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History of RITES - If interested in our history, have a read

2009 - Three dudes who don't know what they're doing start a corp
Our corp was founded in late 2009 by three offline friends who had no idea what they were doing with the game. What we did know was that our corp options sucked. Every corp at the time that was taking on new players was either filled with douchebags or were scammers with high-tax rates just trying to make some isk off newer players. So we decided to start our own corp and try to have recruitment that at the time was fairly -different- for EVE. We would recruit people under 10 million SP only, and only if they seemed like they were someone we could get along with. No XBox Live comms, no racist or sexist shite, just dudes and dudettes who wanted to learn how to fly imaginary spaceships. We started recruiting in December 2009 and were immediately war-dec'd. Yay!

2010 - A decent sized corp of people who don't know what they're doing join alliances
In no time, we had ballooned up to about 25 members, of which about 17 were mains. The players were pretty chill, but they had joined a corp whose leadership had no idea what they were doing. And therefore, most of them didn't know what they were doing either. So we ambled about, fought some high-sec war-dec'ers with terribly dishonorable tactics, and kept learning the game in order to try to teach others what we've learned. We decided that joining an alliance sounded good. Unfortunately, we didn't know what we were doing in terms of joining alliances, either.

So we joined Apocalypse Now, an NRDS alliance living on the edges of Providence. Which means high-sec, basically. They had no FC's, AFK leadership and a distinct lack of PvP. We stuck it out for four months, but the "flying with douchebags" quotient was on the rise and we were FC'ing almost everything the alliance did. Plus, the other corps in the alliance were losing all sorts of fancy **** to war-dec'ers. Not good times. We decided to pull up stakes and shack up with another alliance, True Reign, which was trying to independently take sov in Scalding Pass and Wicked Creek. They had an FC we could learn from!

Unfortunately, while their main FC was very talented, he also was prone to telling us to do unintelligent things - "decloak and shoot the dramiels with your bombers!" and then getting very mad about it when we failed - "Why did you guys die to those dramiels, you should have jumped!". After an unfortunate bout of space democracy where we were supposed to vote on fighting the Russians in a solo blaze of glory or becoming hardcore pets of White Noise, which at the time was a Russian alliance... True Reign fractured and failcascaded in a giant flaming ball of acrimony. Space democracy: the worst.

We chucked out of TRUE into a splinter alliance and lived out of the Great Wildlands. That alliance, Sanctuary Pact, suffered from the lack of FCitis that the first alliance we joined did. Still, that didn't stop them from having delusions of grandeur with a plan to TAKE OVER DELVE. At this point, we had learned quite a lot about the game and knew just how bad of a plan that was.

2011 - A decent sized group of people that kinda knows how to run a corp starts an Alliance
The problem with having a corp that focuses on recruiting newbie non-douche players is that if you join other people's alliances, you are joining into association with entities who have lots of douchebags. Which y'know, kind of defeats the point. Bailing on an attempted sov attack on Delve by an alliance that literally had no FC's, we looked around to see if there were any options. There weren't. Each alliance we looked at had either a semi-insane leader, no FC's, or pricks everywhere. Exhausted of alliance drama, we decided to start our own alliance of just us. We decided we would go back and live out of Providence, roaming the region to shoot at hostiles coming in to attack the people that lived there but not joining larger fleets. Just doing our own thing with our own FC's.

Finally, we had a setup that worked and our corp became people who PvP'd all the time, rather than just "during random alliance op that goes badly." And at this point, we had a pretty good general idea of what we were doing. We were growing and without the instability from joining bad alliances, people were having fun properly.

2012 - A semi-experienced group of people get sov
We became quite adept at killing pirates and hostiles in Providence and roaming nearby regions. Talk amongst the Providence entities we were semi-coordinating with turned to "Hey, maybe we should give these guys sov." Our thought was "Hm, never thought of that as an option." In the middle of 2012, talk was pretty serious towards that end, while we just happily rolling about killing things. We were known by other non-sov entities in Providence to be extremely friendly to them, and one of those entities, a corp called Valkyries of Night, decided they wanted to join our alliance. Which at the time, was an alliance of one. Now we were an alliance of two! In September of 2012, we were transferred the systems of 9-FOB2 and 4B-NQN in Providence. We set up a residence in 9FOB, killing most everything that wandered into Providence from low-sec Derelik. This continued through the rest of the year, while we gathered materials to deploy a station in 4B-NQN because... well... we had never done that, seemed like a neat idea.

