EVE General Discussion

Flakeys, I was able to use the forum to search all responses you've posted on this forum and I can see clearly you're only here to troll.

Firstly the alliance is here for me and drac and possibly some old friends of ours that we have known since 2003, it is NOT for everyone coming down here in this current venture which is what you suggested.

The fact that you think Drac and I are selling a brand means you are unclear about what we are doing. Infact we are doing the exact opposite of selling a brand, we are selling independence, this is about having the freedom to prosper without joining the massive powerblocks that exist in the game.

The Hub needs pro-active people who do more than just say they are committed, It is important to get involved and it is infact the Eve Online community that will help make this a success not just Drac and I. Drac and I are just 2 guys doing our thing here and we have invited other folks to do the same and be blue to us. Yes I get that this will require some co-ordination to get certain tasks done but not management.

It seems that you are stuck in your Alliance/Corp/isk per hour mentality and you are finding it difficult to break free. This is a virtual world where we are able to do almost anything we want.

I wasn't able to get on today but this is welcome news

Well done there Drac mate, I'm pretty sure the community appreciates your hard work.

This just goes to show that it does pay off to simply watch and study your enemy and have a solid plan for killing them. PVP in 0.0 can be different and difficult. I'm almost certain the camper will come back and I am also certain Drac will study him, find a flaw in his tactic and kill him again.

Another small victory for Hub Zero.

Having proved a point to the mouthy camper in 6Y, I have now turned my piercing stare on Unforgiving.

TL is a nice system in terms of belts, there are a lot of them and its a big system, Stain Empire was routinely camping this system and their camper was a little bit more difficult to be certain on, though I think I had worked out his active times to a certain degree, but he does seem to be able to do more at times of the days that you would hope he is AFK. But now comes the fun part, Unforgiving parked a cloaky camper in TL. After a while it was the Stain Empire and the Unforgiving camper camping each other out, which was quite amusing, so eventually the Stain Empire camper realised this and headed to B-G which is the level 4 mission system. And there he spent most of his time, however as Southern Federation have come back to Stain and they do not have blue status with Stain Empire this causes some interesting movements, currently the Stain Empire camper is in E7 camping a STFU character who was ratting in a Macherial.

Back to TL, I know who the main is of the camper in TL, I have already studied his time and know when he is active, so this camper is actually helping me by keeping the Stain Empire one focused elsewhere, as a result I can now rat in that system in total security in certain periods, thank you Unforgiving for your unknowing (until you read this) assistance... I shall rename you guys ultraforgiving, lol.

The previous Friday I had a little fun, where I took on a -A- gang that came in for some fun against us, I made an error in taking too long on my second account so that I was too late in clicking the ASB and lost my Vaga, we all make mistakes and that was a costly one in that I lost that engagement in terms of ISK, but I enjoyed it immensely and enjoyed blowing up three AF's of very old and skilled players who thought that Hub-Zero were a load of noobs. They came back this Friday and they included a Kitsune, I thought that they would bring an ECM ship next time as they like to have a perfect victory and it was amusing to see that I got that right, but what surprised me is that they came in with 9 people. Needless to say I decided not to engage, it also did not help that my connection has been a bit flakey recently, and dropped when I was part of a fleet bubbling up a STFU BLOP's gang in a station after they had hot dropped. What amused me most of all however was that the Jaguar pilot who had fallen for the bait Maller seemed a bit butthurt, but that is Eve.

Sometime ago I suggested that CCP make a T2 version of the Venture with a covert ops cloak, imagine my delight when CCP did just that. Just recently I have been rather annoyed with CCP over the nerf to reprocessing and the increase in fuel costs, even though I understand why they did it, and agree with them, though the nerf to reprocessing was to take away the extra materials and the increase in fuel was to prevent null sec dominating hisec markets, it was still a massive kick in the nuts to me and my group. So I am taking steps to mitigate the impacts, starting with changing from the Rhea to the Ark, because that has cheaper fuel and fuel that I can mine myself in hisec without mucking around elsewhere. But I have to say that the Prospect has put a damn big smile on my face, thank you CCP We have a BLOP's capability and this will be a nice way to move around.

We can see that Coven lost their space because we have suddenly seen an influx of Coven into our area, not that they bother me too much, but what is evident is that Stain will be busy with lots of displaced sov holders reforming their beaten and battered alliances, however it does seem that they are not being totally left alone by NCDOT. and co, so we are going to help in giving them a damn good spanking if they get to uppity.

Recently I commented on Noir's rather stupid scam on Gevlon Goblin, Noir were an impressive merc group that had up until this event a certain amount of respect from me as a merc outfit, and I had pushed a few people their way for merc work that involved more than just hisec. However following on from their actions with Gevlon Goblin I will no longer suggest them as reputable mercs, some times when people try to be too clever they shoot themselves in the foot, this is one of those events. EDIT: One replied to my post on their thread and admitted that mistakes were made on both sides, I respect the honesty of that reply.

We are presently seeing more hostiles in our area, this is how it goes in Stain, but we are here for the long haul, we know that some people will have an issue with this and drift away, but it does not faze us, if you want to control an area you have to hang tough and that is what we will do.

I should pay a visit at some point.

I've got some issues regarding supply of minerals to Hub Zero.

What I am looking for is a group of adventurous miners that understand they will be operating in 0.0.

The objective of the Hub is to set-up an economy out here in Stain and secure the area. The good people who are involved in this area should note that it is going to be difficult for the initial group of guys who want to help out. It is very important to consider changing your play style a little bit.

Say for example you operate here in systems that have stations, for the initial part of this you may have to look at operating in systems with no station as they are rarely camped, I am afraid things will be like this for a while. I know the playstyle where people can adapt is not for everyone and I respect this. I am appealing to the people who know how to adapt.

With regard to mining I'd like to know if there's a group capable of mining in 0.0 and understanding the fact that if no mining is done out here then Hub Zero will somewhat suffer, we need miners who are selfless and care about Hub Zero just as much as their own wallet and their levels of efficiency. I know I'm driving a hard bargin here but I feel it is this attitude that is required to make sure the Hub Zero engine does not stall.

I look at things in a simple way, all I see is that we have mining bonus ships, we have systems that are clear almost 100% of the time, and we have lots of ratters to keep the belts clear......So, why don't we have any miners?

I'm interested in your thoughts.

Hey Guys,

I'd like to let the Eve Online community know that we would be happy to receive donations if that is something you wanted to do. My personal feeling is that this venture is for the community of Eve Online and any donations made out to us will be used to ensure there is a place in npc 0.0 where you can come and be safe.

I do not want to be perceived as a charity because this is a business. It makes proper business sense to invest in ventures that look out for the little guy and if this is done correctly there will be opportunities to make lots more isk.

There are lots of ways to donate, this includes using a toon to come down and take part in operations down here, or even comming on our TS3 server to chat.

Hub Zero is an exciting place and a great venture to be involved in. I don't think anyone has really managed to pull this off as yet and it feels great that Hub Zero has taken lots of steps in the right direction.

Let us embrace socialism in its truest sense, Let us carve out a section of space for ourselves and stand tall against the capitalists who would charge us extortionate isk just to exist.

Long live the revolution!

This is still going!?

How have you all not been smeared across null in a series of pretty 'splosions?

time for a state of the union address.

Only selling to blues is very "sandboxy".