Originally by: Killer2

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Originally by: ISD Serathu Ashk

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I can understand your viewpoint however I must point out that correlation does not imply causation.

To explain the reason behind what you've identified, we're volunteers and as such cannot rely on a formal commitment of time when it comes to reporting. We're somewhat understaffed at the moment and given some recent illnesses and absences, we've not necessarily had the experience and the volunteer time to commit to writing such news. This, coupled with the fact that we're not always told about events that happen (again, we don't have the staffing to know about everything that goes on or check every forum post), makes it very hard to produce a consistent output in terms of number of articles.

It's a situation I'm unhappy with which is why we're taking more reports on and will start prominently recruiting soon (we've got to make sure we have the people to train new volunteers first).

I hope that clearly answers this concern but if not, I'll be happy to explain further.

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I can completely understand that ISD staff are simply volunteers and are therefore somewhat restricted to time constraints. However, please do not tell me that the excuse to the biased articles published are as a direct result of staffing issues. With that line of argument, you are telling me that it is some shocking coincidence where immediately after GKC forces had their first major win in weeks, that suddenly the staffing issues for ISD were resolved and you were able to publish a news article?

This isn't something that has just popped up overnight. The biased opinions and reports coming from ISD has been an ongoing problem, as I have highlighted in my previous post. You have had ample time to find new (impartial) reporters who are capable of presenting both sides of an argument. Your feature articles about Kenzoku or Band of Brothers have only ever represented their successes and perhaps only briefly mentioning their failures.

Claiming that ISD isn't able to know everything that's going on in Eve is not relevant in this scenario. We are not talking about some rediculous fight between two fifty-man corporations. This is an ongoing conflict between thousands of players who make up more than 50% of CCP's player base. If ISD staff live under a rock, perhaps I can understand not knowing about the conflict. Are you also telling me that ISD were aware of a breakout of GKC forces from PR- after being camped in for weeks on end, but you were unaware of the amount of deathstars and baby super-capitals that were destroyed in Delve by coalition forces?

Please stop trying to scratch at the surface in an attempt to find excuses for the biased view on ISD news reports. I am but one voice in this community, however I know for a fact that I am not the only one who feels this way. Perhaps it is time that ISD seriously reflects how articles are published and what effect they have on the eve community. I pray that you come to realize the mistakes ISD have consistently made spanning at least two years, before it is too late and the majority of the eve community simply ignores the articles you publish, which I am already beginning to do.

Respectfully,
Killer2.

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