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Trinkets Friendly Wormhole Advice Column

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Andrew Jester
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Pandemic Legion
#61 - 2014-12-17 03:39:59 UTC
Candi LeMew wrote:
Generaloberst Kluntz wrote:
You do look a bit better from afar now

Through these goggle he still looks (and sounds) like the same lovable r*tard I married.


We need to talk about that new top of yours Ugh

You must show solidarity with those who funded our marriage...

If thuggin' was a category I'd win a Grammy

Janeway84
Insane's Asylum
#62 - 2014-12-19 10:49:43 UTC
Yo Trinket!

Your advice is always inspirational to read while at work. Big smile
Whats your views on recon rebalance?
Andrew Jester
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Pandemic Legion
#63 - 2014-12-19 12:26:59 UTC
Dear Trinket,

Can you please advise on how to make someone this fixated: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5322229#post5322229 ? In all my time of posting, I have never been able to elicit such a long that post that manages to say nothing.

Yours In Jest, Candi's In Love,
Jester

If thuggin' was a category I'd win a Grammy

Aladar Dangerface
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#64 - 2014-12-19 14:43:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Aladar Dangerface
Andrew Jester wrote:
Dear Trinket,

Can you please advise on how to make someone this fixated: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5322229#post5322229 ? In all my time of posting, I have never been able to elicit such a long that post that manages to say nothing.

Yours In Jest, Candi's In Love,
Jester

It pained me to give you a like, but i had to, totally missed that post this morning

EDIT: Also can't wait for trinkets reply Big smile

I don't need twitter. I'm already following you.

Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#65 - 2014-12-19 14:43:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Trinkets friend
Janeway84 wrote:
Yo Trinket!

Your advice is always inspirational to read while at work. Big smile
Whats your views on recon rebalance?


Dear janeway84, not of my d-scan anymore,

We here at Trinkets Friendly Research Laboratories have brought you such gems as the D*ck Virus, the Transhcan Doctrine, the wormhole-herding Devoter, the manphoon, popularised and expounded and infamised the passive Nereus (with other wild-ass concepts up our sleeves in this department, worry not!), Manphoons, Manwars, Hullcurers and the as yet undefeated Chalmydia Arazu. We take a lot of pride in grabbing fitting tools by the horns, dragging them into the stalls of research and doing what only ornery Welshmen and New Zealanders do with horned animals. We look forward to the shade which will come to wormholes from Combat Recons blotting out the sun.

Whilst it is early days yet, and CCP Rise flaps in the breeze like a vacillating windsock buffeted by the bilious colon winds of huffy spacenerd forum warriors (43 page threadnaught!), we believe that he and Fozzie, now unshackled from the ample and bespectacled influence of CCP Greyscale (who is much as a sea anchor weighing upon the idiocies of the proletariat with "facts" and " figures" and "metrics"), will go aloft with crazy and insane ideas like an Austrian man in a fizzy drinks manufacturer's suit, dragged aloft by a giant polythane balloon full of crazy ideas and buttmad concepts, and just at the edge of space, leap off.

This is arguably the better option than to be a test pilot on a prototype commercial space flight testbed airframe, because meta-0 spacecraft are pretty much a poor choice.

Like anything else, our preliminary research indicates that the ecology of wormholes will suffer from the introduction of a new species of predator, namely being d-scan immune Combat Recon deathfish introduced into the shallow and oxygen-starved overgrown weed pool of low-end wormholes which are generally populated by goggle-eyes goldfish types, gasping for ISK and floundering away vaccuming up algae and relic sites, the odd one or two picked off by the odd fishing egret or wading stork. The introduction of these predatory craft will upset the balance of the ecosystem initially, but son a counter will evolve, most likely being the very predatory fish themselves.

For example, hypothetically, the ultimate GTFO undetectable stealth C1-2 +/- c3 fleet would be a gang of RRing Rooks which would not show up on d-scan and if leapt upon by the inevitable Lachesis yolo tackle which everyone will use, forever, and always, they will just jam him out and sod off back to POS before employing the international semaphore sign of the cowardly POS-spinner carebear which is to store your ships and and sit in POS in a pod.

The stones have spoken, kahleesi, and this is your fate!

Regards,
Trinkets stormborn
Andrew Jester
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Pandemic Legion
#66 - 2014-12-19 15:27:49 UTC
Aladar Dangerface wrote:
It pained me to give you a like, but i had to, totally missed that post this morning


likes for the like god, quotes for the quote throne

If thuggin' was a category I'd win a Grammy

Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#67 - 2014-12-23 02:04:03 UTC
Quote:
Dear Trinkets,

How do you manage corporate taxes and income to pay for corporate fuel?

