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Turelus
Caldari Independent Navy Reserve The Fourth District
443
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:45:00 -
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MrZany wrote:Turelus wrote:MrZany wrote:I remember a presentation video that from an exec from BF:H that was the impetus for the incarna Aurum rollout. Is this the guy who made that presentation?
Anyone remember that video? Where the guy was talking about how the forums on BF erupted but the majority of the player base stuck around and paid to play. Which of course led to the famous Hilmar quote of: "watch what they do not what they say"
Hope that isn't him. Wait... that happened? (maybe I should have followed the news more during that time instead of unsubbing) It was Ben Cousins not him, false alarm. http://www.slideshare.net/bcousins/paying-to-win I wasn't worried it was Decker who had said it more just shocked it was an EA person that Hilmar had quoted (if that is where he took it) I left shortly after Hilmar's mail was leaked due to burnout and just a feeling CCP no longer cared for their player base or the game they created. Jon Lander pretty much made me come back after I saw his blogs, interviews and fanfest information. (as well as crucible being such a great showing of CCP turning around) Lieutenant Turelus
Caldari Independent Navy Reserve
The Fourth District |
Anna Djan
Banana Corp
27
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:46:00 -
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I boycouted EA games a couple of years ago and am extremely worried with this news.
But eve paranoia is awesome \o/
How long before you see frank scamming in jita? |
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
348
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:46:00 -
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Six Six Six wrote:By what you said sounds like they don't read them.
Doesn't matter, can post to your heart's content over there without the pettiness seen on MMO sites.
They don't have any contact with players. Totally hands off. Don't see EA devs on the forums chit chatting. IF they ever show up, it's to post an official notice or asking for information. Can't troll EA, as they don't respond. So the norm on MMO general forums won't get a response at all. "In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." ~George Orwell
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Burhtun
Burhtun Shipyards
49
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:46:00 -
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If CCP wants to make extra money they should do like Valve did with the Steam Workshop. Allow players to submit remodels and reskins of ships. If approved by CCP they go for sale in the micro transaction store for a couple $ and the creator of the asset gets a cut. |
Winter Archipelago
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
51
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:48:00 -
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Thorn Galen wrote:Do you believe he got the job without having a good idea and mindset about what it entails and how he might be able to 'improve" things for CCP ? This is a VP you're talking about here, not a Dust merchandiser. A Bloke like this is well-briefed and got the job because of ideas he proposed in order to seal the deal on the job.
Not because he's 6 hours into the job.
And CCP hired Mintchip. Just hiring an EA Senior-VP (who, by the way, was heavily involved with the free-to-play side of things) is bad enough, but who questionable hiring decisions in a row like this is not merely a raised red flag, but the blaring siren upon which it sits, as well.
Ransoms are accepted in Isk, Ships, Mods, and Dolls. |
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
4332
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:48:00 -
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Dzajic wrote:Dear CCP we already went trough this once. Do you really want "Summer of Rage, mk2"? You already have a fricking megatransaction in EVE that is PLEX, something that almost no single MMO out there has. PLEX based economy is working and should be sufficient for your greed. I like how we've jumped immediately from:
"We hired a guy from the competitors."
to this:
"We are changing the fundamental structure of our income stream."
Very efficient that. To carve a successful niche for yourself in EVE you need to be able to out sell, out produce, out fight,-á out run, or out wit your competitors. If you can do none of the above, your only option is to complain on the forums that somehow you are at a disadvantage using the exact same tool set-áas the rest of the player base. |
Liam Inkuras
Justified Chaos
328
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:48:00 -
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Hey, at least they can still fire him if sh!t goes south and CCP doesn't like what he is doing. I wear my goggles at night.
Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone |
Enyeto Perah
10
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:53:00 -
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I love how CCP censors this thread... http://pastebin.com/B7HCtBUE Mittani isn't sorry. He's just sorry that he got caught. He didn't step down because of his actions. He stepped down to benefit Goonswarm. He didn't apologize because he meant it. He apologized to save face. |
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
348
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:55:00 -
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MailDeadDrop wrote:Ace Uoweme wrote:If CCP wants to tackle the 800lb gorilla in the room to have some presence in the MMO industry, they have to make friends with Activision-Blizzard's enemy, and that's EA.
So in EvE terms, Gallente is teaming up with Caldari. What you propose ("make friends with Activision-Blizzard's enemy, and that's EA") may be the course of action that CCP wishes, needs, or should take, but I think you need to lay a bit more foundation before making such a substantial claim. More to the point, I fail to see how hiring the former executive of EA constitutes "making friends" with EA. Either EA let Sean go, or Sean chose to leave EA. In the former, I can't see how EA would find CCP's hiring of Sean of any interest, while in the latter I can see how EA might consider it "poaching" of talent (which can't really be good for friendship-building). Edit: third possibility: EA let Sean go with the express intent of having CCP hire him. Perhaps that was the plan between EA and CCP all along, but before I bite into that heaping helping of paranoia and collusion you're going to have to provide a little more evidence. MDD
They're hiring the know how that could only come from working either from EA or Activision-Blizzard.
