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Next step out of the Sandbox from ex Erotica1 minions.

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Zahara Cody
Imperial Corrections Service.
#61 - 2015-06-13 04:41:09 UTC
100 bil? I can't fathom that much isk. Shocked

Hating is free, that's why poor people do it the best.
Dalto Bane
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#62 - 2015-06-13 09:14:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Dalto Bane
I applaud the scammers and this type of gameplay should always remain apart of Eve, however I do feel bad for the mark.

That sympathy only goes so far though. Any player who has accumulated +100bil "should" know better.

The recording and public shaming of the character was in poor taste IMO..

Drops Mic
Le Moineau
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#63 - 2015-06-13 10:26:49 UTC
This is why I love this game so much. EVE spotlights stupidity with extreme prejudice.

That being said, I have made a few mistakes that cost me isk. I learned and moved on, no big deal.

I knew on approach that EVE was in a class of its own when I first started playing. The warnings were everywhere.

Do I feel sorry for the victim? Not a bit!

You got punked dumb---, you should have known better.
Lucy Lopez
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#64 - 2015-06-13 11:15:50 UTC
Maybe I'm just not the 'right' type of player for EVE Online, but I get no enjoyment or satisfaction at all from listening to these Teamspeak conversations of people getting screwed over. Grats, you scammed someone, but do you have to be a **** about it? I bet the guys who pulled this off would say "it's just a game" etc etc, but when you record Teamspeak conversations and upload them to Soundcloud for people to laugh at you're taking things way more serious than people who actually think of EVE as "just a game".
Omar Alharazaad
New Eden Tech Support
#65 - 2015-06-13 12:58:19 UTC
Lucy Lopez wrote:
Maybe I'm just not the 'right' type of player for EVE Online, but I get no enjoyment or satisfaction at all from listening to these Teamspeak conversations of people getting screwed over. Grats, you scammed someone, but do you have to be a **** about it? I bet the guys who pulled this off would say "it's just a game" etc etc, but when you record Teamspeak conversations and upload them to Soundcloud for people to laugh at you're taking things way more serious than people who actually think of EVE as "just a game".


Actually, most of the baddies posting in here are of a relatively shared opinion on the matter. It was a great scam, nice payoff, well done. The recordings and the video however were in poor taste.

Come hell or high water, this sick world will know I was here.
Seven Koskanaiken
Shadow Legions.
SONS of BANE
#66 - 2015-06-13 13:07:18 UTC
I have written Boutros Boutros Ghali for this brazen violation of international statues against torture.
Cyborg Girl86
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#67 - 2015-06-13 13:21:14 UTC
Seven Koskanaiken wrote:
I have written Boutros Boutros Ghali for this brazen violation of international statues against torture.


Made me laugh Lol
Solecist Punk
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#68 - 2015-06-13 16:12:29 UTC
Hi Jerry/Quaker/Gerry !

Of course I petitioned your candy ass again for evading the permaban.
Not even talking about the chatlog!

Bye bye!
Salah ad-Din al-Jawahiri
Dreamweb Industries
Novus Ordo.
#69 - 2015-06-13 16:20:56 UTC
Solecist Punk wrote:
Hi Jerry/Quaker/Gerry !

Of course I petitioned your candy ass again for evading the permaban.
Not even talking about the chatlog!

Bye bye!


You sound jelly.

Agent of the New Order

Live by the Code - die by the Code.

The Voice of Highsec
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet
Everyone But Me Is A Bot
Assistance Group
#70 - 2015-06-13 20:02:20 UTC
Seven Koskanaiken wrote:
I have written Boutros Boutros Ghali for this brazen violation of international statues against torture.


I know Boutros Boutros Ghali. He is a good man. I can tell you are a man who is interested in justice, and the truth.

Bless you.
Gerry Rin
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#71 - 2015-06-13 20:12:59 UTC
Solecist Punk wrote:
Hi Jerry/Quaker/Gerry !

Of course I petitioned your candy ass again for evading the permaban.
Not even talking about the chatlog!

Bye bye!


I have no recollection of the events in question.
Alana Charen-Teng
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#72 - 2015-06-13 21:37:15 UTC
Wow, thoroughly enjoyed reading the article.

