Extortion - all in the game, yo
Yikes!
It's been far too long since I've logged into EVE, and I have work and my family to thank for that. If you throw in trying to work with my builder on the construction of my house, you get a huge mess that leaves hardly any time for anything but sleep and work. My month or so of overtime and a busy real life came at a great time, because I was starting to get burnt out and tired of games in general. I am back, rested up, and ready for more fun (for me at least).
I knew that I wanted to try and throw out some casual wardecs as I had missed the feeling of hunting and stalking, and although I'm not space-poor by any means; I felt like fighting on behalf of someone else's wallet. I had never looked at assistance requests before, but you can find LOTS of great content for free. I studied the list of available wars for me to jump into, did some research as to who I'd be fighting, and decided to throw out 2-3 offers for 50,000,000 ISK to see what would come of it. I was lucky enough to have one accepted and a convo request.
I was approached by my client and he told me that his aggressors blew up his pos, anchored their own, and now continue to mine with an Orca on grid... DURING WAR. There are a few things that will make people in my line of business go from flacid to full-on raging chub; and when you put "Orca", "mining", and "wartarget" in the same sentence you can bet I'm looking over my shoulders to make sure no one is going to walk in on me.
So with this juicy intel and a burning in my loins for a kill (totally not an STD I swear), I set out on my whaling expedition. I do the usual bit of scouting which includes running locates and combing killboards and employment history, and am elated to find them, but totally bummed that they are floating in their POS shields while sitting in an Orca and a Skiff. My client informs me that they mainly mine ice, so I figure they are just waiting for the anom to pop up. I had found them early that morning after downtime and I had errands to run and such, so I kept my eyes on the POS where I could monitor them. Fast forward to later that evening and I'm just finishing supper when I look over at the computer and see notifications popping up informing me that there's something to kill. I make it to the computer just in time to see the Orca warping off to an ice belt. A few tactical bookmarks and one sexy cloaky warp-in later and I snag an Orca, Skiff + pod, and ahero autistic Griffin (who foolishly mistook me as a ganker and even granted me a killright).
I had mentioned earlier that I'm trying to work on my "yarring" and even though I didn't get the 100m I felt like the process went a little less autistic than normal.
So to sum it up at this point I nabbed an Orca, Skiff, Griffin, forced an apology letter from the aggressor as well as compensation for my client's exploded POS bits. My client is extremely pleased with the quality of work at this point and tells me that he wants me to continue to make their life hard. You are very safe to assume that at this point the aggressors have all jumped ship except one member to hold CEO. I have never really knocked on a POS with online defenses, but figured that it was worth looking into since they all dropped in the name of carebearing. I scoot my way back to the POS where I plug their build into this nifty little website. I determine that with the help of a friend and some neutral Logi we can knock on their door a little without fear of dying. I had no intentions of actually tearing the thing apart, but was more or less interested in how they would react. I completely understand why people absolutely HATE structure kills, and was elated when their last standing member threw up a convo request.
Sweet! An easy 300m to split between myself and Toxic for assisting in this boring task. During this process we were in comms with Kiki telling him all that we were doing to his aggressors. We were laughing about the easy 300m when all of a sudden my creative juices start churning. Call it greed, harassment (lol), and/or cruel but the end result of my brainstorming resulted in this....
It's been far too long since I've logged into EVE, and I have work and my family to thank for that. If you throw in trying to work with my builder on the construction of my house, you get a huge mess that leaves hardly any time for anything but sleep and work. My month or so of overtime and a busy real life came at a great time, because I was starting to get burnt out and tired of games in general. I am back, rested up, and ready for more fun (for me at least).
I knew that I wanted to try and throw out some casual wardecs as I had missed the feeling of hunting and stalking, and although I'm not space-poor by any means; I felt like fighting on behalf of someone else's wallet. I had never looked at assistance requests before, but you can find LOTS of great content for free. I studied the list of available wars for me to jump into, did some research as to who I'd be fighting, and decided to throw out 2-3 offers for 50,000,000 ISK to see what would come of it. I was lucky enough to have one accepted and a convo request.
I was approached by my client and he told me that his aggressors blew up his pos, anchored their own, and now continue to mine with an Orca on grid... DURING WAR. There are a few things that will make people in my line of business go from flacid to full-on raging chub; and when you put "Orca", "mining", and "wartarget" in the same sentence you can bet I'm looking over my shoulders to make sure no one is going to walk in on me.
[ 2015.05.26 14:36:36 ] KiKi Ademeit > there's an excellent chance of bagging an Orca in this war. these guys have just kept on mining like nothings happened.
