Do you have the Christmas spirit? I know of a corporation that does: Decima Technologies, our newest shareholder. Chris Carlyle, the founder of the corp, purchased 150 shares on behalf of Decima Technologies. This sent us over the 177 billion mark. As a result, Decima Technologies receives a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ by way of its registered agent.
Forget the Yule Lad--all share isk is placed into our gankers' stockings this holiday season!
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013
Krazy Meets Crazy, Part 2
Previously, on MinerBumping... Highsec carebear johantttt was driven to anger when he witnessed Agent KrazyTaco bumping his fellow miners. At his wit's end, johantttt attempted to suicide gank him using a fail-fit Drake.
Now for a shift in perspective. I was not aware of these events as they were going on. From my vantage point, a random player EVEmailed me a warning about KrazyTaco. I was able to immediately dismiss the warning, however. I knew KrazyTaco was a Code enforcer.
The next day, I was perplexed to receive another EVEmail from johantttt. Out of nowhere, he gave me his full name and street address.
A few days later, johantttt set me to neutral. I was sure there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for all of this.
johantttt then sent me an apology for his behavior. Clearly, an Agent of the New Order was making progress with this gentleman. To understand the full story, we must travel back to the point just after johantttt CONCORDed his own Drake...
johantttt demanded that the kill right be thrown away somehow.
Having read the Code, johantttt started to change his mind. Maybe the New Order wasn't so bad after all.
A few days later, KrazyTaco replied, assuring the carebear that he could be redeemed if he followed the Code. Then he would be welcomed into the New Order family.
The kill right acted as a sword of Damocles over the poor miner. He wanted to pay for the permit, but he couldn't risk mining anywhere outside of 1.0, or in anything more expensive than a Venture. Despite having played EVE for two and a half years, he was flat broke.
Finally, johantttt scraped up the cash to buy a mining permit, and KrazyTaco agreed to sell the kill right for 20 million isk. So the story had a happy ending. Judging by his bio, johantttt has yet to fully embrace the Code, since there's no pledge of loyalty to me (yet). Still, giving money to an Agent and apologizing to everyone is a good start. No matter how bleak a miner's prospects may appear, the New Order is always willing to give someone a fresh start.
johantttt > didnt like the ship xDjohantttt lived in highsec all his life, but he managed to pick up the "I didn't want that ______ anyway" excuse.
KrazyTaco > Kill: johantttt (Drake)
Olivia shy > oh wow concord your a big man
Olivia shy > KrazyTaco your a POS
KrazyTaco > Olivia shy Im just enforcing the law
Now for a shift in perspective. I was not aware of these events as they were going on. From my vantage point, a random player EVEmailed me a warning about KrazyTaco. I was able to immediately dismiss the warning, however. I knew KrazyTaco was a Code enforcer.
The next day, I was perplexed to receive another EVEmail from johantttt. Out of nowhere, he gave me his full name and street address.
A few days later, johantttt set me to neutral. I was sure there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for all of this.
johantttt then sent me an apology for his behavior. Clearly, an Agent of the New Order was making progress with this gentleman. To understand the full story, we must travel back to the point just after johantttt CONCORDed his own Drake...
johantttt > i think the code member KrazyTaco soon is here Gamis and he have a kill right on me for 26 days...It's always fun when carebears think it matters that they have kill rights on a -10 character. But now an Agent was the one with the kill rights, and johantttt was obsessed by it. He couldn't mine, because at any time, someone could buy the kill rights and kill him.
Kelnarn Shaelingrath > he's not a code knight according to his info, he's in an npc corp and is likely just a scammer impersonating a code knight
druid 99 > hs in gelhan now
Kelnarn Shaelingrath > just saying
johantttt > thanks
johantttt demanded that the kill right be thrown away somehow.