Less than three years into the game, we had started a corp, founded an alliance and now we were sitting in sov with our name on it. We didn't have to deal with douchebags in our alliance and things were pretty copasetic. Obviously, we would be in Providence forever and ever and ever and forever and ever...

And in the next post, we'll tell you exactly how we got the **** out of Providence less than ten months later.

Corp history cont'd...

2013 - Never Bend the Knee and other shenanigans
At the start of 2013, we were knee deep in hostiles coming through our sov systems and killing scores of them. We dubbed our home system "Fortress 9FOB" for good reason, we were able to fight most gangs that came through and camping us did no good, because as soon as one of our people were attacked... he had almost instant backup.

We also became proficient with bombers. I'd tell you more about it, but the first two and a half minutes of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTl2Gn8-oJM&feature=youtu.be - will tell you more about it from a victim's perspective.

While killing thousands of ships a month on average, we also worked together as a corp to deploy our first station egg in 4B-NQN. We documented the birthing process at the time: http://imgur.com/a/7IGUV

We also participated in Alliance Tournament XI as a lark. We went a sterling 0-2, with the main highlights being the Proteus pilot who forgot to put on his rigs in fight 1 and the Oneiros that crashed as soon as fight 2 started. We're so damn pro. That said, it was a supremely fun experience for those who participated overall.

As we continued killing things, we also continued having to deal with being in a coalition. Our coalition was run by a lot of... what's the best, most polite word possible... dullards. Most of the alliances in Providence aren't run by FC's, they're run by diplomats. Role-playing diplomats at that. Our alliance is run by people who FC things. It ended up not being a very good match overall. The average pilot in Providence we got along with fine, but most of the leaders of those alliances weren't the sharpest tools in the shed.

Continually, coalition "leadership" kept trying to push us around. Attempting to tell us that we couldn't fly with Bombers Bar outside of Providence. Getting pissy at us because we took a liking to Brave Newbies and did a couple guest FC spots outside of Providence with them. Additionally, our home was getting crowded with a myriad of neutral corps who all told us the same story: They were treated poorly by other Providence "Holders."

With crazy alliance leaders making stupid demands of us rather than minding their own business and seeing neutrals mistreated by our so-called allies... the situation was getting on our last nerve. And in early summer 2013, the NOMEN incident happened.

While we were killing hostile Machariels in Providence, some dip in another 'friendly' alliance starts attacking a person in our fleet. He's told to stop, talks shite at us in local, and we give the order to kill his Omen Navy Issue. We murder his ship, he talks a lot of drama about how we'll have to reimburse, we tell him to sit on his finger and spin. Providence "diplomats" get all in a huff about how we shot a blue, oh no, oh my god, what terribleness. We decided enough was enough, and that we'd rather shoot these idiots than give them the paltry 75 million if it came to that. We would not bend the knee.

It came to that.

Over the next week, we fought outnumbered against CVA and her allies in defense of our home. The conflict would often turn into a huge thunderdome as much of EVE showed up to shoot at one, the other, or both our alliance and the CVA alliances. We documented the conflict on Failheap-Challenge.com at the time.

Day 1/2 - Day 3/4/5 - Day 6/7 - Day 8/9 and Conclusion

After nine days of constant defensive warfare which saw us defend all of our sov objectives, CVA and her allies negotiated with us to leave our space after not being able to "crush us" as they had intended. Satisified by the terms and our victory, we moved on to a new adventure in Curse. However, just as we landed in Curse, so did the rest of EVE... setting up for another big war in the south. Horribly outnumbered, we kept doing ambushes until the semi-coalition in Curse we were blue with fractured. At that point, we made the decision to move to Syndicate to become friends with Brave Newbies, one of the entities that really helped us out during the Nomen War.

