</b>, and <b>Highsec Goddess' Priestess</b> killed Hughes' ship and ruined his plan (whatever motivated it) to autopilot a Marshal through highsec.<br />
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<b>Kozmo Kramer Taranogas</b> was your typical arrogant Skiff pilot. He was convinced that a mighty shield tank would keep the gankers at bay. Apparently he failed to realize that when you use a mining ship worth 2.2 billion isk, you're basically paying the gankers to shoot you. Which is what happened when Agents <b>Ebb Eto, Thirtyone Organism, Gankzie McGankFace</b>, and <b>IronRod Kami</b> took the Skiff down. They collected 1.7 billion isk for their good deed. Their isk/hour ratio was considerably better than Kozmo's.<br />
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<b>jcox0157 cox</b> did something remarkable: He managed to spend half a billion isk on a Retriever... without equipping anything to the ship's sole midslot. Agents <b>Ulianov</b> and <b>Shilliam Watner</b> were pleased to destroy this carebear.<br />
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It seems this miner is in a hurry to lose more stuff.<br />
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Is it my imagination, or are blingy mining ships making a comeback? If so, this trend can only mean more heartbreak for the bot-aspirant carebears. <b>Explacid Panala</b> spent 1.9 billion isk on a Hulk, but he still managed to leave <i>two</i> midslots vacant. Agents <b>Max August Zorn</b> and <b>Ernst Steinitz</b> terminated the miner. This was no accident: They'd been looking for him...<br />
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As miners ought to know by now, when you buy a blingy module, you're funding our gankers--and giving them your name.<br />
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After losing his nearly 2 billion isk Hulk, <b>Explacid Panala</b> lost 3.3 billion more. Agent <b>Ernst Steinitz</b> had no trouble catching the pod, since Explacid was AFK at the time.<br />
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It should go without saying that if you buy a Michi's Excavation Augmentor, our Agents know who you are.MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-27663379149190405532020-06-06T18:05:00.000+00:002020-06-06T18:05:13.619+00:00Highsec Miner Grab Bag #211<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoLxC8qnQeKZTuvakeiZ1PxwdHeLidjtpe-yr2CJtW9HDorVox4wEWothQN0C-fT7P5XZLJB0MMn-gCOtJVMtN-ea_67SB2k-JGEOlIDqQm4aoqbuD0ITwRCVgd8-ZMwsVQ6H6Bjh5wm_/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoLxC8qnQeKZTuvakeiZ1PxwdHeLidjtpe-yr2CJtW9HDorVox4wEWothQN0C-fT7P5XZLJB0MMn-gCOtJVMtN-ea_67SB2k-JGEOlIDqQm4aoqbuD0ITwRCVgd8-ZMwsVQ6H6Bjh5wm_/s1600/01.png" /></a></div><br />
Time for more content! Welcome to the latest edition of the Highsec Miner Grab Bag.<br />
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I don't know why carebears complain about being ganked. According to people like <b>Daj Padecain</b>, they actually <i>make</i> money by losing all their stuff.<br />
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<b>Lelouch ViBranton</b> sounds like he would be neutral between the fireman and the fire. Sorry, Lelouch, but you're either in compliance with the Code or you aren't.<br />
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After losing his ship, <b>Holden Fall</b> invited Agent <b>Dishrag</b> to discuss the matter in person--presumably to engage in violence in-game. Dishrag declined, leaving Holden uncertain of how to proceed:<br />
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Of course, Dishrag instructed the miner to simply obey the Code if he wanted to mine. Holden considered this...<br />
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Alas, the miner lost his mind again. Which means he'll probably be losing another ship, too.<br />
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<b>Biggus-Dickus</b> chose to <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/84541074/" target="_blank">CONCORD his Orca</a> while it was being awoxed. Miners, you should always take a deal when it's offered by an Agent.<br />
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"my corp is in war with the CODE i think"? Maybe check that out?<br />
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In fact, our Agents do the impossible every day.<br />
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...A typical afternoon in the "Mining" channel.<br />
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What are the odds that this miner washed his hands?<br />
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The Code is an unstoppable force. Miners, you can either pay now, or pay later <i>and</i> lose your ship. Our Agents will be standing by to accept your isk once you've finished doing the math.MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-27963421395515290052020-06-05T18:03:00.000+00:002020-06-05T18:03:00.986+00:00The Plague of Nakugard, Part 7<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> With the already-poor behavior of the miners of Nakugard deteriorating still further, Agent <b>Alt 00</b> enlisted the support of her fellow Agents in the <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-plague-of-nakugard-part-6.html" target="_blank">"Why was I ganked?"</a> channel.<br />
