EVE General Discussion

Or perhaps I'd say bullying and bragging, but I am not sure if they are different things. Let's stick with bullying. Ok, it is done to everyone, so it is not serious bullying; it is not the usual situation where a gang concentrates all the mocking and pressure in one or two newbies selected at random from the new flock. It is probably closer to peer-presure in scientific-technical communities, or even to a fraternity initiation ritual. Not that I like the guys at Skulls and Bones.

Usual arguments for this generic kill are:

- "I can". Everything told, here.
- "silent them". Er??? Pirate-wise, it increases the visibility of the system in the map. By killing the pod, you get it silenced in local... and a big danger mark in the global map, telling everyone to carry more force, or more caution, where crossing your system.
-"raise the price of implants". Ok if you manufacture them, but otherwise?
-"as real life". It is fascinating how many people in EVE seem to play from favelas in Brasil suburbia. Wait, I have been there and I have never been killed inside of the pod.
-"trophy" That could have sense, because in the killboards a hi-sec pod killing is, arguably, scored same that a battle-situation low sec.


What I am a bit surprised is that the times this topic emerges in the forum, people does not like to look at the ritual/etnological side of the issue. I'd like to heard about it. Does it build community? Does it correct some problem in the game, by hardeninng the players?

you betcha

I've never heard about pixels blowing up is bullying.

What I dont understand is

Why do people let their pods get killed?

Now, while there is a small chance the attacker ("Bully" is subjective and emotive) may be able to lock the pod before it escapes,
there are many ways to save the pod even if the ship is going down.

So, a pod loss in most cases results from one of several factors;

1) Not knowing the mechanics - If so, then it should encourage the poddee to learn them

2) Not being fast enough - Encouraging the poddee to tighten up his speed, this is essential in any interaction on EvE, tbh

3) Being AFK - Well if you are AFK in space then you are being purposefully oblivious to simple Health & Safety standards and it is most definately the poddee's fault for putting himself in that position in the first place. Again, next time, he may be less willing to leave his ship unattended

4) Spending time he could use to get away to rant and rave - This is a more common cause of death than most give credit for. Swearing and acting up does not give you any closure, nor will it bring your ship back, so what is the purpose of it?

In short, if you give an attacker a target, he is likely to want to shoot it. There is satisfaction to be had in destroying a target, the explosion is pleasing and it is both possible and encouraged. Any idea that non-consensual combat is in any way illegitimate is not a facet of EvE, it never has been and should never be.

you don't know the meaning of the words, then

I like corpses.

It's the closest thing to 'tea bagging' that EVE offers...

Argon Prime

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Why would you consider it bullying? It´s just another thing to shoot and specially in hi sec it can get you very expensive kills.