Not long after I returned from warmer climes, Daneel linked a video of a gang of RR vexors having an incredible time:
This excellent video got me to thinking about how well – or not – this would translate into a Ganked theme with 100 pilots or more rocking similar ships. And so I announced that the 62nd RvB Ganked would be using this theme. Its name: Universal Remote. This roam went out into the wilds of EVE last night.
Before we did that though, we found something to do during the form up when I noticed a Rhea slow boating away from our meet up station. He was obviously afk. I shall leave Daneel Trevize to sum up the little slice of fun that followed this discovery:
Now it being hisec, we generated A LOT of CONCORD.
We then shipped into our RR vexors – and assorted other ships – and got the night going. TG found us a couple of drakes in an anomaly in Akora, so we grabbed them, repped them, killed their rats, then killed them. They took it very well – one of them shot me a brief convo and asked who was repping them, why and did we plan to kill them. No tears or anything. Love players like that.
Geminate beckoned next, and except for a fun fight in EOA– & me making Neil Patrick Harris jokes everytime we entered NBPH- it was very quiet, despite numerous groups living there. One day it will pick up I am sure. Anyway, we kept heading north wandering into Vale then Tribute which saw us spend a while tussling with a Razor gang in and around IMK- & G9D- (note to the bombers, check our range before bombing in future!) before moving off towards HD- which had been the scene of “something”. We also saw a TEST frigate & destroyer gang along the way, but they would not hang around and shoot us. However this Vigilant pilot did, so we repped him until everyone possible had whored onto the mail. Look at that damage taken!!!
The end of the night came with a whelp to Nulli in HD-, who brought pretty much a perfect counter to our fleet, and that was that.
A different theme to normal, that certainly works well for small gangs, and given a better opportunity could have worked well for us, but regardless it was great fun! All in all we scored around 11.5 billion isk in damage over 80 kills, with 6 billion or so being the Rhea. And more importantly Ganked passed its 5000th kill milestone. GO US!!!!!
Vidya:
+ More to Follow.
As with roams for nearly the past year, the roam had prizes sponsored by Somer.Blink and the winners of this weeks prizes were:
As many of you will be aware, I have now announced my candidacy for the 8th Council of Stellar Management – you can read that here. One of the main pillars of my platform is a wish to see the client itself improved in various ways that I term “Quality of Life”. Improvements that take some of the hassle out of dealing with particular aspects of the client.
The improvements & changes discussed below are as detailed as I can do in type. If I was in any way gifted in the use of photo-shop and the like, I would have produced imagery to demonstrate my points in a much clearer form.
Character Selection.
While CCP has come a long way with our ability to switch between same account characters over the past few years, there is just one final step for them to take. Log off actually returning us to character selection. Now, I am sure there are technical issues that could prevent this from CCP’s view point, but given that you utilise the log-in server to get to character selection, then surely there is no need to kick you back to it to simply switch characters?
I know this is a small thing considering how the nature of EVE lends itself to the use of multiple accounts, however it would be useful for those who do run single accounts – including newer players, or those of us who run multiple useful characters across an account.
Corporation Chat Channels.
Chat channels. We all know these are easy to set up and maintain for pretty much any need in game. Corporations & alliances especially make good use of them, from public channels to intel channels and beyond. However, at this point in time they rely on a member of the corporation or alliance to create them & then add operators. This is open to potential abuse if the character is sold, or can lead to issues if the member just stops playing without adding operators – who are even them limited in what they can do compared to the channel owner.
What I would like to see is an option – maybe included inside a one day revised corporation user interface – that allows channels to be created directly by a corporation, with the Communication Officer role being necessary to act as Operator. This would then reduce instances of channels needing to be recreated should a character go dormant for a long period of time.
Additionally, allowing a corporation to have an internal blocked character list that automatically applies to corporation owned chat channels & member applications, would be especially useful for larger organisations like EVE University & RvB, for whom the daily recruitment process can be a herculean task.
Fleet User Interface.
I have been leading Fleets in EVE for around 3 years now, and over that time I have become very familiar with the Fleet interface, but at the same time I have kept a mental list of little nuisances, and I think now is as good a time as any for more to air them! Now before I start it has to be said one of my mental list was recently implemented by CCP during Retribution 1.1, so I have some hope that they are thinking on a similar line to myself.
The Fleet Finder should be a permanent addition to the Neo-com, rather than being buried under two levels of the EVE menu. This would make it easier for players to find and join fleets, enhancing the social aspect of this game.
As someone who leads EVE’s “premier” public drunk roam, to create fleets that ANYONE can join regardless of standing from me at a personal level would be my number one wish. Having to grab invites all night long, or find wing commanders who will do it can be a little tiring when you want to just explode things.
While CCP has recently allowed Fleet Commanders to drag & drop fleet members around, extending this to squads could really help with fleet reorganisation & consolidation.
Allow people to move themselves in & out of the Wing Commander positions. Sometimes as boss or FC you can be too occupied to do that and suddenly a wing is missing out on the boost chain.
Give a fleet boss an option to limit who can abandon wrecks: Fleet Boss, Wing/Squad Commanders or everyone (as it is now).
Overview.
I only have a few things I would like to see done with the overview, as mostly it does what I need it to. Even if at times it feels like I am playing the overview rather than the rest of the game when un-docked!
First one is the unlinking of the “Pilot has NO STANDINGS” state from the new states introduced in Retribution: Criminal, Suspect & Limited Engagement. Right now, this particular state being linked to these new states means that anyone that uses specific overview settings – for example I provide a set of overviews for RvB (that have been downloaded some 10,000 times) – which omit that state, will not see Suspects, Criminals or those with a Limited Engagement against them.
Remember we got promised Bookmarks on our overviews a while back? Yes? Well that is something I would really like to see make a return to the UI teams activity list. If I remember rightly the reason we did not get them was that there was an issue with having them display as brackets. I would hope that after a year or two they could revisit this and solve it. I am not technical but when you consider you can see stations on the overview and bookmark those, then it has to be a step or two away from a similar result for bookmarks.
Final Point.
This is not everything I would like to see – you can see more of this in this thread on the RvB forum – just the ones I consider important and/or easily added based on recent changes & improvements.
Saying that, it has to be noted that I do understand the relationship between the CSM & CCP is such that no matter what platform I run on, should I be successful I will not be able to say “MAKE IT SO” to CCP on any of the above. I do however promise that should you elect me as a delegate to the 8th CSM, if CCP bring to us a set of revisions to the client that dovetail with items such as those discussed in this post, I will put these onto the table for consideration by the relevant teams.
This past weekend, Ganked ran out to play using a mixed DPS & ECM fleet for Ganked 54: MOAR DOTS.
