Ripped from Endie's description of the site:

"First off, the name. Nobody who knows much about Eve Online thinks that The Mittani himself is a shy or retiring individual who has to be coaxed into offering his opinion, nor one who is reluctant to step out of the shadows. As such, I imagine that there is a natural presumption that the site name was his decision, and that it is an example of the industrial-scale hubris that led to GoonswarmGÇÖs capital system being renamed GÇ£MittaningradGÇ¥. In fact, I chose the name despite his concerns. Mittani himself wanted the site to be called something very worthy and descriptive like GÇ£Internet Spaceship NewsGÇ¥ or the like: dull enough that I genuinely canGÇÖt remember.

GÇ£The MittaniGÇ¥ has become a brand: one of the most recognisable and googled phrases or labels in Eve, it simply has recognition value that we would have struggled to create with anything else. I wanted us to profit from the better part of a decade of work and history that many new websites would give their right arm to possess. Although I admit that the would-be customers of, say, a travel site start-up might be a bit confused by the name. And the consequences of seeking to piggyback on that history for a sensitivity-training and human resources dotcom would be downright disastrous.

I remember reading, several years ago now, one of our enemies sagely informing his alliance that there was no GÇ£The MittaniGÇ¥: that it was a shadowy group who used the fictional character of GÇ£The MittaniGÇ¥ as a nom de plume through which to speak to Goons and Eve. I think that we have all seen that gelled hair often enough now to know that he was wrong at the time, but in the end he wasnGÇÖt that far off."

Why not just name the site, The Ego

Why not just name the site, The Ego

But there is no section that belittles new players or threatens noobs. +1 if they add that section. Posting as a non goon alt who actually likes the site.

Why not just name yourself ******?

Edit: So naming yourself Stalin is allowed, but even the name Hitl3r needs to be censored. :ccp:

um hi I'm in charge of goonswarm's newbie program

we're an alliance that recruits newbies, you see

Sounds like a scam to me but I could be wrong send me 2mil isk to verify that it is not a scam.

the newbies we recruit are from outside the game

i can't believe people don't know this

Let me see which is worse... running naked through a cornfield backwards, showering with jerry sandusky or joining goons. Either way your going to be butt raped.

You do realize that Google Adsense fills in those ads based upon your browsing habits right?

Let me see which is worse... running naked through a cornfield backwards, showering with jerry sandusky or joining goons. Either way your going to be butt raped.

If CCP ever closes down the server that guy will not know what to do with his life. lol

I get treated like a human being and I'm not even an alliance member let alone a member of goonwaffe.

Pssst, don't you ever dare to tell nerds they can actually find friends and intelligent people in goons!!!

If they all apply to CFC alliances then what's left for .DOT and lots of DOT's alliances??? heh? I'm asking you !!

tl;dr
Losing the feeling of being powerful, and making a difference, can lead to people going elsewhere for the experience.

PS: Please do not read this as a "Goon's ruined Eve" post, it isn't intended as such.

Eve is the thinking mans' MMO and in order to be truely powerful you should find your niche (what you enjoy) and do your best at it. Making a difference is entirely dependent upon your goals or "role" in a role-playing game. White knight, dastardly villain, etc.

As the lead Dev of TheMittani.com I am saddened and hurt by all these comments claiming that what we have created is just another propaganda mouthpiece when that really couldn't be further from the truth.


We're actually a facade for The Mittani's new enterprise expansion into the business of selling space crack.

As the lead Dev of TheMittani.com I am saddened and hurt by all these comments claiming that what we have created is just another propaganda mouthpiece when that really couldn't be further from the truth.


We're actually a facade for The Mittani's new enterprise expansion into the business of selling space crack.

You did a damn good job, btw.

Except that it is increasingly difficult to find any niche in Eve that is not touched by the machinery of the large power blocs. For example, Faction Warfare would, to the naive, seem to be a refuge from the economic game where there is a framework to "make a difference" in the role of "loyalist combat pilot". How does one examine the manipulation of Minmatar Faction Warfare and not come to the conclusion that the "real game" lies in the manipulation?

One can only be content with small-beans excellence ("I'm good at running FW sites with Stealth Bombers, maybe now Gallente will take some territory" ) if one does not see the larger game. The point being, ignorance is bliss, but in a "thinking man's MMO", most players would naturally allow curiosity to tear away the veil.

I didn't say it was impossible to be good at a role in Eve, just that's it's difficult to remain satisfied with that role when you see the bigger game.

I read a few of the articles, news items, and columns. It is definitely worth the time for anyone serious about Eve Online.

At the same time, it's rather depressing for a casual player or "Eve-born" as The Mittani would label me. The reason is that the quality of the articles and expressed opinions allows one to develop a clearer picture of the metagame, or so it seems to me.

I'll try to summarize the impression that I got from reading several of the articles and columns including "The Eve-Born", "Jita Burns", "Fear, Loathing and Exploding Stations", "120 Days and Counting: The South On Fire" and others.

There are many levels of struggle occurring in the Eve universe. While many of us see only the next fight, the next corp op, the next POS bash... etc., there is a larger battle being waged at the level of player populations. The articles outline macroeconomic manipulation of hi-sec populations (small corporations and alliances not affiliated with large null-sec power blocs) to the extent that a single player-bloc controls T2 production. They are exercising this control to attempt to establish lasting monopolies.

While lesser groups fight for territory, one group in the game wages a battle for overall dominance.

Why is this depressing? It allows one to better see the tight-rope of maintaining Eve.

In one sense, it is very like the real world where very large corporations or cartels make it nearly impossible for a small businesses to last because every field of endeavor is dominated by a large cartel. For playing Eve, it means that it is impossible for a single player, or small group of players to sign up and play at anywhere close to that level. The moment a small corp tries to play the economic game, they must face these massive blocs of players. Over time, it will be harder and harder to sustain player populations that do not include the community-born, as The Mittani labels them. Those players that came to Eve because they simply wanted to play a space-oriented MMO will move on to other games.

I suspect that CCP understand this at several levels and have been tugging the line back into place with the recent patches. The tight-rope they have to walk is stretched taught between alienation of these large power blocs and retention of Eve-born players.

While it is amazing to see the game of Eve played at such a level, it makes one mildly sad to think that such a level of play is therefore inaccessible to most. If that's the end game of Eve, very few of us will ever get to play it. This realization might cause people to leave the game, while too much disruption of the metagame could have the same effect.

tl;dr
Losing the feeling of being powerful, and making a difference, can lead to people going elsewhere for the experience.

PS: Please do not read this as a "Goon's ruined Eve" post, it isn't intended as such.