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3-M BOYCOTT IS NOW ON

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John E Normus
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#101 - 2014-06-20 21:08:20 UTC  |  Edited by: John E Normus
Serene Repose wrote:
MINING MANUFACTURING MARKETING

The 3 Ms that make this show run are now being boycotted.
All miners, manufacturers and marketers cease your activities immediately.
Go mission. Mission. Mission. Mission.

When the gankers LEAVE, or CCP WAKES UP, we'll then resume putting
those all-important goods on the shelves for player consumption.

UNTIL THEN, we have standings to raise, security status to raise,
and we can live off what we get doing that OTHER M - MISSIONING.

The boycott is up. Join, or be the author of your own demise - aid the gankers ganking YOU.


The New Order is with you!

If we catch any non-permitted "scab" miners crossing the picket line we will destroy their spaceships and pods. Further, it has been decided that all loss notification mails will now include the phrase: "Serene Repose sends her regards"

STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE!!!!

Between Ignorance and Wisdom
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#102 - 2014-06-20 21:18:45 UTC
I forwarded a copy of this thread to my contact at 3M Global Headquarters.




They'll be confused about why highsec hates them. They'll be more confused about what highsec actually is.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Xearal
Dead's Prostitutes
The Initiative.
#103 - 2014-06-20 21:37:05 UTC
OP, I think you'd have better luck manipulating the tritanium markert in all of eve than getting every miner to join in.

BUT, feel free to get as many idiots, err I mean indignant miners, to join in. I could use the price boost.

Does railgun ammunition come in Hollow Point?
Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#104 - 2014-06-20 21:44:10 UTC
John E Normus wrote:

If we catch any non-permitted "scab" miners crossing the picket line we will destroy their spaceships and pods. Further, it has been decided that all loss notification mails will now include the phrase: "Serene Repose sends her regards"

That is a briliant idea, op is clearly trying to help highsec. Line integrated into template with a link to this thread

Evil RatKid
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#105 - 2014-06-20 21:45:41 UTC
is this a sarcasm post? my sarcasm detector got b0rked when england lost on the world cup.

[img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]

[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right
Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#106 - 2014-06-20 21:56:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Kitty Bear
Grimpak wrote:
is this a sarcasm post? my sarcasm detector got b0rked when england lost on the world cup.


yeah ... im pretty annoyed about that too.


it's cost me £20
said they'd come 3rd in the group, my mate said they'd come last :(
Lady Areola Fappington
#107 - 2014-06-20 21:56:53 UTC
This thread reminds me of an interesting topic I've discussed a few times, off-forum. Allow me to pontificate for a moment.

In EVE, there is a group of players who, for whatever reason, cannot PVP. Be it intense hatred of the concept, utter lack of skill and inability to learn, unable to handle the shakes, whatevs. The cannot PVP. Naturally, these groups gravitate towards the PVE content of mining and manufacturing.

This group also tends to make two huge assumptions. The first is that, because they can't PVP, other people engaging in PVE activities ALSO cannot PVP. This leads them to think that, as a group, they have more numbers than they really do. The second is that, because they cannot PVP, that the inverse is true...PVP players, for some reason, cannot engage in PVE activities.

Those two assumptions lead into the whole "You PVPers depends on us PVE people without us you couldn't do anything!" This is false. The vast majority of EVE players can do both PVP, and PVE activities, with the wonders of alts. PVE is actually easier, than PVP. All you need for PVE is skillpoints and a calculator, none of the "soft skills" required for PVP.

The way I see it, even if every "pure" PVE player went on strike tomorrow, there wouldn't be much, if any, effect on the EVE market. So many people have PVE alts of assorted types, that the tiny number of people boycotting just wouldn't do anything.

Now, lets make the huge assumption ourselves, that a boycott like this is successful. CCP has flat out said Player to Player conflict is the most important thing in EVE online. If things went to hell THAT badly, CCP would step in for the good of the game, and start NPC seeding. Way back when, in the beginnings of EVE, they did just that (how many folks here remember grinding out BIG SCORES of kernite with a Cu miner, to sell back to an NPC buy order?)

7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided. --Eve New Player Guide
John E Normus
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#108 - 2014-06-20 22:04:36 UTC
Lady Areola Fappington wrote:
This thread reminds me of an interesting topic I've discussed a few times, off-forum. Allow me to pontificate for a moment.

In EVE, there is a group of players who, for whatever reason, cannot PVP. Be it intense hatred of the concept, utter lack of skill and inability to learn, unable to handle the shakes, whatevs. The cannot PVP. Naturally, these groups gravitate towards the PVE content of mining and manufacturing.

This group also tends to make two huge assumptions. The first is that, because they can't PVP, other people engaging in PVE activities ALSO cannot PVP. This leads them to think that, as a group, they have more numbers than they really do. The second is that, because they cannot PVP, that the inverse is true...PVP players, for some reason, cannot engage in PVE activities.

Those two assumptions lead into the whole "You PVPers depends on us PVE people without us you couldn't do anything!" This is false. The vast majority of EVE players can do both PVP, and PVE activities, with the wonders of alts. PVE is actually easier, than PVP. All you need for PVE is skillpoints and a calculator, none of the "soft skills" required for PVP.

The way I see it, even if every "pure" PVE player went on strike tomorrow, there wouldn't be much, if any, effect on the EVE market. So many people have PVE alts of assorted types, that the tiny number of people boycotting just wouldn't do anything.

