Crime & Punishment

Lucas, Lucas.... Lucas.

It doesnt look like a gank because its NOT a gank. The kill it forward program strives to keep EvE as a game where loss is permanent, space is dangerous, and the only response to someone crying... is laughter.

Kill it forward kills are performed through trickery, skill, and panache. Not sheer gank force. You really should read up on Feyd's blog before dismissing it as "rubbish".

I've read the blog an I know exactly what it is. It's "I don't know how to respond therefore I'll threaten you with negative consequences if you continue holding your opinions in public". How the kills are performed is irrelevant.

Lucas, how the kills are performed is what its all about.

Lol, now your just trolling.

I suppose it got boring shaming NightmareX into submission.

Your comp will overload from the added processes of those who disagree with you. You troll on occasion, or frequently... I'm not sure. But speaking as a bear who's in the process of reform I can't disagree with you more.

I've had more fun in the last couple months with the Lords than I had in the seven plus years prior, and I've met some very interesting folks due to the carnage I've helped initiate. I've traded fits with victims and victors, discussed tactics and given advice. In short, I've INTERACTED with my fellow players and in many cases we've both walked away better as a result. Some have expressed interest in joining the selfsame crew I am in as a result. We are making hi-sec more dangerous, more fun, more interactive by doing what we do. And not one, not one toon who has met a Lord on their own terms can say it was someone else's fault.

EVE is meant to be played with others, playing it solo is a slow death of the soul.

dude i swear i heard music swelling as i read this. at least i think it was music.

Good for you. You don't however get to decide what's fun for other people. Some people don't want to do what you do, and EVE isn't meant to be played in any way specifically.

If you enjoy running around shooting people, by all means do so, but don't dismiss other people opinions with threats of attacks just because you disagree with them and are unable to articulate your own opinion.

I only get nasty when people try to turn EVE into a different game. I love this game the way it is... despite the fact I've gotten curb stomped, ragequit, come back for more, curb stomped again... back for more.
I like EVE mean and ugly and welcoming, like a back alley hooker who always puts out, but will shank you with a rusty blade if try to skip out without paying. It's the Mos Eisley of MMO's and that's what keeps so many of us playing it.

Then there are those who come from other mmo's who are infected with the Gygaxian mentality and plagued with the WoW sense of entitlement. They don't want to adapt to something different, they are dead set upon changing that glorious diamond in the rough into something that more suits their own specific needs and desires. This is bad, as EVE has survived so long by being the bad girl she is. To try to gussie her up and make her all respectable is wrong on so many levels... I, and so many like me, love her like the dirty whore she is.

Of course the game isn't perfect. There are scads of problems with the game as it stands. I just don't believe that trying to make EVE a soft and cuddly place is a good idea, it's supposed to be harsh, it's supposed to be dangerous... and to be quite honest about it the PVE experience doesn't do that... you only lose ships when you aren't paying attention or happen to be too drunk to target in a timely manner.

What's kept so many of the diehard players over the last eleven years is the sheer unforgiving nature of the game... the whole concept that you can lose because someone else desired it to be so. Those who try to change this fundamental nature of the game are fighting against the nature of EVE. What other manner of retaliation is open to those who embrace an love the whole notion of HTFU? It's kill or be killed or be nerfed into fuzzy 'that's a no place, don't touch there' land?
Even as a bear, or at least former bear... I never once believed I was safe in space, why should anyone else? So the gankers don't suffer as much as the gankee's... big deal. The gankee's have many resources available to them to prevent it from happening to them, most kindly provided by those who are bent on doing the harm to them. Disinformation? Nope, they seriously want harder targets, smarter bears, and less chances to succeed.

In short, or tl;dr, these folks want others to fly smart, fly safe, and be part of the community... not silently soloing off in some remote sector of space, hoping they never see another player on grid.

I'll just stop here. The dude in charge has spoken. My next mission is to recruit another soul who embraces our ideals.