Wait - how the hell did I get 43 likes????

What are you even on about? Is that the CFCs tactic? Blob so hard that the SoCo wont fight them?

Either CFC is very good at reverse psychology or they just need to go back to school and learn how to count.

Reverse psychology? I don't think you know what that means.

They're winning, you're losing. You can cry and sob about fair fights all you want, but that won't bring Delve back.

I'll just stick this here: http://soundcloud.com/dariush_records/

and ask people whether you think those are recordings of an elite and competent force being overwhelmed, or people screaming and whining and blaming anything but themselves when they lose.

I love the irony of Nulli/AAA crying about blobbing when you gleefully celebrate every small victory you get when you outnumber the opponent.

Keep on truckin'

I have, for so long, heard the whinging about "fair fights" that I thought I'd bring the topic to GD.

Whether you are a veteran of nullsec campaigns or a casual hisec miner, you know the refrain, some variation of "ZOMG, they came with three times our numbers, why they don't 'fight fair'?"

I've never gotten this. Yes, this is a game, but the simulation is of war, not some sports event with rules and equal numbers on teams. The simulation is of invasion and crushing one's enemy, of winners and losers, of the thrill of success and the humiliation of defeat.

I say crying about fair fights is the lament of losers. What say you?

gorilla warfare

All's fair in love and war.

I have, for so long, heard the whinging about "fair fights" that I thought I'd bring the topic to GD.

Whether you are a veteran of nullsec campaigns or a casual hisec miner, you know the refrain, some variation of "ZOMG, they came with three times our numbers, why they don't 'fight fair'?"

I've never gotten this. Yes, this is a game, but the simulation is of war, not some sports event with rules and equal numbers on teams. The simulation is of invasion and crushing one's enemy, of winners and losers, of the thrill of success and the humiliation of defeat.

I say crying about fair fights is the lament of losers. What say you?

Some games allow some form of fairness build into an engagement. Many MMOs have 2v2, 5v5, 15v15, etc. Gear is also largely the same, and it's mostly player skill the determines the winner. In EVE, the situation is completely reversed. As in, 15v5 is more common than not, gear (ships, mods, etc.) vary wildly, and SP is significantly more important than player skill (which is easily proved by a simple duel between a vet using a 100 SP char and a noob using a 100 mil SP char).

There's no right or wrong answer. EVE is a sandbox, and both viewpoints are perfectly valid. Trouble is, EVE really encourages the second viewpoint, and really punishes the first.

I think you mistake people's desire for fun and exciting fights with some sort of crying over unfair fights. Everyone knows fair fights are not to be expected, it's just awesome when you get a fun, pulse pounding, mouse-hand shaking battle. As opposed to desperately trying to get a lock before the rest of the blob kills the target.

Smashing suitcases, were you?

I have some experience with this kind of fighting. It actually involves lobbing explosive bananas over rooftops at your opponents.

SoCo continues to engage larger numbers

Sometimes we win..

gorilla warfare

"If you bring more ships than me, I will dock up" - Malaku, SOCO FC

I see this as just another meaningless metric, and that is proven by your choice of the term 'battle'.

One battle does not make a war. You cannot win the 'isk war' against a superior force with (almost) unlimited isk.

Again, talking about winning by the metric of isk destroyed versus isk lost is the whinging of losers, spin designed only to fool your own pilots, because the rest of the universe knows the truth.

I have, for so long, heard the whinging about "fair fights" that I thought I'd bring the topic to GD.

Whether you are a veteran of nullsec campaigns or a casual hisec miner, you know the refrain, some variation of "ZOMG, they came with three times our numbers, why they don't 'fight fair'?"

I've never gotten this. Yes, this is a game, but the simulation is of war, not some sports event with rules and equal numbers on teams. The simulation is of invasion and crushing one's enemy, of winners and losers, of the thrill of success and the humiliation of defeat.

I say crying about fair fights is the lament of losers. What say you?

Better yet, seeing my shields go down as I get primaried because I jammed someone's scimitar. :ohdear: