Michael Mach

-ARX-

Recently, JohnDrees, an EVE video series producer and former member of Honorable Third Party released a video of the tactics HTP uses to blops targets in Providence and elsewhere. These tactics aren't anything new, but if you're personally unfamiliar with the tactics droppers use to catch targets, check out the video -- it's admittedly very well produced.

Towards the end of the video John mentions his stated rationale for censoring the names of blue alts HTP uses to "backdoor" drop on targets -- he wants ISK.

Before I address why paying for intel is a bad rabbit hole to go down, as well as what JohnDrees is trying to accomplish, I need to clarify something very important: The risk of getting hotdropped remains the same today as it was before this video was published. It was made very clear in the video that HTP has been using these tactics for a very long time, and we as an alliance already identified these well before the video was published. The risk of getting hotdropped in a way that's aided by a blue alt or otherwise is exactly the same.

Recently, JohnDrees has been contacting myself and other leadership of holders and non-sovs through third parties and otherwise, attempting to fish money for intel that may or may not be genuine. More recently, he's taken to directly convoing leadership of our own member-corps in an attempt to scare them into handing ISK over for intel of unknown credibility by telling them they have a spy alt in their corp.

I'll reiterate what I said earlier: the risk of getting dropped in a way that's aided by a blue alt or otherwise is exactly the same as it was before. In addition, the risk that your member-corp has an HTP or other hostile alt is the same as it's ever been. I caution everybody in the alliance -- membership and leadership alike -- to not give this scam the light of day. Assuming the intel was genuine, the precedent of buying intel only encourages the entity you transacted with and others to outright fabricate intel or furnish conditions and scenarios that would make it compelling to purchase intel for.

In addition to not wanting anybody in our alliance devolve into buying unsubstantiated intel, I want to make it clear that there is no reason for extra concern because of John's efforts in an attempt to fish ISK and divide the alliance. Putting any stock into their empty claims only serves to give them credibility and leads to witch-hunting and general distrust of each other in the alliance. Don't give them that.