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[RIP Vile Rat] An open invitation to Vile Rat Memorial Shoot Blues Op

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Mr Omniblivion
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2014-09-11 21:06:54 UTC


The following information and invitation comes to you not as a Goon, but as a person and member of the Eve community.

For those of you that don't know, Vile Rat was one of the most influential players in Eve's history. He was respected and admired by friends and foes alike; serving Goonswarm as our lead Diplomat, improving EVE and the community as a CSM member, and playing a major role in shaping the universe that we play in today.

Sean "Vile Rat" Smith was killed two years ago today in Benghazi, Libya at the US Consulate. "Goon" or "not a goon" aside, VR's death was a loss to all of Eve, and he is greatly missed. As a show of how much VR impacted Eve, the community donated over $127,000 to Sean's family to help with living expenses and for college tuition for his children.

I recommend everyone read the CSM's "Tribute to Sean 'Vile Rat' Smith" and the moving article from Mittani linked therein.



Vile Rat Memorial Shoot Blues Op


This is an open invitation to all players to participate in the NPSI(Not Purple, Shoot It) event in remembrance of Vile Rat.

Date: Sunday, September 14 at 11:30 EVE (after downtime) and continues until 08:00 EVE the following Monday
Location: All of Deklein (Except YAO- all of CFC will shoot you and not each other in YAO)
Only Requirement: Fleets of 50 or less




We encourage everyone to come up to Deklein in fleets of 50 or fewer people in whatever fleet comp you'd like to run. We have everything from drake fleets to kitchen sink fleets to jump freighter fleets, so bring anything you can fly and get up to Deklein on Sunday. Any fleets larger than 50 will be completely ganged on, so don't be that fleet. We may even allow safe passage to some nearby dockable stations so you can reship!

Set your alarm clocks, cancel your "real" life plans on Sunday, and get up to Deklein for a full day of nonstop fun. Remember- if it's not purple, shoot it! We hope that streamers get up there and record this monumental event, and hope to see a CCP fleet join in on the action.

We miss you, Vile Rat.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-09-11 21:08:58 UTC
Time to call the reinforcements and get a fleet running.


Will try to be there.

Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy

Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded

Public roams channels: RvB Ganked / Redemption Road / Spectre Fleet / Bombers bar / The Content Club
ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#3 - 2014-09-11 21:37:28 UTC
This thread has been moved to In-Game Events and Gatherings.

The 'this thread has been moved' notification in General Discussion has been stickied for the duration of the event for greater exposure, as I can do that at my own discretion.


ISD Ezwal Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Lothras Andastar
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-09-12 13:49:35 UTC
ISD Ezwal wrote:
This thread has been moved to In-Game Events and Gatherings.

The 'this thread has been moved' notification in General Discussion has been stickied for the duration of the event for greater exposure, as I can do that at my own discretion.



This is why Eve Is Great. :)

Shoot Blues. Tell Vile Rat.

Because the Legacy Code has too much Psssssssssssssssh, nothing will ever get fixed until CCP stop wasting money on failed sparkle MMOs and instead rewrite the entire backend of EvE from scratch.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#5 - 2014-09-12 14:55:35 UTC
For those who did not read it all. We will be splitting up our fleets into gangs of no more than 50. Expect carriers nano dreads and good old drake fleets.
Mag's
Azn Empire
#6 - 2014-09-14 09:11:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Mag's
At work till late, but will try to join in later. (After wife chat). I will however need a fleet to join if anyone can help in that regard. Big smile

Destination SkillQueue:- It's like assuming the Lions will ignore you in the Savannah, if you're small, fat and look helpless.
Mr Omniblivion
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2014-09-14 18:25:50 UTC
Lots of blue on blue shooting going on right now, :getin: Big smile