Goons grief Star Trek Online

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Goons grief Star Trek Online
« on: February 25, 2010, 09:59:17 PM »
In MMOs, there is nothing that I hate more than carebears. These are the people who quit Eve Online because they can't handle a game where you actually have something to lose. They prefer games like WoW, where everyone holds hands and sings happy songs together while they PVE. They like games that have a magic resurrect button when they die, which will bring them back to life and give them back all of their equipment in perfect shape, so they never, ever lose anything. And when someone threatens their happy, safe, carefree world, they rage and whine to the devs until either they get their way, or their fragile psyche finally shatters and they ragequit the game, leaving a trail of emo tears in their wake.

But on February 2nd, the Eve rejects rejoiced at the release of World of Star Trek Star Trek Online. They finally had a spaceship game with a risk to reward ratio approaching 0:1, and literally no death penalty, at all. All was well in the universe...

..until one day, those evil, griefing, morally bankrupt Goons showed up. The Goons had waged war on every game they ever played, and STO was no exception. From the moment their accounts were activated, they began searching for ways to make the poor carebears miserable. " class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">And they succeeded.

And although the carebears had lost literally nothing from the Goons amusing antics, that didn't stop them from raging for hours and hours, and days and days, on the STO forums. 82 pages of pathetic carebears demanding that all Goons be banned from the game. I never thought such a terrible game would bring me so much amusement, without even having to play it.
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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2010, 03:52:34 AM »
Best whine on that thread:

"What is more, I'm absolutely certain Gene Roddenberry wouldn't have approved of people making life hard for others via his creation."

Let me get out my violin

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2010, 08:21:19 AM »
So, I'm at work and can't follow any of your links. What happens?
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2010, 08:32:26 AM »
So, I'm at work and can't follow any of your links. What happens?

Same boat.....
What happens?
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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2010, 11:35:20 AM »
Essentially Goons tricked Klingons onto their bridges, locked the door and phasered them to death, for some reason STO makes bridges a respawn point so the dead Klingons reappeared on the Goon bridge to be shot again and again and again, for hours, making it impossible to reach the door.

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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2010, 11:44:21 AM »
Apparently the ships can be self-destructed, and when they explode, they do AOE damage. So a ton of Goons went to a densely populated area and just kept self-destructing their ships over and over again, killing people with the AOE damage. Then, because there is absolutely no death penalty at all, they could just respawn, and do it again. Over, and over, and over again.

Then later they discovered that you could invite enemies to come to your bridge, and then shoot them. So they got 30 - 40 Goons together on one bridge, and just kept inviting people to board the ship. Then all of the Goons would shoot them at once, killing them instantly. And when they respawned, they would respawn in the exact same place. So they would be killed again. And they would be stuck there, dying every time they respawned, without ever being able to reach the door to leave the ship.

The griefing itself is funny, but not that funny. What really makes this awesome is how everyone blew it way out of proportion, and starting demanding that all Goons be banned for killing them a few times in the game. Why don't people like that just stick to single player games?

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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2010, 11:50:10 AM »
Essentially Goons tricked Klingons onto their bridges, locked the door and phasered them to death, for some reason STO makes bridges a respawn point so the dead Klingons reappeared on the Goon bridge to be shot again and again and again, for hours, making it impossible to reach the door.
Apparently the ships can be self-destructed, and when they explode, they do AOE damage. So a ton of Goons went to a densely populated area and just kept self-destructing their ships over and over again, killing people with the AOE damage. Then, because there is absolutely no death penalty at all, they could just respawn, and do it again. Over, and over, and over again.

Then later they discovered that you could invite enemies to come to your bridge, and then shoot them. So they got 30 - 40 Goons together on one bridge, and just kept inviting people to board the ship. Then all of the Goons would shoot them at once, killing them instantly. And when they respawned, they would respawn in the exact same place. So they would be killed again. And they would be stuck there, dying every time they respawned, without ever being able to reach the door to leave the ship.

