Originally by: masternerdguy

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Anyhow, local is perfect.

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Originally by: Rheeii

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Whats he going to be probing with CORE probes?

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Originally by: masternerdguy

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can you imagine how borked eve would be if CCP tried removing something like local? Even if it didn't break gameplay the client would certainly be unusable.

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Originally by: Brock Nelson

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That's alrite, it makes it easier for us to spot war targets like yourself right away without having to scroll through the list.

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Originally by: Magnus Andronicus

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ur character looks like a f***ing clown dude.

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Originally by: alexreborn

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Good Afternoon Fellow Pod Pilots,

How many of you out there have been blessed by a name starting with an A?
Do you ever jump into a new system and say to yourself "Damn, now everyone knows who the new local is".

Well every day I jump into a new system and low and behold my name always appears at the top of local list.

This handicap has plagued pod pilots that begin with the first few letters of the alphabet for many years and we have grown tired of it. We suggest that local should not be an alphabetical list of names, but it should be completely randomized.

Are there some negative aspects to this? Yes, it will be hard to find names of friends in local when there are many names to sift through. However, pod pilots with letters at the start of the alphabet will not be discriminated against when jumping into systems.

To further on this, the over view should not allow listing people in space alphabetically either. However, one thing at a time û this will be a future argument.

LetÆs make EVE fair and fun for everyone. We shouldnÆt have to come up with names that begin with Z to get around this.

Regards,
Your Pod Pilot Brother
Alexreborn

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Originally by: alexreborn

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My Brothers,

No need to cut each others throats.

Clearly the current system in place is beneficial to some, otherwise such out cry would not exist.

There is clearly going to be mixed emotions over what I am suggesting because those who stand to lose the in game benefit will clearly voice their objections - as they already have. Thanks by the way for being so vocal, as you have done exactly what I wanted you to do - prove my point for me.

Clearly, something needs to be done.

Just remember, at the end of the day I am not asking for the game to be redone. All I am pointing out is that local is unbalanced and favours people with names that begin with letters further in the alphabet then others. You must surely realize this regardless of your trivial arguments on these forums.

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Originally by: Antihrist Pripravnik

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Originally by: Brock Nelson

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That's alrite, it makes it easier for us to spot war targets like yourself right away without having to scroll through the list.

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Say what? Uhmm, sorry to be the first one to say this to you, but your name starts with "B" Trying to hide a half of your face won't help

As for the suggestion, I say let it stay sorted by name - but in a descending order. Let the "Z" guys feel for a bit how it's like

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Originally by: Infinity Ziona

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Your avatar makes me want to follow you to a rural farmstead, give you all my worldly goods and call you The Aiwha.

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Originally by: Xylengra

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So, you chose poorly and now want to not have to deal with the consequences of your choices.

You were breast fed, weren't you?

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Originally by: Rheeii

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Whats he going to be probing with CORE probes?

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Originally by: Brock Nelson

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That's alrite, it makes it easier for us to spot war targets like yourself right away without having to scroll through the list.

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Originally by: Brock Nelson

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Just what kind of "intel bias" does being you being ahead of my name create?

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Originally by: alexreborn

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Originally by: Brock Nelson

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Just what kind of "intel bias" does being you being ahead of my name create?

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Hi Brock, it appears many pilots in this game dont seem to understand what this thread is about and yet keep posting to try and derail the thread.

Let me explain in full the intel bias.

here is a hypothetical situation:

You jump into a 0.0 system where everyone is blue to each other except for you. There are 50 people in local. The only people visible on your screen are the first 10-15 people in local. To see the other 30+ you must scroll local.

This means if a person with an A jumps in, his name is at the top of the Local channel. What this means is that the people who are lazily ratting or misisoning or whatever they are doing get instant intel that you have enterd channel.

This means that they dont really have to watch local too much and scroll up and down and check names as carefully.

But as I said this bias only affects people with the first few letters of the alphabet. Making the game unfair for those with these letters because we cant properly surprise people the same was as say someone with a Z at the begining of their name who would be at the bottom of local. This means that a ratter/missioner, or gang will have to pay more attention to local then if its the other way around.

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Originally by: alexreborn

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Edited by: alexreborn on 07/02/2011 03:19:35
here is a hypothetical situation:

You jump into a 0.0 system where everyone is blue to each other except for you. There are 50 people in local. The only people visible on your screen are the first 10-15 people in local. To see the other 30+ you must scroll local.

This means if a person with an A jumps in, his name is at the top of the Local channel. What this means is that the people who are lazily ratting or misisoning or whatever they are doing get instant intel that you have enterd channel.

This means that they dont really have to watch local too much and scroll up and down and check names as carefully.

But as I said this bias only affects people with the first few letters of the alphabet. Making the game unfair for those with these letters because we cant properly surprise people the same was as say someone with a Z at the begining of their name who would be at the bottom of local. This means that a ratter/missioner, or gang will have to pay more attention to local then if its the other way around.

so as you can see it beneficial in these situations to have a name that starts with Z because its must harder to be spotted in local.

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Originally by: Davich MacGregor

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Originally by: alexreborn

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Edited by: alexreborn on 07/02/2011 03:19:35
so as you can see it beneficial in these situations to have a name that starts with Z because its must harder to be spotted in local.

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To the OP. Here is a hypothetical situation. What if you were smart enough to have your name begin with a 'L'? But you aren't which is why it has to be hypothetical. Just because you wanted your name to start with an A doesn't mean the game has a problem. Local is fine. You are not.

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