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The Gamis system owes everything to Agent Kalorned and his Code enforcement activities. Gamis was once a random, unknown system, but now it's famous. This didn't happen by accident; Kalorned invested a lot of time and energy into improving the system. And he kept the EVE community involved with a multi-platform communications strategy. Today, we return to the @NewOrderGamis twitter feed.

When a miner discovers our Code for the first time, it's a revelation. Sometimes the truth dawns upon the miner slowly...

...But it's always worth it in the end.

Miners resist and rebel. They scream and cry and threaten. So far, none have proven to be effective strategies.

The more creative a carebear's strategy, the less likely it is to work.

There are always excuses, of course. As if someone's grandmother wouldn't understand the importance of obeying the law!

Kalorned is tough, but fair. There's nothing impolite about insisting that a citizen fulfills his obligations like everyone else.

Miners are often shocked and amazed by Kalorned's abilities. It's true that our Agents' ships have powers superior to those of other EVE players. We don't use hacks, though; we use the Code.

Once they get a taste of Code-powered elite PvP, the miners can only appeal to a higher authority, such as CCP. Actually, one might question whether even a CCP dev's Polaris could beat a New Order Agent in PvP. Regardless, our Agents always follow the EULA, so there's no need for conflict. CODE./CCP relations have never been better.

And the New Order's image in the community at large is constantly improving.

When carebears do rebel, however, they always lose. Because the CODE always wins. Always.

Sasha's Voice Against the Faction Police

Even if I hadn't been its author, I'd have to say that my proposal to remove the faction police was probably the single best idea for a game mechanic change in at least the last year. It's smart and simple. If you don't believe me, consider the overwhelmingly positive reception my proposal got on Reddit, which normally exhibits a knee-jerk anti-Code bias. That's how obviously brilliant the idea was.

Still unpersuaded? Maybe you need to hear the idea expressed in an audio format. Yes, Sasha Nyemtsov is back, reborn as Sasha Nemtsov. He has returned to the microphone to voice a MinerBumping post.

SoundCloud: It's Time to Remove the Faction Police

Someone broadcast this into the CCP headquarters, please.

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Over Eight Hundred Fifty-Seven Billion in Shares Sold

Timing, as they say, is everything. It can be the difference between joining EVE during the pre-Code era and joining EVE during the Code era. If you spend any time in highsec, obviously the latter is preferable. And good timing can mean the difference between earning a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ and not earning one.

John E Normus knows this. His purchase of 99 shares for NotTheSmartestCookie was expertly timed and sent us just over the 857 billion isk mark. John earned a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™.

Now that you've seen John E Normus do it, reader, you'll need to ask yourself: Do you have what it takes to earn a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™? A little trust in yourself and your abilities can go a long way.

The Invisible Resistance

Every gank performed in the name of the Code is a revolutionary act--and a wholesome, fulfilling one at that. Agent Aaaarrgg acted quickly and resolutely when he destroyed a rebel Retriever in the Dresi system. How would the locals respond?

The reaction was mixed. And it was slow to develop, as many residents were still returning to their keyboards nearly an hour later.

Uh-oh, we've got a live one!

xxBIOHAZARD xx spoke out against the New Order's authority. Though harmlessly docked up in a station, his words were harsh and full of anger. Was he merely having a bad day, or was he a committed rebel?

xxBIOHAZARD claimed to be a former member of New Order Logistics, a corporation in the CODE. alliance. If he'd joined the resistance, there was no telling what kind of sensitive intel he might've brought with him. Gank methods, schedules... Anything!

Aaaarrgg had no choice but to investigate the potential security breach. He politely requested the identity of xxBIOHAZARD's alt.

It was worse than Aaaarrgg feared. xxBIOHAZARD created entire squadrons that had spent months ruining New Order gank operations. And none of us were aware of it!

Rebel spymaster xxBIOHAZARD carefully guarded his secrets. He wasn't going to let CODE. know where CODE. members were dying.

Thus far, the leader of the rebel squadrons had kept all of their activities under the radar. Way, way, way under the radar. Like, still parked on the runway.

The squadrons were growing. xxBIOHAZARD and his secret alts only formed the vanguard of his resistance movement.

At last, the Anti-Gankers had a leader worthy of their cause.

