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Goons 4x4ing through the Sandbox - Market Manipulation on a Grand Scale

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Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#421 - 2012-06-21 20:22:32 UTC
cipher jones you have not thanked me yet for my numerous friendly corrections of you

please do so

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Opodiphthera Eucalypti Lepdoptera
Doomheim
#422 - 2012-06-21 20:23:12 UTC
I was going to quit EVE because I was bored. This whole thing gave me a new perspective for the game. It looks more interesting somehow.
Darth Gustav
Sith Interstellar Tech Harvesting
#423 - 2012-06-21 20:23:59 UTC
Aryth wrote:
Darth Gustav wrote:
Mme Pinkerton wrote:
Heimdallofasgard wrote:
Hell did VV or Akita T even see this coming? VV was predicting another big peak in minerals in July but guess this throws a spanner in the works of that plan

how so?

sounds like goons removed some ISK from the economy and blew up large stacks of high-ends.

I like how now CCP is looking into taking action against Goons for blowing up their own **** for which they willingly paid too much. Roll


This is probably the most succinct explanation of this. It's basically just old school insurance fraud + forex + manipulation


Thanks. I also like how you managed to farm losses in PVP in the only game out there supposedly designed around not allowing such a mechanic to be profitable. Shocked

I fully appreciate why Soundwave hoped it failed. Well played, sirs.Cool

He who trolls trolls best when he who is trolled trolls the troller. -Darth Gustav's Axiom
Coca Carola
#424 - 2012-06-21 20:25:46 UTC
I'm ashamed to say that I'm starting to admire goon entrepreneurship Lol
Haifisch Zahne
Hraka Manufacture GmbH
#425 - 2012-06-21 20:31:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Haifisch Zahne
REMOVED TO PROTEST CCP's Community Censorship Protocol ("CCCP").
Richard Desturned
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#426 - 2012-06-21 20:31:43 UTC
Weaselior wrote:
cipher jones you have not thanked me yet for my numerous friendly corrections of you

please do so


he has also failed to point out what parts of the eula they violated in this process

npc alts have no opinions worth consideration
Fix Lag
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#427 - 2012-06-21 20:31:45 UTC
Coca Carola wrote:
I'm ashamed to say that I'm starting to admire goon entrepreneurship Lol


There is no shame, just love.

CCP mostly sucks at their job, but Veritas is a pretty cool dude.
Darth Gustav
Sith Interstellar Tech Harvesting
#428 - 2012-06-21 20:32:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Darth Gustav
Darth Gustav Running for CSM8 on a PRO-FW TICKET!

Look I really don't care about FW at all, but as your FW CSM representative I pledge to remain entrenched in null-sec fighting everyone I can engage. When targets are lacking, I pledge to remain further separated from FW by suicide ganking the remaining miners in high-sec who refuse to acknowledge that mining is not an AFK activity by design and philosophy. Therefore, unlike your current FW rep, Hans Jagerblitzen, I will remain neutral to your needs, wants, successes and failings. This is because they will all be totally irrelevant to me.

Therefore, as an objective but interested third party, I can more effectively address the failings and successes of FW as a feature and as an arena of iteration as shared by you all to me.

It might be early, but hell, give it a think. Do you really want your FW represntative on the CSM fighting against you after he admittedly completely neglected the respective complaints of one entire faction for his own personal gain and profit?

For that matter, "Impeach Hans!"

He who trolls trolls best when he who is trolled trolls the troller. -Darth Gustav's Axiom
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#429 - 2012-06-21 20:32:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Vaerah Vahrokha
Heimdallofasgard wrote:
Hell did VV or Akita T even see this coming? VV was predicting another big peak in minerals in July but guess this throws a spanner in the works of that plan


Why should I have predicted a peak in July?
Where would I have posted that thing?

Or are you using my name to put people buy stock you purchased and remained the guy with the lit match in the hands?


What I say and think is officially posted on this thread and on the trading section of my website.

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Shalia Ripper
#430 - 2012-06-21 20:33:16 UTC
Alexzandvar Douglass wrote:
This is like when the Villain in the movie spends so much time broadcasting his success it leads to his downfall.



"you got me monologuing"

Sig blah blah blah blah
Jayrendo Karr
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#431 - 2012-06-21 20:38:44 UTC
You just gave 10,000 people 100 billion each, the market is about to go apeshit crazy .
Temmu Guerra
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#432 - 2012-06-21 20:40:48 UTC
glad to see goons come out posting in droves... impressive 22 pages after 3 hrs!
Elinarien
Doomheim
#433 - 2012-06-21 20:41:18 UTC
Aryth wrote:
This is a story of what happens when the sandbox gets so complicated, it becomes possible for truly magical opportunities.
Greed IS Good

We went straight to plaid
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Great stuff. Always enjoy reading about a good scam.
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#434 - 2012-06-21 20:43:10 UTC
Jayrendo Karr wrote:
You just gave 10,000 people 100 billion each, the market is about to go apeshit crazy .

Yah I wonder how much truth there is to this. If it's real the economy is pretty much hosed and PLEX is about to cost billions.

dem goons...

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corestwo
Goonfleet Investment Banking
#435 - 2012-06-21 20:43:23 UTC  |  Edited by: corestwo
Opodiphthera Eucalypti Lepdoptera wrote:
I was going to quit EVE because I was bored. This whole thing gave me a new perspective for the game. It looks more interesting somehow.


Cool, we saved a subscription for Eve.

Imagine how many new subscriptions they could get if they publicized this as a demonstration of the sandbox? Cool

Jayrendo Karr wrote:
You just gave 10,000 people 100 billion each, the market is about to go apeshit crazy .

No we didn't. This was a small group of people, not every single goon.

This post was crafted by a member of the GoonSwarm Federation Economic Cabal, the foremost authority on Eve: Online economics and gameplay.

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Aryth
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#436 - 2012-06-21 20:44:01 UTC
Opodiphthera Eucalypti Lepdoptera wrote:
I was going to quit EVE because I was bored. This whole thing gave me a new perspective for the game. It looks more interesting somehow.


Content on this scale is something unique to EVE and why I play it personally. CCP has provided us the best sandbox you could ask for. We keep getting patches like this that widen the game experience even more. Personally, I hope more people come into EVE through the content we generate. It's compelling stuff compared to the rest of the MMO world.

Leader of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal.

Creator of Burn Jita

Vile Rat: You're the greatest sociopath that has ever played eve.
Pisov viet
Perkone
Caldari State
#437 - 2012-06-21 20:44:48 UTC
So, did you personally pushed a button for hundreds of implants and thousands of BPC? How long did it took you to redeem all that **** from the LP store?
Hustomte
Veritex Industrial Inc.
#438 - 2012-06-21 20:44:56 UTC
Jayrendo Karr wrote:
You just gave 10,000 people 100 billion each, the market is about to go apeshit crazy .


One quadrillion?

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Ezra Tair
Doomheim
#439 - 2012-06-21 20:45:15 UTC
Well. If CCP does not remove the isk. I'm sure you can do some really good market manipulation and ruin the game as has been the goal for some time now, yes?



If CCP does remove the isk, I wonder how things will go.
Aryth
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#440 - 2012-06-21 20:46:36 UTC
Pisov viet wrote:
So, did you personally pushed a button for hundreds of implants and thousands of BPC? How long did it took you to redeem all that **** from the LP store?


G19 macro you hold down. You have to pay attention due to FW fluctuations and such. This was also over WEEKS, not days. We were in motion within 8 hours of patch.

Leader of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal.

Creator of Burn Jita

Vile Rat: You're the greatest sociopath that has ever played eve.