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Warlock Brigade caught engaging in market ambushes, earns 1,000,000,000 bounty.

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Rhodopsin Pserad
Ho Theos Geometrei
#1 - 2013-10-20 07:57:51 UTC
Though it was my foolishness that allowed me to be ambushed, revenge is best served by big bounty payouts. The Warlock Brigade, led by Terry Dalton has earned itself a 1,000,000,000 bounty for engaging in unethical business practices by listing items cheap and targeting the purchaser when they enter the territory for pickup. Though it is a meager bounty sum, I'm certain that someone may find it in their heart to collect the change I leave lying here in Khanid space in the name of trade ethics everywhere.

Here is the smoking gun of their malevolent business tactics: http://imageshack.com/a/img34/9007/v8gc.png

Happy hunting!

"Does the Eagle know what is in the pit, Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?"  "Above all, you can believe in Providence in either of two ways, either as thirst believes in the orange, or as the ass believes in the whip."

Cannibal Kane
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2013-10-20 08:02:01 UTC
Yep.. because earning 20% of his total loss everytime he loses his ship is what I strife for. Unless he flies a ship worth a Billion or more it is really not worth it.

Why people waste their ISK putting a bounty on people is beyond me. See you soon.

"Kane is the End Boss of Highsec." -Psychotic Monk

Rhodopsin Pserad
Ho Theos Geometrei
#3 - 2013-10-20 08:06:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Rhodopsin Pserad
[quote=Cannibal Kane]Yep.. because earning 20% of his total loss everytime he loses his ship is what I strife for. Unless he flies a ship worth a Billion or more it is really not worth it.

Why people waste their ISK putting a bounty on people is beyond me. See you soon.

[/quotes]

Well, it's not just his ship... Still, you can run around low-sec pvping just for the crap their hulls drop, or you can earn money doing it. You can earn money by pvping warlock brigade. He was flying a drake, with fitting that could spell a fair profit for 5-10 min work. Or you can just go back to mining, whatever you like to do - free money for kills is free money for kills. I'm certainly not going to place more than a billion for them ganking my 60 mil load. Usually I'd ignore it, but it's just not nice to ambush your customers.

The way I look at it is, 1,000,000,000 at a 20% payout means them ganking my little industrial just cost them 5,000,000,000 ISK in hulls and fittings - a small price to pay for business ethics.

I mean, we have this nasty, unrighteous Gallente in Amarr space ambushing innocent industrialists and nobody cares to set them back on the staight and narrow path towards honest work? How sad.

"Does the Eagle know what is in the pit, Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?"  "Above all, you can believe in Providence in either of two ways, either as thirst believes in the orange, or as the ass believes in the whip."

Cannibal Kane
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-10-20 08:48:44 UTC
Rhodopsin Pserad wrote:
[quote=Cannibal Kane]Yep.. because earning 20% of his total loss everytime he loses his ship is what I strife for. Unless he flies a ship worth a Billion or more it is really not worth it.

Why people waste their ISK putting a bounty on people is beyond me. See you soon.

[/quotes]

Well, it's not just his ship... Still, you can run around low-sec pvping just for the crap their hulls drop, or you can earn money doing it. You can earn money by pvping warlock brigade. He was flying a drake, with fitting that could spell a fair profit for 5-10 min work. Or you can just go back to mining, whatever you like to do - free money for kills is free money for kills. I'm certainly not going to place more than a billion for them ganking my 60 mil load. Usually I'd ignore it, but it's just not nice to ambush your customers.

The way I look at it is, 1,000,000,000 at a 20% payout means them ganking my little industrial just cost them 5,000,000,000 ISK in hulls and fittings - a small price to pay for business ethics.

I mean, we have this nasty, unrighteous Gallente in Amarr space ambushing innocent industrialists and nobody cares to set them back on the staight and narrow path towards honest work? How sad.


You don't know how this works don't you?

"Kane is the End Boss of Highsec." -Psychotic Monk

Mike Adoulin
Happys Happy Hamster Hunting Club
#5 - 2013-10-20 09:43:18 UTC
*munches popcorn*

Or you could have spent that billion hiring Kane and watching them suffer, suffer as no-one has suffered before..:)

Much better than wasting it on a bounty.

