In-Game Events and Gatherings

Well.....yeah.... but seriously.... VENTURES ? .......its noob mining frigate ffsake... You cant go lower that this ...well...you can. .....Possible "Rookie ship kills competition" is lower

It's the Eve version of the Special Olympics.

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The way I read this is that a PLEX will be awarded to the youngest pilot who takes part in the competition and goes out to kill ventures, rather than the youngest victim that's killed in the event. If this is the case, then there's no problem in my mind.

This event seems along the lines of "Hulkageddon", just on a far smaller and less grand scale. It also seems to be targeting a specific class of ship rather than all barges and mining ships.

This thread has been reported to us a number of times for potentially being a source of rookie griefing, so here's the lowdown on where we stand:

While there are no rules against running an event of this nature and frankly we don't want to start trying to control the actions of players within EVE, ventures are typically flown by relatively young players who are working toward flying larger and more efficient mining hulls.

With this in mind, please be aware that if this event becomes a source of rookie griefing, or begins to take place in and around rookie starting systems where new players are being harassed, then our policies on new player harassment and griefing will come into play.

Tread very carefully with this event, as rookie player harassment is something we take extremely seriously, and punishment for violation of these policies is often swift and harsh.

If you have any questions about our rookie harassment policies, you can file a support ticket and ask the GM Team.

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Nor do I answer questions put to me with another question.
That's who I am, you must be the other guy.
Once again, why does code keep letting you speak for them?

Man this is horrible conclusion

50% of banned bots who flew ventures doesn't mean that 50% of all venture pilots out there are bots.

Your conclusion is very silly and illogical.

Lets just say that ......(statistically).... 50% of all criminals wears red shirts

By your logic...... 50% of all people who wears red shirt are criminals and needs to be shot down. Yea... even the good ones. And only in secure places (hi-sec)

Such faulty logic is seen only among creationists, AGW deniers or anti-vaxers ffsake !!!

Do you realize that venture is primary mining noob ship?

I always was and always will support serious and reasonable happenings, like Hulkageddon or Burn Jita. But Venture hunt seems like very bad idea based on faulty logic for me

I can guarantee you that most of your Venture kills will be newborns.

This just throw a bad shadow on CODE. So far, CODE has been just clowns of the hisec, bullies and bottom-feeders... But after this venture hunt, they will be newborn killers.... Such "reputation" is bad even in ruthless EVE

You should learn more about correlation and causation.

Correlation does not prove causation. However, it does merit further investigation.

Two examples:
1) The negative case. Someone detected a correlation between vaccines and childhood autism. After some false starts, scientists investigate thoroughly, and prove beyond reasonable doubt that there is no link.
2) The positive case. Someone detected a link between asbestos use in residential construction and cancer. Scientists investigate thoroughly and prove beyond reasonable doubt that there is a link.

In both cases the initial correlation needed to be taken seriously and investigated.

The Venture - not the 'AFKtar', not the Thanatos, not a Marauder, not even exhumers - is the most commonly banned botting ship in EVE. There are a wide variety of possibilities as to why. But it is an undeniable fact that a large number of people set up trial accounts, train them into Ventures, and run bots on them in the safety of highsec.



As for newbies - we are very clear that shooting them in rookie systems is not on. Otherwise, what's the big deal? I remember the thrill of getting shot at when I was a rookie and did something dangerous (bought a skillbook in lowsec, I think in Egghelende, although it might have been Decon) and the even bigger thrill of safely docking in low armor, injecting my new Gallente Cruiser skillbook, and logging off to plan my escape.

Being shot at early in a fight where I couldn't win, that I could only escape helped me get hooked on EVE.

Since then I've accidentally shot a few legitimate newbies, and every time I see the killmail, I recognise that my rival was clueless, and give them advice.

Wow if only pod value was counted too.

This troubled little Sebiestor set out to train her way to ganking-glory merely three days ago. Her first test-gank was in fact none other than... a Venture, which she discovered was piloted by a 500m clone. She was lucky enough to get a 5m bounty for her effort, and then another 5m bounty after trying to sell the victim's corpse back to him. He later returned in a Vigilant and tried to hurt my poor little minx. Picking on a 2 day old pilot no less what a bully he was! I'm so proud of Bianca, I figured that was a good sign for her first day on the job pvp'ing.

She's shifted up a level today and had her first two successful Retriever ganks. Girl's a natural.

Rookie systems need to be clearer, I have accidentally posted scams in one before as I was flying through for other reasons.

As far as I'm aware the rules apply to rookie systems and gate camps on the other side of their gates.

Just to clear up any confusion.

We do not support the ganking of pilots in Rookie Systems or Rookies in General. This is an Anti-ganker community propaganda and the conclusion that everyone is jumping to however we have never said we will gank in rookie systems.

If you do so - it is at your own risk.

Now that this is cleared up

https://zkillboard.com/ship/32880/losses/

21 Venture kills in High sec at the time of this writing I will post every few days with counts of how many have been killed etc and update my original prize as more donations come in.