Crime & Punishment

Jackpot.

CODE kills people for sh1ts and giggles. And profit.
They also like to indulge in petty extortion.
Their CODE is really just so much BS. It is a feeble excuse to explain their criminal behaviour.
However, they are also easy to negate: don't go afk.
And don't hate them, the existence of CODE is an example of why Eve is so good. Name another game where something like this could happen, you can't. It is truly emergant, player created content.
Embrace the challenge, stay alive by using your wits and experience.Ruin their day, arrive alive.

You'd be right on the money. However, CODE does not do any "harm" to the game - as a matter of fact, we are one of the largest sources of emergent gameplay and causing interaction between players. This is what EVE is all about, and some people (myself included) enjoy playing the "bad guy" once in a while (which is a total misunderstanding anyway, everyone knows the CODE is just here to help you, and even when we are forced to deal out extreme diplomacy for people violating the New Haliama Code of Conduct, we are far from jerks about it.)

Try this, people. Next time you are ganked by a CODE agent, open up a conversation with him. Give him a GF and perhaps even a LOL or a smile face. Then ask some questions such as, "Why was I ganked?", "What could I have done to prevent it?", etc. You will find that most if not all of us are eager to share information and happy to help players learn how to not be awful at this game.

If you are unhappy with the actions of any agent in the CODE. alliance, drop me a evemail! As the diplomatic contact for the alliance, I am always happy to listen to the concerns of anyone, and even replace ships/implants in the case of a mistake being made. I'm from from some sociopathic internet monster. I'm just a avid lover of EVE online and a few other video games who enjoys a mostly quiet life of working, hanging out with his girlfriend, and taking care of my cats.

Now, onto the subject of the death threats....

In the last two months I have received at least 5 threats of violence in the RL against myself or my family (and even one threat to "kill my kittens" - everyone who knows me generally knows I have some pretty adorable kittens). Corp mates, alliance mates, and other friends of mine have also been on the receiving end of these threats.

During that time I have also received a few RL death threats as well, with one person even going so far as to link the rough geographical area I live in.

My solution - instant block, report to CCP. They take this kind of thing like pretty srs business. Of course, I cannot and will not discuss any specifics of interaction with CCP, but I can confidently say that the people who have wished me or mine RL harm/death are not around anymore.

CCP can and will contact authorities when threats of violence are issued. I urge everyone regardless of your feelings about CODE or any group in EVE online to have a zero tolerance policy for this kind of nonsense, and report people who issue threats of RL harm to CCP right away. If you don't report it, nothing will ever happen. If you do report it, you are doing the game a wonderful favor by removing unstable creepsauces from the game.

confirming DJentropy Ovaert does indeed have some pretty ******* adorable kittens!

with some pretty damn awesome names.

I read Minerbumping for kicks and giggles and have ganked miners myself in highsec occasionally, but the latest post about killing freighters even if they are not carrying anything is slightly concerning. I understand and acknowledge that carrying a ton of valuables in a ship to make it a veritable loot piñata is stupid, but merely flying a class of ship in highsec that would be almost suicidal anywhere else due to its nature and then getting ganked for it is ridiculous. I fully expect a staunch CODE supporter to use some of their rhetoric to justify a reasonable cause for ganking empty freighters, but beyond "tears" I just don't see the logic, and view it as rather harmful to the existing highsec ecology. If ever it comes to the point that freighters are no longer utilized, they will gank empty/ full industrials, and then people will be left hauling stuff in combat ships because there is nothing else that would be "safe" to fly in an environment that was supposed to be some of the safest space in Eve per CCP.

I guess the point is that a line in the sand should be drawn for ganking that would demand some self-restraint. If there is no profit to be made in a gank, leave the fish alone so they can fatten up and actually make it worthwhile.

"too many fat fish in the EVE universe"
Sure, but the fattest ones aren't in highsec. Try nullsec, which CODE claims no jurisdiction over (yet).

"We prefer..."
No, no you don't. CODE thrives on easy prey and would have to drastically change its direction or completely wither away if everyone was a skilled fighter in a PvP ship all the time.

"It is already rare enough..."
Have you looked at your own killboards lately?

"It only takes a few minimal..."
Not autopiloting is the big one I can think of, but support fleets as written about by your own 'media' have proven ineffective. Freighters fit with tank mods still are destroyed with little to no way to defend against an attack. While risk can be reduced, if an enemy is determined to destroy your stuff regardless of cost (because people keep shoveling them money) then there is no point.

NotTheSmartestCookie indeed.

We do target the weak, the slow, and the stupid. Just like every predator that hunts herd animals. We cull the herd and the herd becomes stronger.

Trying to make highsec better is what we're about. Suffering the slings and arrows of forum alts that can't see one inch into what we're doing actually amuses us because that is an indicator that you are in fact, one of our target types.

We need a pick of DJEntropy being a cool cat while flying cats and petting cats.

Seriously though, anyone that gets ganked should contact DJ. He is everything a New Order agent should aspire to be. Cool, suave, sophisticated, merciful and explosion loving. If you need proof, just check out the new order spy agency chat logs on minerbumping.

The attack can be countered by following the Code and purchasing a 10mil ISK mining permit.