So with this juicy intel and a burning in my loins for a kill (totally not an STD I swear), I set out on my whaling expedition. I do the usual bit of scouting which includes running locates and combing killboards and employment history, and am elated to find them, but totally bummed that they are floating in their POS shields while sitting in an Orca and a Skiff. My client informs me that they mainly mine ice, so I figure they are just waiting for the anom to pop up. I had found them early that morning after downtime and I had errands to run and such, so I kept my eyes on the POS where I could monitor them. Fast forward to later that evening and I'm just finishing supper when I look over at the computer and see notifications popping up informing me that there's something to kill. I make it to the computer just in time to see the Orca warping off to an ice belt. A few tactical bookmarks and one sexy cloaky warp-in later and I snag an Orca, Skiff + pod, and a
I had mentioned earlier that I'm trying to work on my "yarring" and even though I didn't get the 100m I felt like the process went a little less autistic than normal.
[ 2015.05.26 23:43:34 ] Lance Pares > cant i help youI was very surprised (not really) and thankful that he hadn't paid any attention at all to his notifications that would have given him a 3 hours notice that I would be coming to kill him. Now I'm normally not an honorable person or even someone that cares about anyone (outside of my small group of e-friends) but I decided that since this was my first real client that I would work hard to please him.
[ 2015.05.26 23:43:50 ] Faylee Freir > Yes you can.
[ 2015.05.26 23:44:01 ] Faylee Freir > Would you like to live?
[ 2015.05.26 23:44:54 ] Faylee Freir > 100m right now and you go free
[ 2015.05.26 23:44:56 ] Lance Pares > of course i would
[ 2015.05.26 23:44:59 ] Lance Pares > lol
[ 2015.05.26 23:45:32 ] Faylee Freir > you have 1m
[ 2015.05.26 23:45:48 ] Lance Pares > are we at war or something
[ 2015.05.26 23:45:52 ] Lance Pares > is that why you can kill me lol
[ 2015.05.26 23:46:50 ] Faylee Freir > Yes.
[ 2015.05.26 23:46:55 ] Faylee Freir > 100m and you go free.
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:19 ] Lance Pares > hm
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:22 ] Lance Pares > i dont get it
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:23 ] Faylee Freir > 20 seconds
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:26 ] Faylee Freir > Give me 100m
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:27 ] Faylee Freir > and you live
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:35 ] Faylee Freir > Whats not to get?
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:44 ] Lance Pares > why can you attack but no concord?
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:47 ] Lance Pares > thats what i want to know
[ 2015.05.26 23:47:49 ] Faylee Freir > We're at war.
[ 2015.05.26 23:48:05 ] Faylee Freir > stop delaying... send me 100m and you live
[ 2015.05.26 23:48:07 ] Lance Pares > ohhh i see
[ 2015.05.26 23:48:08 ] Faylee Freir > and you keep your orca.
[ 2015.05.26 23:48:12 ] Lance Pares > fine
[ 2015.05.26 23:48:15 ] Lance Pares > stop shooting me
[ 2015.05.26 23:49:10 ] Faylee Freir > You should have listened to me.
[ 2015.05.26 23:49:38 ] Faylee Freir > I was hired by a client.
[ 2015.05.26 23:50:07 ] Lance Pares > and whom is that
[ 2015.05.26 23:50:38 ] Faylee Freir > KiKi Ademeit
[ 2015.05.26 23:50:43 ] Faylee Freir > you guys blew up his pos.
[ 2015.05.26 23:51:13 ] Lance Pares > ohhh
[ 2015.05.26 23:51:17 ] Lance Pares > i didnt think he was active
[ 2015.05.26 23:51:27 ] Lance Pares > figures
[ 2015.05.26 23:51:29 ] Faylee Freir > he was
[ 2015.05.26 23:52:10 ] Faylee Freir > You are to repay him for his losses.
[ 2015.05.26 23:52:29 ] Lance Pares > i could but
[ 2015.05.26 23:52:33 ] Lance Pares > i mean i just lost an orca
[ 2015.05.26 23:52:36 ] Lance Pares > i think thats plentyh
[ 2015.05.26 23:52:45 ] Faylee Freir > Nope.
[ 2015.05.26 23:53:32 ] Lance Pares > lol he wasent even using that pos
[ 2015.05.26 23:53:37 ] Faylee Freir > He does use it.
[ 2015.05.26 23:53:46 ] Faylee Freir > He onlines it to compress and refine his ore.
[ 2015.05.26 23:53:52 ] Faylee Freir > Leaves it offline when he's not doing a batch.
[ 2015.05.26 23:53:56 ] Faylee Freir > Do you understand?
