I wanted to prove that one can survive in the "harsh" world of EVE. After earning 7B in my very first two months, we can consider it done. The fact that "the last 365 days saw 1.12 million market transactions involving PLEX" means that there are at least 100K M&S in the game (out of 350K) who run out of ISK on the monthly basis due to constantly spending/losing more than they earn, despite it's damn easy to earn money.
So the original ideas of "EVE is easy if you are not M&S" and "there are lot of M&S in EVE" are proved. However the cursed "fun" concept is still there to save them. It seems like an unfalsifiable way for them to ignore every proof and remain M&S. It says "what I do is fun and I play for fun, so I do it right, while you are a no-lifer lol". Since the canon says that "fun is subjective", he is free to claim that whatever he is doing - or rather happening to him - is fun, therefore he is "winning EVE". Running missions for crappy income is fun. Wandering aimlessly in lowsec attacking random people and finally getting blown up is fun too. Having "awsome itemz" is fun too. On the other hand I only have pixel numbers which are not fun. Nullsec sov? That's boring too. Everything that is objectively measurable is by definition boring, making sure that the fact that he suck in the game doesn't affect the statement that he and his equally terrible friends are great and everyone who is not them is a no-lifer. The "fun" concept also makes non-M&S socials say "yes they aren't really good but they have different priorities so we shouldn't judge them".
I keep deleting annoying amount of troll comments asking "what will u do with that ISK? u just grind and cant have no fun lol". I start to recognize that it's not trolling, human beings really believe that performing well and gaining the "scores" of the game is not fun and the proper way to play. They also really can't see that fooling around is ... fooling around.
If I want to reach the salvagable socials, the ones who are not incompetent, yet not rich either and torn between being effective and "have fun lol". They are locked by the axiom that for a social person being liked and respected by peers is important, therefore if his friends are claiming X fun, he can't just tell "you are idiots and you suck". Since the M&S is very vocal about his fun concept, even if they are a minority in ones circles, their opinion will be the standard, and the salvagable social will suffer serious peer pressure to conform to their idiocy and also boost them when they are "unlucky".
However there are a loophole in this system. "pwning" peers is by definition "fun" and "being pwned" is not, the opposite, it's "tears". It comes from the ape-subroutines as among apes the strongest one (who pwns) have access to sex while the others do not. This is where the sexual phrases describing competition come from (like "e-peen", "he is fucked", "sucker"). So if one is "pwned", he can't claim that he had fun. It's different from "good fight" when he had a chance to win. If you "pwn" you are the winner and no social person questions that.
So to prove without question that the objective-oriented, a-social "goblinish" approach is the way to win, I must pwn them. Great. I sound like a Goon now. Actually I understand them and my resentment towards them decreased some. Not much since their actions are for fun too. They convey no message besides "we are great and pubbies suck". Neither the victim, nor the observers can learn anything from Goon pwnage.
However there is a problem with "proving via pwning": pointless griefing is pointless, therefore totally ungoblinish. Doing the opposite of what I preach would prove no point. Also because it's the opposite of what I believe in, I hate it and would hate every second spent ganking. I'm devoted to my beliefs but I'm not a saint to sacrifice great portion of my time suffering for them.
How to solve this puzzle then? How to "pwn" without actually doing it?
There is a ship which is "pwning" in itself. One that makes or breaks the epic 1000+ battles. One that blaps (oneshots) other ships. One whose demise make it into the news and make the the ones killed it heroes. The titan.
So, to prove that the best way to "win" EVE is being a ruthless, a-social businessman is to pilot a titan. Of course it will need me to join a nullsec alliance. I will have months to find one. Also by "pwning" in a titan, I'm not pointlessly ganking random people which I despise, but helping an alliance that is more goblinish (even if just marginally) than the one we go to war with.
