EVE General Discussion

Eh, I'll just make a fortune selling tinfoil.

Seriously, you keep telling yourself that. Whose gonna stop 'em?

And I concur. I am deadly serious when I recall all the events leading up to this point.

From the fall of NC (by "ironically" a huge chunk of WN), to GSF letting NC fall, to cap nerfs to WN being the first to go (with some of the largest WN corps jumping to - GSF?). Too many co-incidences for a conspiracy theory although I will entertain that thought as well. It's a discussion point, not a fact sheet on Eve politics.

Why post this? What would be the Holy Grail? The ultimate Eve experience?

Please consider.

The point is, why were the Goons and Russkies the only ones to take advantage of the huge vacume left by BoB's disappearance. Seeing them fill that hole NOW is a bit too late. Where were you when it was time to get in on the party?

Maybe that's a bit vague. As long as nobody else attempts a serious run at them, they'll sit in the catbird seat, assuming they don't respond in kind. It's what wars are made from, contention. I remember when the Goons were barely squeaking by. But, they persisted, and it paid off. Why should they be criticized for being effective? Why should the game be criticized if its dynamics afford such an opportunity to those who dare take it?

The remedy is to be just as effective...or moreso if you wish to tip the scale. It's all there waiting to be done. Do it.

Organised players? Who?

Mittens is no fool and while he has had the enviable position of CSM head, many things have fallen his way - his political savvy is street smart and he has no shortage of wealth or sheep to do his bidding.

Let's face it, you REALLY think the cap nerf was to make null "more interesting"? This whole "war" is going to polarise null like never before and for mine, you saw it here first.

Personally I'm rooting for those guys.

The true dynamic is the "Bridge Too Far" syndrome. Trying to own it all, but not having competent talent added to your ranks as you add to your domain will result, eventually, in over-extension. No alliance can own it all unless they can add to their numbers at the same rate they're taking territory...unless...they're allowed to do it.

It didn't take much to discover BoB was over-extended. But, how long were they that thin but everyone thought they could physically hold the terrain they claimed? How long did it take for folks to figure out there's a difference between that "1500 members" and how many of that number actually played anymore?

Once that over-extension was discovered, BoB was folded up like a cheap suit. The Russkies have to worry about that. The Goons have to do the same, and so does anyone else who'd deign attempt the same. I like it. It makes things interesting.

Do you know why you were told to stand down? Because while Goons, Test and the rest of the CFC were forming 3-4 full fleets along with our cap and supercap fleets the NC guys were showing up with 30 guys in armor hacs. After this happening several times it became clear that the NC was expecting us to rescue them even though they couldn't bother to log on.

Certainly did understand the reasons. Just can't help thinking that that reluctance to fight was well known and part of "the plan".

Goons abandoned NC, let WN do the deed and now WN apathy in the north has grafted the same result as WN corps bail so very, very quickly. Is money doing funny things to loyalty?

Regardless, too much of a pretty-pictured jigsaw is starting to come together Ms. Harlot and I don't actually care if I am wrong - just needed to get this topic down and my thoughts put on record.

Perhaps time will tell.

Even if we hadn't stood down the NC would have fallen because they weren't even logging in to save themselves. The NC died because they had bad leaders, bad policies and really bad morale...it had nothing to do with Goons.


That much is obvious