Boycotting community events

[TheDude1972]

The way I see it, and I'm not a blockader or someone caught in it.

When people get together to deliver goods somewhere it's called a "community goal".
When other people get together to prevent goods from going somewhere it's not a community goal? I don't see the difference.

Both is a choice made by a pilot, both are voluntary.

Again, I'm not part of either of these community driven goals and really don't care either way who is right or wrong. But this discussion is really just 2 groups of people doing the same thing on different sides.

My own PERSONAL opinion: nothing more, nothing less.

 

[GluttonyFang]

Dear Zeus, silly it is.


What a load of .....

Who in CODE comes up with this nonsense?

Not me, my job is to calm the crowd.

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The way I see it, and I'm not a blockader or someone caught in it.

When people get together to deliver goods somewhere it's called a "community goal".
When other people get together to prevent goods from going somewhere it's not a community goal? I don't see the difference.

Both is a choice made by a pilot, both are voluntary.

Again, I'm not part of either of these community driven goals and really don't care either way who is right or wrong. But this discussion is really just 2 groups of people doing the same thing on different sides.

My own PERSONAL opinion: nothing more, nothing less.

I would say that is quite an accurate view.

 

[Metalstardust]

I have nothing against the CODE. What ever floats their boat (or ship). For me I enter open on a CG fully aware of the risks. I spend the rest of my time in PVE Group Mobias.

 

[Kristov]

You are free to criticize our announcements, and our intention is to oppose the CG. Our objective isn't to take out anger on the players, but rather simply opposing the CG. Players feeling disgruntled is a side-effect, not a intended product.

Yeah, you didn't read it, you really should...

And obviously the REST of Code doesn't agree with you about the intended product, just how in touch with them are you?

 

[torc]

The way I see it, and I'm not a blockader or someone caught in it.

When people get together to deliver goods somewhere it's called a "community goal".
When other people get together to prevent goods from going somewhere it's not a community goal? I don't see the difference.



Both is a choice made by a pilot, both are voluntary.

Again, I'm not part of either of these community driven goals and really don't care either way who is right or wrong. But this discussion is really just 2 groups of people doing the same thing on different sides.

My own PERSONAL opinion: nothing more, nothing less.

Exactly...That's why i'm going to Hutton fully armed providing cover for traders.....I Really hope other commanders Join the cause

 

[mossfoot]

Not me, my job is to calm the crowd..

So... A spin doctor?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Not me, my job is to calm the crowd.

Too bad.

I'd love to meet the guy who decided to make these 'reasons' public.

 

[MadDogMurdock]

I agree, now it's just a matter of FD coming out and declaring and enforcing said stipulations.

That'd be nice but I'm not holding my breath.
Personally, I'd like FD to code beacon dropping so that it only works within a certain distance depending on your SC speed. If you're further away than that, then you aren't really flying as a wing.

 

[newman1702]

We are not pirating, we are blockading.

For what reason? Is the Hutton Mug some kind of a threat to your group? Or did you lot make up this blockade malarkey (that nobody's buying, anyway) so you can kill players who can't fight back after 90 minutes of SC wasted? I bet that whole blockade business you keep telling yourselves you're doing makes you feel all authoritarian and manly, though. Well, I'm glad there's some kind of mechanism on this planet that can make you kiddies feel that way. Good for you, carry on!

BTW, I've not even participated in this CG or encountered you lot. I just dislike griefers, and dislike the thin-as-paper excuses they offer even more.

 

[bootsam]

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDange...fficial_code_response_regarding_the_blockade/

Here you go.

Well, that's a bit tenuous. Reads to me more like "we were 'promised' sweets and instead we were given veg, sob". Its reads more like a tantrum than it does reasoning. Besides the 'blockade' is about as effective as catching a fart with a colander.

What this current CG has shown me is that the vast majority of people like to cooperate together and despite all the griefers and the Codes misguided blockade, people are still doing it and having fun. Two fingers have been well and truly put up and the spirit of 'The Blitz' is alive and well. So perhaps these groups do have a role as they've inadvertently engendered a community spirit. This does not mean they can lay claim to this spirit, its generally always been there. Its just come to the fore recently.

 

[Ian Phillips]

There will be no more warnings in this thread.

Stop the insults.

30 minute time-out. Go away, calm down and re-consider your posts BEFORE pressing the button when you come back.

 

[Ian Phillips]

Re-opened.

Please address the points made in a post, not the poster.

 

[Jypson]

So... A spin doctor?

lol

"Hey now, Eddie, all covered in confetti, C'mon over here and gimme some of your spaghetti"

Oops, spin doctor, not Spin Doctors

 

[Space Pigeon]

We are performing a blockade, preventing the CG from succeeding is our challenge, kill traders is not.

Not to be a wise-ass or anything, but isn't the CG already a success? I mean, even with the blockade there's a slight change we'll make it to the last tier. And I'd say that we'd be quite successful even without reaching the highest tier.

I quite enjoyed reading this topic (at work) and I enjoy the pirate-factor in the game. However, I did have some bad encounters myself, in which I was simply getting interdicted and got shot at within seconds. No comms or whatever. Hopefully, this wasn't a CODE member. Anyway, if CODE's goal actually is to prevent the CG from succeeding, I'd say that CODE has failed. Better luck next time, and I'll make sure I'll be prepared .

 

[Vingtetun]

It succeeded by day 2 - our objective was to get the mug made. Everything after that has been a bonus ;-)

 

[Yaffle]

Looking at the reasons for the blockade on reddit, only one is game related (other than the 'it's what we do' rather odd one) and that is...

We see the creation of the Hutton Mug as a golden opportunity that was wasted on a gimmick. We as pirates love to pirate rare goods and this commodity is likely never to be traded due to the travel time required to purchase it.

Which is a logical fallacy. At a level of 45 mugs per trader, and a potential profit of 15-20k per tonne on that 45 it's a MASSIVE incentive to go to Hutton as a rares trader, which means more traders and more rare goods to pirate. So, well done, you've killed your own business by not helping the effort and making more mugs available for you to pirate. Good job.

 

[biohazard15]

So they even have an entire manifesto regarding their blockade. Nice read, always liked something written by angry child.
BTW, CODE, ran through your "blockade" about an hour ago with ease (thanks to CMDRs who were fighting you around Hutton). My Python isn't equipped for real combat, but I landed some shots at one of you, and yeah, I shot first. Had to run, but managed to relieve him of one or two shield cells and PA ammo. Good luck getting these at Hutton.

 

[Ian Skippy]

Previously CODE would claim they would blockade some CG because the expensive cargo is like honey to a pirate. Now they say they blockade Hutton because of how cheap the cargo is. There is no consistency at all. Basically wherever a lot of traders meet CODE will try to ruin the party. There is no in-game reason to pirate scrap (they mention this lack of a reason, bizarrely enough, as an actual reason to do it anyway), there is nothing political around Hutton that could provide an RP point, it is not an efficient route to pirate, there is no history with the region and there is no reason for hating a mug. Best to just assume there will be some psychopaths out there and prepare accordingly. That basically is the whole point of Open anyway, but I do wish CODE would stop pretending to be actual pirates and just be out&open violent lunatics.

 

[Khelder]

Good for you. Now explain why others going solo is disappointing to you.

I just don't want to see everyone abandoning Open because of issues like this. The whole 'just go Solo to avoid this' thing doesn't sit right with me. Just a personal opinion.

 

[seansamurai1]

Again, we are doing a blockade, we are not grieving, please do not confuse the two.

funny you say that, the list of names of cmdrs your group has randomly destroyed without a word said is growing.
thats not pirating, that's griefing.