How will I do it? I earned 2.5B last week. 2 in the previous and 1.5 the one before. See the tendency? If I can keep it this way, I'll have over a trillion before my first birthday. Even if I flat out at 5B/week, I'll have 250B. So I can easily give the alliance the money needed to build the titan I'll pilot, and can help haul the materials too. So their fleet would gain a free titan. Of course it won't be on the first day. I'll join long before I can fly one and fly with them as Basilisk/Guardian/Rhea/Orca pilot. We have to learn each other, making sure that our aims can be aligned. For example I wouldn't mind having a fully tanked, low DPS titan sent into the front line, even if I lose it if it brings us a victory. If you remember the "250-1000B" part, it's way within "don't fly what you can't replace". However I would very much mind being asked to camp some gate and pop random lost people or asked for my phone number to be called when not playing. RL > game.
Titans can't be docked so you can't leave them. You can only put them to safety by logging out. So you need a separate titan pilot character. Also lot of skill points are needed even to sit into the empty hull and lot of more to effectively fly it. An alt learning it would kill the improvement of my main, so I started a third account. It's trial currently, learning Cybernetics 4 at the moment. I have 21 days to change my mind, so if you see some obstacle ahead of my plan, don't hesitate to comment.
I created the account using "invite a buddy" so I get a free PLEX after activating it with a PLEX. I read the EULA, and found no problem using the "invite a buddy" promotion for your own account, but if I missed something, please inform me, I won't risk ban for lousy half B. Obviously I'll pay for that account only with PLEX.
I keep documenting my "titanic" path along with my main and the 3 alts on the second account making even more ISK. I hope many of you will get the taste of trading. The ultimate proof would be not that I can drive a titan by trading (that could be explained by me being way above average). It would be that most people who go the goblin way would end up in a titan, a supercarrier, or with a stable of battleships and strategic cruisers.
One question: which titan? My favorite is the Ragnarok due to it's being least popular, so probably will get a buff soon ("741 active characters in a titan: Erebus 300, Avatar 257, Leviathan 98, Ragnarok 86.") and has a great "7.5% reduction in gang members’ signature radius per level" bonus what would actively help the fleet even with low skills. I know other titans have similar or even better gang bonuses but they don't stack and I'm sure the alliance already have several Erebuses and Avatars.
Business report: Wednesday morning 7.0B (0.1B gifts 3 PLEX behind for second account).
Remember that you can participate in our EVE conversations and very soon group activities on the "goblinworks" channel and your UI suggestions are welcomed.
So the original ideas of "EVE is easy if you are not M&S" and "there are lot of M&S in EVE" are proved. However the cursed "fun" concept is still there to save them. It seems like an unfalsifiable way for them to ignore every proof and remain M&S. It says "what I do is fun and I play for fun, so I do it right, while you are a no-lifer lol". Since the canon says that "fun is subjective", he is free to claim that whatever he is doing - or rather happening to him - is fun, therefore he is "winning EVE". Running missions for crappy income is fun. Wandering aimlessly in lowsec attacking random people and finally getting blown up is fun too. Having "awsome itemz" is fun too. On the other hand I only have pixel numbers which are not fun. Nullsec sov? That's boring too. Everything that is objectively measurable is by definition boring, making sure that the fact that he suck in the game doesn't affect the statement that he and his equally terrible friends are great and everyone who is not them is a no-lifer. The "fun" concept also makes non-M&S socials say "yes they aren't really good but they have different priorities so we shouldn't judge them".
I keep deleting annoying amount of troll comments asking "what will u do with that ISK? u just grind and cant have no fun lol". I start to recognize that it's not trolling, human beings really believe that performing well and gaining the "scores" of the game is not fun and the proper way to play. They also really can't see that fooling around is ... fooling around.
If I want to reach the salvagable socials, the ones who are not incompetent, yet not rich either and torn between being effective and "have fun lol". They are locked by the axiom that for a social person being liked and respected by peers is important, therefore if his friends are claiming X fun, he can't just tell "you are idiots and you suck". Since the M&S is very vocal about his fun concept, even if they are a minority in ones circles, their opinion will be the standard, and the salvagable social will suffer serious peer pressure to conform to their idiocy and also boost them when they are "unlucky".