Regards,
Accounting in Amoderia


Dear Accounting in Amoderia,

Sudden Buggery is an unlisted private company, and as such does not need nor want to publish sensitive financial information. However, in this case I will share our quarterly report with you, because I am that super-nice.

Sudden Buggery Quarterly Report

CEO's Comments
Sudden Buggery is a registered charity of Bob the Wormhole God. The corporation has grown from a handful of alts into a 70-strong force of deranged smartbombing pod-goo addicts, softcore PVPers and planet-humping nerds. it is only via the dedication of all members to the glory of Bob that we can spread his holy gospel to the unwashed heathens and credulous newbros.

Business Metrics

Income (measured in kills) is slightly down, quarter on quarter, from 624 to 522 killmails. Expenses (measured by lossmails) for the quarter were higher than the preceding quarter, with a total of 94 recorded.

The profit margin (as measured by ISK efficiency) of the current quarter is 90% versus the preceding quarter's efficiency of 95.5%. This can be attributed to one particular Occupational Health and Safety incident in November 2014 resulting in the loss of our sole corp strnded cap asset in a glorious content creation episode.

Sudden Buggery remains a highly profitable business, harvesting many tears and corpses for the Altar of Bob at the prayer spot of 4 solar systems within j-space. Management exhorts membership to collect more tears, more corpses and more phat loots for the glory of Bob, and sweat expenses less; we are a registered charity after all!

Health and Safety
Management congratulates members on their safe conduct. Safety is after all of prime importance to membership and a KPI of management, who won't recieve a ridiculous bonus at the end of the year if too many members die in a fire too often. With 94 recorded incident reports for the quarter, this is trending in the right direction. Several awards were handed out tis quarter for exceptional safety breaches;

Braxton Tscharke got the Flight Commander Wiggles Merit Badge for loss of ship and pod to his five year old son " playing spaceships".

Darth bex got the 357th Typing Pool Star of Derp for posting the POS password into local during a siege.

Miskoranda got the Joe Fritzl Bunny-Boiler Memory Shard for an extended solo siege camping trip resulting in POS kill and geddon self-destruction. May you forever remember your depot next time, dumbass.

Strategic Plan
The corporate Plan for the next quarter is to consolidate corporate operations around goodfights, awesome ganks, better promo videos extolling the kickasssery and skullduggery of the crp, and prosthelitysing the BUGRY and TBGRL ethos via derring-do and murder via smartbomb.

management is lotting vast nefarious plans revolving around losing more and more capitals in ever larger and more lame fashion for the glory and edification of the corporation, and just because.

Regards,
Doctor prince Field marshal General Trinkets Friend
CEO, Sudden Buggery
Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#68 - 2015-01-05 02:59:57 UTC
Quote:
Dear TF,

I have just got a new wormhole. What do I need to do to look after my new wormhole?

Regards,
Selascious Cretin


Dear Ms Cretin of J130253,

A new wormhole is an exciting addition to your Corporation, but it also comes with responsibility!

We often see many corporations adopt wormholes over the Christman's and New Year's EVE period, and our wormhole adoption centre fills up in mid-January as these corporations realise that getting a wormhole as a present is a great idea but many members may be unprepared for the commitment that a wormhole brings to the corporation. Remember, wormholes can last for man, many years, and they grow up quickly - what is a cute C1 now may grow into a dangerous unknown, a C4 maybe even a C5, and it isn't just big puppy eyes and play time anymore!

Caring for Your Wormhole
A new wormhole is fun - but remember, it needs looking after! You should check any local regulations and by-laws, and maybe consider getting a probe alt installed in case you get lost.

Remember, you need to feed your POS, and fuel bills can be expensive. Talk to your CEO and determine if wormhole living is right for you - and form a fuel budget.

You may have to de-louse your new wormhole. You can hire de-lousing experts, often at ridiculous and exhorbitant costs, but a DIY de-lousing kit consisting of a cloaked Dictor and cloaked T3's shuld let you trap out any unwanted vermin one by one, leaving your wormhole pest-free and healthy.

Vet bills can be expensive - make sure you are repared for any illnesses and unforseen eventualitiies. Remember, often the umane thing to do is to put a bad wormhole experience out of its misery, ending the cruelty of shoddily organised, insecure or just plain bad corporations and swapping to a well-oiled death machine.

Consider Adopting a Transient!