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To the Agents' horror, an interrogation of <b>Sram DaUTolko</b> revealed that the miner did not wash his hands.<br />
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Although Sram claimed that he "never got sick" and did not need to wash his hands, the Code nevertheless required it. Therefore it was time for Sram to develop some new, better habits.<br />
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When the miner realized that he was going to get a lecture about hygiene instead of reimbursement isk for his lost ship, he felt betrayed by Alt 00. This wasn't what he had signed up for when he joined the channel.<br />
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In fact, the Agents' wisdom came not a moment too soon--Sram was totally ignorant of the world beyond his wallet.<br />
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The crisis in highsec had become urgent. Yet all Sram could think about was his stupid armor repairer.<br />
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Our Agents continued to interview carebears after they were ganked. Things were as bad as they'd feared.<br />
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After helping her fellow Agents conduct interviews, Alt 00 returned to Nakugard. Hopefully the miners weren't sliding back into their old ways.<br />
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Caught in the act.<br />
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Agent Alt 00 and her loyal alts descended upon the evildoers.<br />
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One after another, the illegal miners were cut down. Incredibly, they had been taken completely by surprise. As if Alt 00 ganking miners in Nakugard was something totally unexpected.<br />
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Other miners, witnessing the ganks, scattered. Those who had escaped with their ships chattered in local.<br />
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One would think that the constant broadcasts in local and all of the explosions would teach these miners a thing or two. But these were Goofuses. And they still had much to learn.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-13222951752342746352020-06-04T18:06:00.000+00:002020-06-04T18:06:00.321+00:00The Plague of Nakugard, Part 6<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> When the Nakugard system was in danger, Agent <b>Alt 00</b> <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/05/the-plague-of-nakugard-part-5.html" target="_blank">came to the rescue</a>. Incredibly, however, it appeared as though there were many miners who were rooting <i>against</i> Nakugard.<br />
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In spite of her many warnings, Alt 00 caught several miners out in the open. She took corrective action against them, just as she'd promised.<br />
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With her fellow alts, our Agent ganked and bumped the miners until they could no longer steal ice and ore from the system.<br />
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It was strange that miners rebelled and refused to thank Alt 00 for taking care of Nakugard. She realized that something sinister must have been at work.<br />
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Without the ability to mine, the miners could've taken the time to improve themselves--much needed improvement, too! Yet they chose to whine and jeer in local chat.<br />
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Agent Alt 00 waited out her 15 minute post-gank timers while treating the carebears to some good advice about their conduct.<br />
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Yet, once again, the anti-Code types sulked instead of thanking her.<br />
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On occasion, good people entered the system and casually voiced their support for Alt 00's mission. Without her, Nakugard would be a sewer.<br />
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Miners like <b>Jiscil Antilles</b> made no secret of the fact that they were decidedly pro-virus.<br />
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Unsurprisingly, those who were pro-virus were also anti-Code and anti-gank.<br />
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Those who love the Code love life. Those who hate the Code love death.<br />
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Alt 00 called upon her fellow Agents to assist in dealing with the Nakugard crisis. When miners grew too agitated after being ganked, they were invited to join the "Why was I ganked?" channel.<br />
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And what our Agents learned was shocking.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-28247537025704909872020-06-03T18:07:00.000+00:002020-06-03T18:07:03.501+00:00What's Their Beef with Lewak?The New Order is more than just a network of EVE's most elite PvP'ers. It's a community.<br />
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...But some people don't <i>like</i> community.<br />
