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Topic |
illusha
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2007.12.30 06:48:00 - [ 31]
I do it for isk, a couple of days ago I popped a faction fitted crow worth hundreds of millions of isk and I also do it for the hatemail :) |
Crumplecorn
Gallente
Eve Cluster Explorations
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Posted - 2007.12.30 08:14:00 - [ 32]
If I knew I was ****ing people like the OP and tinycat off, that'd be reason enough for me. |
Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE |
Posted - 2007.12.30 08:30:00 - [ 33]
its more fun then running missions
oh and the teamspeak is for the win |
Riethe |
Posted - 2007.12.30 08:33:00 - [ 34]
In terms of profit, solo camping a low sec gate as opposed to a 0.0 gate is going to be much more lucrative, if that's your goal.
How often do you see haulers working their way through 0.0, compared to lowsec? And of the haulers you do see, how many of them do you think have loot worth grabbing?
If you don't like gate camping, yeah, it could be boring. But if you pick the right spot, you can pull tons of kills and it keeps it exciting.
Ever heard of October Snow? That's how you do it right. |
Frug
Omega Wing
Snatch Victory |
Posted - 2007.12.30 08:48:00 - [ 35]
Edited by: Frug on 30/12/2007 08:50:01 Originally by: tinycat
Originally by: Dominique Vasilkovsky
If it wasn't profitable people wouldn't do it.
yes they would.
This part is true. They would because it's amusing.. The rest of his idiotic rant about how being a murderer in eve makes you a murderer in IRL just shows he needs to go outside more. |
Kessiaan
Minmatar
Vagrants Inc
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Posted - 2007.12.30 09:07:00 - [ 36]
Edited by: Kessiaan on 30/12/2007 09:07:36
Because Eve is a sandbox game and sitting on gates is what works for them.
Even with the new HICs lowsec gate camps are pretty easy to deal with, it just takes some forethought and an ability to adapt. |
Ironnight
x13
IT Alliance |
Posted - 2007.12.30 10:19:00 - [ 37]
Its not that bad, we allways have a lot of fun on TS, laughing at peoples fitting or laughing at the crying victims |
DarknessInc
Minmatar
Brutor Tribe
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Posted - 2007.12.30 10:31:00 - [ 38]
Hatemail and sometimes idiot Freighter pilots set AP without adjusting for System Security. Those are the good days |
Steakkbone
Capital Construction Research
Pioneer Alliance |
Posted - 2007.12.30 10:35:00 - [ 39]
It's like fishing. |
Karyuudo Tydraad
Caldari
State Protectorate
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Posted - 2007.12.30 10:35:00 - [ 40]
Protip: We camp because some days that's the only way you get any action. |
LiGhTbUlB PlEaSe |
Posted - 2007.12.30 11:36:00 - [ 41]
 I dont under stand y they would do such a boring thing when they could just mine and haul stuff maybe even sit in jita for hours spamming local |
Ja'kar
M. Corp
-Mostly Harmless- |
Posted - 2007.12.30 12:24:00 - [ 42]
Edited by: Ja''kar on 30/12/2007 12:25:32
why though? i'm just curious as to whats the point of staring at a gate for hours on end. day after day, week after week, month after month. what do they get out of it?
Pirate mining?
2bh gate camping is so boring to me now - i would really love to see low sec boosted and see corps move in then we could have some real fun with fights and a good time had by all. imagine mining op with defenders. pirates could rent space etc etc. atm pirating at gate camps in low sec is the only real way to make isk, also wt0 makes it even more boring.
So to sum up - low sec needs some love, carebear's (not all) needs some balls |
Ozzie Asrail
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2007.12.30 12:53:00 - [ 43]
Originally by: Chainsaw Plankton
its more fun then running missions
oh and the teamspeak is for the win
QFT! How boring are level 4 missions, why would anyone want to do more than 1 in their whole eve career? Or. Just maybe. People enjoy different things. But i guess that's too complex for some people to think about. |
Ki An
Gallente
The Really Awesome Players
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Posted - 2007.12.30 14:32:00 - [ 44]
Edited by: Ki An on 30/12/2007 14:38:23 Originally by: tinycat
That applies to reality.
Its very interesting how you pick and choose which rules must be followed from reality, and which ones should not be followed.
Let me tell you something. People in reality, they conform to social standards and expectations. They pretend to be someone they are not so they can get by, so nothing bad happens to them. How you act in reality only shows how well you understand how to fit in.
In a video game, a world with out consequences, there is no reason to pretend, no reason to do anything but what you want to do. Therefore the way people act in eve shows their true selves.
If you are a murderer in eve, you are really a murderer at heart, you are just afraid to do it for real.
