TheMittani.com scores another big win, securing an interview with the SOE president! Clearly, TM is seen as the chief representative of EVE's playerbase.

I think he's right about player created content being the wave of the future. For current themeparks, the competitive gaming crowd devours expansions and content within days. I think there was a level 80 GW2 player within 48 hours.

It must be a real struggle to keep people interested and there's only soo many time-sinks a person is willing to go through.

Wondering if the fact this is on the goon news site may have any negative impact on the journalistic integrity of the article. Well atleast it's not just more nullsec crap.

Fortunately I don't think the majority of the gaming community is that "hardcore".

TheMittani.com

Here's an incredibly interesting interview with the president of Sony Online Entertainment, who also happens to be an avid Eve player, with his thoughts on the sandbox and the future of Eve. Enjoy!

http://themittani.com/features/mittani-interviews-soe-ceo-john-smedley

GǪthen again, Smedley was in CFC. That would also explain the Gǣindustry connectionGǥ.

GǪthen again, Smedley was in CFC. That would also explain the Gǣindustry connectionGǥ.

GǪthen again, Smedley was in CFC. That would also explain the Gǣindustry connectionGǥ.

HBC according to the article.
Which is close enough.

I just love the fact that industry dudes actually play the games they make.

Yes but when it's made public that the CEO of a major gaming division plays for one of the troll alliances in EVE Online how can that not impact one's perspective on the corporation they represent?

Yes but when it's made public that the CEO of a major gaming division plays for one of the troll alliances in EVE Online how can that not impact one's perspective on the corporation they represent?

It certainly improved my perception of him (and SOE), which has always been a bit on the grumpy side ever since the abandonment of Planetside (oh, and SWG, I suppose, although I never played it).

If he has come to understand the value of community, then yay.

Yeah but look at the community he's come to understand that value in...

One that has fun playing games together rather than getting their panties in a twist over every little thing. Excellent choice, I must say.

One that has fun playing games together rather than getting their panties in a twist over every little thing. Excellent choice, I must say.

The interview paints a positive picture about the CEO but oh boy, the experiences with SOE are still haunting me in my nightmares. They have/had good games but they are professionals in alienating their costumer base away.

Case in point

Personally, I hope CCP stays a private company. Would be nice to have the influx of capital an IPO would bring- you also become beholden to investors and your design hopes and dreams kinda become secondary. Stay true to the vision CCP!

CCP have been "beholden" to investors for a very long time now. There's not much of CCP left in the hands of the original founders/shareholders.

An IPO would, if anything, reduce the influence individual investors have. That may or may not be a good thing.

Well yeah but is there anyone who has the ability to say: Hey, we don't like this current direction, we think you should spend more time on walking in stations..?

After SWG I had nothing but distrust for smedley but he gets a massive +1 for everything he said here.

PS2 is sounding fantastic.

Wondering if the fact this is on the goon news site may have any negative impact on the journalistic integrity of the article. Well atleast it's not just more nullsec crap.

No not really, just means someone at that rag has industry connections.

"I created my character with Piracy in mind"

HBC according to the article.
Which is close enough.

SOE CEO John Smedley:


True face of Sony

That makes no sense. If someone played as a Horde character in WoW, being an evil race and evil faction, that doesn't make them an evil person IRL.

We're talking ROLE-PLAYING GAMES here. It's not real friend.

If you chill out in the help or rookie channel, a large number of new players inquire about being a pirate. I don't think anyone picks up this game thinking: "Yeah! I wanna be a miner!" It's a necessary means to an end- generating income.

It's hard enough to force myself to read a post by you, but by starting a post with "TheMittani.com" definitely makes sure I don't continue reading.

TheMittani.com scores another big win, securing an interview with the SOE president! Clearly, TM is seen as the chief representative of EVE's playerbase.

Chief representative? The same guy who tried to convince other players to harass a single depressed person till they killed themselves in real life?? You need to get your head checked.

