An interview with one of Elite Dangerous' most hated

the last line of article says because the galaxy would be devoid of content or purpose without this zarek null. well... solo mode. zarek is null to me because he doesnt exist to me except if he decided to do powerplay, or there was a cg and he was working one side of it and i was working the opposing side.

solo beats zarek mode.

if he wants to roleplay that kind of psychopath he should die soon and his 'empire of a thousand years' will as always with these people fall apart. saddam null - sorry zarek nulll (meh genocidal dictators are all the same) adds nor subtracts NOTHING at all from the content of my game bar one thing : OPEN MODE. and i can live with that. hes not the only griefer out there. he may be truly roleplaying a character or just saying so to do some attention seeking, or have spun this wild tale to deflect criticism from victims which pricked his real life conscience when he suddenly empathised and realised not everyone has infinite rebuys to afford to lose their ship over and over, and that his actions risk killing the game if he manages to drive new players to quitting and demanding their money back in rage.

yes i know others say that kind of thing at the drop of a hat and others poo-poo it by saying it hasnt killed it yet - but FD know the threat is real, or they wouldnt have instituted the protection from open all new players have at first to prevent the baby seal killers doing just that.

Powerful ships, effective weapons, strong shields: credits, materials and time buy these things. Why spend valuable resources on them? Their value comes from their ability to mitigate threats. I am a threat. Thus, ultimately, the value of credits, ships, weapons, etc. originates, in part, from me. Obtaining a more capable vessel is valued by a sidewinder pilot in part because me and my kind exist. The fewer threats there are, the less utility combat-capable ships possess.
 
I'll buy you one if you write a Steam review about me being the most significant thing in Elite Dangerous because I single handedly delay everyone's ship transfers and that I am the alien vessel that hyperdicts players. Also, I invented Telepresence and introduced Sandro Sammarco to his Loach (or was that the other way around...) :D

You invented telepresence? You monster!
 
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That is quite obvious judging by the amount of links to Youtube vids that illustrate people whipping the stuffing out of you.

Is there anyone that has not given you a hiding?

Trick of the trade: getting killed by someone like Harry Potter or AA and posted online is excellent for generating name recognition. When it happens, it usually gets my name to the top of the ED reddit, which is hard to do otherwise because the widespread hatred of me makes it impossible for me to post anything myself without getting downvoted to oblivion. Celebrated deaths carry with them the assumption that the one destroyed was a person of some importance. Why would the death of a nobody reach a top spot on reddit? It wouldn't. Thus, I must be a somebody. If I beat someone, they're not going to post a video of it. And if I post it, it will be ridiculed as usual (because of the usual widespread hate lodged against me). So getting destroyed publicly is actually one of my most effective PR tools.

I should go get ganked again, just for some more free press.
 
Trick of the trade: getting killed by someone like Harry Potter or AA and posted online is excellent for generating name recognition. When it happens, it usually gets my name to the top of the ED reddit, which is hard to do otherwise because the widespread hatred of me makes it impossible for me to post anything myself without getting downvoted to oblivion. Celebrated deaths carry with them the assumption that the one destroyed was a person of some importance. Why would the death of a nobody reach a top spot on reddit? It wouldn't. Thus, I must be a somebody. If I beat someone, they're not going to post a video of it. And if I post it, it will be ridiculed as usual (because of the usual widespread hate lodged against me). So getting destroyed publicly is actually one of my most effective PR tools.

I should go get ganked again, just for some more free press.

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Trick of the trade: getting killed by someone like Harry Potter or AA and posted online is excellent for generating name recognition. When it happens, it usually gets my name to the top of the ED reddit, which is hard to do otherwise because the widespread hatred of me makes it impossible for me to post anything myself without getting downvoted to oblivion. Celebrated deaths carry with them the assumption that the one destroyed was a person of some importance. Why would the death of a nobody reach a top spot on reddit? It wouldn't. Thus, I must be a somebody. If I beat someone, they're not going to post a video of it. And if I post it, it will be ridiculed as usual (because of the usual widespread hate lodged against me). So getting destroyed publicly is actually one of my most effective PR tools.

I should go get ganked again, just for some more free press.

The need for attention is strong in this one.
Every game needs eccentrics to have truly arrived.
Thank you for your need.
o7
 
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Written by John Santina....

He describes trying to hide his identity, and then writes it right there at the top of the article. Oh my....[woah]
 
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So why does the author of your puff piece believe you do it?

He doesn't know me personally. He was just assuming that the old menu-logging videos and frequent allegations against me are true.

It's funny. If I'm the writer of the article as people have claimed, then that means I accused myself of combat logging in the comments section of the article.
 
The article was an interesting and funny read, mixing in-game reasoning and out of game reasoning - really not to be taken too seriously!

I also need to lodge, as I do not read Reddit and I tend to start at the Horizon start location, not visited the old area for some time, I have not run up against this particular commander.

Simon
 
He doesn't know me personally. He was just assuming that the old menu-logging videos and frequent allegations against me are true.

It's funny. If I'm the writer of the article as people have claimed, then that means I accused myself of combat logging in the comments section of the article.

As has been suggested, some people will do anything for attention.
 
He doesn't know me personally. He was just assuming that the old menu-logging videos and frequent allegations against me are true.

It's funny. If I'm the writer of the article as people have claimed, then that means I accused myself of combat logging in the comments section of the article.

If you don't know him, how do you know that he was 'assuming' anything? Maybe he has other sources...
 
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