Unlike the ‘after every sentence’ replies by those not part of the game and are trolling, let’s think before you speak.
Now, one phrase I heard when FW first came out and relates to a Cal Mil player who got offended after being told to stfu was;
‘Don’t tell me stfu!’
Does anyone who plays Eve Online have any famous replies?
Then there is the repeatative comment by Aiko,
‘Calm down miner!’
Replacent theory comments are not allowed.
For starters Aiko wasn’t the first to use that phrase so there’s that… 
“Don’t undock something that you can’t afford to lose “
/or was it;
Never Fly what you can’t afford to lose
That one is a favourite and saved me plenty over the years!
I don’t remember the details. There was an anti-ganking method suggested once that involved the user’s internet cable, back when wifi was less common, and scissors.
Wasn’t that your idea, Dryson. What were the details again? 
Why just FW quotes? Those of us pursuing other activities have seen their fair share of (occasionally unprintable) in-the-moment remarks, which occasioned much mirth.
I print the following in full; most of you will guess the events which usually preceded the often triumphant exclamation.
“Already replaced :)))”
I always interpreted that as them knowing they’re so bad at EvE, that they went ahead and prepared to fail.
If Aiko wasn’t the first to use the phrase, ‘Calm Down Miner’, then who did?
If Aiko copied the phrase, that makes her a bot aspirant.
The same august personage who coined the other quote you gave - ‘bot-aspirant’. You know who it was, Dryson.
Careful throwing that name around.
You may give someone a panic attack.
Then again, some of us refer to him as “the annoying sh!t who kicked me out of ganking chat for not participating in his stupid little permit scam”
I know, it’s a long nickname, but I’ve found just referring to him as “The Annoying Sh!t” works well enough that most understand who I’m talking about.
Hahaha! I do have history with him, Andlaust, and had good reason to be grateful to him on a personal level too. Everyone’s experience of the same events will be coloured by their own perception, I guess.
Oh, I was a part of it no long after it started. Never joined the alliance, but was in all the chats.
Then he looked at my bio and saw I wasn’t trying to sell that dumb permit, and when I refused to sully my bio with that scam, he kicked me from the channels and demanded a billion isk to be let back in.
I laughed at him, and went to play somewhere less ridiculous. 
Wasn’t the whole permit scam and code of conduct cult roleplay just a facade so they can avoid claims that they are just griefing people (especially ganking venntures) when they pop things just for the sake of it (in an ISK negative fashion)?
So to appease the CCP overlords he came up with these methods to can create the false impression they are not griefing despite they gank at an ISK loss as there is always chance for selling permits and in general they gank to uphold the permit business and in a broader sense the cult roleplay about code of conduct.
At least I tend to recall reading that somewhere many years ago.
Calm down miner.
I dunno. I know there was a lot of stupidity at that time, most of it led by Dryson himself.
The story changed depending on which forum thread you were in at the time.
This is very close to the truth.
Ganking miners was not really a problem because the game celebrated its toughness in those days.
Bumping was a different matter. It’s hard for folks to imagine now that bumping miners until and unless they paid a ransom was an innovation in Highsec when I started playing. It began in Arvasaras.
Miners whined to CCP. The Company, in the form of a GM, requested that the practice of bumping in this way should be linked to some sort of enterprise, with the acquisition of ISK being the objective. I presume it would otherwise have been regarded as griefing. They did later clarify their position on repeated bumping in the belts, but limited it by disallowing the pursuit and bumping of individuals from system to system. That’s my recollection, anyway.
Thus the Mining Permit was born. It was, I have to say, a wizard wheeze. I know that some folks regard it as simply a scam, but in truth it was both creative and clever. I still chuckle when I think of it 
We knew him before we met Ako
/yeH and aiko was small time compared to the true leader
//any pilot who repairs their security status to be able to gank in highsec is a small time criminal at best…
I like them both. I appreciate the differences in style and I’m just grateful that there is someone to carry on the hallowed tradition of Highsec ganking and to introduce this fascinating and entertaining activity to our newer generations.
On topic - You wouldn’t credit it Felix, but I have been called a c**t a few times, in Highsec. What kind of person indulges in that kind of profanity against a fellow player in a video game?
Full disclosure: I may myself have employed the term - once or twice - whilst playing Elden Ring; but that was against a coded adversary, not a human one. Ahem.
I have nothing against Princess Aiko and feel that her appearance in character is. In need for improvement.
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You have a distorted view of the history, probably because you aren’t me. I’m happy to fill in some important context.
The notion of the mining permit, the phrase “calm down miner”, and the idea of a “highsec code” all predate the CODE. The oldest reference I’ve seen was a Goon pamphlet, printed on paper in the autumn of 2006. This was the original GoonSwarm, not the watered down wannabe federation of today.
We pay homage to VCBee 000, and his many spawn. Back in 2006, the VCBees came to Highsec and spread good cheer. They helped miners stay calm, and charged a mere isk per misl. Those were the golden days of yore, and I give thanks to the VCBees, who forged the Empire I inherited a decade later.
It is true James was accused of griefing, because he would AFK in local. This was upsetting to miners, who urged CCP to ban him. In his defense, James cited the history of the VCBees, and declared himself to be VCBee 315. Upon this basis, CCP agreed James had a reasonable expectation of success. From this day forward, we celebrate our daily Hulkageddon, and remember the VCBees.
Would like to know if Dryson can confirm.
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Also will add that if James315
Replies to this very thread Frosty will send him some isk…promise
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