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My Veldspar brings …

Published on 12. Dec, 2008 ... written by Ebonezer Skrewed, Tags: Columns, Ebonezer Skrewed

… all the dupes to 0.4 Space?

Picture credit: Michael Bravo

Apparently so.

Allow me to elaborate a little. Pointing to the fact that my computer recently suffered a massive hardware failure — processor died, had to be replaced — and the fact that my computer is being replaced, having to find a really old replacement processor was quite a pain. I did it, however, and begun calmly floating through the world of EVE-Online once more. So. I’m sitting there, sitting in Mara beside a gate out to Piekura, sniffing and sipping lemsip and muttering about the manflu… I noticed that I was being targeted! Curiously, I looked over to the side, investigating who would target me while I’m obviously well prepared to warp out, assured that my armour could at least take one hit and then I’m gone. Lo’ and behold, an individual by the name of SiTodd. Now, something that must be noted here. SiTodd was sitting about 105km off, and was also blinking red. Now, I’m busy sipping my lemsip, as well as doped up to my eyeballs in decongestants and other flu relief substances, so I couldn’t really be bothered. I was half considering just hopping into Piekura to save myself and him the trouble of sitting around …

… And he warps off. Okay, I mulled through my mind lazily, he’s off to find better hunting. Good luck, and all that. Then I get an invitation to a conversation, I accept in curiosity. So begins this conversation:

[22:17:05] Ebonezer Skrew3d > Yes?
[22:17:07] SiTodd > hey there
[22:17:22] SiTodd > i have a favour to ask of you if you’re not to busy…
[22:17:29] Ebonezer Skrew3d > Mhm?
[22:18:01] SiTodd > i’ve just finished mining some veldspar, could you watch my cargo container while i go and collect my badger?
[22:20:36] Ebonezer Skrew3d > Of course I will come help you, Sir. Considering that thou has a standing of -9.5 and is in a corporation named ‘Carebear Poachers plc’, I’d be more than delighted to help out an individual such as yourself collect simple veldspar in your badger.
[22:21:09] SiTodd > nice attitude, i would have even paid you for your troubles
[22:21:13] Ebonezer Skrew3d > Why, it must be so that you’re an upstanding individual of the highest caliber and utmost decency!
[22:21:36] SiTodd > so you’ll help me then?
[22:22:07] SiTodd > ok then

So. Lets get over the basics here. SiTodd, an individual with a standing of around -9.5 has decided to go and mine veldspar in a 0.4 sec space, and has happily put it altogether in a container, and he sits there and thinks to himself, “Hm. I need a hand to transport this! I know, I’ll ask that individual that I saw over sitting ’safely’ at the gate to come and look after this Veldspar container while I go and get my badger!” Or, well, probably not. He’s looking for some poor sucka to come over so he can pewpew them into oblivion. I’m sure we’re all in agreement about that, right? So, I decide to try and at least get some humor out of this. It also leads me to think.. People honestly fall for these kinds of tricks? Still? I could probably see it happening to someone who’s brand new to the game, but I still hope that people have the common sense to take a look at the cautionary warnings that CCP has happily placed around the game now to help the poor newer players avoid getting blown up and ruining their experiences of the game before they’re more or less ready for it. So I’m curious, and I put out a question. Have you ever seen anyone get tricked by something like this? Have you ever been tricked yourself? Share your experiences. I’m sure it’s something we can all learn from.

Note: I generally use US spelling, but that’s out of sheer laziness. I’m going to have to stop doing that, otherwise I’m going to get little witty responses like this before someone leaps out of the conversation, thinking ‘Hah! Hah! I haz tha last wurd!’

[22:22:15] SiTodd > p.s. it’s spelled “,calibre”.

-Ebonezer Skrewed

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