KrazyTaco > o/With his mining operation in jeopardy, johantttt was desperate. He offered to raise 60 million isk and purchase the kill rights himself.
johantttt > hello. i am sorry
johantttt > sorry
KrazyTaco > I need more than words johantttt
johantttt > how can i mine when you sell kill rights?
johantttt > i will give you 60 mill
johantttt > deal?
johantttt > i need to be able to mine
KrazyTaco > Sure, send the money
johantttt > what about selling the right? plz dont do it
johantttt > i dont know much about this game
johantttt > i did behave wrong
johantttt > i know that
johantttt > i will pay as fast as possible
johantttt > taco is the shit foodBut KrazyTaco insisted that he be paid first, rather than allowing johantttt to mine minerals for the 60 million. Thwarted, johantttt suffered a relapse.
johantttt > taco smells like dinner
johantttt > i will eat it
johantttt > taco smells like pussy
johantttt > come here
johantttt > KrazyTaco lick i lick
johantttt > come to the star there is dinner waiting
johantttt > it will burn like hell
johantttt > taco is served
KrazyTaco > Morning johan, you rang?johantttt got into another Drake and demanded that KrazyTaco activate the kill rights and duel him. johantttt didn't really care about the outcome of the duel; he just wanted to be free to mine again.
johantttt > run your pussy
johantttt > attack me
KrazyTaco > johantttt The money you spent on that drake could have been used to buy your kill right
johantttt > coward
KrazyTaco > I'm not very pleased with you, your being very fiscally irresponsible
johantttt > you promised me to eat
KrazyTaco > I promised you nothing actually
johantttt > you are not a man anymore
johantttt > you said you was going to kill me and here i am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! go
johantttt > keep your wordHowever, KrazyTaco's terms stood. He declined to activate the kill rights.
johantttt > kill me now
johantttt > dont sell it haha
KrazyTaco > Why not? I make more money on the kill right than I do your crappy fit that drops
johantttt > you dont work you loser, you scam people
johantttt > selling mining permits
johantttt > telling you are a code member
johantttt > you cant even keeep your word and kill me
johantttt > ohh where si your brain? !
KrazyTaco > If your going to waste my time Ill get back to what I was doing then
johantttt > run now
johantttt > loser
johantttt > i go home and eat taco later
johantttt > hey, i dont know who i am rebel againstLater, johantttt began to reconsider his status as a rebel against the New Order. He realized that he didn't know exactly what he was rebelling against. Whoever the New Order was, they were powerful enough to stop him from mining.
johantttt > ill read on your website and se what happens
KrazyTaco > YOu attempted to attack an Agent of The New Order
KrazyTaco > That makes you a rebel
johantttt > yeah but i dont know if i want to be a rebel yet but ill find out by reading about the code
KrazyTaco > Its not a matter of whether you want to be
KrazyTaco > you already are
KrazyTaco > Regardless, reading The Code is a good idea
johantttt > what i want matters to me
KrazyTaco > Let me know when you ready to remove your rebel status o/
Having read the Code, johantttt started to change his mind. Maybe the New Order wasn't so bad after all.
A few days later, KrazyTaco replied, assuring the carebear that he could be redeemed if he followed the Code. Then he would be welcomed into the New Order family.
The kill right acted as a sword of Damocles over the poor miner. He wanted to pay for the permit, but he couldn't risk mining anywhere outside of 1.0, or in anything more expensive than a Venture. Despite having played EVE for two and a half years, he was flat broke.
Finally, johantttt scraped up the cash to buy a mining permit, and KrazyTaco agreed to sell the kill right for 20 million isk. So the story had a happy ending. Judging by his bio, johantttt has yet to fully embrace the Code, since there's no pledge of loyalty to me (yet). Still, giving money to an Agent and apologizing to everyone is a good start. No matter how bleak a miner's prospects may appear, the New Order is always willing to give someone a fresh start.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Kills of the Week
The allegedly pro-carebear people out there will tell new players that they need to spend a lot of time mining in perfect safety before they can get involved in the fun parts of EVE. Such advice does more to harm the new players than anything a ganker ever did. Indeed, ganks encourage EVE players to wake up, adapt, and rethink what they're doing. So this holiday season, give the gift of gank. Speaking of which, let's look at some ganks from the week of December 15th @ 00:00 EVEtime through December 21st @ 23:59 EVEtime.