You know, most crimes are solved by connections. Connections between people. Its very hard to find a killer who just randomly stops in a random town and randomly kills someone. Maybe you should be trying that instead of video games. It will probably be more fulfilling. But you cant tell anyone about it. Thats how you get caught. So maybe thats what you want. A big list of kill mail, read on tv in front of a jury. Do it in some places and they wont even kill you afterwards. You will be much more famous. Don't think you want it? You are lying to yourself.
QFT, that's what I always thought. I mean, statistics show that CS players are far more likely to either become terrorists or apply to police academy than other groups in society. The same goes for those who play Command and Conquer, as they generally make the best West Point graduates. Players of The Sims generally make good marriage councellors and Interior Decorators, and those who play WoW are best suited as Fantasy Authors or Berry Pickers. Hmmm... wai... PS. I wish I really could murder you in game. Might be an idea for ambulation. Get on it CCP!!! |
Horza Otho
Oberon Incorporated
Morsus Mihi |
Posted - 2007.12.30 14:39:00 - [ 45]
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Constance Noring |
Posted - 2007.12.30 14:51:00 - [ 46]
Edited by: Constance Noring on 30/12/2007 14:51:49
Lowsec piracy is the easymode of pvp. It's profitable, risk-free and you get to mas*****te to your meaningless 500:1 killboard stats. |
Ki An
Gallente
The Really Awesome Players
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Posted - 2007.12.30 14:58:00 - [ 47]
Originally by: Constance Noring
Edited by: Constance Noring on 30/12/2007 14:51:49
Lowsec piracy is the easymode of pvp. It's profitable, risk-free and you get to mas*****te to your meaningless 500:1 killboard stats.
I see you're an expert at this form of PvP. |
Tuschii
Sp00t
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Posted - 2007.12.30 15:06:00 - [ 48]
Why gate Camp in Low sec?
Why mine in high Sec?
Why do missions?
Why do invention?
Why do exploration?
Why do trading?
Why fleet battle?
Why logon to the game?
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hint* there is a pattern present
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Le Skunk
Low Sec Liberators
Chubby Chuppers Chubba Chups |
Posted - 2007.12.30 17:44:00 - [ 49]
Originally by: Tuschii
Why gate Camp in Low sec?
Why mine in high Sec?
Why do missions?
Why do invention?
Why do exploration?
Why do trading?
Why fleet battle?
Why logon to the game?
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hint* there is a pattern present
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Hmmm i see the pattern. All the above optionion in game are crap. SKUNK |
Richard Phallus |
Posted - 2007.12.30 17:46:00 - [ 50]
Originally by: Le Skunk
Hmmm i see the pattern. All the above optionion in game are crap.
SKUNK
*BZZZZZT* Sorry, we can't accept that answer. The Judges were looking for "The answers are all subjective". Better luck next time. |
Ja'kar
M. Corp
-Mostly Harmless- |
Posted - 2007.12.30 19:11:00 - [ 51]
Lowsec piracy is the easymode of pvp. It's profitable, risk-free and you get to mas*****te to your meaningless 500:1 killboard stats.
dude .0 is way easier then low sec |
Ja'kar
M. Corp
-Mostly Harmless- |
Posted - 2007.12.30 19:13:00 - [ 52]
*click* |
Ur235
Mind Games.
0ccupational Hazzard |
Posted - 2007.12.30 19:20:00 - [ 53]
The camping itslef mayb be boring, the fun comes from the people you are camping with on vent/ts when people are intoxicated and laughing at the stupid people who try and get there hauler through your gatecamp.
And just generally having a laugh thats where the fun is |
Dercius Macharan |
Posted - 2007.12.30 19:56:00 - [ 54]
The reason is so simple as to be disappointing: schaedenfreude. |
NightmareX
Nomads
Nulli Secunda |
Posted - 2007.12.30 21:33:00 - [ 55]
Edited by: NightmareX on 30/12/2007 21:34:52
Yakdawak Dasright, you say why gate camp in low sec?.
It's because it's the place where we can find anyone to shoot. 95% of all the time the asteroid belts are empty of targets. Well maybe for you the asteroid belts have more targets, also the Veldspar.
