Crime & Punishment

Being that A ) they weren't victims, and B ) they were all nice and warm at home drinking beer, hot cocoa, or vodka whilst safely behind a keyboard....yes, they were safe.

They were all rather stupid EVE players that lost imaginary space money in a video game about internet space ships.

If you want to meet REAL victims, find some senior citizens who were conned out of their retirement funds, or someone who got hacked and had their bank accounts drained. Or maybe people whose homes were invaded and suffered a bad case of Death.

Your generation never ceases to amaze.

And not in good ways.

Miner, calm down

lmao

Would you describe yourself as intelligent, dear Zaha?

You say, above, that (grossly simplified, I allow) the output of the New Order of Highsec lacks anything which resembles intelligence; yet you do not define 'intelligence' in a way which permits us to argue the point.

What, dear heart, is 'intelligence'? And in what manner - precisely - do we lack it, or anything resembling it?

Do tell us, pray, for we entertain a sneaking suspicion that you haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about, neither that you could speak intelligently about it if you did.

Come! You've entered the Den; engage the monster fact-to-face!

Or, of course, continue to make vague, spiteful (but ultimately impotent) remarks which betray not only the lack of any semblance of comprehension of the deep complexity of the makeup of the EVE player base, but which also mark you out as something of a - how shall I put it - a Madame; yes, that's it, a Madame!

Victim is a word, normally used for people who came into a situation outside of their own control, like crimes, accidents and so on.
Where the people who did attend bonus rounds victims?
No, certainly not, neither have they suffered severe bodily harm or lost their home or lost real life money.
There are always two necessary to do such a bonus round, the first one is the guy who does the round and the second one is the guy who attends it. No one forced anyone to attend!
If someone attends to a bonus rounds, while everyone with a brain would have smelled the crap at a miles distance, they attended the bonus rounds because they have switched their brain into greed mode. Simple as that.

Here in Germany we have a say: "Gier frisst Hirn." which translates into something like "Greed guzzles your brain."
And that's the bitter truth, their brain was guzzled by greed. Bitter but true.

Now now Miss Koto, I hear a commotion in my sty, you got all my Codie piggies squealing an it aint Sunday roast yet. You question their vapid existence course you'll get a wall of inane text, they're just pigs. They live to please me with their tears and make my dinner. Now I'll put em ta bed for now with my turn table music by Roy.

I have removed some trolling posts.

They cry because they need a safe space lol.

I used to hate gankers, then I started to talk to my local Agent.
I was getting bored of missions and started working with my new friend, acting as a cloaky warp-in point.
Then one day I gave it a try on my alt, I thought to myself "wow, this was in my reach all along and I ignored it for too long (speaking about pvp)"

They're the most laid back folks I know, and to be fair, for every 10 "grr CODE." posts (on here and Facebook) makes at least one player want to join and try it (newbros and vets, folks from every background)

And no, I didn't make this story up, it's actually what happened... why lie about an experience that made me stick to the game? :P
And yes, I really need to go back to it

I have this theory about the New Halaima Code of Conduct.

This theory says that if you were intending to be the governing authority of a region of Eve, say, highsec, it would be a good idea to have some sort of governing document for everyone who resides in your territory to know what was expected of them. Plus a good explanation of WHY they were expected to act in certain ways and of course, what the results will be for law breakers.

My theory would also include the idea that words are great but actions speak louder so, after promulgating this governing document it would be necessary to go out and enforce it so that anyone who thinks its like "optional" would soon get the message and comply or GTFO. Plus, since CCP has failed to include a lot of what a new player needs to know in the NPE and, so, hasn't yet put a "read the Code" mission in the tutorial, it would fall on the proponents of the governing authority to spread the word themselves. And as everyone knows, nothing gets peoples attention better than explosions. Except naked women but that isn't an option in Eve. So, explosions it is.

Some theories about gamers are that they that are often intelligent, motivated quick learners who strive to excel in their chosen game. My theory, in contrast, would be that gamers are lazy, uncurious and prone to taking the easiest route while ironically demanding respect and even admiration for their mad skills. My theory has the advantage over the first mentioned one in that it exactly matches the Eve players we find in our travels around highsec. SO, my theory would include the idea that we would have to tell our fellow highsec residents about the Code frequently, punctuated with violence, and with a depressingly large number of reminders in the form of Catalysts suddenly appearing alongside their mining ships. Or pods. Or freighters. As you can see, my theory is a kind of general theory...

SUDDEN SHIFT FROM THEORY TO REALITY!!!! Shockingly, we mean what we say. We mean to run highsec, run it the way we say it should be, and intend to keep enforcing the Code until it is that way. And psychologically at least. we already DO run it. Every procurer. Every skiff. Every bulkhead. That's us. They do it because of us.

EVERY highsec miner, hauler, missioner, PvEer of any kind, MUST have a mining permit and follow the New Halaima Code of Conduct. Or be subject to bumping or ganking.

Raging changes nothing. We carry on with our business.

code can eat my Kevin Schwantz at high noon on a platform in jita

That's exactly why miners should just listen to their Agents and not think for themselves. It always goes wrong.