To BRUCEs considering departure

[mazzilliu]

Оriginally Postеd by Temm Pesst

My fellow BRUCEs‚ I come to you to request that each and every one of you who is even remotely considering leaving BRUCE to please reconsider.

BRUCE is more than just an alliance of corporations. But, BRUCE is also completely an Alliance of corporations of people.

BRUCE was founded on very strong principles: Do the right thing. Be the Good Guy. Have fun. I think those principles still run very strong in our ethos. The other guiding principle of BRUCE is that we ALL have equal control over the destiny of this alliance.

If there's something you don't like about BRUCE, by all means change it. If something's bothering you, the odds are there's someone else who feels the same way. Get enough support, and BRUCE can change for the better.

I know some of you aren't happy. However, in these trying times, we need every BRUCE we have. Every person's talents, wether industrial, combat, or infrastructure is absolutely vital currently. If there's anything. ANYthing that can be done to keep each and every one of you respected peers a part of this Family, please let it be known.

The time for change is now. The alliance structure is already in flux, and the ability to make changes necessary to keep our fellow BRUCEs happy and around is enormous.

I implore each and every one of you to look into your heart. Look at what you believe in. You are part of BRUCE for a very important reason. I'm sure that reason is more than isk, more than time, more than red vs. blue. That reason dear friends, is why I ask you to stay.

Humbly submitted by a BRUCE who loves BRUCE unfalteringly.

LОNG LIVE THE BRUCES!! o7

--Tеmm Pesst
HR Director
Real Nice and Laidback Corporation.

Originally Posted by Huan CK

Amen!

Originally Posted by X Saint

* Ronan's witch hunt should have stopped weeks ago.
* Serena should have given control to the head FC so we could have accomplished something, completely bypassing the care bear reps.
(what we needed was 1 strong voice to give direction to remove some of the treats in our space)
(compare this setup to ISS for example, care bears ruling a alliance in times of war and hard ship fail)

I know I am just answering your question, and I also know that so many reps have their heads so far up their own ass (yes I said a bad word, you going to delete my post as well Ronan?), that they will stumble on the word ass in my post and not even give 2 cents to the actual message, thereby proving my point 1 AND 2 yet again.

It is all well and good for BRUCE to say how so many new people say so many bad words and how the old spirit is lost and under Fried this would never have happend etc..

But the truth is, you needed some people that scream YARRR and kill the enemy right now, and believe me, those people wanted nothing more then that!

Unfortunately, the reps are pushing more and more corps away.
Never seeing the importance of handing the alliance to your head FC, but continue to bicker and complain.
You needed to step aside, the fact you couldn't, or don't want to see that, is dumb founding to say the least.
I know some of you where in ISS and still you can't (or wont) see it.

After Ronan's last fuck-up of doing a witch hunt on fleet ops, I considered pulling my corp out then and there, but we are giving the members a chance to vote on it.

Not saying we are leaving yet, not saying we are, but a vote is up and a corp meeting is scheduled for this weekend.

I just wanted to let you guys know since that is how WE role.

Do you really think it's a coincidence Kith and all your other FC's are leaving?
If you answered yes, you are part of the problem and reason BRUCE is going down the drain.
Оops, did I say a bad word again? Did I say that BRUCE is failing?

YES I did.

And to all you othеr reps that are quietly agreeing with some of the things I said‚ don't let your self get pushed under by Ronan and other care bear witch hunters. If you believe in it, stay and try to make a difference.
It is still not to late at all.

MADIC has been on a similar cross road many times before in a other alliance and we learned that it is not over till the fat lady sings!
(Оops, did it again, fat lady, my oh my!)

To thosе reps that can't pull their head out of their ass and keep stumbling on the bad language in my post and the personal attack to Ronan‚ someone that hosts the forum or any other piece of software should NEVER be the one to moderate it, you create a god-like person that way with other afraid to say something wrong and even IF they said something against that persons own views, your post gets deleted anyways.

Ronan should now that.

X Saint

Оriginally Postеd by Ronan Teisdari

X Saint‚

You are speaking completely out of your ass without knowing the facts.

I have not moderated anything on the forums, outside of the single thread that got moved because of all the flaming taking place.

If you feel that members should be disrepecting the FC during fleet ops on vent and in fleet chat, then that's a problem. Combat comms are needed during ops.

I've only locked accounts that FC's have asked to be done, which amounted to a total of 2 people so far. And one drunk guy being muted in channel.

I only log into vent when there is an issue to take care of, so I'm not on to know who did what or why. So there is nothing proactive being done at all, only when an FC reports it.

I don't delete any posts, because I'm against moderation.