Remember, adopt a wormhole, don't buy one. Someone may have loved the wormhole before you, but a pre-owned rescue wormhole will love you just as much as it's original, neckbearded owners who may have neglected it and abused it. All your donations of ISK go to the orphans of Bob Charity Fund run by Unknown Monument Archaology Division and go towards the erection of new altars to Bob.
Brown Pathfinder
Black Spot on Parchment
#69 - 2015-01-08 14:20:21 UTC
Hey Trinkets Friend!

Is Purifier the best amarr T2 ship for a rookie to try pvp in wh space with?
What would be the purifiers best and worst targets of oportunity? Pirate
Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#70 - 2015-01-09 00:12:03 UTC
Dear Brown Pathfinder, of someone else's alt account,

Yes.

That is all.

Kindly yours,
TF
Garnt TheBrobarian
Whole Squid
#71 - 2015-02-06 00:56:49 UTC
Dear Trinket,

I have set up a welcome bubble for visitors to my POS, but ruffians and scoundrels keep absconding with more than their fair share of the unanchored mods I've put there as party favors. I, being poor, cannot afford to continuously restock the gift basket, so how can I make sure there's enough for all of the neighborhood children?


Love,
Garnt T.Brobarian
Kirasten
Perkone
Caldari State
#72 - 2015-02-06 02:21:23 UTC
Dear Trinket's Friend,

I have been having trouble convincing a corp mate that using a loki subsystem built to enhance arties on an arty loki is better than using a subsystem that is built to benefit auto-cannons. How can I get them to see reason?
Andrew Jester
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Pandemic Legion
#73 - 2015-02-06 03:16:04 UTC
Dear Trinket,

Why do never answer my questions?

Wondering why I continue to support such a worthless advice columnist,
Random Alt #148842069

If thuggin' was a category I'd win a Grammy

Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#74 - 2015-02-06 03:27:40 UTC
Garnt TheBrobarian wrote:
Dear Trinket,

I have set up a welcome bubble for visitors to my POS, but ruffians and scoundrels keep absconding with more than their fair share of the unanchored mods I've put there as party favors. I, being poor, cannot afford to continuously restock the gift basket, so how can I make sure there's enough for all of the neighborhood children?


Love,
Garnt T.Brobarian


Dear Mr Brobarian of the Unanchored Cornucopia,

A decent decloak bubble has 3 ingredients;
- position
- cans
- idiots

The idiots, at all times, should be kept out of the POS forcefield. If idiots get into your forcefield they may attempt to interfere with your trap bubbles by placing, for instance, unanchored warp disruption batteries, ECM batteries, sensor damp batteries, & c. around the bubble. The thinking here is obviously that these assets do not expire and hence it is low maintenance. But now you have had the experience of watching our expert Pilfercat(tm) Doctrine at work you can see the obvious flaw in this. However, we thank you for your 80M ISK worth of free POS guns, they will come in handy. Rest assured when you sleep, we will steal the other 200M.

Therefore I suspect your POS has become infected with Idiotitis. This can be cured by sending him a bill for the pilfered modules.

I do not neccesarily suggest that you emulate these gentlemen in your efforts to create the ultimate trap bubble, but certainly I have seen 200 abandoned Hornet EC-300's as an effective decloak tactic.

Regards,
Trinkets "Pilfercat" Friend


Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#75 - 2015-02-06 03:32:24 UTC
Andrew Jester wrote:
Dear Trinket,

Why do never answer my questions?

Wondering why I continue to support such a worthless advice columnist,
Random Alt #148842069


Dear Jester of Altington, Altville, Altworld 5ALT-34G

I will let Forums Aura respond to your button-mashing;

I cannot answer your question within 2000 characters of another question.
You cannot place a question inside another question.
My answer has stepped outside to find a bush. Wait 5 seconds before asking again.
My answer fails to satisfy anything.
Answer request accepted.


Regards,
Trinkets Friend
Andrew Jester
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Pandemic Legion
#76 - 2015-02-06 03:49:46 UTC
one day maybe you'll be able to satisfy my lust

If thuggin' was a category I'd win a Grammy

Garnt TheBrobarian
Whole Squid
#77 - 2015-02-06 04:23:23 UTC
Trinkets friend wrote:
Garnt TheBrobarian wrote:
Dear Trinket,

I have set up a welcome bubble for visitors to my POS, but ruffians and scoundrels keep absconding with more than their fair share of the unanchored mods I've put there as party favors. I, being poor, cannot afford to continuously restock the gift basket, so how can I make sure there's enough for all of the neighborhood children?


