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Carebears are phytoplankton.

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Malphilos
State War Academy
Caldari State
#21 - 2012-11-11 00:04:36 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Galaxy Pig wrote:
It's true, we need carebears like the ocean needs phytoplankton. They suck up the base materials and convert it into a condensed, more easily stolen nutrients for us predators.
As luck would have it, we don't need carebears for that to happen, so no, we don't particularly need them.


Happy coincidence that we don't have any then, eh?
baltec1
Bat Country
The Initiative.
#22 - 2012-11-11 00:07:13 UTC
Malphilos wrote:


Happy coincidence that we don't have any then, eh?


Oh we have plenty of bears around here.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#23 - 2012-11-11 00:21:33 UTC
Generals4 wrote:
No they don't. You actually assume the only destruction occuring is the one of helpless carebears in high sec.
Nope. I'm assuming that destruction is done by PvPers, which are the ones the carebears are complaining about per the OP.

Malphilos wrote:
Happy coincidence that we don't have any then, eh?
Carebears you mean? Unfortunately, we have plenty of those.
Barakach
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#24 - 2012-11-11 00:22:09 UTC
Carebears drive supply, PvP drives demand.

Both are useless without the other.
baltec1
Bat Country
The Initiative.
#25 - 2012-11-11 00:26:02 UTC
Barakach wrote:
Carebears drive supply, PvP drives demand.

Both are useless without the other.


Most of our supply does not come from bears.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#26 - 2012-11-11 00:27:15 UTC
Barakach wrote:
Carebears Industrialists drive supply, PvP drives demand.

Both are useless without the other.
Fixed. Carebears don't particularly enter the equation.
Asuri Kinnes
Perkone
Caldari State
#27 - 2012-11-11 00:27:53 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Barakach wrote:
Carebears drive supply, PvP drives demand.

Both are useless without the other.


Most of our supply does not come from bears.

/golf clap



Like'em or not, bears = $.

So far, it seems CCP likes the $.

Bob is the god of Wormholes.

That's all you need to know.
baltec1
Bat Country
The Initiative.
#28 - 2012-11-11 00:30:13 UTC
Asuri Kinnes wrote:

/golf clap



Like'em or not, bears = $.

So far, it seems CCP likes the $.


Bears dont even make CCP that much isk. They just happen the be very very vocal on the forums.
Asuri Kinnes
Perkone
Caldari State
#29 - 2012-11-11 00:33:02 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Asuri Kinnes wrote:

/golf clap



Like'em or not, bears = $.

So far, it seems CCP likes the $.


Bears dont even make CCP that much isk. They just happen the be very very vocal on the forums.

Really?

How many are there?

And how do they happen to drown out you guys?


Oh wait.

They don't.

Bob is the god of Wormholes.

That's all you need to know.
Gundermann
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#30 - 2012-11-11 00:35:21 UTC
The carebears are the ones who pay the subs and buy the GTCs. They are the honest working class in EVE.

As opposed to us elite pvpers with our dozens of PLEX-funded accounts each. We are the cancer. We may as well admit it.
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#31 - 2012-11-11 00:36:08 UTC
ITT: prominent forum posters falling for the old "equate carebears with industrialists" schtick.

Carebear and Industrialist are two different categories. Sure, many carebears are industrialists — but just as many carebears are mission runners and nullsec ratters. Sure, many industrialists are carebears, but just as many industrialists are actually PvPers who know how to make the most profit from manufacturing stuff because they're busy blowing up the stuff that they manufacture.

Carebear: conflict-averse player who wishes everyone in the world would just learn to love each other and get along. Believes that we can use words to resolve issues such as racial hatred, religious dogma and disciplining of children.

Industrialist: player interested in the industry side of the game, involving everything from collecting ores through to invention and manufacture of T2/T3 equipment.

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Mistah Ewedynao
Ice Axe Psycho Killers
#32 - 2012-11-11 01:07:25 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Asuri Kinnes wrote:

/golf clap



Like'em or not, bears = $.

So far, it seems CCP likes the $.


Bears dont even make CCP that much isk. They just happen the be very very vocal on the forums.



Talk about the pot calling the Kettle black.............Roll

Nerf Goons

Nuke em from orbit....it's the only way to be sure.
Moe Doobie
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#33 - 2012-11-11 01:18:35 UTC
Alotta Baggage wrote:
I'm a phytoplankton Cool




HOLY **** WTF IS THAT IN YOUR PICTURE, KILL IT WITH FIRE,GODDAMN, IT'S GIVING ME TREMORS
Galaxy Pig
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#34 - 2012-11-11 02:14:55 UTC
Alotta Baggage wrote:
I'm a phytoplankton Cool


That's right, and you just go out there and be the best damn phytoplankton you can be. :)

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Galaxy Pig
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#35 - 2012-11-11 02:38:37 UTC
Piugattuk wrote:
Did someone ring for CLOROFLORFILAPLANKTONPLATES?Bear
Enjoyment of others' suffering