We assembled in Rens, with the fleet having over 100 pilots in it an hour before the kick off time! The usual conga formed up with it very nearly encircling the hub station there, and then I made it a really straight line and managed to keep it like that for a good while. During the form up, one of the fleet members suddenly found themselves under attack from a war target they had in system, however our fleet came to their rescue and we won the day against the evil aggressor from EVE University. Before I continue it must be mentioned that EVE University require its pilots to comment on all losses & kills on their killboard – although not many do as even there it seems reading is hard – and this is what this pilot commented on their loss:
I got a good punt to Yendaj, he was buzzing around the RVB Fleet as it was forming up in Rens. Got him into structure, and suddenly the RVB Fleet exploded into yellow as they repped him. There was no way to defeat all the neutral reps, and then the other 2 U-Mad warped in. Managed to get the pod out, at least. Didnt even once consider that he would be getting reps from RVB…
Following this we moved out, in a fleet that numbered over 200! With a massive amount of battlecruisers all fit for bear. We bimbled through lowsec, including a pass through Amamake – the first time I had been there my 6 years of EVE. We swiftly moved towards the Dudreda system, home of the EVE University Low-sec Camp. A group of pilots I had observed as being willing to fight, and possibly drop caps on gangs of people they think they could beat. And Ganked is terrible right?
However, upon reaching the area, we found a much more fun target. Pandemic Legion!
As the fleet was about to jump into Dudreda, a PL rapier jumped ahead of us. I imemdiately called for us to leeroy in after it, where we found a cyno up and 20+ Rokhs, 8+ Scimitars, 2 carriers & a bunch of recons waiting for us. The cyno rapier died first to us, with me then calling the other recons, however I was quickly brought down by the PL fleet, following which I disconnected on warping my pod out. So MirrorGod stepped to the plate along with assistance from Daneel, and 1 by 1 all the T2 ships on field went down, as the carriers were proving too tough to crack. Eventually we held the field. Props have to go to PL for bringing that fight, it was pretty intense and I know from asking them that a lot of the Ganked fleet enjoyed it.
[MANG RANT] As I have previously mentioned we had visited this system just to say hi to EVE University’s Low Sec camp, however it turns out they really have been taught how to act like good little null residents and to only undock when you are certain you can kill the other guy usually using superior numbers/capitals. Yet we make it easy for them with many people going suspect/criminal, both from PL & the Ganked fleet, and they chose to remain docked up, instead of come in and make the fight a three way. And a fun, no balls touching three way at that. This children is why politics is bad. “Oh No. We might offend someone” instead of “Hey, lets fight them. Bet they would enjoy it as much as us”.
Anyway, back to Ganked. We reformed and moved on out, however lowsec following this was horribly empty. Not a single target was seen, and when just before Egbinger we did see some, they docked up and smacked, as thats what pro-pvpers do right?
[MANG RANT] Seriously to any “pro-pvpers” who want to be seen as such, take on Ganked. Fight us. Prove to us your oh so apparent superiority, especially in the face of larger numbers. Surely that is why you play?
So, you have all seen those movies that speed up time with like a fast spinning clock, or a calendar flipping pages over & over quickly. Imagine that happening with nullsec gates. I am speeding it up as Great Wildlands & even Curse was full of nothing or docking queens. Following Curse we moved towards Providence in the hope that we would find something, after all its been damn good to us the past couple of weeks. However, it was not. I cannot say why, maybe it was the 100+ guys we had in a mix of BC’s & Cruisers, maybe it being a 3 day weekend the US based residents were out partying, but all we got out of Provi was Alphastarpilot from TEST jumping Logi supported Oracles into us!
Made for a nice way to end the night, even if we did all die.
And that was Ganked 54: MOAR DOTS. Compared to the past few weeks it was much quieter, however PL got us an interesting fight at the start so it wasnt a total wash.
As ever the roam was sponsored by Somer.Blink. And the winners this go round are:
As many of you will know, RvB likes to explode things. Especially itself.
And to kick off 2013, we will be holding our third MASS FFA.
What is a MASS FFA?
The Mass FFA is an idea that Torve Starduster had back in October 2012. The basic premise is get a POS, chuck in a few thousand pre-fit frigates, dilute with several hundred RvB pilots, leave to cook for a couple of days with the end result usually a dead server node and lots and lots of wrecks. It works!
The first Mass FFA in November saw 8,000 frigates exploded over 48 hours, with the second in December seeing 12,000 over the same period.
The next, to be held on January 26th 2013, will hopefully see 26.000 pre-fitted frigate hulls blown up all in the name of a good time.
How do I join in?
You have to join RvB any time between now and 15.00 EVE on the 26th January 2013. Then on the 26th, get into the FFA fleet, find out the POS password, grab a hull, warp to a belt, planet, gate or station and start killing fellow Reds & Blues.
Then do it over again.
And again.
And again.
Until nothing is left.
To get an idea of what these are like, check out this video by Catalyst XI:
This past weekend, RvB Ganked started 2013 in style!
We gathered over 150 pilots, with the majority handling the majestic Gallente hull known as the Thorax.
As part of the evening we would be visiting the EVE Gate in New Eden, as I go once a year and had decided that this year I would drag the Ganked crowd along with me. People were oddly receptive to it, mostly as they had never been.
I just did not think that when we arrived, we would do this – much thanks to MirrorGod for FCing the creation of this:
Even stranger was that despite us being in low sec the night got even more fun the longer we spent there. Given the remoteness of the region, people could come to us from various directions, and one such pilot – Alex Arcannis – approached us from the Gonditsa area, informing us that he was killed & podded in Sapthar. A couple of pilots shoot ahead of us with Amy Rioz landing a point on one of Alex killers, however we manage to TIDI & Traffic Control on our jump in and the targets get away, except as they get away a guardian jumps into us and is ended rather quickly. Meanwhile at the other end of Genesis, Phantom was rushing to meet us through the Chej area when he reports a largish BC/BS heavy gang of flashies, resulting us doing an immediate about face and running over as fast as we could. We formed up one jump out, chucked House & a bait squad in – little did I know this squad contained a Deimos – and the flashies ran, so House chased them into Noranim, tackled a bunch and called us in. Seeing what a bag of thorax’s can do is amazing.
More amazing than that however is the lack of smack the locals gave us, hell just the fact they stood and fought was enough to make us like them, the smack thing was just icing on the cake. Much respect to the pilots of D3vil’s Childr3n.
And so we moved on, getting back on to our route which would see us move towards null sec, however that plan soon hit the rocks. We heard tell of another logi supported gang over in Korridi and moved that way to wave our Thorax’s at them, we managed to snag a hurricane at first, before we heard the main gang that was sat on a station had warped to the Bantish gate were we had a few guys. Daneel gave us a great plan to deal with them which resulted in a dead guardian swiftly followed by their fleet jumping into Bantish.
Right into the remainder of our band of dongs.
Tackles were gotten, primaries called and the fight was on. Except for me, as I was primaried.
MirrorGod stepped to the plate and before I had gotten back in a new hull, the fight was over. We had shot our (dps) loads all over the enemy, then leaned back and lit a cigarette like a properly sated guy following a session like that.
For a while we tussled with the locals in Gonditsa, but they were more interested in smacking us for being bads, or wannabe Goons etc, instead of demonstrating their so called pvp prowess and pewing us all down. Got to love people like that don’t you. Anyway, Rote Kapelle turned up to show them how it was done – after asking me for our location – it was a fun fight with friendly gf’s thrown in local after. The few that survived even joined our roam including e-famous blogger: Ripard Teg.