Love,
Garnt T.Brobarian


Dear Mr Brobarian of the Unanchored Cornucopia,

A decent decloak bubble has 3 ingredients;
- position
- cans
- idiots

The idiots, at all times, should be kept out of the POS forcefield. If idiots get into your forcefield they may attempt to interfere with your trap bubbles by placing, for instance, unanchored warp disruption batteries, ECM batteries, sensor damp batteries, & c. around the bubble. The thinking here is obviously that these assets do not expire and hence it is low maintenance. But now you have had the experience of watching our expert Pilfercat(tm) Doctrine at work you can see the obvious flaw in this. However, we thank you for your 80M ISK worth of free POS guns, they will come in handy. Rest assured when you sleep, we will steal the other 200M.

Therefore I suspect your POS has become infected with Idiotitis. This can be cured by sending him a bill for the pilfered modules.

I do not neccesarily suggest that you emulate these gentlemen in your efforts to create the ultimate trap bubble, but certainly I have seen 200 abandoned Hornet EC-300's as an effective decloak tactic.

Regards,
Trinkets "Pilfercat" Friend




Dearest Trinket,

The reasoning behind the use of pos mods was to avoid raising red "decloak trap here" flags, but --as has been amply proven-- they are not the way to go. For the record, I was very much in favor of cans labeled "ammo", "spare mods", "paste", etc.

As to the Idiotitis: yes, to a man. We can only hope that it manifests as the rare Idiotitis beneplacitus.

Also, we really thought you were gonna bring Confessors. Oops

XOXO,
G.t.B.
Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#78 - 2015-02-07 00:11:46 UTC
Quote:
Dear Trinket,

I am at a loss. For the past 2 weeks I have been relentlessly listening to the sound of whooshing probes trough space, without any success in locating a suitable hole for my nomadic mid-life crisis. I have reluctantly turned to prayer, and asked BoB for help, knowing that in this world no one can help me, you or anyone else. Still no sign after weeks of probing.

Any advice on increasing my probability of success at finding the perfect fit hole?
PS: Caving in to capitalist pigs is not an option, it is against my religion.

Sincerely,
Lost in Space


Dear Lost in Space

It is always good to see a young man such as yourself showing the proper faith to Bob. Bob shows great favor to those who eschew material possessions and embrace a humble life of ascetic, nomadic contemplation, listening to the beep-boop of probes scanning and the thrumming and pulsing of wormholes.

However, like any vengeful Elder God, Bob giveth and Bob taketh away. We can implore Bob with our prayers, and placate his rage via offering blood sacrifice on the Altars of Bob. (you may find these in an ever-increasing number of wormholes) We cannot, however, expect immediate results, for Bob works in mysterious ways.

Bob is also busy, battling the Loot Fairydeep in the underworld, a titanic battle of thews and sinews versus the evil grasping stealingness of the Loot Fairy, who forever steals our purple modules and PLEX from the wrecks o f our foes. Perhaps, with the rise of suicide gankers in highsec, Bob's battle with the Loot Fairy grows ever more intense and dire.

We must come together and pray. But we must also be humble and realistic. There is indeed no such thing as a perfect hole with a nice tight fit. You may find Bob has a hole which in His wisdom he knows is right for you. This may be a hole which you may not think is perfect, but Bob's higher wisdom and omniscient gaze can see what you cannot.

Perhaps attending worship in the Join W-Space channel, and contributing to the soup kitchen on tuesday nights and the needle exchange of X-instinct Booster Addicts Anonymous, will right your karmic balance. Alternatively, I have a C1 wormhole which is surplus to demandsbut requires a POS to be kept erected on a specific moon for the next 6 months or more, to grief a logged-out Rorqual pilot forever more. You can have that one as long as there's a trap POS on that moon.

Good luck in your wanderings, O space monk,

TF
Cyber Mana
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#79 - 2015-02-07 12:14:21 UTC
TF, have you ever considered running for CSM? You inspire me to venture forth and give me the tools to do so. I am sure many others feel the same. You would bring a new age in New Eden.
Aladar Dangerface
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#80 - 2015-02-07 14:30:30 UTC
Cyber Mana wrote:
TF, have you ever considered running for CSM? You inspire me to venture forth and give me the tools to do so. I am sure many others feel the same. You would bring a new age in New Eden.

TF is a philosopher, a warrior poet if you will. I doubt he would demean himself enough to become a space politician, perhaps im wrong though :P

I don't need twitter. I'm already following you.