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Certificates for pirates and carebears alike
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Kitty McKitty
In Praise Of Shadows
#1 - 2011-10-29 20:34:15 UTC
There aren't any piratey certificates in EVE. Hull tanking is the closest and that's tenuous at best. Carebears perhaps have a better opportunity to work towards something like business entrepreneur elite or somesuch but what EVE needs right now is a series of goals to achieve.

The modern day videogamer identifies with percentage numbers and achievements unlocked and all that bullshit rather than applying their imagination and creativity to simply enjoy themselves.

CCP should commodify fun so we can have something to strive for and so we can attain a sense of accomplishment while our bodies slowly decay as we sit staring at a computer screen.

♥ Haviing your portrait painted here helps INTAKI Disabled Children ♥
Morganta
The Greater Goon
#2 - 2011-10-29 20:44:27 UTC
only if it incorporates the Quake sounds


in the middle of a fleet battle and everyone in local hears

MU MU MU MU MU MULTIKILL!!!

someone logoffskis and everyone hears

RAGEQUIT!

twould be awesome
Fille Balle
Ballbreakers R us
#3 - 2011-10-29 21:17:59 UTC
Morganta wrote:
only if it incorporates the Quake sounds


in the middle of a fleet battle and everyone in local hears

MU MU MU MU MU MULTIKILL!!!

someone logoffskis and everyone hears

RAGEQUIT!

twould be awesome


Here, this proves my membership of the nitpickers association.

Now, that's not Quake. MULKTIKILL!!! is from unreal tournament. Also, it wasn't multkill that went m-m-m-m. It was in fact:

M-M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!!!

Stop the spamming, not the scamming!
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#4 - 2011-10-29 21:20:21 UTC
FIRST BLOOD!!
(after downtime)

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value
Morganta
The Greater Goon
#5 - 2011-10-29 21:30:49 UTC
Fille Balle wrote:
Morganta wrote:
only if it incorporates the Quake sounds


in the middle of a fleet battle and everyone in local hears

MU MU MU MU MU MULTIKILL!!!

someone logoffskis and everyone hears

RAGEQUIT!

twould be awesome


Here, this proves my membership of the nitpickers association.

Now, that's not Quake. MULKTIKILL!!! is from unreal tournament. Also, it wasn't multkill that went m-m-m-m. It was in fact:

M-M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!!!


OWNED! Oops

yeah... its been a while, but for source games the mod is clearly labled QUAKE sounds, not that they would get it right either.
like trying to argue about what FFA game 1337 5p34k started on
Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#6 - 2011-10-29 21:34:48 UTC
Must be because Quake 3 if i'm not mistaken had those sounds =). Also depending on what source game you're talking.. its built on ID Tech 2. (or 3.. can't remember).

At any rate... why you'd want to bother with certificates its beyond me. They are as usefull in EVE as they are in RL and for the same reason..

They are far too easy to get.

The world is a community of idiots doing a series of things until it explodes and we all die.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#7 - 2011-10-29 21:39:10 UTC
Confirming that I desperately need a Disco Queen Elite certificate.

Sovereignty and Population

New Mining Mechanics
Zoe Alarhun
The Proactive Reappropriation Corporation
#8 - 2011-10-29 22:49:23 UTC
Add some certificates:

Elite parrot petting
Elite Rum guzzeling
Elite stereotype fulfilled

Would be awesome.
Cors
It's A Trap
It's A Trap Alliance
#9 - 2011-10-30 00:10:48 UTC
As a pirate.
A leader of a pirate corp.
A leader of a pirate alliance.

I don't care at all about Certificates.

I've never used them as a tool to identify the SP level of a potential recruit, I've never used them as a way to trumpet my skills. And I've never used them as a basis for the quality of my char's.

If folks are basing their worth on a bunch of certificates, then they don't know what a pirate is. I base my pirate skills on how many large 0.0 alliance's have my alliance set red. How many ships we've killed/lost this month. How much damage we've done vs how much damage we've received. Isk out vs isk in from loot..

 FiS FiS FiS FiS FiS FiS FiS FiS FiS FiS FiS FiS MIcrotransactions are for DEAD MMO's. NOT for successfull ones. I already pay for 5 accounts. I WILL NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING ELSE!!!
Tanya Fox
Doomheim
#10 - 2011-10-30 00:13:49 UTC
Kitty McKitty wrote:
There aren't any piratey certificates in EVE. Hull tanking is the closest and that's tenuous at best. Carebears perhaps have a better opportunity to work towards something like business entrepreneur elite or somesuch but what EVE needs right now is a series of goals to achieve.

