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but the fact that one group pushes the issues and gets away with it is not what the game is about

Chillax man, have a Bud Light














oh wait

Seem to care a lot, tbqh...

Only way itll change is if everyone mad at Goons does this... not QQ I quit message and logs back in but actually leaves.

But then likely thatd be the what 70% of the game that lives in high sec and the game would die.

Win/win eh Goons?

I once had an acquaintance who fancied himself a woodsman. Though, a practiced eye could readily see he was not. One summer's day he ventured forth into the backcountry of the Rocky Mountains - west of Azure Lake - where he came upon a large, unfriendly grizzly bear. Now, this bear seemed to think that neck of the woods belonged to him, so he proceeded to demonstrate this to my acquaintance in no uncertain terms. This would-be woodsman was forced to flee as fast as his Vass hiking boots would carry him.

All the while, he's thinking to himself, "Who is this large bear to be so hostile in a land which obviously I have as much right to as him!" After a mile of exhaustive sprinting he'd long left the bear behind (who also, as it happened, reached the edge of what he considered to be his own domain, and turned back about the time this "woodsman" had covered a quarter of a mile,) yet he was unaware of this fact as his mind was so preoccupied by the injustice of his plight.

When he at last was satisfied he was safe, as he looked over his shoulder to be sure, he stumbled into a fallen log which also housed a rather large hornets' nest. Out flew the hornets believing they were under attack! Though, it took a couple of sharp stings for my acquaintance to realize it was indeed HE who was under attack! Gathering his wits he once again fled through the woods. After another five minutes of running he felt assured he'd left the hornets behind. So, he found a comfortable-looking log and sat upon it to rest himself all the while even more bewildered at the unfairness of a nature which was supposed to be so fair!

Little did he realize, sunning himself on the end of that same log was a diamond back rattlesnake. Yet, it hardly took a moment for the snake to realize someone was just a little too close for comfort. After a moment's stillness (should the intruder decide to move on) the snake determined it was time to act and began rattling his tail as rattlesnakes are wont to do. It came to this "woodsman" as distant, quite beyond his thoughts, but soon made itself felt as that threatening sound few people have actually heard.

Needless to say, once again my acquaintance hastily bolted forth to put some distance between him and the viper. He then made his way back to his camp, hornet stung, scratched up and scuffed, overheated, even more tired and generally putout by the callousness of what he thought would be a glorious day enjoying the arena of his enviable skills as a woodsman.

Now, I know all this as my acquaintance conveyed to me his story over ice cold beers at a local bar in a nearby town. After he related his experience he rose in a huff, paid his tab, and (somewhat inebriated) climbed into his four-wheel drive. As he exited the gravel parking lot he ensured a spray of pebbles punctuated his departure. I came to find out later he was struck by an 18-wheeler at a lonely intersection where he'd failed to stop at a stop sign, and was instantly killed.

Which all goes to show you: Some days you eat the bear. Some days the bear eats you.

Sure it is. You're just mad they're beating you.

In fact ... I don't even think you're mad they're beating YOU .. I think you're just moaning someone is better than you.

Scouting report? Where is it?

And that's also making the assumption that every pilot included in that 70% isn't a goon alt in and of themselves. Given that we're apparently over 9000 characters now, chances are a fairly sizeable amount of the chars in hisec are goon alts, if not at the very least a nullsec alt (which should in theory should mean they're less whiny dipshits).

I don't agree with Hulkageddon or the ganking of hisec miners in general, but I'll defend to their death the right to do it.

Jame Jarl Retief]

Problem with your definition of sandbox is that it doesn't apply to all players. If it's a sandbox, and OP wants to mine unmolested, especially in high sec, then he should be able to. Otherwise it's not a sandbox.[/quote]

^^^ stuff like this is enough to make one want to join the goons and take up ganking as a full time Eve career.