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Fleets Vs. blobs
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Elvis Fett
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#21 - 2012-10-21 07:16:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Elvis Fett
A fleet becomes a blob when they have at least one more than you have.

Seriously, I guess fleets start to feel blob-y to mewhen they hit double digits.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#22 - 2012-10-21 07:19:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Petrus Blackshell
ShahFluffers wrote:
My alliance had a discussion about this awhile ago.

You are merely "outnumbered" when the enemy brings 2 ships for everyone 1 of yours. You are "blobbed" when the enemy brings more than 3+ ships per 1 of yours.

Then we broke it down...

Ewar ships count as 2 "people."
You add 0.5 a person for every ship class above your fleet's average class.

Well this casts Rifterlings-LNA fights into a whole new light.

Silly blobbers. Ugh

Ed: What do OGBs count as?

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Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#23 - 2012-10-21 07:35:42 UTC
Fleet: the group that you are flying in. Also called gang or small gang or elite pvp.

Blob: the group that the enemy is flying in. Also called stupid blobbers, noobs etc.


Shipnumbers do not matter in either definition.

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.
No More Heroes
Boomer Humor
Snuffed Out
#24 - 2012-10-21 07:36:59 UTC
The biggest battle I was ever in- we had 8 full fleets within 2-3 systems of each other. 1600+ in local of the system I was in. All of these fleets were operating independently with different doctrines and roles and FC's coordinating in a master command channel for various objectives.

I'm sure it looked like nothing but a blob and lag to the enemy Smile

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Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#25 - 2012-10-21 07:50:46 UTC
filling up multiple fleets is the best way to gain an objective

excluding people willing to play eve with you because you are ~honourable~ and don't blob is how you get stomped by superior alliances and kicked to the curb of irrelevance

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Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#26 - 2012-10-21 08:59:38 UTC
In my opinion a fleet becomes a blob when micromanagement by an FC becomes difficult. A good FC can split up a gang into two, three or four sub-fleets and know where all the key ships in the fleet are at any one time.

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ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#27 - 2012-10-21 09:33:29 UTC  |  Edited by: ShahFluffers
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
ShahFluffers wrote:
My alliance had a discussion about this awhile ago.

You are merely "outnumbered" when the enemy brings 2 ships for everyone 1 of yours. You are "blobbed" when the enemy brings more than 3+ ships per 1 of yours.

Then we broke it down...

Ewar ships count as 2 "people."
You add 0.5 a person for every ship class above your fleet's average class.

Well this casts Rifterlings-LNA fights into a whole new light.

Silly blobbers. Ugh

Ed: What do OGBs count as?

I should point out that we were mostly being facetious when we were talking about this. All's fair in love and war and all that jazz. Blink

edit: I hate acronyms. OGBs?

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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#28 - 2012-10-21 09:45:48 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
edit: I hate acronyms. OGBs?


Off Grid Booster, such as six-link tengu, or 5-link Loki. Often found boosting from behind POS shields in lowsec systems where the locals just can't have enough home field advantage.

Also, something CCP is intending to remove from the game.

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Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#29 - 2012-10-21 10:07:15 UTC
Blob = Size of your fleet + 1
Lin-Young Borovskova
Doomheim
#30 - 2012-10-21 11:05:57 UTC
I once passed some gate with my ship and got blob by those 10 camping it. Well, things happen.

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S'Way
State War Academy
Caldari State
#31 - 2012-10-21 11:17:08 UTC
The way it normally goes is:-
If you win then you had a fleet.
If you lost the other side had a blob (or the grid didn't load, or you got mass dc'd, or your fc failed etc etc).

I'd say anytime Ti-Di is needed then it's probably blob warfare.
Lord Leftfield
Doomheim
#32 - 2012-10-21 11:19:37 UTC
A fleet is a blob, a blob is a fleet Roll

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Zagdul
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2012-10-21 12:03:49 UTC
Mara Rinn wrote:
ShahFluffers wrote:
edit: I hate acronyms. OGBs?


Off Grid Booster, such as six-link tengu, or 5-link Loki. Often found boosting from behind POS shields in lowsec systems where the locals just can't have enough home field advantage.

Also, something CCP is intending to remove from the game.

Your acronym that you made up and nobody has ever heard of, is bad as Off and On both start with the same letter.

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Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#34 - 2012-10-21 12:51:27 UTC
To me the difference is a fleet is forming with the expectation of finding another fleet. A blob is forming without the expectation of running into any significant resistance.

Blobbers just like to talk trit about it so they don't feel like they look bad for doing it.

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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#35 - 2012-10-21 15:16:32 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
Petrus Blackshell wrote:
ShahFluffers wrote:
My alliance had a discussion about this awhile ago.

You are merely "outnumbered" when the enemy brings 2 ships for everyone 1 of yours. You are "blobbed" when the enemy brings more than 3+ ships per 1 of yours.

Then we broke it down...

Ewar ships count as 2 "people."
You add 0.5 a person for every ship class above your fleet's average class.

Well this casts Rifterlings-LNA fights into a whole new light.

Silly blobbers. Ugh

Ed: What do OGBs count as?

I should point out that we were mostly being facetious when we were talking about this. All's fair in love and war and all that jazz. Blink

edit: I hate acronyms. OGBs?

Off-grid boosters.

Also yeah, I know you were. I was being facetious too. Post-fight comments are much more often "damn Cynabals" rather than "damn blobbers".

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Wolf Kruol
Suicide Squad Gamma
#36 - 2012-10-21 15:23:30 UTC
Fleet is a blob.. A Blob is a Fleet.. No more said needed. Blink

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Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#37 - 2012-10-21 15:28:58 UTC
If your solo
a Blob is 2 ships. (Offgrid Booster counts)


If you won the fight you were a Fleet
If you lost the fight they were a Blob
Elvis Fett
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#38 - 2012-10-21 15:34:16 UTC
Zagdul wrote:
Mara Rinn wrote:
ShahFluffers wrote:
edit: I hate acronyms. OGBs?


Off Grid Booster, such as six-link tengu, or 5-link Loki. Often found boosting from behind POS shields in lowsec systems where the locals just can't have enough home field advantage.

Also, something CCP is intending to remove from the game.

Your acronym that you made up and nobody has ever heard of, is bad as Off and On both start with the same letter.



Petrus Blackshell it's not cool to think of yourself as a nobody, you are a somebody and we love you. Most of us know OGB = Off Grid Booster, it's okay though you didn't know that we still don't think of you as a nobody. Since currently there is no such thing as On Grid Boosting we don't really need an acronym for that yet.
MatrixSkye Mk2
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#39 - 2012-10-21 15:41:29 UTC
Kaylyis wrote:
So what's the dividing line here?

If it's on my side it's a fleet. If it's on my enemy's side then obviously it's a blob.

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Nylith Empyreal
Sutar Rein
#40 - 2012-10-21 15:42:28 UTC
Honestly they're one in the same. I'd argue however that depending on the make up of said fleet would make it a blob more so if there is only one ship type in the entire fleet. But that's not to blame the fc's or the alliances, but CCP for neglecting mixed fleets and simply letting a few classes win all with strictly defense / alpha alone.

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