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What 0.0 would look like if controlled by one powerbloc

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Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#41 - 2013-02-02 19:20:46 UTC
Mr Kidd wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
Ildryn wrote:
How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?


http://evenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/01.jpg

Per Fanfest 2012, more than 80% of Bots are in HS.


That graph is completely inadequate to make any judgements. It doesn't categorize bots: Market, Spam, Mission or Miner bot. There are definitely more spam bots in The Forge since Jita is located in that region. Neither does it give us the sample size of the expunged bots, nor is it an accurate measure of where the bots are in the game, only the bots that were targeted. Given CCP's chumminess with some alliances over others, it's basically a graph of what they wanted you to see.

While annoying, spam bots are not a detriment to the game in the way that the other 3 types are.

My my, so actually CCP is the puppetmaster here.

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RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#42 - 2013-02-02 20:53:18 UTC
Mr Kidd wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
Ildryn wrote:
How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?


http://evenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/01.jpg

Per Fanfest 2012, more than 80% of Bots are in HS.


That graph is completely inadequate to make any judgements. It doesn't categorize bots: Market, Spam, Mission or Miner bot. There are definitely more spam bots in The Forge since Jita is located in that region. Neither does it give us the sample size of the expunged bots, nor is it an accurate measure of where the bots are in the game, only the bots that were targeted. Given CCP's chumminess with some alliances over others, it's basically a graph of what they wanted you to see.

While annoying, spam bots are not a detriment to the game in the way that the other 3 types are.


So, you got any evidence that CCP turns a blind eye to botting by anyone? Let alone preferentially to botting by any certain group?

Gotta love the tinfoil brigade.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon

Nicolo da'Vicenza
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#43 - 2013-02-02 21:06:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Nicolo da'Vicenza
i wonder what goes on their minds, like at fanfest does mittani slip a USB stick full of virtual technetium into Soundwave's palm as they share a silent nod of acknowledgement?
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#44 - 2013-02-02 21:17:37 UTC
Nicolo da'Vicenza wrote:
i wonder what goes on their minds, like at fanfest does mittani slip a USB stick full of virtual technetium into Soundwave's palm as they share a silent nod of acknowledgement?


FYP*


*Audio potentially NSFW.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon

Robert Warner
Back Door Burglars
#45 - 2013-02-02 21:35:54 UTC
It would look like a smurf.
Corey Fumimasa
CFM Salvage
#46 - 2013-02-02 23:05:05 UTC
Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
Rengerel en Distel wrote:
Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
nobody wants TQ to be more like Serenity. It's just interesting to look at how the game developed in China instead of the west. Unsurprisingly its a sea of blues, botters, and RMTers at the top.


so not much different is what you're saying?
(sorry, you just kinda tossed up a softball there)


I knew well before I hit the post button, it's all good.

re: botters and bans:

Our finances are public, and GSF/CFC, and even TEST does auditing to show players where isk is coming from, and where it's going. AS FAR AS I KNOW we don't budget for RMTing.

Goons are really a beacon of morality in a fake world of social darwinism.

Are the audits done by the same guys who put this together? http://i.imgur.com/Sjl7a.png
Ildryn
IDLE INTENTIONS
#47 - 2013-02-02 23:35:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Ildryn
Falin Whalen wrote:
Nicolo da'Vicenza wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
Ildryn wrote:
How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?


http://evenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/01.jpg

Per Fanfest 2012, more than 80% of Bots are in HS.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dggMmf2G15Y/UB853kxsYtI/AAAAAAAACTg/ZZjBBqtZ09U/s1600/Pop-vs-Kills-Jan-2012.jpg

with that image and this one you can win an estimated 80-90% of threads against pubbies on eve-gd

"Now you just can't come in here with your facts and figures, from reliable sources and totaly disprove my long held and deeply entrenched feelings on a subject. "

That right there is the Backfire effect, in full effect.


Damned facts....wish i knew where to find some...

Anela Cistine wrote:


Anela Cistine
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation

Exactly. The rules are designed to minimize internal drama. If a goon quietly reports another goon, no one will ever know or care. Usually when a goon gets banned for botting we all point and laugh and call the guy an idiot.

