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Baby Powder

In the film How High my favorite character was a pimp named Baby Powder; he would slap his Ho's up side the face with a hand full of baby powder making a giant white handprint…it have no idea why I find it so amusing, but I do. I think my favorite quote of his was: “And i'm gonna tell you something, this pimpin' that I got in my blood, it came from a family tree. My granddaddy was a pimp. My great-great-great-granddaddy was a pimp. I'm talking 'bout pimpin' since been pimpin' since been pimpin'!”


Pimpin translates to Eve very well; sometimes you are the Pimp, sometimes you are the Ho. There have been plenty of times that A4D has been on the receiving end of the pimp slap. More than I can count I have had a giant handprint on my face; tonight was not one of those times. For the past two nights we have been the pimp and “Why so Serious” as been the Ho. It started while roaming our usual hunting grounds in search for kills; Scalding Pass, Wicked Creek, Great Wildlands; all empty. We saw a blip at HED-GP and decided to head that direction.


We were running a sizable gang by A4D standards. We have been running a lot of T1 Cruisers and were itching for a change. We loaded up with (19) 4 Basilisks, 1 Cerberus, 7 Drakes, 4 Hurricanes, 2 Cyclones, Sabre.


The fight started with me scouting a small NC DOT fleet camping the VOL-MI gate in HLW: (5) 2 Talos, 1 Scimitar, 1 Hurricane and a Broadsword. It was my job as scout to warp around and look like I was trying to get through that gate. Our plan was simple… align toward the gate and see if the Broadsword puts up his bubble, if he does call the gang in to mow him down.


Unexpectedly the Broadsword actually DID put his up his bubble; the guys jumped in, warped to the gate and proceeded to kick the bejesus out of him. As a good scout I jumped to the other side so my fleet wasn’t blind. I jumped in to realize that there were 30 in local! I warped to a tactical above the HLW gate and reported the who’s, what’s, why’s, and wherefores of the enemy fleet. We were outnumbered 3/2 which in the A4D universe means even numbers.


On the gate was the Why So Serious fleet I am sure they wanted revenge for the a$$ kicking we laid on them last night. We were determined to oblige. Their Gang: (32) 2 Tengu, 6 Drakes, 5 Hurricanes, 3 Tornados, Huginn, 1 Ferox, 1 Claymore, 1 Sleipnir, 1 Cynabal, 1 Falcon, 1 Huginn, 5 Scimitars, 1 Sabre, 1 Crow, 1 Purifier, Sabre. We were outnumbered but the odds were even…the fight was not.


The fight kicked off with all their DPS on our basilisk and our reps were unable to keep him alive after the initial alpha. Things were not looking good for the good guys; we were down to 3 Basilisks to their 5 Scimitars. We managed to get tackles on the Claymore, Falcon, and a Scimitar taking them down in quick succession. They called one of our buffer fit Hurricanes primary next but sadly our three remaining Basilisks were unable to keep up.


We tackled a second Scimitar killing him next, soon thereafter we lost our second Hurricane followed by one of our Ham Drake’s because their ECM drones briefly broke our cap chain. We reestablished the chain and focused DPS on the close by ships. With all three the cap chain intact, our Basilisks rebounded. We were able to maul three tornados, two hurricanes and their Sleipnir!



I found one of the remaining two scimitars 40 the gate, so I tackled and webbed him. When the fleet arrived I went off to look for additional squishies to tackle. The good guys had now knocked own half of their remaining DPS, before taking out the last Scimitar, 2 Hurricanes, Huginn and Tengu. At this point the fight was in hand and we held the field, although we were out numbered and had a rocky start, we effectively left a giant white baby powder pimp slap handprint all over the sides of their collective cheeks.


The moral to the story is simple, until you engage someone with smaller numbers and are consistently effective, you will never become better. Alliances like this blob people: overwhelming with isk and numbers. Blobbing is non-skilled PVP. The fact that A4D was actually traveling in a 19-man gang was an anomaly. Luckily we still managed to fight outnumbered and most importantly and we still managed to slap a giant baby powder imprint all over Why SO Serious…. again.

*snip*Posting of kill reports outside of the Crime & Punishment forum channel is prohibited. ISD Ezwal

A4D The pimp hand is strong in this one.