Before we milked Genesis dry of fun fights, I had us move out towards Fountain, however Aridia and even Fountain proved to be pretty quiet, so we started to head into Delve with the intention of burning fast towards Aridia and then Genesis again – as why not go back to the fights after giving the locals time to recover! However that plan was soon put to rest when we got word of a TEST gang in ZXB, the FC of which was listening in on the Ganked comms. After a little “chat” between myself and their FC, they jumped to us and we fought hard, and long, however our stamina just wasnt up to it and we found ourselves dieing in droves. We still took a few with us though!
After 5 hours, 4 of which had been spent having a ball in Genesis low-sec, this whelp was the incentive we needed to roll over and go to sleep.
All in all 115 kills at over 10 billion isk in value was the evenings tally. Quite successful!
Vidya:
As ever the roam was sponsored by Somer.Blink, and here are the prizes & the winners of said prizes:
Corpse Collector – Eris (Kingzan – not most pods, but easily for most expensive pod killed!)
Spot Prizes – Fed Navy Comet x10 (GatesMcTaste, Westar Egdald, Alex Arcannis, Amy Rioz, Matt Cooper, Ceofore Aideron, SaintCav, Crynsos Cealion, Alexandros Balfros, Xi Tzu)
Combat Distinction – Vigilant x3 (House2twist – FCing that first good fight, MirrorGod – For the “art” at the EVE Gate, Geozor – topping campaign points)
Today, while I was at work, a thread was posted on the RvB forums, requesting the attention of the RvB Management. The OP was basically asking that RvB consider putting a candidate forward for the upcoming 8th Council of Stellar Management. I read the post, then got back to work.
Now, fast forward a few hours where, after a seemingly random shout appears in the RvB shoutbox, I discover that people inside of RvB – & outside of it – think that I should run for CSM8. I am still not sure if this is them being serious or trolling me due to how bitter I occasionally am. However, I also cannot stop grinning every time I open the thread…
In the spirit of democracy and all that nonsense I ask you, my readers, followers & friends do you think I SHOULD run?
[poll id=”3″]
And if I do what would be an ideal platform suitable for me to campaign on?
(This is not suggesting I do not have idea’s of my own, I just want to see what you come up with – comedy or otherwise)
RvB completed my cycle from ‘care-bear’ to ‘I don’t care bear’. I was only expecting to stay a month or so, then go back to null to round off. Now I can’t contemplate leaving, had way too much fun (Shaddai Zenjii)
2012 for RvB started off pretty much the same as previous years, with hundreds of explosions being caused by the 1800 or so pilots in RvB at that time. Little did we know what was to come our way during the next 365 days or that 2012 would be the year that RvB got into the EVE “press” more than ever before, a press usually dominated by the activities of the null-sec power houses. Fun thing is, we even had a reporter “embedded” with us for a while during the year.
Spring
As said, the year started much the same as any other, we were living in Lonetrek at the time just doing our thing with the occasional third party war thrown in, as well as the now weekly RvB Ganked roams – the 11th of which was the first of the new year & the first big item for us in the EVE press; Who knew primarying an Erebus that went on to blap most of the Ganked fleet would get the coverage it did even if many did gloss over the core fact – we did what we did for fun, just like everything RvB does.
Following the launch of the new RvB website, and the work Algis Kemokl & I put into getting it all done, I realised that all work and no play makes Mangala a very bitter boy so as a result I approached the leadership of EVE University, the other RvB command members (I started 2012 as a Director of RvB) and raised the idea of a controlled war, a war with “rules” similar to the RvB rules. Everyone agreed, and it was on. For 3 days we ran around Lonetrek and parts of Metropolis fighting the good fight with the students of the Uni.
I was in the Uni during the first war. On one encounter, I was part of a 120 strong Uni fleet facing 100 purple RvBs. I later learned Mangala was the opposing FC. The encounter left a real impression on me. Not just the battle itself but the conduct of the RvB fleet as a whole. It was a strange, seemingly laid back, kind of approach… yet disciplined. An ethos that seemed to echo RvB’s approach to serious but fun PvP. The local chat was humorous, respectful and even useful. In short, RvB’s pure PvP doctrine combined with mostly friendly, respectful local chatter left a real impression on me. (Talon White)
Life went back to normal for us after this, we had some random third party wars that were a nice distraction for some of us, and then we moved! We left Lonetrek behind and towards the end of March we pushed into The Forge, leaving Lonetrek’s markets battered & empty and its space-lanes clogged with hundreds of haulers. Around the same time as we moved, CCP started advertising RvB on the EVE log in screen.
Which saw the start of the steady rise in RvB’s numbers throughout the rest of the year, with both Red & Blue combined reaching around 5500 members by Christmas. As is obvious, this advert brought us to much wider attention, and as a result, fleet sizes got larger – the days of having 10/15 in fleet being a “good thing” ended, and the days of 30/40 man fleets began; The fights got more intense and longer lasting; Hell more isk got exploded in the two months after both the advert & the relocation then in the 6 months before it combined.
Without RvB I’m afraid my Career as Capsuleer would have drawn to a close along time ago, The sheer amount of work put into these 2 corps by both command and members is just staggering and the consequence is monumental lol’s that I will always be grateful for. For anyone who is out there wondering aimlessly through New Eden I say come and try our community out, You will not be disappointed and before you know it you’ll feel right at home. (Mandelbrot Fracture)
Another consequence of the advert was Red & Blue both reaching the a major milestone in our eternal conflict, that of having killed only the other side 100,000 times. RvB & myself provided four billion isk in prize money to the pilots with the final blow on these mails. Blue got there first, with Red not too far behind – the carnage involved during the last two to three hundred kills was truly a sight to see! If our numbers & activity had maintained the levels they were at during the start of the year, we would not have reached these numbers as early in 2012 as we did, we would have reached them around Christmas, maybe later.
I would just like to say that having flown in a small limited numbers Red fleet today after DT, that the chase into the final stretch was really good fun. I gave up a Zealot and a Crow in the name of getting Reds closer to this figure and for me that alone was worth doing. The activity that happened in Red – and even Blue – was a real testament to what people will do for isk, especially if they get to kill for it along the way! (Mangala Solaris)
Summer
From a command perspective: Keeping this crazy organization running and herding all the cats can be though, especially when I log on in the morning to read about the latest shenanigans going on in the warnings forum section or see that the ban list has grown overnight. At the same time though you sometimes wake up to great news that restore your faith in humanity. A couple examples from 2012 would be finding out about Torve’s crazy idea for blowing up tens of thousands of frigates or finding out that a member just donated 5 B isk to RvB because he had so much fun flying with us. The generosity that you get to see makes up for all the bad stuff (most days). (Professor Clio)
Summer 2012 brought RvB some huge events! From some stunning wars to the 10th Alliance Tournament to RvB Ganked’s 1st Birthday, it really really was a good time to be in RvB!
The “big” war for RvB during the Summer was a “SURPRISE” war with EVE University, which unlike the previous wars had not been arranged up front and was an all out, no holds barred fist fight between the largest groups of pilots in high security space. RvB’s unstated aim, destroy the EUNI POS, the EUNI aim to stop us from doing this & generally make us bored enough to go away. Neither aim really worked, with the POS being reinforced but not destroyed, and RvB not getting bored and going away until it was clear our members were having issue’s reshipping – and I understand the EUNI pilots were in pretty much the same situation. Despite neither side really gaining a BIG VICTORY, this war did give rise to the single largest fight in high security space ever. The Battle of Aldrat.
