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Tsao Aubbes
Tidal Lock
Vapor-Lock
#441 - 2017-01-19 19:38:43 UTC
Agiri Falken wrote:
Whose caused you the most trouble?

I.. would really have to say myself. I've done a lot of dumb things in my life. I've said a lot of dumb things in my life. And I'm just so.. awkward frankly... it's.. hard to get around, I guess.. I don't really know..

Who has caused you the least trouble? If it isn't too awkward to ask, that is!

Tressith Sefira > You don't understand. She IS the awkward.
Jev North
Doomheim
#442 - 2017-01-20 14:44:10 UTC
Actual trillions of people are born, live, love, fight, ****, and die, managing to live their entire lives politely enough to never bother me in the slightest. Heroes, each and every one of them. I don't think of the anonymous masses often, but when I do, I do it fondly.

There's something you feel you shouldn't, but still irrationally hate above all other things. What is it, and why?

Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.
Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#443 - 2017-01-20 16:40:46 UTC
Hedonism.

Why? Probably because it is associated with gallente. And while on other hand it could actually look pleasant and alluring, on the other hand I feel like I must avoid it at all cost. Even one slight step towards pleasure instead of duty will make you one step closer to them... and such steps must not be taken for me to not move even a tiny bit in a direction of becoming something similar to these monsters. And what is worse, it is quite tempting to step away from the path of humanity and become a monster. That's why I hate hedonism and would like to share this my hatred with anyone. Because this hatred is directed not against others, but against imperfections in ourselves, against monsters in ourselves that we must subdue and against our weaknesses.


What was the funniest prank you did when you was a child?

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
Kador Ouryon
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#444 - 2017-01-20 23:36:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Kador Ouryon
Diana Kim wrote:
Hedonism.

Why? Probably because it is associated with gallente. And while on other hand it could actually look pleasant and alluring, on the other hand I feel like I must avoid it at all cost. Even one slight step towards pleasure instead of duty will make you one step closer to them... and such steps must not be taken for me to not move even a tiny bit in a direction of becoming something similar to these monsters. And what is worse, it is quite tempting to step away from the path of humanity and become a monster. That's why I hate hedonism and would like to share this my hatred with anyone. Because this hatred is directed not against others, but against imperfections in ourselves, against monsters in ourselves that we must subdue and against our weaknesses.


What was the funniest prank you did when you was a child?


I'm 29 now... so by Amarr standards I'm only really starting to graduate the label of 'child'.

Since I am not funny and I grew up in a place that discouraged such pranks I supposed the measure of how funny the joke was lay in how bad the beating was I recieved for it .

Hands down the best one had to have been trying to convince an Imperial Guard drill instructor that my family name, rather than given name, was Kador. Clearly it was hilarious, even if he didn't find it funny, because he damn near beat me to death and put me in intensive care for some time.

I bet this has been asked before but what was your all time favourite holo-film?

What fills the soul? Something that guides a lost child back to it's parents arms. Or waves that dye the shores of the heart gold. A blessed breath to nurture life in a land of wheat. Or the path the Sef descend drawn in ash. In the wake of fire.
Agiri Falken
Akagi Initiative
#445 - 2017-01-21 13:07:59 UTC
Kador Ouryon wrote:
Diana Kim wrote:
Hedonism.

Why? Probably because it is associated with gallente. And while on other hand it could actually look pleasant and alluring, on the other hand I feel like I must avoid it at all cost. Even one slight step towards pleasure instead of duty will make you one step closer to them... and such steps must not be taken for me to not move even a tiny bit in a direction of becoming something similar to these monsters. And what is worse, it is quite tempting to step away from the path of humanity and become a monster. That's why I hate hedonism and would like to share this my hatred with anyone. Because this hatred is directed not against others, but against imperfections in ourselves, against monsters in ourselves that we must subdue and against our weaknesses.


What was the funniest prank you did when you was a child?


I'm 29 now... so by Amarr standards I'm only really starting to graduate the label of 'child'.

Since I am not funny and I grew up in a place that discouraged such pranks I supposed the measure of how funny the joke was lay in how bad the beating was I recieved for it .

Hands down the best one had to have been trying to convince an Imperial Guard drill instructor that my family name, rather than given name, was Kador. Clearly it was hilarious, even if he didn't find it funny, because he damn near beat me to death and put me in intensive care for some time.

I bet this has been asked before but what was your all time favourite holo-film?

There's this one about the days of yore on Gal Prime, "Le destin des jours" that I really liked. No censorship, no exposition. It was just damn good, if a bit tragic. Something I both identify with and appreciate on its own merits.

For those who served... How big of a culture shock was your first week of basic?

For those who didn't... What's the biggest culture shock you've ever had?
Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#446 - 2017-01-21 15:05:39 UTC
Agiri Falken wrote:
For those who served... How big of a culture shock was your first week of basic?

