Code blockading Sothis

[GluttonyFang]

Cool. Just out of curiosity (and in a non-sarcastic way): How do you go about when prosecuting members? Are they banned from the group?

We have an infraction system, regular members are terminated once accumulated three infraction points. Administrators can have their administrator privileged suspended, or stripped of their officer rank. The latter then follow the same system.

Of course, severe infractions such as cheating, exploiting, and combat logging are instant termination. Rarely other violations can also cause instant termination.

 

[Joe Akeem]

Hmm, ok. I might reconsider the Beagle Boy picture, since you guys seem to be pretty organised. Looking forward to exchange some plasma in the black!

 

[xondk]

It's just a computer fantasy or in other words a game. It's not real and really not worth getting your panties in a bind over.

While I agree, it does go both ways, is it 'worth it' just to play a game with the sole goal to harass and ruin the game for others as griefers do, though will gladly admit I still do not know what Code truly are.

The whole "Be mature and let it go" isn't onesided, part of it is also "Do not be immature and only work to make people angry."

 

[Katabasis]

It's saddened me to see so many deadly rating and above that I know, flickering in and out of open while parked in the space station,

I don't think I can quite grasp the kind of monotonic obsession required and expressed here to sit and scan a station in order to work out who, and how many, are logging in and out.

Why is it you play this game again? ("Play" and "game" to be interpreted extremely generously in this case)

 

[Katabasis]

Jack Sparrow is a nonsensical, romanticized, hollywoodian take on a pirate.
Real pirates don't just rob you, they also torture you, take your wife and force you to watch, kill her slowly, throw your kids in a firepit, and then they ransom you if they're in the mood.

Never mind all those pirate crews in history who were led by women or who purposefully freed slaves, eh?

 

[Stressfest]

Mobius <3

 

[Cowboy Bats]

The answer is simple. Get some wings together and fight then out of the system. It isn't that hard! No need for solo. No need for private groups. Use those guns that Frontier gave those ships!

I'm sure there are enough people who have posted in this thread that would be willing enough to wing up and fight back.

Blastman, you obviously don't get it. That's never going to happen, because quite frankly that would be giving them exactly what they want, and only a fool gives a perceived enemy what they want.

 

[Majinvash]

Blastman, you obviously don't get it. That's never going to happen, because quite frankly that would be giving them exactly what they want, and only a fool gives a perceived enemy what they want.

Sadly you don't get it.

This is exactly what you need to do, to get rid of pirates in an area you don't want them to be.

The Hutton groups got their act together at the end of the event and made things difficult for us. Creating some of the best game play this game has seen for both sides.

Its a lot more effective than crying about it on a forum and hope that we go away.. Or FD do something magical

We wont and they wont

Majinvash
The Voice of Open

 

[Hurricane Moon]

yes the only true way to do battle in our galaxy is through pure ultra violence.....unstoppable ultra violence.

there is a storm coming......

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Hello Elite Dangerous Community,

We apologize for the disturbance at Sothis. This "blockade" was carried out by two members of The Code that initiated this operation in question without authorization. Due to the occurrence of said act was around a time frame where administrators were deep in their slumber, this was not put to an immediate stop.

We have put the "blockade" to a stop and prosecuted the two members in question.

We would like to thank the community for bringing this event to our attention.

Sincerely,

Gluttony Fang

Aw shucks. I liked the innitiative. As I liked the one in Hutton.

If the prosecuted need character witnesses I'm game.

 

[Crazy Jedi]

Hello Elite Dangerous Community,

We apologize for the disturbance at Sothis. This "blockade" was carried out by two members of The Code that initiated this operation in question without authorization. Due to the occurrence of said act was around a time frame where administrators were deep in their slumber, this was not put to an immediate stop.

We have put the "blockade" to a stop and prosecuted the two members in question.

We would like to thank the community for bringing this event to our attention.

Sincerely,

Gluttony Fang

Thanks for the update GF...

wondered why youd not been involved in the thread thus far...

 

[KG_Jedi]

Pff. Any smuggler can easily go Solo. Or fighter can go Solo, bring his combat ship to Newholm station and then go Open. Blockade has no point imho. Unless Solo is removed from ED.

 

[Jockey79]

Creating some of the best game play this game has seen for both sides.

Only for those who wanted PvP.

Code want PvP, not everyone does. - which is the point Cowboy was making, forcing people who do not want PvP is what your group has been trying to do since the start.
People who took part in the Hutton CG fell for it and played your games.