With the EUNI POS exiting reinforcement during EU prime on the 14th May 2012, RvB formed up some 350 pilots all willing & eager to get into Aldrat and take it down. The EUNI (and their allies) formed at least 500 to both defend it & prevent us from even getting into Aldrat. The in gate was a sight to behold. High sec had seen nothing like it, and to this day I do not believe it ever will again. For over an hour hundreds of ships of all sizes & tech levels clashed in a battle of epic proportions (in high sec terms) with RvB eventually pushed off due to a reshipping advantage by EUNI. Honestly, in my opinion several months later, neither side truly “lost” in that engagement just on the basis of “I was there”, “EVE is real”.
Thanks Mangala to you and RvB for an amazing time. Not to mention all the Unistas. (Patrick Estemaire)
The whole war was a blast for me and while I know some others disagree I believe targeting the POS is what brought about such great fights, a standard to fight for if you will. The biggest disappointment was the missed opportunity to mass undock in noobships and join in the battle at PTS undock, that would just have been perfect. (Sol Tertia)
Well thanks to RvB for coming and staying with it. That was simply epic and one of those true ‘I was there moments’ that I doubt are a frequent occurrence in a computer game. Just wishing some of my RL friends played as i guess i’m going to bore people in work to death today because i’m still buzzing. (Gaim Estemaire)
That was my first taste of PvP in EVE – great fun. Sorry to hear that all PvP in EVE is not like that fight. Props to leadership on both sides for the massive behind the scenes effort. (Deban Huren)
Thanks for the epic fight RvB! I was afraid I was going to miss it due to work, but I logged on right in the thick of things and was able to partake in the biggest battle I’ve (and probably most of Eve has) ever seen! Thanks again for the awesome fights and experience! (Sketchy McGillis)
I can say that this particular war, and the fights that came out of it were my most memorable in EVE. Finding a group that can go toe to toe with RvB & has a membership willing to do so, is as good for us as it is for them. I look forward to future conflicts between us, for fun or otherwise.
The summer did not end there, next up was RvB’s Purple showing in the 10th Alliance Tournament, thanks to CCP for making a rule that would have messed us up, but at the last minute allowing us in as a special case. It worked better than we could have hoped. Having a wider pool of pilots to chose from made the campaign much more interesting for those of us flying in the Purple AT team, as well as for the rank & file members watching us week in, week out. We started out with a stunning victory against Get Off My Lawn, had a loss to Suddenly Spaceships, beat Rote Kapelle & Kill It With Fire, and then lost to the mighty Pandemic Legion. Ending our campaign on the cusp of entry to the Finals day!
Great showing by our team! You can hold your heads up high for sure and I think it is safe to say that you have had not just us behind you, but pretty much the whole of Eve! I along with others seriously think that we can go the whole way next year. PL saying we were too strong a team to be let through is probably the biggest compliment in itself. (Relentless Jim)
AT X was fantastic for RvB and I’m really proud of our guys, everyone put in so much effort (practising 6 nights out of 8 at one point and doing it in a WH!), and I saw us really showing the rest of EVE what we were made of. We had so much backing from the EVE community which really boosted us too. (Cablex Dayspring)
Wonderful job guys! I’m sure I’m not the only one unaware of how much practice and preparation was going on behind the scenes. I really felt proud watching the matches and hearing the commentators talk up our corp so much! (Hojou)
Before we could rest from such a great showing in the Alliance Tournament, RvB found itself in another spectacular war, this time against the forces of the Northern Coalition.
Over the word mate.
I have gone in to this elsewhere, so I shall let that article and others speak for themselves. Suffice to say, never in my time in EVE have I seen someone go to war over something so ridiculous, however so much entertainment was gotten out of it, and not just by RvB and our friends mates in the North, that I will remember it as long as I remain in EVE.
Autumn
We turned 3 in September 2012, and we had a lot of events and publicity to go along with it. The birthday celebrations were our biggest yet and were unofficially kicked off by several RvBers getting very messed up at the Veto meet in London!
The community here is the best I have experienced in eve. The amount of effort people put into making RVB fun and exciting and compelling day in and day out is amazing. Leadership is engaged, and organized, and always working to make RVB better. I don’t get to play as much as I would like anymore, but when I do log on, I know my time will be enjoyable, and I can’t say that about any other aspect of eve I have been a part of. (Tral Ma’Fador)
Then I joined RVB. It is, quite simply, the most fun I’ve had in game since I started. I can pvp to my heart’s content or sit back in an alt and work towards the betterment of RVB without it feeling like a grind. I was also planning a short stint in RVB while receiving offers to go back to null but I’m hooked now. You guys are stuck with me. (Random McNally)
Two of my favourite birthday week events were Combat Mink’s Cargo Run on 15th October and Flight of the Dauntless on the 17th October. Brilliant ideas both of them and hope we have something similar some time in the future. Towards the end of Flight of the Dauntless ( I was in an arty ruppy) I’d started to take heavy damage so warped carelessly to the sun which was bad enough but then doodled about while my shields repaired. A few seconds later a Blue pilot in a frig showed up and because I wasn’t paying attention had me scrammed before I realised what had happened. Of course he was too close for my arty guns to hit him so who ever you were know that you were whisper close to bagging a rupture that day. All that saved me was the event finished and we had to stop shooting each other . Phew :-) Such are the thrills of RvB. (Penelope Star)
For a while after the birthday events, RvB was quiet with kills dropping off due to the usual end of people’s free time, although we were still killing more daily than many do in a weeks of action! Then we started seeing more and more war decs come in, not that we actually saw targets, it turned out we had become the latest “victim” of Dec Shield’s attention seeking use of broken game mechanics. That lasted the remainder of the year and really didnt put a crimp in our activities, if anything it just made people annoyed with notification spam! I like to think it also caused the madness that has begun our new trend of holding MASSIVE FREE FOR ALL FRIGATE FIGHTS. The first of these saw some 8,000 frigates exploded in 1 weekend, along with 1 server cluster. The second went much more smoothly, and saw 12.000 frigates exploded. The third is planned for 26th January & will see 26,000 frigates made available to attendee’s to utilise in the glorious business of RvB!!!!
Winter
I first flew with RvB back in Feburary for Ganked 15. I saw it being advertised on reddit and Eve Radio and i figured “why not?” I died fairly early into that night, but It was fun nonetheless. My usual “play eve for 4 months and then quit again” was about to run it’s normal cycle, until i found ganked and started attending just about every weekend. This led to many memorable events including a revelation kill by rifters, and the decidedly annoying RnK ‘encounters.’ It was about July when i finally decided that 1 day a week of RvB was not enough for me, and i enlisted. Since then, it’s been 6 months of great fun and i’m confident that i’ll be here for much longer. RvB fills a gap in pvp that no one else has been able to; a no-risk, low-cost, instantaneous fleet combat environment where GFs are the rule rather than the exception. Some people won’t like the comparison, but this is the closest thing to spaceship ‘battlegrounds’ i’ve found, and I’m proud to be a part of such an achievement. (Rashino Zea)
And the year comes to a close. RvB has increased to around 4 times the size of what it was at the start of the year; We have passed 300,000 kills of Red & Blue by Red & Blue and are now pushing 400,000; We are closing in on 5 TRILLION isk exploded just in the eternal war between Red & Blue; In all conflicts we have passed 7.5 TRILLION isk exploded over 380,000 kills; Ganked has passed 4000 kills in over 50 null sec roams and continues to provide fun for over 100 pilots every week.