[ 2015.05.26 23:54:01 ] Lance Pares > yes i do
[ 2015.05.26 23:54:06 ] Faylee Freir > So you will repay him?
[ 2015.05.26 23:54:12 ] Lance Pares > terms?
[ 2015.05.26 23:54:24 ] Faylee Freir > You repay him in full or you continue to die.
[ 2015.05.26 23:54:32 ] Faylee Freir > You have 1 hour.
[ 2015.05.26 23:54:41 ] Lance Pares > to pay how much?
[ 2015.05.26 23:55:03 ] Faylee Freir > 65m
[ 2015.05.26 23:55:19 ] Lance Pares > i can do that
[ 2015.05.26 23:55:25 ] Faylee Freir > wait
[ 2015.05.26 23:55:30 ] Faylee Freir > price was off
[ 2015.05.26 23:55:34 ] Faylee Freir > 70m for his control tower.
[ 2015.05.26 23:55:50 ] Faylee Freir > and 10m for the 2 pos modules you destroyed.
[ 2015.05.26 23:55:52 ] Faylee Freir > so 80m.
[ 2015.05.26 23:55:57 ] Lance Pares > okay
[ 2015.05.26 23:56:05 ] Faylee Freir > I will confirm with him that payment was received.
[ 2015.05.26 23:56:24 ] Faylee Freir > You also need to write him a simple evemail stating that it was a misunderstanding that you're sorry.
[ 2015.05.26 23:57:06 ] Lance Pares > alrighty
[ 2015.05.26 23:59:13 ] Lance Pares > all done
[ 2015.05.27 00:00:36 ] Faylee Freir > Alright. I will confirm this with him and let you know when I've received word from him.
[ 2015.05.27 00:00:56 ] Lance Pares > alright
[ 2015.05.27 00:01:40 ] Faylee Freir > Thank you for your understanding.
[ 2015.05.27 00:01:59 ] Lance Pares > yep i dont particurally get mad unless its for no reason you know?
[ 2015.05.27 00:02:12 ] Lance Pares > knowing what you told me makes a lot of sense so
[ 2015.05.27 00:02:23 ] Faylee Freir > I understand. I only wish you were able to save your Orca :x
[ 2015.05.27 00:02:29 ] Lance Pares > its alright
[ 2015.05.27 00:02:36 ] Faylee Freir > Cause and effect is what makes EVE the great game it is.
[ 2015.05.27 00:02:38 ] Lance Pares > cant do anything now lol
[ 2015.05.27 00:02:45 ] Lance Pares > first fuck up in awhile
[ 2015.05.27 00:16:34 ] Faylee Freir > No worries. Enjoy your evening. I'm off to spend time with the wife :]
[ 2015.05.27 00:17:36 ] Lance Pares > later
[ 2015.05.27 14:36:53 ] Faylee Freir > Would you like us to stop?
[ 2015.05.27 14:37:09 ] Lucass Deninard > yees but i take it you wont
[ 2015.05.27 14:37:22 ] Faylee Freir > We'd require payment
[ 2015.05.27 14:37:23 ] Faylee Freir > 200m
[ 2015.05.27 14:37:55 ] Lucass Deninard > so if i give you 200 mill you will surrender and leave me be
[ 2015.05.27 14:38:21 ] Faylee Freir > 200m to stop shooting the tower
[ 2015.05.27 14:39:47 ] Lucass Deninard > then what
[ 2015.05.27 14:40:04 ] Faylee Freir > actually
[ 2015.05.27 14:40:07 ] Faylee Freir > Talking with kiki
[ 2015.05.27 14:40:13 ] Faylee Freir > We will drop the war for 300m
[ 2015.05.27 14:40:15 ] Faylee Freir > and leave you alone
[ 2015.05.27 14:40:43 ] Lucass Deninard > i am willing to pay if you seriously will do so
[ 2015.05.27 14:41:05 ] Faylee Freir > This is my business
[ 2015.05.27 14:41:05 ] Lucass Deninard > all i wanted to do here is start something i never intended for it to go down like this...
[ 2015.05.27 14:41:30 ] Faylee Freir > If you pay I will honor my word
[ 2015.05.27 14:41:30 ] Lucass Deninard > start a buisness that is
[ 2015.05.27 14:42:16 ] Lucass Deninard > i can agree to those terms
[ 2015.05.27 14:42:22 ] Faylee Freir > alright.
[ 2015.05.27 14:42:29 ] Lucass Deninard > and whom should be recieveing the funds
[ 2015.05.27 14:42:39 ] Faylee Freir > Myself.
[ 2015.05.27 14:42:56 ] Lucass Deninard > one moment i must log on to my other account
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Sweet! An easy 300m to split between myself and Toxic for assisting in this boring task. During this process we were in comms with Kiki telling him all that we were doing to his aggressors. We were laughing about the easy 300m when all of a sudden my creative juices start churning. Call it greed, harassment (lol), and/or cruel but the end result of my brainstorming resulted in this....
[ 2015.05.27 14:45:20 ] Lance Pares > ok
[ 2015.05.27 14:46:12 ] Lance Pares > ive made payment weather or not your honor this agreement is in your hands now
[ 2015.05.27 14:46:48 ] Lance Pares > wow idk how the fuck that reproccessing array is up there LOL
[ 2015.05.27 14:47:43 ] Faylee Freir > oh yeah haha
[ 2015.05.27 14:48:05 ] Faylee Freir > alright
[ 2015.05.27 14:48:09 ] Faylee Freir > We've stopped.
[ 2015.05.27 14:48:16 ] Lance Pares > thank you
[ 2015.05.27 14:50:17 ] Lance Pares > so before you leave this chat he is in agreement that i will not be harassed further?
[ 2015.05.27 14:51:36 ] Faylee Freir > So here's the deal.
[ 2015.05.27 14:52:12 ] Lance Pares > ?
[ 2015.05.27 14:52:50 ] Lance Pares > ill say this has been one hell of an experience
[ 2015.05.27 14:56:12 ] Faylee Freir > sec typing
[ 2015.05.27 15:07:46 ] Faylee Freir > See the thing is he used that moon as his primary form of isk making. For him to be alright with you taking it from him, he is requiring you pay him 150m a month to keep the violence at bay.
[ 2015.05.27 15:08:30 ] Lance Pares > i believe thats acceptable
[ 2015.05.27 15:09:11 ] Lance Pares > i can agree to those terms
[ 2015.05.27 15:12:35 ] Faylee Freir > Alright, payments are to be made on the 1st of every month. For every day you are late it will add 75m to that months payment. If you're deliquent after the 3rd day you will start getting war decs.
[ 2015.05.27 15:13:41 ] Faylee Freir > Do you agree?
[ 2015.05.27 15:14:23 ] Lance Pares > may i make a payment not this first but the next to recover from all my losses? is that okay?
[ 2015.05.27 15:14:36 ] Lance Pares > or am i expected to pay june 1st as well?
[ 2015.05.27 15:15:03 ] Lance Pares > and to whom will i make payments to Faylee Freir <---?
[ 2015.05.27 15:16:35 ] Faylee Freir > If you need isk you can sell a Skiff. You have 5 day to make 150m to pay. Your first payment is due on June 1st.
[ 2015.05.27 15:16:46 ] Faylee Freir > Payment is to be made to KiKi Ademeit
[ 2015.05.27 15:16:49 ] Lance Pares > understood
[ 2015.05.27 15:17:05 ] Faylee Freir > So you agree to these terms?
[ 2015.05.27 15:17:16 ] Lance Pares > yes i agree to your terms
[ 2015.05.27 15:24:02 ] Faylee Freir > I will be writing you an evemail for you to forward to both myself and Kiki so we can have this in writing. Give me some time and I will get this to you.
[ 2015.05.27 15:24:34 ] Lance Pares > alright no problem i may fall asleep because ive litterly been up for almost 24 hours somehow lol
[ 2015.05.27 15:24:55 ] Lance Pares > but i will write and sign whatever you need me to
[ 2015.05.27 15:27:32 ] Faylee Freir > Alright good deal.
[ 2015.05.27 16:10:27 ] Faylee Freir > Alright, it's sent.
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We are all bursting at the seams with laughter and amazement as Kiki proceeds to ask me, "Do you work for a collection agency or something?". There's no way I would act like this in real life whatsoever because if you remember, anyone who acts like this on the internet must be a basement-dwelling skinny nerd, homosexual faggot whose parents hated him (oh don't forget pathetic and psychotic).
So lets take a moment and recap what happened in this war:
- Get paid 50m to assist in the war
- Kill an Orca, Skiff, and pod
- Get client repaid 80m for his lost POS
- Knock around aggressors POS and get a 300m ransom
- Lock aggressors into a moon rental contract for 150m a month (paid to Kiki)
This totals up to 350m for me and 230m for Kiki. It made for an exciting two days and probably one of the coolest things I've done in eve thus far. Sure I'm not going toe-to-toe with battle hardened pilots in a test of my own strength, but that's not really what I'm about. Remember, I'm bad at the game so I tend to pick on the weak. Might sound pathetic, but it makes for good content. I think back on what I've done in my time playing EVE, and I think I can add "extortionist" to this short video.
Fly Dangerously!
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