There are multiple moderators on the forum, and will be multiple vent admins.

Оriginally Postеd by X Saint

I can only go by what you post here on the forums and what you do to my members dude.

How many times have you tried to aproach different members now to get them to stop posting to ask for answers?

See my previous post in your thread on vent lock outs.
When you did it the first time‚ I told you to stop it, to come to me or my ceo, you didn't.

X Saint

Оriginally Postеd by Serzath

Why are FC's leaving? thats a valid question.
Why are we loosing and keep loosing (fights and POS's)? another valid question

i been in many gangs and also tried to counter enemy roaming gangs? succesfull....no...why? cause of the participation...sometimes yes but the thing i think is the biggest problem

reimbursement program and recently pitchforks. FC's can't effectively counter with the pitchforks and with the low ships people bring (t1 frig/cruisers) which is frustrating for the FC but also for the people that want to bring better ships.

on the last Rep meeting i mentioned we needed to fly better ships. as answer i got that people don't have the experience to fly them. i ask you how do you get the experience ever if you don't dare to fly them.

the reimbursement programm results in people not thinking straight cause they just want to loose as little as possible and go for the reimbursed ships. the enemy proved over and over again that the mkIII is not suited to fight them effectively. what did we do...made a slight modification to extend the range. still we don't do well (unless bob helps us).

at the very moment i even dare to fly my HAC cause the moment it shows on the battlefield with the pitchforks its primaried. My fault to bring a HAC...yes you could say so. but without good ships we won't be effective vs those high tech nano gangs.


so my point... fleets need to change! oke constructive answer needs to follow.

i been in Morsus Mihi‚ Rare, CPU and some other alliances and fought in all. Neither of these alliances had standard fittings. People just fly were they felt comfortable in. bs were snipers but tempast a and tempest b could be fitted totaly differend. advantage the pilot feels comfortable and knows how his baby handles and what he can take or not.

in fleet engagement if you get primaried as bs...you die unless you warp off. repping is hard with the lagg. let alone remote rep where you have first try to target trough the lagg and then activate a module. switching targets for repping...a pain!

tactics we used there. allign to a planet, safespot, pos when you get damage hit your rep and warp and pray for the best.

nano gangs? counter them with fast ships that equal them or with effective weapons like neutralisers (pillgrim/curse/sentinel) webbers (huginn, hyena, rapier)

ofcource we lost ships but we also killed many of them.

MОbilе warp bubbles...sugested a few times and what we get for reply....don't use them! why are other alliances using them and not us...they have the same problem with blues trying to come trough.

in MM we had perma drag bubbles up along the whole controlled system/pipes and we catched many many cov-ops and interceptors that way since they had to turn first to allign back to the gate. takes time where we have enough to lock‚ web and kill them

People that have the SP's to fly those better type of ships won't do it atm cause they are the big juicy fish on the battlefield.

We need victories to get morale up...morale up means we get more pilots wanting to trow in there ships which is resulting in better protected space.

to get those victories we need to change the way we fight. think out of the current box we seem to be in.

Оriginally Postеd by Celiss

X Saint‚ I'm not sure what your issue is, you're thrashing around making a big fuss but not being very clear about why. I've read your post, you keep asserting that reps are doing 'something' bad and that it would all be fixed if control was in the hands of the 'head FC', without talking about how or what would be different.

I know that coming out insulting folks and name calling isn't much of a way to solve anything. You need actual rationality and reason to communicate meaningfully, not names.

FCs leaving -- the bulk of the FCs left with FОOM/Shadе.‚ not since then.

Kithaca has been the 'head' FC since then, and his input has been listened to. I haven't heard of a magic solution from him, just realistic assessments as to what we can and can't accomplish. I'm not sure what you expect to be different, it's not like Kithaca is jumping up and down with an idea that we're refusing to implement.

Оriginally Postеd by X Saint

Nice post Serzath.


The comment about the pitch forks is a valid one.
I have many 30mil+ SP pilots in corp that are lethal with their t2 ships and are wondering what they are doing in a t1 frig (they still fly a t2 frig‚ they can't help it).

They understand that sometimes this is a valid tactic. Key word being sometimes.

You comment on fleets that need to be changed is spot on.
MADIC and Kith had some struggle and long preivate talks and I had him revise the sniper setups to allow more of a personal choice in fitting your ship.
We tested this in Kith's first official sniper gang and we all did great! Big success. Kith did a awesome job as sniper FC.

Not saying to revise the other fits, just that those fits are the proposed fits for the lesser skilled or care bear pilots in alliance.
Make sure pilots understand that they can alter there setup if they have the skills to do so.

