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Random Kindness in eve?!

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#81 - 2014-07-04 14:18:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Tarpedo wrote:
There is giant "Like and get likes" thread in "Out of pod" section - there people talk nicely and gift thousands of internet points to each other.
They gift more than that, the LAGL monocle changed hands several times before someone absconded with it, and a carrier was handed out to the first person who hit a certain amount of likes.

I was given a pile of cheap ships and some ISK as a newbie, I've paid it forward several times to newbies, asking that they do the same for someone else in the future.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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Mr M
Sebiestor Tribe
#82 - 2014-07-04 14:22:55 UTC
Someone gave me a stabber Krusual edittioni a while ago. And a couple of years ago someone donated like 10b because he was quiting.

I usually send a bit of money when people take a kill without complaining. And a couple of years I've given away frigs, cruisers, and meta 3 mods on Christmas eve in Ammold. CCP, this is why I want a Santa hat in the NeX store.

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Ehlana Sing
First Flame Syndicate
#83 - 2014-07-04 14:35:10 UTC
Just after returning to Eve again I started chatting to some random folk in low sec while mission running, one guy stuck a bounty on my head and gave me 10mil because he liked the banter but couldn't "just give me isk, that'd be too nice"

I'm usually quite pleasantly surprised who I meet while dottering about, as the OP says, all you hear on the forums is "this person was soo mean to me, waaah Eve is too hard *tears*".

Sometimes I wonder if there is folk who just inhabit the forums but don't actually play, moaning that Eves just too harsh Roll
Gaellia Bonaventure
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#84 - 2014-07-04 22:54:00 UTC
The truth is MOST of the people who play this game are really very nice and extremely helpful.

Oh, they'll gank you and laugh and collect your tears in a plastic baggie. Yeah.

But they're nice.

Bring your possibles.
Conrad Makbure
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#85 - 2014-07-05 04:21:02 UTC
When this pilot was new in 2010, about less than 250K SP, a random pilot wandering the newbie space gave me about 10M ISK. I still have her added to contacts today. Still the only reason I'm still in it was because I had the ISK buffer to get more ships to play with to learn the game.
Vigilant
Vigilant's Vigilante's
#86 - 2014-07-05 06:21:09 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Intar Medris wrote:
I had been playing EVE maybe 2-3 weeks. I was pecking away at some Veldspar using an industrial, this was way before Ventures came along. All of a sudden... whoosh!!! Rawr!!! bright orange beams from a Hulk, didn't know at the time what one was, shot over my nooblet head. Scared the **** out of me at first. I then convoed the pilot of the ship asking what kind of ship he was flying. He told me then proceeded for a few cycles of mining some ore for me. I would eventually have a Hulk of my own, but now I have forever left the carebear way of life behind.


Uhm

NO

Before the Venture the way to mine was using racial frigates bonused to mining (ooh, good old Bantam mining).
If you mined with an industrial you were just doing it wrong.


Way back machine time, before that was standard frigates. Then Ospreys and Thorax's were king of mining... Everyone wanted a BS to mine with up to 8 Miner 2's.

Good things happen in EVE, just not often. Big smile
DJentropy Ovaert
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#87 - 2014-07-05 06:50:55 UTC
Gaellia Bonaventure wrote:
The truth is MOST of the people who play this game are really very nice and extremely helpful.

Oh, they'll gank you and laugh and collect your tears in a plastic baggie. Yeah.

But they're nice.



I know this describes me. If I can explode you, I will - and I will laugh my head off when you rage :-)

But I'm never unkind to anyone. There is a WORLD of difference between playing a "bad guy" / "pirate" in a video game and BEING a "bad guy" in the real world.

The simple fact that such a large number of players seem totally unable to grasp this simple concept makes me a sad panda :-(
Christina Project
Screaming Head in a Box.
#88 - 2014-07-05 08:04:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Christina Project
I hate you all and you WILL die!

























Eventually!

Until then I'll hug you, squeeze you, caress you, kiss you, ... ;)

















Then you die.






lol

[i]"Don't look into another human's bowl to see how much he has ... ... look into his bowl to see if he has enough !" - Sol[/i]
Nelly Uanos
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
#89 - 2014-07-05 12:12:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Nelly Uanos
Last Christmas a total random individual I never spoke too asked in a random system local chat if someone wanted a Christmas present...

I answered yes just before jumping the next gate on my route.