AssokKa put a Gistii B-Type Small Shield Booster on her Hulk and called it a day. Agents Selina Dyle and Ophidia Black had a few recommendations on how to properly tank a Hulk. Hint: Don't fly a Hulk. But AssokKa didn't get the message. Just after I was informed of her first death...
...AssokKa appeared on a completely different report from Agents Krominal and Keraina Talie-Kuo. According to the report, some local rebels tried to save AssokKa. They failed. It wasn't just that the rebels were incompetent, though. AssokKa didn't exactly pull her own weight, having only "learned" to add a Dread Guristas Kinetic Deflection Field to her earlier Hulk fail-fit.
Is it "Lose a Hulk Week" or something? I thought miners had moved on from using Hulks. Solentino fit an expensive named mining upgrade to his ship and waited for the inevitable. Agents Rick Therapist and Brutal Anna played the role of the inevitable in this gank, sending 728 million isk into the ether.
Seriously? Solacc lost a Hulk, too, worth over a billion isk! Agents PanzarPanda, Binary 0001, Binary 0010, Binary 0011, and Binary 0100 weren't impressed a bit. They'd have more respect for a cheap Retriever, as long as it has a 10 million isk mining permit. And don't let the Binaries fool you. They may have bot-like names, but their actions prove they're all heart.
What's this old kill doing here? RC Law lost a Hulk back in June, thanks to Agent Fawn Tailor's efforts. She also popped his billion isk pod. What's the relevance of this kill?
With all the talk of protecting "newbies" who mine in highsec, Fawn wanted to point out that these "new players" can date as far back as the summer of 2003. Don't let 'em kid you. That having been said...
Zherah Starfield was only one day old when her rookie ship was popped by Agent Currin Trading. Normally that would be cause for minor celebration. But look at the 40 million isk worth of skillbooks and you can see that Zherah was already plotting a criminal career path. In the Star Trek universe, criminal tendencies are detected early on and dealt with. Perhaps this is how it's done: Gank them while they're still young and malleable.
Speaking of crime fighting, Agent D400 is now recognized as the #2 bounty hunter in the entire EVE galaxy. Of course, not every criminal has a bounty.
Case in point: Intaki Jajao, whose 1.4 billion isk in implants were pelted by Agent D400's phased plasma bullets. Don't let the sovereignty labels fool you. When it comes to highsec, it's all Order, all the time.
AssokKa put a Gistii B-Type Small Shield Booster on her Hulk and called it a day. Agents Selina Dyle and Ophidia Black had a few recommendations on how to properly tank a Hulk. Hint: Don't fly a Hulk. But AssokKa didn't get the message. Just after I was informed of her first death...
...AssokKa appeared on a completely different report from Agents Krominal and Keraina Talie-Kuo. According to the report, some local rebels tried to save AssokKa. They failed. It wasn't just that the rebels were incompetent, though. AssokKa didn't exactly pull her own weight, having only "learned" to add a Dread Guristas Kinetic Deflection Field to her earlier Hulk fail-fit.
Is it "Lose a Hulk Week" or something? I thought miners had moved on from using Hulks. Solentino fit an expensive named mining upgrade to his ship and waited for the inevitable. Agents Rick Therapist and Brutal Anna played the role of the inevitable in this gank, sending 728 million isk into the ether.
Seriously? Solacc lost a Hulk, too, worth over a billion isk! Agents PanzarPanda, Binary 0001, Binary 0010, Binary 0011, and Binary 0100 weren't impressed a bit. They'd have more respect for a cheap Retriever, as long as it has a 10 million isk mining permit. And don't let the Binaries fool you. They may have bot-like names, but their actions prove they're all heart.
