EVE General Discussion

I agree with Elsebeth completely on this point and I think you are being deeply dishonest with the response you gave to that new player Ranger 1.

The situation you describe is the outlook of SA forums and an alien culture that has sought to impose itself on the community of eve online. But its a tiny fraction of the player base regardless of how much noise it makes during these threads on the forums. Most players are not Goons, don't think like goons, and don't act like goons. Despite the way the game has been portrayed by Alexander Gianturco's behaviour at Fanfest the game has not been culturally colonized to the exclusion of all else by this kind of brash sexist, hateful I guess you could say Aris Bakhtanians style outlook.

And more to the point I think that was the precise point CCP themselves were trying to make all the way through the Fanfest presentations. "We play the game hard and ruthlessly but face to face as people we're lovely!" I mean jesus christ, you could practically read that script on the teleprompters for their anchor team.

Its a good line. It harnesses the "core gaming" experience stuff their marketing VP was on about, it differentiates the game from other "soft core" theme park MMOs while still reaching out for subscribers who might have previously been put off by all the horrible behaviour and casual bullying that goes on amongst certain sections of the community.

We blow each others ships to hell every night, but there isn't a call to send people to harress a guy into suicide after you ruin his barge business. I mean how complicated is this stuff really?

Sigh, and the ******* publords reign.

Though I have to confess the term makes me smile every time I hear it I should point out to you goons that "publord" is not much of an insult against people from the UK

To be a "publord" suggests to me a particularly respected and/or powerful publican with an excellent establishment that punters considers themselves priviledged to partake of. To explain to our colonial cousins the quirk of language that means the insult doesn't translate too well across the atlantic ... in our country a tavern or bar is generally called a "pub" a landlord or barkeep might be called a "publican" hence a "publord" suggests a rather excellent publican with reason to be proud of his drinking domain.

This public service announcement part of the trolling ProTip series "you're doing it wrong"
from Jade Constantine.

In my opinion you should resign. Some things shouldn't be said in such position. I even don't forgive politicans who apologies after they realize that their words created anger.

I really hope the same rules count in EVE.

Its not about me. If you want to address the issue by all means do so.

You're trying to present your own opinions as those of the majority. Questioning your grounds to do that is entirely relevant.

What is with this "apology accepted", you random nobodys?

Who offended you and who apologized to you ?