It’s been almost three years now? What was meant to be a temporary introduction to PvP has become my home. As I learned more and more about the goings on of null sec PvP the less I cared to participate. The casual nature of RvB has kept me paying my subscription where I probably would have let my account lapse a long time ago. I’ve been in hundreds (if not thousands) of fleet fights, each of them fun. I’ve flown with dozens of FC’s, some terrible but most have been supremely fun to fly with (♥ Melkor Valor. When are you going to take out a frig fleet again?). I’ve taken part in some epic events (The first Sink The Bismarck was the first time I flew a Battleship in PvP. I’ll never forget that feeling. Thanks a million Mangala.) and many epic free for alls. These days I mostly look forward to the Ganked Roams, but I can still log in whenever I want and usually find some good fights within minutes. And while RvB has grown into something that barely resembles the little fight club it started as, the spirit of casual fun remains. Thanks to RvB and all of the folks in leadership who’ve done such a fantastic job keeping the chaos under some semblance of control. I’m proud to have been a part of this community since it started and I don’t plan on leaving any time soon. (J’mee Leggs)
My highlights, can’t say only one, from the crazy congas to the chaotic lemming jumps, every minute has their small history behind, enjoy everything, (Kronthar Lionkur)
Best Ganked moment of the year? Without a doubt. GCC Revelation dies to rvbgank in low sec. (AdW)
A major highpoint of the year is that we have seen 1 RvB pilot pass 10,000 kills just while flying with Blue Republic. Step forward Jagtor! The wife-whisperer really exemplifies what RvB is about and he continues to do so against all odds! Now all I have to do is poke the right people and use this fine gentleman & killer space pilot as publicity for RvB!!!!
In terms of how well our 9 months in The Forge has worked out, we have over 200,000 kills in this region alone, that is nearly as much as we had killed in all our other homes put together. With nearly 192,000 of those just in Josameto, Poinen, Otela & Liekuri. Good thing we are in the same region as Jita, otherwise I do not think any manufacturers or traders could have kept pace with our rapacious appetite for destruction.
And that boys & girls was RvB’s 2012. Some of it I had covered elsewhere as the year went on, other parts I have written about from memory. All in all it was our best year yet. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did and I look forward to going even further in 2013. I will leave you with a few words from Del Delvechio “The Man” behind the scene in RvB and a wonderful video from Zaqq:
When I joined RvB back in the Stone Age, we got excited when we could get 12 in fleet and argued about where to fight for 3 hours. Now we can get 3-4 times that number in fleet and the argument is done is 30 mins, so we’ve come a long way. I think one time I led Red with 400 kills in a month and I thought I was the real deal, now pilots get that in 4 days, and I am still not the real deal. We get more kills in a month than we used to get in 4-6 months. In my opinion, 2012 was the year RvB “grew up”.
Special thanks from me to:
1. Mangala-Technically not a part of “RvB Command”, Mangala had been vital to RvB’s long term success. Mangala is our KB expert, organizer of Ganked, Propaganda Minister, and major benefactor to all events and causes in RvB. Truly devoted to the cause and always goes above and beyond the call of duty.
2. Algis-You are all no doubt aware by now that although my general IQ is Einsteinian, my computer IQ is Lilliputian. Enter Algis, our forums wizard who can kiss my self inflicted forum boo boos and make them all better. He sorts issues, fixes problems, and generally keeps it up and running. Thanks for all the help…..
3. Shadowmaster-Although CCP took him well before his time to Spaceship Gaming Valhalla, Shadow was the consummate RvB FC. Only cared about bringing good fights. Not enough people in his fleet? Who cares, lets go. We just got pwned by the other side? Who cares, lets go. The other side has no FC? I switched, lets go. Neither side has an FC? Ok, I got both fleets, lets go. Shadow we hardly knew ya….Well played, my friend.
4. FCs-To everyone who FCs, whether its just once or 400 times, you truly are what makes people come and play. Without death and destruction there would be no RvB. So keep bringing it over and over again. Salutations to all of you. (Del Delvechio)
Xmas. A time for food, family & beer. And for presents.
At some stage during the conga portion of Ganked: All I Got For Xmas, it came to our attention that TGL3 had only gotten sweets for xmas:
And our fleet being what it was – pretty drunk already – the decision was made to give him ISK for further xmas gifts, however we did it incorrectly. Instead we kept adding to his bounty, so much so that before we departed Rens in our Kitchen Sink fleet of Doom, he had around 500million isk on his head. As the night progressed we spammed “Bounty TGL3” in every system we entered.
For the evenings fun, I had settled on a roam into Providence & Catch and maybe further depending on the fights we would get in those regions, and so we came in through G-5EN2 and bimbled down to the pocket below KBP7-G with the result being we found targets. Plenty of them! Including a bunch of bombers that actually did for a fair few of us – luckily they reshipped via Dital and came right back! After this small engagement, we started moving back towards central Providence, however Yulai Federation and some other “holders” were ahead of us, although they proved more of a speed bump than an actual fight. Still more fun than Providence has been of late!
And the fun didn’t stop here, we carried on towards Catch when Green let us know there was a Darkside Cynabal gang around, after killing their link loki, we jumped in and tried to lock down as many as we could although they still had tengu boosts and so proved very hard to pin down – they also killed most of our tackle. We did get a couple of them though. Losing most of our tackle gave us pause to leg it back to Assah and reform so we did, having an extended bio along the way. Around an hour later we had once again moved into Provi when we saw a small group of ships just jumping into 4B-NQN as we landed, and oddly we had no scouts in 4B- so we jumped in hoping to catch them, however that did not go as well as I had hoped. We jumped into an Oracle heavy TEST gang who pretty much cleaned our clocks. However the last laugh was on us as they went on to be Pipe-Bombed by RnK!
Us being us, we reshipped and merged with the Agony alumni roam that was also out, and went back out. And once again the Provi “holders” had a fleet up that we fought. A seriously fun fight! However the locals had a reshipping advantage that we just couldnt match. Once again we had found explosions and been beaten. But not bowed.
Out again we went, this time towards Curse, however it proved much more boring than Providence. With the only fight being as we had all but given up – and even then it was a fight against a BC heavy gang with Scimi support. Was over pretty fast. And that was the night over with as well.
Overall Providence was very entertaining, much respect to Severance, Yulai Federation and all the other “holders” we encountered, you really made it interesting for us!
Normally I would mention Blink here and list the prizes they sponsored, however for this roam I did not organise anything what with it being Xmas, however Carathas – a regular Ganked attendee – provided many hulls for me to offer up, and so here goes:
Which means we must start looking ahead to the Ganked roams happening during the first few weeks of the year, I think I have a “fun” selection of themes covered for those in January, however for the others, I will not be here so am looking for both themes & Guest FC’s.