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When miners suffer the consequences of disobeying the Code--despite being warned countless times--they often blame our community and the extraordinary Agents who comprise it. Yet these very same miners are quick to confess their crimes.<br />
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The unsophisticated miner doesn't bother with "I wasn't AFK, I was just..." Instead, he admits to being AFK. And he doesn't see the problem with it.<br />
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So, rather than blaming himself for the loss of his ship, the miner blames someone like Agent <b>Lewak</b>.<br />
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It's bizarre, but miners really do think that their ships ought to be left untouched while they go AFK--even if they go AFK for an extended period. They believe that when their fellow EVE players come across their blingy, idle Hulks, the players should say to themselves, "I'd better not gank this Hulk. Its owner is probably feeding her children. I'll come back in an hour or two and then ask permission to attempt a gank."<br />
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But our Agents follow the Code, not the crazy rules that miners dream up while AFK in their "washrooms". So the miners have a fallback position: Don't gank new players.<br />
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Listening to these miners, you'd think "new players" were priceless diamonds. Yet they're frequently older players. And even the truly new players struggle to prove that they're worth keeping around.<br />
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I mean, how many highsec miners do we really need, especially if we're not supposed to gank them? And a lot of them are using alpha accounts, so it's not like CCP is reliant on their subscription fees.<br />
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Agent Lewak has, on occasion, ganked someone who has been playing EVE for "only" three weeks. Apparently Venture pilots should only be engaged in PvP once they reach four weeks. Or ten weeks. Or ten months. Or more.<br />
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But an obvious question arises: What's the difference between a two-week Venture pilot and a ten-week one? The art of mining AFK in a Venture can surely be learned in a day or two--even by a highsec miner. So what are they doing during those months of AFK mining that qualifies them for PvP?<br />
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As with all other reasonable questions, the miner can only answer with a shrug.<br />
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That's no veneer... It's the Code.<br />
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The truth is, miners should be thanking Agents like Lewak. By their own admission, highsec mining is a miserable, life-draining activity. Who's going to rescue them from it, if not our Agents?MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-18177633295712529292020-06-02T18:03:00.000+00:002020-06-02T18:03:06.256+00:00The Best Revenge, Part 71<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> Operation Devil's Night loomed in <b>aiva naali</b> aka <b>FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years</b>'s mind. But even as aiva put the finishing touches on his plan to defeat <b>Pandemic Horde</b>, the <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/06/the-best-revenge-part-70.html" target="_blank">coronavirus pandemic struck</a>.<br />
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aiva gave his council official instructions on how to deal with the virus.<br />
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For aiva, it was not merely a matter of protecting those close to him; the Imperium could not afford to lose anyone currently assigned to participate in Devil's Night.<br />
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The coronavirus was far from the only item on aiva's agenda, however. He was still concerned about the fuel situation.<br />
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aiva still suspected that <b>Test Alliance Please Ignore</b> might have been involved in the mysterious disappearance of Imperium fuel. All along, he'd hoped to attack TEST only after Pandemic Horde had been dealt with.<br />
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aiva's council was skeptical about the threat posed by TEST. Most felt that PH was by far the more dangerous enemy.<br />
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...But there was a reason that aiva was the one in command. Only he had the tactical and strategic brilliance needed to conquer nullsec and determine the course of EVE history.<br />
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Of course, a genius intellect will only get you so far. Isk is also important.<br />
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aiva contributed an additional 3 billion isk worth of PLEX into the Imperium supercapital fund. aiva sometimes had trouble scraping together the necessary isk, so he hoped that this payment would keep <b>Donatien Alphonse Francois</b> happy for a while.<br />
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...No such luck.<br />