Honestly I'm surprised that doesn't happen on a weekly basis in this community.

Chief representative? The same guy who tried to convince other players to harass a single depressed person till they killed themselves in real life?

Mittens and Smedley, two reasons to not click the OP's link.

your mom was probably right, you should listen to her

Wow, stooping to the mama comment so quickly, I bet EVE University is so proud of you.

derailing much?

sounds like somebody who represents the spirit of robbing and shooting anyone with no mercy or?

i still don't get the entire "eve is a hard game but you are too mean" fuss

i mean seriously, can the one guy who thought this was meant serious please raise his hand so i can tell him give a piece of mind


-- oh damn, i am so sorry, i did not mean that i would actually give him a part of my brain, i am so sorry, will announce soon that i wont be the new surgeon general after all -- totally inappropriate of me , i am so goddamn sorry

You did it to yourself.

I wish I knew his character name. I and I am sure many others have a desire to find and podkill him now that its known he plays EVE.

Here's an incredibly interesting interview with the president of Sony Online Entertainment, who also happens to be an avid Eve player, with his thoughts on the sandbox and the future of Eve. Enjoy!

http://themittani.com/features/mittani-interviews-soe-ceo-john-smedley

Chief representative? The same guy who tried to convince other players to harass a single depressed person till they killed themselves in real life?? You need to get your head checked.

Which is why we'll probably never know.

I hate people with scary alt post.

I am assuming someone must know...

Maybe for the right price they'd be willing to share that info.

Weird how mittens continues to post with alts. There a reason for this?

Still using alts to promote "I wanna be important in a game", Mittens?

Interview with THE most hated guy in the MMO world.

PS: Thanks again for destroying SWG Smed.

PSS: The guy always lies.

Very nice little interview there, this makes me even more interested in Planetside knowing that they actually have a pretty intelligent guy at the helm.

Yes the guy that brought you Everquest 2 and Vanguard...

Stopped reading after he said his favorite ship was the Drake. Also, ads on the mittani's site? Pfft, I'd rather not support that already-rich-retired lawyer.

Weird how mittens continues to post with alts. There a reason for this?

Started to read, but then noticed the URL...nevermind.

Turns out All of Goonswarm are just alts of his, there are no limits to the length he will go to make himself look loved/popular/wanted.

I am a husband and a father. I like to think a good one. I like puppies and sunny days. I run a non-profit organization that helps alcoholics and drug addicts straighten out their lives. The group of people I play with are some of the brightest and best folks I've never met.

All because I chose to play the role of a villain in a role-playing game doesn't make me a terrible person IRL. The same goes for Smed, and CCP employees. People join guilds or corporations to play with people they enjoy hanging out with.

Except Eve isn't a role playing game. People lose real life money by losing ships. In effect, when you pop a ship you are in effect taking money from someone else.

What is it right now.... 500 mil per plex now. Thats $15 bucks for every two battleships you blow up (rough guess). Thats someones money you are burning through if you do it non-conensually.

Eve isn't a role playing game. Its a game of poker, blackjack, or whatever vegas game you wanna call it because you are taking money from other players and putting it in your own pocket.

That said, whether or not you believe Texas hold em makes you an evil player for taking the pot of everyone's money is another thing. I'm just saying Eve is not a role playing game. Its a game where money changes hands more like gambling games. Some people think that is evil. I'll let you decide.

okay, let me break this to you as nice as possible

everything is "real life" because there is (yet) no way that something that involves interaction with other humans can be outside "real life". every game, every role playing game, every poker game and your dog exists only within the frame of "real life" and is therefore part of "real life".

if you want to stipulate that a game is not a "role play game" because people loose money, then nothing can be a role play game since every game requires you to invest at least time that you can spend working, hence loosing money.

and even without that, if you play a pen and paper role-playing game you use pens and papers which cost money so ...


to make it really short: the definition of a role play game does not include or exclude the fact that you pay or loose money through it

also, and this might be more important, people act depending on their environment, they "act" all the time. just compare how somebody you know behaves different in following situations 1) family reunion, 2) driving, 3) drinking, 4) shopping, 5) standing in line to buy an IPhone, 6) trying to get somebody to date him, 7) playing FPS, 8) posting on the internet, 9) playing poker, 10) working in the office

you want to live in your little world, paying for your battleship and blame people if they are mean to you, thinking that they are just like that outside of playing a cut throat spacegame ? okay, if it makes you feel better

Maybe I'm talking over your head on this one

"Hold your breath, do not."

