tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604973112865316634.post7852658481539004303..comments2023-05-15T07:29:55.403-07:00Comments on Fiddler's Edge: A Black Matter for the KingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604973112865316634.post-88025376389100895552011-03-17T08:20:25.222-07:002011-03-17T08:20:25.222-07:00I thought I had already commented... but apparentl...I thought I had already commented... but apparently not. Oh I remember now, when I first read this I was so overcome by joy and happiness that I must've gone on a week long bender of joyous drinking and merriment!<br /><br />The universe is so much better now. Goodbye Aralis. 'Nuff said.Rixx Javixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484974346562922694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604973112865316634.post-42131844418543629522011-03-10T03:47:26.959-08:002011-03-10T03:47:26.959-08:00Again, you assume all dedicated play is soulless a...Again, you assume all dedicated play is soulless and devoid of fun. Most tournament chess and scrabble players I know love their games. Really, really love their games. <br /><br />If you look at the play styles of most nullsec alliances you'll see a lot of fun being had and silliness on the wing. Most nullsec players I know are having a great time and wouldn't play anywhere else. <br /><br />However, players who don't participate when the winds of war blow, or who are sloppy and as much a threat to friend as to foe when they do, don't usually get much of a welcome. <br /><br />Nullsec among the sov holding alliances is competitive Eve-play. Like any game, it rewards a team that puts time and effort into getting better. For a lot of players, that's where the fun is.Mord Fiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734756410122516725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604973112865316634.post-4747434791269671252011-03-09T18:57:34.641-08:002011-03-09T18:57:34.641-08:00Unn -
You assume that game play is, by definitio...Unn - <br /><br />You assume that game play is, by definition, casual, which is obviously. That's not true. In any game you choose to name there are casual players and dedicated players. And there are the out-for-blood players. <br /><br />A casual chess player isn't going to do well in a tournament of grand-masters. A casual scrabble player's going to get his ass handed to him in a serious scrabble tournament. I've played some pick-up soccer (football for you non-Americans) but I don't expect to get a call from Manchester United or Madrid Real any time soon. <br /><br />Games can be played at many levels - from casual to highly competitive. The best players of any game are usually those dedicated to their sport who put the time and effort into winning. <br /><br />In Eve, nullsec is the big leagues. If you aren't there to play for keeps, if you're not going to bring your 'A' game, you're going to get spanked. Hard.Mord Fiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734756410122516725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604973112865316634.post-26691156901981900392011-03-09T05:18:58.141-08:002011-03-09T05:18:58.141-08:00Post is very accurate and consistent with what I e...Post is very accurate and consistent with what I experienced on the ground in Provi.Kirith Kodachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322297953184168725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604973112865316634.post-16444613517304932982011-03-08T10:47:53.086-08:002011-03-08T10:47:53.086-08:00Interesting insights, Jeremy - Thanks!Interesting insights, Jeremy - Thanks!Mord Fiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734756410122516725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604973112865316634.post-19027758135813863712011-03-08T10:26:04.852-08:002011-03-08T10:26:04.852-08:00As always, an excellent assessment of the situatio...As always, an excellent assessment of the situation. I would also note that two other factors were big problems to CVA. The first being something you touched on, and that was a lack of active participation. It was one of the big obstacles to reforming CVA into a capable fighting force (CVA did have a fairly successful sub-cap capability.. but without supers it could not hold its own) and it was the insistance that CVA was a casual alliance, and that a casual alliance could take back 0.0. Much frustration was had when the active PVPers would get a victory, or get lucky with timers or systems.. only to see it fall apart because 80% of the alliance didn't want to go beyond "casual".. The second was the belief that if something needed to be done, they could step up to do it. Usually those that did step up were slapped down because the changes they would try to make would step on the toes of those who felt entitled. Even within CVA, there was a sort of class structure between those who had been in CVA for years and were committed to holding the course, versus new members who understood that you had to adapt. That you couldn't have people who no longer played the game to keep forcing policy on those who were.<br /><br />I hope that the new change in leadership will be a start of a cleaning out of the old guard in CVA. The fact of the matter is that CVA was the only alliance to ever successfully maintain an NRDS region and they still have the technical knowledge and structure to rebuild it. A return of a good NRDS area would be a boon to new players and to those who like small gang PVP.Jeremiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926703338915859743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604973112865316634.post-44735793159683806452011-03-08T09:43:33.172-08:002011-03-08T09:43:33.172-08:00Ahhh Mord. You've covered this already. CVA ...Ahhh Mord. You've covered this already. CVA needs to join the NC. Its the only way. <br /><br />:coalitionsaregood:Calderus Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001961571356262365noreply@blogger.com