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aiva soon learned that behind the scenes, his council was being pressured like never before. Not everyone in the Imperium's bureaucracy was happy with aiva. And he had rivals.<br />
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aiva's council passed along information about the growing restlessness of key Imperium leaders.<br />
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Despite aiva's extraordinary power and influence in the Imperium, the fact remained that he was not omnipotent. To maintain his position, aiva would need to keep the other power players happy. And that would require isk. Lots of it.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-29871668475041812172020-06-01T18:05:00.000+00:002020-06-01T18:05:03.008+00:00The Best Revenge, Part 70<i>Previously, on MinerBumping...</i> <b>aiva naali</b> aka <b>FighterJets GuitarSolo 1000Years</b> was determined to boost the overall efficiency of the Imperium. After all, the coalition would need to be at its very best to pull off Operation Devil's Night. Then came the news aiva had been waiting for: <b>Sort Dragon</b> <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/05/the-best-revenge-part-69.html" target="_blank">had agreed to the plan</a>.<br />
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Upon receiving word that Sort Dragon was in, aiva's mind went to work. He checked and double-checked every aspect of the plan.<br />
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If things went as aiva hoped, <b>Pandemic Horde</b> was in for a big surprise.<br />
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But aiva had seen many, many of his plans called off at the last minute. What could potentially go wrong this time? Well, maybe the Imperium could run out of fuel.<br />
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aiva could just picture it happening: His victorious Imperium armies forced to grind to a halt in the middle of Pandemic Horde territory, denied a decisive victory due to a lack of fuel.<br />
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aiva's nightmare seemed to be becoming a reality when he heard rumors about funny things going on in the fuel markets.<br />
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Some nullsec leaders strive for self-sufficiency; they aspire to build an empire that isn't reliant on Jita. Perhaps because of all the time he spent in highsec, aiva didn't see things that way. If anything, he wanted the Imperium to become <i>more</i> dependent on the highsec markets. But he also wanted his armies to keep highsec trade routes secure.<br />
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The more he thought about it, the more convinced aiva became that his anti-PH strike force was going to run out of fuel. His fear was based on intuition, but he couldn't shake it.<br />
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Fuel conservation was now the Imperium's top priority. Even the elite supper carroir pilots would need to obey the new rules.<br />
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In hindsight, Ricardo in Logistics had probably saved Operation Devil's Night. His foresight may have altered the course of nullsec history. Thanks to Ricardo, aiva could actually sleep at night.<br />
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...Nuts.<br />
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Once again, aiva's intuition had been right on.<br />
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But Pandemic Horde wasn't the only pandemic to worry about. With so much misinformation swirling around, aiva's council knew there was only one man who had all the answers.<br />
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<i>To be continued...</i>MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359240470593955814.post-7655851044892624952020-06-01T18:02:00.000+00:002020-06-01T18:02:10.047+00:00Top Supporters for May 2020Each month, MinerBumping immortalizes its top isk contributors in a hall of fame post. The "Month's Top Supporters" sidebar will begin showing the current month's supporters in a few days. You can view the <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/08/top-supporters-for-august-2012.html" target="_blank">August 2012</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/10/top-supporters-for-september-2012.html" target="_blank">September</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/11/top-supporters-for-october-2012.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2012/12/top-supporters-for-november-2012.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/01/top-supporters-for-december-2012.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/02/top-supporters-for-january-2013.html" target="_blank">January 2013</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/03/top-supporters-for-february-2013.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2013/04/top-supporters-for-march-2013.html" target="_blank">March</a>, <a 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href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/11/top-supporters-for-october-2014.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/12/top-supporters-for-november-2014.