2014 - Living out of Syndicate, Moving to Catch
We lived in Syndicate for the first few months of 2014, then left to join the HERO Coalition in May 2014 to help grind structures and repay an old debt from BRAVE, HONOR and TEST coming to help us during our old Providence war. Things went well and we were asked to stick around and given three systems to administer.

In November 2014 our battle comms were included in the "This is EVE" trailer: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdfFnTt2UT0 - Our segment is at 1:14, mislabeled as TEST Alliance (who we were killing at the time). The original fight that CCP took the audio from is found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOrUmo6UXU - We cannot even muster slight annoyance at being labeled as TEST Alliance in that video, because that trailer is just too damn awesome. Almost relevant, whoohoo!

From May to December 2014 we lived in Catch with HERO coalition, growing our alliance and getting our fleet sizes to their largest amounts ever. We also took a liking to ganking Northern Associates carriers because that never gets old.

2015 - Still in Catch, eviction most likely imminent
We joke that things never stay stable for more than eight months. Well, we're coming up on eight months in Catch so we're quite likely to be displaced soon! :)

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Compare/Contrast to the other established New Player Friendly Entities

- EVE University: EVE University (E-UNI) has been around forever and are the grandaddy of all the entities that recruit newer players. They are literally what their corp says, a university for EVE. You get structured teaching and a varied education in all things EVE.

You would join E-UNI rather than us if... you're not interested in our corp culture nor are you interested in finding a corp to stick with long-term this early in your EVE experience. EVE-UNI is great if you want a stepping stone to a null-sec powerbloc corp, as E-UNI graduates are often highly sought after to recruit.
You would join RITES rather than E-UNI if... You're interested in learning the game and wanting to stick around the community that helped you become better at the game. We don't boot people after they become veterans, we want the people we recruit to become better at the game and then to stick around to help others become better at the game. If you check out the E-UNI corp recruitment ad I linked, you'll notice that the vast majority of those people aren't with Eve University anymore. Once you graduate, you have to find another corp to join.

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- Brave Newbies: Brave Newbies (BNI) is a corp that recruits anyone and everyone to join. They focus on large-scale PvP rather than teaching and are part of the HERO Coalition. Our leadership and their leadership are quite friendly and we maintain blue standings with BNI.

You would join BNI rather than us if... You're looking for massive fleet fights. BNI fleets can often have hundreds upon hundreds of people in them fighting hundreds and hundreds of other people. BNI is great if you really enjoy just jumping into PvP and not caring at all if you die, as they culturally do not care if they win or lose fights. Excellent for people who only have time to play EVE on a very limited schedule or people who don't mind cluttered comms.
You would join RITES rather than BNI if... You're looking for small gang PvP and being more than a face in the crowd. BNI recruits anyone, it doesn't matter the kind of person you are. We only recruit people we know will be a cultural fit for our alliance as we don't just keep it classy, we enforce classy.

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- Dreddit: The founding corporation of TEST Alliance will only recruit people from Reddit itself, and thus doesn't have a recruitment ad to link. Dreddit (BORT) focuses on large-scale PvP rather than teaching, and are part of the HERO Coalition.

You would join BORT rather than us if... You're looking for massive fleet fights and you really like hanging around super immature people. A great corp for people who think Family Guy has too much comedic nuance and wish "Ow, My Balls!" were a real show. Which isn't to hate on them, their culture and our culture is 100% opposite... so if you like super immature stuff, join them.
You would join RITES rather than BORT if... You're looking for small gang PvP and don't want to play EVE with manchildren types.

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- KarmaFleet: The CFC (Goons) started this knockoff Reddit corp to try to recruit newbies away from Brave and TEST. It is led by a mental fellow who is prone to great exaggeration and delusion. They recruit from Reddit so there's nothing to link on the EVE-O forums. Despite attempting to claim that they have a "classy" culture, the leader of this entity is well-known for his very unclassy outbursts against various demographics.