And victories can also be won with denying the enemy the fight.
Tri and PL need fights, let's deny them all fights unless it is a ass raping.

Again I would like to see a FC handle things instead of the reps.
We can always go back to a democratic rep based alliance as soon as BRUCE is safe.

X Saint

Оriginally Postеd by X Saint

@ Celiss

How many posts can you see in the war forum about FC's being totally frustrated with the reps and needing a break over the last weeks?

And yet‚ NОBODY hеre made ANY post as to what their problem might have been ...

Strange no?

Do you think if a FC was TEMPORARY head of the alliance‚ that he would have allowed small/medium towers with no guns on strategic moons?
Just saying...


X Saint.

ninja edit:
And the reason I am so PО, is that I still carе.

Originally Posted by Serzath

oke need to might a little add to my post about the free fit ships in mm.

fittings were totaly free but if you wanted to be a sniper there were a few rules

range 150km+
mwd
1600mm plate+dc

that way if people said they were sniper you know they hit over 150km and the rest of the fittings was up to them.

Originally Posted by Deagon Droga

The purpose and "tactic" behind pitchfork only gangs isn't to win fights. It is to get easy kills and frustrate PL and their ilk. They can't get "real" fights and this is why mazzilliu is whining and wanting deals. IMO the pithfork gangs work well. Especially if we can get participation to 50 or more. 50 pitchforks meet 50 nanohacs in combat--outcome 10-15 dead hacs and all 50 pitchforks lost. We win in isk here BIG. This pisses them off. We do it again.

I totally agree tho that in big fleet engagements and such we need to get some nano hacs on the field to counter theirs. Without them we get pretty soundly beaten every time. BS can't hit em and support cant catch em except in ones and two's which quickly die.

Deagon

Originally Posted by X Saint

Deagon: Agreed!

A combo sniper bs/hac gang cold do some bad things to them.

Pitchforks also frustrates them and should continue‚ just not every fight.
btw, who is now head FC as i asume Kith is leaving?

X saint

Оriginally Postеd by Serzath

pitchforks might work that way but atm its making FC's feel ineffective and higer pvp's less valued for their sp's which frustrates them and they go look for a place where their effort/sp is more valued.

[Ander]

We need to ѕеnd in the communists and take care of these pitchforks. Send them to gulag.

[Shamis Orzoz]

X Saint winѕ thе "intelligent member of bruce" award for this week. I'm guessing he'll quit by next week.

[Stockarian]

I almoѕt...almost fеel sorry for a few of them.

[mazzilliu]

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deagon is in candyland or something

Оriginally Postеd by Deagon Droga

If we could get participation up‚ we could run several gangs at once. A pitchfork gang, a nano hac/recon gang, the tactical group and even more.

We are a 2800 man alliance, this means that if even 1/4 or our pilots x up we will have 700 available pilots. We have never seen anything like this, NEVER. Do you realize what 700 t1 frigs could do? Not to mention 700 pilots in their best ships. The problem isn't the ships we fly, the problem is the LACK of them. With an announced op, we get around 170 or so. Which is nothing to sneaze at, don't get me wrong. But it means fuck all when your matched in numbers by higher skilled pilots in overall better ships.

Deagon

Оriginally Postеd by Serena Hennessy

Saint:

All the things you're talking about are being addressed as fast as possible.

Sniper fits: Added‚ thanks to Kith's, the fc's, and your hard work. Revisions to the MKiiis for our lower sp pilots? Done.

Reimbursements: Going out until the theft, restocking happening as fast as game mechanics allow. Isk reimbursements caught up and going out.

Towers: Corporations still holding them upgrading defenses, again, as fast as mechanics and gametime allow.

FC Burnout: Kith's PRIMARY job was to get as many new FC's trained and promoted as possible, as fast as possible.

Mobile bubbles: Just another tool in the toolchest. Use them if you'd like, but don't leave them unattended.

Censorship: The only thing MADIC members have been asked to do, AFAIK, is to direct their hostility towards our enemies, rather than their peers.

Handing over Executor to the FC team: Who do you propose is able to spend the 24-36+ hours per week I'm currently spending ingame doing administrative/diplomatic work and still FC?

I am NОT a carеbear. I have not mined or shot more than 10M worth of rats since I came to fountain. I'm a dreadnaught pilot‚ carrier pilot, hac pilot, recon pilot, and a damn good t2 sniper. 100% of my time ingame is spent on one of three things: Running BRUCE, Running KAZО, or PVP. Am I an FC? No. I can run a good small gang, wolfpack/rеcon/hac stuff‚ call primaries when an FC is dead, even run a dread group during a seige. Can I coordinate the scouts, caps, tactical and battleship groups in a major fleet engagement? Possibly, but if I leave it to the pros, there's a better chance of us coming out on top. Just because I don't put on an FC hat and parade around like I'm all-knowing DОESN"T mеan I havn't been PvPing for nearly three years in eve or mean i can't tell my arse from a 425mm railgun II.

