Crime & Punishment

As you can see, the four-point system for eliminating the final traces of CODE rebels has a successful start.

In defense of CODE, I'll state this: we, too, hate the idea of AFK miners milking all the resources out of high-security space. We, too, encourage players to learn as much as they can about defending themselves in space. The original concept behind CODE, as we've read, seems to be something wonderful. Unfortunately, a few unsavory members have translated the CODE to mean "suicide-gank a newbie in a venture, even though he's not AFK, unless he pays you 10 mil... which he doesn't have". The newer, less enlightened CODE members have become nothing akin to CODE's original intent (from what we can interpret).

The first step was acknowledging that CODE is irrelevant. To address some of the more volatile comments, I'll respond as thus, without my beloved RP (which I'll add in later)

1. "WE ALL WISH FOR NOTHING MORE THAT YOU CHILDREN FINALLY STEP OUT OF YOUR
IMAGINATIONLAND AND START SHOOTING US ! HUNTING US! DO SOMETHING, DAMMIT, BUT STOP SHITPOSTING !"

I'm well aware of how CODE's understanding of the game mechanics, especially as they apply to High-Security space, allows them a bit of safety. When your enemy flies in High-sec, it's not quite that easy to simply shoot at them without a wardec (unless we also want CONCORD bearing down on us). CODE uses the safety of CONCORD as much as anyone else. The key to battling against CODE is preemptive striking, using similar (yet not the same) tactics they use themselves. The goal is to fire upon (and destroy) CODE ships before they hit miners, not after. But, with the threat of CONCORD, if we simply attacked CODE we'd be playing their game, not ours. And the whole point of shutting down CODE is to stop playing their game, and bring them into ours. This has forced us to think of creative ways to use the in-game mechanics ourselves, to give us the advantage.

2. "Concord has killed more CODE. members than anyone"

This is true, and will most likely continue to be the case. But that doesn't mean that we won't be striking at them as well. The few kill board posts that CODE members will link/spam in chat and on the forums will not highlight these losses. In addition, space is quite large, and CODE is larger (and more well-funded) than we are at the moment. So, our impact may be small at the start, but with a little luck and a lot of planning, the community should see a definite shift.

3. "Oh. So five posts in and you're ready to continue doing nothing. Great."

As any Vet should attest, EVE is not a world of instant gratification. To imply that the last remnants of CODE will be swept under the rug in a matter of minutes is unreasonable. EVE isn't checkers, it's chess. Since I appreciate the desires for this situation to be dealt with overnight, feel free to message me and I'll explain how you, too, can take action and assist the cause. But, if you wish to remain out of it, I won't begrudge you that either; many people opt to turn a blind eye rather than deal with CODE.

4. "When your killboard presence exceeds that of CODE. I may consider accepting your authority in this matter. CODE. at least backs up their words with action, so if nothing else they have more credibility than you do."

While we may have not destroyed as many ships as CODE, we also have not lost as many ships. This will play an important role in the task at hand. Browsing the killboard, we have begun contacting the individuals whose ships have fallen prey to CODE, and we have made a startling discovery; many (not a majority, but enough to make a difference) of the ships lost belong to CODE alts, to hype up their scams. At first, we couldn't understand it and it didn't make sense, because who would blow up their own ships to make a point? Well... that's CODE's M.O.: blowing up their own ships to make a point.

4. "So James 315 put your house in order don't let desperation and despair taint what was eve content"

This is the core of what we believe in. At one point, even we could be supportive of what James 315 originally intended. Sadly, his vision has fallen to the wayside. If he refuses to hold his people accountable, we shall do it for him.

and finally,

5. "You are posting from an alt to avoid tainting your main. You skulk in the safety of an NPC corp, surrounded by cyno alts, new players and witless cowards."

Yes.

Saying CODE was taken down by the Goons wouldn't be a big deal.
But saying CODE was taken down by an alt, skulking in the safety of an NPC corp surrounded by cyno alts, new players, and witless cowards... THAT will be a legendary EVE story. And I'm looking forward to it.

Rest assured fellow pilots, that enterprising individuals such as myself will be more than happy to keep the markets stocked with shiny new ventures and retrievers should a rapid unscheduled deconstruction of your mining asset occurs at the hands of the space weenies know as CODE.

(There is shooting back..... and then there is making money off of them!)

Sweet bro, hows that 1kisk /unit venture profit working out for ya.

CODE is easy to deal with. Just fit your ships with smartbombs, and when the gankers arrive in their blaster-fitted ships, ruin their day with smarbomb-y goodness!

Uhm... no, that won't work.

You won't get enough cycles off to pop them all before the target dies.
Worse... you will not reliably get all bombs to ignite at once.

Someone correct me please if this has improved yet.
Last time I read about it, disco in highsec is bugged thanks to CONCORD and heavy math.

1. "WE ALL WISH FOR NOTHING MORE THAT YOU CHILDREN FINALLY STEP OUT OF YOUR
IMAGINATIONLAND AND START SHOOTING US ! HUNTING US! DO SOMETHING, DAMMIT, BUT STOP SHITPOSTING !"

I'm well aware of how CODE's understanding of the game mechanics, especially as they apply to High-Security space, allows them a bit of safety. When your enemy flies in High-sec, it's not quite that easy to simply shoot at them without a wardec (unless we also want CONCORD bearing down on us). CODE uses the safety of CONCORD as much as anyone else. The key to battling against CODE is preemptive striking, using similar (yet not the same) tactics they use themselves. The goal is to fire upon (and destroy) CODE ships before they hit miners, not after. But, with the threat of CONCORD, if we simply attacked CODE we'd be playing their game, not ours. And the whole point of shutting down CODE is to stop playing their game, and bring them into ours. This has forced us to think of creative ways to use the in-game mechanics ourselves, to give us the advantage.

2. "Concord has killed more CODE. members than anyone"

This is true, and will most likely continue to be the case. But that doesn't mean that we won't be striking at them as well. The few kill board posts that CODE members will link/spam in chat and on the forums will not highlight these losses. In addition, space is quite large, and CODE is larger (and more well-funded) than we are at the moment. So, our impact may be small at the start, but with a little luck and a lot of planning, the community should see a definite shift.

3. "Oh. So five posts in and you're ready to continue doing nothing. Great."

As any Vet should attest, EVE is not a world of instant gratification.

Browsing the killboard, we have begun contacting the individuals whose ships have fallen prey to CODE, and we have made a startling discovery; many (not a majority, but enough to make a difference) of the ships lost belong to CODE alts, to hype up their scams.

4. "So James 315 put your house in order don't let desperation and despair taint what was eve content"

This is the core of what we believe in. At one point, even we could be supportive of what James 315 originally intended. Sadly, his vision has fallen to the wayside. If he refuses to hold his people accountable, we shall do it for him.

My god, 300 ventures and 60 retrievers and some mining modules? You must be looking at profits exceeding fifty million ISK!

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