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Hybrid Horror
Shimata-Dominguez
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:27:00 -
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Edited by: Hybrid Horror on 12/10/2007 13:27:54 Hi I have heard rumours from a Microsoft UK employee that they are looking at buying CCP, the reasoning behind this is that the company is profitable and gives them access to new MMORG technology.
Has anyone else heard this? Before I get flamed to hell about this, this is WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD from a reliable source and no I don't have proof atm.
HH
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Xaen
Caldari Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:29:00 -
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I hope not. I'm sure the Linux support would die instantly. ----------- Support fixing the EVE UI |
MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:31:00 -
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errrr... Iceland.... America...
connect the dots... oh wait there is a world in between them.
I love the internets.
wait are you for real? where did you hear such a impossibleness hypothesis... did Steve tell you that?
(yeah I can't spell) ----------------------------------- I'm working my way through college target CCP need...more room... |
Khes
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:32:00 -
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Edited by: Khes on 12/10/2007 13:33:08 If this was to be true I belive Eve (as we know it) would die out after MS starts tampering with the game it self and makes it a highly comersialized main-stream product like a WoWin space.
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An Anarchyyt
Gallente Sublime.
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:33:00 -
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Edited by: An Anarchyyt on 12/10/2007 13:33:16 Once I heard a rumor that ******'s Brain is living at CCP and actually created Eve, and that Iceland will soon be "annexing" Poland.
Originally by: CCP Wrangler Second, a gentile is a non jewish person
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Swatcat
xtort Rare Faction
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:33:00 -
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Edited by: Swatcat on 12/10/2007 13:33:53 I really hope they don't, I run primarily under Linux with the Transgaming engine, I am looking forward to CCP supporting a Linux client.
Swat
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Mel Ionix
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:33:00 -
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Gawd I hope not
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:34:00 -
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Originally by: Swatcat My source stated that MS is assisting CCP with development, providing developers and writing code to assist CCP improve the game - which would make sense as I believe the back-end systems are all Windows Servers.
I really hope they don't, I run primarily under Linux with the Transgaming engine, I am looking forward to CCP supporting a Linux client.
HH
swat...cats? holy ****, nice. ----------------------------------- I'm working my way through college target CCP need...more room... |
prsr
Gallente JuBa Corp RONA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:34:00 -
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Well, i suppose this is easier then sending out a billion emails if you want to jack the value of a company. -- .sig apathy ftw |
Aeon Jonas
Caldari The Caldari Confederation
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:36:00 -
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If they do I will be asking for my money back for the whole time I have been in EVE as MS will tamper the f**k out of it and then make sure it can't be played on OS X or Linux when the client is in the beta stage atm.
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Hybrid Horror
Shimata-Dominguez
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:36:00 -
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The comment was MADE by a Microsoft UK employee I know!
HH
Originally by: MotherMoon errrr... Iceland.... America...
connect the dots... oh wait there is a world in between them.
I love the internets.
wait are you for real? where did you hear such a impossibleness hypothesis... did Steve tell you that?
(yeah I can't spell)
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CCP Wrangler
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:36:00 -
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Anything is possible I guess, but I haven't heard anything like this, and it doesn't feel like something our leadership would plan for CCP's future.
Wrangler Community Manager EVE Online
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Xtown
The Graduates Brutally Clever Empire
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:38:00 -
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It's not that outlandish a claim. Companies like Microsoft employ people whose sole job is to find and evaluate opportunities for corporate development (I'm one myself - not for Microsoft, I have to add) and if they were looking at acquiring an MMO publisher they would certainly be considering CCP.
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:39:00 -
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Originally by: Hybrid Horror The comment was MADE by a Microsoft UK employee I know!
HH
Originally by: MotherMoon errrr... Iceland.... America...
connect the dots... oh wait there is a world in between them.
I love the internets.
wait are you for real? where did you hear such a impossibleness hypothesis... did Steve tell you that?
(yeah I can't spell)
CCP just bought white wolf, does that mean they want to get into the pen and paper games market? I mean CCP and whitewolf are the same company now.
I'm not saying he didn't say it, I'm just pointing why it seems silly. ----------------------------------- I'm working my way through college target CCP need...more room... |
Janus Veyron
Veyron Group
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:40:00 -
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My mothers sons daughters uncles cousins ex wife window clear said that too!
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Avon
Caldari Black Nova Corp Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:40:00 -
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It is important to focus on the positive. I would welcome seeing "Microsoft Genuine Advantage Main Character" tags in CAOD, for example.
The Battleships is not and should not be a solo pwnmobile - Oveur
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Hybrid Horror
Shimata-Dominguez
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:41:00 -
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Cheers for laying our fears to rest , playing the devil (Microsoft) is something I would hope CCP never ventured down. I really like CCP as a MMOG provider because it's independent.