Some of us were a lot smarter and carried on without out your group while enjoying the company of others doing the same.

 

[Majinvash]

Only for those who wanted PvP.

Code want PvP, not everyone does. - which is the point Cowboy was making, forcing people who do not want PvP is what your group has been trying to do since the start.
People who took part in the Hutton CG fell for it and played your games.

Some of us were a lot smarter and carried on without out your group while enjoying the company of others doing the same.

Funnily enough, The actual Hutton group enjoyed our interactions and the defending players who showed up to fight up REALLY enjoyed it.

Because you chose to not want to enjoy it by playing in another mode doesn't change it for the many more people who did!
Your choice and that is fine, past really caring what Solo or Group players do. But still irks me they can effect Open from behind their safety wall. But you know that well and is for another thread and discussion.

Majinvash
The Voice of Open

 

[Jockey79]

Funnily enough, The actual Hutton group enjoyed our interactions and the defending players who showed up to fight up REALLY enjoyed it.

Those who wanted it did - which is great. Reading the FB page and Hutton site was really good.
(I forgot about it and was out in the black at the time, so I missed it )

But the point Cowboy was making (badly), was some people don't want that type of game play - so telling people to take up arms and defend themselves goes against what they want from ED.

Your choice and that is fine, past really caring what Solo or Group players do.

Good, it only took best part of a year
I've spent this whole time not giving moneys what anyone else does and just enjoying the game I bought.

 

[ianw]

Funnily enough, The actual Hutton group enjoyed our interactions and the defending players who showed up to fight up REALLY enjoyed it.

Because you chose to not want to enjoy it by playing in another mode doesn't change it for the many more people who did!
Your choice and that is fine, past really caring what Solo or Group players do. But still irks me they can effect Open from behind their safety wall. But you know that well and is for another thread and discussion.

Majinvash
The Voice of Open

Ahem - this feels slightly weird as I'm generally on the opposite side to Majinvash on pretty much every contentious topic.

But in this matter - in part at least - I'm in agreement.

I get the point Cowboy was making and as I've said many times I don't feel that unwanted PVP makes for good gameplay for the person that doesn't want it, though I know some disagree.

But I really don't see it as people falling for it or as giving Code what they want. Sure it is what they (The Code) want - but if we (in this case Hutton truckers) also want it then we all win.

If FD somehow forced non combatants into an instance with a Code wing - as their only login option - then yes - playing under those conditions would be being forced but that doesn't and can't happen as we know.

The Hutton re-match was an entirely voluntary thing - people did it because they wanted to.

It's quite extraordinary when you think about it - people whose gameplay style is mostly trucking, exploring and general co-operative play including but not limited to - queuing, actually chose to go up against players who it seems mostly pursue combat and understand combat wing mechanics very well.

My disappointment was that our wing didn't get a 4 v 4 with a Code wing - we would have probably been trounced but it was something I wanted to try. As it was the matchmaking meant we ended up massively outnumbering lone pirates or at best a pair - which was a bit of a turkey shoot.

I think the event showed that players with very different views on the game can actually play together - voluntarily - in the right circumstances. Which I think is a good thing.

The reality is neither side (PVPer or PVEer) gets everything they want.

Given that FD are trying to please both styles I think we've got pretty much the best we can get.

Some PVEers would like the option to toggle off unwanted PVP and it doesn't look like that's gonna happen. Some PVPers would like everything to happen in open and it doesn't look like that's gonna happen.

 

[woodhouse]

What Code needs is competition. If there were two Codes, they'd be busy with each other.
Too bad their isn't a Competition Agency that can force Code to split up into two separate groups.

 

[Hurricane Moon]

or split into little tiny slices......

 

[CMDR Brock Samson]

So it was just a couple of geniuses starting this and they got punished?
That's hilarious.

 

[Crazy Jedi]

Pff. Any smuggler can easily go Solo. Or fighter can go Solo, bring his combat ship to Newholm station and then go Open. Blockade has no point imho. Unless Solo is removed from ED.

As a smuggler by trade.... I only ever go solo to take a hi-res selfie
otherwise there is no point to it..

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What Code needs is competition. If there were two Codes, they'd be busy with each other.
Too bad their isn't a Competition Agency that can force Code to split up into two separate groups.

Ooh...
they could be called code and cypher!