paramecium

I used to love ice mining. I loved the community. I loved optimising my setup. I loved having a meaningful activity I could participate in with periodic keyboard and mouse work (Don't mistake that for me not keeping an eye on things) I had a boss at work kind enough to let me mine all day every day so long as I didn't spend TOO MUCH time clicking on the laptop.

I sacrificed yield for tank because suicide ganking is part of the game. Fine.

I paid enough attention to maneuver around when the bumpers visited because bumping is part of the game. It's wonderful emergent game play, not harrassment by childish people. Fine. (You never did manage to stop me mining by the way, childish little people.)

And thus I passed my days and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Then CCP decided to fix the problem with ice mining. Apparently this relaxed playstyle is not valid, so they killed it. You must wait hours then click continually (or bot) to ice mine! Message received. Fine & goodbye.