Sadistic personality disorder

The same ability may underlie schadenfreude and sadism. Recently, an fMRI study conducted by Jean Decety and colleagues at the University of Chicago has demonstrated that youths with aggressive conduct disorder (who have psychopathic tendencies) have a different brain response when confronted with empathy-eliciting stimuli. [52] In the study, researchers compared 16- to 18-year-old boys with aggressive conduct disorder to a control group of adolescent boys with no unusual signs of aggression. The boys with the conduct disorder had exhibited disruptive behavior such as starting a fight, using a weapon and stealing after confronting a victim. The youths were tested with fMRI while looking at video clips in which people endured pain accidentally, such as when a heavy bowl was dropped on their hands, and intentionally, such as when a person stepped on another's foot. Results show that the aggressive youths activated the neural circuits underpinning pain processing to the same extent and, in some cases, even more so than the control participants without conduct disorder. However, aggressive adolescents showed a specific and very strong activation of the amygdala and ventral striatum (an area that responds to feeling rewarded) when watching pain inflicted on others, which suggested that they enjoyed watching pain. Unlike the control group, the youths with conduct disorder did not activate the area of the brain involved in self-regulation and moral reasoning. [52]

Don't come down on me this is the medical term for people who don't understand empathy for others it's not that carebears don't want to play with you have you every considered maybe your too aggressive toward others?


Very interesting study done with the little sociopaths. To be honest, I hadn't really considered the possibility that I'm too aggressive, but it's something to toss around in the old noggin. I am rather sadistic in real life, but EVE needs that kinda player doesn't it?

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Galaxy Pig
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#36 - 2012-11-11 02:48:44 UTC
Generals4 wrote:
Galaxy Pig wrote:
and it's okay, someone's got to do it.
It's true, we need carebears like the ocean needs phytoplankton. They suck up the base materials and convert it into a condensed, more easily stolen nutrients for us predators. The funny thing about it is, they don't seem to know they're phytoplankton. Yes, of course they're the first ones to point out how 'vitally important they are, but they don't seem to recognize that this fact places them squarely at the bottom of the food chain.

I often read attacks made on PVPers by carebears to the effect of:
"Why do you bother with us? You're so pathetic! If we wanna bear about highsec what's it to you??? If you wanna PVP why don't you got to nullsec? The game would be better off without you. You just like attacking poor players who cannot fight back so you can get easy kills. "

I gotta admit, that last one is half-true. While I've never been much motivated by stats, I positively love killing someone who is completely defenseless. Have you ever tried it??? It's totally fun!!! Here are a couple of the easiest kills I've ever gotten:
May we have a moment of silence for the soon to be dead, time honored past-time of can-flipping.......
easy kill #1
easy kill #2

There we are, completely one sided engagements with players who don't even understand the mechanics which allowed for their death. It borderlines on griefing.
Now now, we can debate all day about the ~e-honor~ of this or what it says about me as a person and blah blah, but ask yourselves; Are not the douches necessary?

I have admitted that we need phytoplankton, now why can't the phytoplankton admit they need us? To be honest I despise carebears just basically on principle, they seem to hate me similarly. Could it be that some people/professions/philiosphies/playstyles are just naturally adversarial? I know we need carebears, but I'll continue to do my best to purge highsec of their putrid presence. I don't blame the carebears for despising me for it, but they know they need us... don't they?

Oh Anslo! If you're going to respond to this thread, please for the love of god, learn the difference between there, their, they're, to, two, and too!!!


Actually they don't need you. No carebear needs someone that griefs them. You however need them a lot since they satisfy your need to get easy kills and tears. Imagine if they all left, you might be forced to pvp against people who can actually fight back! oh the horror!


I think they do need to be griefed, it's good for them. I mean seriously, think about it, what would they do without me?

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Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#37 - 2012-11-11 02:51:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Andski
Gundermann wrote:
The carebears are the ones who pay the subs and buy the GTCs. They are the honest working class in EVE.

As opposed to us elite pvpers with our dozens of PLEX-funded accounts each. We are the cancer. We may as well admit it.


Uh, carebears literally play the game just to see their wallets grow (and sell it off when the next "big" MMO comes out) They're less likely to actually pay for their subscriptions or be the ones putting PLEX into the market.

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"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
Nexus Day
Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
#38 - 2012-11-11 02:57:08 UTC
Phytoplankton pay subs to live in the ocean?

Tell me more.
Flurk Hellbron
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#39 - 2012-11-11 03:12:44 UTC
There exist nothing such as a carebear.
Galaxy Pig
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#40 - 2012-11-11 03:32:07 UTC
Nexus Day wrote:
Phytoplankton pay subs to live in the ocean?

Tell me more.


No, they don't, and quite frankly I find the idea silly. Do you have a point? Oh wait, I think I see where this is going. Now comes the part where you assert the preposterous notion that your subscription entitles you to anything other than access to the server. Let me guess, you're new?

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