EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi guys.

I did something bad. I told a high sec suicide pirate I was going to come to his house and tear him in half like paper.

Now I've been banned from Eve. I'm using this trial character to post this.

I'm curious, who can I talk to about the possibility of coming back to Eve? I appologized to a GM about the incident and promised it would never happen again, but I'm slightly doubtful that is going to help.

Is there anything I can do? Has anyone else ever had any experience with something like this?

I've been playing Eve for years, and I was just about to be able to fly a carrier, so I certainly don't feel like starting over. If my character can't return, then I won't return.

I wasn't really going to tear someone in half like paper. I only weigh 120 pounds, so I don't think I'll ever be tearing anyone in half.

I was playing eve a lot, so I'm rather sad that I've been banned.

Any advice other than never telling someone you're going to tear them in half??

I hope it's not too much longer. I have four POS's that will run out of fuel on Saturday night. Alltogether, they contain over 1.2 billion in reacted materials.

Real life threats are a good way to get a vacation from the game. Hope you learned something...

As for ban length, you need to petition CCP and ask. They won't discuss bans on forums.

Yes, I do. I got somebody banned for the same reason then you got banned after I busted his little mining operation in Mai (I kid you not!). He was back after 3 days to apologise.



Let me say it with The Sniper:

Be polite! Be efficient! Have a plan to kill everyone you meet!

This is both sad and funny...Funny because you told him you were going to tear him in half, and the fact that the kid actually reported you for it...Sad because you actually got banned.

I mean seriously, who gets banned for a threat that doesn't even make any sense unless you actually know the person IRL and you guys are joking around.

He's a capsuleer darnit, shouldn't be afraid of being torn in half :D

Anyhow, petition to check how long or maybe just explain that it was in an act of rage because you got killed.

People say and do stupid things when mad, sorry to hear but atleast you made someone smile because of what you did :D

and he will be scared for life xD


Rule number 2 in EVE: act as polite as possible, but act as hard as needed.

(btw: such tears are one reason why ppl gank other ppl in Highsec. they are delicious)

You will never get in trouble for making someones life a living hell in game.
(PS this is way more fun because it induces more tears the the later).

You will get in trouble if you talk about making someones life hell in real life.

sure give me the location and i take care of it

It's prety much a procedural thing: they have to investigate the circumstances, which means combing through chatlogs and connection data (for him as well as you). Once they do that, they have to determine if the ban was validly executed, or if the circumstances might have warranted a lesser penalty.

Bottom line, folks (as some have mentioned here):

Watch what you say, online or off. If that threat had been anything more severe than 'tear you in half', it might have come to the attention of police or federal officers (and they do watch forums like this), both of which are a whole galaxy full of trouble that you really don't want.

totally, true but a friend of mine is being chased by someone who holds a grudge for 5 years now in-game.

He petitioned CCP cause it makes playing the game impossible for him, CCP's response: nothing we can do as he is using legit game mechanics.

So you will need a really really solid case against the guy before CCP actually interupts.