For those who didn't... What's the biggest culture shock you've ever had?


Having my my long hair cut and seeing all the locks fall off. I had them donated, but I still didn't recognize the face in the mirror or the feel of running my hands through my long hair.

What's your favorite book?
Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#447 - 2017-01-22 00:01:26 UTC
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
What's your favorite book?



It's usually translated as "To the Edge" or "To the Sea" because the original term is ambiguous; it's a term for a line of transition, often mystic in nature, but that also offers the very superficial translation of "shore".

It's an account of a semi-fictional Lady's very dramatic and strange dreams, some bizarre and sensual in nature, during a summer that she expects to be her last due to an unnamed disease. Late in the account she recovers from it, and her embarrassment in planning to survive her own honest account of her thoughts is very funny. She's dead now of course.

What is the biggest waste of your time?
Mika Firestorm
Your Friendly Neighborhood Logistics
#448 - 2017-01-22 17:09:00 UTC
Holo games. GAH! I just can't stop play them. I download more and more on my NeoCom... I buy reels with games in Jita or Amarr.I think I am addicted a lil bit. Since I earn millions of isk, I don't have to work 20 hours a day anymore to have me a nice place to stay and something yummy to eat, so all my time is wasted on.... these.

What is your favorite holo game?

State the nature of your medical emergency
Teinyhr
Ourumur
#449 - 2017-01-22 22:23:04 UTC
The Mystery of the Jove.

Who or what has had the biggest influence on your life, the person you've become?
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#450 - 2017-01-23 00:31:05 UTC
Teinyhr wrote:
Who or what has had the biggest influence on your life, the person you've become?

Well-- I'd like to say it was the Praefecta, or maybe Dr. Sarain, but ...

... really, I think it was Anslo.

He compared me to my former self. He said at least she'd had guts.

So I decided I needed to prove my strength, to myself, to the rest of you. And so I joined PY-RE, and I killed him. I killed a lot of other people, too. Then I took a break from killing people, visited the Federation, got really depressed, and started having dreams where my blood was the color of high-quality black calligraphy ink.

And here I am.

What's your biggest regret?
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#451 - 2017-01-23 01:28:24 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
Teinyhr wrote:
Who or what has had the biggest influence on your life, the person you've become?

Well-- I'd like to say it was the Praefecta, or maybe Dr. Sarain, but ...

... really, I think it was Anslo.

He compared me to my former self. He said at least she'd had guts.

So I decided I needed to prove my strength, to myself, to the rest of you. And so I joined PY-RE, and I killed him. I killed a lot of other people, too. Then I took a break from killing people, visited the Federation, got really depressed, and started having dreams where my blood was the color of high-quality black calligraphy ink.

And here I am.

What's your biggest regret?


Taking in a cat. The act cost me about the entire engineering team, delayed maintenance cycles by forty-eight hours and reduced productivity to 0% for the entire week. Also, many, many workplace accidents. Not to mention Project Sebestacy got pretty much wrecked due to cat deleting almost all my blueprints and left so much garbled nonsense in my terminal, and destroyed several of my drone prototypes and destroyed a few of my metal-ceramic foam composites.

Then the cat went and accidentally fired itself into space via 150mm autocannons.

My second biggest regret was not putting in place anti-cat regulations after the first incident. Staff brought cats to work. Everything goes to pot for another year.

Well, what's *your* biggest regret?

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Jev North
Doomheim
#452 - 2017-01-23 10:35:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Jev North
Getting involved with the Cartel when I did. Then being dumb enough to actually look at everything this entailed, later on, when I was already in waist deep. I can't even claim ignorance or naivety anymore.

I don't blame my former corp mates in the slightest -- some of them became friends I fly with to this day -- and in some ways, it was a necessary step in my development away from the bloody busywork of Empire black ops, and closer towards a proper niche for a capsuleer to be in. I just wish I'd met them at an freelance, capsuleer-focused piracy outfit.

Well, hm.

Inspired by that - have you ever found your personal morals changed over time, or did you reconsider them deliberately? How?

Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.
Saya Ishikari
Ishukone-Raata Technological Research Institute
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#453 - 2017-01-23 15:41:32 UTC
Jev North wrote:
Getting involved with the Cartel when I did. Then being dumb enough to actually look at everything this entailed, later on, when I was already in waist deep. I can't even claim ignorance or naivety anymore.

I don't blame my former corp mates in the slightest -- some of them became friends I fly with to this day -- and in some ways, it was a necessary step in my development away from the bloody busywork of Empire black ops, and closer towards a proper niche for a capsuleer to be in. I just wish I'd met them at an freelance, capsuleer-focused piracy outfit.

Well, hm.

