Tue May 27, 2003 4:12 am
attn: NEO
Do you NEO guys have any imagination? It's the dumb gangsters who have to make their money by extortion. And that would be ok, but not even a stand up fight? Dockraping is the tool of a poor pilot, and terrorism is the tool of someone who can't win toe to toe, or is somehow unable to fight on even ground. You guys don't even have an excuse to be so gutless, unless maybe you were dockraped repeatedly yourselves for no good reason. Don't you ever feel like maybe your FL persona is a pusillanimous cretin? Having been a bully at one time I know it's the bully who is afraid. Rather than simply flame you, I have some suggestions for ways to mend your Osama Bin Laden ways.
Make your legbreaking one on one and allow your victims to launch, unless your intended victims have backup of their own. If you are in a group, choose a champion and let them do the deed. If they lose, #2 punks the victim (AFTER launch), followed by #3 and so on. I've tried, but I can't imagine that the fun involved in repeatedly killing a victim without even a chance of getting killed yourself could last very long.
Rather than a simpleminded pay or die strategy, how about: Pay if you lose one to one. If your victim refuses the challenge, they become a viable victim in any case. Like gambling they can choose to try repeatedly and to be forced to pay for each of their deaths. If you lose you pay. That way you make your money, prove your dominance AND your ego will be legitimately boosted.
There are many other forms of creative criminality that I have and have not thought of. Loansharking for instance. Or maybe pay or die when the victim is holding good spoils in their ship. Maybe watch some gangster movies for inspiration. The point is why let your clan be the lowest form of scum when you can be the highest form? Wouldn't you rather be feared for true piloting skill and ingenious rogue tricks than for kick 'em in the balls tactics? Doesn't it ever get boring?
Who I am and whether you'll get a chance to dockrape me again are insignificant. As hard as it is to get on elite, my contribution to the fun of everyone's online FL experience will be given to another server for now. Sometimes it pays to reassess one's choices in an RPG and to try new and exciting roles on for size. Just some parting thoughts from a pilot who thinks we can all have fun on Elite.
Make your legbreaking one on one and allow your victims to launch, unless your intended victims have backup of their own. If you are in a group, choose a champion and let them do the deed. If they lose, #2 punks the victim (AFTER launch), followed by #3 and so on. I've tried, but I can't imagine that the fun involved in repeatedly killing a victim without even a chance of getting killed yourself could last very long.
Rather than a simpleminded pay or die strategy, how about: Pay if you lose one to one. If your victim refuses the challenge, they become a viable victim in any case. Like gambling they can choose to try repeatedly and to be forced to pay for each of their deaths. If you lose you pay. That way you make your money, prove your dominance AND your ego will be legitimately boosted.
There are many other forms of creative criminality that I have and have not thought of. Loansharking for instance. Or maybe pay or die when the victim is holding good spoils in their ship. Maybe watch some gangster movies for inspiration. The point is why let your clan be the lowest form of scum when you can be the highest form? Wouldn't you rather be feared for true piloting skill and ingenious rogue tricks than for kick 'em in the balls tactics? Doesn't it ever get boring?
Who I am and whether you'll get a chance to dockrape me again are insignificant. As hard as it is to get on elite, my contribution to the fun of everyone's online FL experience will be given to another server for now. Sometimes it pays to reassess one's choices in an RPG and to try new and exciting roles on for size. Just some parting thoughts from a pilot who thinks we can all have fun on Elite.