What's this old kill doing here? RC Law lost a Hulk back in June, thanks to Agent Fawn Tailor's efforts. She also popped his billion isk pod. What's the relevance of this kill?
With all the talk of protecting "newbies" who mine in highsec, Fawn wanted to point out that these "new players" can date as far back as the summer of 2003. Don't let 'em kid you. That having been said...
Zherah Starfield was only one day old when her rookie ship was popped by Agent Currin Trading. Normally that would be cause for minor celebration. But look at the 40 million isk worth of skillbooks and you can see that Zherah was already plotting a criminal career path. In the Star Trek universe, criminal tendencies are detected early on and dealt with. Perhaps this is how it's done: Gank them while they're still young and malleable.
Speaking of crime fighting, Agent D400 is now recognized as the #2 bounty hunter in the entire EVE galaxy. Of course, not every criminal has a bounty.
Case in point: Intaki Jajao, whose 1.4 billion isk in implants were pelted by Agent D400's phased plasma bullets. Don't let the sovereignty labels fool you. When it comes to highsec, it's all Order, all the time.
One Hundred Seventy-Six Billion in Shares Sold
Another glorious victory for the New Order! We have sold over 176 billion in shares. That amounts to a ridiculous number of gank ships reimbursed during our ongoing war against the bot-aspirants. Before we get to the Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ portion of this post, I have a few questions about the share-purchasing process to answer.
Several months ago, Luthien DeTelerin lost a billion isk anti-tanked Orca while conducting unlicensed mining activity. She's certainly come a long way since then: She sent me 5 billion isk to purchase New Order shares. To answer her question, no, I can't keep her donation anonymous. All ownership of New Order shares is public. On occasion, people have gifted shares to other players, or have designated an alt for holding shares, but otherwise it's all in the open. If anyone gives you trouble about owning shares, take heart that you have the full power of the New Order behind you.
I'm frequently asked whether New Order shares serve a dual function, or whether a shareholder needs to buy a mining permit. The answer is that a mining permit is purchased separately. Today we have an extreme example, where Luthien owns 5,000 shares but does not have a mining permit. I'm a man of the law. Luthien remains, technically, a Code violator.
But whatever else she is, the woman's still a shareholder. To that end, Luthien DeTelerin earns a Quintuple Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ for her purchase of 5,000 shares, sending us past the 172, 173, 174, 175, and 176 billion isk marks.
Several months ago, Luthien DeTelerin lost a billion isk anti-tanked Orca while conducting unlicensed mining activity. She's certainly come a long way since then: She sent me 5 billion isk to purchase New Order shares. To answer her question, no, I can't keep her donation anonymous. All ownership of New Order shares is public. On occasion, people have gifted shares to other players, or have designated an alt for holding shares, but otherwise it's all in the open. If anyone gives you trouble about owning shares, take heart that you have the full power of the New Order behind you.
I'm frequently asked whether New Order shares serve a dual function, or whether a shareholder needs to buy a mining permit. The answer is that a mining permit is purchased separately. Today we have an extreme example, where Luthien owns 5,000 shares but does not have a mining permit. I'm a man of the law. Luthien remains, technically, a Code violator.
But whatever else she is, the woman's still a shareholder. To that end, Luthien DeTelerin earns a Quintuple Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ for her purchase of 5,000 shares, sending us past the 172, 173, 174, 175, and 176 billion isk marks.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
The Tears of Babble
It's only fair that the New Order conducts affairs of state in English, since English is the most commonly-spoken language in highsec. The second most common: broken English. But that designation barely hints at its diversity. Let's look at some varieties, starting with the best:
I've noticed that when someone prefaces his remarks with an apology about his poor English, his English is often better than that of many native speakers. I'd much prefer reading something written by kikfamilie than by liberty, for example.
Then you have the translated English. toxa Heleneto's "divorce" comment is difficult to decipher, but at least all of the words made it through the translator.
