Why don't you start your own "I personally feel" thread and stop crapping up the "I predict" thread. Oh, wait, not only did we already have enough of those, you actually complained about them in this thread.

Begone "he who wont heed his own advice and can't understand the OP" poaster.

You mean besides the fact that they had their faces rubbed in it on General Discussion and to do nothing after that would not make it appear CCP is just a Goonswarm dog, it would be a cold hard fact.

These guys blatantly broke the rules and then bragged about it publicly. CCP has to act or it just means that its fair game on any errors they make in following patches with this one used as a precedent of "Hell you let Goons get away with it, why not me?"

they broke no rules what so ever, and then published it to be listened to since their previous views on the potential for exploitation fell on deaf ears.

it is fair game on any error CCP makes as any one was able to do this, except only they did. not to mention, the system was intended to work this way, the numbers were just a bit off.

just because you weren't a part of it you're acting like the kid that got picked last in the football team so you want to go home, with the football.

ARGH! PREDICTIONS! CAN'T ANY OF YOU READ!!!

they broke no rules what so ever, and then published it to be listened to since their previous views on the potential for exploitation fell on deaf ears.

it is fair game on any error CCP makes as any one was able to do this, except only they did. not to mention, the system was intended to work this way, the numbers were just a bit off.

just because you weren't a part of it you're acting like the kid that got picked last in the football team so you want to go home, with the football.

No I was not part of it. I have enough brains to know that exploiting a known and reported bug is an idea only a moron would touch.

And yes look at the rules they have been posted everywhere in the forums, they broke the rules.

Dude, aren't you tired of saying the same thing over and over!? And weren't you arguing with this same guy and saying the exact same thing?

It's boring. I need a ignore function on these forums. o/

considering the entire system worked exactly as it was designed to work....

Goonswarm and their fan base quitting in mass will be a slight hit on CCP's wallet, but the game as a whole will recover nicely and be stronger than ever. Of course half of what I said is my opinion. In all honesty though, CCP could take all the items and perma ban the entire squad of guys who were involved in it and not a single goon would quit over it. After all, this game is all they have.

If that were true they wouldn't have had to patch it or launch a security investigation now would they?

Either you are being sarcastic or... you don't actually know anything about the Goons?

well yes, because they got the sums wrong not because the system was broken.

But if it was working as intended that would mean they didn't get there sums wrong wouldn't it?

the system was intended to give you lp for killing things in FW, you got LP for killing things in FW.
how is that broken?

As I said above, if it was working properly it would not be exploitable and require a patch now would it?

yet you've still failed to say why it wasn't working properly.

If it was working properly it would not need patching.

If you need to know why it wasn't working properly read some of the 200+ pages on this topic. I and alot of other people have repeatedly said why it wasn't working properly, or just look at the patches or CCP Dev's comments on the matter.

Or for that matter just look at the post that started it all. He very clearly describes what is wrong and why it was reported to CCP as a bug.

i'm not sure you grasp the subtle difference between the fact that the system was doing what it was supposed to do, however it was the magnitude that was the issue.

it's like a set of brakes on a car being very sharp. you touch them and the car stops; as intended. however if the sharp breaks cause the car to stop at such a rate the driver gets a cracked rib from the seatbelt as he's catapulted forward as the car stops there's clearly an issue.

the breaks are working as intended; they're stopping the car. however they're working too well as the car is stopping too fast.
just like the lp formula was handing out too much lp. the system was intended to give out lp, just not *that* much lp.

do you understand the subtle difference?

oh bugger it, ccp just need to hurry the hell up and decide one way or the other so we can all stop going around in circles. asteroid belts have respawned and now i have some thing better to do than go around in circles!

I agree a ruling would be nice (but they will take their time) it would save me having to say

A bug is a bug is a bug. Exploiting a known bug is against the rules and should be handled accordingly.

a bug implies there's an unexpected result to an action.

shoot ship, get lp. expected result to an action. *shrug*

I think the Goons should be banned just for being dumb enough to mock CCP over it, it's like smoking weed then going up to your parents or the cops and bragging about it, then getting mad when they did not appreciate your genius for avoiding their attention.

I think the Goons should be banned just for being dumb enough to mock CCP over it, it's like smoking weed then going up to your parents or the cops and bragging about it, then getting mad when they did not appreciate your genius for avoiding their attention.

I don't know son.

My father was a cop (god bless his bullet ridden soul) and if I went up and told him I was smoking dope he would demand some.

My mother also once made me help her out with a recipe for hash cookies - true story.