What we don't want is witch hunts, goon on goon trolling, and drama queens going around threatening to get people banned, or bragging about getting people banned. That creates hard feelings and tears apart alliance cohesion. So reporting falls under the "no goonfucking" rules, so that when people do it they will do it quietly. No drama.



http://evenews24.com/2011/08/31/serious-business-goonswarm-federation-pilot-kicked-for-rmting-his-titan-to-pandemic-legion/

Mittani: he sold a titan to our enemies and so i booted him
Mittani: i don’t care about him rmting, i’m not ccp’s cop, the issue is that he sold it to our foes


Your move Ruby.
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#48 - 2013-02-03 00:20:53 UTC
Ildryn wrote:
Damned facts....wish i knew where to find some...

Anela Cistine wrote:


Anela Cistine
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation

Exactly. The rules are designed to minimize internal drama. If a goon quietly reports another goon, no one will ever know or care. Usually when a goon gets banned for botting we all point and laugh and call the guy an idiot.

What we don't want is witch hunts, goon on goon trolling, and drama queens going around threatening to get people banned, or bragging about getting people banned. That creates hard feelings and tears apart alliance cohesion. So reporting falls under the "no goonfucking" rules, so that when people do it they will do it quietly. No drama.



http://evenews24.com/2011/08/31/serious-business-goonswarm-federation-pilot-kicked-for-rmting-his-titan-to-pandemic-legion/

Mittani: he sold a titan to our enemies and so i booted him
Mittani: i don’t care about him rmting, i’m not ccp’s cop, the issue is that he sold it to our foes


Your move Ruby.


Just like I don't care if my friends smoke pot*.
Not caring to report someone is not anything like the same thing as supporting it or being involved in it.

Basically, you're implying that I'm a drug dealer on the basis of evidence that I don't care to report my friends for smoking pot.

*Illegal in my jurisdiction.

Also, your evidence does nothing to support either your initial nor your secondary claims, which, if we strip out the weasely bull were:

1. Goons are more likely to RMT than members of other demographic groups,
2. A significant portion of HS botters are Goons, and
3. CCP turns a blind eye towards bad behavior by goons.


In fact, your evidence directly contradicts your third claim.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon

Frying Doom
#49 - 2013-02-03 00:29:51 UTC
I think
3. CCP turns a blind eye towards bad behavior by goons.

used to be the case. Now however I think CCP has matured and realised that while goons and the like do make interesting news occasionally, the majority of their money is coming from more casual players in Hi-sec. So they are changing their focus to them and to the people who make other sites or do things in the game that allow others to have a better experience.

So the age of The Goons getting away with it is over, money won that fight.

Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!!

Ildryn
IDLE INTENTIONS
#50 - 2013-02-03 00:41:30 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:


Also, your evidence does nothing to support either your initial nor your secondary claims, which, if we strip out the weasely bull were:

1. Goons are more likely to RMT than members of other demographic groups,
2. A significant portion of HS botters are Goons, and
3. CCP turns a blind eye towards bad behavior by goons.


In fact, your evidence directly contradicts your third claim.


1. How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?

Legit question.
Pretty blunt....no implied claims.
Proof the goons have engaged in RMT along with PL.
http://evenews24.com/2011/08/31/serious-business-goonswarm-federation-pilot-kicked-for-rmting-his-titan-to-pandemic-legion/

Mittani: he sold a titan to our enemies and so i booted him
Mittani: i don’t care about him rmting, i’m not ccp’s cop, the issue is that he sold it to our foes

2. Saying a power bloc can use bots in high sec. RMT accounts are not limited to main characters in alliances.
After that i mentioned how PL had a cheater/exploiter in their alliance and Goons exploited the FW system.

3. Curious as to where CCP turns a blind eye. Me thinking they should be perma banned for exploiting something is just emergent game play in others eyes. They exploited a flaw in the game that made them billions of isk and fuckered the economy. Hell they posted about it. While it was an exploit it was not a bannable exploit. I think it should have been.
But that is my two cents.

RMT is bad mmmkay.
Now if you will respond to what i actually said instead of hyping what i said then i am sure you will see that i am correct.

ex·ploit (ksploit, k-sploit)

1. To employ to the greatest possible advantage: exploit one's talents.
2. To make use of selfishly or unethically:
3. To advertise; promote.