Now, lets make the huge assumption ourselves, that a boycott like this is successful. CCP has flat out said Player to Player conflict is the most important thing in EVE online. If things went to hell THAT badly, CCP would step in for the good of the game, and start NPC seeding. Way back when, in the beginnings of EVE, they did just that (how many folks here remember grinding out BIG SCORES of kernite with a Cu miner, to sell back to an NPC buy order?)


Will you just log on and kill stuff with me ffs!?!

Between Ignorance and Wisdom
Lady Areola Fappington
#109 - 2014-06-20 22:17:22 UTC
John E Normus wrote:


Will you just log on and kill stuff with me ffs!?!



You're dead to me John, after that thing you did with Sara XIII and the donkey

-10 for ever.

7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided. --Eve New Player Guide
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#110 - 2014-06-21 00:47:14 UTC
Lady Areola Fappington wrote:
John E Normus wrote:


Will you just log on and kill stuff with me ffs!?!



You're dead to me John, after that thing you did with Sara XIII and the donkey

-10 for ever.

You should do some "art" about that P

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

New Player FAQ

Feyd's Survival Pack
Serene Repose
#111 - 2014-06-21 02:22:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Serene Repose
Lady Areola Fappington wrote:
This thread reminds me of an interesting topic I've discussed a few times, off-forum. Allow me to pontificate for a moment.

In EVE, there is a group of players who, for whatever reason, cannot PVP. Be it intense hatred of the concept, utter lack of skill and inability to learn, unable to handle the shakes, whatevs. The cannot PVP. Naturally, these groups gravitate towards the PVE content of mining and manufacturing.

This group also tends to make two huge assumptions. The first is that, because they can't PVP, other people engaging in PVE activities ALSO cannot PVP. This leads them to think that, as a group, they have more numbers than they really do. The second is that, because they cannot PVP, that the inverse is true...PVP players, for some reason, cannot engage in PVE activities.

Those two assumptions lead into the whole "You PVPers depends on us PVE people without us you couldn't do anything!" This is false. The vast majority of EVE players can do both PVP, and PVE activities, with the wonders of alts. PVE is actually easier, than PVP. All you need for PVE is skillpoints and a calculator, none of the "soft skills" required for PVP.

The way I see it, even if every "pure" PVE player went on strike tomorrow, there wouldn't be much, if any, effect on the EVE market. So many people have PVE alts of assorted types, that the tiny number of people boycotting just wouldn't do anything.

Now, lets make the huge assumption ourselves, that a boycott like this is successful. CCP has flat out said Player to Player conflict is the most important thing in EVE online. If things went to hell THAT badly, CCP would step in for the good of the game, and start NPC seeding. Way back when, in the beginnings of EVE, they did just that (how many folks here remember grinding out BIG SCORES of kernite with a Cu miner, to sell back to an NPC buy order?)
This is so funny. "Cannot" pvp. Must be some genetic disorder. Not that GANKING ISN'T PVP, nooOOOOoo. WoW loves you. Hear them call? Go pound those defenseless noobs! Call it...PVP!

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Foxstar Damaskeenus
why did i join this corp
Not Purple Shoot It.
#112 - 2014-06-23 05:52:26 UTC
I think a marketing boycott would be a good example of "player created content" however, CCP shouldn't be involved with the exception of banning multiboxing.

If there was no multiboxing it would take a focused group of players to perform a suicide gank. A tight operation for a valuable target. Not this isoboxer crap we are seeing in 0.5

"[this thread] is a cesspit of trolling and flaming" ISD Buldath
Abadayos
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#113 - 2014-06-23 06:31:08 UTC
Evai Tsuki wrote:
Wait... which gankers is this guy talking about?

I've been doing logistics work for my corp for like 6 months, never been ganked once.

Honestly, unless you're moving Trit, Pyerite, or whole ships, you pretty much don't need cargospace on your freighter. Fit some tank modules and avoid Aufay and Uedama. Literally, you can make it so your autopilot never goes into those systems.



Or you could...you know...NOT AUTOPILOT A FREIGHTER! Simple really...just have a corp mate insta warp you. Not too hard.
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#114 - 2014-06-23 14:18:53 UTC
Nikolai Lachance wrote:
I'm sure all the people who don't care who they sell to won't mind the loss of competition.


I know I won't.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
SurrenderMonkey
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#115 - 2014-06-23 14:43:03 UTC
This is sure to be every bit as effective as all of the other famous carebear boycotts.

"Help, I'm bored with missions!"

http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/
SurrenderMonkey
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#116 - 2014-06-23 15:01:34 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
I do miss them sometimes, like now when I can't fully test the current disaster on Singularity.
What's disastrous about it?
And why on earth should anyone let their indy chars go just when industry is becoming good?



Because Grr, Goo... er... CCP!

"Help, I'm bored with missions!"

http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/
Faenir Antollare
For Ever And Ever
#117 - 2014-06-23 15:06:20 UTC
After reading the OP I have no shame in announcing the fact that I have just enjoyed my best EVE related giggle ever, that was pure fooking Gold!!!

Yet to read the rest of the thread but PLEASE oh PLEASE let there be an encore..

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Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#118 - 2014-06-23 15:07:10 UTC
So..

four days on, how many people have signed up to your boycott, OP?

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#119 - 2014-06-23 15:10:45 UTC
Ramona McCandless wrote:
So..

four days on, how many people have signed up to your boycott, OP?


I might sign up for **** and giggles for the time I will be unable to play because I am moving. That would at least confirm the list exist...
Maxpie
MUSE LLP
#120 - 2014-06-23 15:52:34 UTC
Who are these gankers of whom you refer? Oh, you must mine in busy high sec systems close to trade hubs while failling to take even the most basic precautions. I've heard of this.

No good deed goes unpunished