HOLOVIEW - DATO KOPPLA

Docteur West > Hello Sir Koppla
Dato Koppla > G'day

Docteur West > Firstly how did you become a legend ?
Dato Koppla > I wouldn't call myself a legend, but people know me for PvP around the Amarr-Minmatar warzone. I started PvPing here as a pirate many years ago and since then I've done all kinds of things from solo to FCing large fleets. Right now I am flying with the Minmatar and just doing the same old thing - killing stuff

Docteur West > Do you take drugs, boosters or drink liquor from outer space to stay aware ?
Dato Koppla > I have pretty much always been drugged and implanted up to the eyeballs. I remember buying my first set of snakes and chugging blue pills in my Breacher around 2012 doing solo PvP in Black Rise

Docteur West > But time have changed...now do you belong to Balls Deep Inc. what kind of people are they ?

Dato Koppla > Balls Deep are a group of small gang enthusiasts and PvPers at heart. I joined them because they flew my favourite style which is in a small gang outnumbered and outgunned - it doesn't always work out like that but when its tough you need great pilots which is what they are.

Docteur West > The people are afraid of the new Minmatar civil war you started with your wingmates...any comments ? What do you think about FL33T Alliance ?
Dato Koppla > I think the war is a result of a clash of egos, personalities and a culmination of many small actions on all sides. I personally am not involved in any leadership or decision making by choice. For me personally, it just means I shoot Fleet Alliance occasionally and they shoot me back - I keep it civil and polite, its nothing personal. However, we have the broader militia standing fleets, affectionally called the 'spaghetti militia' and I do not shoot anyone in standing fleet and I spend most of my time hanging out on comms and flying with them.

Docteur West > What makes you usually happy ?
Dato Koppla > My favourite thing in Eve is flying blingy weird fits and using them solo or in a small gang to surprise people. I also enjoy smartbombing pods - lots of people fly blingy pods in lowsec and I have killed several hundred billion of them over the years using all kinds of traps :)

Docteur West > Do you have any nemesy or deadly ennemy ?
Dato Koppla > I have had many over the years, but most don't last, we fight, I die, they die, it's all part of the cycle. I do have a favourite pilot though -"J1m Raynor" he's easily one of the best pilots I've ever flown with and incredibly ballsy. I still tell stories of his epicness to people I meet till today

Docteur West > Can you tell us some words about the Minmatar/Amarr/Angel warzone ? Who rules this place ?

Dato Koppla > Basically there's a few main groups - Amarr has EDICT, DnG, Prime Directive and Amarr Frat. Minmatar has Fleet Alliance, UshraKhan, Electus Matari and Angel is just Frat and kinda SEDIT but they don't really do FW stuff. I'd say there's good relations between the groups, we all shoot each other regularly and unlike nullsec we're not really fighting over any important objectives. The lowsec brotherhood is held together by the enjoyment of blowing each other up and nothing else

Docteur West > Do you have any links wth the Gallente militia like in the good old time when they were freeding brothers and sisters of the tribes ?

Dato Koppla > Nah, after the changes where Gallente can't complete our plexes and we can't do theirs, the warzones are very separate and we don't really interact with each other.

Docteur West > How do you manage to keep your hair so white ?

Dato Koppla > Funny story about my potrait - I played Eve before the 3D character modelling existed and so when evereyone had to get a new avatar when the current system was introduced, I made my character as old looking as possible because I thought it would be funny to roleplay and call people 'sonny boy' and 'kid'. I did for a while but stopped after a couple years

Docteur West > Do you want to say something to end this holoview ?

Dato Koppla > Yes, I'd like to say Ninlarra is incredibly attractive and that when I bomb your pod, it isn't personal, I just like cracking them open

Docteur West > Thanks Dato and cya around the warzone !

Dato Koppla > Cya buddy!