So please comment here or eve-mail me if you wish to Guest FC – remember as FC you pick the theme too! – or have ideas on theme’s we can do (they have to be inclusive as possible so no one is missed out intentionally) once January is out of the way.
Maybe we’ll get enough to keep us going all year!
Ganked 52: SHAFT! Thorax Hulls Sunday 6th January 2013. FCd by Mangala
Ganked 53: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained Venture Hulls / Followed by frig hulls Saturday 12th January 2013. FCd by Mangala
Ganked 54: MOAR DOTS DPS & ECM Hulls (BC & Under) Saturday 19th January 2013. FCd by Mangala
Nothing on 26th January due to another RvB MASS FFA. A potential 26000 frigates to be exploded in 1 weekend!
Ganked 55: Saturday 2nd February 2013 Needs FC+Theme Ganked 56: Saturday 9th February 2013 Needs FC+Theme Ganked 57: Saturday 16th February 2013 Needs FC+Theme Ganked 58: Saturday 23rd February 2013 Needs FC+Theme
Ganked 59: Wulfpax Destroyers Saturday 2nd March 2013. FCd by Mangala
Ganked 60: Fraction Warfare Empire Faction Night. Cruisers & Under. Saturday 9th March 2013. FCd by Mangala
So, quite a selection of nights arranged by me in the new year. Lets hope our guest FC’s can do their nights justice too!!
On a personal note, 2012 has been an amazing year for Ganked and I hope that we can better the “good fights” found during the past 40 roams or so! See you all next year!
As you can tell the world is still here, and so on the 22nd December 2012, Ganked 51 happened.
We took out over 150 guys in a mix of frigates & destroyers with the usual aim of finding a fight or two as well as generally banter with each other and anyone else we saw. We had a pretty quiet run through low sec from our meet up point until we jumped into Cloud Ring, where we ran over a Sabre whose pilot subsequently chased us in a smartbomb fit Typhoon. I think we made him mad.
Following this, our resident live streamer Edward “No Delay” Tivruskii, let me know that a guy in Fatal Ascension wanted to fight us, and me being a bit merry by then, agreed due to:
[ 2012.12.22 21:40:38 ] Hlakke Miccanope > kitchen sink from what I see.. to quote “whatever you want to lose”
So we run up towards their basing system in Fade, and while waiting on an in gate to regroup a bunch of lemmings warp themselves to a cyno, and find an ever increasing number of Fatal “lolololwe’resopr0” Ascension in Battleships, BC’s, Logis and plenty of bubblers. I call a valiant retreat, with us blabbing some of their advancebubblers as we move. A scout calls that ANOTHER group has bridged ahead of us, so we were looking to be sandwiched in. I booked us to random gate after random gate, all the while trying to be as oblique as possible due to the stream being up. I got a good number of us out, but as usual in these circumstances we did lose a few.
Following this, we regrouped and went back out again, this time via Syndicate, which proved to be pretty quiet for us – despite the presence of a large Goonswarm gang in FD-MLJ. We did tussle with some elements of that gang, after catching a dumb Onyx in a nearby system. Syndicate proving itself to be quiet, we moved into Outer Ring – which WAS EVEN WORSE. No action at all. And yet people in null are always trying to get more people out there…
From OR, we chased a Loki a few jumps – after a heated discussion about it – which escaped, however while it did get away, the same bubble that held up our fleet got us a drake kill upon which we whored EVERY fleet member, including a guy who had burned all the way from Placid to catch up to us! The drake pilot took it really well, he kept fighting until the bitter end. As well as local spam from us:
[ 2012.12.23 01:34:01 ] Phantom OfKrankor > we’re coming to help [ 2012.12.23 01:34:11 ] Phantom OfKrankor > don’t worry [ 2012.12.23 01:34:27 ] Mangala Solaris > we come to snowball [ 2012.12.23 01:34:30 ] Mangala Solaris > in peace [ 2012.12.23 01:34:45 ] Phantom OfKrankor > POINT [ 2012.12.23 01:34:45 ] Veerus Weyland > POINT [ 2012.12.23 01:34:45 ] Immortal Chrono Pimpin > point [ 2012.12.23 01:34:45 ] Charles Burger > POINT [ 2012.12.23 01:34:45 ] Green Gambit > point [ 2012.12.23 01:34:45 ] Kast Agnet > pointed [ 2012.12.23 01:34:46 ] Khador Vess > point [ 2012.12.23 01:34:46 ] Sephira Galamore > point [ 2012.12.23 01:34:47 ] Veerus Weyland > SCRAM [ 2012.12.23 01:34:47 ] Dracoth Simertet > td [ 2012.12.23 01:34:47 ] Ravingone > HOE HOE HOE! [ 2012.12.23 01:34:48 ] Qall Rungbar > scramm [ 2012.12.23 01:34:49 ] Caterpil > POINT! [ 2012.12.23 01:34:49 ] Jack Sixx > point [ 2012.12.23 01:34:49 ] Zantai Arji > point web [ 2012.12.23 01:34:49 ] tgl3 > POINT [ 2012.12.23 01:34:49 ] CHAOS NAGA ARAIN > point [ 2012.12.23 01:34:49 ] Verse Askold > point [ 2012.12.23 01:34:51 ] Zakialwe > snowball [ 2012.12.23 01:34:52 ] Bob Shaftoes > TRACKING DISRUPTED [ 2012.12.23 01:34:53 ] Immortal Chrono Pimpin > tracking disruptor [ 2012.12.23 01:34:53 ] Vicarious Design > you poor soul [ 2012.12.23 01:34:54 ] Veerus Weyland > SNAKES ON A FUCKING PLANE [ 2012.12.23 01:34:54 ] Charles Burger > PAINTED [ 2012.12.23 01:34:54 ] Igor barga > BUBBLE [ 2012.12.23 01:34:57 ] CHAOS NAGA ARAIN > ECM [ 2012.12.23 01:34:58 ] sureis > ransom [ 2012.12.23 01:35:00 ] Mangala Solaris > POINT ON DRAEK [ 2012.12.23 01:35:01 ] Ras Raklus > scram web [ 2012.12.23 01:35:07 ] Vicarious Design > Mirco jump drive’d [ 2012.12.23 01:35:13 ] Raynor Dirtnap > webed pointed [ 2012.12.23 01:35:21 ] Thomas Hauk > HOE HOE HOE [ 2012.12.23 01:35:30 ] macgyver 3rd > nice tank bro [ 2012.12.23 01:35:31 ] Exoth3rmic > keep fighting [ 2012.12.23 01:35:32 ] Bully B > Snowball CXIV on him [ 2012.12.23 01:35:32 ] Exoth3rmic > you can do this [ 2012.12.23 01:35:37 ] Mangala Solaris > Andy Poole AWESOME DUDE [ 2012.12.23 01:35:37 ] Beanhead2 > wed/scram [ 2012.12.23 01:35:39 ] Andy Poole > lol [ 2012.12.23 01:35:40 ] Mangala Solaris > SOLO US 1 AT A TIME [ 2012.12.23 01:35:46 ] Nutjob O’Crazy > Merry Christmas [ 2012.12.23 01:35:51 ] sureis > tped [ 2012.12.23 01:35:52 ] Sephira Galamore > Merry Christmas! [ 2012.12.23 01:35:58 ] ash iskariot > teepeeee [ 2012.12.23 01:36:02 ] Mangala Solaris > Merry Xmas [ 2012.12.23 01:36:07 ] Bob Shaftoes > you are now our pet [ 2012.12.23 01:36:09 ] Luixx > pointed the drake mofo [ 2012.12.23 01:36:12 ] Bob Shaftoes > We shall call you fred [ 2012.12.23 01:36:13 ] Green Gambit > can we keep him? [ 2012.12.23 01:36:16 ] Luixx > can we keep him? [ 2012.12.23 01:36:18 ] Verse Askold > merry xmas and a happy new year [ 2012.12.23 01:36:20 ] Mangala Solaris > call him Carlos [ 2012.12.23 01:36:22 ] Green Gambit > a pet is for life – not for Christmas [ 2012.12.23 01:36:37 ] Mangala Solaris > na pets are for xmas, and dinner for new years [ 2012.12.23 01:36:53 ] Thomas Hauk > HOE HOE HOE [ 2012.12.23 01:37:01 ] Luixx > EVERYONE….. FFA NOW! [ 2012.12.23 01:37:02 ] Qall Rungbar > NICE DRAKE [ 2012.12.23 01:37:08 ] Qall Rungbar > DID SANTA GIVE IT TO YOU? [ 2012.12.23 01:37:12 ] Mangala Solaris > why cant we kill him guys [ 2012.12.23 01:37:12 ] Luixx > EVERYONE….. FFA NOW! [ 2012.12.23 01:37:14 ] Dracoth Simertet > merry christmas [ 2012.12.23 01:37:15 ] Mangala Solaris > our dps is bad [ 2012.12.23 01:37:24 ] Phantom OfKrankor > GUYS HIS SHIELD IS GOING UP [ 2012.12.23 01:37:29 ] Zakialwe > can we keep him! [ 2012.12.23 01:37:32 ] Dracoth Simertet > whats a spaceship? [ 2012.12.23 01:37:34 ] Luixx > drake = secret titan [ 2012.12.23 01:37:39 ] Qall Rungbar > Keep him [ 2012.12.23 01:37:41 ] Phantom OfKrankor > we can’t break his tank! [ 2012.12.23 01:37:45 ] Sephira Galamore > can we adopt him? [ 2012.12.23 01:37:47 ] Phantom OfKrankor > hacks? [ 2012.12.23 01:37:49 ] Qall Rungbar > one of us can point him 24/7 [ 2012.12.23 01:37:52 ] Khador Vess > can i keep him [ 2012.12.23 01:37:52 ] Fail Whale > merry xmass [ 2012.12.23 01:37:52 ] Qall Rungbar > at least [ 2012.12.23 01:37:54 ] B4ueW01f > Merry Christmas [ 2012.12.23 01:37:57 ] Khador Vess > can he be my pet [ 2012.12.23 01:37:58 ] Raynor Dirtnap > damn snowball resists! [ 2012.12.23 01:37:58 ] Fail Whale > more porn for 2013 [ 2012.12.23 01:38:07 ] Igor barga > MERRY CHRISTMAS HO HO HO HO [ 2012.12.23 01:38:18 ] Immortal Chrono Pimpin > pop your cyno you bait drake! [ 2012.12.23 01:38:19 ] Igor barga > OOPS TOO MANY HOS [ 2012.12.23 01:38:21 ] Raynor Dirtnap > Merry Gankmess! [ 2012.12.23 01:38:21 ] Kast Agnet > Andy Poole for CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:34 ] Immortal Chrono Pimpin > Bait Drake Best Drake [ 2012.12.23 01:38:34 ] Mangala Solaris > Andy Poole FOR CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:36 ] RiotCrow Timotheos > http://costumefail.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Santa-Drunk-Naked.jpg [ 2012.12.23 01:38:36 ] Green Gambit > Andy Poole for CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:37 ] Qall Rungbar > Andy Poole for CSM! [ 2012.12.23 01:38:37 ] ash iskariot > andy poole for CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:37 ] Mangala Solaris > A REAL NULL HERO [ 2012.12.23 01:38:38 ] tgl3 > ANDY FOR CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:39 ] Ray Orbison > ANDY POOLE FOR CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:39 ] Khador Vess > Andy Poole for CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:39 ] Nutjob O’Crazy > Andy Poole for CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:39 ] Xallaxa > Andy Poole 4 csm [ 2012.12.23 01:38:40 ] B4ueW01f > thats harsh dude [ 2012.12.23 01:38:40 ] Dracoth Simertet > andy poole for CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:42 ] Igor barga > Andy Poole CSM 2013 [ 2012.12.23 01:38:43 ] Zakialwe > Andy Poole for CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:43 ] Crynsos Cealion > Andy Poole for CSM [ 2012.12.23 01:38:46 ] Daneel Trevize > Andy Poole the hero we deserve [ 2012.12.23 01:38:46 ] Ravingone > andy poole for csm [ 2012.12.23 01:38:46 ] Fail Whale > agreed, Andy Poole for CSM! [ 2012.12.23 01:38:48 ] Jack Sixx > Andy Poole \0/ [ 2012.12.23 01:38:51 ] Thomas Hauk > HOE HOE HOE [ 2012.12.23 01:38:52 ] Caterpil > Andy Poole for CSM! [ 2012.12.23 01:38:53 ] Mangala Solaris > ANDY POOLE THE HERO WE NEED NOT DESERVE [ 2012.12.23 01:39:15 ] Raynor Dirtnap > His name was Andy Poole
Then as he was about to die, an iteron landed in the same bubble; We caught it, it offered ransom, we got the pilot in fleet!
