THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Piracy a matter of style
After being informed that I pirate incorrectly, i came to a small realization.
Its all about style.
Now youve got your hardline PvPers, your midliners, your carebears, and your
random WTFs.
Does it really matter if your a carebear? Not particularly, no. Its all about style. If
you dont want to fight, and you dont approach it with an attitude like "I dont want to
fight, so you cant bother me", you generally dont run into problems. You go about it
in your style. Whether it be "formalized diplomatic relations" or you just chill, and
talk with the people who could in the future be takin a shot at you, your going about
it in your own style.
Just like the PvPers, and the way they choose their targets. The ones that run into
problems are the ones with no style. Take AQM for instance. They go after anyone
that isnt quant. Thats style. For them to pull it off is a show of even more style.
Those people that straddle the fence, imo, have the most style of all. They manage
to keep a group of carebears, and a group of PvPers, workin together, and not bring
the whole world onto their shoulders.
Now, this brings me to my point: What exactly is the reaction to a style that was
never really used before.
To use myself as an example, I pirate. But i generally dont stay around and fight.
Catch me if you can. 10 bucks says i can out-fly you without firing a shot. And i use
a Light Fighter. I run a cyclone with 3 insights, a scanner, a burglar, and a FF. If you
cant kill me, i won by default. My challenge to those who want to kill me, is catch
me. Out-fly me. I dont take extreme amounts of cargo from people, primarily
because i only have 5 cargo space, but also in my mind is keeping it fair to people.
The entire idea of Pay or Die has been used like a hooker on the corner of Packer
Ave, and i have very little to prove with a kill ratio stat. Im not out to thump my
chest, im out to be a nuisance to haulers. Skimming off the top of their runs.
So boys and girls, heres my style.
You wanna kill me? Come catch me. I dont stay in any one place, and i dont stand
around for a boxing match. Show me that your a better pilot. Show me that you can
coordinate better than I can. Im not here for a contest of aim and who can hit who
more often. I carry 4 size 2 missiles. Theres my armament. If i can kill you with that,
then i definately out-flew you. If i can escape you, with a slightly faster ship, and far
less modx, then i won. Thats MY game.
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