An ironic death, and lessons learned from it.

TheCyanDragon

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Just thought I'd share this with you guys, since, well, while still peeved, it's a bit funny. Unfortunately, in my rage, I did not think to make screenshots or anything.

So, here I am, the aspiring trader, having just completed the event in Diso, and earned myself a crisp 2.4 million from it, and in need of a bit more cargo space. What do I do? I buy a Type 9, and then buy as much Diso Ma Corn as I can. On a whim, I go to jump to a nearby Empire system (forget the name, starts with a C) and go to collect a long, long standing 632k bounty there.

Naturally, my Type-9 get's interdicted. Human pirate in a Python, so, after submitting (good luck fighting interdictions in something that large) I set throttle to zero, and wait for it to stop. The Python apparently had no clue that a Type-9 takes roughly nine years to come to a full stop, so, I get obliterated instantaneously by *something*. Still have no clue what it is, but, that's not the funny part.

After stripping it down to bare, minimum parts... I'm short SIX credits on the loan, to keep my new, shiny, and expensive ship. Six credits. The real kicker?

My last fuel stop was 19 credits. FML.

Moral of the story? Watch your fuel gauges, and how much you pay at the pump, kids. It can be the difference between slaving away for two months to find nothing but disappointment, or, keeping your sanity.
 

GluttonyFang

GluttonyFang
TheCyanDragon said:
Just thought I'd share this with you guys, since, well, while still peeved, it's a bit funny. Unfortunately, in my rage, I did not think to make screenshots or anything.

So, here I am, the aspiring trader, having just completed the event in Diso, and earned myself a crisp 2.4 million from it, and in need of a bit more cargo space. What do I do? I buy a Type 9, and then buy as much Diso Ma Corn as I can. On a whim, I go to jump to a nearby Empire system (forget the name, starts with a C) and go to collect a long, long standing 632k bounty there.

Naturally, my Type-9 get's interdicted. Human pirate in a Python, so, after submitting (good luck fighting interdictions in something that large) I set throttle to zero, and wait for it to stop. The Python apparently had no clue that a Type-9 takes roughly nine years to come to a full stop, so, I get obliterated instantaneously by *something*. Still have no clue what it is, but, that's not the funny part.

After stripping it down to bare, minimum parts... I'm short SIX credits on the loan, to keep my new, shiny, and expensive ship. Six credits. The real kicker?

My last fuel stop was 19 credits. FML.

Moral of the story? Watch your fuel gauges, and how much you pay at the pump, kids. It can be the difference between slaving away for two months to find nothing but disappointment, or, keeping your sanity.
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My condolences, quite a shame we could not stop you from doing the Diso Community Goal. If only we stopped you, you would not be able to afford a T9, you would wait a few days to earn more credits and perhaps will never run into that trigger happy Python pirate.
 

TheCyanDragon

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Hey man, it is what it is. Said trigger happy scoundrels (I refuse to grace them with the name 'pirate') have kinda ruined my trading experience, though this was the only time it's came to a full and complete reset of, well, pretty much everything.
 

CMDR Holycow

CMDR Holycow
GluttonyFang said:
My condolences, quite a shame we could not stop you from doing the Diso Community Goal. If only we stopped you, you would not be able to afford a T9, you would wait a few days to earn more credits and perhaps will never run into that trigger happy Python pirate.
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hah.. who the hell is this guy?
 

Shaamaan

Shaamaan
Kayweg said:
I think everyone knows about mobius by now.
The constant advertising for that group, everytime somebody posts something related to open play, is getting tedious and approaching spam.
Mobius is not a solution, it's a personal choice. Respect players who WANT to play in open.
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On one hand, I agree. On the other, since it's not an official in-game option, people definitely might not know about it (especially newer players). That said, the OP doesn't seem like a new player, so perhaps such posts are now equally as condescending as those by the likes of GluttonyFang...
 

Kayweg

Kayweg
Shaamaan said:
On one hand, I agree. On the other, since it's not an official in-game option, people definitely might not know about it (especially newer players). That said, the OP doesn't seem like a new player, so perhaps such posts are now equally as condescending as those by the likes of GluttonyFang...
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He just spouts "Mobius". A new player wouldn't even know what it means.
Mobius had a huge thread on his own at some point.
They can just keep that on the front page for everyone to see.
I have nothing against them at all btw., but some people are beginning to give it a bad name by constantly bursting into threads "advertising" for it.
 

Gramps

Gramps
Yesterday I was playing in a private group
(MOBIUS)
Today I will playing in open and sometimes I play in Solo mode, it all depends on my mood, location and activity, it's nice to have choices but none of them will guarantee your ships safety. I don't understand other players who believe their mode of play is the only acceptable one and openly criticize other players choices, hence the spoiler tag so as not to offend any of you. (sorry if you already clicked it open.)
Back on topic;

Sorry to hear of your loss Commander, but remember you've learned a lot on the way to a T9, so I'm saying the road back wont be quite as tough or take as long to get there so I wish you good fortune.
 

TheCyanDragon

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Nah, the road back won't be nearly as tough, but it's going to be pretty brutal and painstaking.

Fun fact, by the way. Sidewinders are stupid freakin' responsive, so my first official act as a 'born again' Sidewinder pilot was to smash it into a station. Oops.
 

GluttonyFang

GluttonyFang
TheCyanDragon said:
Nah, the road back won't be nearly as tough, but it's going to be pretty brutal and painstaking.

Fun fact, by the way. Sidewinders are stupid freakin' responsive, so my first official act as a 'born again' Sidewinder pilot was to smash it into a station. Oops.
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I can confirm this, heh.
 

GluttonyFang

GluttonyFang
Ziggy Starduster said:
I thought we grew up and moved past this.

Anyway, CODE pirates flying in glass houses operating in wings chosing way weaker targets shouldn't throw bricks.

Disclaimer: before the obvious: it makes sense to chose weaker targets, counter non-argument is made, yes it does make sense. But it also makes it a tad Hippo Critical to belly acke when people decide not to play the part of weaker target.
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I don't see a reason why to stop utilizing this diction as long as people throw hate mails/death-threats/complaints in our general direction. Plus, freedom of discretion in diction, right? If people can address CODE however they prefer, I can address Mobius according to my personal experience, feminist empiricism, ever read it?

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SteveLaw said:
Judging others.
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Oh, then it makes sense. Hm... never thought of it like that, care to share some logical reasoning behind it in this context? Or are you falling back on emergentism?

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SteveLaw said:
Judging/belittling others for their choices. I seem to recall you saying something about something similar when applied to yourself in another thread.
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Oh, so your intention is to belittle me, I see. Reasonable.

Does it have any other effect by any chance? Or is it purely for that purpose?
 
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