[ 2012.12.23 01:40:42 ] tigre valliente > no price [ 2012.12.23 01:40:43 ] tigre valliente > ? [ 2012.12.23 01:40:47 ] Thecla Elarik > hello [ 2012.12.23 01:40:52 ] tigre valliente > trying to haul stuff in to high to sell it [ 2012.12.23 01:40:53 ] Zakialwe > hello there! [ 2012.12.23 01:40:56 ] tigre valliente > I can’t say it’s what you’d like but uhh [ 2012.12.23 01:41:00 ] tigre valliente > haha I gotta try, right? [ 2012.12.23 01:41:00 ] Veerus Weyland > o hai! [ 2012.12.23 01:41:07 ] tigre valliente > lol. soooo huge [ 2012.12.23 01:41:19 ] Thecla Elarik > wasn’t our bubble [ 2012.12.23 01:41:23 ] tigre valliente > ? [ 2012.12.23 01:41:25 ] tigre valliente > whose is it hahaha [ 2012.12.23 01:41:39 ] tigre valliente > really well set up [ 2012.12.23 01:41:52 ] Rob Cobb > o/ [ 2012.12.23 01:41:58 ] Lodavier > the itty is an 05 character :O [ 2012.12.23 01:42:13 ] Daneel Trevize > we warped like 10 jumps after a loki to get here [ 2012.12.23 01:42:16 ] Phantom OfKrankor > STOP SHOOTING [ 2012.12.23 01:42:20 ] Rob Cobb > DONT SHOOT THE ITERON [ 2012.12.23 01:42:20 ] Qall Rungbar > welcome to Ganked, tigre! [ 2012.12.23 01:42:20 ] Phantom OfKrankor > BADS [ 2012.12.23 01:42:22 ] Thecla Elarik > bubble was set up by the FCON drake we also killed, afaik [ 2012.12.23 01:42:22 ] tigre valliente > lol [ 2012.12.23 01:42:24 ] tigre valliente > LOL [ 2012.12.23 01:42:26 ] tigre valliente > daaang [ 2012.12.23 01:42:27 ] tigre valliente > well done [ 2012.12.23 01:42:28 ] Westar Egdald > lol [ 2012.12.23 01:42:29 ] tigre valliente > enjoy the loot [ 2012.12.23 01:42:33 ] Sephira Galamore > WHO shot him [ 2012.12.23 01:42:42 ] tigre valliente > what did I drop? was it good? [ 2012.12.23 01:42:44 ] tigre valliente > did the ships survive =P [ 2012.12.23 01:42:48 ] macgyver 3rd > Wasn’t me for once [ 2012.12.23 01:42:50 ] Mangala Solaris > We love you :) [ 2012.12.23 01:42:52 ] tigre valliente > lol [ 2012.12.23 01:43:00 ] Phantom OfKrankor > tigre link your loss mail [ 2012.12.23 01:43:02 ] tigre valliente > daaaang [ 2012.12.23 01:43:03 ] sureis > Kill: tigre valliente (Iteron Mark IV) i thought i was just ewar [ 2012.12.23 01:43:04 ] tigre valliente > how [ 2012.12.23 01:43:07 ] Thomas Hauk > Strip Miner I ? [ 2012.12.23 01:43:08 ] Mangala Solaris > Merry Xmas dude [ 2012.12.23 01:43:11 ] Qall Rungbar > POST YOUR LOSSES NOOB [ 2012.12.23 01:43:14 ] tigre valliente > Covetor [ 2012.12.23 01:43:15 ] tigre valliente > haha [ 2012.12.23 01:43:15 ] Xallaxa > ? [ 2012.12.23 01:43:16 ] B4ueW01f > Xallaxa >.< [ 2012.12.23 01:43:19 ] tigre valliente > Covetor and Fullerite survived =P [ 2012.12.23 01:43:22 ] Phantom OfKrankor > Xallaxa primary [ 2012.12.23 01:43:24 ] Xallaxa > i didnt do anything [ 2012.12.23 01:43:26 ] Xallaxa > fuck off [ 2012.12.23 01:43:27 ] B4ueW01f > lol [ 2012.12.23 01:43:33 ] tigre valliente > Xallaxa top dmg. hah [ 2012.12.23 01:43:33 ] Xallaxa > i didnt do shit [ 2012.12.23 01:43:36 ] tigre valliente > you clearly did something bwhaahaha [ 2012.12.23 01:43:43 ] Rob Cobb > Xallaxa you bad [ 2012.12.23 01:43:47 ] tigre valliente > lol [ 2012.12.23 01:43:47 ] Sephira Galamore > ^this [ 2012.12.23 01:44:04 ] Beanhead2 > warped [ 2012.12.23 01:44:06 ] Rob Cobb > Xallaxa you bad [ 2012.12.23 01:44:15 ] Phantom OfKrankor > “I didn’t do shit” – killmail says otherwise [ 2012.12.23 01:44:15 ] Charles Burger > tigre valliente why aren’t you on comms? [ 2012.12.23 01:44:20 ] B4ueW01f > Merry Christmas! [ 2012.12.23 01:44:23 ] tigre valliente > what do you mean? [ 2012.12.23 01:44:29 ] Charles Burger > see motd get on comms [ 2012.12.23 01:44:29 ] Qall Rungbar > tigre valliente post lost you noob [ 2012.12.23 01:44:35 ] Phantom OfKrankor > he posted it [ 2012.12.23 01:44:37 ] Mangala Solaris > Kill: tigre valliente (Iteron Mark IV) [ 2012.12.23 01:44:38 ] Phantom OfKrankor > or someone did [ 2012.12.23 01:44:38 ] Qall Rungbar > srsly – get on comms [ 2012.12.23 01:44:38 ] tigre valliente > Thomas did =P [ 2012.12.23 01:44:40 ] tigre valliente > haha [ 2012.12.23 01:44:45 ] Phantom OfKrankor > Xall = bad [ 2012.12.23 01:44:49 ] tigre valliente > Qall what are you talking about? [ 2012.12.23 01:44:51 ] Xallaxa > Get over it already [ 2012.12.23 01:44:57 ] Veerus Weyland > reload MOTD tigre, get a frigate and join comms :p [ 2012.12.23 01:44:58 ] macgyver 3rd > lol [ 2012.12.23 01:44:58 ] Sephira Galamore > bounty?^^ [ 2012.12.23 01:45:08 ] tigre valliente > lol [ 2012.12.23 01:45:14 ] Phantom OfKrankor > how about you listen to FC? [ 2012.12.23 01:45:14 ] Nutjob O’Crazy > Depends what you’re saying [ 2012.12.23 01:45:18 ] tigre valliente > 80 million isk later XD
After this the fleet started to log and some people bimbled over to Tama and took a few names before the night was properly over. All in all an exciting and fun night as ever, with lots of stream related rage and then a couple of amusing kills at the end. Good way to go into the xmas break for many I am sure.
And now for the prizes, as sponsored by Somer.Blink.
tigre valliente x1 Firetail x1 Slicer (Yes a Victim, but totally a good sport) Andy Poole x1 Hookbill x1 Comet (Yes a Victim, but totally a good sport) Hayden Alyaeus x2 Firetail (Eager newbies best newbies!) Casa Rankor x2 Slicer x1 Daredevil (Hero aggression on the Onyx) Ceofore Aideron x1 Firetail x1 Slicer (Made me a duck shop thing) Exoth3rmic x1 Hookbill x1 Comet (Top Killer on the night) tgl3 x1 Hookbill x1 Comet (Top scorer on the night) CHAOS NAGA ARAIN x2 Firetail (Spent ages catching us up, and did it in time to whore things!) Xallaxa x2 Comet (Got yelled at by fleet for popping something or something, but yeah!) Melkor Valor x1 Daredevil x1 Firetail x1 Comet x1 Hookbill x1 Slicer (4000th ganked killmail was scored by Melkor) Edward Tivruskii x2 Hookbill (Streaming Rage!) Ras Raklus x1 Slicer x1 Firetail (Final blow on the drake we got in the only named system in Poitot) Yendaj x2 Hookbill (Angry woman on the internet) Vicarious Design x2 Comet (Helped our awesome newbie Hayden out loads!) Zakialwe x2 Firetail (Reminded me about things) BadAssMcKill x2 Slicer (New to ganked, did some keeping people safe work in systems as we ran away!) Kast Agnet x2 Hookbill (Scouty stuff) Kaeda Maxwell x2 Comet (70 more FA in xxxxx) Sureis x1 Slicer (Final blow on Itty!) Dracoth Simertet x1 Slicer (Final blow on the whored drake)