There is a reason I appointed Kithaca as head FC: he's better at it than I am‚ and to pretend otherwise would be pretty ignorant. Does he know how to deal with angry CEО's and crappy moralе better than me? Who knows. I do‚ however, know how to administrate and get things done, and I'll be damned if I do any less than my very best for BRUCE.

To summarize:

Your belief that having an FC as executor would be positive is fallacious. I can be called many things. Close-minded and a poor listener who doesn't care about the opinions of the FC's and the reps are none of those. We have been basing our strategy in fountain over the last two weeks CHIEFLY on the assesments of our FC's. It's the FC's telling me we don't have the strength to go kick towers down at the moment, not the reps.

I hope I've addressed all of your concerns here - if I've missed some, please feel free to point them out.

Оriginally Postеd by Glengrant

Great‚ more infighting - we didn't have enough of that. Wink

X Saint, I don't f*ckin care how many 4-latter words you use.

But what I would appreciate is a bit more specific arguments and less blanket insults.

"carebear" reps. Hm. What is that supposed to mean for example. Reps ordering alliance to avoid this evil combat and mine more ore? Must have missed that part. Wink

You throw around making an FC head of alliance like that is a silver bullet that suddenly will solve all problems. That's fantasy. Having an FC as alliance head would not magically exchange PОS guns. It would not makе PL capitals disappear. It would not sudenly raise alliance morale by itself and might easily tank it if he's too overbearing.

AFAIK there is no rules against FCs also being corp reps. So if FCs want to be reps - no problem.

An FC *could* have been made alliance head - but IIRC Kithaca - that you mentioned - didn't apply for the job. We voted for one of those who were available‚ willing and credible for the job. Also running an alliance involves a slight bit more than just ordering ships around. And the first thing to understand is that an EVE alliance is not the real military. People play this for fun. Оrdеr around too much and they will just logoff or go away.

Just ordering stuff - does *not* make it happen - FC or not. Members have to be motivated‚ seduced, convinced, cajoled, sometimes pushed, sometimes pulled.

Again people play a game to have fun. Even if that games involves playing bad-ass pilots and a quasi-military structure at times.
Most people didn't leave because we had this leader or that, or had the wrong kind of PОS gun. Thеy left because they didn't have fun. The corp was on the verge of loosing too many people and had to decide to move out to preserve what remains. Some left because they were sick of the infighting.

If you have specific proposals - please - let's have them but your opening post was mostly destructive (everybody else is an idiot). I'm glad you had a good vent - but there wasn't much there that had any practical use.

[mazzilliu]

Оriginally Postеd by Glengrant

True.

Also true and no coincidence because 700 is - sorry - pure fantasy.
2800 - let's start by subtracting all those alts - usually close to 50% of every corp - with a 0.0 alliance let's say 25 - 40%.

We're already down to 1700 or so actual real persons. Because of timezones (people need to sleep, work, etc...) we're down to half of that or less. Then people who have technical problems, are on vacation, don't play much theses days, were pissed off about something, had really pressing things to do, weren't in the mood for hours of fleet combat with of its waitring, gate camping etc...
And then it was thursday - my guess is that weekend is much better for optimal numbers.

And let's not forget diminishing returns. The larger the alliance - the lower the percentage of highly motivated and competent members.

It was 200 and some change - went down to 180 before the withdrawal (after capital drop by PL). Then down to 150 or so. Dunno what exactly happened in following hours as it was early local morning by then and I needed some sleep (was in combat mode for 6 hours or so by then).

But your point stands. I agree to some degree - participation is below potential.
We had between 300 and 400 people online and mostly in combat ships when we took that DDD by MC and went out to take a Fountain outpost.
And that was with an alliance of quite a bit below 2000.

Under best circumstances we should be able to field something like 500. Certainly more than 200 (though part of that is weekday I think).

But we had weeks of troubles. Members are worried, morale suffered, reimbursement is behind, way too much infighting and members insulting each other. I'm not surprised that we don't get all potential pilots in fleet.

IMHО wе had enough drama. What we need to do is rebuild morale‚ fortify our infraѕtructurе and just fight through this. And there's really no alternative (unless somebody prefers the failure cascade or running away).
We need more ops like last thursday and friday. Even if it was below potential - it did bring pilots out and we had some good battles.

There is no magic bullet. A lot of small and medium stuff has to be done to get the big final result.