Then there's the hybrid form. Procko Freeman is fluent enough to curse in English, but he spices things up with some of his native Czech, just for flavor. The subject line reads "motherfuckers", and "zasrana" means "fucking". Not sure about the "pico", but whatever it means, it's clear that the Code has been violated here.
Finally, there's the half-translated version. It was run through a translator, but not successfully enough to clear the non-English words. Nevertheless, you can still identify the standard carebear excuses.
Still, it's easier to deal with broken English than the alternative. There simply wasn't time to translate what wolf wolfius was saying. Not when I had better things to do. I assumed wolf wasn't happy, since I had destroyed his ship only a few minutes prior.
From Google Translate: "You asshole / Dick on / Suck dick bastard"
Arron Bichob sent me this wall of text. The only thing I could pick out was the number "10", which probably referred to a mining permit fee. I asked him for a translation. Remember, if a miner's tears aren't to your liking, you can always send them back and request a replacement.
I wasn't happy with what I received. Surely, Arron could do better.
It's tough love, but unless you make a carebear put some real effort into this game, he'll never learn how to apply himself.
At first, Arron reverted to his native tongue.
"You do not like the translation, learn Russian, sir!"
I politely asked Arron to try again. This was much more efficient than learning how to speak Russian. That could take days.
Arron did a little better this time. However, to see if a lesson sticks, you need to gank the carebear again.
Dialogist didn't send me a wall of text, but I felt he still owed it to me to translate what little he did send.
"Shove your Code to go to hell!"
The New Order is big on courtesy. We do you a solid, so we expect a solid in return.
Dialogist learned English in a hurry so he could threaten to stop playing EVE. I don't see why I should take that as a threat, though. Some of the finest, most productive people on planet Earth don't play EVE. There are billions of non-EVE players. What's one more? And if you really think about it, those who spend their time AFK are non-players, too.
I've noticed that when someone prefaces his remarks with an apology about his poor English, his English is often better than that of many native speakers. I'd much prefer reading something written by kikfamilie than by liberty, for example.
Then you have the translated English. toxa Heleneto's "divorce" comment is difficult to decipher, but at least all of the words made it through the translator.
Then there's the hybrid form. Procko Freeman is fluent enough to curse in English, but he spices things up with some of his native Czech, just for flavor. The subject line reads "motherfuckers", and "zasrana" means "fucking". Not sure about the "pico", but whatever it means, it's clear that the Code has been violated here.
Finally, there's the half-translated version. It was run through a translator, but not successfully enough to clear the non-English words. Nevertheless, you can still identify the standard carebear excuses.
Still, it's easier to deal with broken English than the alternative. There simply wasn't time to translate what wolf wolfius was saying. Not when I had better things to do. I assumed wolf wasn't happy, since I had destroyed his ship only a few minutes prior.
From Google Translate: "You asshole / Dick on / Suck dick bastard"
Arron Bichob sent me this wall of text. The only thing I could pick out was the number "10", which probably referred to a mining permit fee. I asked him for a translation. Remember, if a miner's tears aren't to your liking, you can always send them back and request a replacement.
I wasn't happy with what I received. Surely, Arron could do better.
It's tough love, but unless you make a carebear put some real effort into this game, he'll never learn how to apply himself.
At first, Arron reverted to his native tongue.
"You do not like the translation, learn Russian, sir!"
I politely asked Arron to try again. This was much more efficient than learning how to speak Russian. That could take days.
Arron did a little better this time. However, to see if a lesson sticks, you need to gank the carebear again.
Dialogist didn't send me a wall of text, but I felt he still owed it to me to translate what little he did send.
"Shove your Code to go to hell!"
The New Order is big on courtesy. We do you a solid, so we expect a solid in return.
Dialogist learned English in a hurry so he could threaten to stop playing EVE. I don't see why I should take that as a threat, though. Some of the finest, most productive people on planet Earth don't play EVE. There are billions of non-EVE players. What's one more? And if you really think about it, those who spend their time AFK are non-players, too.
Friday, December 20, 2013
To Thine Own Self, Be True
Among the tools that still exist to facilitate fun in highsec, ganking and wardecs are the most widely seen. It's easy to give them the spotlight. But we mustn't forget the awoxers. They have a particular burden to carry. The decision to shoot their own corpmates for violating the Code? That takes commitment.
Agent Jack Lennox felt the call to enforce the Code. With his history of highsec mining, he acquired a passion for joining carebear corps and killing them from within.
Carebears have plenty of ways to avoid recruiting awoxers, but they don't use them. In their minds, highsec is a place for easy, no-effort money-making. A click on an applicant's employment history is one click too many.
Jack's former corpmates informed on him to his new CEO. "You can stay, but only if you don't awox us." Thousand Suns was so lazy and bot-aspirant that he couldn't be bothered to recruit a real miner. Jack should be admired for being willing to shoulder the "lie" that he wouldn't awox. You see, when your CEO forbids you from enforcing the Code, your CEO becomes responsible for everything you must do to overcome him. By forcing Jack to lie, Thousand Suns became the liar; Jack was a truth-teller.
Jack's worst fears about the corp were true. It was filled with anti-Order miners. And CEO Thousand Suns himself was your classic "I have powerful friends in nullsec" kinda guy. He couldn't admit that he was just another highsec miner.
Where once there was only silence in highsec, we create a symphony. The New Order awoxer worked hand-in-hand with wardeccer Psychotic Monk. For the carebear apologists among you, explain to me how you defend Thousand Suns' decision to tell everyone, "Let's all mine during the wardec, because nothing bad could possibly happen."
Bot-aspirancy had taken deep root in the corp. They learned nothing from the fact that the Orca died while being AFK for six hours. Instead of educating the Orca pilot, they enabled him. Jack Lennox had absolutely no choice but to use his awox character to kill everyone in sight.
Jack hatched a plan to liberate a fail-fit missioning Vindicator from the filthy carebears. He grabbed a cruiser and struck at the moment of opportunity.
But Jack felt pity on the Vindicator. Not the pilot, mind you (she was guilty as sin), but the Vindicator itself. Jack took the pilot's 200 million isk and allowed her to eject to go scrounge up some more cash. His main rescued the Vindicator and put it somewhere safe. When the carebear's pod returned to the scene, it was smashed. Jack expected this to jolt some sense into the carebear, but amazingly, she still wanted to get the Vindicator back. After it had just been rescued from slavery!
Bob StarSeeker > HiThe former Vindicator pilot, Morena Ohmiras, had no idea that Jack's main had taken the ship. He told her that a Goon, Bob StarSeeker, was to blame. Bob was invited to chat. He offered to sell the ship back to Morena.
Bob StarSeeker > I have no use for a vindicator, I'm interested in giving it back
Morena Ohmiras > Interested how?
Bob StarSeeker > Interested as in interested in negotiating a deal
Bob StarSeeker > How about 200mil? Seems reasonable
Morena Ohmiras > Sounds reasonable
Morena Ohmiras > make a contract with the ship at the station and add the 10k fee and I will pick it upFor some reason, Morena had difficulty trusting Bob, despite his being GoonSwarm's recruitment director.
Bob StarSeeker > As you konw, as a director, I can't be seen handing out faction ships at 200mil
Bob StarSeeker > It doesn't exactly look great if I give you a vindi, which is a ship that comes from guristas space, our home region, for 200mil
Bob StarSeeker > So, here's the fool-proof way to do it so it doesn't come across as suspicsious in the API
Bob StarSeeker > You send me 200mil and I'll have my alt undock and eject it
Morena Ohmiras > I am not sending anything until I have the ship
Bob StarSeeker > Oh but think more of me lol, I didn't become recruitment director of goonswarm through backstabbery and lies
Bob StarSeeker > I'm at the spearhead of a 11,000 man alliance here, I've got my reputation at stakeBob explained that the Vindicator couldn't be sold through normal channels. He wouldn't want The Mittani thinking he was smuggling the faction ship to an unauthorized source.