The corporation Yellow Duck Consortium sounded vaguely familiar, but now it all came back to me.
Kiandoshia
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#73 - 2015-06-13 21:40:35 UTC
Carrie-Anne Moss wrote:
I like the part where dude said he was petitioning ccp to get some isk reimbursement.



How can a dude play for YEARS amass over 100BILL and still still STILL not understand this is legal/allowed?

Its kind of telling if you think about it.


Also he kind of deserved it for listening to Rap music.
Dont he know bout them gangstas?


Idk how long it took him but I guess if you just do nothing but incursions, you can pull it off in a month or two and leave you entirely oblivious to the kind of wealth you have just generated =p
Nicolai Serkanner
Incredible.
Brave Collective
#74 - 2015-06-13 23:23:25 UTC
Stacy Lone wrote:
I'm still convinced the behavior we show in games were no boundaries inhibit us reflects who we would truly be if such boundaries did not exist irl),


How do you feel about actors playing a role?
Nicolai Serkanner
Incredible.
Brave Collective
#75 - 2015-06-13 23:25:37 UTC
La Rynx wrote:


No, if most humans would be horrible, civilisation would not be where it is now.



What???? Do you even watch the news dude?
Kurisa Ongrard
Psychedelic Llamas
#76 - 2015-06-13 23:27:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Kurisa Ongrard
Carrie-Anne Moss wrote:
I like the part where dude said he was petitioning ccp to get some isk reimbursement.



How can a dude play for YEARS amass over 100BILL and still still STILL not understand this is legal/allowed?

Its kind of telling if you think about it.


Also he kind of deserved it for listening to Rap music.
Dont he know bout them gangstas?


It's hard to overstate just how oblivious Elias was in general. When we first met him he literally had no idea how much he was worth. You'll notice if you look at the final asset plotter graph that Elias' assets more or less didn't change until after he paid 20 billion for the 3rd Wyvern. At that point he had spent the remainder of his liquid ISK. When we initiated 'Part 3' of the scam where we got him to buy into modules and supplies for the corporation to move out to 0.0 he initially resisted contributing because he believed he was broke. Tweeps actually had to walk the guy through his assets using his API, ie. "OK Elias, it looks like you have a stack of 10 plex in this station on this character... how about you sell that?" and so on. It was amazing to me that a person could simply forget that 54% of their original net worth even existed.
lost packet
Alpha Flight
#77 - 2015-06-13 23:50:43 UTC  |  Edited by: lost packet
While scamming is scamming and a legit form of game play.

If the guy had say bought timecodes and traded them in for isk, does that now make it a better heist or sad for the guy? 100+ bil isk to scam someone out of is a pretty cool scam and the work and effort that went in to the actual heist wa sprobably ingenious.

If the guy had layed out real money, then lost it in a situation like this, that should be returnable under EULA because that is kind of real life grief and cause real life issues (especially if married :P).

if it happened to me, I'd have to sell the wife, possibly the kids too. Hardest part would probably be finding a buyer, i'm not that sentimental about the wife and kids - they generally get in the way of EVE playtime. Still can't help feeling for the guy.

Alpha Flight are recruiting pilots | Almost Broken are recruiting corporations
La Rynx
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#78 - 2015-06-14 08:43:42 UTC
Well the "victim" was out of touch.
Throwning away 100Bill like that is far to naive.
It seems he did not value this amount as much i would expect.

Maybe i am some kind of "Gray Knight", i can not feel sorry for him, despite the amount of his loses.
Still, i do not think this as a big or special Job, since the victim made it all to easy.

Nothing to boast about.
Oh and what does this thread in GD?
It belongs to C&P where the wannabe / mini criminals can pat on their shoulders and tell them self how great they are.
Pirate

Atomic Virulent : "You can't spell DOUCHE. without CODE."
Robyn Hoodlum
Panama Tax Shelter
#79 - 2015-06-14 09:39:06 UTC
In no way, shape or form is this anything like what Erotica did. Posting the audio in my opinion was not classy, but everything that happened is within the scope of the game. The only difference between this and other scams that noone has a problem with is the size of ISK liberated.
Oxide Ammar
#80 - 2015-06-14 10:09:18 UTC
..and people are wondering why subscribers numbers are getting low, please keep EVE online reputation at this level more.

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