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Ending Cowardice for Science, Theology and a Better Future

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Gosakumori Noh
Coven of One
#1 - 2014-03-08 00:29:23 UTC
As is well known, I do a great deal of thinking. I am a Thinker.

I have thought long and hard about the EVE Gate, my lycanthropic Sebiestor harbingers of the Apocalypse, and theology.

Thinking, I further thought: "Gomo, wouldn't it be nice if you had your own private Arek'Jambalaya Project, you know, studying things like, oh, holding open wormholes through human artifice, bio-engineered cybernetic transmutation of arguably human flesh, and ancient theology?"

Well of course, darling, that would be wonderful!

But one can only accomplish so much by flitting around in a nimble little invisible ship by oneself. I admit this.

Consequently, I would like to invite others (who, like me, were always the child that all of the other little children secretly wished they could be) to drop me a note.

I am nothing if not an open minded Ochre Magus, and would delight in hearing from individuals of all ethnic and legal backgrounds - yes even you, you adorable little cute nosed round bottomed Sebbies. After all, lycanthropic Sebiestor harbingers of the Apocalypse.

Now, I know, many of you are respectable.

I further know that many respectable people feel that do not have the freedom to become the child they secretly wish they could be. First and foremost, I would encourage you to abandon such beliefs and exult in your individual expression. But if that is just not an option, let us imagine that you may have "friends" - or "relatives" - who might be a little outre.

Well, by all means, encourage them to reach out and touch!

Now, there is an area in which I would particularly like to examine a merger between exploding things and theology.

I am an old Amarrian witch. And as an old Amarrian witch, I prefer to just plop myself down in the middle and take it. All the kids these days do is zip around poking at derblinkielights and making dashummienoises. Zip zip zip.

Something has been lost in this refusal to take one's time.

The Amarrian military theological tradition of just taking it, and by God, taking it better than anyone else, has not been fully exploited. Oh, I know I know, the numbers say this and the numbers say that. But, while making allowances for contemporary hulls of diverse origin, it is my Magi intuition that there remains a certain special something to be found in the slow, deliberate act of wearing the opponent down and crushing their will to resist.

It would therefore tickle me to hear from anyone who would like to try and put heavy back on top, despite the likelihood of great pain experienced over prolonged periods.

Now, let's face, the experience of pain is another fascinating theological subject.

That said, of course, it is incumbent upon the acolyte of such theology to secure the resources necessary for continued experience, and so towards that end, it would only be natural for me to also seek out those who, rather like myself, are attracted to big rocks. From the rock, the ability to sustain pain - and perhaps someday even to inflict!

Love sweetie darlings! Kisses!
Rodj Blake
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#2 - 2014-03-08 00:45:59 UTC
For somebody who does a lot of thinking, you're not very good at it.

Dolce et decorum est pro Imperium mori

Gosakumori Noh
Coven of One
#3 - 2014-03-08 03:43:09 UTC
Rodj darling! A military man. It is so good of you to drop by! Is your inquiry on behalf of yourself, a "friend" - or a "relative?"
Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-03-08 04:24:44 UTC
Experience of pain itself does nothing, pain only shows which part of the body is malfunctioning.
Also, if you can feel pain, it means that you are still alive.

You see, pain can be totally ignored, if you are fighting. Only physical destruction and incapacitating of the enemy makes sense.

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.

Nauplius
Hoi Andrapodistai
#5 - 2014-03-08 15:38:58 UTC
Because I am a Commoner, and lack the sophisticated education of the nobility, I admit to some difficulty understanding of the original post.

I believe that the first half of the missive seeks new members for a corporation, and the last paragraph invites miners. I am less sure regarding the rest. Perhaps Lady Noh is inviting people who perform agent missions in active tanked, stationary Amarr ships, such as, say, Paladins in Bastion mode. Or perhaps she is inviting people to combat against other Empyreans using spider-tanked Amarr bricks. Either of those takes a lot of punishment in its own way.

But as I wrote, I'm not entirely sure.
Stitcher
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-03-08 15:49:56 UTC
Rodj Blake wrote:
For somebody who does a lot of thinking, you're not very good at it.


Dammit man, I'm supposed to disagree with everything you write and object to your very existence on principle. You're not supposed to make me laugh!

AKA Hambone

Author of The Deathworlders

Shiori Shaishi
Doomheim
#7 - 2014-03-08 16:31:38 UTC
Rodj Blake wrote:
For somebody who does a lot of thinking, you're not very good at it.

Still, a welcome change from those who are very good at not doing a lot of thinking.
Anabella Rella
Gradient
Electus Matari
#8 - 2014-03-08 17:33:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Anabella Rella
Shiori Shaishi wrote:
Still, a welcome change from those who are very good at not doing a lot of thinking.


Not really. Vomiting out a bunch of incoherent, disconnected and disjointed thoughts onto a page hardly qualifies as entertaining or thoughtful. In Noh's case it's a simple case of egomania run rampant.

P.S. "Little moron Annie"? Is that the best such a great mind as yours can come up with Noh? Seriously? I had kids back in primary school come up with better epithets than that. I'm very disappointed in you. Maybe pass the job along to one of your minions. They likely have a greater capacity for creativity and humor. Actually, that's a given as they associate with you.