Just like if they hired someone from Activision-Blizzard :cough: like that warlock dev that was "let go" for spending political capital to fix them :cough:.
NDAs aside, it's the know how in how things are done is what he'll bring to the table. At that high level, it's sufficient know how. He worked on the BF series as well, and that's an AAA title, not some backwater F2P game. "In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." ~George Orwell
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Mr Kidd
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
1246
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:56:00 -
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Winter Archipelago wrote:De'Veldrin wrote: ... on that black day I will happily march with whomever wants to go straight to the starter systems and suicide gank every damned newbie I see for daring to break our game. Doing something like this will have a significantly bigger impact than Burn Jita could ever hope to. I would happily fly beside you and blow every last ISK I have in the process. Once nothing is left, biomass ever char I have and cancel my subs.
(Smith) Would is ganking noobies if......you..can't shoot? HTFU!...for the children! |
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Winter Archipelago
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
52
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Posted - 2013.07.02 16:59:00 -
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Mr Kidd wrote:Winter Archipelago wrote:De'Veldrin wrote: ... on that black day I will happily march with whomever wants to go straight to the starter systems and suicide gank every damned newbie I see for daring to break our game. Doing something like this will have a significantly bigger impact than Burn Jita could ever hope to. I would happily fly beside you and blow every last ISK I have in the process. Once nothing is left, biomass ever char I have and cancel my subs. How will you gank noobies if......you..can't shoot? I'll bump them and prevent them from ever warping away, if I have to. Alternatively, get a few thousand players in each of the starter systems and TIDI the places to Hell and back. Ransoms are accepted in Isk, Ships, Mods, and Dolls. |
RomeStar
Empire Investments Logistics
204
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:05:00 -
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Funny how one Dev has posted on this and it was just to say eve will live on. Nobody else from CCP has came out to support this EA lackey strange....... I will unsub if CCP goes F2P with eve its that simple. Wheres that bloody monument at again. Signatured removed, CCP Phantom |
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
921
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:05:00 -
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Ace Uoweme wrote:So in EvE terms, Gallente is teaming up with Caldari.
SOMEONE PUT A HUGE BOUNTY ON THIS TOON OR KILL IT !! REPEATEDLY UNTIL HE'S LEFT WITH 900K SP !
NOW !!!
*removed inappropriate ASCII art signature* - CCP Eterne |
Saji'us
Solitary Stealth Reclamation
1
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:07:00 -
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And so it begins. |
baltec1
Bat Country
7151
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:09:00 -
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Anna Djan wrote:
How long before you see frank scamming in jita?
Our job is to rehabilitate Frank. |
Shizuken
Venerated Stars
156
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:10:00 -
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Intar Medris wrote:The best they could do was hire a guy from EA. EA is only good at one thing ... marketing. As far as games go they suck. Without Madden, NCAA, and The Sims EA would sink faster the Titanic. Not to mention this guy was VP of their P4F division. Makes you wonder if CCP is considering P4F again.
That is quite an interesting argument you have constructed there. I read it as "EA sucks because they only focus on marketing and make ****** games. They would be out of business except for this list of rather good and successful games..."
The merits of the guys career aside, in case you havent noticed, marketing has been something that CCP has been rather bad at in the course of EvE. And since more subs = more money, and more money means more staff. There is a good chance that better marketing would actually accelerate EvE's development cycle and deliver all of that stuff they promised, sooner. It could mean bigger expansions and better artwork. And it could also mean that the doors to the captain's quarters will open before EvE enters its third decade. |
andy Achasse
Future Corps Sleeper Social Club
11
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:11:00 -
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Frank Frank Frank Frank Frank Frank Frank Frank Frank Frank |
Siresa Talesi
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:13:00 -
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In a way, this is bitterly ironic. The last game published by EA that I bought and played was Earth & Beyond. After EA deliberately destroyed that game because they had no interest in supporting it, I did two things. First, I swore off EA games (a boycott which stands firm to this day), and second, I found EVE.
Now, the shadow of EA has followed me here. Yes, it's just one person, a former employee, not the company itself, and we have no idea how much of the EA "culture" he brings with him. Things may turn out great, they may be terrible, it's far too early to tell. I'm not jumping ship over this just yet, but I will be watching apprehensively for the next while to see how this all turns out, keeping one finger near the unsub button just in case. |
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CCP Phantom
C C P C C P Alliance
3191
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:14:00 -
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RomeStar wrote:Funny how one Dev has posted on this and it was just to say eve will live on. Just for clarification, part of my responsibility is forum moderation and that also involves investigating if our forum rules are followed or not - independent of the raised questions and replies. I want to remind everyone that your feedback is welcome and always will be welcome, but it needs to be constructive and must not contain gross insults or personal attacks. I ask everyone to respect our forum rules when posting here. CCP Phantom - Senior Community Representative - Volunteer Manager |
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Minmatar Citizen160812
The LGBT Last Supper
354
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:15:00 -
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Let's just hope Frank didn't jump on board for the golden parachute. |
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Issa'c Kane
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:16:00 -
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SmokinDank wrote:Awww you white people be trippin'
Reported for racism.