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/01/top-supporters-for-december-2014.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/02/top-supporters-for-january-2015.html" target="_blank">January 2015</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/03/top-supporters-for-february-2015.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/04/top-supporters-for-march-2015.html" target="_blank">March</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/05/top-supporters-for-april-2015.html" target="_blank">April</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/06/top-supporters-for-may-2015.html" target="_blank">May</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/07/top-supporters-for-june-2015.html" target="_blank">June</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/08/top-supporters-for-july-2015.html" target="_blank">July</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/09/top-supporters-for-august-2015.html" target="_blank">August</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/10/top-supporters-for-september-2015.html" target="_blank">September</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/11/top-supporters-for-october-2015.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2015/12/top-supporters-for-november-2015.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/01/top-supporters-for-december-2015.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/02/top-supporters-for-january-2016.html" target="_blank">January 2016</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/03/top-supporters-for-february-2016.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/04/top-supporters-for-march-2016.html" target="_blank">March</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/05/top-supporters-for-april-2016.html" target="_blank">April</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/06/top-supporters-for-may-2016.html" target="_blank">May</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/07/top-supporters-for-june-2016.html" target="_blank">June</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/08/top-supporters-for-july-2016.html" target="_blank">July</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/09/top-supporters-for-august-2016.html" target="_blank">August</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/10/top-supporters-for-september-2016.html" target="_blank">September</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/11/top-supporters-for-october-2016.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2016/12/top-supporters-for-november-2016.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/01/top-supporters-for-december-2016.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/02/top-supporters-for-january-2017.html" target="_blank">January 2017</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/03/top-supporters-for-february-2017.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/04/top-supporters-for-march-2017.html" target="_blank">March</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/05/top-supporters-for-april-2017.html" target="_blank">April</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/06/top-supporters-for-may-2017.html" target="_blank">May</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/07/top-supporters-for-june-2017.html" target="_blank">June</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/08/top-supporters-for-july-2017.html" target="_blank">July</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/09/top-supporters-for-august-2017.html" target="_blank">August</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/10/top-supporters-for-september-2017.html" target="_blank">September</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/11/top-supporters-for-october-2017.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2017/12/top-supporters-for-november-2017.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/01/top-supporters-for-december-2017.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/02/top-supporters-for-january-2018.html" target="_blank">January 2018</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/03/top-supporters-for-february-2018.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/04/top-supporters-for-march-2018.html" target="_blank">March</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/05/top-supporters-for-april-2018.html" target="_blank">April</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/06/top-supporters-for-may-2018.html" target="_blank">May</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/07/top-supporters-for-june-2018.html" target="_blank">June</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/08/over-one-trillion-six-hundred-one.html" target="_blank">July</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/09/top-supporters-for-august-2018.html" target="_blank">August</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/10/top-supporters-for-september-2018.html" target="_blank">September</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/11/over-one-trillion-six-hundred-sixteen.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2018/12/top-supporters-for-november-2018.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/01/top-supporters-for-december-2018.