PVP individual player discipline

1. Remove gang members, asteroids, moons, NPCs and other dreck from the overview.
2. Have instas for the region you're operating in.
3. Have pre-made safespots in "hot" systems.
4. Understand the scanner - a good covops pilot can use scan probes to find you even when safespotted.
5. Get on teamspeak/ventrilo.
6. Stay absolutely silent unless you are a) the commander or b) a scout. There is no excuse. We don't care if you're targetted. Or blown up. Or podded. If you get some urgent intel, don't say "there he is!". Say "Cerb and Inty 100km off IMK gate", etc.
7. Set the overview to show ship type tags.
8. Watch the Local channel. Especially if you get left behind. You can be sure the enemy is watching it, and looking for easy pickings.
9. Don't go AFK in space. If on an operation, wait for the fleet commander to give you a bio break. Personally I keep a coke bottle by my workstation :-)
10. Keep your killmails. They contain vital intelligence.
11. Don't be afraid to die! People on forums seem to wave their killboard stats around a lot. This is crap - within an Alliance or corp, anyone who is prepared to put themselves and their ship on the line for the corp is highly valued. Your deathmails are a badge of honour, not shame.
12. Your pod warps instantly. The moment your ship is in hull, have a planet (not a moon) selected and start mashing warp.
13. Don't worry too much about losing your implants. Seriously, you were too attached to them anyway. Stop whining. You earned them before; you can earn them again.
14. Keep your clone nearby and current, in a station with medical facilities to buy the next one.
15. Always have a tackler frigate ready at your alliance fleet base.
16. If you can, always have a battleship/HAC ready at fleet base.
17. You can't just log off; there's a 15-minute PVP timer that will leave your ship & pod vulnerable in space.