Hey all,
I dedicate this thread to the times us Elite: Dangerous pilots act truly dangerously (read: stupidly). Now, I have a saying: no human is stupid, but all humans are capable of stupidity (some more so than others, obviously), and I want to gather such moments from Elite: Dangerous pilots here so we can make good comedy out of them.
I'll start. First, please watch the below video I made (it's intended as a sequel to that Elite: Derperous video I made a few days ago) to get some context:
[video=youtube_share;iX8cC1aDMIE]http://youtu.be/iX8cC1aDMIE[/video]
Okay, now for the gloriously stupid part.
So after falling prey to the "I have a family" scam of the Crimson Gang, I vowed never again to listen to pleas for mercy. I go to another nearby station and take on another Trader hunting mission.
I hunt down a trader for this mission, and, shock of shocks, yet again I get a plea for mercy. Thing is, I should have read this plea. But NO. I swore never again to fall for such tricks, so I just blast him outright. Thing is, the second I land a laser beam on him, there was a bounty on my head. Only 200Cr, no big deal I thought.
Then I proceeded to blow this trader to oblivion. Suddenly in my upper right-hand corner I get a big flash of text that now says there's a bounty on my head for 6,000Cr.
I wondered why this would happen when I'm on a mission to hunt these traders down. "No fair!" was my initial thought.
Then I looked at the updated contract. that I should have read when the trader pleaded for mercy. The update was that the trader would've paid me more than the original mission if I hunted down some pirates instead in a nearby system.
Seconds after this revelation, Federation patrol ships show up and erase me from existence. Not even a chance to repent.
Oh well...anyone else have their tales of stupidhood they're willing to share for laughs? Don't worry, we're all cool here.
I dedicate this thread to the times us Elite: Dangerous pilots act truly dangerously (read: stupidly). Now, I have a saying: no human is stupid, but all humans are capable of stupidity (some more so than others, obviously), and I want to gather such moments from Elite: Dangerous pilots here so we can make good comedy out of them.
I'll start. First, please watch the below video I made (it's intended as a sequel to that Elite: Derperous video I made a few days ago) to get some context:
[video=youtube_share;iX8cC1aDMIE]http://youtu.be/iX8cC1aDMIE[/video]
Okay, now for the gloriously stupid part.
So after falling prey to the "I have a family" scam of the Crimson Gang, I vowed never again to listen to pleas for mercy. I go to another nearby station and take on another Trader hunting mission.
I hunt down a trader for this mission, and, shock of shocks, yet again I get a plea for mercy. Thing is, I should have read this plea. But NO. I swore never again to fall for such tricks, so I just blast him outright. Thing is, the second I land a laser beam on him, there was a bounty on my head. Only 200Cr, no big deal I thought.
Then I proceeded to blow this trader to oblivion. Suddenly in my upper right-hand corner I get a big flash of text that now says there's a bounty on my head for 6,000Cr.
I wondered why this would happen when I'm on a mission to hunt these traders down. "No fair!" was my initial thought.
Then I looked at the updated contract. that I should have read when the trader pleaded for mercy. The update was that the trader would've paid me more than the original mission if I hunted down some pirates instead in a nearby system.
Seconds after this revelation, Federation patrol ships show up and erase me from existence. Not even a chance to repent.
Oh well...anyone else have their tales of stupidhood they're willing to share for laughs? Don't worry, we're all cool here.
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