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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#21 - 2012-08-20 19:21:30 UTC
You could use the old style of correction... a phone book leaves no bruises Big smile

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movingshadow
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#22 - 2012-08-20 22:30:04 UTC
If I was 14 years old and living with my parents and found out my dad did that. I would beat his ass. Then I would beat his ass in eve.
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#23 - 2012-08-20 22:39:15 UTC
movingshadow wrote:
If I was 14 years old and living with my parents and found out my dad did that. I would beat his ass. Then I would beat his ass in eve.


And if where the father you'll probably be the AFK Orca pilot :P

"This is the Ninja. He will scan you down; he will salvage your wrecks and there shall be no aggro"
Daemon Ceed
Ice Fire Warriors
#24 - 2012-08-20 23:19:08 UTC
You did the right thing, and much respect goes out to you. The lesson learned is that if you value something you at least guard it with attentiveness. Hopefully this is a lesson he'll carry back to RL.
Daemon Ceed
Ice Fire Warriors
#25 - 2012-08-20 23:20:38 UTC
movingshadow wrote:
If I was 14 years old and living with my parents and found out my dad did that. I would beat his ass. Then I would beat his ass in eve.


Lulz. Sure you would, big guy. Sure you would.
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#26 - 2012-08-20 23:30:58 UTC
Daemon Ceed wrote:
You did the right thing, and much respect goes out to you. The lesson learned is that if you value something you at least guard it with attentiveness. Hopefully this is a lesson he'll carry back to RL.


Yeah I can already think of a few situations where the lesson can be applied:

"Don't leave your bike outside unattended, it's gonna get stolen...remember the mining ship". :)

"This is the Ninja. He will scan you down; he will salvage your wrecks and there shall be no aggro"
SmilingVagrant
Doomheim
#27 - 2012-08-21 03:43:06 UTC
This sounds similar to my story. Now for those of you that don't know me, I'm a father. My son is getting up there in years (He's ten years old). So anyways I went ahead and bought him a Eve online subscription and he started playing. He'd come into my home office and regale me of his exploits, his daring heroics against pirates. So I asked him what his favorite race of ships were to play, and he said, I swear to god guys "Gallente"

His mother cried a little after I kicked him out of the house, and she was a little mad when I shot him like the mad dog he was as he tried to run away.

Am I doing this right eve forums?

(Shut up nerds)
Samoth Egnoled
Caldari Provisions
#28 - 2012-08-21 07:58:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Samoth Egnoled
Hilarious.

Though if my father had done that to me...Not that i would afk mine...

I would be getting some revenge... ingame ofcourse.

Btw does he know you ganked him?
Harlot Hohannson
Eye on Wang Poo
#29 - 2012-08-21 10:34:03 UTC
This just reminds me how most parents treat their children like prisoners and try to mould them into something they don't necessarily want to be.

The sooner your child gains independence, the better.
The VC's
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#30 - 2012-08-21 11:33:40 UTC
When I was about 7 or 8 we were on a family trip to the swimming pool. I was learning to swim but mostly that entailed splashing around with inflatable armbands on. I said I couldn't swim yet so I'd keep wearing them. My father said 'ok son, that's alright" then then when I'd taken them off, he pushed me into the pool. I called him a b@stard all the time it took for me to swim to the side of the pool.

Moral of the story...


The world is not your mum.





There will be a generation of kids coming up now that will have developed strong leadership and organisation skills through playing mmo's. All I got from playing my Sinclair spectrum was RSI.
Xzi Shihari
Shadow Legion X
Seriously Suspicious
#31 - 2012-08-21 12:03:08 UTC
Bommel McMurdoc wrote:
Hmm, first I read that you have an affinity toward pirating peoples missions ingame (not a bad thing really), then I read that you have been neglecting your GF's needs, now i'm reading that you are denying your child the direction he wants to play EvE online which is a game that has several of different ways to play it. Perhaps he wanted to learn how to be a marketing tycoon....

it's bad enough that people in EvE online are constantly punished for not playing the game the way others demand they play it. So, you felt it was necessary to bring that frame of mind into RL? I always thought EvE online was supposed to be a personal adventure (although fictional), not "Chairman Mao's Rules and Bylaws to the Galaxy." ( IE: MY WAY OR ELSE!)


just my two cents and you did ask for opinions. =)


I think you got this all wrong..
Are you a WoW player by any chance...?
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#32 - 2012-08-21 13:49:03 UTC
Samoth Egnoled wrote:
Hilarious.

