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Jslick Seacomp
Scrutator Thesaurum Corporation
#1 - 2014-03-09 14:10:23 UTC
I have heard lately about some players getting all pissed off (verbally) when a 2nd and sometimes 3rd player
has entered the rat site that the first person has already started killing rats. And the 2nd and maybe 3rd player
that comes in starts killing rats also.

Is there an unwritten rule or protocol that says the first player in the site owns that site and no one else
should get involved?
Dave stark
#2 - 2014-03-09 14:12:24 UTC
yeah, that unwritten rule is called being polite.
alternatively, this is eve, shoot the rats, and then shoot them.
Chopper Rollins
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2014-03-09 14:12:56 UTC
Jslick Seacomp wrote:
I have heard lately about some players getting all pissed off (verbally) when a 2nd and sometimes 3rd player
has entered the rat site that the first person has already started killing rats. And the 2nd and maybe 3rd player
that comes in starts killing rats also.

Is there an unwritten rule or protocol that says the first player in the site owns that site and no one else
should get involved?


The unwritten protocol is get out of highsec.
In null you can shoot people who dare to look at your rats or roids or planets or anything, even if they are blue to you.
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#4 - 2014-03-09 14:15:52 UTC
The only unwritten rule is “you snooze you lose” with the corollary “if you complain about missing out because you were too slow, stop sucking so much.”
MutnantRebel
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-03-09 14:22:45 UTC
Tell them they can have your loot, then shoot them when they turn red and flashy :)

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I Love Boobies
All Hail Boobies
#6 - 2014-03-09 14:39:05 UTC
There was a time when people would respect this "unwritten" rule for the most part, but that was a long time ago.
Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
#7 - 2014-03-09 14:41:57 UTC
Tippia wrote:
The only unwritten rule is “you snooze you lose” with the corollary “if you complain about missing out because you were too slow, stop sucking so much.”

Thanks for improving my vocabulary Lol.

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Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-03-09 15:11:51 UTC
I Love Boobies wrote:
There was a time when people would respect this "unwritten" rule for the most part, but that was a long time ago.


I personally try to, but....

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Cheng Musana
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2014-03-09 15:19:43 UTC
Dave Stark wrote:
yeah, that unwritten rule is called being polite.
alternatively, this is eve, shoot the rats, and then shoot them.

I would do this the other way around.
Bull Worth
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2014-03-09 16:53:06 UTC
I personally leave the site if someone else has started it.

Eve, however is a bit like the cheetah and the lion. The cheetah does the hard work chasing down prey and the lion comes along and takes it, unless the cheetah wants its head crushed in the jaws of the lion he trots away looking for a new meal.
Seven Koskanaiken
Shadow Legions.
SONS of BANE
#11 - 2014-03-09 17:07:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Seven Koskanaiken
Take what you can.
Give nothing back.
Claim overview bug.

Sometimes alliances and corps have their own rules. It's a good thing to break them sometimes. Resolving the issues of who did what and when and to whom in the Pith's Penal Complex is exactly the sort of content that people who play Eve Online: The Middle Management Sim love to sort out.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#12 - 2014-03-09 17:26:14 UTC
If you can kill it, you can keep it, at least until someone else relieves you of it.

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Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries
VOID Intergalactic Forces
#13 - 2014-03-09 17:45:32 UTC
I Love Boobies wrote:
There was a time when people would respect this "unwritten" rule for the most part, but that was a long time ago.

Agreed I stopped combat exploration because right as I get to the end of a site, a t3 come in and grabs the spawn and leave, and stopped hacking sites because of the stupid minigame mixed with loot spew that doesn't mark looters as criminals

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Pok Nibin
Doomheim
#14 - 2014-03-09 21:10:44 UTC
TL even though I read it.

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Higgs Foton
Mission And Mining Inc
#15 - 2014-03-09 21:14:41 UTC
Jslick Seacomp wrote:
I have heard lately about some players getting all pissed off (verbally) when a 2nd and sometimes 3rd player
has entered the rat site that the first person has already started killing rats. And the 2nd and maybe 3rd player
that comes in starts killing rats also.

Is there an unwritten rule or protocol that says the first player in the site owns that site and no one else
should get involved?


The unwritten rule is that the one which grabs the lewt in the end is the one who gets the profits.

If i do high sec exploration i will only leave the site of the person already in it is blue to my corp/alliance. If the person is neutral or even red its a race to the end, and that fairly often me who gets the loot. A lot of people also don't know the triggers so its quite easy to steal plexes.
Haedonism Bot
People for the Ethical Treatment of Rogue Drones
#16 - 2014-03-09 22:36:38 UTC
There is no protocol in space. This is a competitive game. If someone isn't on your team then they are your competitors.

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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#17 - 2014-03-09 22:40:24 UTC
Just realized "The Rat Site Protocols" would make a good title for a episode in a EVE series.

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#18 - 2014-03-09 22:47:29 UTC
It's official, people will complain about any and everything.

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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#19 - 2014-03-09 23:50:42 UTC
Nothing belongs to anyone in this game. Even if it has your name on it, it doesn't belong to you....even your dignity.




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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2014-03-10 00:38:56 UTC
I Love Boobies wrote:
There was a time when people would respect this "unwritten" rule for the most part, but that was a long time ago.

There's a few old explorers who still follow that way of thinking, otherwise known as 'Common Courtesy'.



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