I then got a contract for a free Phantasm! Best Christmas gift ever! It got SPIKE! Big smile

Sadly this Phantasm is already blased to bits... (Died to a Megathron)

Then I send a mail to my benefactor with all the killmail the phantasm went through! (Including the killmail of the Megathron, which died promtly after me Twisted )
Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#90 - 2014-07-05 15:35:36 UTC
One player used my one and only legitimate ISK halving service. We both profitted. He was profesionally serviced and felt good about it and I got ISK.

Custom ship skins, character creator style "repaint". Bring it!
Kayagainen Iwalula
Doomheim
#91 - 2014-07-06 09:25:33 UTC
Whenever I get BPC's from data/relic sites, I usually just give them away to whoever is in the system. Also, I tend to sell whatever I find from them, or loot from combat sites/escalations at vastly lower prices at my corporation's namesake for the benefit of those that live in the North Forge.
Jed Dye
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#92 - 2014-07-06 11:16:26 UTC
You guys are lucky, I have been playing since 02 on various toons and have never had or seen such a thing in eve >.< as kindness :(
Mortlake
Republic Military School
#93 - 2014-07-06 11:59:05 UTC
I often reimburse new players if I've killed them, providing they don't rage. More appreciation of good sportsmanship and a willingness to fight than kindness.

Sometimes you hit the bar and sometimes the bar hits you...
James Nikolas Tesla
Tesla Holdings
#94 - 2014-07-07 00:19:11 UTC
Shortly into my career, I was too impatient to keep mining to get money for a Mining Barge so I asked for a loan and got trolled for it. I then was given 100mil (out of pity it seemed) to invest in some equipment. It took me a while after but I did repay my debt even though they said I did not have to.


There was also this one time where a newbie was mining with two mining drones and he warped off without them. When he returned, I gave him two of my backup Hob I and two Hob II from my bay. I then proceeded to convince him that mining drones were practically useless.

CODE is just a bunch of pirates; smart, organized pirates. It doesn't help to rage at them because that is exactly what they want. Dust yourself off and get back on your feet, you don't even have to talk to them.
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#95 - 2014-07-07 00:53:41 UTC
During the EVE Down Under PVP tournament last year where I honoured the goon tradition of losing in the first round, I noticed that the rookie system we used was full of Exhumers sucking up all of the tiny amounts of ore available. This isn't really a new thing that I noticed, it was happening when I started playing EVE many years ago. This started a monthly tradition for me where I visit each rookie system with a ganking dude & destroy the Exhumers of these despicable people. New players should have the opportunity to try out EVE's most boring, yet most needed profession without having to travel all over the place.

This is my random act of kindness to people.

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Marsha Mallow
#96 - 2014-07-07 00:56:01 UTC
Mallak Azaria wrote:
This is my random act of kindness to people.

Somebody go buy this person a monocle.

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Lady Areola Fappington
#97 - 2014-07-07 01:00:38 UTC
I've been known to drop a random 100mil on confirmed, actual newbies. It's always the ones who have a good outlook on EVE, and seem like they'll stick around.


About a week ago, I dropped a Tengu hull on some guy who made a passing remark about just finishing his -gu skills, but not being able to afford the ship. It was cluttering my Jita hanger, and I never go to Jita.

7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided. --Eve New Player Guide
Erica Dusette
Division 13
#98 - 2014-07-07 01:02:59 UTC
Lady Areola Fappington wrote:
About a week ago, I dropped a Tengu hull on some guy who made a passing remark about just finishing his -gu skills

Shocked Wow, did he live?

Jack Miton > you be nice or you're sleeping on the couch again!

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Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#99 - 2014-07-07 01:07:07 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Mallak Azaria wrote:
This is my random act of kindness to people.

Somebody go buy this person a monocle.


I used to have one, but I exchanged it for favours.

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Lady Areola Fappington
#100 - 2014-07-07 01:07:53 UTC
Erica Dusette wrote:
Lady Areola Fappington wrote:
About a week ago, I dropped a Tengu hull on some guy who made a passing remark about just finishing his -gu skills

Shocked Wow, did he live?



Last I heard, he's still puttering around in it.

I recommend everyone chill in Help at times, find newbies with good attitudes, and drop piles of ISK on them. It's an old tradition that's sadly dying out among the general EVE population. I hear Goons still do it to their newbees, for being cute.

7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided. --Eve New Player Guide