Though if my father had done that to me...Not that i would afk mine...

I would be getting some revenge... ingame ofcourse.

Btw does he know you ganked him?

No he doesn't. I have 3 accounts that I created for purely suicide ganking purposes. These characters aren't even on my EVEmon screen, nobody knows they are mine. In fact, these accounts remain inactive most part of the year. I only activate them for a month or two, via plex, just for hulkagedon and other special events. I also did the deed when he was staying with his mother (my ex). I'll probably tell him one day, when I'm sure he could understand.

He did asked for ISK after the loss of his ship. He is aware my mains have lots (been playing since 2006). But see, I told him to insure the darn barge and he refused. "Nothing is gonna happen" he said. So no reimbursement for kiddo, no sir. Learn the value of getting nice stuff.

I did threw a few t1 frigates for his new tackling job, those are cheap (hulls only, he needs to fit them himself). With the recent frigate changes they are good for the job.

"This is the Ninja. He will scan you down; he will salvage your wrecks and there shall be no aggro"
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#33 - 2012-08-21 14:04:20 UTC
I have to add... the gankage was last week. This weekend he started flying with friends on a few gangs. I logged on TS, out of game just to see how he was doing. You can't imagine how proud I was when listening to him on comms:

Friend - "He warped out, heading to the other gate"...
Son - "In position at the other gate... I see him... got point! got point! warp to me!!!"
Friends - "Hold him hold him! on the way..."

*me sheds tear*

That one dropped 2 Battlecuiser BPOs, faction ammo and some skillbooks. My son's cut was almost 200m... not bad.

"This is the Ninja. He will scan you down; he will salvage your wrecks and there shall be no aggro"
Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#34 - 2012-08-21 14:27:45 UTC
Shameless Avenger wrote:
My teenage son plays EvE. Sometimes he gets this carebearish ideas about mining AFK... so I logged with some alts and ganked him. I felt sorry from popping his ship, but I felt I did the right thing.

You know, I don't let him play on school days... only on weekends and just for a few hours. And he he's gonna use those few hours to AFK mine? No sir...

I talked with some friends to take my son under their wing... he's now doing tackling jobs and learning how to use actual teamwork and voice comms which I think are good skills that could serve him well in RL later on...




If I were your son I'd get someone to infiltrate your corp and rob you blind to teach you a lesson.

Remember: In EVE time is on your side.

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli
Tauren Tom
Order of the Silver Dragons
Silver Dragonz
#35 - 2012-08-21 14:28:59 UTC
I'm not sure whether to laugh or say "Would you like some fries with that?"
In the grand scheme of things... You're all pubbies. So HTFU.   "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses." - Elwood Blues
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#36 - 2012-08-21 14:39:38 UTC
Inquisitor Kitchner wrote:

If I were your son I'd get someone to infiltrate your corp and rob you blind to teach you a lesson.
Remember: In EVE time is on your side.


That would be OK. He will get the tip-o-the-hat' if he can pull that off.

"This is the Ninja. He will scan you down; he will salvage your wrecks and there shall be no aggro"
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#37 - 2012-08-21 14:40:29 UTC
A less destructive lesson would be docking his mining ship and warping his pod to a safe spot while he's not looking. A nice startling "wtf?" moment and then the relief of finding his ship in the hangar when he docks. It's a fun prank--one I've actually done to a friend who fell asleep at his PC--and teaches a valuable lesson about why you shouldn't afk mine.

Of course, such a lesson might still need to be reinforced with a gank.

Founding member of the Belligerent Undesirables movement.
Nebu Retski
Lead Farmers
#38 - 2012-08-21 15:14:46 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
A less destructive lesson would be docking his mining ship and warping his pod to a safe spot while he's not looking. A nice startling "wtf?" moment and then the relief of finding his ship in the hangar when he docks.


I would imagine it to be more fun, to look up where his med clone is based and dock his pod at that station. Twisted
THE L0CK
Denying You Access
#39 - 2012-08-21 15:53:56 UTC
movingshadow wrote:
If I was 14 years old and living with my parents and found out my dad did that. I would beat his ass. Then I would beat his ass in eve.



Internet tough guy here

Do you smell what the Lock's cooking?
Zera Kerrigan
The 420th Token
#40 - 2012-08-21 15:56:08 UTC
Your name makes this so awesome. :p