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ATK = On : AFK = Off

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Ristlin Wakefield
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#61 - 2012-11-02 15:28:34 UTC
Let me tell you a story of Joe.

Joe was a sniper, one of the best in the world. But like all snipers, Joe couldn't just arrive the same day his target arrived. Joe had to plan, prepare, and wait. He parachuted in a week early and waited, memorizing the daily activity of the guards and watching their tendencies and routine. Perhaps it was because of Joe's dedication that he noticed something odd about the compound he was camping: the car that arrived each day wasn't the same car that left. It turns out that they were using electric cars that took the entire day to charge. Had Joe missed this detail he would have shot his target, picked off the guards, made it to the car, and been left stranded out in the highway before ever getting back to the city.

To you, the cloaked ship in your system is AFK. But to someone like Joe, that AFK cloaked ship is a hunter collecting the most valuable asset in EVE: information.

I have a lover, her name is EVE. I see her every night and all she asks in return is that I have a pilot's license.
Ristlin Wakefield
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#62 - 2012-11-02 20:54:39 UTC
Ristlin Wakefield wrote:
Let me tell you a story of Joe.

Joe was a sniper, one of the best in the world. But like all snipers, Joe couldn't just arrive the same day his target arrived. Joe had to plan, prepare, and wait. He parachuted in a week early and waited, memorizing the daily activity of the guards and watching their tendencies and routine. Perhaps it was because of Joe's dedication that he noticed something odd about the compound he was camping: the car that arrived each day wasn't the same car that left. It turns out that they were using electric cars that took the entire day to charge. Had Joe missed this detail he would have shot his target, picked off the guards, made it to the car, and been left stranded out in the highway before ever getting back to the city.

To you, the cloaked ship in your system is AFK. But to someone like Joe, that AFK cloaked ship is a hunter collecting the most valuable asset in EVE: information.


bump so all can read the story of Joe

I have a lover, her name is EVE. I see her every night and all she asks in return is that I have a pilot's license.
Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#63 - 2012-11-02 21:14:43 UTC
TheGunslinger42 wrote:
Another afk cloak whine? Gosh

Actually it wasn't.

This thread, when read carefully from the OP's POV will actually show that I have no problem with AFK and was pointing out some rather silly assumptions about AFK creeping into posts all over Eve-O.

I even deliberately pointed out in less than subtle terms within the thread that AFK anything is NOT a problem.

What did I set out to show?

- AFK has become synonymous with cloaky.
- Just like people see the word "mining" and attribute AFK.
- Just like people see the word "L4" and attribute AFK.

If AFK was REALLY a problem in Eve, many measures such as the "idiotic" one proposed could easily be implemented. It isn't because it isn't a problem.

Some people just go into autopost mode. It's a mindset.


"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
Lady Spank
Get Out Nasty Face
#64 - 2012-11-03 12:07:26 UTC
Your observations are wrong and this is just another worthless AFK thread.

(ಠ_ృ) ~ It Takes a Million Years to Become Diamonds So Lets Just Burn Like Coal Until the Sky's Black ~ (ಠ_ృ)
Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#65 - 2012-11-03 12:36:18 UTC
Perception is reality to the eye of the beholder.

It doesn't matter what you intended the thread to be. To each reader, the thread is what they think it is.

I am pushing awareness, so I try to promote understanding of cause and effect on this topic whenever chance permits.

I thank you for providing another such opportunity.

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