Many miners take the opposite approach. They tend to stew in their anger and hold onto vendettas for dear life. I feel sorry for them. That kind of thing can't be healthy.
Consider the case of Eno Bray. This past weekend, I spent a brief period of time enforcing the Code by bumping him out of mining range. He can't claim innocence: Not only did he violate the mining fee provision (by not paying it), he also showed me disrespect and stirred up rebellion while I was bumping another miner. I invited him to put aside the ways of the past and join the New Order, but he refused. He seemed angry about being bumped, which was odd--I may have bumped him for a few moments, but what about all the time I didn't spend bumping him?
I didn't think much of it until Eno Bray reappeared in Kino yesterday. While I was enjoying a good session of AFK cloaking, New Order Agent Neltharak Idrissil spoke in local. He was just dropping by to deliver a message to Sara Economics, who you'll recall was implicated in a recent plot to get me permabanned from EVE.
Eno Bray showed up, disgusted by the sight of another supporter of the New Order. I kindly informed my future friend that the New Order grows every day. I didn't think it was controversial to say so, since it's objectively true.
Incredibly, Eno Bray was still sore about having been bumped the previous day. I decided to interrupt his tirade and get him back on track.
Obviously he had no interest in burying the hatchet, so I
Whoa. It was time to turn down the heat and bring logic and reason back to Kino local. I offered
After he was done with his list, I steadied myself and prepared a full rebuttal to his complaints. I wanted to show him that
To be continued...?
He IS a miner. Genetic degeneration of his character isn't impossible. It's therefore perfectly possible to have 6 fingers.
ReplyDeleteRiddle: How many fingers does it take to become a successful miner in highsec?
DeleteWell everything would depend on the definition of "Successful". In my book, a turret fitted suicide-ganking hulk roam might be a success.
DeleteThen it would take more than one. However, most miners out there have no such goals. Therefore i would say one.
In that case, maybe the answer is "zero"? One of those "only way to win is not to play" type things :)
Deletetwo hands. idiot. not all of us are amputees
DeleteReally? I thought you lot were all disabled war vetrans
Deletei have polydactlism. so there plus. im not a miner, im just doing it to get money to go out to null again. and bring it on, ive survived a five man gank in a simple retriever. good luck against any of the new barges. with that i shall leave you.
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