Crime & Punishment

Interesting. Back in GTA Vice City, I used to attack the police station in Little Havana with a rocket launcher, steal some cars from the villas in Starfish Island and then detonate 'em all by using my M134 Minigun at the entrance of Malibu Club with some 80s songs playing in the background, followed by hours long hilarious and ruthless Deathmatch/Team Deathmatch PvP on its multiplayer mode.

I don't think I will do those things in RL anytime soon...

Not sure what you're trying to say either… A video-game is there to let people have fun, or relax after a long day at work, not to 'reflect on who we are in RL'. ?



those full-time AFK whiners who Autopilot through 0.5 systems… their stupidity is extreme. I am not even sure why they bother logging in.

That's because we're all "sociopaths" in the New Order. :P

Maybe the issue is a lot simpler.
Perhaps the AG crowd simply want to hear that CODE and affiliates are bad people.

Might as well give them that assurance as it would only reinforce the RP.

That's because we hate everyone equally.

Holy crap.

I can fly a SPACESHIP?!?! Where the **** is it??!?

Also I must make a note to find out where the clones of myself are kept, so when I am destroyed, Ill know how to get home when I wake up. I should also cancel my life insurance, seeing as how I am an immortal.

This is the best news EVER!

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Seriously??

Well I guess there is no worse blind person than the one who does not want to see.

All i have to say, is, I dont get it.

I think a mentally healthy person would not scream and punch their computer screen after losing a ship. Its understandable to get emotionally upset after something like that happens, but the correct response afterwards should be "Wow, In hindsight, now that ive calmed down a bit, i was clearly over-reacting. I shouldnt have done that, and I suppose the minerbumping post is the price im gonna pay for over-reacting like this".

I mean, if someone is pissing you off with verbal taunts, that doesnt give you the right to punch them in the face. And if they charge you with physical assault, the "He was calling me bad names" defense isnt gonna fly.

Your actions have consequences. Acting like an idiot, over-reacting, is going to have consequences. Sometimes its a wardec after smack talking in local. Sometimes its a post on a blog after sending death threats. You need to take responsibility for your actions. If you act like an idiot, youre gonna get called out as an idiot.

And yes, "Tears" are frequently funny, which is why they are so enjoyable. You might say this is wrong, but this is so prevalent in our culture, that it is the norm, and acceptable. In The Simpsons for example, Homer is an idiot and is frequently subjected to painful situations, and thats what makes it so funny. Americas Funniest Home Videos, frequently have people being idiots and getting into painful situations, and its funny. /b/ on the website 4chan, frequently makes fun of tons of idiots who are serious, and quite a bit of it is hilarious. Considering these things, considering how you could endure real, actual, physical pain, or actual, emotional loss over real, actual things that exist in reality, losing a pixelated ship in a video game should be put on the top of the list for "Things people shouldnt give a **** about".

If it has improved, I might put spais back in there, I have five alts that are not well known and four of them have names that wouldn't stand out (I also have one alt that isn't banned from the channel but is fairly well known to be my alt). But by god it was toxic when I was in there last.

More common than the use of real-life slurs was the banning of people from the channel for providing legitimate good advice to avoid ganking. Suggesting to people that, if they want to haul and avoid being ganked themselves, they actively go out of their way to bring their rival haulers to the attention of known gankers, then slip through the danger systems while the gankers are GCC, was not tolerated despite being probably the best advice you could give.

I can understand not tolerating people actively selling New Order permits in your channel, but buying a permit is a +EV decision if you are a freighter pilot and believe that even ONE New Order ganker would honor it. Channel banning people for making the +EV decision (and thus having a permit in their bio) is just silly. There is no shame in acquiescing to the smaller demands of your rivals in a game.



Also Scott. I'd never read your blog. Thank you for a laugh - it made my day at work.

Oh god, I just read the OP's blog again and this time I read it without expecting it to be a comedy. He actually believes it.

OP - How do you feel about children's sport? Is it child abuse if a child willingly (and with permission from their parents) enters an athletics competition? If they place last they may experience disappointment, be subject to ridicule, or they may injure themselves in an accident. All three occurred to me when I was a child, and I never considered any of those incidents child abuse or bullying.

Competitive environments have winners and losers, and every interaction in EVE is competitive - whether that be a ganker hunting a miner, or two Sisters of EVE level 4 mission runners both trying to offload their Sisters Core Scanner Probes on the market at the same time. When I'm in a mood for a competitive gaming experience I play EVE. When I want a non-competitive one, I load up Path of Exile instead.