Aaaarrgg and xxBIOHAZARD parted ways. In the months that followed, there was no sign of xxBIOHAZARD or his squadrons. He didn't take any action against the New Order. But then again, that was sort of the point: A resistance movement so secret--so invisible--that as far as anyone in the New Order knows, it doesn't exist.

MinerBumping Endorses Xenuria for CSM11

A year ago, if you had asked the EVE community at large to identify the most universally reviled character in the galaxy, you would probably find Xenuria's name at the top of the list.

For those who are unfamiliar with Xenuria's checkered history, he first made a name for himself with his crusade against the Goons/CFC in general and The Mittani in particular. A gadfly of EVE fan events from year to year, he was accused by some of "ruining Fanfest". This sentiment was felt passionately enough by some Goons that, in a notorious incident, Xenuria's name was scratched off of the EVE monument in Iceland.

Nor were the Goons alone in feeling unenthusiastic about Xenuria's presence in EVE. A few years ago, Xenuria was disqualified from running for the CSM when CCP Dolan reportedly accused Xenuria of being affiliated with a group of hackers who DDoS'ed the EVE servers. Former head of security CCP Screegs (i.e., former Goon CEO Darius JOHNSON) also leveled some accusations against Xenuria.

Nor did Xenuria endear himself to rank-and-file CCP employees when he accused the art team of lying during a Q&A session at Fanfest. The subject? Something about the graphical quality of characters' shoes.

This is not meant to be an exhaustive account of Xenuria's dealings with the EVE community. It would take too much time and effort to fully catalog the various feuds and accusations of wrongdoing associated with the controversial CSM candidate. As EveNews24 reported back in 2014, "Xenuria has been banned and shunned even by organizations that are notoriously lenient when it comes to player behaviour, like the GSF and TEST Alliance."

Year after year after year, Xenuria ran for CSM. Though he always appeared on the ballot (when CCP allowed it), he never came anywhere close to victory. He was a laughingstock, a perennial joke candidate. But then something interesting happened. In February 2015, during the CSM10 campaign, Xenuria managed to secure a high-profile endorsement for the first time. From the MinerBumping post:

"Xenuria is our other endorsement this year, though it comes with a number of caveats. First of all, Xenuria doesn't really belong on the CSM. This endorsement isn't meant to suggest Xenuria would make a good CSM member. He wouldn't. In fact, you should probably leave Xenuria off your ballot.

"All that having been said, a vote for Xenuria sends a word of caution to CCP. It reminds them that they shouldn't take the CSM for granted, and that whatever issues they may have in dealing with the CSM candidates who do get elected, things could be worse."

Xenuria went on to lose his campaign for CSM10, just as he'd lost all of the CSM races before. And yet, almost from the moment he received the MinerBumping endorsement, Xenuria's luck began to change--as if the Fates had given his life in EVE another roll of the dice.

Behind the scenes, invisible gears began to turn. Curious things occurred. Was it the "MinerBumping bump"? What precisely was the mechanism by which this process worked, no one can say. Whatever it was, by June, Xenuria was publishing articles on TheMittani.com, to the amazement and confusion of onlookers everywhere.

Things only got weirder. In August, Xenuria was invited onto an episode of The Meta Show by his mortal enemy, The Mittani himself. Viewers were baffled.

Inexplicably, Xenuria was allowed to join Goonswarm Federation itself, and in a widely-circulated killmail, EVE bore witness as, to the astonishment of everyone, Xenuria and The Mittani flew in the same fleets.

Meanwhile, CSM10 suffered as the institution of the CSM itself completely disintegrated. Tweets and lengthy articles were written on the subject. Which brings us to the CSM11 campaign.

The Imperium released its official ballot. In a move that would've been inconceivable a year ago and only marginally more comprehensible today, the mighty nullsec coalition put Xenuria in its third slot. The Imperium's press release explained the decision with faint echoes of the previous year's MinerBumping endorsement:

"Let's not sugar coat this. This is the year of the CONDI. Like the year of the dog except instead of eating our own shit we make CCP eat it. Our ballot is very specifically picked to not only support our allies but to give a nice big fuck you to CCP. They went after Sion. CSM Reps were replaced. They ignore blatant leaking from other CSM members. CCP is fucking up. When CCP fucks up it is up to us to hurt them because we love them.

