That is rather poor argument sir. I expected more of you.

You're an idiot

I think it's time for a recap since the Goons left the field to find some valid evidence.

Let's beginn with some facts:

1. The origin of the Goons is the Something Awful community (SA).
2. The top priority is entertainment for the Goons, which they generate from anyone who isnGÇÖt Goon.
3. Some Goons are good in metagaming.
4. A notorious figurehead of the Goons had to step down from CSM7 after some strange statement at Fanfest 2012 which violated the EULA.
5. The Goons founded a news website earlier in 2012. ItGÇÖs called themittani.com. Awesome name isnGÇÖt it? Well they tell us they took it, because it is something like a brand and has a lot of history. Well at least a strong history of metagaming, if you ask me. But can someone else combine anything good with the name TheMittani or Goons besides Goons, Test and their pets? Ok they destroyed BoB, but they turned into BoB reloaded ever since.
6. They have recruited a ton of staff for themittani.com and try to become a main source of news about EVE.

So much about the facts.

With no representation at CSM7 Goons needed some other tool to influence the masses. What is better than the media to influence them?

SA has a vast pool of human resources. Vile Rat (rest in peace) was one example for it, employed by the US State Department. TheMittani himself is a lawyer. IGÇÖm sure there are some media professionals in SA too. So we have the critical mass to plan and execute a well-planned media offensive to gain/maintain influence.

The site was in bad need of freelancer writers and staff. CanGÇÖt tell how they convinced the guys but they got them. So they got some viable and some less viable sources to generate a steady flow of articles.
Somewhere between that is the one or the other article of the Goons. Et voil+á metagaming, half-truths, lies and propaganda of the Goons well surrounded by independent stuff.

Those Freelancers provided them with a nice cover and veil.

If you ask me themittani.com is something like Xinhua or Pravda.
If you ask the Goons all of the above is a conspiracy theory.

There are a lot of conspiracy theories around, which can be proved to be wrong. NASA and independent sources are able to deliver a ton of proves that humans were on the moon. The 9/11 commission delivered tons of proves that it was a terrorist attack.

What presented the Goons so far about their news site? A handful of Freelancers, who were convinced to work for them and a self-written statement about TheMittani being a brand these days.

Don't read there!
Don't work for them!

(...)

I am loathe to return to this thread because it's reached levels of stupidity that just hurt me, but as I look my notifications, there's a whole heap of replies to this thread. This one actually illicited laughter from me.

So lets get this straight.

1. We're smarter than you
2. We're more connected than you
3. We're more organised than you
4. We're running a thoroughly successful site
5. We have a rainbow of Independent writers
6. We garner over 1,000,000 hits a month
7. We cover multiple games
8. Our Sole purpose is just to further the cause of some Nullsec alliances
9. We are trying to control your mind for our own schemes

I don't even need to say any more.

Rule of acquisition #211:
Employees are rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them.
Source: http://www.sjtrek.com/trek/rules/

Thanks for helping me prove the whole idiot thing

You're an idiot

TheMittani is no brand outside of EVE and maybe SA(, yet).

You struggle to establish it within the game media scene.

Oh but because I love waving this around

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/277294754612539392

Oh but because I love waving this around


https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/277294754612539392

Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?

Not only you promote his games on your site.
He is also a player within the CFC, as he admitted himself.

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/207701661886586881

I would take those compliments with a grain of salt, if I was one of your readers.

Thank you for providing this information.

(...)
Didn't you know? Steve Balmer is in Pandemic Legion.

(he isn't really)

mittani: very intelligent guy. clear, focused articles with overarching themes.

his contributing writers: SA forum lurkers moonlighting as EVE players moonlighting as writers. if anyone is editing those articles, they must be saying, "... ****-it, just publish."

thanks. I would never make it a goal to **** off the beehive, or at least I don't know why I would, and I swear it wasn't a troll comment.

I understand deadlines, and I also know what a paper looks like after a hasty edit. it's the smaller things like grammar and spelling errors that raise questions in my mind; I'm not counting the higher-level deficiencies. (such as clarity of thought, flow, active vs passive voice, and main themes in an article).

I remember the public announcement of openings for contributing writers. after half the articles made me wonder how so many errors got through an editor, (errors that are quickly caught by a fresh pair of eyes) I figured:

the average goon writing for mittani, and no editor.

ANyway...

evenews24 is too bright in my dim room.

also ridden with teenager writing style, while lacking a redeeming figurehead such as mittani (and riverini does NOT satisfy that billing)

some gems, though. I enjoy Jester's Treck in particular.

you do not represent "my eve" and you don't belong here... please stop trying to look important, because you're not

[EDIT] please ccp think hard about what this means to your forums... they bash you with their articles http://themittani.com/features/rise-and-fall-caod

please ban threads involving the mentioned sites