EVE Online 2017: We are the Alphas, the Omegas and the Gankers.

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Nunes: Apr 24, 2016

vyst posted:

It's my travel coke container

Its awful when your coke goes stale because you left your baggie open

# ? May 29, 2016 19:09

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# ? May 31, 2024 05:20

Germstore: Oct 17, 2012; A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

someone said weight loss? gaining even a little bit of muscle is the real ultimate power for weight loss.

# ? May 29, 2016 19:17

Bilirubin: Feb 16, 2014; The sanctioned action is to CHUG

Looks painful to mule though

# ? May 29, 2016 19:19

Hexel: Nov 18, 2011

Bilirubin posted:

Looks painful to mule though

L2gape

# ? May 29, 2016 19:26

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

Bilirubin posted:

Looks painful to mule though

Life finds a way

# ? May 29, 2016 19:30

Zephyrine: Jun 10, 2014; This is what meat is supposed to be like, dingus

Okay what about 130 grams of chicken with two sliced tomatoes and two poached eggs. Is that too much for a lunch?

# ? May 29, 2016 19:30

CainFortea: Oct 15, 2004

avatarinwin posted:

post your multiboxing setups (sub 6 account plebs need not post)

You listen to Linkin Park. Holy poo poo.

# ? May 29, 2016 19:36

Iseeyouseemeseeyou: Jan 3, 2011

Xolve posted:

I want to go to Fountain you mong.

Even if it's only to help Cede Nullis stomp all over T-C, have them take the region, then farm them to death all over again.

why do you hate us so much bae

e:

Zephyrine posted:

Okay what about 130 grams of chicken with two sliced tomatoes and two poached eggs. Is that too much for a lunch?

That's much better. The chicken alone should be around 250-300 calories.

Iseeyouseemeseeyou fucked around with this message at 19:58 on May 29, 2016

# ? May 29, 2016 19:52

Martin BadClixx: Jul 14, 2012; ^{dada stijl}

CainFortea posted:

You listen to Linkin Park. Holy poo poo.

Are you okay, bro? You seem really focussed on the dudes that are your enemies in this videogame.

Okay, ill confess. I listen to LP every now and then. Nostalgia :unsmith:

# ? May 29, 2016 20:15

ullerrm: Dec 31, 2012; Oh, the network slogan is true -- "watch FOX and be damned for all eternity!"

Orange Red Bull posted:

So today on my neutral alt i got a crootment mail from horde about all the wonderful content they have to offer.

Is there not enough folks in Saranen yet to cover the PL/NC extraction?

Horde's situation is pretty odd -- it's honestly like nothing I've seen in Eve before.

We actually keep a close eye on their numbers, and in particular, how frequently PH players log in. (It's one of those nice bits of data that any character in the corp can extract without any API or sign of monitoring.) Horde has a huge number of people in it, but a significant part of their population hasn't logged in for over a month, and that population is growing by ~50 characters per week.

In other words, lots of people joined PH on alts or new accounts due to CCP's marketing for WWB, then realized that the war was a no-op, and stopped logging in. PH has to recruit at least 50 new people per week in order to keep their fleet numbers at present levels.

It's been compounded now by the fact that PH has abandoned their safe ratting space Querious and told everyone to move to the warzone in Fade.

# ? May 29, 2016 20:31

Fix Lag: Sep 8, 2011; There's a sale at Penny's!

Dirty Sanchez posted:

The true secret to his stunning weightloss. Doctors HATE him.

~Ride the Snake~

# ? May 29, 2016 20:45

Zephyrine: Jun 10, 2014; This is what meat is supposed to be like, dingus

ullerrm posted:

Horde's situation is pretty odd -- it's honestly like nothing I've seen in Eve before.

We actually keep a close eye on their numbers, and in particular, how frequently PH players log in. (It's one of those nice bits of data that any character in the corp can extract without any API or sign of monitoring.) Horde has a huge number of people in it, but a significant part of their population hasn't logged in for over a month, and that population is growing by ~50 characters per week.

In other words, lots of people joined PH on alts or new accounts due to CCP's marketing for WWB, then realized that the war was a no-op, and stopped logging in. PH has to recruit at least 50 new people per week in order to keep their fleet numbers at present levels.

It's been compounded now by the fact that PH has abandoned their safe ratting space Querious and told everyone to move to the warzone in Fade.

Cracks forming. Twist the knee. Bend the knife.