You would join KarmaFleet rather than us if... You really want an easy ticket into joining the CFC, one of the largest coalitions in EVE. There's literally no other sane reason to join that corp.
You would join RITES rather than KarmaFleet if... You don't care about joining the CFC, and want to join a corp with a culture that is anti-slur.

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- Red Vs. Blue: Red Versus Blue (RvB) is a community consisting of two corps, Red Federation and Blue Republic, who are always at war with each other. Generally used by alts for micro-PvP (1v1, 2v2, etc), RvB focuses on an anarchy-style PvP setup.

You would join RvB rather than us if... You're looking to log into EVE, undock and go shoot someone on your own as your primary playstyle. Pilots should join RvB if they're looking for a EVE-lite PvP playstyle, focusing on just running around wildly and shooting the opposite color randomly. We only recruit mains, not alts, so if you're just looking for something different and random to do with an alt, RvB is where you want to go.
You would join RITES rather than RvB if... You're looking for small gang PvP and a learning experience in null-sec, rather than random encounters in high-sec. We only recruit mains to train them and have them be with us for years, rather than doing overly-frenetic high-sec PvP.

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There are no other new-player friendly entities worth listing, as most other corps that recruit newer players are either scams or corps created by people who may or may not know what they're doing. The above list is offered so you can make the most informed choice possible about what corp to join as a newer player. Our style of gameplay isn't a fit for everyone and our culture is only a fit for intelligent people. Best of luck when picking a new player friendly corp!

Did you know: Acoustic stress (caused by loud noises) can trigger an episode of Long QT Syndrome (LQTS), a disorder of the heart’s electrical system. LGTS is estimated to cause as many as 3,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.

Happily, none of those 3,000 people were playing EVE, because everyone who plays this game knows that there is no sound in EVE. But luckily, there is [SOUND] in EVE. Join our in-game chat channel today, we'll do our best to make LOUD NOISES! about why you should consider joining us.

Did you know: President Herbert Hoover was an orphan whose first job was picking bugs off potato plants, for which he was paid a dollar per hundred bugs. He also was a mine worker.

A dollar per hundred bugs is pretty good. That's a solid penny per bug. I dare you to go try to find a better rate in today's society. Last time I walked into a bank with a bunch of insects, they wouldn't give me even a red cent. If you're interested in helping us pick off random buggers in EVE, feel free to stop by [SOUND] chat. No, no mine workers, please.

I've been wondering if I should join a corp for a while...question answered, yep, this one.
I haven't got the skills yet but I'm not even going to consider another corp :)

Hmmmm, better get some cheap ships and practice not dying a bit more...maybe this time I'll even get further than the gate to null sec..sighs...nice to have a dream.
See you soon guys :)

Did you know: Researchers postulate that the proportion of left-handers has remained constant for over 30,000 years

Rather unfortunate, since the world would be a far more just place if the number of left-handed people sharply declined. Down with Lefties! Burn the Leftoriums! If you're right-minded and right-handed, stop by [SOUND] chat today. We have never left a righteous recruit behind!

Did you know: Saint Valentine is the patron saint of lovers and engaged couples. He is also the patron saint of epilepsy (which he is said to have suffered), plague, greetings, travelers, young people, and bee keepers.

Which is why I've always made sure to be throwin' bees at my wife on Valentine's Day. Gotta keep with the true nature of the holiday, rather than the consumerist version. Come buzz by [SOUND] chat, the recruitment process only stings once.

Did you know: In Zeigler, Illinois, only the first four firemen to arrive at a fire will be paid.

Which is fair. Obviously they know of e-honor and don't really want to blob fires. This makes them better than our alliance, where we blob stuff all the time. I'd say the first four people to [SOUND] chat tonight will be phat paid, but honestly you're more likely to be BURNED by probing questions and sassamafrazz.

Did you know: only female mosquitoes bite

I actually did not know that. I guess you do learn something new everyday - Also in eve. Buzz by our channel [Sound] and give us a shout.