The modern day videogamer identifies with percentage numbers and achievements unlocked and all that bullshit rather than applying their imagination and creativity to simply enjoy themselves.

CCP should commodify fun so we can have something to strive for and so we can attain a sense of accomplishment while our bodies slowly decay as we sit staring at a computer screen.



I'd be quite happy if certificates just vanished from the game.
Morganta
The Greater Goon
#11 - 2011-10-30 00:16:36 UTC
Tanya Fox wrote:
Kitty McKitty wrote:
There aren't any piratey certificates in EVE. Hull tanking is the closest and that's tenuous at best. Carebears perhaps have a better opportunity to work towards something like business entrepreneur elite or somesuch but what EVE needs right now is a series of goals to achieve.

The modern day videogamer identifies with percentage numbers and achievements unlocked and all that bullshit rather than applying their imagination and creativity to simply enjoy themselves.

CCP should commodify fun so we can have something to strive for and so we can attain a sense of accomplishment while our bodies slowly decay as we sit staring at a computer screen.



I'd be quite happy if certificates just vanished from the game.


meh, I kind of think its a good tool for understanding the inner connectivity of the skills and how they all relate to one another.
every noob should at least fill out the basic core and def certs
Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
#12 - 2011-10-30 00:18:59 UTC
I liked this thread.

AFK-cloaking in a system near you.
Kitty McKitty
In Praise Of Shadows
#13 - 2011-10-30 02:59:29 UTC
Misanth wrote:
I liked this thread.


I like that people don't seem to have read the last paragraph of the op

♥ Haviing your portrait painted here helps INTAKI Disabled Children ♥
Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
#14 - 2011-10-30 03:05:56 UTC
Kitty McKitty wrote:
Misanth wrote:
I liked this thread.


I like that people don't seem to have read the last paragraph of the op


I scratched my back, and cleared the fluff out of my navel. The feeling of accomplishment was orgasmic. I want a certificate now.

AFK-cloaking in a system near you.
Kitty McKitty
In Praise Of Shadows
#15 - 2011-10-30 03:07:32 UTC
Misanth wrote:
Kitty McKitty wrote:
Misanth wrote:
I liked this thread.


I like that people don't seem to have read the last paragraph of the op


I scratched my back, and cleared the fluff out of my navel. The feeling of accomplishment was orgasmic. I want a certificate now.


Here is your certificate http://tinyurl.com/6krslst

♥ Haviing your portrait painted here helps INTAKI Disabled Children ♥
rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
#16 - 2011-10-30 06:05:58 UTC
Well only thing I can say is certs say for soldier or special forces, those could change to a pirate name. Also there are ewar certs.

Suppose there are administrator pirates so certs renames are needed.

Signature removed for inappropriate language - CCP Eterne
The Apostle
Doomheim
#17 - 2011-10-30 06:14:45 UTC
rodyas wrote:
Well only thing I can say is certs say for soldier or special forces, those could change to a pirate name. Also there are ewar certs.

Suppose there are administrator pirates so certs renames are needed.


Would "You are now a qualified *******" be appropriate?
What about "Certificate IV in wankerage"?

Then again, there's always "Congratulations, everyone hates your ******* guts and you're not even a Goon" certificate.

Endless... Simply endless...

[i]Take an aspirin. If pain persists consult your local priest. WTB: An Austrian kangaroo![/i]
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#18 - 2011-10-30 08:54:57 UTC
Bienator II wrote:
FIRST BLOOD!!
(after downtime)



"FORCED ENTRY"

-- if they ever introduce ramming into the game of course.


I don't know why, and I have been doing it since 2006, but every time I smack someone in the head with a rifle butt in COD2, I giggle like Loreena Bobbit in a sausage factory.


For pirates I think there should be certificates for honored ransoms and certificates for dishonored ransoms. This would help separate true pirates from the "kill everything that moves" crowd.


Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Asuka Solo
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#19 - 2011-10-30 09:38:41 UTC
Godlike (doomsday insta-cap kills)

Eve is about Capital ships, WiS, Boobs, PI and Isk!