Originally by: Crumplecorn

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I prefer launching bathtubs of antimatter at my opponents over pointing an open DVD player at them, even if the bathtubs do miss a lot. So no.

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Originally by: Gee****zle MacCloud

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the winners will most likely not end up in the game, CCP's said that its unlikely that any content from this contest would be put into the game for years! and tbh years after this competition no one but the winner will remember about the comment that their content might be included!

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Originally by: Ranka Mei

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Originally by: Gee****zle MacCloud

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the winners will most likely not end up in the game, CCP's said that its unlikely that any content from this contest would be put into the game for years! and tbh years after this competition no one but the winner will remember about the comment that their content might be included!

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Why, that's a mite disapppointing. I was under the (common-sense) impression that the winners would see their ship included in the game. Otherwise, erm, what's the frakkin' point?!

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Originally by: CCP Adida

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Will the winner of this contest automatically be included in the game?
No. Due to a packed production schedule of ships and other art next year we cannot guarantee the winner goes in before 2012. Seriously, the art schedule is packed. However the CCP Art team reserves the right to change their mind and find room to allow a truly gorgeous piece in.

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Originally by: Official "Create a Starship Contest" Rules

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PRIZES: There are five (5) prizes awarded as follows:

Grand Prize (1 winner): $900 USD, Choice of EVE Online Battleship Model, EVE Online BattleMat Mousepad, EVE Online 3-pcs Decal Set, EVE Online Poster, and One Year EVE Online Subscription

Additonal Prizes (4 winners): $600 USD, EVE Online Battleship Model, EVE Online BattleMat Mousepad, EVE Online 3-pcs Decal Set, and EVE Online Poster

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Originally by: Slick O'Hara

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I'm suprised and disappoint that CCP isn't using the same mechanism as the CSM vote.

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Originally by: Gee****zle MacCloud

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wow im amazed how short sighted people are on this competition!

the winners will most likely not end up in the game, CCP's said that its unlikely that any content from this contest would be put into the game for years! and tbh years after this competition no one but the winner will remember about the comment that their content might be included!

facebook is being used as a viral form of advertising for eve-online. that is the only reason why! The whole contest is to get people who havent played eve to see that its got a following and 'appears' to support its community, so that they think "hmm i think i'll try that!"

this contest along with the removal of learning skills is to promote and get people into the game easier and actually have fun in the first 14 days to 2 months of play, so that they carry on. not add a bit of a smile to a small portion of the eve players that likes shaping a miniscule part of the game.


now.... you cannot accomplish this by hosting a voting system that only for subbd Eve Players. Sure you can argue about if CCP actually genuinely asked for content from its community and included it then word of mouth will bring in more subs, it already does in certain regards.

CCP is a Business first and foremost. its size has grown substantially, and because of that its running costs have increased too. this is a way to generate more new player revenue so they can continue at their current size and finish/augment all the new content they've promised.

if ur soo annoyed at failbook voting and using it on ur computer, go use sum1 elses to make a fake-ish account or use a cyber cafe ffs.

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Originally by: Windjammer

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Does this smell to anyone else like a CCP staffer?

Your comments might carry some water if there was some way to vote other than with Facebook. Regardless of what you say and regardless of whether any of the designs make it into the game, this is an EVE thing. If CCP wanted to open it to the masses outside of EVE, no problem. However, to require that something of EVE and for EVE be exclusively run through Facebook is nothing less than an attempt to force subscribers to join Facebook and advertise for CCPÆs game at the expense of the subscriber. The expense would be contributing to an unethical organization, Facebook. Also, letÆs just go ahead and define the subscriber as what he or she is. Someone who is already paying CCP.

People donÆt want to pay CCP for the game, then turn around and have to sign up for something they donÆt want, like Facebook, in order to participate in all aspects of the game theyÆre already paying for.

You make a big deal about how CCP is a business and how they need to generate more income to make EVE a better game. Where have you been? TheyÆve been developing Dust 514 and some World of Darkness with vampires, etc. These will eventually, hopefully, give CCP more money, but even Dust 514 is only marginally associated with EVEÆs content. Costs of running EVE itself have not appreciably increased and those increases that are there are more than made up for by increased subscribers. A large portion of the increased revenue is going towards things that may be good for CCP, but have little, if anything, to do with EVE.

These concepts are obvious, nothing to be amazed at and are far from short sighted. They are, in fact, the justifiable ire of people CCP should be paying attention to. Their customers.

-Windjammer

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