Everything in EVE is a trap.

And if it isn't, it's your job to make it a trap...:)

You want to know what immorality in EVE Online looks like? Look no further than Ripard "Jester" Teg.

Chribba is the Chuck Norris of EVE.

Rhodopsin Pserad
Ho Theos Geometrei
#6 - 2013-10-20 10:39:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Rhodopsin Pserad
Mike Adoulin wrote:
*munches popcorn*

Or you could have spent that billion hiring Kane and watching them suffer, suffer as no-one has suffered before..:)

Much better than wasting it on a bounty.


Don't know who Kane is otherwise I may have done so.


Regardless, they've 2 POS's I found...

Rilera VI - Moon 1

Tegheon X


I mean, is the bounty system so broke that you can tell people exactly where the corp hangs out in low sec and they're still not worth hunting? Oh well, at least I get a little mail everytime someone gets popped from the corp. For a high stakes PvP game, people really don't seem that into the PvP... There are people that run around fighting in this game right? I swear they exist somewhere.

Still, market ambushes are no fun and at least one group who does it has a bit more to make traders wary.

"Does the Eagle know what is in the pit, Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?"  "Above all, you can believe in Providence in either of two ways, either as thirst believes in the orange, or as the ass believes in the whip."

Silvetica Dian
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2013-10-20 11:06:45 UTC
Rhodopsin Pserad wrote:
Mike Adoulin wrote:
*munches popcorn*

Or you could have spent that billion hiring Kane and watching them suffer, suffer as no-one has suffered before..:)

Much better than wasting it on a bounty.


Don't know who Kane is otherwise I may have done so.


Regardless, they've 2 POS's I found...

Rilera VI - Moon 1

Tegheon X


I mean, is the bounty system so broke that you can tell people exactly where the corp hangs out in low sec and they're still not worth hunting? Oh well, at least I get a little mail everytime someone gets popped from the corp. For a high stakes PvP game, people really don't seem that into the PvP... There are people that run around fighting in this game right? I swear they exist somewhere.

Still, market ambushes are no fun and at least one group who does it has a bit more to make traders wary.


The bounty system had always been broken. Putting bounties on people has only ever been a reward for the person that has the bounty placed on them. Originally they could take the isk via an alt and their victim and given them a free gift. Now it is a source of pride as how large your bounty is.
I too have heard reports that Mr Kane provides excellant value for money and goes above and beyond at performing his terrorist duties. I just wish i could find where he writes the stories that he used to gift to the pirate thread.

Money at its root is a form of rationing. When the richest 85 people have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion (50% of humanity) it is clear where the source of poverty is. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/20/trickle-down-economics-broken-promise-richest-85

Rhodopsin Pserad
Ho Theos Geometrei
#8 - 2013-10-20 11:19:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Rhodopsin Pserad
Silvetica Dian wrote:
Rhodopsin Pserad wrote:
Mike Adoulin wrote:
*munches popcorn*

Or you could have spent that billion hiring Kane and watching them suffer, suffer as no-one has suffered before..:)

Much better than wasting it on a bounty.


Don't know who Kane is otherwise I may have done so.


Regardless, they've 2 POS's I found...

Rilera VI - Moon 1

Tegheon X


I mean, is the bounty system so broke that you can tell people exactly where the corp hangs out in low sec and they're still not worth hunting? Oh well, at least I get a little mail everytime someone gets popped from the corp. For a high stakes PvP game, people really don't seem that into the PvP... There are people that run around fighting in this game right? I swear they exist somewhere.

Still, market ambushes are no fun and at least one group who does it has a bit more to make traders wary.


The bounty system had always been broken. Putting bounties on people has only ever been a reward for the person that has the bounty placed on them. Originally they could take the isk via an alt and their victim and given them a free gift. Now it is a source of pride as how large your bounty is.
I too have heard reports that Mr Kane provides excellant value for money and goes above and beyond at performing his terrorist duties. I just wish i could find where he writes the stories that he used to gift to the pirate thread.