Bob StarSeeker > You have chat logs and everything, this would damage the alliance
Bob StarSeeker > That's your collateral
Morena Ohmiras > No, I don't care. As far as I am concerned you are awesome and are just keeping the Vindi safe for me, if anyone asks, other than that, I don't hand over money unless it's a contract.
Bob StarSeeker > As far as the mittani is concerned, you're a N3 alt and I'm funneling our government money to you
Morena Ohmiras > I don;t even know what that means
Bob StarSeeker > It means if we do it your way, it shows up on the API and they think I'm a spy or disgruntled directorTo ensure that Bob's method of transfer would go off without a hitch, he had to give his solemn word as a Director of the GoonSwarm Federation. The Goon did not hesitate to put his honour at stake.
Morena Ohmiras > there is no guarantee I will make it back to ANY station with the ship intact
Bob StarSeeker > It will be right on the undock
Morena Ohmiras > here?
Bob StarSeeker > You do have a guarantee
Bob StarSeeker > If I don't give you the ship, then you'll be able to use these logs to smother my reputation
Morena Ohmiras > so just to cement this "guarantee"
Morena Ohmiras > I have your solemn word as a Director of the Goonswarm Federation that I will get my ship back intact with all the fittings if I give you the money?
Bob StarSeeker > Yes you do.
Morena Ohmiras > how long will it take for the exchange?However, the fact remained that Morena was a bot-aspirant who showed no respect for the Code. By forcing Bob to scam her, Morena became guilty of the scam. Another 200 million isk was liberated and put to work in an EVE-appropriate manner.
Bob StarSeeker > 2 minutes at most
Morena Ohmiras > Am I making a mistake by trusting you?
Bob StarSeeker > No, this position I have is built on trust
Morena Ohmiras > fine, two minutes
Morena Ohmiras > here goes nothing
Bob StarSeeker > I appreciate your trust
Morena Ohmiras > there you go
Bob StarSeeker > But I've decided that my reputation as recruitment director doesn't matter, thanks anyway.
Meanwhile, Morena didn't bother to tell her corpmates about the theft of her Vindicator. So Jack went on his merry way, awoxing all the miners he could find. Sadly, there were many.
The sun set on Thousand Suns' corp. In the end, building a corp on a foundation of AFK mining is like building a castle out of sand. It will only wash away. Or an Agent of the New Order will eventually discover it and knock it over. Meanwhile, building a highsec corp on the foundation of the Code is like building a castle with normal castle-building materials. It will stand the test of time.
I Am Legend
Inspired by rebel CEO liberty's comparisons of me to a mythic, shadowy figure, Angus Adalwin brought to life this compelling image:
It's no surprise that a lot of EVE players compare me to the Batman. We share a lot of the same goals and possess many of the same qualities. And, of course, the superhero thing. Don't get me wrong--I do not endorse vigilantism on any level. However, I can identify with the Batman's frustrations with the crime and corruption in his fair city. A more accurate comparison might be to say that I'm like Commissioner Gordon, but with superpowers. The Batman would become unnecessary, since I would swiftly eliminate all the crime, but in a scrupulously legal fashion.
Permanent links to all supporter artwork may be found on the Links page.
It's no surprise that a lot of EVE players compare me to the Batman. We share a lot of the same goals and possess many of the same qualities. And, of course, the superhero thing. Don't get me wrong--I do not endorse vigilantism on any level. However, I can identify with the Batman's frustrations with the crime and corruption in his fair city. A more accurate comparison might be to say that I'm like Commissioner Gordon, but with superpowers. The Batman would become unnecessary, since I would swiftly eliminate all the crime, but in a scrupulously legal fashion.
Permanent links to all supporter artwork may be found on the Links page.
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