![]() ![]() Some people, like Chribba, have built a legacy on honesty-and made a killing doing it. Space historian Andrew Groen, author of the excellent Empires of EVE Online, writes about how one of EVE's greatest players hoodwinked the entire galaxy and managed to save one from being destroyed by an armada of almost a thousand players.ĭespite what people want you to believe, most people in EVE Online aren't amoral psychos. Over a decade ago, the Titan-class supercapital ships of EVE Online were almost mythologically rare. How EVE Online's greatest military leader once fooled the entire galaxy ![]() They take almost a year of training to fly, cost nearly 100 billion ISK to build, and are the backbone of any major EVE alliance. These colossal spaceships span upwards of 18 kilometres in length and come equipped with devastating 'Doomsday' weapons that can eviscerate entire fleets in one fell swoop. Titans are the most majestic things in EVE Online. How one mistake turned EVE Online's deadliest hunters into corpses Which is exactly why this scammer decided to spend months befriending Tikktokk and then tricking him into handing it over. Infamous pirate Tikktokk flies a one of a kind frigate decorated with over 400 markings for each person he has killed-a one of a kind possession in New Eden. Speaking of long cons, this story caught fire not because of the material value of what was stolen, but its personal significance. Its 20th anniversary is next year.How an EVE Online con artist tricked a ruthless pirate into giving him his priceless ship Things have changed a lot since Something Awful was founded 22 years ago, though. EVE's history of high-profile schemes and deceptions give the impression that it's a game where player actions most would consider cruel are not only tolerated but celebrated, and I think it's easy to see how that environment could attract abusive behavior. The uproar in Goonswarm could also indicate that broader cultural currents are having an impact on EVE overall, which is somewhat rare to see: EVE Players, and particularly the Goon contingent, are a pretty insular group. The resignation of its leader, and a possible split within its ranks, could have an impact on EVE Online equal to any of the biggest wars that preceded it. This isn't the Mittani's first brush with controversy: In 2011 he was banned from EVE Online for 30 days, and removed from his position on the Council of Interstellar Management, for urging players at Fanfest (EVE's annual community convention held in Iceland) to dogpile another player and "make the guy kill himself." But this seems like an even bigger deal: The Goonswarm Federation, and The Imperium coalition it leads, is one of the longest-lived and most powerful organizations in EVE history, and has dominated the game for years despite multiple concerted efforts to dislodge it from power. Because of that, they have no interest in being a part of that faction: "It feels good to be on the other side," they wrote. One member of Goonswarm said in a forum post that the "legacy, rules, and policies" of "true goons"-players who came to EVE Online from the Something Awful forums, rather than joining Goonswarm directly-have failed the organization and its wider membership. I have transferred shares to Xttz and will be making TheAdj Interim CEO of Goonwaffe."īut that intransigence may be coming to an end, at least in the context of EVE Online. The only honorable thing to do is exit in an orderly fashion. You deserve better in leadership than having to continually be confronted with MITTANI MAN BAD day in, day out I, and my partner, deserve better than to wake each day to find some new horrific slander being levelled against me. "The accusations that I am aware of are unsubstantiated falsehoods, and I did not sign up to be the scapegoat for the entire galaxy. ![]() "The fact that my divorce, the loss of my dog, and a terrible number other of outright lies and falsehoods have been heaped on top of each other has resulted in me becoming simply too radioactive to continue leading Goonswarm without my presence being a net negative for the wider tribe. "My people, I’m afraid that the sheer amount of smears being flung my way across the galaxy are simply too much to handle at a personal level," The Mittani said in a Goonfleet forum post (via Imperium News). ![]()
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