Well, unfortunately all the ISK I'm willing to put up has been rendered into their bounty. If there's still a way to exploit the bounty system to give money to the player or corp that it was placed on, that is clearly a EULA violation. I don't really see how plausible it is with 20% payouts to really exploit it - though I am far less familiar with the game than some and it does seem like claiming money for one's self from the bounty system would be considered exploiting - though CCP apparently enforces things like no warping to zero but lets others generate trillions by exploiting the insurance payout system.

If people aren't competent enough PvPers to go track down corps with bounties even when they know where the POSes are, then I suppose that corp can just have their nice big bounty and be proud of it.

But this forum is for pointing out people who are extra lame when they do business and need to target people by checking their wallets rather than doing legitimate recon - as if I have a choice to know in advance who I buy from or if I reveal who I am when I make a purchase. For such lame-ass, lazy recon techniques, I post the screenshot proving it - if someone is competent enough to make money from the bounty, so be it. If they're not, haulers and the like will know of one more corp that might put up bait courier contracts and market sales.

Ganking your customers, not good business ethics and people who might want to do business with a corp or alliance might like to know who engages in rather tactless business deals.

Anyway, those POS's again, are:

Rilera VI - Moon 1

Tegheon X


Bounty and whatever loot drops for competent corps who are bored. Seems better if you're bored and want PvP to go after corps with bounties than those with none.

"Does the Eagle know what is in the pit, Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?"  "Above all, you can believe in Providence in either of two ways, either as thirst believes in the orange, or as the ass believes in the whip."

Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#9 - 2013-10-20 11:38:53 UTC
There is a bounty exploit at the moment but the GMs are aware of it. Don't do it.

Other than that, being bountied is generally detrimental.

Next time, however, consider hiring Kane, or hire someone to AWOX your mark.

I support the New Order and CODE. alliance. www.minerbumping.com

Rhodopsin Pserad
Ho Theos Geometrei
#10 - 2013-10-20 12:03:36 UTC
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:
There is a bounty exploit at the moment but the GMs are aware of it. Don't do it.

Other than that, being bountied is generally detrimental.

Next time, however, consider hiring Kane, or hire someone to AWOX your mark.


I don't know what "AWOX" means, but I'll look into it.

"Does the Eagle know what is in the pit, Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?"  "Above all, you can believe in Providence in either of two ways, either as thirst believes in the orange, or as the ass believes in the whip."

Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#11 - 2013-10-20 12:12:16 UTC
Rhodopsin Pserad wrote:
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:
There is a bounty exploit at the moment but the GMs are aware of it. Don't do it.

Other than that, being bountied is generally detrimental.

Next time, however, consider hiring Kane, or hire someone to AWOX your mark.


I don't know what "AWOX" means, but I'll look into it.


Not everyone with a bounty did bad things to get it. For instance, I often ask clients to tip my bounty if they enjoyed my service. I would like an opportunity to earn a bounty tip from you as well. You heart is so pure and innocent. I find that very attractive. Blink

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.

Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#12 - 2013-10-20 13:00:02 UTC
Rhodopsin Pserad wrote:
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:
There is a bounty exploit at the moment but the GMs are aware of it. Don't do it.

Other than that, being bountied is generally detrimental.

Next time, however, consider hiring Kane, or hire someone to AWOX your mark.


I don't know what "AWOX" means, but I'll look into it.


AWOXing means joining their corp to blow up their expensive non-PVP ships. Can be in high sec, or in low, it usually means using the 'blue' status to point one or more valuable ships that you proceed to hot drop.

You can do the latter yourself if you have three accounts - an Interceptor pilot you can get into their corp, a carrier pilot and a neutral cyno character. In high sec you only need one or two characters for AWOXing.

I support the New Order and CODE. alliance. www.minerbumping.com

Zappity
New Eden Tank Testing Services
#13 - 2013-10-20 13:15:40 UTC
You will probably be giving your next billion to Mr Kane one way or the other. You might as well hire him now to get some value out of it.

Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec and nullsec.

Minmatar Citizen160812
The LGBT Last Supper
#14 - 2013-10-20 13:37:13 UTC
What a lovely target. I mean the mongoloid OP not the guy he wasted a bil on.


Liam Inkuras
Furnace
Meta Reloaded
#15 - 2013-10-20 13:47:54 UTC
Your Iteron fit is terrible

I wear my goggles at night.

Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone

Princess Bride
SharkNado
#16 - 2013-10-20 14:35:27 UTC
Yeah, first of all, "market ambushes" are NOT a "thing". Stop saying that.

Repeating his POS locations in C&P will not lead to their destruction. Stop posting them.

Posting a bounty on someone will not lead to their death, in most cases. You are correct that "ambushing your customers is not nice." Eve is not nice. While you may have been able to hire someone for that billion ISK, you did not, because you acted before you understood how things worked. Much like when you jumped into low sec looking for a bargain. Less assumptions and more research will save you a lot of ISK and a lot of heartache. The only thing your thread has accomplished is to let every shark in the game know you have tons of disposable income and no idea how to play this game. The next few months may be very trying for you. I wish you the best of luck surviving them.

http://eveprincessbride.wordpress.com/

Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#17 - 2013-10-20 22:09:25 UTC
Princess Bride wrote:
Yeah, first of all, "market ambushes" are NOT a "thing". Stop saying that.

Repeating his POS locations in C&P will not lead to their destruction. Stop posting them.

Posting a bounty on someone will not lead to their death, in most cases. You are correct that "ambushing your customers is not nice." Eve is not nice. While you may have been able to hire someone for that billion ISK, you did not, because you acted before you understood how things worked. Much like when you jumped into low sec looking for a bargain. Less assumptions and more research will save you a lot of ISK and a lot of heartache. The only thing your thread has accomplished is to let every shark in the game know you have tons of disposable income and no idea how to play this game. The next few months may be very trying for you. I wish you the best of luck surviving them.


It might not be common, but I can immediately think of 4 or 5 people who mainly do these market operations for fun and profit. Others make up a large percentage of the trades of certain items for the intel it can provide. There was a fairly recent story on tmc about some guys doing this with officer mods more or less. Sell an expensive item, blow customer up and maybe scoop loot, repeat.

The OP may be able to hire someone here to take out the POSes, but you're right in that merely posting them will accomplish nothing.

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.

Takeshi Hendrix
Natus Ex Igne
#18 - 2013-10-21 00:53:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Takeshi Hendrix
Flying through lowsec in a hauler without a scout is what got you killed. Any market transactions were coincidental. But by all means, please spend as much isk as you want to make you feel better about your mistake. Now everyone knows what a juicy target you are.

EDIT: For some clarification, he took a shortcut through two lowsec systems to buy something in high sec, and his ship was popped on his way back through lowsec. He could have easily taken a longer high sec route.
Terry Dalton
Warlock Brigade
#19 - 2013-10-21 01:33:11 UTC
you mad bro?

#1. going through lowsec 3 or 4 times and seeing people in local is a good indication they are active!

#2. use a scout or go the long way around next time!, :P

#3. you pretty much paid 1 bil for this lesson, ;).

#4. awoxing will do you "NO" good, corp's "invite only", XD

Have a nice day!, and thnx for the kill, ;)!

http://i.imgur.com/wToewwE.gif
Mike Adoulin
Happys Happy Hamster Hunting Club
#20 - 2013-10-21 01:54:09 UTC
Terry Dalton wrote:

#4. awoxing will do you "NO" good, corp's "invite only", XD



Well......he could bribe one of your corpies (via Chribba, obviously) to go on an AWOXING spree for a billion ISK.

Or just dump a billion ISK into a bounty pool (again, via Chribba) and pay out, say, 50-100 million ISK per kill to anybody depending on the ship/pod destroyed.

But just better to hire Kane, or Break-A-Wish (when they aren't on vacation) if you really want to spend that sort of money.

Faster results, too.

Everything in EVE is a trap.

And if it isn't, it's your job to make it a trap...:)

You want to know what immorality in EVE Online looks like? Look no further than Ripard "Jester" Teg.

Chribba is the Chuck Norris of EVE.

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