EVE General Discussion

ooooh that's a hard one and pretty subjective too.

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter ~ Gerald Seymour.

Technically the French Republic and the United States of America are both the result of terrorism when looked at from the point of view of the groups that held power in those countries before their respective revolutions.

likewise with the Republic of Ireland.

On to level III :

are people classifying other people into boxes bad people?

(woooops- well I guess they are LOL)

And 'tis the pity of the world that no such men truly seem to exist. Only men who convince themselves that they are "rising above adversity" - while in reality they are merely pushing down their fellow men to make themselves appear higher, without in fact rising at all.

Are we talking about eve or The second holocaust here?

Someone needs to chill the freak out

When I blow up a mining ship, I have beaten the other player at Eve. He knows, I know it, the other miners know it. Then when the angry miner fills local or my mail box with insults and threats I know I have beaten him at life. Once again, he knows it, I know it and the regular denizens of the minerbumping channel know it because we love to post quotes there of impotent miner rage.

Think about it. When I blow up a miner and he says "GF!" in local, buys a permit and promises to support the New Order (hey, its happened a couple times) I didn't really beat him. I mean I won the elite PvP fight but the player acknowledged my superior game play, made the wise economic decision to buy a permit and therefore, has become my friend, both in game and in RL. While this is cool and all I can't say I get the same satisfaction as when I know that I have taken a player who thinks he is "winning" as he fills his ore hold and show him that he is in fact, not only losing but beyond any chance of competing with me.

I not only crush my enemies, drive them out of New Order systems and hear the lamentations of their women (admittedly, this last part is also rare but it IS the specific thing that got Erotica 1 banned AND me kicked out of my former alliance, damn Druids!). I hear the lamentations of my actual enemies as THEY act like their women (no offense female Agents and gankers, you know I don't mean you) and absorb their impotent threats. Maybe some people are satisfied with just the explosion of their opponents ship but I need to witness the actual explosion of the player himself to really get the most out of a kill.

I want rage. I want to 'discuss' things with my opponents. I want them to see me enter the system they are in and RUN FOR THEIR USELESS LIVES! Its why I play Eve. In Kino we've agreed to call me "the infamous Bing Bangboom. I just can't get the same experience from any other game.

Now, the analysts above will say this reflects my RL character. In RL I am so respectable its somewhat boring. I mean, I've done interesting and exciting things but nobody that knows me expects any trouble from me. I'm usually helping.

There are, on the other hand, a handful of close friends and family who are aware of my Eve life. I can't say that they don't find the whole thing disturbing and, to be honest, baffling. They know what lurks inside.

So, tell me. Which is the real me?

Are you familiar with the works of Shan Yu?

They are all the real you.

The respectable public persona.

The player who admits deriving RL satisfaction from upsetting someone sitting at a keyboard.

The former of course.

Maybe guitar playing should be an Olympic sport then.