PvP Fuel Corgi gets got 65k LY from bubble - SDC Special

Shinji Ikari

Shinji Ikari
Agony_Aunt said:
It might be griefing, but as its a one off act, then its not really harassment.

And while i certainly don't approve of what happened, i do applaud the effort that went into it. Having gone to BP myself, i know just how much effort it requires.

Is it legitimate gameplay? I think i have to say yes. There were no exploits, it happened in open, a trick was played, and it worked.

So, we have a situation, which is not exactly against the rules, could even be a case of "all is fair in love and war", but regardless, still was a definite case of someone doing something to deliberately try and cause someone grief.

As always, if you don't like this sort of thing, you can always play in other modes. If you do play in other modes, then you can happily ignore this sort of thing.

It is clear there is still a large part of the community who seem to accept the risk this sort of thing can happen by the very fact they play in open, even if they disapprove of it.

SDC do this sort of thing for the notoriety. They openly admit it. If people didn't give them the attention they want, they would get frustrated. Instead people get riled up.



You see, they love the attention they get from doing this sort of thing.

Advice:

Stop playing in Open or be wary of tricks like this.
If you see a thread like this, don't dive in head first. Think about what the OP wants. Don't give the OP what they want.

If people didn't get all excited over threads like these, there would be an initial post, a few people saying "Yeah, wow, you guys are great" and then the thread would die.

Instead, all people are doing here is giving SDC more visibility and feeding their salt generator.
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Well, you can get to BP nowadays in less than 8 hrs. I'm not sure if engineering a ship to PvP takes more time than that or not.
 

Shinji Ikari

Shinji Ikari
lokvette said:
Ok I might be showing my age or ignorance here or indeed both, but just what is a forum dad and how does one qualify?

Do you have to be over a certain age, or do you need children as lets face it you can be a dad at any age once your into puberty. For the record I think I can pass for Grandad age albeit a young one) if I or indeed my now wife had any children of our own to then have children of their own.

Never understood this term is it meant as an insult as I thought being a dad of anything was something to be proud off.
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I definitely don't have the age for it.
 

Vardaugas

Vardaugas
This whole stunt is really a low hanging fruit for trolling. I'm more surprised it didn't happen sooner. Now all they need is keep doing that and thus undermine the fuel rats' effort in saving people that actually need help.
And the other way around, too: Sign up as fuel rat, check for calls for help and send someone else out to murder the hapless fool.
 
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Powderpanic

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Powderpanic
Agony_Aunt said:
For me, that is not drivel. That is proper and worthy PvP. Beating someone on a level playing field can give a true sense of victory. Beating someone with the advantage of a stronger ship/loadout/whaever simply takes away from that victory. If i PvP, i want to know it was my skill responsible for whether i win or lose.
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The failure that is Arena/CQC proves it is not what players of this game want both PVE or PVP.

By your assessment on what makes PVP, you are also ruling out in game piracy and bounty hunting if both sides are not running identical builds.

If Powerplay hadn't been an abject waste of time, based around a really promising feature. You would also be classing players defending their faction against players running stronger or weaker ships as non PVP.

Non Consensual PVP is very much a thing, its the players who haven't quite mastered it and get dunked on who class it as griefing.
Players who shouldn't be in Open mode, if they have firstly that mind set or that delicate a disposition.
 
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Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
Ziggy Stardust said:
It's an overused term. It used to mean: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Forumdad
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LOL, love how they use ED as part of the definition, so i guess the phrase was coined by an ED player.

Well, i almost qualify being a dad, but i definitely play more than 2 hours per week and don't complain about how hard the game is. Not sure i'm happy about that.... i think i quite like the term forumdad. Sounds respectable. Someone mature, capable of dispensing wisdom about gameplay to younger and less experienced players.

ALL! You may now all refer to me as SIR FORUMDAD!
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
Agony_Aunt said:
LOL, love how they use ED as part of the definition, so i guess the phrase was coined by an ED player.

Well, i almost qualify being a dad, but i definitely play more than 2 hours per week and don't complain about how hard the game is. Not sure i'm happy about that.... i think i quite like the term forumdad. Sounds respectable. Someone mature, capable of dispensing wisdom about gameplay to younger and less experienced players.

ALL! You may now all refer to me as SIR FORUMDAD!
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Forumdaddy alright with you daddy-o?
 

ShadowWolf Kell

ShadowWolf Kell
Life in space can be very cruel when it comes to ganking.
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Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
Powderpanic said:
The failure that is Arena/CQC proves it is not what players of this game want both PVE or PVP.

By your assessment on what makes PVP, you are also ruling out in game piracy and bounty hunting if both sides are not running identical builds.

If Powerplay hadn't been an abject waste of time, based around a really promising feature. You would also be classing players defending their faction against players running stronger or weaker ships as non PVP.

Non Consensual PVP is very much a thing, its the players who haven't quite mastered it and get dunked on who class it as griefing.
Players who shouldn't be in Open mode, if they have firstly that mind set or that delicate a disposition.
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The failure of CQC is more (for me) a failure of understanding the demographic and FD's failure to follow through on it, developing it further. It has the potential to be a really great game in its own right. I love PvP arena games, but there are much better ones out there. I don't need it to be as good as Paladins or Overwatch or whatever. I do need it to be better than what it is.

And nope, piracy and bounty hunting are not quite what we were talking about. You dismissed PvP arenas as being drivel. I countered that. If you want to talk about balance of things like trade ships, pirate ships, and bounty hunter ships, etc, then that's a separate discussion. By its nature though, ED is quite unbalanced for PvP, but that's a topic for another thread.

Powerplay - meh. Another nice idea that didn't work out too well.

As for the final bit, ED is by its nature consensual for PvP if you are in Open, and i'm not arguing against that.
 

Henkka77

Henkka77
Really? REALLY??

I cant believe what i just saw!

So, let me get this straight..

Someone put up Fuel CORGIs, although theres already Fuel Rats??


Why on earth? :S
 
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