I know I have posted this before, but it is pertinent. If you have been keeping up with A4D, you have probably seen this before. Fact of the matter is this. We live by a code. A way of thinking. We are single minded in our dealings with everyone in eve. We only want individuals who identify with our thinking. Ask yourself if you belong in A4D and save us the trouble of judgement. For you will be judged by your peers here. Not just management.

Most people think that to have a great corp, you must have great leaders. Well that is true. To have a great corp you must have great players. The only way for that to happen is to have trust and respect for each other in corp. Those players must develop themselves into leaders. The leaders of a great corp set standards and expectations at a high level for the corp. Whether its efficiency, how you conduct yourself, your conviction, and/or your dedication to becoming a great player. Whatever it is, a leader defines what he expects from you to be a part of that team. If you, as an individual, don't buy into the system and do your part, then you will never have a great corp.

If you have two guys, one is a high achiever, and the other is mediocre, then the two will never get along. You will never have the respect and trust, to have that great corp. With that being said, if you allow that to exist in your corp, then you will never achieve greatness.

How do you achieve that? You achieve it by your positive energy in trying to achieve a goal that's important to you. To be the best player you can be and helping the ones around you to be the best they can be. Now that's positive attitude.

If your gonna be a leader, have a vision of what you want. You have to know what you want to accomplish. The second thing you need to do, is to have a plan of how you are gonna get there. What are you gonna do? How are you gonna create an example for the other players in your corp, so that your corp accomplishes the things they are capable of? Everyone has to buy in and everyone has to do it together. It cant be done unless everyone has the same mindset and dedication. And the last thing, is that you as individuals have to be responsible for your own dedication and self determination. That means you are accountable for yourself and what you do. Leaders define what they expect from you as an integral part of the corp. Your responsibility is to be accountable to it.

You must have the discipline to do what your supposed to do, when your supposed to do it, the way its supposed to be done. If you cannot do that, then your probably are not gonna be successful at anything you choose to do. Its accountability. If you cannot be accountable for yourself , then how can the rest of the corp ever depend on you? We cant, because that person isn't dependable. Its a part of who you are. From the time you woke up this morning until the time you go to bed, you have had to make decisions. Most of the time you know what the right decision is. You don't always do it . Maybe, someone you know is doing the wrong thing and it might be one of your buddies. But to be a leader, you must always make the right decisions. Because the right thing will never fail you. You will always be successful. There are no shortcuts.

You have to be a competitor. You never give up. You always continue to compete. You never show your frustration. You keep coming. You have the mindset that they cant kill you. That's relentless. When your a relentless competitor. When you keep coming. You play smart. You come at them with a plan. The enemy starts thinking, "these guys are crazy". "They don't stop". "It doesn't matter what we do, they are there with a different approach". "It doesn't matter if we beat them in a fight. They are right back with a different plan". " A different tactic". "Giving the same kind of effort , the same kind of intelligent game play every time". Relentless. It doesn't matter who you are playing against, because you are relentless in the effort that you give, the intensity that you play with, the sense of urgency you play with, and how you go about playing the way you do.

Our number one goal should be, to have everyone in curse not want to fight us. I want everyone in curse to say," I hate fighting A4D". Because why? Because of the way that the corp competes in the game. You can't get in their head. You can't get them frustrated. Even if they make a mistake, they are right back at you the next time. They will never show their disappointment in what they do. They are gonna persevere. They are gonna be persistent and relentless in the way they fight. That is how you have success. Because most corps cant do that. You create a tremendous advantage for yourself when you do that.

What I'm talking about doesn't take a huge amount of intelligence. It takes attitude, decisions, and commitment. This all leads up to one thing. Pride in your performance. Wanting to be the best player you can be and not being satisfied until you accomplish that. It doesn't matter what role you play. Be the best at it. Be the best logistic pilot ever. The best tackler ever. The best damn solo artist ever. That's it.

You can't have great victories unless you overcome adversity. Because, adversity is what makes it a challenge. Somebody tells you to do something. They set a standard of how your gonna do it. You understand it. It's defined. Then you show you have the ability and accountability to do it that way. Always coming back. Always playing the next play. No matter what happened on the last play. You can play the next play like it has a history and life of its own. You can compete just as hard, with just as much effort, with just as much discipline. You execute what your supposed to do, when your supposed to do it, and how its supposed to be done, every play of the game. Thats being a relentless competitor. That's A4D.

So, who are you? Are you relentless?

1 Day’s Carnage (pt 1)

Most of you know my opinion about alliances. In fact, I loathe them. I have no respect for them, I feel sorry for them. Mostly I feel sorry for them because they can’t have what we have. I am truly proud of A4D this corporation is solid, we hold our own in ever fight. We may lose, but we are freaking good and we know it. Here are some examples of last night.


Fight 1 (Break up bubble camp)
It started by us chasing this evil killer named Cal 7 who is well known through the region for his Absolution of DOOM. Anyway, he jumps away from us in Jorund and manages to warp to the Sendaya gate where he lands in a bubble being camped by that AAA loyal pet puppy alliance Legio Astartes.

We jump on field right as Cal 7’s Absolution…thwarted as we were, we tackled everything in range. Huginn, Rapier, Drake, Naga, Algos were all in our reach. There were more, but they didn’t kill anyone in our fleet so you will never know the masses of nubs on the opposing side.


Our Fleet: (9) Vexor x 5, Exequror x 2, Ishkur, Maller
Legio’s Fleet: (9) Huginn, Rapier, Drake, Naga, Rupture, Algos, Malediction, Flycatcher, Corax.

After looking at this more closely, it wasn’t an overly awesome fight or anything; we killed five of them, we were supposed to, there was nothing to brag about, it happened, as it should have. We expected more resistance, as there were 51 in local. There was a neutral falcon there that we didn’t know that was wh0ring on some mails.


Cal 7’s loss: *snip*Posting of kill reports outside of the Crime & Punishment forum channel is prohibited. ISD Ezwal
Battle Summary: *snip*Posting of kill reports outside of the Crime & Punishment forum channel is prohibited. ISD Ezwal


Fight 2 (Vagabond Fleet)
We left looted up from Doril and decided to drop off loot and reship. Our DPS didn’t seem high enough and we wanted to fly a little heavier. We went back to station where we unloaded our loot. Before we could even unload we caught some Intel that a 13-man Flying Dangerous fleet was 3 jumps out and coming our way.

First off, let me say this about Flying Dangerous…they may lose, but they are in it to win it, they always fight and we respect them greatly for it. We start this fight with all damage ships being ordered to the CL gate; our Guardians were ordered to an off scan spot near the CL gate, aligned and ready to warp. We knew they wouldn’t engage if they knew we had 3 Guardians, so the trap was set.


Our Fleet: (13+1) 2 Harbinger, 3 Hurricane, Stabber Fleet, 2 Vexor, Jaguar, Retribution and 3 Guardians. (Hidden off scan), 1 Curse (Late Arrival)
Flying Dangerous Fleet: (13) 8 Vagabonds, Lachesis, Huginn, 2 Scimitars, Scythe.


Just as the enemy fleet arrived, we managed to just put up our bonuses; we now had Claymore and Damnation links. With this bonus to our webs and scrams, we now had a chance to hawk down some of these ships before they got up to speed. Our guess was correct, our tackle managed to web and scram no less than 5 ships before they got out of range. It was now time to apply pain, we managed to tackle and kill 9 members of a 13-man nanofiber fleet with an armor fleet. Like a boss.


*snip*Posting of kill reports outside of the Crime & Punishment forum channel is prohibited. ISD Ezwal

1 Day of Carnage (part 3)
Fight 5 (The Finale)…pardon me is almost 5am.

We were intact, we had survived two groups in a row with a bigger gang than we had, and we had survived with no losses. By now our target callers were honed in, our gang knew their jobs, and or Logi had been pushed to the limits. We knew that we had just taken the best punch from a superior wHy So SerIouS gang grinned right back at them.


We felt that we had over extended our stay and decided it would be prudent to get back home. We set waypoint home but had a cloaky Tengu following us saying in every system. “We aren’t done” and “Wait wait we want to fight”. So basically, they doubled our numbers, tried it once, failed then decided to get even MORE ships and chase us.


Here is where it started going down hill…Our scout now picked up 4 different fleets. We had just entered XV-MWG and warped to the outbound gate when local filled up with 10 NC DOT we didn’t know what they had but were fairly confident that we could hold up against any 10 person fleet pretty easily. Our forward scout jumped into SG-75T our out system and also a bottleneck.


