EVE New Citizens Q&A

TIL hedonism is modern.

Minmatar role playing was shown in Futurama....

Attila the Hun: Stop! No shoot fire stick in space canoe! Cause explosive decompression!
Zapp: Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun!

I always assumed races with better ships lent themselves to RP more. Amarr have the most complete and solid fleet lineup. Minmatar have the most complete harassment/guerrilla gang ships. Gallente have strong ships for solo, but large groups of them are not as useful. Caldari have what should be the backbone of an amarr-esq shield fleet, but (non-heavy)missiles and railguns just can't compete in most cases.

So beyond the actual lore, I think there's a justifiable reason more people stick to their matar or amarr RP. It's just that much easier to keep training the same race without feeling like you're gimping yourself in a practical manner.

Adding to this, doing dumb RP like saying that you put traps in place to catch the Sansha in an incursion is incredibly annoying. RPing, particularly when it involves more than just yelling at each other, requires a sort of "mutual consent to suspension of disbelief".

Acceptable: a Minmatar group suicide ganks a hauler from a Caldari freight corporation. Although there were no slaves onboard, the Minmatar group claims elusive evidence/suspicions of slave hauling (maybe blaming it on the hesitance of the Exotic Dancers that were in the hold to explain why they were really there). The corporation vehemently denies the claim. The Minmatar then stage a blockade which ensures cargo scanning of all ships from the Caldari corporation. They spot one with slaves onboard, and suicide gank it, then follow up with a wardec.

Unacceptable: a Minmatar group suicide ganks a hauler from a Caldari freight corporation. Although there were no slaves onboard, the Minmatar report having received a transmission of "save us please" from the ship (A). The corporation vehemently denies the accusation of slave trading. The Minmatar then stage a blockade which ensures cargo scanning of all ships from the Caldari corporation. They spot one with slaves onboard, and suicide gank it. They claim this was made possible by the slaves staging a revolt on the ship, then escaping via life pods (B). They follow up with a wardec.

Mistakes in the latter: A) You can't know what others are doing factually. You can claim suspicions because of "confidential evidence" or whatever you want, but don't play the game for them. B) Don't use non-existent mechanics or bullshit lore. There are no such things as revolts on capsuleer ships. Also, don't claim to have done the impossible or highly improbable unless you have a clear record showing how you did it via past RP.

And lastly...



Nobody wants to see that. Please keep it to private channels.

Could be worse...

...I take no responsibility for Othar :3

Both the Amarr and Minmatar back stories are more complex than appears at first glance.

For example, the Amarrians aren't simply god-bothering slavers but have quite a complex social structure with plenty of room for inter-house conflict.

Similarly the Minmatars aren't just heroic freedom-fighting underdogs, they have a dark side.

That's because he tends to annoy the hell out of us on finnish channel and decking seems to work.

Anyway telling/ordering what other characters do is also called "power playing" and is considered an exeptionally bad behaviour especially in IRC RP-chat rooms and -games.

Unless your RP consists of ordering people around *cough* CVA. It was not for RP reasons that I looked down on Providence and enjoyed the "Burn Provi" campaign so much.

Oh yeah, that is power play and a complete ******* thing to do.

I think you are probably accurate in your ordering, though I will admit I can't think of a Gallente RP corp, but my experience with the Gallente is limited.

RPing to me is an added level of immersion to an already amazing game. It helps keep EVE interesting and fresh, when otherwise I would be getting bored doing the same thing for the hundredth time. It also opens unique friendships with other characters. I've been able to meet some pretty cool people while doing RP.

As far as what I expect from my members, I don't actually require RP. It isn't for everyone, and as long as you are willing not to contradict the policies set forward, I don't have any problem with you joining. For IC chat, yes you should stay true to your character. That said, corp chat is not IC, and I don't really care either way how someone wants to speak OOC.

Vigilans Aeternum is resisting Tibus Heth's despotical reign over the Caldari State. So basically, anyone connected to Tibus Heth, is free game, and anyone not connected to Tibus Heth is not. So I'll find some systems where we can shoot convoys and what not, and it allows us to have some fun, make isk, blow stuff up, and still stay true to the RP. I'm not going to flip out on someone for doing something they didn't know was 'wrong.' I probably wouldn't flip out on someone even if they did know.

I am willing to kick someone for doing something that we are opposed to (slaving, supporting Tibus Heth, etc) especially if they do know better. If you are going to join an RP corp, you should know better than to do the opposite of the RP.

Just my thoughts,
Hilato Talkori