However there are a loophole in this system. "pwning" peers is by definition "fun" and "being pwned" is not, the opposite, it's "tears". It comes from the ape-subroutines as among apes the strongest one (who pwns) have access to sex while the others do not. This is where the sexual phrases describing competition come from (like "e-peen", "he is fucked", "sucker"). So if one is "pwned", he can't claim that he had fun. It's different from "good fight" when he had a chance to win. If you "pwn" you are the winner and no social person questions that.
So to prove without question that the objective-oriented, a-social "goblinish" approach is the way to win, I must pwn them. Great. I sound like a Goon now. Actually I understand them and my resentment towards them decreased some. Not much since their actions are for fun too. They convey no message besides "we are great and pubbies suck". Neither the victim, nor the observers can learn anything from Goon pwnage.
However there is a problem with "proving via pwning": pointless griefing is pointless, therefore totally ungoblinish. Doing the opposite of what I preach would prove no point. Also because it's the opposite of what I believe in, I hate it and would hate every second spent ganking. I'm devoted to my beliefs but I'm not a saint to sacrifice great portion of my time suffering for them.
How to solve this puzzle then? How to "pwn" without actually doing it?
There is a ship which is "pwning" in itself. One that makes or breaks the epic 1000+ battles. One that blaps (oneshots) other ships. One whose demise make it into the news and make the the ones killed it heroes. The titan.
So, to prove that the best way to "win" EVE is being a ruthless, a-social businessman is to pilot a titan. Of course it will need me to join a nullsec alliance. I will have months to find one. Also by "pwning" in a titan, I'm not pointlessly ganking random people which I despise, but helping an alliance that is more goblinish (even if just marginally) than the one we go to war with.
How will I do it? I earned 2.5B last week. 2 in the previous and 1.5 the one before. See the tendency? If I can keep it this way, I'll have over a trillion before my first birthday. Even if I flat out at 5B/week, I'll have 250B. So I can easily give the alliance the money needed to build the titan I'll pilot, and can help haul the materials too. So their fleet would gain a free titan. Of course it won't be on the first day. I'll join long before I can fly one and fly with them as Basilisk/Guardian/Rhea/Orca pilot. We have to learn each other, making sure that our aims can be aligned. For example I wouldn't mind having a fully tanked, low DPS titan sent into the front line, even if I lose it if it brings us a victory. If you remember the "250-1000B" part, it's way within "don't fly what you can't replace". However I would very much mind being asked to camp some gate and pop random lost people or asked for my phone number to be called when not playing. RL > game.
Titans can't be docked so you can't leave them. You can only put them to safety by logging out. So you need a separate titan pilot character. Also lot of skill points are needed even to sit into the empty hull and lot of more to effectively fly it. An alt learning it would kill the improvement of my main, so I started a third account. It's trial currently, learning Cybernetics 4 at the moment. I have 21 days to change my mind, so if you see some obstacle ahead of my plan, don't hesitate to comment.
I created the account using "invite a buddy" so I get a free PLEX after activating it with a PLEX. I read the EULA, and found no problem using the "invite a buddy" promotion for your own account, but if I missed something, please inform me, I won't risk ban for lousy half B. Obviously I'll pay for that account only with PLEX.
I keep documenting my "titanic" path along with my main and the 3 alts on the second account making even more ISK. I hope many of you will get the taste of trading. The ultimate proof would be not that I can drive a titan by trading (that could be explained by me being way above average). It would be that most people who go the goblin way would end up in a titan, a supercarrier, or with a stable of battleships and strategic cruisers.
One question: which titan? My favorite is the Ragnarok due to it's being least popular, so probably will get a buff soon ("741 active characters in a titan: Erebus 300, Avatar 257, Leviathan 98, Ragnarok 86.") and has a great "7.5% reduction in gang members’ signature radius per level" bonus what would actively help the fleet even with low skills. I know other titans have similar or even better gang bonuses but they don't stack and I'm sure the alliance already have several Erebuses and Avatars.
Business report: Wednesday morning 7.0B (0.1B gifts 3 PLEX behind for second account).
Remember that you can participate in our EVE conversations and very soon group activities on the "goblinworks" channel and your UI suggestions are welcomed.
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