[OOC] Drama
January 8, 2010 in Uncategorized by tehmastersword
All I can say is WOW. Hulkageddon II is HUGE, and the only thing more numerous than the number of AFK Hulks is the number if tears from the victims and those that stand opposed to it. Specifically this blog.
blog http://noprisonersnomercy.com/2009/12/crossing-swords/
I hardly know where to begin other than leting the reader know that this post is written as a direct response to the author of the above mentioned post. Sadly, comments were locked. Seems I’m not the only other person with any common sense that the blog authors did not like.
This is pathetic. Your whole post seems to be based on insulting Helicity Boson by implying his stupidity in a condescending way, COMPARING HIM TO HITLER (WTF?), sarcastically apologizing for calling him an imbecile and them turning around and calling him an imbecile again, all the while acting like a schoolteacher talking to a 2nd grader. There are quite a few things wrong with what you wrote.
After reading this post, it is obvious that you are under the impression that you are some being of righteous wisdom coming to educate Hel and point out how evil you think he is. Obviously, you missed the point of Hulkageddon and even EVE itself. THIS IS A GAME, AND THEY ARE DOING THIS FOR FUN. You point out that Helicity Boson does not like the victim’s play style, and there is nothing wrong with that. Racking in millions of ISK while AFK (or being too incompetent to get away) rubs people the wrong way and Helicity has every right to do what he is doing, just as CCP intended for EVE to be. Saying that HE needs to leave. EVE opens yourself up to what I am going to say next.
You are doing the exact same thing. You disagree with HIS play style. Nothing wrong with that either, but the problem with your statement arises with this little fact. Helicity is doing something completely acceptable to CCP and unique to EVE with his expressions and actions. You on the other hand are implying Hel shouldn’t be able to attack whoever he wants. On that point, I have on thing to say to you. EVE is a game, a very dark, cruel, unforgiving game. If you don’t like it, you should leave. Are you seeing the hypocrisy of telling him that he should leave if he doesn’t like miners being AFK? You want him to leave for making EVE… EVE. I love the “let the adults have their fun” remark. “Adults” would HTFU and get over losing their ship, or at least be responsible enough to NOT get ganked (it really is easy). Insulting Helicity by sarcastically congratulating him for being able to read does not further your point and only makes you look like a child that has no argument to stand on other than derogatory remarks. It’s comparable to a kid throwing a temper tantrum because Hel is having fun and the kid doesn’t like it, so you the kid feels the need to whine about under the thin veil of standing up for the victims (read: idiots who can’t read forums, watch local, stay aligned, tank, be at the damn computer) And as for saying Hel has an ego, you are truly running out if anything worthwhile to say if you are resorting to this. All you seem to be doing is pouting with big condescending words and tring to appear morally right, but you only accomplish sounding like a hypocrite. Helicity and his gang are having fun teaching people to not be idiots, the only one here with an ego is YOU.
Calling him an imbecile repeatedly for what? Blowing people up? You have nothing. You just want to insult him out of baseless indignation. I was half expecting a “your face” joke grown in there. You further talk down to him with the learning to read comments. Can anyone say “uncalled for”? YOUR WHOLE POST can be summed up with “Helicity is an evil little kid ruining the game for everyone else, he is an idiot because… because… I don’t like him, blah blah blah, I am so much smarter than him”. He has the ego? Really? He is having fun blowing up lazy idiots while you are stroking your e-peen shaking telling yourself you are some wise teacher in league of Socrates shaking your fist at him.
I want to end this with something witty to wrap up all I just said, but I am in too much a state of shock at what you’ve written. Your gross inability to be even the slightest bit respectful, your glaring displays of hypocrisy, your childish attempts to paint Helicity as an idiot, and your fundamentally wrong stance on thinking Helicity is some sort of moral criminal for what he does says enough: there is something wrong with you. You take EVE much too seriously, and I suggest you take a few steps back from the screen until you learn how not to be a hypocrite and how to just relax and enjoy the game. You are not the ePolice, Helicity and the guys taking part can do whatever they want. If you have a problem with that so much that you have to embarrass yourself with this painful display of hypocrisy and deluded self righteousness, you have problems.
Although i’ve been playing Eve for a reletively short period of time, i’ve come to realise something fundamental about it, and that’s its realism. I know the same statements of ‘it’s only a game’ will be bantered about forever, but its never felt so true and false at the same time. Sure, we all play it for enjoyment and thats great, but sometimes lazerbeams and big bangs dont cut it, sometimes work and effort becomes the source of enjoyment and when i read about people becoming corp stock investers i think, wtf (partly because i could find that worryingly interesting
), but thats the beauty of Eve; it has a huge scope of possibilty founded around the concept of user created content. A player can get his masochistic thrills from inter-region pyrite hauling, if he/she wants.
I understand the importance of investing time into a game, and also that ISK / ships represent that investment. I also realise how frustrating it must be to lose that huge investment of time / ISK because of an event that has been specifically set up to destroy it. And in this game, realism stikes with a double whammy; when its gone… its gone…
Work hard and reap the rewards, take your eye of the ball and prepare to lose everything. If you’re aware of the event happening, shame on you for losing a hulk. If you weren’t, you’ll stop watching that box set of 24 and start paying attention next time your out in the wilderness.
… i reserve the right to completely change my views should ‘freighterggeddon’ ever happen
bleh what did you yahoos expect by going into hi-sec and destroying a bunch of hulks that are pretty defenseless?
Did you think that you would be welcomed with open arms?
Did you think that all these miners who like to mine in
hi-sec would suddenly say – hey let’s go to low-sec now -
this is so much funner – being ganked by a bunch of
yahoos who usually do their yahoo stuff in low-sec or
nul-sec?
I mean really – what you guys expecting? Miners mine
in hi-sec for a reason – so they don’t have to deal with
PvP’rs. Get it?
I guess not.
I am not taking part in Hulkageddon. I am just a fellow capsuleer that embraces the dog eat dog nature of eve, and quite frankly I am disgusted at the way the blogger this post was directed at reacted to the events. The condescending attitude, the repeated calling him an imbecile, and pretty much everything I pointd out was uncalled for. Of course I don’t expect the miners to like it. I DO expect that the people that complain at least be educated, because THEY will not suffer. This is nothing new, suicide ganking happens all the time. This just happens to be highly publicized, giving miners less excuse to not survive.
To FiveChairs
I’m glad somebody else has the same opinion as myself (not specifically Hulkaggedon, but on EVE as a whole). The sheer vastness of what you can do and the lack of chains on what actions you can take is staggering. I remember my first few days flying around in a Merlin, the whole time in awe as huge ships passed me up, repeatedly watching the faction introduction videos and CCP produced videos and just soaking it in, halfway believing it was real. It really is magical in its own way, and it depresses me when people get angry BECAUSE of what makes EVE the unique experience it is.
Best thing to do about drama is to laugh at or avoid it.
Really, just don’t get pulled into it. This post is an example of being pulled into it. Just let is slide in the future and move on.
Which is exactly what I usually do, but I really couldn’t help myself with this one. I mean, my day hasn’t been ruined or anything, I’m not offended and raging, I just felt compelled to express how stupid this guy is.
“# Sard Caid Says: January 9th, 2010 at 00:12
Best thing to do about drama is to laugh at or avoid it.
Really, just don’t get pulled into it. This post is an example of being pulled into it. Just let is slide in the future and move on.”
Quoted for emphasis.
Nice and interesting article. Thanks for sharing it.