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A few key definitions first.
integrity
noun
1. the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
principles
noun
1. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
fundamental
adjective
1. forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.
hypocrisy
adjective
1. the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.
I am a space pvp'er or Pirate, which ever you prefer, I do not claim to be anything else and I will shoot you down and attempt to loot you given the opportunity. I don't have to lie or scam anyone to achieve this and I have no ethical or moral problems with space pvp. I kill everyone not on my friends list, if you turn and fight me you will still lose but if somehow you manage to beat me will probably have a nice payday as I don't bother putting my loot in storage anymore.
That being said I want to talk about the "pirate hunter" for a minute. I won't name him but you know who he is and that he works for the Kronan. I have had the many chats with him about space piracy and he has always told me the reason he would not participate in piracy was:
That's fine if that how he feels, nothing wrong with that. But....ever since the Varyag used the pirates to shoot down the Kronan the pirate hunter has decided to label every member of the Varyag crew a pirate and THEREFORE camps them and loots them in space. The Varyag crew list is probably over 400 and when NVE was on it maybe 5 in total ever participated in the space fights against Kronan. 99% of the people on that ship use it to skill, have never attempted space pvp, don't possess the ability to shoot back and don't want to participate in the space politics.
If he sees a person flying out of planet RT going to caly in a sleipner that has crewed on the Varyag, hes shooting them and looting them. He often will camp the Varyag and wait for repair skillers to fly to planet so he can loot them. He even spam kills specific people from the Varyag at times.
Imagine the Varyag and the Kronan are two nations at war....this guy isn't fighting solders hes going house to house pillaging the defenseless while claiming moral superiority. Remeber 99% of the Varyag crew have nothing to do with the issues with Kronan and Normandie, they just want to skill in space and have no other place to go. Kronan has said they wont take anyone from the Varyag but they will try and make them leave the Varyag??? and go where????
I don't have a problem with what he is doing as far as the looting and the game mechanics go, what I have a problem with is him claiming to somehow be above pirating when it's basically what he's doing.
You cannot hold on to a principle to prop yourself up above others and then discard it when it benefits you. You cannot chastise pirates for shooting unarmed travelers and then do the same without facing the same reprimand.
Please save the personal attacks for page 10....let people that want to address what I've said speak first
integrity
noun
1. the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
principles
noun
1. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
fundamental
adjective
1. forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.
hypocrisy
adjective
1. the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.
I am a space pvp'er or Pirate, which ever you prefer, I do not claim to be anything else and I will shoot you down and attempt to loot you given the opportunity. I don't have to lie or scam anyone to achieve this and I have no ethical or moral problems with space pvp. I kill everyone not on my friends list, if you turn and fight me you will still lose but if somehow you manage to beat me will probably have a nice payday as I don't bother putting my loot in storage anymore.
That being said I want to talk about the "pirate hunter" for a minute. I won't name him but you know who he is and that he works for the Kronan. I have had the many chats with him about space piracy and he has always told me the reason he would not participate in piracy was:
- Doesn't want to shoot unarmed travelers or those that don't have the ability or desire to fight back.
That's fine if that how he feels, nothing wrong with that. But....ever since the Varyag used the pirates to shoot down the Kronan the pirate hunter has decided to label every member of the Varyag crew a pirate and THEREFORE camps them and loots them in space. The Varyag crew list is probably over 400 and when NVE was on it maybe 5 in total ever participated in the space fights against Kronan. 99% of the people on that ship use it to skill, have never attempted space pvp, don't possess the ability to shoot back and don't want to participate in the space politics.
If he sees a person flying out of planet RT going to caly in a sleipner that has crewed on the Varyag, hes shooting them and looting them. He often will camp the Varyag and wait for repair skillers to fly to planet so he can loot them. He even spam kills specific people from the Varyag at times.
Imagine the Varyag and the Kronan are two nations at war....this guy isn't fighting solders hes going house to house pillaging the defenseless while claiming moral superiority. Remeber 99% of the Varyag crew have nothing to do with the issues with Kronan and Normandie, they just want to skill in space and have no other place to go. Kronan has said they wont take anyone from the Varyag but they will try and make them leave the Varyag??? and go where????
I don't have a problem with what he is doing as far as the looting and the game mechanics go, what I have a problem with is him claiming to somehow be above pirating when it's basically what he's doing.
You cannot hold on to a principle to prop yourself up above others and then discard it when it benefits you. You cannot chastise pirates for shooting unarmed travelers and then do the same without facing the same reprimand.
Please save the personal attacks for page 10....let people that want to address what I've said speak first