You made me go right back to page 1. I can't see any tantrums or crying in the OP.Grabs popcorn.
Seriously we have had an pilot from an allied squadron kill some of our newer pilots. We put in a notice, warned our pilots of the dangers of flying in Open at a CG andet it go at that.
There was no crying, no tantrums like the OP. May I suggest that you suck it up snowflake or get out?
You are right.
I instance block anyone I please and for any reason I want; cry about it all you want:
You kill me -- BLOCKED
You say something that hurts my feelings -- BLOCKED
You don't o7 me -- BLOCKED
You kill steal in a CZ or RES -- BLOCKED
You take my mining fragment when group mining -- BLOCKED
You are in anyway unsociable -- BLOCKED
Your ship is named something that makes me feel uncomfortable -- BLOCKED
You say something in in-game system chat that I don't like -- BLOCKED
You express an opinion here on these forums that I don't like -- BLOCKED
If FD-up doesn't care, why should I?
I instance block anyone I please and for any reason I want; cry about it all you want:
You kill me -- BLOCKED
You say something that hurts my feelings -- BLOCKED
You don't o7 me -- BLOCKED
You kill steal in a CZ or RES -- BLOCKED
You take my mining fragment when group mining -- BLOCKED
You are in anyway unsociable -- BLOCKED
Your ship is named something that makes me feel uncomfortable -- BLOCKED
You say something in in-game system chat that I don't like -- BLOCKED
You express an opinion here on these forums that I don't like -- BLOCKED
If FD-up doesn't care, why should I?
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Oh nooooooo! Am I blocked now?
Did you murder me in cold blood? See below:
I don't murder anyone in cold blood. Even when I pirate, I disable their ship, but never I destroy their ship unless they go aggro on me. It's only cold-blooded murder that I "reverse iron-man". If you kill me in a combat zone (assuming we're on opposite sides), then that's fair game. If you kill me for a bounty on my head, that's fair game. If you attempt to pirate me and I decide to flee instead of giving up cargo and you destroy me, I usually won't block you despite it being murder, because you gave me a chance to live. I'll even forgive cold blooded murder in most anarchy systems, because like fleeing a pirate, that's on me.
In other words, I use blocking as an anti-griefing tool (these nimrods who kill the same player a dozen times who are only trying to get their exploration ship to Felicity), but I add the extra layer of only doing so after that griefer / ganker successfully kills me, allowing them the opportunity to kill me at least* once. Sure, I wrap it in narrative to make it more immersive (to them I am dead, to me they are in prison for attacking me in a secure system), but ultimately it's an anti-griefing tool. So to your question - I don't grief. Heck, if I kill an inexperienced player in a CZ, I'll try not to do so again in the same night, because that just doesn't feel very gentlemanly (unless he attacks me first).
* I usually reset my block list every few months, with the exception of the well-known "all I do is grief" PITAs.
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Heavens forbid, it was self defense! Your creepy Eagle (iirc) attempted to destroy my poor FDL while I was minding my own business (trying to kill your wingmate).
Assuming you weren't kill-stealing, then you're safe from being blocked. If you were on the opposite side, then odds are just as likely that I fired first. Dying to an FDL while flying an Eagle is no big deal, but when I actually beat an FDL in my Eagle (it happens now that noobs can afford an FDL after a day of mining), that is more than worth the few pennies it costs me to rebuy when I lose.Heavens forbid, it was self defense! Your creepy Eagle (iirc) attempted to destroy my poor FDL while I was minding my own business (trying to kill your wingmate).
It's not, ofc.
I never said it was.I didn't even realize it was you in that Eagle during that fight in the CZ, I just accidentally stumbled upon your name in my contact list after I had read your post and I found it funny that I may possibly have made it into the reverse ironman blocklist, that's all.
As ye shoot at the flying old duck
And the great stern-gun shot fair and true,
With the heave of the ship, to the stainless blue,
And the great stern-turret stuck
The feed-pipes burst below --
You can hear the hiss of the helpless ram,
You can hear the twisted runners jam."
As he answered, "Blocked and go!"
- The Ballad of the "Blockherdown"
And the great stern-gun shot fair and true,
With the heave of the ship, to the stainless blue,
And the great stern-turret stuck
The feed-pipes burst below --
You can hear the hiss of the helpless ram,
You can hear the twisted runners jam."
As he answered, "Blocked and go!"
- The Ballad of the "Blockherdown"