I of course am referring to number 2 and possibly 1.

Are you on the defensive because you know it's true....or are you daft enough to believe that i am full of ****?

Nicolo da'Vicenza
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#51 - 2013-02-03 00:45:40 UTC
Ildryn wrote:


1. How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?

Legit question.
Pretty blunt....no implied claims.
CCP doesn't discuss bans for any reason, let alone bans by alliance.
So your case against goons is predicated on RubyPorto providing information CCP Sreegs doesn't disclose to anyone.
"If you can't tell me how many, my inferences and accusations based on EN24 articles will have to be accepted as fact"
Ildryn
IDLE INTENTIONS
#52 - 2013-02-03 00:52:33 UTC
Nicolo da'Vicenza wrote:
Ildryn wrote:


1. How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?

Legit question.
Pretty blunt....no implied claims.
CCP doesn't discuss bans for any reason, let alone bans by alliance.
So your case against goons is predicated on RubyPorto providing information CCP Sreegs doesn't disclose to anyone.
"If you can't tell me how many, my inferences and accusations based on EN24 articles will have to be accepted as fact"



My question was not directed at Ruby. He is the one that took up the crusade.
The question was a bit rhetorical as i am well aware CCP does not discuss bans.

The thing is. They might not know exactly how many. But they know there were quite a few.

And because no one can say exactly how many the question becomes baseless?
I don't think so.
There were many people banned. And Goonswarm had their fair share banned.
And so did their pets.
(just to clarify for you. Pets does not equal CCP)

In the end the correct answer is "More than we want to admit. So we will fight any claims because no one else knows for sure."


RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#53 - 2013-02-03 01:14:19 UTC  |  Edited by: RubyPorto
Ildryn wrote:
Nicolo da'Vicenza wrote:
Ildryn wrote:


1. How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?

Legit question.
Pretty blunt....no implied claims.
CCP doesn't discuss bans for any reason, let alone bans by alliance.
So your case against goons is predicated on RubyPorto providing information CCP Sreegs doesn't disclose to anyone.
"If you can't tell me how many, my inferences and accusations based on EN24 articles will have to be accepted as fact"



My question was not directed at Ruby. He is the one that took up the crusade.
The question was a bit rhetorical as i am well aware CCP does not discuss bans.


So, you're now saying that it wasn't a legitimate question and that it did make implied claims. Or are you unaware of the meaning of a rhetorical question?

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon

Ildryn
IDLE INTENTIONS
#54 - 2013-02-03 01:30:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Ildryn
RubyPorto wrote:
Ildryn wrote:
Nicolo da'Vicenza wrote:
Ildryn wrote:


1. How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?

Legit question.
Pretty blunt....no implied claims.
CCP doesn't discuss bans for any reason, let alone bans by alliance.
So your case against goons is predicated on RubyPorto providing information CCP Sreegs doesn't disclose to anyone.
"If you can't tell me how many, my inferences and accusations based on EN24 articles will have to be accepted as fact"



My question was not directed at Ruby. He is the one that took up the crusade.
The question was a bit rhetorical as i am well aware CCP does not discuss bans.


So, you're now saying that it wasn't a legitimate question and that it did make implied claims. Or are you unaware of the meaning of a rhetorical question?


It was legitimate in its intent.

Proletariat Tingtango wrote:
nobody wants TQ to be more like Serenity. It's just interesting to look at how the game developed in China instead of the west. Unsurprisingly its a sea of blues, botters, and RMTers at the top.


It was intended to shut up the Goon *****.
Which it did.

Though i never thought someone from your alliance would respond.
I mean. Your alliance had known cheaters/exploiters using a program to kill people.
And your alliance mates did some RMT to buy some space pixels. But hey....It probably wasn't you.
Hell you may not even know what i am talking about. So do some research and ask around. If you hear two different stories from your own alliance mates. Then maybe....just maybe all this arguing earned you some enlightenment.
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#55 - 2013-02-03 01:32:47 UTC  |  Edited by: RubyPorto
Ildryn wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
Ildryn wrote:
Nicolo da'Vicenza wrote:
Ildryn wrote:


1. How many goons were banned during the rmt purge?
How many goon pets were banned?

Legit question.
Pretty blunt....no implied claims.
CCP doesn't discuss bans for any reason, let alone bans by alliance.
So your case against goons is predicated on RubyPorto providing information CCP Sreegs doesn't disclose to anyone.
"If you can't tell me how many, my inferences and accusations based on EN24 articles will have to be accepted as fact"



My question was not directed at Ruby. He is the one that took up the crusade.
The question was a bit rhetorical as i am well aware CCP does not discuss bans.


