Why don't we just name it "Mittens"?

Comparing the Mittani to Chribba is equivalent to comparing Judas Iscariot to Jesus. Why would any game developer name a ship after a failed CSM Chair who brought negative publicity to EVE Online?

On the other hand, Chribba's contribution is tangible.

+1

And while I think the Jesus and Judas example is going a bit far, there is a clear difference in the levels of respect given to the two players by the community at large. I don't think Mittens is bad, I actually think he's very good for the game in a lot of ways.

But he's in a totally different league to Chribba. Both in terms of contribution to the game and the esteem he is held in by players.
I don't think anyone would say Mittens is generally out to make Eve a better place for everyone. Though perhaps he's out to make Eve a more interesting place for everyone.

Name the unnamed ORE frigate:

http://content.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/62856/1/Ore_Frigate.jpg

Chribba.

It's a honorary namesake after they've passed away. In this case, Chribba is still around and (hopefully) well.

Why don't we just name it "Mittens"?

No, it's an honorary namesake.

Ronald Reagan was very much alive when they named an aircraft carrier after him. Likewise with George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. Likewise George V enjoyed 25 years of life after a dreadnought bearing his name was commissioned.

I think you're badly mistaking the practice of putting portraits of dead men on US banknotes and coins with ship christening. Ships are quite often launched with the names of those who are still alive.

Whether someone is dead or alive has absolutely nothing to do with ship christening. Not sure how anybody latched onto that extremely bizarre idea.

Chribba is rather famous in the realm of mining (and especially with the Veldatar and Veldnaught).

I never took Mittani to be a miner. And if he is, it's unknown to the entire EVE community. His fame/notoriety lies elsewhere entirely.

You don't name an entire ship line after a player to honor them. It reeks of favoritism. A popular player makes a name for himself under their own prowess. Which he has done.
A subtle nudge toward an individual or group in a very noninvasive way as in a easteregg that one would have to search for or stumble apon is a proper way for game designers to pay their respects.
Such as a 1% chance NPC "Veldnaught" ORE frigate found in some WH belt that drops a meta 4 miner upgrade.

Chribba's Modified Modulated Strip Miner II

The Modulated Strip Miner II uses many of the same frequency modulatin crystal technology as the Modulated Deep Core Miner II exept it lacks the deep core mining capacity of its smaller sibling.

Uses mining crystals.

Cannot fit a mercoxit mining crystal.

24% Extra yeild when fitted with veldspar mining crystal.

Note: 99.5% less CPU usage when fitted on a Dreadnought.

Favoritism? I don't think so. I think it's a small gesture of gratitude that could be bestowed upon by CCP to someone who has contributed so much to our community. As for the naming convention, there are precedents to having things named after capsuleers:

Amarr Championship --> Ecliptical representing the House of Doriam Kor-Azor, having a system named after him after winning a simple tourney game that lasted for several minutes.

Eris --> As specified above, a ship named after a player who later became an employee of CCP.

Site One: Antiquus --> A site named after me, who is not even worthy of untying the thongs of Chribba's sandals.

What Chribba did trumps everything the above individuals did for EVE. I don't see why he shouldn't get a ship named after him.

In the thread linked on page 1 is an actually good idea:

Antiquus is latin for old or ancient. that's not special nor named after you.
Eris is the greek goddess of strife. again, not special.
As for Eclipticals prize. CCPs interaction with the playerbase was different back then. BoB incident remember? There was a lot less to the game back in 03 so these types of changes effected very few people and it was in a proper lore perspective in crowning the new emperor.

Do your search correctly.

"This site is named after the capsuleer known as "The Antiquarian" whose generous contributions played a large part in making this base in Eram a reality. "

There are already precedents where a system, a ship, or a site, has been named after an individual. Having CCP provide special acknowledgements to certain capsuleers who made EVE universe better, would be a "nice" gesture.

Ok, so it was a reward for having the most items invested into the event. That was a reward for doing so in a special live event. You got a special cookie for a unique one time event. As it should be.

It was a troll post. I have no love for either players, but naming a ship after anyone not part of the actual lore of the game is an offensive and immersion breaking idea.

in the sand box we are the lore

Oh man, everyone in this thread is so bitter.



All I care about is whether or not I can stick guns on it and use it as a sheep's clothing gank boat.

All I care about is whether or not I can stick guns on it and use it as a sheep's clothing gank boat.

Yes I got a special cookie for an action that benefited couple hundreds of EVE players. Chribba and many others have contributed something that impacted thousands, if not, tens of thousands of players. Which part do you not get?

The part that Chribba did in game for the nonexistent ORE event or otherwise to be rewarded a mention in or by the Frigate. Just naming anything simply for the fact a popular player is in that field of work within the game Isn't enough for me.

Comparing the Mittani to Chribba is equivalent to comparing Judas Iscariot to Jesus. Why would any game developer name a ship after a failed CSM Chair who brought negative publicity to EVE Online?

On the other hand, Chribba's contribution is tangible.

Or has everyone forgotten that already?