Intergalactic Summit

Hello!

For those that know me, I've been called a lot of things. Things such as Caldari loyalist, anti-piracy advocate, Diana Kim's sock puppet and armchair State Peacekeeper Major. For those that really know me, I'm best known for my crazy antics, cutesy disposition, my stylish goggles, a love for all things Guristas and scientific, a deep hatred for the Sansha, poor taste in friendships and a loose sense of morals and ethics!

But what I want to talk about today is simple:


I don't like the organization commonly known as Pandemic Horde. And neither should you!


There has been a epidemic in space, a Pandemic Horde if you will, empowered by the power vacuum left by the crippled Imperium of Bees! We can argue it all we want, but the Grr Goons are not as strong as they were, and it shows. And the consequence os this is this huge glob of people condensed in a single corporation that invites anything and anyone with a pulse. Heck, even I was invited to join them, and quite frankly I wouldn't invite myself to join my own corporation if I could avoid it! But I also have some skewed standards that prevent me from joining faceless organizations! Like the Sansha's Nation!

I've seen people sacrifice their own sense of individuality to join this faceless organization. From the Angels to fellow Guristas, from the Amarr loyalists to the Blood Raiders, from kind to the mean of New Eden. They forgo their personality, their passions, their ideals and dreams to join this Horde, and be another foot soldier in their ranks. No more different than the Imperium they hate so much!

And it is starting to upset me deeply! The last straw was when Mister Mokk, a well known suave Angel Cartel loyalist, joined this "horde" and became another face in the scooter blob!

What will happen if everyone joins the Horde? I'll tell what will happen. Utter chaos! The end of civilization! The Blood Age and whatever crazy apocalyptic prophecy those crazy cultists come up with! Cats and dogs living together! Fedos smelling nice and hairless furries! Miss Kim in a feminine wedding gown, married to an handsome Gallente! The Jove living among us! The Drifters making a peace treaty and Empress Jamyl rising from the dead as a holy envoy of god who is also Minmatar!

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!

Everyone, I beg you. Don't join the Horde please, if you value your sense of individuality! Create your own groups, make friends with the smaller bands and the good people in all walks of life here in the Summit! Stay in your current corporation, if that is working out for you! But don't join the Horde!

That's all I really wanted to say.

Grr Horde!

Good people of New Eden! (All 3 of you) And others!

I just want you to know that we at Pandemic Horde are exactly this! It's all true.

We have no face, we are only a group of inclusive idiots that welp ships daily. If you think a mix between the antics of Brave Newbies, the Loyalty of Pandemic Legion, and the inclusiveness of me, are not worth it, than please JOIN KARMA FLEET.

All joking aside we love everybody and we have people teaching new capsuleers every day as well as training FCS. Come join for a week and see what it's like.

P.S. We also bring you TL;DR!

One of us...one of us...we accept you...we accept you...gooba gabba...

Come now Utari,

You of all people should be familiar with a life's path that leads one from everything that they hold dear, to a system that seems to be in direct opposition to their upbringing.

Have Faith, brother. This is all God's Will.

Why do they broadcast "FOR THE HORDE!!" ? It's rather odd when they do that.

I have friends in PH. They appear to have a good time and good leadership.

I think you highly overestimate our capability, or will, to oppress the entire north.

But thanks for the compliment!

Ok... I'm going to do a rare thing and be serious for once.

This statement in particular needs clarification and evidence, as it seems to be the central grievance. What specifically has changed about people after joining Horde? I haven't seen anything, and if anything, for me, joining Horde has revitalized things for me as a capsuleer, and I'm more productive, creative and myself than before. I feel like I've got a spot somewhere now.

I think you and I may be seeing the same stimuli and interpreting it very differently. What is seen is Pandemic Summit. We see the diversity of corp names in Summit decrease. We see Hordelings talking about Horde all the time, as if it has overtaken their interests.

What you don't see, but I do, as a member of Horde, is that amongst one another these people are very much still the same people from when I knew them before the Horde. Mokk is still quiet and generally seems dangerous, Johlie is still one of the guys. We've got people from all over New Eden bringing something unique to Horde, including even Jade Constantine. Horde is laissez-faire. There is no empire, no dominating culture that all must give up their individuality to assimilate to. It's just over 9,000 capsuleers trying to build something, and get plenty of fights in the process.

I think you are reacting to change with complete fear, and I'm not sure that's rational. To put it in perspective, you likened us to the Sansha, who kidnap millions of people and wire them with cybernetics to turn them into slaves. Horde is just a bunch of new pilots and older pilots helping the new pilots learn the ropes. It's also a group of idealistic and ambitious pilots from all experience levels who want to build something unique in Fade, but I've never gotten that sort of vibe that Sansha gives off, wherein the dream is so potent that no system of ethics gets in the way. There's no "cult" here, if you know what I mean. It's hard to, when your leader looks like a middle aged cubicle monkey.

If Horde turns into a homogeneous blob, I'm out. If Horde turns into a dystopian nightmare, I'm out. If Horde somehow manages to do something even BoB couldn't do, and unify New Eden as you seem to fear (which is a laughable proposition considering how lightly we take ourselves), I'm out as well, as I don't want a unified New Eden, and neither does Horde's leadership. We even imported our old rivals into Fade specifically to keep a blue donut from forming.


If there's one thing I will always hold on to with a death grip, it is my individualism. No organization will ever take my identity from me.

Up until recently, Serpentis were in the same boat. Now look at them.

You guys just need time. Maybe in 6 months you go boom. Maybe in 6 months, you get just the right backing.

I don't get all the romance and happy warm feels for Horde, but MBC sure did shake things up.

Didn't want that Horde anyways.

Your poem didn't rhyme,
and I say this because
empty quoting with a pause
doesn't make the words chime

It takes metrics, aesthetics
rhythm, assonance, alliterations
it takes more than incantations
with little to no regard for acoustics!

Random strings of thought
does not a poem make
so please for Bob's sake
spare us all within earshot

Is this what the Horde teaches you?
This bad poetry without feel,
void of beauty and appeal.
Do you use it to torture your crew?

The Horde is bad, it is known
Brainless, nameless faceless
Presenting themselves as a nation
hapless fools that can't be atoned

Anyways, best I end this quick
and cease this humiliation
while I wait for a standing ovation
*drops the mic*

Grr Horde!