It doesn't help to camp the station to, because you might get 2% lucky to insta kill a hauler with a sniper pest or something before it dock. I insta killed a hauler yesterday in my sniper pest because he was slow to dock, but omg it was boring as hell. Well i was bored anyways then. |
Ming Sintei |
Posted - 2007.12.31 01:45:00 - [ 56]
Personally, I'm not sure of the intentions of the people gatecamping I've met. Usually when I go into lowsec, I'm mission running, so I'm usually decently tanked. I've met alot of people sniping the gates, and I just sit there and tank it comfortably. In most of the cases, they won't stop shooting, and they won't respond in local. Sometimes I think they're macros or something. If I mwd toward them, they warp away  |
Rawr Cristina
Caldari
Naqam |
Posted - 2007.12.31 02:22:00 - [ 57]
Edited by: Rawr Cristina on 31/12/2007 02:25:46 Quote:
why though? i'm just curious as to whats the point of staring at a gate for hours on end. day after day, week after week, month after month. what do they get out of it?
why though? i'm just curious as to whats the point of running that mission you've already done 100 times day after day, week after week, month after month. what do they get out of it? 'Carebears' play the game to make imaginary money so they can flaunt their imaginary wallet and consequently epeen. 'Pirates' play the game to kill imaginary ships so they can flaunt their imaginary killboard statistics and consequently epeen. Carebears love to claim the imaginary moral highground, Pirates love imagening that they're some kind of ruthless, cutthroat gangsters who make the imaginary law. imo both are as bad as each other and I've been both. |
Richard Phallus |
Posted - 2007.12.31 02:24:00 - [ 58]
Originally by: Rawr Cristina
why though? i'm just curious as to whats the point of running that mission you've already done 100 times day after day, week after week, month after month. what do they get out of it?
'Carebears' play the game to make imaginary money so they can flaunt their imaginary wallet and consequently epeen. 'Pirates' play the game to kill imaginary ships so they can flaunt their imaginary killboard statistics and consequently epeen.
Carebears love to claim the imaginary moral highground, Pirates love imagening that they're tough/mean/etc
imo both are as bad as each other and I've been both.
They should kill their imaginations with more T.V. |
Barbelo Valentinian
Gallente
The Scope
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Posted - 2007.12.31 04:40:00 - [ 59]
Originally by: Rawr Cristina
'Carebears' play the game to make imaginary money so they can flaunt their imaginary wallet and consequently epeen. 'Pirates' play the game to kill imaginary ships so they can flaunt their imaginary killboard statistics and consequently epeen.
Carebears love to claim the imaginary moral highground, Pirates love imagening that they're some kind of ruthless, cutthroat gangsters who make the imaginary law.
imo both are as bad as each other and I've been both.
Hehe, the interplay between these two "types" is what makes these forums so entertaining. It reminds me of the Mongoose Joke. There are loads of variations of this joke but IMHO the best one is is this rather long one by Aleister Crowley (it's the way he tells 'em): Aleister Crowley explains Magick: ''There were these two men, sharing a railway carriage. They didn't know each other. They just happened to be travelling together. One of the men had, resting in his lap, a cardboard box with holes punched in the top. After some time spent contemplating what might be inside his travelling companion's box, the other man at last could not contain his curiosity. He said, "Excuse me, but I couldn't help noticing your box. Does it contain some variety of animal?" The other man, though obviously surprised by this impertinent intrusion from a stranger, smiled politely as he answered, "You're absolutely right. There is indeed a creature kept inside this box. And furthermore, I may reveal, the animal in question is a mongoose." The first man, who'd initiated the enquiry, was astonished by this revelation. Spluttering with surprise, he sought some further explanation of this certainly provocative disclosure made by his strange fellow-traveller. "A mongoose? Sir I must confess I had expected it to be perhaps a cat, or rabbit, not a creature so exotic and outlandish. The animal you mention so excites my curiosity that I must beg you, sir, to tell me more. Where are you bound with such a specimen, if I may be so bold?" The other man, who sat with the perforated box on his lap, shrugged wearily as he replied, "Well, it's something of a personal matter, as it concerns a family tragedy. However, since I'm confident I may rely on your discretion, I suppose I don't mind sharing my unfortunate account with you." "You see," the man went on, "this sorry tale concerns my elder brother. He's always been what I suppose you might refer to as the black sheep of the family. He has for many years indulged himself in a predictable and commonplace array of vices, of which the worst is his fondness for strong spirits. His drinking has progressed until he is now in the final stages of delerium tremens. My brother now sees serpents everywhere, which is the reason I am taking him this mongoose, that he may be rid of them." "Excuse me," the other man interjected, looking puzzled, "But, these snakes your brother sees... aren't they imaginary snakes?" "Indeed," his fellow traveller replied. "But this," and here he gestured meaningfully to the perforated box set on his lap, "is an imaginary mongoose."' |
Ris Dnalor
Minmatar
Fleet of Doom
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Posted - 2007.12.31 08:01:00 - [ 60]
Originally by: Yakdawak Dasright
I wasn't asking if it was profitable. I was asking how unbearably boring must it be?
the title of your thread is "why gate camp in low-sec?" I think he was answering that question. |
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