"We remain hopeful that they can take steps to foster open communication again. That being said, we must prepare for the worst and communicate our feeling in an appropriate manner. Sending the most villainous of us (Aryth) along with one of the most hated people in EVE (Xenuria) should do the trick.

"Yes, there are meta within meta reasons for Xenuria. Just trust in us to have some complicated evil plan and a backup plan. There is pretty much no way this doesn't play in our favor in some way. Think of him as the Trump vote. Because fuck you that's why."

Incredibly, the Imperium endorsement all but ensures that Xenuria will be granted his fondest wish, a spot on the CSM.

You can cast your CSM ballot today. Why vote for Xenuria? Because sometimes things just happen.

The Destroyer of CODE, Part 4

Previously, on MinerBumping... Chip Patton publicized his organization in Elite Dangerous by telling everyone he was responsible for completely destroying CODE. in EVE Online. loyalanon wanted more information from Chip about his alliance's alleged destruction, and Chip began sending him a series of increasingly bizarre EVEmails. Despite claiming to have destroyed CODE. and to have permabanned 90% of its members, Chip seemed to support some aspects of the Code, and encouraged loyalanon to work with him.

Failing to get a response from loyalanon, Chip went to the Saviour of Highsec himself! Chip's first task was to persuade me to do away with the idea that I should consider the source. Sure, Chip might have zero credibility, but that didn't mean that what he was about to say now wasn't true. That would be a logical fallacy.

Chip told the story of his organization's two-year history of constantly fighting and defeating New Order Agents. But Chip was a subtle operator; as he said before, he was not one to fight on the battlefield. He was so under-the-radar that no one even knew his victories over the Code were taking place.

Translation: Chip defeated our suicide gankers by allowing them to be CONCORDed post-gank, after which they docked up for their aggression timers. Looks like we've got a new Napoleon on our hands.

According to Chip, his was the first organization that CODE. has ever wardecced. And in highsec, no less!

For an organization that he'd brought to extinction, Chip was surprisingly interested in the idea of tweaking CODE.'s procedures.

It only got more strange: Chip proposed that his organization would pay CODE. to perform Code enforcement. Sadly, the proposal involved too much red tape for us to consider.

Actually, the New Order has always been strongly in favor of freedom of speech. Of course, every reasonable person agrees that free speech requires some limits. For example, one can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater, as it would be reckless and irresponsible--just like criticizing the Code and the New Order.

Sounds like a bunch of utopian, pie-in-the-sky stuff to me. Call me a cynic, but I prefer the cold, hard pragmatism of the Code and the glorious, perfect highsec it promises to create.

Chip had come a long way, from "I destroyed CODE. and permabanned everyone" to "Let's talk about how I can give money to CODE." What can account for such a transformation? Easy: Chip had spent a few minutes talking to loyalanon. That's how good our Agents are at influencing people. The more time you spend with the New Order, the more you'll come around to their way of thinking. Just another example of why loyalanon is one of the most highly regarded diplomats in EVE history.

Top Supporters for February 2016

Each 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 August 2012, September, October, November, December, January 2013, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January 2014, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January 2015, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, and January 2016 top 10 lists at the appropriate links.

Here are our top isk contributors for February 2016:

TOP SUPPORTERS
February 2016


#1. Kegan Bjornson
1,250,000,000 isk


#2. Yildez
1,000,000,000 isk


#3. Grifter Jones
315,000,000 isk


#3. Malon Kreed
315,000,000 isk


#3. Morrigan Laima
315,000,000 isk


#3. Skar Kaizen
315,000,000 isk


#7. blacknovadragon
100,000,000 isk


#8. Rule 303
40,000,000 isk


#9. Vewglas Ouroborose
37,000,000 isk


#10. Blackblood Execs
25,000,000 isk
Sustaining the EVE universe isn't an easy job. As we've seen over the past week, CCP has enough trouble keeping the game online, let alone designing and improving it. Truthfully--and we're always truthful here at MinerBumping--it is the New Order, not CCP, that keeps EVE going. In terms of iskflow, look to the heroes and heroines like those pictured above. If you want to keep playing EVE, they're the ones who make it possible.