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Tyrendian Biohazard
Terra Rosa Militia SpaceMonkey's Alliance
71
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:17:00 -
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baltec1 wrote:Anna Djan wrote:
How long before you see frank scamming in jita?
Our job is to rehabilitate Frank.
You, sir, have inspired me to redo my sig. My twitch stream to help new players: http://www.twitch.tv/biohazrd51
Say NO-áto CCP-EA. -áRehabilitate Frank!! |
Miss Relina
While in Empire
7
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:19:00 -
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I think I will start early on the monument. Get in a good orbit while there is room. |
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
348
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:20:00 -
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MailDeadDrop wrote:Edit: third possibility: EA let Sean go with the express intent of having CCP hire him. Perhaps that was the plan between EA and CCP all along, but before I bite into that heaping helping of paranoia and collusion you're going to have to provide a little more evidence.
Probably not.
It's probably all to help DUST. CCP has to make it work, because they're right, a lot for CCP rides on it being successful .
PC gaming is on the decline. Activision-Blizzard warned it's investors of this in the last stock report (no doubt because EA went to war with PC gaming to stamp out piracy, and pushed console development).
The 2004 games are hit the worst because they were never designed with consoles in mind. It'll take MMO 2.0 before that is possible, and we just learned that Blizzard cancelled development of Titan, and will be starting from scratch again. EQNext is another MMO 2.0 title, and folks will get a chance to see what they're upto later this year. But Titan was the major title folks were looking forward to, because despite everything, Blizzard takes time to get it right. They have excellent production values. So we're stuck with these 2004 MMOs until then (probably 2017), and for other publishers catch up after they see what's on the plate.
MMOs are in a hiatus period of development. Two major titles tried to break the chokehold of WoW, both on life support within 2 years. Investors aren't going to invest in another title like that again, until Titan comes out and shows them what the next gen offers.
I can't say I'm happy with this choice, but you got to do what you got to do for another 3 to 4 years. And for CCP, DUST has to work. "In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." ~George Orwell
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darmwand
Repo.
149
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:20:00 -
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Shizuken wrote: The merits of the guys career aside, in case you havent noticed, marketing has been something that CCP has been rather bad at in the course of EvE. And since more subs = more money, and more money means more staff. There is a good chance that better marketing would actually accelerate EvE's development cycle and deliver all of that stuff they promised, sooner. It could mean bigger expansions and better artwork. And it could also mean that the doors to the captain's quarters will open before EvE enters its third decade.
I agree, if this is just about advertisement then it might be a good thing. However, after hiring somebody with a strong background in F2P and a history in projects like the recent Sim City installation I can't help being a bit worried.
I for one won't do any long-term subscriptions for now and probably move some laser ships close to monuments. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Some kind of statement from CCP would be nice but I wouldn't hold my breath. darmwand Repossession Agent http://www.repo-corp.net/ Recruitment is OPEN |
darmwand
Repo.
149
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:23:00 -
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Ace Uoweme wrote: PC gaming is on the decline.
Continuously repeating this won't make it any more true, http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/23/its-alive-its-alive-its-alive-pc-gaming
darmwand Repossession Agent http://www.repo-corp.net/ Recruitment is OPEN |
Winter Archipelago
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
56
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:26:00 -
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darmwand wrote:I for one won't do any long-term subscriptions for now and probably move some laser ships close to monuments. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Move said ships closer to newbie systems. If the **** does indeed hit the fans, and this new Senior-VP convinces/drives CCP to compromise what makes EvE EvE for the sake of "drawing in new players," suicide-ganking those very new players would be a much stronger statement.
Attracting new players is one thing, and is an admirable ambition. Sacrificing everything that makes EvE unique and turning it into another pump'n'dump game in order to do so is not. Ransoms are accepted in Isk, Ships, Mods, and Dolls. |
baltec1
Bat Country
7155
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:27:00 -
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CCP Phantom wrote:RomeStar wrote:Funny how one Dev has posted on this and it was just to say eve will live on. Just for clarification, part of my responsibility is forum moderation and that also involves investigating if our forum rules are followed or not - independent of the raised questions and replies. I want to remind everyone that your feedback is welcome and always will be welcome, but it needs to be constructive and must not contain gross insults or personal attacks. I ask everyone to respect our forum rules when posting here.
When will Frank be saying hello to us? |
handige harrie
Hedion University Amarr Empire
88
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:28:00 -
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Guess EVE will have mandatory online soonGäó,
this does explain the bloated new launcher however Baddest poster ever |
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
921
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Posted - 2013.07.02 17:29:00 -
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baltec1 wrote:CCP Phantom wrote:RomeStar wrote:Funny how one Dev has posted on this and it was just to say eve will live on. Just for clarification, part of my responsibility is forum moderation and that also involves investigating if our forum rules are followed or not - independent of the raised questions and replies. I want to remind everyone that your feedback is welcome and always will be welcome, but it needs to be constructive and must not contain gross insults or personal attacks. I ask everyone to respect our forum rules when posting here. When will Frank be saying hello to us?
Soon Gäó *removed inappropriate ASCII art signature* - CCP Eterne |
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