Inspired by that - have you ever found your personal morals changed over time, or did you reconsider them deliberately? How?

Quite substantially. I've become considerably more apathetic to means, when it comes to an end, no longer feeling the urge to try and push a moral compass at others. Thanks to some intervention, I don't think I've become the sort who is completely jaded to terrible deeds, but I've certainly accepted that they have a place in accomplishing goals.

If anyone, who would you credit the most in establishing your own outlook?

"At the end of it all, we have only what we've left in our wake to be remembered by." -Kyoko Ishikari, YC 95 - YC 117
Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing Yi
#454 - 2017-01-23 20:20:57 UTC
Saya Ishikari wrote:
If anyone, who would you credit the most in establishing your own outlook?

My parents and my clan.

What was the last gift you gave someone?
Kador Ouryon
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#455 - 2017-01-24 03:11:50 UTC
Kolodi Ramal wrote:
Saya Ishikari wrote:
If anyone, who would you credit the most in establishing your own outlook?

My parents and my clan.

What was the last gift you gave someone?


Lillies, with blue and white petals.

Who is that one person you feel you talk to about literally anything?

What fills the soul? Something that guides a lost child back to it's parents arms. Or waves that dye the shores of the heart gold. A blessed breath to nurture life in a land of wheat. Or the path the Sef descend drawn in ash. In the wake of fire.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#456 - 2017-01-24 04:34:09 UTC
Kador Ouryon wrote:
Kolodi Ramal wrote:
Saya Ishikari wrote:
If anyone, who would you credit the most in establishing your own outlook?

My parents and my clan.

What was the last gift you gave someone?


Lillies, with blue and white petals.

Who is that one person you feel you talk to about literally anything?

My wife, Isi. Why else would I marry her?

Other than her, the drone I built which has an unexplained behavioral quirk. I named it 01. Emotes and responds to speeches, in its own way. Imagine a sentient jumping spider with predatorial mammal-level intelligence. That is the impression it gives me. Not sure how it got to be that way since it is using the same codes the other drones of its model is using but it does respond and emote whenever I speak to it about anything. The way it acts made it look like it understands and is trying to comfort, advise or critique in its own way.

Maybe the drone is really special. Or maybe it's just Isi controlling him remotely. Wouldn't put it pass her but I haven't gotten around to investigating.

What is your staple ship and why?

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Tsao Aubbes
Tidal Lock
Vapor-Lock
#457 - 2017-01-24 05:40:26 UTC
Elmund Egivand wrote:
What is your staple ship and why?

Gila! The Gila is so great, even if I pronounce it wrong (Gee-la. I'm not very smart..). It's pretty quick and you can go faster than most battleships guns! It has drones! It uses shields! And the missiles don't use up capacitor, so you can use that capacitor on shields! It's also just so good looking. I love that ship so much, and my Rattlesnake would be a very close second!

What pirate group produces the best ships?

Tressith Sefira > You don't understand. She IS the awkward.
Maria Daphiti
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#458 - 2017-01-24 13:48:43 UTC
Tsao Aubbes wrote:


What pirate group produces the best ships?


Depends on the purpose, but I think (from flying Pre-PIE of course) the Sisters of Eve had the most versatile and prettiest, being good for exploration, pve and pvp.

What pirate ship is too overpowered for capsuleer v capsuleer combat at its level?
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#459 - 2017-01-24 15:37:43 UTC
Maria Daphiti wrote:
Tsao Aubbes wrote:


What pirate group produces the best ships?


Depends on the purpose, but I think (from flying Pre-PIE of course) the Sisters of Eve had the most versatile and prettiest, being good for exploration, pve and pvp.

What pirate ship is too overpowered for capsuleer v capsuleer combat at its level?


There's the Gila for being effective at all ranges and then there's the Orthrus for having good speed and agility and a rather forgiving margin of error for a long-range sniping platform with rapid lights. There's also Sansha line of warships that require a very, very specific loadout to hold down due to their overboosted afterburner expert systems.

What's your least favourite pirate ship and why?

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Teinyhr
Ourumur
#460 - 2017-01-24 22:56:48 UTC
Elmund Egivand wrote:
What's your least favourite pirate ship and why?


The Rattlesnake. I just don't feel comfortable in it, on a physical level this ship causes me nausea like no other ship does, but I haven't been able to pinpoint the reason. Maybe it's something about the reactor layout or shield emitters as I've felt like this even before its recent upgrades to its drone systems. But I don't really know, and can't really feel bothered to find out, since even performance-wise I feel it lacking compared to the other pirate BS hulls.


Well, let's not stray from the subject too far - let's pretend you are a ship designer, what kind of systems would you endeavour to design and incorporate into your dream ship? Limited to Amarr, Gallente, Minmatar and Caldari tech only, so no Lux Kontos coated battlespheres..