Crime & Punishment

Chribba is a unique case.


He also started very early in EVE's history, back when enough trust existed to start an empire based upon it - and even then he has put a lot of work in over the years to build/maintain his peaceful empire.

No modern player will ever be granted enough trust to build an empire to match Chribba's.


Also despite his personal pacifism Chribba's empire is still built on a foundation of blood and destruction. He is zealously defended by the hordes of 0.0 players who rely heavily on his services.

Big words for someone hiding in a wormhole...

Also, does it still apply if 50+% of the reason I still use a forum alt is just to **** people like you off?

I have often chosen path of 'being the good guy'. It was one of the rules I decided to adopt when joining this game. Of course, it can be matter of perspective and you could argue I am not good guy as I too have engaged in piracy, have joined operations where utter destruction of opposing group is your goal and have even ganked once.

But for each action I have taken there has usually been reason behind it, a justification. If space ship violence is measure for are you good or bad, then I am bad, but I do live by certain code.

- Always, always help newbro out. (shoot him first though to test attitude.) give tips, isk, perhaps invite to corp if he is that kind of material.
- Always remain honest and true to your words. If you agree something, make sure you hold to your end of agreement. I find reputation of being trustworthy far more better than temporary gain from scamming. Though for me, isk has never been any importance in this game.
- Keep list of grudges. When you are bored and looking for something to shoot, see who has wronged you in past and go shoot him. Been pretty fun. Thus far we have destroyed high sec wardeccing empire. (space warriors in late 2013??), Pirat's poco empire (have they got those back yet?) Hunted individuals who hunted us when we were starting the game. Hot dropped hot droppers relentlessly for weekend and other fun stuff like that. There will be enough people who wrong you in this game. Remember that and you wont run out of content. Also, you can call it justice.

Things I never do are scamming, awoxing, ganking (okay did once). I always try to not burn any bridges when groups split. My corp has split many times in past and also come back together again. We are not many, but being good guy has given me solid group of friends in this game that I know I can trust and have my back when needed.

For me trust is most valuable asset in this game. No isk can replace that. Generally being good guy gives you more trust. Might not be quick or instantaneous gain, but it builds up over time.

Yes I cannot agree more. But you can help SAVE Highsec

http://www.minerbumping.com/p/become-agent.html

Without rules, there is no such thing as freedom. By enforcing a system of just laws, we give the miners liberation from their own worst instincts. And through this process, the miners can be molded into better people, the kind worthy of joining the new community of EVE.

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ITS A TARP

I once X'ed up in Jita local and some duder sent me 1 Mil ISK. So I told everybody his services were legit.

Love these good guy / bad guy threads.

So yeah, I am a "good guy". I :

• Encourage people to play this fine game.
• Constructively help with fits and give advise.
• Honor contracts/pacts made.
• Treat other people with respect.
• Show patience and understanding with language barriers.

My corp mates all share these ideals but, well, I am reasonably sure many people don't see us as "good". In the end we make a reasonable profit, meet a lot of interesting people, and have fun doing it. Quite rewarding.

This kind of post is inviting another debate, anyway my take, I am not what I consider a 'good guy' but I do play within the rules that keep me from dropping sec status, stealing, scamming, etc, to me if you need to do all that to "get ahead" you are just no good at the available ways to make isk in the many, many ways CCP has provided.

I've been here for years and have had every ship I needed no problem with working for it, I have never stolen, cheated, or otherwise do dirty things to get ahead and I am having plenty of entertainment, if giving others a hard time is what gives you pleasure then I'd say it's not the game you enjoy, I'm not speaking of PVP or going into low security spaces and not expecting PVP i'm speaking of the many flies that buzz about with only one thing in mind, how they can ruin someone's day (you know who you are).

Anyway, if being a good guy is not being a nutter then I guess it's me.

When I started EVE I too ran missions. And I must say I can't even figure out how people are able to lose ships in there. Maybe they changed or something, but they where so predictable and you knew in advance what damage type was flying your way and what is best to kill them.

I guess. To a limited extent at least. Demand created by loss of assets to NPCs is a fraction of that created by PvP. And by definition those mission runners are flooding material into the shared economy at a much greater rate than they are losing stuff missioning, or they would quickly go bankrupt and be able to undock in anything.

PvPers on the hand only consume, not create (insurance excepted).

As for "thanking my industrialist" I do that by giving them my ISK for their goods - they are not doing me a favour by making stuff for me (except for a few fans that appreciate me ganking their competition and make a donation). That is of course when I don't spend the time to click a few times myself and make my own gear.

But ultimately you are correct, PvP needs industry and industry needs PvP. We need both producers and destroyers. It is the circle of Eve.