The griefing itself is funny, but not that funny. What really makes this awesome is how everyone blew it way out of proportion, and starting demanding that all Goons be banned for killing them a few times in the game. Why don't people like that just stick to single player games?
I LOL'd.
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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2010, 01:35:46 PM »
That is awesome. 
I'm sorry. Am I to understand that when you have a boner you like to imagine punching the shit out of Tom Bishop? That's disgusting.

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2010, 05:45:36 AM »
Best whine on that thread:

"What is more, I'm absolutely certain Gene Roddenberry wouldn't have approved of people making life hard for others via his creation."

Let me get out my violin


That is a really fantastic quote =)
"I want truth for truth's sake, not for the applaud or approval of men. I would not reject truth because it is unpopular, nor accept error because it is popular. I should rather be right and stand alone than run with the multitude and be wrong." - C.S. DeFord

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2010, 08:43:27 AM »
Aww.. a GM has posted in the thread saying it's not OK!
I'm sorry. Am I to understand that when you have a boner you like to imagine punching the shit out of Tom Bishop? That's disgusting.

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2010, 01:00:36 PM »
Did some of them seriously file complaints with the FBI? Really, how fucking retarded can they be?

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2010, 03:15:28 PM »
Carebear tears are the principal currency in 0.0 space. They also have a euphoric physiological effect when ingested, making them a popular smuggling item.

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2010, 03:21:37 PM »
On the topic of Star Trek, I agree with Futurama.

you cant see moutains because you have no eyes
DON'T EVER LEAVE, VONGEO, MOTHERFUH-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2010, 04:40:45 PM »
Did some of them seriously file complaints with the FBI? Really, how fucking retarded can they be?

Some guy, I think his name is Chock, claims he filed a complaint with the FBI, but not because of the game.  He uses his real picture as his avatar, and apparently he posted a link to his work website.  Some of the goons figured out his name based on the information he posted, then they photoshopped his avatar, and basically just gave him a bunch of shit in the thread, and sent him "threatening" pms. 
I'm sorry. Am I to understand that when you have a boner you like to imagine punching the shit out of Tom Bishop? That's disgusting.

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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2010, 06:07:17 PM »
It always makes me laugh seeing how seriously these people take these games.  That is 2 hours they are whinging about where they were owned on STO.  They clearly should've been some doing social work.
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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2010, 06:40:40 PM »
STO is mediocre.

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2010, 10:42:53 PM »
Carebear tears are the principal currency in 0.0 space. They also have a euphoric physiological effect when ingested, making them a popular smuggling item.
It's true. Carebear tears fuel my ship. ;D

Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2010, 11:11:11 PM »
Carebear tears are the principal currency in 0.0 space.
Not pubbie tears?

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2010, 05:35:43 AM »
On the topic of Star Trek, I agree with Futurama.

"The star Trek Wars..."

"You mean after the vast migration of Star Wars fans?"

"No, that was the star Wars Trek"

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2010, 06:17:21 AM »
Carebear tears are the principal currency in 0.0 space.
Not pubbie tears?
Only the pubbie carebears.

Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2010, 05:00:15 AM »
it's tanatmount to two police officers and a judge witnessing a public gang rape at a chinese laundry and shrugging because their coats are cleen

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« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2010, 10:57:14 AM »
it's tanatmount to two police officers and a judge witnessing a public gang rape at a chinese laundry and shrugging because their coats are cleen
It is.

Pirates and griefers are obviously immoral people in real life. Otherwise how could they kill other people in a game where you're meant to kill other people?

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2010, 12:50:04 PM »
it's tanatmount to two police officers and a judge witnessing a public gang rape at a chinese laundry and shrugging because their coats are cleen
It is.

Pirates and griefers are obviously immoral people in real life. Otherwise how could they kill other people in a game where you're meant to kill other people?

But... but... what would Gene Roddenbury do?!

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2010, 09:33:08 PM »
But... but... what would Gene Roddenbury do?!
Get eaten by worms, probably.

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2010, 12:57:35 AM »
But... but... what would Gene Roddenbury do?!
Get eaten by worms, probably.

Wasn't he buried in space?

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Re: Goons grief Star Trek Online
« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2010, 02:45:03 AM »