So look, here's the deal GIANT.

You've called us out, after already losing to us. We are supposedly scrubs with nothing to offer, right (again, disregarding the fact that we've already beaten you on your terms once)?

So, it can be assumed that you can beat us on our terms right? I mean hey, anything we can do, you can do better.


So, here are MY terms since you don't seem interested in taking Outlaw's terms (Outlaw's terms were designed to FAVOR YOU, no us):


NEXT WEEKEND

Starting SATURDAY, March 23 1700 GMT (12:00 NOON EST)

Ending SUNDAY, March 24th 1700 GMT (12:00 NOON EST)

10 overlapping Corp battles per hour, for 24 hours straight.

The Corp that wins the most battles is declared the winner

No ringers, legitimate corp members ONLY.

We'll make it cheap to make sure you guys can afford it without issues, only 100k per battle (24 Million total on the line per corp).

You'll only need 80 guys online and playing at all times for 24 hour, surely any corp seriously intending to make a dent in New Eden can handle that, right?

You've got 24 hours from now to give us a definitive response. (deadline is Thursday March 14th, 20:00 GMT).

lol like i said i got no problems
i see Baal pokin about wanting to fight "on your lvl" sounds interesting but dont think G I A N T alone capable of that

ill admit im terribly bored with this current build and this can lead to some content if i can get ppl interested if u get what im leading to

Confirmed, CookieStein and I agreed to terms last night and the contract has been set. I trust you will agree we have met you on your terms this time?

Time isn't ideal for me but I do concede you met me at my requested collateral. Looking forward to the match.

I support Mavado's more realistic simulation of district battle mechanics.

This just seems like a small time grind that 24 dedicated players could fairly easily accomplish. That's just an 8 hour shift each, 1 battle per hour. I know there are a lot of guys out there that do more than this every weekend.

At 5 battles / hour this starts to get interesting that's 40 mercs on every hour for 24 hours at the same OPTEMPO, might be able to knock it down to 24 at 2 battles / hour, with a little down time in between (trying to stick with solid 8 man squads for simplicity)

So 72 mercs to cover all 24 hours if you want to stick with 8 hour shifts, 144 if you want 4 hour shifts. (I know the math is a little rough, but I just can't be assed to clean it up right now)

So who thinks they can handle 5 battles / hour for 24 hours straight? I'm truly interested.

I don't see anything ridiculous about my proposal. If other corps find it ridiculous, it just means they aren't yet on our level, plain and simple. Most of these corps are preparing for battles, we've been preparing for wars. If you other folks think 10 battles an hour is an unrealistic number, I think you're going to be pretty heavily underprepared for the game ahead.

Corps wanna talk trash about 8 guys and imagine they have an army, it's freaking ridiculous.

who is talkin trash? u hurt my feelings assuming such things
all i suggested was a revision of ur idea based on what the dev blog presented because im bored.

why do u assume we underprepared? Why do u assume CCP will turn this game into a zerg = autowin game?
thats pretty boring tbqh especially for an FPS and pretty sure in EVE as well based on what i constantly read.

U have ur ways of recruitment i have mine. This game wont last forever and i sure as hell wont hav a bunch of numbers on my team just for the hell of it like PRO. We build tight knit grps that enjoy playing with each other and competitive by nature

We wont break our philosophy just cuz some game requires zerging to hold some virtual land. We will find ways to make our way work and have fun doin it. Whether others deem that successful or not i really dont care what matters most is that we get fights and we have fun.

Sov is just a means to get fights.

who is talkin trash? u hurt my feelings assuming such things
all i suggested was a revision of ur idea based on what the dev blog presented because im bored.

why do u assume we underprepared? Why do u assume CCP will turn this game into a zerg = autowin game?
thats pretty boring tbqh especially for an FPS and pretty sure in EVE as well based on what i constantly read.

U have ur ways of recruitment i have mine. This game wont last forever and i sure as hell wont hav a bunch of numbers on my team just for the hell of it like PRO. We build tight knit grps that enjoy playing with each other and competitive by nature

We wont break our philosophy just cuz some game requires zerging to hold some virtual land. We will find ways to make our way work and have fun doin it. Whether others deem that successful or not i really dont care what matters most is that we get fights and we have fun.

Sov is just a means to get fights.

Lastly, I know I've come off like a real pit bull in this thread, but it's because it was clear GIANT needed some persuading to get going. There was a lot of talking, but not a lot of walking. I still wish someone would take us up on a real fight that utilizes an actual corporation size of participants, but it's seeming more and more clear that such an endeavor is beyond the scope of most other corps as of yet.

In all seriousness, best of luck to GIANT tonight. I wish you guys no ill will, even if I do think you're afraid to fight a war rather than a battle. I know Dent thinks most of you are good guys (I haven't had any real exchanges with you folks outside the aptly titled "war room"), and Dent's assessment of character carries a lot of weight in my book.

You guys do remember that this is supposed to go to 16 vs 16 soon and well beyond that at some point, right?

Quickgloves, we are working to get things squared away. Standby man

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