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Eve Online's most notorious player has quit the game

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Re: Eve Online's most notorious player has quit the game

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Post by cestith »

saas_sam wrote: post #27
fknorangesite wrote: post #22

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> because when I became aware of the term it just meant more or less socially aware, particularly to the struggles of minorities. That is what it meant; i.e., that you open your eyes and start seeing the injustice around you. And then the right-wing media machine found out about the term and turned it into a catchall insult, like they do with so many terms they appropriate from the left. It's just the latest iteratio…

The funny thing is "woke" has the same connotation as "redpilled." The idea being you see the world the way it really is while everyone else is oblivious.

The red pill, of course, being estradiol and the blue pill being an antidepressant. The Matrix was a film about discovering you are not who the world told you to be by two trans women.

Re: Eve Online's most notorious player has quit the game

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Post by shadowgovt »

Ntrails wrote: post #68
smcl wrote: post #62

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So when he says: > The accusations that I am aware of are unsubstantiated falsehoods Does he mean that people got mad at him for the three points you listed and started inventing stories about him as a result, or is he flat out denying those things happened at all?

He denies everything, that is his MO. The chatlogs of him calling the victim of harrasment a "bitch who could not find the block button", "Wounded bird", "Amber heard" etc is sufficient to want him out of power and indeed the game. I do believe most of the other accusations - but won't claim anything is definitely true.

It indicates a change of culture that Goonswarm would care about that sort of thing enough to encourage Mittani to exit instead of (at best) just taking it as part of the old "dogs will be dogs" internet culture.

(Not a bad change; just observing the turning of the wheel).

Re: Eve Online's most notorious player has quit the game

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Post by cycomanic »

nolok wrote: post #61

For people who likes the kind of backstabbing thrilling behind the scene diplomacy wackiness that ooze from Eve, but can't really get involved in it for whatever reason (most often being time, motivation, or the fact that 99% of eve gameplay is actually more excel than malta conference), I highly recommend you give Neptune's Pride [1] a try. It's not at all the same kind of game (it's a "turn by turn" 4x game where t…

The original game like this was/is the diplomacy board game. Definitely great fun if you play with people who don't take things too personal, but at the same time serious enough to really play. Also being a board game and personal interactions excludes much of the online virol.

Re: Eve Online's most notorious player has quit the game

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Post by Veen »

libraryatnight wrote: post #18
ivoras wrote: post #4

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I have a question. Is "woke" actually synonymous with cancel culture or "extremism"? because when I became aware of the term it just meant more or less socially aware, particularly to the struggles of minorities. Then I tuned out for awhile and when I noticed it again it seemed to be a pejorative people like Tucker Carlson use to drum up fear that anyone who said their friend was gay in the 90s is going to prison. Fo…

You're not going to get a useful answer to that question, just lots of people from both sides of the argument caricaturing and insulting their opponents (as you will see if you peruse the responses).

Re: Eve Online's most notorious player has quit the game

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Post by shadowgovt »

simmerup wrote: post #70
sascha_sl wrote: post #38

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According to urban legend, BoB once found the physical location of an enemy fleet commander and cut their power. Only a few years back, a director of CO2 got banned for threatening to cut off a hand of a diplomat that had taken most of their wallet. The Mittani himself, mentioned here, also almost got permanently banned for a encouraging the audience to tell a Goon victim to kill himself on the Alliance Panel at Fanf…

It's a very unfriendly game which really teaches you to be the type of cut-throat that doesn't set you up well for real life. I wish I realised that earlier to be honest

Absolutely. There's a reason people call pushing the delete button on your profile and biomassing your capsuleer "Winning EVE."

Re: Eve Online's most notorious player has quit the game

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Post by somebodythere »

simmerup wrote: post #70
sascha_sl wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to urban legend, BoB once found the physical location of an enemy fleet commander and cut their power. Only a few years back, a director of CO2 got banned for threatening to cut off a hand of a diplomat that had taken most of their wallet. The Mittani himself, mentioned here, also almost got permanently banned for a encouraging the audience to tell a Goon victim to kill himself on the Alliance Panel at Fanf…

It's a very unfriendly game which really teaches you to be the type of cut-throat that doesn't set you up well for real life. I wish I realised that earlier to be honest

Yeah, I liked the idea of the game and played it for a bit when I realized that the idea of "don't trust anyone ever" was exhausting for me.

Re: Eve Online's most notorious player has quit the game

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Post by baking »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #6

Hard to tell from the article whether the real person is stepping down, or his in-universe avatar is. Like, is he gone for good? Or will he just reappear as a new lvl 1 player in two weeks? I assume the former, but there's something perversely funny about the idea of a player in a fictional universe having to resign from fictional corporation because he failed to adequately address in-universe HR claims.

He can have my character. 2005 with 12 years worth of skill points.

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Post by OOD »

cestith wrote: post #89
OOD wrote: post #81

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>the puberty blocker exists solely to give them the time to choose, it's not the same thing as transitioning itself. Denying puberty blockers is letting nature force the choice. Giving puberty blockers (steroids) to children cause irreversible developments (undersized genitalia, irreversible higher pitched voiced, etc. to males) and absolutely should not be given. Not allowing children to go through puberty is a crim…

Children go through puberty anywhere from 8 to 19. Generations ago, 16 to 18 was fairly common. Going through puberty late does not equal never going through puberty.

That's natural puberty according to their natural biology. Feeding them hormones to "pause" puberty is denying them their basic humanity to go through puberty naturally.

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Post by OOD »

memish wrote: post #82
libraryatnight wrote: post #18

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I have a question. Is "woke" actually synonymous with cancel culture or "extremism"? because when I became aware of the term it just meant more or less socially aware, particularly to the struggles of minorities. Then I tuned out for awhile and when I noticed it again it seemed to be a pejorative people like Tucker Carlson use to drum up fear that anyone who said their friend was gay in the 90s is going to prison. Fo…

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