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Doomheim
#9 - 2014-03-08 17:43:19 UTC
Anabella Rella wrote:

Not really. Vomiting out a bunch of incoherent, disconnected and disjointed thoughts onto a page hardly qualifies as entertaining or thoughtful.


To be fair, such could describe the great portion of the IGS, but at least Ms. Noh has dispensed with the addition of the overwrought histrionics so common to this medium.

Kurilaivonen|Concern

Gosakumori Noh
Coven of One
#10 - 2014-03-08 19:40:06 UTC
Veiki darling you say the sweetest things! Annie, sweetheart, it had to be a label that even the least talented tool in that corporate tool shed could remember, and clearly it was.

Nauplius!

I suspected that the right frequency crystal would reveal a parallel wavelength.

After all, your forceful observation that Amarr had become a big ball of accommodating Meh is what shook me from my bitter torpor. Why, to listen to some of the "theological" arguments raised against you, I would think - and I am a Thinker - that I was in a room full of Gallidoodle lawyers insisting my private prisons include Sisters of EVE "conscience counselors." Yes, yes, I am in complete compliance with all contractual obligations. Immediately after visiting the paddle room, terrorists are allowed to speak to their "conscience counselor" about their relationship with a "greater spiritual force" for ten minutes.

What unmitigated crud.

Anyway... it is true that I am not, myself, really in the sacrifice a million slaves at once business. I would separate out the Sebbie underwear models for myself and then settle the rest in various hangar tenements and colonial grids to see what develops.

My interpretation of God's Will is that we Reclaim the Universe by increasing our understanding over it.

Observing human interactions under carefully controlled and carefully not controlled circumstances, for which slaves are ideal, increases understanding and thereby Reclaims pieces of the Universe. Now of course, your mass sacrifice provoked heated debate, heated debate increases understanding, and consequently, even by my interpretation (which I suspect differs from your own), your action has Reclaimed pieces of the Universe.

Such is the Beauty of God: there are many ways.

In the instant case, I am interested in mysteries held within the ruins of our civilization's center. Ironically, the center of civilization appears to be "claimed" (for lack of a better term) by those special types who prefer speaking in terms of misogyny, parentage, and sexual preference - as I recall, an instance of such "contributed" to your debate, derailing it for a short time into inane stupidity. Clearly the work of that Deceiver fellow.

So. It is not enough to simply play spaceship footsies with the occupants of Civilization's Center. It is necessary to engage on terms which they despise, thereby encouraging them to find somewhere else to be, and allowing that which truly matters - Increased Understanding - to proceed apace.

And what that breed truly despises is length.

Even "killing" that kind only means the body comes right back. I'm sure you've had much experience with this in the gaining and losing and gaining and losing and gaining and losing of contested systems. But Time doesn't come back. That breed overestimates the value of its time enormously. "Wasting" a large amount of it, for no frequent flyer mileage points, is much more effective at changing long-term behavior than any other form of combat.

Meanwhile, Increased Understanding develops just fine while fending off buzzing wasps.

With respect to hulls that might be most appropriate for such an enterprise, I adore the State, and my Nighthawk, and would never suggest that only gleaming golden phallic battleships could pull it off. Of course, I also adore gleaming golden phallic battleships. And drones. And electronic warfare. And neutralizers. I'm not so worried about warp disruption because if the precious little twits fly away and come back, they are only wasting more of their own time while Understanding Increases apace.

With respect to formal structure, there are advantages to a single entity in shared purpose. However, there are also advantages to multiple distinct entities in undecipherable local spikes. I am, as always, Open Minded.

Anyway! The correspondence thus far has been fabulous. Kisses to everyone! Muah! Muah!
Shiori Shaishi
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-03-08 19:44:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Shiori Shaishi
Anabella Rella wrote:

Not really. Vomiting out a bunch of incoherent, disconnected and disjointed thoughts onto a page hardly qualifies as entertaining or thoughtful. In Noh's case it's a simple case of egomania run rampant.


If your yardstick of quality is orthodoxy and coherence, I suppose not. I find egomania is marginally more interesting than zealotry -- its subject matter has at least a chance of being somewhat unique.

While Noh's artistic tastes and efforts as regards psychedelic fungi and Sebiestor/fluffy-tailed rabbit chimerae aren't quite what I'd do myself, they are noteworthy in that they are an attempt at creation. Many capsuleers content themselves merely with destroying, tearing down or discrediting what they find disagreeable; and while there's a time and a place for that, I can't help but feel denunciations come too cheaply and easily to merit much consideration.
Lyris Nairn
Perkone
Caldari State
#12 - 2014-03-08 20:43:44 UTC
Shiori Shaishi wrote:
Many capsuleers content themselves merely with destroying, tearing down or discrediting what they find disagreeable; and while there's a time and a place for that,

Despite the popular outrage that sometimes arises in this forum, the majority of capsuleers seem to find that time is all day, every day; that place is everywhere. Most aspects of our capsuleer economy directly fuel violence in space, and the most notable capsuleer events are that violence. But most of that is not actually done for a meaningful purpose, especially among the powerful nullsec blocs: one does a thing because one's group is doing it, not because one feels some connection to the specific act. The folks who post on the IGS, whether impotently sputtering their discontent or ineffectually pounding their chests, are at least pursuing personal opinions or investment.

Sky Captain of Your Heart

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