Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2015 17:31:58 GMT
Ok, I asked for that forum, so I start.
I use Z: for what I said, P: for what the Pirate said and B: for what his boss said.
(I actually do not remember the names anymore, but it's not important)
Once upon a time, in the year 2009, I had a small POS empire in Tama, with around 30 POSes.
I chose Tama because it is the closest 0.3 system near Jita (4 jumps).
Invention and with that T2 for everyone was just introduced and there was a big hype producing that...
So I produced the components to do T2 production and earned far more then 10bil net income each month.
I started building up one POS after another and used Freighter + scout in the beginning to fuel my POSes and fill/empty the silos.
But then Faction Warfare was introduced to EvE and Tama was the Faction Warfare entrance to LowSec...
Suddenly my little POS empire was in the most dangerous system in EvE
After that I used mainly JFs to maintain the POSes, and pirates tried to get me at my cyno several times.
But I had some really naughty POS where I landed, so they always had to flee fast or they died.
They never got my JF and that must have been outragous for them...
Some day the pirates noticed that 50% of all Tama moons had my POSes on it, and that a JF is a quite expensive tool, so there must be $$$ behind it...
So one pirate from a very active Tama pirate gang with around 50 players started chatting to me:
Z: "What can I do for you?"
P: "We want 10% of all your income or we start shooting your POSes down!"
It striked me he has no way to check if I pay 10%, 10% of what!?
I mean, I don't know how much I earned a month without looking at my excelsheet...
Z: "So how much exactly is that?"
Of course he couldnt answer that question...
P: "Well 10% of all the moon minerals you harvest there!"
I didn't have a single moon with valuable moon minerals, and was only buying moon minerals to do simple and complex reactions for the fresh introduced T2 hype.
Z: "Well done deal! You get nothing, because I do not have a single moon harvester on my POSes."
He was starting to get mad... you could see him making more and more spelling errors...
P: "Then give us 10% of whatever you do on that POSes!"
Z: "Ok, so how much you think that is?"
P: "I don't know! Just give us the damn money!"
I didnt like his tone and wanted to end this fruitless chat...
Z: "If you want to do a decent blackmail, you should do some background investigation first! Do your homework and then come back!"
Then I close the chat window.
He shouted a while in local... nothing I would repeat here...
The next evening his boss chatted to me:
B: "Zyrus, you can't treat my pirates like that! <P:> just came to me crying that you treated him like a child. He is really mad on you!"
He was obviously amused about the situation, but this blackmail is serious business for a pirate gang...
Z: "Well, he was completly unprepared for that blackmail!?"
B: "It was his first blackmail, covering for me..."
B: "Back to businees. Give us 100mil each month and we leave your POSes alone."
I could have just said yes, because 100mil was far less then 1 day net income...
But somehow I didn't like the situation and had the feeling they might get greedy and ask for more later on.
Z: "No, I am not paying you for doing nothing!"
Then thinking about the harm 50 mad pirates could do on my nice little POSes... after a short pause:
Z: "But I am willing to pay you to DO something!"
B: "What you have in mind?"
Z: "Your pilots protect me, my Freighters and my POSes from enemies and other pirates, and I pay you 200mil each month!"
B: "Deal!"
For the upcoming year I chatted a lot with this pirate boss.
He was actually a nice guy with a rough of humor.
During that time I got 3 times blackmailed from other pirates, but I just told him about it and he took care...
And Tama gate camps didn't hurt me, the red blinking mob actually protected me.
But I never trusted that deal enough to fly in with a full freighter...
They might have noticed with their scanners that they could get some loot like this
worst-kill-ever
and then ask for more money...
Why I am not that rich anymore and stopped playing EvE for 5 years will be another story coming soon(TM)
I use Z: for what I said, P: for what the Pirate said and B: for what his boss said.
(I actually do not remember the names anymore, but it's not important)
Once upon a time, in the year 2009, I had a small POS empire in Tama, with around 30 POSes.
I chose Tama because it is the closest 0.3 system near Jita (4 jumps).
Invention and with that T2 for everyone was just introduced and there was a big hype producing that...
So I produced the components to do T2 production and earned far more then 10bil net income each month.
I started building up one POS after another and used Freighter + scout in the beginning to fuel my POSes and fill/empty the silos.
But then Faction Warfare was introduced to EvE and Tama was the Faction Warfare entrance to LowSec...
Suddenly my little POS empire was in the most dangerous system in EvE
After that I used mainly JFs to maintain the POSes, and pirates tried to get me at my cyno several times.
But I had some really naughty POS where I landed, so they always had to flee fast or they died.
They never got my JF and that must have been outragous for them...
Some day the pirates noticed that 50% of all Tama moons had my POSes on it, and that a JF is a quite expensive tool, so there must be $$$ behind it...
So one pirate from a very active Tama pirate gang with around 50 players started chatting to me:
Z: "What can I do for you?"
P: "We want 10% of all your income or we start shooting your POSes down!"
It striked me he has no way to check if I pay 10%, 10% of what!?
I mean, I don't know how much I earned a month without looking at my excelsheet...
Z: "So how much exactly is that?"
Of course he couldnt answer that question...
P: "Well 10% of all the moon minerals you harvest there!"
I didn't have a single moon with valuable moon minerals, and was only buying moon minerals to do simple and complex reactions for the fresh introduced T2 hype.
Z: "Well done deal! You get nothing, because I do not have a single moon harvester on my POSes."
He was starting to get mad... you could see him making more and more spelling errors...
P: "Then give us 10% of whatever you do on that POSes!"
Z: "Ok, so how much you think that is?"
P: "I don't know! Just give us the damn money!"
I didnt like his tone and wanted to end this fruitless chat...
Z: "If you want to do a decent blackmail, you should do some background investigation first! Do your homework and then come back!"
Then I close the chat window.
He shouted a while in local... nothing I would repeat here...
The next evening his boss chatted to me:
B: "Zyrus, you can't treat my pirates like that! <P:> just came to me crying that you treated him like a child. He is really mad on you!"
He was obviously amused about the situation, but this blackmail is serious business for a pirate gang...
Z: "Well, he was completly unprepared for that blackmail!?"
B: "It was his first blackmail, covering for me..."
B: "Back to businees. Give us 100mil each month and we leave your POSes alone."
I could have just said yes, because 100mil was far less then 1 day net income...
But somehow I didn't like the situation and had the feeling they might get greedy and ask for more later on.
Z: "No, I am not paying you for doing nothing!"
Then thinking about the harm 50 mad pirates could do on my nice little POSes... after a short pause:
Z: "But I am willing to pay you to DO something!"
B: "What you have in mind?"
Z: "Your pilots protect me, my Freighters and my POSes from enemies and other pirates, and I pay you 200mil each month!"
B: "Deal!"
For the upcoming year I chatted a lot with this pirate boss.
He was actually a nice guy with a rough of humor.
During that time I got 3 times blackmailed from other pirates, but I just told him about it and he took care...
And Tama gate camps didn't hurt me, the red blinking mob actually protected me.
But I never trusted that deal enough to fly in with a full freighter...
They might have noticed with their scanners that they could get some loot like this
worst-kill-ever
and then ask for more money...
Why I am not that rich anymore and stopped playing EvE for 5 years will be another story coming soon(TM)