There was a 30 man True Reign Bomber Fleet in local. Although we thought we could handle them in a brawl, if TR decided to bomb us, they would wipe our entire fleet out with ease. Knowing we really didn’t have a choice, we jumped in and warped to the outbound gate. Our scout named another Union of Free Words cruiser fleet on the other side. We engaged, and Red Alliance once again hot dropped us with a fleet of 33.


Most of our gang de-aggressed and jumped out but they were able to down 3 of us. I guess we should be truly honored; Red Alliance proceeded to try and recruit us into their alliance. We respectfully declined due to stylistic PVP differences. We prefer to do more with less and they prefer to do less with more.


It is simple really; for the past month we have won every engagement against them that we were supposed to win and countless ones that we should not have. We are good at what we do and we are better than most and we know it. We are proud to be A4D.

15 Billion reasons to be in A4D


A4D does things a little differently than most, especially in regards to our loot policy. If we are in gangs of 3 or under we split the loot between the members of the gang, but if we are in a group of 4 or more, we throw all the loot in the A4D loot hangar whether it is T1 or Officer mods. At the end of the month A4D buys the mods from the Loot hangar and pays its most productive members. Isk killed divided by active members = Isk Average. Anyone that is above average gets their share of the Loot.

Epic December: We managed to kill an Avatar (we got there before AAA regardless of what they say), 2 Officer Fitted Navy Apocalypses, and an officer fitted Sleipnir (got the loot). Add all the carrier loot and the loot we collected, and all the loot from the gangs we mauled and you get a 15 billion isk divided between 23 members.

Congratulations have 650 million ISK
1 BoomEZ
2 kogelbiefstuk
3 Doctor Strangewrench
4 Rtb
5 Adahs'lak
6 tigerpr0n
7 Blythar
8 caloon
9 SG1A
10 shyla stylez
11 Necro Blast
12 Captain Mac
13 Sygma
14 mustydude
15 Green Cannon
16 Tukuarikan
17 BullMastiff
18 Wolfman
19 Lord Nefarious
20 Kabars
21 Mahes Ra
22 Kradick
23 Juddah

Bottom Feeder

This guy named Vorpralmar from Why So Bi/Curious jumped his brand new Nidhoggur in to K-Q last night and started spouting off about his awesomeness. I find that ironic but I figured I would entertain his words of wisdom. After a minute or two I finally realized that his entire angry banter was caused by one of two things. 1) Being forced to share a tent with Heath Ledger in some cowboy movie. 2) Losing his carrier to a 15 man gang: *snip*Posting of kill reports outside of the Crime & Punishment forum channel is prohibited. ISD Ezwal
I listened, I laughed, I snorted a Pepsi out my nose.

He made it clear that A4D are the bottom feeders of EVE; he ranted on about the only reason we got a kill was because we had a spy in their alliance (which we didn’t). A4D isn’t that high tech, we don’t use spy’s…we don’t need to. We are roamers, we look for places with lots of people and we go and try to kill them…that is the extent of our intel system. The only reason we ended up on that kill mail was because an Aquila friend of one of our members said…hey, want to kill a carrier?

Most pvp’ers in this game considers themselves sharks and that is all good and everything but the problem with sharks is that there are always bigger sharks. Sharks are merely bullies that when confronted by a bigger shark fold like a cheap lawn chair. AAA was the biggest bully on our block until they were taken out by bigger school of bullies. And unlike us, these corps scattered like **** roaches when they realize that they aren’t the biggest shark in the sea.

So by strict definition, we are the bottom feeders of EVE, we take every opportunity to eat whenever or whatever we can with zero remorse. We are survivors, and you can’t take that away from us. It is our ability to be autonomous that makes us better suited for survival than most. In the end the bottom feeder always wins….always.

Once you join an alliance you lose your identity as a corporation, If we enter system we will always be A4D, the bottom feeders that are going to try and kick your aSS.

This recruiting topic has become a discussion of various corporations and philosophy. Topic is therefore locked.

Thank you for the warning, I shant use peoples names directly in the future. I will be more discreet in my dealings. I am sure I was complained about by someone who finds my banter neither clever nor entertaining. My only intent was to differentiate A4D from other posts by not using the term....BUMP. That and I like to write.

Cheers
Sygma

It's true it gets blogging sometimes. But it's usually opinionated battle reports that have been incredibly effective in recruiting. It also gives the person a feel for their way of thinking. Plus it's way better than. BUMP