So, you're now saying that it wasn't a legitimate question and that it did make implied claims. Or are you unaware of the meaning of a rhetorical question?


It was legitimate in its intent..


So, you're now outright crowing that you lied just there when you claimed that it was a "legit question" with "no implied claims."

You don't get to run off throwing out more claims as so much chaff until we've settled the first one. Standard rule of argumentation.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon

Ildryn
IDLE INTENTIONS
#56 - 2013-02-03 02:08:28 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:


So, you're now outright crowing that you lied just there when you claimed that it was a "legit question" with "no implied claims."

You don't get to run off throwing out more claims as so much chaff until we've settled the first one. Standard rule of argumentation.


You can talk me and what i brought up in circles until you're dizzy.
Are we really going to argue over what someone may have implied.
I surely didn't imply anything to you.
I asked a Goon member a legitimate rhetorical question to imply they have no room to talk about botting/RMT.
I was not claiming they had no right to talk.
It was implied and not a claim of wrong doing.
I don't need to claim because they, you, and not enough of everyone else know this.
Your crusade is to make me look bad. Congrats if you did.
I have never botted or been a party to any botting. I have never known anyone in this game to cheat in any way in any corp/alliance i have been in.
I have reported a few scammers for spamming local. I have reported a few i thought may be bots using the in game report function.

Now you on the other hand. Really need to look inward.
You know should know your alliance was involved in RMT. As well as the alliance you are crusading for.
You should know that some of your current members used a program to bypass local.
If you do you are still in public denial. Which is expected. No one wants to admit the gory little details.
Which you haven't done and likely won't.
That does not stop any of it from being true.

I am just pointing it out yet again for the general public.
Because i am of the opinion they should read it again and again.


There you go.
Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#57 - 2013-02-03 02:15:49 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Why cant TQ be more like Serenity thread number# whothef***caresanywaysaboutthechineseservergiveitupandgooutsideandgetatanandoralifeandleavethechinesetodowhattheydobest.


Unsuccessful At Everything post doing this exact same joke #134653146312576452747245


"In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." ~Miyamoto Musashi

RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#58 - 2013-02-03 02:17:41 UTC  |  Edited by: RubyPorto
Ildryn wrote:

I asked a Goon member a legitimate rhetorical question to imply they have no room to talk about botting/RMT.


I see, you don't know what a rhetorical question is. You also don't seem to understand the concept of "poisoning the well" or why it's not done.

By the way, bringing up years old exploits is kind of silly. It's like claiming that ex-BoB can't talk about anything because of T20.
Also, given that anyone caught using exploits gets banned, I'm not sure where you're getting "current" members.
And, of course, if you have evidence of RMT activity at an alliance level (or any level, really), why haven't you sent it to CCP?

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon

Ildryn
IDLE INTENTIONS
#59 - 2013-02-03 03:39:49 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:
Ildryn wrote:

I asked a Goon member a legitimate rhetorical question to imply they have no room to talk about botting/RMT.


I see, you don't know what a rhetorical question is. You also don't seem to understand the concept of "poisoning the well" or why it's not done.

By the way, bringing up years old exploits is kind of silly. It's like claiming that ex-BoB can't talk about anything because of T20.
Also, given that anyone caught using exploits gets banned, I'm not sure where you're getting "current" members.
And, of course, if you have evidence of RMT activity at an alliance level (or any level, really), why haven't you sent it to CCP?


I didn't want the Goon to answer. I implied from the question that Goons have no right to talk about RMT.


A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point and without the expectation of a reply.


Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#60 - 2013-02-03 03:50:13 UTC
ITT: Conspiracy theories.

Why does The Mittani need to RMT isk when he is just going to build up TheMittani.Com, sell it and then double retire?

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli