So for the first time on my eve career I lost something stupidly expensive through noones fault but my own.
Tengu
Yes that's 1billion with a b. I made some mistakes. First mistake #1 overconfidence. I've owned this same tengu for 3 + years and never even come close to losing it. It was a ship I flew often and knew it's limitations.
Mistake #2 know your surroundings. I was in between corps moving towards my new eventual home and I knew nothing about this area of space. 4 jumps through low sec in placid would have been no big deal. 4 jumps here I encountered way more pilots. Which should have made more turn around our dock up.
Mistake #3 don't be lazy. I had the cloaky subsystem in my hold and could have easily refit, but I assured myself I didn't need to dock. That would be a waste of my time.
So gg pandemic legion. I should put an obligatory "didn't want that tengu anyway" line here but I'm really not that bitter about it.
Zif W
Showing posts with label Random thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Random thoughts. Show all posts
Monday, February 3, 2014
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Merry Christmas
Friday, December 20, 2013
2013 Burnt
Sorry for the lackluster posting this holiday season. I'm hoping that the new year will bring some new results. I've been pretty burnt out on EVE recently. Good long term friends of mine have taken a hiatus and we've pretty much been spinning or wheels in Placid. I never thought I'd say this, but I kinda miss syndicate.
We thought were moving to maut for more good fights. Since test joined the war zone I've seen fewer and fewer fleets and an increasing number of stabbed cloaky farmers. I know fitting 3 scams solves that problem but why even bother at that point.
I miss Syndicate roams. That's definitely something I've never said before. Yeah it was boring and you'd have to travel for quite a while to find someone to engage, but engage they would. No station games, no blob to win, it was good honest ram ships at each other and see who wins hilarity. I guess that's what leads me to why I'm so burnt.
We've always treated CTQ like a family. If anything was ever needed 95% of the time was free. Missing that mod on your ship? No problem I got you kind of mentality. That's how it's always been, until someone got greedy.
A high level officer in our corp, someone I personally flew with every day decided to steal 27 guardians and join our rival SCUM. Now idgaf about the guardians, isk is replaceable, but family isn't. Our CEO built this guy a computer and we hand delivered it because he was tight on cash and we missed him.
Maybe I'm too loyal to get the backstabbing concept of this game. Now this has created a rift in our corp because people feel they can't trust anyone and people are still flying with the person who left. Maybe it's time to ditch the drama and fly somewhere different. Haha who knows, things are gonna be pretty awesome in 2014.
We thought were moving to maut for more good fights. Since test joined the war zone I've seen fewer and fewer fleets and an increasing number of stabbed cloaky farmers. I know fitting 3 scams solves that problem but why even bother at that point.
I miss Syndicate roams. That's definitely something I've never said before. Yeah it was boring and you'd have to travel for quite a while to find someone to engage, but engage they would. No station games, no blob to win, it was good honest ram ships at each other and see who wins hilarity. I guess that's what leads me to why I'm so burnt.
We've always treated CTQ like a family. If anything was ever needed 95% of the time was free. Missing that mod on your ship? No problem I got you kind of mentality. That's how it's always been, until someone got greedy.
A high level officer in our corp, someone I personally flew with every day decided to steal 27 guardians and join our rival SCUM. Now idgaf about the guardians, isk is replaceable, but family isn't. Our CEO built this guy a computer and we hand delivered it because he was tight on cash and we missed him.
Maybe I'm too loyal to get the backstabbing concept of this game. Now this has created a rift in our corp because people feel they can't trust anyone and people are still flying with the person who left. Maybe it's time to ditch the drama and fly somewhere different. Haha who knows, things are gonna be pretty awesome in 2014.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Leadership
What makes a good leader? I've noticed that people can point out good leaders when they see one but can't define why they are good. Is it their ability to fc, their ability to run diplomacy, their ability to bring in new blood, their willingness to fight, or is out just some other invisible gleam they put off?
I am a soldier, I've been given leadership roles in the past and realized I don't have the patience to deal with the drama llamas. My solution was always kick their teeth in, because all I know is war. Our corp leader lackofskills (errr lackofguilt) is a great leader in my eyes. He's the reason I still play. Not because he lives about ten minutes from me and could literally put a boot up my but for not logging in, but because he makes the game fun. Corpmates have given him a ton of shit because he is a very aggressive fc. There's a famous quote that's often thrown around ts, "c'mon we can take this." I've been on both ends of this. Sometimes we kill a fleet of dreads, sometimes we watch a vindicator drop to a bunch of scrubs (jking cursed few). He's a content creator and there is always something silly going on when he's around. I've followed him through at least 3 corporations and I'd follow him through the rise and fall of 30 more if it came to it.
I think that's what defines a good leader, someone who despite their failures can muster a few good soldiers to follow them through the mud and still have them smiling.
I am a soldier, I've been given leadership roles in the past and realized I don't have the patience to deal with the drama llamas. My solution was always kick their teeth in, because all I know is war. Our corp leader lackofskills (errr lackofguilt) is a great leader in my eyes. He's the reason I still play. Not because he lives about ten minutes from me and could literally put a boot up my but for not logging in, but because he makes the game fun. Corpmates have given him a ton of shit because he is a very aggressive fc. There's a famous quote that's often thrown around ts, "c'mon we can take this." I've been on both ends of this. Sometimes we kill a fleet of dreads, sometimes we watch a vindicator drop to a bunch of scrubs (jking cursed few). He's a content creator and there is always something silly going on when he's around. I've followed him through at least 3 corporations and I'd follow him through the rise and fall of 30 more if it came to it.
I think that's what defines a good leader, someone who despite their failures can muster a few good soldiers to follow them through the mud and still have them smiling.
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