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/02/top-supporters-for-january-2019.html" target="_blank">January 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/03/top-supporters-for-february-2019.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/04/top-supporters-for-march-2019.html" target="_blank">March</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/05/top-supporters-for-april-2019.html" target="_blank">April</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/06/top-supporters-for-may-2019.html" target="_blank">May</a>, and <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/07/top-supporters-for-june-2019.html" target="_blank">June</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/08/top-supporters-for-july-2019.html" target="_blank">July</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/09/top-supporters-for-august-2019.html" target="_blank">August</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/10/top-supporters-for-september-2019.html" target="_blank">September</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/11/top-supporters-for-october-2019.html" target="_blank">October</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2019/12/top-supporters-for-november-2019.html" target="_blank">November</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/01/over-two-trillion-six-billion-in-shares.html" target="_blank">December</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/02/top-supporters-for-january-2020.html" target="_blank">January 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/03/top-supporters-for-february-2020.html" target="_blank">February</a>, <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/04/over-two-trillion-twenty-seven-billion.html" target="_blank">March</a>, and <a href="http://www.minerbumping.com/2020/05/top-supporters-for-april-2020.html" target="_blank">April</a> top 10 lists at the appropriate links.<br />
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Here are our top isk contributors for May 2020:<br />
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<center><b>TOP SUPPORTERS<br />
May 2020</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbM1HGhq8ZP_nHvQsDVXo19fFqz-XFT5EJStXOhVCPPvXuTft_ceY1LDoymlRe8ZUplqiasX9Mt-AOWCeqZ_uG_IccZLPtOWKlI9ShPoFSG15kiis6RgTRw0MI2AtmxN54cSSnhxgnigF/s1600/dolphins.jpg" /><br />
<b>#1. Dolphins<br />
3,150,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSoEX39BRYSscl3aLPsI0FSlx7VZKa3gUlod0LtyfQ0QQGUvjMnIJRpaTqOYxB46ly8grng03xwhY3-XRGubPDgW3-LfNNMDEqTr4f5SQN7dkVQhi6n-DOVMSZttOQHqdcY8kGOjW0dKt/s1600/Earl+Pinkerton.png" /><br />
<b>#2. Earl Pinkerton<br />
503,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGMGZ4mWESlOpK5LlSD4gSGZspjmj-vL23WbWJ2WwXlLpTii22k-rDiCnzba5ToGhoNnA74cuXOQysP6W-zJVt_FupUEg4XvtCEGKkgx06g8dVGJiSM8hLTR2vpP9DzYbp8M-44r2pP7A/s1600/Bartieman+Bro.png" /><br />
<b>#3. Bartieman Bro<br />
420,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4EkHaRIJLHnBVCYxoybfaq2DfX-zdDWntLL6yq2OROwGyhSy8DSEZnla1oPk7g2iYVDKPLTpE4ZwRX8CvRRpZrYQgYed7QRFU1lnOohn1Xy1IJHDplkKmLjbtVN2JhQJWRpjdhqnKeOB/s1600/Aiko+Danuja.png" /><br />
<b>#4. Aiko Danuja<br />
315,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjtJklQ-O96dB2Zn5PlF_szHMd_Z_Mf7wKL1U0k-EuT3JzO6eLQ18ptg8JDcNVdA6ScmG7Z7wV32EMBd8H1rrKv9q0uJdEAWEqifbxhD5Ic0G4zg3cpvfkglDBn7kXirOFtQscCidUENP/s1600/Xuxe+Xu.png" /><br />
<b>#5. Xuxe Xu<br />
107,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCPKrg2JPZh7-KPzdbC3W5Hd55dtpnFtkDE3S0lFXEJdPmGSA5XWPPvra6oNXH4nwBoX3Fa46idH5mSfz2KyM6s8va0QJgvAQuMmq35PnmHi9OIDLdfl2F2U8WFsUuRkJglc_7tQgdONr/s1600/DeathStryke+Enderas.png" /><br />
<b>#6. DeathStryke Enderas<br />
100,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXGOlfMRDBMWoLXu3jBrxENfm3SkPxs4XneRDfdAiC9VkT2eoR4YygZvgXSdpXmh-4Rx_OkkACqnzsInx187UDV2eV1yvxooBE3DB5diZucq78Zv6cNFgZglv4quzoYac_JjWgHHSMcsN/s1600/Sigismund+Augustus.png" /><br />
<b>#7. Sigismund Augustus<br />
15,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4M-zw23VWfLvzgZ_V8VFM5jTxuSxkCCL2NDwdhnMPxahUQJS-kK2YU4bY_KQms5AtLLnT16FXv5CTZxSht9LsGuXS30XNrrYHRWdynhVy4cU9zKS2CLCGdK84PkQn2_GbXp2VC8J8WRjn/s1600/Zera+Worclaw.png" /><br />
<b>#7. Zera Worclaw<br />
15,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP88L4rydBR5rYyQgRmJQT-T_sxh5E5lOGBxJfQKpg17vtgQuwgBfIlKOEjKJZaEcJliN7f2OZQ4iKJLHe1DNQ3sjsRv3uIKHXEBYX9t2_6AzlRreUa2Vw9wr3yjGcCtnGHWW-8jMSnas-/s1600/Bleda+Katona.png" /><br />
<b>#9. Bleda Katona<br />
10,000,000 isk</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio730ZbFReZnKQWEUR47Bu7rkfZ_jzj0xmDWEgxDTGj3KVthDK_7zPrLTzKOhRjaDr7nm8Rz8SS-L9B4jYUGVOCtXi4xtGYGs7lBNbdUgFxgqVhfrJ9AU7w29S2rDik1H6IYowKxLbcw_/s1600/brice+kinney.png" /><br />
<b>#9. brice kinney<br />
10,000,000 isk</b></center><br />
Courage isn't cheap. But it's not expensive either: It's not the amount of money that counts, but where it goes. Those who love highsec and choose to love it courageously with their money send their isk to the New Order. Imagine the tens of trillions of isk worth of blingy mining equipment that could've been invested more wisely. The poor Goofuses could've had a legacy, but they threw it away! Our Agents, on the other hand, ensure that their isk lives forever.MinerBumpinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932737268774492206noreply@blogger.com1