Lol, I role played Yoda there. Now Eve is an RPG again.

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It's hard enough to force myself to read a post by you, but by starting a post with "TheMittani.com" definitely makes sure I don't continue reading.

Weird how mittens continues to post with alts. There a reason for this?

Except Eve isn't a role playing game. People lose real life money by losing ships. In effect, when you pop a ship you are in effect taking money from someone else.

If I didn't know better, I would almost say you seem mad about being driven out of your space by the orders of mittens. Again.

Oh man, you don't get it do you?

See most players who play games view them as... well, games. We play them and have fun. Now there is some people who feel that the only way they can possibly have fun is if they are causing someone else to not have fun. Both players having fun at the same time boggles their mind. They can't wrap their head around it. So whatever measurement you want to toss out there, territory, moons, ships, battles; guess what? People are having fun. This war up north has been, by many accounts from both sides, a fun war. No one is calling for a time out or tossing in the towel because they want it to stop.

So you see, both parties enjoying the game is possible and has been happening a lot recently. Perhaps Lord Zim, you should play the game and have fun, losing ships or blowing them up. Do both.

I would also like to give a special shout out to a specific person who was recently upset about my remark in this thread. That was a huge stretch to take my post and say it was me accusing a certain someone that they are a murderer in real life.

Oh man, you don't get it do you?

See most players who play games view them as... well, games. We play them and have fun.

words

Except Eve isn't a role playing game. People lose real life money by losing ships. In effect, when you pop a ship you are in effect taking money from someone else.

What is it right now.... 500 mil per plex now. Thats $15 bucks for every two battleships you blow up (rough guess). Thats someones money you are burning through if you do it non-conensually.

Eve isn't a role playing game. Its a game of poker, blackjack, or whatever vegas game you wanna call it because you are taking money from other players and putting it in your own pocket.

That said, whether or not you believe Texas hold em makes you an evil player for taking the pot of everyone's money is another thing. I'm just saying Eve is not a role playing game. Its a game where money changes hands more like gambling games. Some people think that is evil. I'll let you decide.

oh look another thread about that **** infested website.

What is it right now.... 500 mil per plex now. Thats $15 bucks for every two battleships you blow up (rough guess). Thats someones money you are burning through if you do it non-conensually.

What is it right now.... 500 mil per plex now. Thats $15 bucks for every two battleships you blow up (rough guess). Thats someones money you are burning through if you do it non-conensually.

Bunch of pubbie faggots bitter and buttfurious at anything goon related itt.

Glad to see the CEO of SOE has much in common with the common folk and hops in a Drake instead of some "look at me I`m fabulous and fly 6bill pirate battleships".

Except Eve isn't a role playing game. People lose real life money by losing ships. In effect, when you pop a ship you are in effect taking money from someone else.

What is it right now.... 500 mil per plex now. Thats $15 bucks for every two battleships you blow up (rough guess). Thats someones money you are burning through if you do it non-conensually.

Except Eve isn't a role playing game. People lose real life money by losing ships. In effect, when you pop a ship you are in effect taking money from someone else.

Selling out his identity to the highest bidder

But the HBC is the CFC, which in reality is the DekCo, haven't you swallowed riverini's propaganda yet?

Except Eve isn't a role playing game. People lose real life money by losing ships. In effect, when you pop a ship you are in effect taking money from someone else.

I'd like to kill him for screwing up SWG.


Then I'd go and give him ISK for owning up to it.