As for the comment - I will have to see how that got circulated, although I do emphesis that it was Microsoft employees stating it.
How closely do CCP and Microsoft (if at all) do you work together in terms of software technology?
HH
Originally by: CCP Wrangler Anything is possible I guess, but I haven't heard anything like this, and it doesn't feel like something our leadership would plan for CCP's future.
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Hybrid Horror
Shimata-Dominguez
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:43:00 -
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OMG, you are in the middle of a fleet battle and the titan pilot gets a message come up saying: "Please activate your Eve Client to continue"
HH
Originally by: Avon It is important to focus on the positive. I would welcome seeing "Microsoft Genuine Advantage Main Character" tags in CAOD, for example.
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VaderDSL
Caldari Murder-Death-Kill
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:48:00 -
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I'm in two minds on if this should happen, MS are by no means the worst company to be bought by, I'd have a heart attack if SOE or EA Games made a bid for CCP, you never know MS might know that the success/money comes from the way eve is run or played, it maight allow massive updating of code/network infrastructures etc.
You never know, with anMS investment they might be able to pour resources into fixing the massive fleet battle lag, the day that happens the game will be the best game out there in my opinion
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Lucre
STK Scientific M. PIRE
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:49:00 -
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Edited by: Lucre on 12/10/2007 13:50:08 double post deleted |
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Lucre
STK Scientific M. PIRE
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:50:00 -
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Originally by: Hybrid Horror OMG, you are in the middle of a fleet battle and the titan pilot gets a message come up saying: "Please activate your Eve Client to continue"
"You appear to be trying to shoot an enemy. Would you like some help...?"
Though equally I do rather like the idea of a Windows client with Solitaire, Minesweeper, Hearts, Pinball and Eve Online... |
Avon
Caldari Black Nova Corp Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:51:00 -
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You can not initiate warp because you are warp scrambled |IGNORE| ________ |RETRY| ________ |ABORT|
The Battleships is not and should not be a solo pwnmobile - Oveur
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Maltitol
Gallente Tides of Silence Hydra Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:52:00 -
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Originally by: Avon You can not initiate warp because you are warp scrambled |IGNORE| ________ |RETRY| ________ |ABORT|
IGNORE, IGNORE, IGNORE!!!
Awwww.. CTD'd :(
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Xaen
Caldari Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:54:00 -
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Originally by: MotherMoon
Originally by: Swatcat My source stated that MS is assisting CCP with development, providing developers and writing code to assist CCP improve the game - which would make sense as I believe the back-end systems are all Windows Servers.
I really hope they don't, I run primarily under Linux with the Transgaming engine, I am looking forward to CCP supporting a Linux client.
HH
swat...cats? holy ****, nice.
The back end systems are clusters. Windows don't run on clusters, *nix does. ----------- Support fixing the EVE UI |
Taedrin
Gallente Magellan Exploration and Survey Rare Faction
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:55:00 -
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Originally by: Avon You can not initiate warp because you are warp scrambled |IGNORE| ________ |RETRY| ________ |ABORT|
It's Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail
not ignore retry abort =)
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Cailais
Amarr VITOC Fang Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:56:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Wrangler Anything is possible I guess, but I haven't heard anything like this, and it doesn't feel like something our leadership would plan for CCP's future.
Lets hope not, it would be then end of eve if they did.
C.
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Motokko
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.10.12 13:57:00 -
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Microsoft Eve Online has encountered a problem
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Dopple
Utopian Research I.E.L. Hedonistic Imperative
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Posted - 2007.10.12 14:00:00 -
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So are you saying that Bill Gates is in BoB?
Yeah sorry, guess ya had to have the thought process.
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Buxaroo
Reikoku Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.10.12 14:03:00 -
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I would treat the whole episode like I did the SOE raping the playerbase with the NGE. I am pretty sure most people would. Because if Micro**** took over, we would see a bazillion ritalen-taking kids roaming around. And the game will be sharded with no more than 1000+ people per shard and you will be able to grind for 2 months to be able to fly a Titan.
Thus giving those of us who like a CHALLENGE nowhere to go but to leave EVE and go play another MMO with a challenge...not that we have much choice tbh with all the WoW-like subhuman crap out there.
And the game will run 3 times as laggy. Gauranteed.
But nontheless, I don't see CCP/White Wolf giving up their independence and originality just to make a few extra bucks. After all, they aren't a typical corporation. Besides, I don't see Oveur and company giving up their beer just to suck M$'s teets....
"No matter where you go, there you are" - B |
Arvald
Caldari House of Tempers
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Posted - 2007.10.12 14:04:00 -
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Originally by: Motokko Microsoft Eve Online has encountered a problem
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