# ? May 29, 2016 20:50

Blazing Zero: Sep 7, 2012; *sigh* sure. it's a weed joke

it is amusing how much moaning about blue doughnuts there was from the grrgoon bandwagon and now theres lots of handwaving about the current doughnut

mostly, i just enjoy doughnuts soaked in coffee and im sad i cant eat dozens of them daily

# ? May 29, 2016 21:00

ullerrm: Dec 31, 2012; Oh, the network slogan is true -- "watch FOX and be damned for all eternity!"

Zephyrine posted:

Cracks forming. Twist the knee. Bend the knife.

Are you sure all that Kool-Aid you're drinking isn't throwing off your calorie count?

e: I didn't even mention anything we're doing -- just stating a hard number about PH, that anyone with a PH character can monitor/verify in-game via the Corporation window.

# ? May 29, 2016 21:00

Zephyrine: Jun 10, 2014; This is what meat is supposed to be like, dingus

ullerrm posted:

Are you sure all that Kool-Aid you're drinking isn't throwing off your calorie count?

e: I didn't even mention anything we're doing -- just stating a hard number about PH, that anyone with a PH character can monitor/verify in-game via the Corporation window.

Is there some third row to sit in while the rest fling the word kool-aid back and back and forth to one another?

You're not going to get horde out of space by scratching your chin and observing them out of there. You have to pry them out.

# ? May 29, 2016 21:04

Xolve: Oct 12, 2012; Well, shoot! We ain't come this far just to dump this thing in the drink. What's the nearest target opportunity?

Blazing Zero posted:

it is amusing how much moaning about blue doughnuts there was from the grrgoon bandwagon and now theres lots of handwaving about the current doughnut

mostly, i just enjoy doughnuts soaked in coffee and im sad i cant eat dozens of them daily

Is it really a doughnut though?

Russians have their own thing going in Drones that rivals the size of anything happening in the North (and they like each other, this week at least).

The North has people taking space next to each other that have a laundry list of reasons not to like each other long term.

There's currently a civil war in the West over money moons.

Delve/Querious is Project: Thunderdome.

Iseeyouseemeseeyou posted:

why do you hate us so much bae

Content > Feels.

Xolve fucked around with this message at 21:13 on May 29, 2016

# ? May 29, 2016 21:11

Martin BadClixx: Jul 14, 2012; ^{dada stijl}

Zephyrine posted:

Is there some third row to sit in while the rest fling the word kool-aid back and back and forth to one another?

You're not going to get horde out of space by scratching your chin and observing them out of there. You have to pry them out.

I like to think myself as somewhat neutral. But flanders just states some facts, which are interesting to be honest. It is not even a judgement. Yet you pretend it is some cleverly crafted propaganda piece. It is not that strange that a group of people like that shows decline in numbers? With such a group I mean a 'casual group'.

And before you are flinging acusitions, I have been in horde for 6 months about a year back.

# ? May 29, 2016 21:14

Blazing Zero: Sep 7, 2012; *sigh* sure. it's a weed joke

Xolve posted:

Is it really a doughnut though?

Russians have their own thing going in Drones that rivals the size of anything happening in the North (and they like each other, this week at least).

The North has people taking space next to each other that have a laundry list of reasons not to like each other long term.

There's currently a civil war in the West over money moons.

Delve/Querious is Project: Thunderdome.

i think there's currently enough of the mbc not shooting each other over serious stuff for it to be called that. what would you call it?

# ? May 29, 2016 21:20

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Orange Red Bull posted:

So today on my neutral alt i got a crootment mail from horde about all the wonderful content they have to offer.

Is there not enough folks in Saranen yet to cover the PL/NC extraction?

Horde has been doing that since around July/August last year.

# ? May 29, 2016 21:21

brand engager: Mar 23, 2011

Thatim posted:

It is not even a judgement.

It is though. This is the "we have maths to show that horde is failing" talking point they started using a few days ago. Also note that they are talking about logged in numbers, not active pvp character numbers.

# ? May 29, 2016 21:22

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

ullerrm posted:

Horde's situation is pretty odd -- it's honestly like nothing I've seen in Eve before.

We actually keep a close eye on their numbers, and in particular, how frequently PH players log in. (It's one of those nice bits of data that any character in the corp can extract without any API or sign of monitoring.) Horde has a huge number of people in it, but a significant part of their population hasn't logged in for over a month, and that population is growing by ~50 characters per week.

In other words, lots of people joined PH on alts or new accounts due to CCP's marketing for WWB, then realized that the war was a no-op, and stopped logging in. PH has to recruit at least 50 new people per week in order to keep their fleet numbers at present levels.

It's been compounded now by the fact that PH has abandoned their safe ratting space Querious and told everyone to move to the warzone in Fade.

Horde was set up day one to be a revolving door of people coming in and out. It's not really any different than E-Uni, RVB, etc. but with Nullsec focus because Nullsec tends to be a big reason new players get interested in EVE. Also ever since Horde first took up residence in Catch there's been a large number of people who are inactive due to alts, free trials, or people who joined but ended up quitting the game. This isn't a really new thing given its been happening all across the last year so this revelation you just came to about Horde is a bit late.

# ? May 29, 2016 21:26

Service Charge: Jan 22, 2004; I'm not cheap

avatarinwin posted:

post your multiboxing setups (sub 6 account plebs need not post)

Just EVE-O Preview. Multibox carrier ratting I miss you so.

Service Charge fucked around with this message at 21:29 on May 29, 2016

# ? May 29, 2016 21:26

Martin BadClixx: Jul 14, 2012; ^{dada stijl}

SperginMcBadposter posted:

It is though. This is the "we have maths to show that horde is failing" talking point they started using a few days ago. Also note that they are talking about logged in numbers, not active pvp character numbers.

Oh, your fleet numbers stay the same?

# ? May 29, 2016 21:35

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Zephyrine posted:

Is there some third row to sit in while the rest fling the word kool-aid back and back and forth to one another?

You're not going to get horde out of space by scratching your chin and observing them out of there. You have to pry them out.

You really got the pulse of the organization in 3 weeks eh

# ? May 29, 2016 21:57

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Thatim posted:

Oh, your fleet numbers stay the same?

Roughly yeah. Horde's fleet numbers were at their lowest when Horde was living in Saranen after they left Catch due to people being rather perturbed at having to go more than 5 jumps to find some fights at the time. There was also some hilariously dumb and bad coup attempt by some slowbrains at the time. Like I said earlier, Horde has always been a revolving door organization since it was made last year.

Mekchu fucked around with this message at 22:06 on May 29, 2016

# ? May 29, 2016 22:03

brand engager: Mar 23, 2011

Thatim posted:

Oh, your fleet numbers stay the same?

They aren't directly coupled. Online characters could be people ratting or even just idling for a while. The number going up doesn't mean fleet numbers will rise with it, likewise with it going down.

# ? May 29, 2016 22:04

Ledenko: Aug 10, 2012

SperginMcBadposter posted:

They aren't directly coupled. Online characters could be people ratting or even just idling for a while. The number going up doesn't mean fleet numbers will rise with it, likewise with it going down.

That's not much of an answer.

# ? May 29, 2016 22:13

Landsknecht: Oct 27, 2009; I hope this person is trolling, nobody can be so unfunny and dumb

the new firetail fleet is the best troll I've seen in a while

# ? May 29, 2016 22:56

Landsknecht: Oct 27, 2009; I hope this person is trolling, nobody can be so unfunny and dumb

process of firetails so far:

1. lots of hurf
2. 1 hour of forming and handing poo poo out
3. lose about 3-5 firetails undocking
4. warp around a bit
5. try and volley loki, fail at that, but lose 5 firetails to station guns
6. lose a few more with fleetwarp stragglers

# ? May 29, 2016 23:15

Xolve: Oct 12, 2012; Well, shoot! We ain't come this far just to dump this thing in the drink. What's the nearest target opportunity?

Blazing Zero posted:

i think there's currently enough of the mbc not shooting each other over serious stuff for it to be called that. what would you call it?

A coalition in the north

# ? May 29, 2016 23:16

Discussion Quorum: Dec 5, 2002; Armchair Philistine

Landsknecht posted:

process of firetails so far:

1. lots of hurf
2. 1 hour of forming and handing poo poo out
3. lose about 3-5 firetails undocking
4. warp around a bit
5. try and volley loki, fail at that, but lose 5 firetails to station guns
6. lose a few more with fleetwarp stragglers

Based on zkill the trade so far is 20 firetails for:

Onyx
Maelstrom
Svipul x4
Hecate
Crow

Goons are ~isk positive~
MBC has ~elite KDR~

Looks like the ball went through everyone's goalposts

# ? May 29, 2016 23:33

Goatman Sacks: Apr 4, 2011; by FactsAreUseless

was fireftale fleet something that was announced in the SOTG or something?

# ? May 29, 2016 23:40

Xolve: Oct 12, 2012; Well, shoot! We ain't come this far just to dump this thing in the drink. What's the nearest target opportunity?

Morris posted:

Based on zkill the trade so far is 20 firetails for:

Onyx
Maelstrom
Svipul x4
Hecate
Crow

Goons are ~isk positive~
MBC has ~elite KDR~

Looks like the ball went through everyone's goalposts

Can someone explain to me why 2 groups with TRILLIONS of ISK in assets are now super concerned about being ~isk positive~?

There has been an unprecedented amount of killboard stat quoting in the past 2 weeks. I mean, normally it's just dumb pubbie "haha we actually won anyway" poo poo- but this is unreal.

# ? May 29, 2016 23:42

Landsknecht: Oct 27, 2009; I hope this person is trolling, nobody can be so unfunny and dumb

Morris posted:

Based on zkill the trade so far is 20 firetails for:

Onyx
Maelstrom
Svipul x4
Hecate
Crow

Goons are ~isk positive~
MBC has ~elite KDR~

Looks like the ball went through everyone's goalposts

the maelstrom was a dumb attempt at smartbombing, which if it worked would've been hilarious

this "war" has degenerated into a lowsec slapfest, which is pretty funny

# ? May 29, 2016 23:43

Landsknecht: Oct 27, 2009; I hope this person is trolling, nobody can be so unfunny and dumb

Xolve posted:

Can someone explain to me why 2 groups with TRILLIONS of ISK in assets are now super concerned about being ~isk positive~?

There has been an unprecedented amount of killboard stat quoting in the past 2 weeks. I mean, normally it's just dumb pubbie "haha we actually won anyway" poo poo- but this is unreal.

isn't the kb stat thing just moving goalposts? now that there is no gsf sov, the only thing to point to is "look, we killed a thing" or "winning the isk war"

by any other metric (space/sov, slopes) the CFC has lost this war

# ? May 29, 2016 23:44

Goatman Sacks: Apr 4, 2011; by FactsAreUseless

Xolve posted:

Can someone explain to me why 2 groups with TRILLIONS of ISK in assets are now super concerned about being ~isk positive~?

There has been an unprecedented amount of killboard stat quoting in the past 2 weeks. I mean, normally it's just dumb pubbie "haha we actually won anyway" poo poo- but this is unreal.

Mainly the belief that PL will leave if they lose enough stuff inefficiently.

# ? May 29, 2016 23:45

Xolve: Oct 12, 2012; Well, shoot! We ain't come this far just to dump this thing in the drink. What's the nearest target opportunity?

Goatman Sacks posted:

Mainly the belief that PL will leave if they lose enough stuff inefficiently.

I know there's this "PL's identity is tied up in their killboard" thing going on- if you actually believe that's a thing, just :lol:

Landsknecht posted:

the maelstrom was a dumb attempt at smartbombing, which if it worked would've been hilarious

this "war" has degenerated into a lowsec slapfest, which is pretty funny

Rive still toeing that "this will either be hilarious, or insanely dumb" line.

Xolve fucked around with this message at 23:48 on May 29, 2016

# ? May 29, 2016 23:46

YouTuber: Jul 31, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

ullerrm posted:

Horde's situation is pretty odd -- it's honestly like nothing I've seen in Eve before.

We actually keep a close eye on their numbers, and in particular, how frequently PH players log in. (It's one of those nice bits of data that any character in the corp can extract without any API or sign of monitoring.) Horde has a huge number of people in it, but a significant part of their population hasn't logged in for over a month, and that population is growing by ~50 characters per week.

In other words, lots of people joined PH on alts or new accounts due to CCP's marketing for WWB, then realized that the war was a no-op, and stopped logging in. PH has to recruit at least 50 new people per week in order to keep their fleet numbers at present levels.

It's been compounded now by the fact that PH has abandoned their safe ratting space Querious and told everyone to move to the warzone in Fade.

Ok sure, Horde is the one who has problems. Karmafleet has an outright negative delta these days. Who knows how many of the people within it are active. Plus ~50 characters per week~ is a joke total and pretty much the expected burn rate for newbies to the game.

Maybe you should stop worrying about how other Alliances are doing and worry about your own. It's falling apart because people are too busy navel gazing at statistics and forum posts. Your organization needs loving leadership not accountants pouring over paperwork. It's like loving watching the video game version of infomercials; it just makes you mad at the sheer incompetence demonstrated.

YouTuber fucked around with this message at 00:04 on May 30, 2016

# ? May 29, 2016 23:56